Pleasure Central Radio

RATED R: Language Shawn (original co-host of Pleasure Central Radio) and I are back together again to talk with my coach (and our mutual friend Morgan Oaks, in fact, the reason we started supporting each other). We talk about men's leadership programs, rites of passage, the space we've created in our lives to stop and listen within, and what Morgan is putting into his new support group for men. Th...

SHOW NOTES RATED R: Language & sexual concepts  Rebecca explores with a poly couple how they talk with their kids about sex, bodies, and relationships. Hear their perspectives about lying to kids, telling their son about tampons, and the curious things kids say about condoms…  Rowan and Athalie have been guests on the show before .   CREDITS  My guests today were Rowan and Athalie.  Technical prod...

RATED R: Language and some sexual concepts Rebecca and her ex-partner Rowan cohost a poly birthday party recap house concert.    LINKS Artist: Val D'Alessio   Songs -Shakey Ground  -Golden Retriever -Kindness is Everything "Kindness is Everything" episode 091 link PHOTO CREDIT for show's main artwork to JodyRae.com ——— CREATIVE CREDITS Thanks for listening to Pleasure Central Radio. Today's episod...

RATED R: Language  Rebecca reads some audience feedback on the How to Say I'm Sorry episode number 90.  Thanks for listening to this bonus episode! I love sharing interesting perspectives, thoughts, and conversation tangents on topics that matter to me. For this episode, special thanks go to James for the content and Rowan for helping me with the production, and for being my hands and when I neede...

RATED R: Language & explicit sexual content. Rebecca shares three short, touching and unexpected stories with Rowan about her life right now. It's dedicated to my wonderful ex, Tom, and my touchingly creative friend Val. "[This conversation] also has a great mix of authenticity, compassion and vulnerability. Your compassion for Tom after the fact really comes through, and it was very nice to hear...

RATED R: Language  Rebecca and Wendy Newman are catching up after months of pandemic winter. We end up talking about apologizing and learning how to say I'm sorry with grace and an open, vulnerable heart.  Thanks for listening to Pleasure Central Radio hosted by me, Rebecca Beltran. My guest today was Wendy Newman. Today's episode was written and researched by me, with technical production by me....

RATED R: Language Eli and Rebecca share bright moments of getting outside, kayaking, learning new things, and enjoying the new freedoms that come with the weather. Thanks for listening to Pleasure Central Radio hosted by me, Rebecca Beltran. My guest today was Eli. Technical production by me. I get significant creative feedback from my Beta listener's group, for this episode, special thanks goes t...

RATED R: For language For my brother, Danny. Thank you for sharing your indomitable artistic spirit always… -Rebecca Rowan and Rebecca introduce a short commencement speech about art and share what it means to them to "make good art". Rebecca reads "Make Good Art", the commencement address given by Neil Gaiman in 2012 at The University of the Arts. To listen to the podcast episode Rebecca was inte...

RATED R: Language Eli and Rebecca share their excitement as their city slowly opens back up from the winter lockdown… Thanks for listening to 'Pleasure Central Radio' hosted by me, Rebecca Beltran. My guest today was Eli. Technical production by me. I get significant creative feedback from my Beta listener's group, for this episode, special thanks go to Tom and Sam. I look forward to your company...

Rebecca introduces one of the men she is dating (Rowan) and his wife/her metamor.  Hear Athalie's strict religious upbringing and how communication and love helped them heal and move past the 0-100mph intimacy and the patriarchal BS that came with it.  Listen to how they have thoughtfully and consciously opened their marriage and how they are doing now. Rowan and Athalie are also podcasters and ha...

Rated R Rebecca talks about some of her own patterns and how she has found ways to create healthier versions of those patterns in order to live a healthier life, and healthier, happier relationships.  "Come play with me and co-create our OWN form of Pleasure Central Radio #ArtTogetherNow!" - Rebecca If you're down for this, then … 1. Go to http://www. PleasureCentralRadio.com (either on your phone...

RATED PG: Describing interesting adult relationship concepts… Rebecca shares the medicine she needs this Valentine's Day weekend - some compassion, deeper life values, and a heart-opening meditation for those we once loved out loud (written by Oriah Mountain Dreamer, read by Rebecca). "Love is not something you find, it's something you are." Links: The Book that the meditation comes from… The Danc...

Pleasure Famine: Coping in 2020 and Beyond RATED PG: Describing difficult situations Rebecca & Sara talk about what has been missing in their lives during the pandemic, how they are coping, the apathy that creeps in when our lives' story arcs feel so much smaller than they have been, social media and it's effects, and the different ways that different cultures connect around tragedy - optimism and...

RATED PG-13: For mild language and emotionally intense content Rebecca shares about grief and the importance of holding space for our own grief and the grief of others in order to get back to pleasure again.  Comment from an early listener: "You showed us how it should not be done when describing your mom's funeral. You showed us how it should be done when explaining how your peer group held you t...

RATED PG-13: Some tame and general political content Rebecca and Sam discuss ethics and personal responsibility through a Terry Pratchett book, "Guards! Guards!" and explore some light politics via themes in the book. ------ Would you like to help us make this podcast even better? Tell us what really helped you, what hit home, what surprised you, what motivated you to do something different in you...

Rated R Rebecca & Brett Scott discuss  Being honest to yourself, being bold, and being relentless in your goals as a way to get the most pleasure out of your life. www. BrettDScott.com I Fly book

Rated R Rowan and Rebecca share their bright moments of the day - mundane and beautiful to momentous and celebrated - and share their lives with each other through the subtle act of witnessing.  SHOW NOTES: Links Episode 038 - Talk Nerdy To Me Joy Bank episode, 020 The Social Cure podcast  

Rated PG-13 for mild language Radiant Rebecca shares some thoughts on light, family, being separated from family, the winter solstice, and how she learned to be her own source of light in the dark.   

Rated PG-13, for some adult concepts and some mild language. Rebecca & Tom discuss the show Ted Lasso (on AppleTV)   Ted models a healthy way of existing and of adulting, which is uncommon in a TV show. Ted is an interesting and uplifting example model of modern masculinity.   Ted thrives and has lots of chances to show radical honesty, empathy, etc because he has intentionally put himself in unco...

PG-13 Rebecca shares a few thank you letters she has written over the years and recaps what gifts 2020 has brought her. 

Rebecca and Sam read separate poems from the same author, Oriah Mountain Dreamer.  To read more about the author, check out her website here:  http://www.oriahmountaindreamer.com/ ______ If you appreciated this episode and you like the idea of having a literary friendship, where you can share back and forth with somebody, I am building an online community. This is partially sparked out of my exper...

RATED R: Language & sexuality discussion Wendy and Rebecca discuss how Rebecca is doing in Quarantine, shares a new uplifting tv show and sex toys (two quarantine coping tools!), and how to clearly and elegantly set expectations in relationships.  Also talks with Wendy about her new Emerge 2021 program. Check it out at wendyspeaks.com . LINKS: Sex with Emily The Womanizer adult toy Ted Lasso   To...

Rated PG-13 It's about acro yoga and what acro teaches us about partnership, relationships, communication, and the balance between the divine masculine and the divine feminine in each of us. _______________________________   Would you like to help us make this podcast even better? Tell us what really helped you, what hit home, what surprised you, what motivated you to do something different in you...

Radiant Rebecca chats with Noah and Ivy from Waking Bear about their songs, about their heart-opening lyrics, and the pleasure that has gotten them where they are now.  To learn more about Waking Bear or to hear their songs, watch their music videos, and attend online streaming concerts, visit WakingBear.org.  And enjoy the bonus song at the end, Kisses on Tears!   WakingBear.org Also on Spotify,...

Rebecca and Sam celebrate the ending of summer and the beginning of fall with two short readings from Dandelion Wine, by Ray Bradbury. Imagine yourself as Douglas Spalding, age 12, conducting  your town awake...