Show cover of Vanilla with a Side of Kink

Vanilla with a Side of Kink

Welcome to the Vanilla with a Side of Kink.Winner 2024 W3 Award: Podcast Lifestyle Category Winner 2023 W3 Award: Podcast Diversity, Equity & Inclusion2023 Webby Award Honoree Lifestyle Podcast 2023 Nominee People's Choice Podcast Awards: Society & Culture and LeisureThis podcast is one couple's journey into the world of kink and polyamory. It's a podcast for all you normal Joe citizens who are be-bopping around the world out there, who have some questions and some curiosities about things you don’t even know that you want to know about. Maybe you are looking to add some spice to your current romantic relationship. Maybe you have some interests in things you fear others might judge you for. Did you see a wacky scene in a movie that, maybe to your surprise, got some juices flowing? Have you read some erotica that has piqued your interest in learning more about other ways to elicit sensations and stimulate your body and mind? Then Vanilla With A Side Of Kink is for you!

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Show cover of Vanilla with a Side of Kink 115. Better Citizens of the Kinkdom, Part 1.

Send us a textGuest Hosts Katie and Melizza are BACK! And they have their own questions about the Kinkdom and what it means to be kinky and polyamorous!Visit our website: www.VanillawithaSideofKink.comInstagram: VanillawithaSideofKinkAlso, you can learn more about our Shibari Rope Bondage business at www.AllTiedUpSanDiego.comAnd our new operation, the All Good Things Center for Inclusivity and Acceptance. Fetlife.com Group: Vanilla with a Side of Kink - The Podcast

3/10/25 • 29:22

Show cover of Vanilla with a Side of Kink 114. Hello Insecurity My Old Friend.

Send us a textIn this episode, Dan and Renee's relationship agreements are tested as Renee's insecurities come full force as Dan continues to tie with Liz. Plus, one of the podcast award companies throws a curveball!Visit our website: www.VanillawithaSideofKink.comInstagram: VanillawithaSideofKinkAlso, you can learn more about our Shibari Rope Bondage business at www.AllTiedUpSanDiego.comAnd our new operation, the All Good Things Center for Inclusivity and Acceptance. Fetlife.com Group: Vanilla with a Side of Kink - The Podcast

3/3/25 • 32:05

Show cover of Vanilla with a Side of Kink 113. First Episode & Friends Galor Ring in 2023!

Send us a textIt sounds way more exciting in the title than it was, but hey we published and officially launched the Vanilla with a Side of Kink podcast on January 2nd, 2023! Plus, as Dan continues to tie with Liz, there are lots of opportunities to connect with friends, both old and new. Visit our website: www.VanillawithaSideofKink.comInstagram: VanillawithaSideofKinkAlso, you can learn more about our Shibari Rope Bondage business at www.AllTiedUpSanDiego.comAnd our new operation, the All Good Things Center for Inclusivity and Acceptance. Fetlife.com Group: Vanilla with a Side of Kink - The Podcast

2/24/25 • 29:37

Show cover of Vanilla with a Side of Kink 112. Recording Starts & Renee Starts Looking!

Send us a textIn this episode, we record the first episode of Vanilla with a Side of Kink in December of 2022! Plus, Renee starts to look for a boyfriend, and Dan continues to tie with the new bottom.Visit our website: www.VanillawithaSideofKink.comInstagram: VanillawithaSideofKinkAlso, you can learn more about our Shibari Rope Bondage business at www.AllTiedUpSanDiego.comAnd our new operation, the All Good Things Center for Inclusivity and Acceptance. Fetlife.com Group: Vanilla with a Side of Kink - The Podcast

2/17/25 • 30:08

Show cover of Vanilla with a Side of Kink 111. Thankful for Friendship

Send us a textTsunamis, Board Games and Bottoms! Remember our heroes explaining how awesome the board game Gloomhaven was during the pandemic? It was the thing that they did to help pass the time. Well, Dan found another epic board game that was getting rave reviews, and in this episode, you will hear all about it! Our heroes also attend a local rope event, and Dan ties with a new bottom.Visit our website: www.VanillawithaSideofKink.comInstagram: VanillawithaSideofKinkAlso, you can learn more about our Shibari Rope Bondage business at www.AllTiedUpSanDiego.comAnd our new operation, the All Good Things Center for Inclusivity and Acceptance. Fetlife.com Group: Vanilla with a Side of Kink - The Podcast

2/10/25 • 30:52

Show cover of Vanilla with a Side of Kink 110. Has anyone seen a beach around here?

Send us a textOur intrepid heroes continue their epic vacation in Hawaii and this time cannot find the beach! Imagine that being on an island in the middle of the Pacific Ocean and they cannot find the beach! Well, it happened! Dan's unfailing sense of direction was not working this day.Visit our website: www.VanillawithaSideofKink.comInstagram: VanillawithaSideofKinkAlso, you can learn more about our Shibari Rope Bondage business at www.AllTiedUpSanDiego.comAnd our new operation, the All Good Things Center for Inclusivity and Acceptance. Fetlife.com Group: Vanilla with a Side of Kink - The Podcast

2/3/25 • 31:54

Show cover of Vanilla with a Side of Kink 109. This Place Made Salt Exciting

Send us a textVacation! Everyone needs a vacation, and in this episode, our heroes take one to the Big Island of Hawaii! Visit our website: www.VanillawithaSideofKink.comInstagram: VanillawithaSideofKinkAlso, you can learn more about our Shibari Rope Bondage business at www.AllTiedUpSanDiego.comAnd our new operation, the All Good Things Center for Inclusivity and Acceptance. Fetlife.com Group: Vanilla with a Side of Kink - The Podcast

1/27/25 • 31:59

Show cover of Vanilla with a Side of Kink 108. Renee's Crystal Ball Shows Us the Future

Send us a textHave we told you about Renee's voices in her head? Well the voices started talking again and she came up with a whole new idea. Guess what it is?Visit our website: www.VanillawithaSideofKink.comInstagram: VanillawithaSideofKinkAlso, you can learn more about our Shibari Rope Bondage business at www.AllTiedUpSanDiego.comAnd our new operation, the All Good Things Center for Inclusivity and Acceptance. Fetlife.com Group: Vanilla with a Side of Kink - The Podcast

1/20/25 • 32:26

Show cover of Vanilla with a Side of Kink 107. Renee Really Tried to be Humble

Send us a textOur heroine goes to a conference humble and comes home feeling validated.Visit our website: www.VanillawithaSideofKink.comInstagram: VanillawithaSideofKinkAlso, you can learn more about our Shibari Rope Bondage business at www.AllTiedUpSanDiego.comAnd our new operation, the All Good Things Center for Inclusivity and Acceptance. Fetlife.com Group: Vanilla with a Side of Kink - The Podcast

1/15/25 • 33:49

Show cover of Vanilla with a Side of Kink 106. The One with a Fly

Send us a textIn this episode, our heroes are beset by a fly! And they attend their first lifestyle party. Plus we jump into different ways that people connect.Visit our website: www.VanillawithaSideofKink.comInstagram: VanillawithaSideofKinkAlso, you can learn more about our Shibari Rope Bondage business at www.AllTiedUpSanDiego.comAnd our new operation, the All Good Things Center for Inclusivity and Acceptance. Fetlife.com Group: Vanilla with a Side of Kink - The Podcast

1/4/25 • 31:57

Show cover of Vanilla with a Side of Kink 105. 2nd Podcastaversary and Hollywood Comes a Calling!

Send us a textIn this episode we celebrate two years of weekly podcast episodes! 105 episodes is. O small feat that is for sure. And the timeline brings us to August and September of 2022. We get a call from a Hollywood producer to help with a film project. Visit our website: www.VanillawithaSideofKink.comInstagram: VanillawithaSideofKinkAlso, you can learn more about our Shibari Rope Bondage business at www.AllTiedUpSanDiego.comAnd our new operation, the All Good Things Center for Inclusivity and Acceptance. Fetlife.com Group: Vanilla with a Side of Kink - The Podcast

12/30/24 • 31:10

Show cover of Vanilla with a Side of Kink 104. Proudly Presenting

Send us a textIn this episode the Leather Realm at the San Diego Pride Festival returns after a two year hiatus due to the pandemic. Plus we start bringing back full in-person courses at All Tied Up San Diego. Visit our website: www.VanillawithaSideofKink.comInstagram: VanillawithaSideofKinkAlso, you can learn more about our Shibari Rope Bondage business at www.AllTiedUpSanDiego.comAnd our new operation, the All Good Things Center for Inclusivity and Acceptance. Fetlife.com Group: Vanilla with a Side of Kink - The Podcast

12/23/24 • 30:24

Show cover of Vanilla with a Side of Kink 103. Affliction and Relief

Send us a textDan and Renee return safely from Walt Disney World in Florida, but Dan brings a special "something something" with him from WDW. Then there is a new beginning that brings a change in a nick of time.Visit our website: www.VanillawithaSideofKink.comInstagram: VanillawithaSideofKinkAlso, you can learn more about our Shibari Rope Bondage business at www.AllTiedUpSanDiego.comAnd our new operation, the All Good Things Center for Inclusivity and Acceptance. Fetlife.com Group: Vanilla with a Side of Kink - The Podcast

12/16/24 • 30:07

Show cover of Vanilla with a Side of Kink 102. Skyler Sparkles

Send us a textIn this episode, our heroes encounter a technical glitch at the beginning that is thankfully fixed around the 3-minute mark.  Sorry about that! Our new normal continues to take shape as Dan keeps looking for a job, we travel to Walt Disney World in Florida and Skyler finally comes home after his epic trip to become a diamond.Visit our website: www.VanillawithaSideofKink.comInstagram: VanillawithaSideofKinkAlso, you can learn more about our Shibari Rope Bondage business at www.AllTiedUpSanDiego.comAnd our new operation, the All Good Things Center for Inclusivity and Acceptance. Fetlife.com Group: Vanilla with a Side of Kink - The Podcast

12/9/24 • 34:21

Show cover of Vanilla with a Side of Kink 101. Resigning Ourselves to a New Normal

Send us a textWell, the pandemic is over and we are excited to see life returning to . . . WTF! Yeah, life took a turn and now our heroes get to figure out a new normal that is post-pandemic, but also post-Renee's working. Fortunately, there is a bit of a bright side that comes in the form of forgiveness.Visit our website: www.VanillawithaSideofKink.comInstagram: VanillawithaSideofKinkAlso, you can learn more about our Shibari Rope Bondage business at www.AllTiedUpSanDiego.comAnd our new operation, the All Good Things Center for Inclusivity and Acceptance. Fetlife.com Group: Vanilla with a Side of Kink - The Podcast

12/3/24 • 30:52

Show cover of Vanilla with a Side of Kink 100. The One With The 100th Episode!

Send us a textWelcome to our 100th episode!  Wow, this has been a journey.In this episode, our heroes take an epic studio tour, and if you read the title of this episode, you might get a hint as to what we saw during this tour! Visit our website: www.VanillawithaSideofKink.comInstagram: VanillawithaSideofKinkAlso, you can learn more about our Shibari Rope Bondage business at www.AllTiedUpSanDiego.comAnd our new operation, the All Good Things Center for Inclusivity and Acceptance. Fetlife.com Group: Vanilla with a Side of Kink - The Podcast

11/25/24 • 32:34

Show cover of Vanilla with a Side of Kink 99. We Finally Get A Key to the Kinkdom!

Send us a textWelcome to Season Six! Which is irrelevant in episode terms, but helps us know what part of our journey we are talking about! And Season Six is about the time period after the pandemic starting in February 2022. In this episode, numbers explode, life starts to return to the new normal and the renovations start on the house, sending our heroes in all sorts of different directions. Plus a miscommunication leads to Dan and Renee finally getting a key they have wanted for more than five years!Visit our website: www.VanillawithaSideofKink.comInstagram: VanillawithaSideofKinkAlso, you can learn more about our Shibari Rope Bondage business at www.AllTiedUpSanDiego.comAnd our new operation, the All Good Things Center for Inclusivity and Acceptance. Fetlife.com Group: Vanilla with a Side of Kink - The Podcast

11/18/24 • 30:43

Show cover of Vanilla with a Side of Kink 98. Rodents Of Unusual Sneakiness (R.O.U.S): Beginning 2022

Send us a textWe take our title from the famous movie the Princess Bride since Renee is definitely a princess and she is my bride! And just like in the movie there are dangers in this world that can come out of nowhere! Visit our website: www.VanillawithaSideofKink.comInstagram: VanillawithaSideofKinkAlso, you can learn more about our Shibari Rope Bondage business at www.AllTiedUpSanDiego.comAnd our new operation, the All Good Things Center for Inclusivity and Acceptance. Fetlife.com Group: Vanilla with a Side of Kink - The Podcast

11/11/24 • 35:47

Show cover of Vanilla with a Side of Kink 97. Renee Goes On A Quest and the End of 2021.

Send us a textWith her newly found freedom, Renee takes the opportunity to hunt down something valuable.Visit our website: www.VanillawithaSideofKink.comInstagram: VanillawithaSideofKinkAlso, you can learn more about our Shibari Rope Bondage business at www.AllTiedUpSanDiego.comAnd our new operation, the All Good Things Center for Inclusivity and Acceptance. Fetlife.com Group: Vanilla with a Side of Kink - The Podcast

11/4/24 • 33:15

Show cover of Vanilla with a Side of Kink 96. The Dam Breaks!

Send us a textIn this episode the pressure reaches a breaking point, just two months after the wedding???? What did Dan do now?  Visit our website: www.VanillawithaSideofKink.comInstagram: VanillawithaSideofKinkAlso, you can learn more about our Shibari Rope Bondage business at www.AllTiedUpSanDiego.comAnd our new operation, the All Good Things Center for Inclusivity and Acceptance. Fetlife.com Group: Vanilla with a Side of Kink - The Podcast

10/28/24 • 31:56

Show cover of Vanilla with a Side of Kink 95. The Water is Rising!

Send us a textIn this episode, our heroes return home from the Eurekamoon and come back to reality, and it starts to hit hard. A trip to Universal Studios is a welcome break.Visit our website: www.VanillawithaSideofKink.comInstagram: VanillawithaSideofKinkAlso, you can learn more about our Shibari Rope Bondage business at www.AllTiedUpSanDiego.comAnd our new operation, the All Good Things Center for Inclusivity and Acceptance. Fetlife.com Group: Vanilla with a Side of Kink - The Podcast

10/21/24 • 32:41

Show cover of Vanilla with a Side of Kink 94. The Eurekamoon!

Send us a textHoneymooning during the mid-pandemic break was not exactly what our heroes expected. As they travel to Eureka, California for some personal time, the pandemic makes it presence known. Visit our website: www.VanillawithaSideofKink.comInstagram: VanillawithaSideofKinkAlso, you can learn more about our Shibari Rope Bondage business at www.AllTiedUpSanDiego.comAnd our new operation, the All Good Things Center for Inclusivity and Acceptance. Fetlife.com Group: Vanilla with a Side of Kink - The Podcast

10/14/24 • 30:02

Show cover of Vanilla with a Side of Kink 93. . . . We're In A Club Now!

Send us a textThe Wedding! Yay!The title for this episode comes from the movie Up! It is when Ellie says to Carl, "You and me, we're in a club now!" And our heroes are certainly in a club of their own after this episode! Visit our website: www.VanillawithaSideofKink.comInstagram: VanillawithaSideofKinkAlso, you can learn more about our Shibari Rope Bondage business at www.AllTiedUpSanDiego.comAnd our new operation, the All Good Things Center for Inclusivity and Acceptance. Fetlife.com Group: Vanilla with a Side of Kink - The Podcast

10/7/24 • 38:42

Show cover of Vanilla with a Side of Kink 92. You and Me . . .

Send us a textIn this episode, our heroes discuss the day before one of the most important days in their relationship, their wedding. If you want to know what we did for our wedding from cake topper to guest lists, it is all here!Visit our website: www.VanillawithaSideofKink.comInstagram: VanillawithaSideofKinkAlso, you can learn more about our Shibari Rope Bondage business at www.AllTiedUpSanDiego.comAnd our new operation, the All Good Things Center for Inclusivity and Acceptance. Fetlife.com Group: Vanilla with a Side of Kink - The Podcast

9/30/24 • 30:58

Show cover of Vanilla with a Side of Kink 91. Oh No You Didn't!

Send us a textRenee's predictive powers from the last episode come true, resulting in a mini-meltdown. Friends come to the rescue to save Renee from herself and from canceling the wedding, even though Dan (for perhaps the first time) did nothing wrong.Visit our website: www.VanillawithaSideofKink.comInstagram: VanillawithaSideofKinkAlso, you can learn more about our Shibari Rope Bondage business at www.AllTiedUpSanDiego.comAnd our new operation, the All Good Things Center for Inclusivity and Acceptance. Fetlife.com Group: Vanilla with a Side of Kink - The Podcast

9/23/24 • 32:05

Show cover of Vanilla with a Side of Kink 90. One Ring To Rule Her Heart!

Send us a textRenee finally gets her engagement ring! A wedding venue is selected as we inch closer and closer to the wedding date.Visit our website: www.VanillawithaSideofKink.comInstagram: VanillawithaSideofKinkAlso, you can learn more about our Shibari Rope Bondage business at www.AllTiedUpSanDiego.comAnd our new operation, the All Good Things Center for Inclusivity and Acceptance. Fetlife.com Group: Vanilla with a Side of Kink - The Podcast

9/16/24 • 33:46

Show cover of Vanilla with a Side of Kink 89. A Daisy Dog, A Dress, and A DJ

Send us a textIn this episode, it is July 2021, and our heroine realizes she has a very short time to plan a wedding! But wow, what a job she does! Als a new family member arrives unexpectedly.Visit our website: www.VanillawithaSideofKink.comInstagram: VanillawithaSideofKinkAlso, you can learn more about our Shibari Rope Bondage business at www.AllTiedUpSanDiego.comAnd our new operation, the All Good Things Center for Inclusivity and Acceptance. Fetlife.com Group: Vanilla with a Side of Kink - The Podcast

9/9/24 • 34:30

Show cover of Vanilla with a Side of Kink 88. Dan Levels Up to Marriage Material!

Send us a textIn this episode, Renee rewards a friend in a big way. All Tied Up San Diego gets a new logo and holds its first in-person event since March of 2020, and Dan completes the final piece of the marriage puzzle!Visit our website: www.VanillawithaSideofKink.comInstagram: VanillawithaSideofKinkAlso, you can learn more about our Shibari Rope Bondage business at www.AllTiedUpSanDiego.comAnd our new operation, the All Good Things Center for Inclusivity and Acceptance. Fetlife.com Group: Vanilla with a Side of Kink - The Podcast

9/2/24 • 35:38

Show cover of Vanilla with a Side of Kink 87. "My Everything" Got His Wings

Send us a textThis episode concludes our two-part episode celebrating our beloved Skyler who left us in April of 2021. This episode includes pet loss, so if you are sensitive please be advised.Visit our website: www.VanillawithaSideofKink.comInstagram: VanillawithaSideofKinkAlso, you can learn more about our Shibari Rope Bondage business at www.AllTiedUpSanDiego.comAnd our new operation, the All Good Things Center for Inclusivity and Acceptance. Fetlife.com Group: Vanilla with a Side of Kink - The Podcast

8/26/24 • 35:29

Show cover of Vanilla with a Side of Kink 86. She Called Him "My Everything"

Send us a textThis episode is part one of our discussion of the wonderful celebration of Skyler, who was Renee's dog from before our relationship started. This episode deals with pet loss, so we understand if you need to skip this episode.Visit our website: www.VanillawithaSideofKink.comInstagram: VanillawithaSideofKinkAlso, you can learn more about our Shibari Rope Bondage business at www.AllTiedUpSanDiego.comAnd our new operation, the All Good Things Center for Inclusivity and Acceptance. Fetlife.com Group: Vanilla with a Side of Kink - The Podcast

8/19/24 • 28:02