Pleasure People podcast artwork
Health & Fitness

Pleasure People

by Danielle Bezalel
Share this ranking Claiming needs an RSS feed. Contact us.

Chart positions today · United States

Not on the United States charts we track today.

If you like Pleasure People, try…

Latest episodes

  • How does your identity impact your pleasure?

    October 28, 2026 · 33 min

    Your name. Your job. Where you're from. That's the version of you most people get. In this episode, host Danielle Bezalel asks deeper questions about identity. Danielle turns to Dr. Candice Hargons for what research shows about how…

  • Why is the US so obsessed with abstinence?

    October 21, 2026 · 28 min

    In episode 2, we continue to follow participants of a 3-week pleasure study, diving into the week where they were not allowed to have any. Host Danielle Bezalel traces abstinence-only sex ed back to its Reagan-era origins with legendary…

  • What happens when 1,000 people sign up for a pleasure study?

    October 21, 2026 · 27 min

    What happens when pleasure gets assigned? A weekly regimen, a daily set of questions, and a vibrator. Pleasure People introduces you to the very people who signed up for the assignment. In the opening episode of this limited series, host…

  • Introducing Pleasure People

    October 6, 2026 · 2 min

    Pleasure People is the series that uncovers the science of pleasure through real research and the people who lived it. A thousand people. Three weeks. One question science rarely asks outright: what does daily pleasure actually do for…

Full episode archive on Apple Podcasts →

About the show

A thousand people. Three weeks. One question science rarely asks outright: what does daily pleasure actually do for you? In this 6-part audio series, hosted by veteran sex educator Danielle Bezalel, Pleasure People follows eight participants of a first-of-its-kind intervention study that tracked pleasure's impact on sleep, stress, relationship satisfaction, and so much more. You'll hear directly from these participants about what it was like to have pleasure assigned and the lasting impact the study had on their lives. The findings will surprise you. Danielle is joined by Magic Wand study lead researcher Dr. Candice Hargons and legendary sex researcher Emily Nagoski, Ph.D. to unpack the layered effect pleasure has on quality of life, and why self-pleasure has gotten such a bad rap.