Pleasure Bound

Episode Description When Mason Branstrator was paralyzed at 17 his first question was "Can I still have kids?" What followed was a years-long journey to reclaim pleasure, navigate the failures of rehab sex education, and the eventual discovery of his ability to climax again.   In this episode, Mason opens up for the first time publicly about his pornography addiction and compulsion, the shame...

Episode Description In this deeply personal episode, Kate opens up about motherhood as a quadriplegic woman — from a miscarriage that reframed her entire relationship with her body, to a grueling pregnancy that left her feeling like her body was no longer her own. She shares her harrowing birth story involving autonomic dysreflexia, aspiration pneumonia, and a 14-day NICU stay. Along the way, Kels...

Description In this episode of Pleasure Bound, we sit down with Andrew Gurza — host of Disability After Dark and a trailblazer in disability and sexuality advocacy. Andrew opens up about the origins of their podcast, hosting a world famous disability-led play party, navigating self-worth and self-doubt, the complicated realities of sex work and caregiving, and what it really means to long for genu...

Content Disclaimer: This episode contains candid discussion of sexual assault, rape, and trauma. Please take care while listening, and feel free to skip ahead if these topics are difficult for you. If you or someone you know needs support, help is available RAINN (Rape, Abuse & Incest National Network): 1-800-656-4673 (24/7, confidential) — rainn.org National Sexual Assault Hotline (online chat):...

Gabriel Rodreick “Freaque” — musician, dancer, & creator behind A Cripple's Dance — joins the show for an unfiltered conversation about pleasure, disability, and creative reinvention. He traces his journey from a piano-playing, barefoot Minneapolis kid to a 33-year-old artist living with a C5 spinal cord injury, sharing how he rebuilt his singing voice, found his sound again and turned grief into...

Episode Description: Kate and Kelsey reunite for episode 13 of Pleasure Bound, reflecting on how far they've come since starting this journey together. They dive deep into the dance between pleasure and pain — from grief and chronic pain to redefining safety, boundaries, and self-worth. The conversation moves through vulnerability, disability and community, radical self-acceptance, and the courage...

12.Where Shame Dies: Disability, Desire & the Radical Power of Being Fully Seen (feat. Trista Marie) In this deeply moving episode of Pleasure Bound, Kelsey & Kate sit with author, model, and disability advocate Trista Marie to explore what it means to embody pleasure, sexuality, and self-acceptance in a body the world often refuses to see as desirable. Trista opens up about the origins of her boo...

In Episode 11 Kelsey and Kate talk about what happens when you stop ignoring the agitation — and actually listen. From stalled pleasure practices and overcommitted calendars to the unexpected joy of missing out (JOMO), this episode is a raw, honest, and heart-felt conversation about integration, presence, and redefining what pleasure actually looks like in daily life. They dig into the pressure to...

Episode Description: In this episode, we're joined by the incomparable Jim LeBrecht — filmmaker, disability rights activist, Oscar-nominated co-director of Crip Camp, sound design legend, and all-around beautiful human. What unfolds is a raw, honest, and super fun conversation about pleasure, disability, intimacy, and what it means to show up as your full, unapologetic self. Jim opens up publicly...

Episode 9 - Rage, Release, and Reclaiming your “Nasty” Episode Description: Episode 9 is equal parts triumphant, tender, and delightfully raunchy. We kick things off with a raw conversation about processing anger — adult temper tantrums, breathwork, and why letting yourself be pissed off is actually good for you. Kate shares a major PT win, which sparks a deep dive into the delicate dance of hope...

Pleasure, Pain & Overcoming Overwhelm Life can be beautiful and brutal at the same time — and this episode holds space for both. In a tender, raw, and deeply human conversation, Kelsey and Kate explore  their relationships  with pleasure during seasons of exhaustion, pain, and overwhelm.  Together they get honest about intimacy, dissociation, desire, and the longing to feel fully present in their...

Episode 7 is a slow burn—opening with Kelsey showing Kate her incense ritual, lighting it from between her lips—setting the tone for a conversation that’s honest, raw, and just a little dirty. This week, they dive into re-sensualization and the hot mess, highs, and lows along the path of adventurous pleasure. Together, they explore the possibilities—and risks—of taking pleasure too far, and what h...

Welcome back, Pleasure Rebels! In Episode 6 (SEX), Kate and Kelsey are getting real, raw, and unapologetically honest. Kelsey shares a major milestone — her first orgasm with a partner post-injury — and what made that experience so expansive. From toy use and lube talk to autonomic dysreflexia and the art of checking in, they get into the nitty-gritty of navigating sex with a disability. The conve...

In Episode 5 of Pleasure Bound Kelsey and Kate explore “toys and boys,” pleasure practices, and navigating intimacy in changing bodies. Kate shares a vulnerable solo experience blending microdosing, meditation, and full-body pleasure, while Kelsey opens up about long-distance dating, sexting, and intimacy as a quadriplegic. Together, they touch on erotic mysticism, surrender, and the power of hone...

In this deeply honest and expansive episode, Kate and Kelsey explore the intersection of pleasure, power, and the subconscious through the lens of shadow work, and self-discovery. From cosmic, full-body experiences of pleasure to unpacking shame around desire, the conversation weaves through personal revelations, evolving relationships with sexuality, and the ways we’ve been conditioned to disconn...

Episode 3: Kink, Care, and Loving the Disabled Body Curiosity can unlock entire worlds of pleasure. In this deeply embodied episode of Pleasure Bound , Kate and Kelsey explore what happens when you follow the whisper of “what if?” — into kink spaces, onto the dance floor, into breathwork, and back into your own body. This week, Kate shares her experience attending kink events, while Kelsey reflect...

Content Warning: This episode discusses loss, addiction, grief and self-pleasure Episode 2: Grief, Orgasm, and the Courage to Feel In this deeply personal episode, Kelsey opens up about the recent loss of her brother to addiction, exploring how grief intersects with pleasure, embodiment, and healing. She and Kate discuss the courage it takes to feel all emotions fully, the importance of staying co...

Episode 1: Coming Home to the Body What happens to pleasure when your body changes forever? In this opening episode of Pleasure Bound , hosts Kelsey and Kate—two quadriplegic women living full, sensual, complicated lives—introduce themselves, their stories, and the why behind this podcast. Together, they open an unfiltered conversation about disability, sexuality, grief, embodiment, kink, shame, d...

Pleasure. Power. Peace. In every body. Pleasure Bound is a juicy, honest podcast about reclaiming joy, desire, and embodiment—especially in bodies shaped by disability, marginalization, trauma, grief, and profound change. Hosted by disabled storytellers Kelsey Peterson and Kate Steele, this show blends vulnerable storytelling, cultural truth-telling, laughter, and lived wisdom to explore what plea...