Held Together
Held Together is an exploration of disabled life, care work, and the everyday magic of interdependence.
Episodes
In this episode, Xander lays down with Anusuya in her living room bed for a conversation about conflict, energy, altered states, and what it means to stay present inside a body that has limits.
What began as a reflection on being “the bridge” in conflict opens into a deeper inquiry about capacity, chronic illness, and the cost of holding others.
Together, they explore:
- conflict as intimacy
- the nervous system cost of being the brid...
In this episode, Xander sits down with their acupuncturist, Tom Kirby, for a conversation about unlikely healing, addiction, and what it means to truly be met.
What began as resistance to another white man in medicine became an unexpected relationship rooted in listening, presence, and shared humanity.
Together, they explore
chronic pain
cannabis as both lifeline and challenge
sobriety
vulnerability
the living loop of care and reci...
In this conversation, Xander sits down with my friend Raven Hinojosa to trace the threads of our connection—how ritual, magic, and care weave through our friendship. We talk about:
How our relationship shifted when Raven joined me in disability and illness
Following ease and pleasure, even in pain
Evolving and unfurling without needing to “fix” ourselves
The role of ritual and creativity in deepening love and interdependence
Th...
In this tender conversation, Xander Peer Keller and their longtime friend Amy reflect on 20 years of friendship shaped by disability, queerness, sickness, and unchosen paths. Together they explore:
Unchosen paths — navigating childlessness and incurable illness
Interdependence in practice — what it means to build and sustain a care web
Friendship through rupture and repair — lessons from 20 years of showing up
Invisible grief — los...
In the first full-length episode of Held Together, host Xander Peer Keller opens the door (and the bed) to a conversation about disability, care, and interdependence. Joined by longtime friend and collaborator Beth, they share stories of building a care web—a network of support rooted in friendship, reciprocity, and queer community.
This episode explores:
Finding voice and healing through song, storytelling, and community
How disa...
In this short behind-the-scenes episode, you’ll meet the people who are holding and shaping Held Together. Xander introduces Beth, Nora, and Lunie (their dog) as the team weaving sound, structure, and support into this experiment in care webs and conversation.
Together, we share how this podcast was born out of friendship, courage, and the simple but radical act of showing up for one another. From building nests and leaning back...
Welcome to Held Together, a podcast about care webs, disabled life, and the everyday magic of interdependence. From my bed, I, Xander Peer Keller, invite you into conversations that are intimate, messy, and beautiful. We explore how pain can become a portal, how queerness and disability carry their own magic, and how being held together is more powerful than holding it all alone.
This trailer is a glimpse into the world we’re cr...
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