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Pleasure People

by Danielle Bezalel

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.

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Episodes

  1. Ep 2: Why is the US so obsessed with abstinence?

    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 sex researcher Emily Nagoski, unpacking the politics, and…

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  2. Ep 1: What happens when 1,000 people sign up for a pleasure study?

    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, Danielle Bezalel, a.k.a. DB, lays out the Magic Wand study…

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  3. Introducing Pleasure People

    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 you? In this 6-part limited audio series, hosted by veteran…

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ABOUT THIS 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.

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Danielle Bezalel

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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...

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Pleasure People is created and hosted by Danielle Bezalel.
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