
Welcome to the Erotic Awakening Podcast
Erotic Awakening is an informative and entertaining exploration of all things erotic. From sacred sexuality to fetishes, Power Exchange and polyamory, BDSM to erotic spirituality, non-standard relationships to alternative love styles, as well as simply fun kink.
Your Host, Dan & dawn
Dan and dawn have been an alternative lifestyle couple since 2001 and have presented at over 100 events around North America. They share openly and honestly about their experiences in over 20 years of active participation in the BDSM, Polyamory, and Power Exchange scene.

- EA734 – Leather Archives & Museum and Solo Polyamory vs. Single & PolyThis week on the Erotic Awakening Podcast, episode 734, Dawn shares about the Leather Archives & Museum that she has mentioned on previous showsโฆ. โฆโฆplus, is Dawn solo polyamorous or single and poly?ย Links mentioned on the show: Leather Archives and Museum https://leatherarchives.org/ Science of BDSM team https://www.scienceofbdsm.com MSDB’s 24th Annual Biz Baz https://fetlife.com/events/1723842 Naughtyโฆ Read more: EA734 – Leather Archives & Museum and Solo Polyamory vs. Single & Poly
- EA733 – Dawn AwakeningThis week on the Erotic Awakening Podcast, episode 733, Dawn explains why the show was on hiatus for a couple of monthsโฆ.. โฆโฆplus, Dawn_Awakening’s giggle is now a new fetish on Fetlife and she makes an appearance on Court TV for a murder+bdsm trial (link to her interview is in patreon), and she brings upโฆ Read more: EA733 – Dawn Awakening
- EA732 – Recap EA025 Mistress SimoneThis week on the Erotic Awakening Podcast, @dananddawn share a show from their beginning days of the podcast where they interview Mistress Simone from Chicago/St. Louisโฆ.. โฆโฆplus, they mention a poly blog as well as share what they are up toโฆโฆ.in July of 2009! 16 years ago, what were they up to? Links mentionedโฆ Read more: EA732 – Recap EA025 Mistress Simone
- EA731 – Forced Praise Kink and RITLThis week on the Erotic Awakening Podcast, @dananddawn interview Doctor Bubbles and Kit Kat Ann on Forced Praise Kinkโฆโฆ โฆโฆplus, they mention a podcast listener that contacted them after reading The Polyamory Toolkit and asked about Poly friendly twelve step meetings โฆ.which lead them into chatting about RITL, Recover in the Lifestyle. *there is alsoโฆ Read more: EA731 – Forced Praise Kink and RITL
- EA730 – Disability and Relationship Dynamic Negotiations, ScissorTail Shoutouts and Self-Confident BDSMersThis week on the Erotic Awakening Podcast, @dananddawn interview Lucian and Celina Raven on Disability and Relationship Dynamic Negotiations โฆโฆ. โฆโฆplus, they give some Scissortail shoutouts and share some thoughts on how they believe being part of the BDSM community helped with growing their self-confidence. Links mentioned on the show: Lucian and Celinaโฆ Read more: EA730 – Disability and Relationship Dynamic Negotiations, ScissorTail Shoutouts and Self-Confident BDSMers
- EA729 – โLee Harrington on Self-Harm versus Masochism, ScissorTail and ShallowingThis week on the Erotic Awakening Podcast, @dananddawn interview Lee Harrington at Scissortail in Tulsa on Self-Harm vs. Masochism, Scissortail, & Shallowing. This show has a content warning – this show includes โmention of suicidal ideation, suicidal action, and self-injurious behaviors. Please take care of yourself and skip this episode if needed. โฆโฆplus, theyโฆ Read more: EA729 – โLee Harrington on Self-Harm versus Masochism, ScissorTail and Shallowing
- EA728 – Retrospective and More!#pastpodcasts #domsub #powerexchange #polyamory #sacredsexuality #eroticawakening #scarletsanctuary #cope #columbusspace #eroticawakeningpodcast #kinkeducation This week on the Erotic Awakening Podcast, @dananddawn are looking for a topic for the show and instead get lost down a rabbit hole of past shows and chat about about some random onesโฆ..โฆ.. โฆโฆplus, Episode 374 that doesnโt have shownotes on the website.โฆ Read more: EA728 – Retrospective and More!
- EA727 – BDSM in General, Enthusiastic Consent, and DickordThis week on the Erotic Awakening Podcast, @dananddawn check out reddit and answer some general BDSM questions โฆ.. โฆโฆplus, they share a nugget they learned at a class at Kinky Kollege about enthusiastic consent that helps dawn figure out her resistance to it and they share a bit about their discord channel offerings โฆ.plus โฆ.cartoonโฆ Read more: EA727 – BDSM in General, Enthusiastic Consent, and Dickord
- EA726 – Polyamory Cold Feet, Blindfolds, & Kinky KollegeThis week on the Erotic Awakening Podcast, @dananddawn have a question from a podcast listener about cold feet in polyamoryโฆ.. โฆโฆplus, they share a little of their thoughts on blindfolds and share a little about their time presenting at Kinky Kollege in Chicago.. Links mentioned on the show: Kinky Kollege (Chicago, IL) https://kinkykollege.com/ โฆ Read more: EA726 – Polyamory Cold Feet, Blindfolds, & Kinky Kollege
- EA725 – Advanced Polyamory – Balancing MRE and NREThis week on the Erotic Awakening Podcast, @dananddawn share the edited version of a class they taught for an online group last weekโฆ.. Advanced Polyamory – Balancing NRE and MRE โฆโฆplus, they share a little about their time at Kinky Kollege in Chicago. Links mentioned on the show: Kinky Kollege (Chicago, IL) https://kinkykollege.com/ โฆ Read more: EA725 – Advanced Polyamory – Balancing MRE and NRE