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The Secret Room | True Stories

47. From Porn to Google

The Secret Room | True Stories

Ben Hamm

Storytelling, Personal Journals, Story, Podcast, Stories, True, Society & Culture

4.42.5K Ratings

🗓️ 13 November 2017

⏱️ 35 minutes

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Summary

Paul's story of an unexpected and secret career path. It's appropriate only for people comfortable with frank discussion about the inner workings of the porn industry. Consider yourself warned!

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Transcript

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0:00.0

Hey, it's been.

0:02.7

The secret room has been a labor of love for me since early 2016, and along the way,

0:07.9

about 150 people have shared secrets, both big and small.

0:12.0

The show has changed a bit, hopefully for the better, and I still have so many plans for

0:16.0

it, to get great stories for you that will make you laugh or cry or just say, whoa!

0:21.6

And along the way, we've picked up thousands of listeners from all over the world.

0:26.3

Thank you for making this a regular destination in your podverse.

0:30.0

I haven't asked you for much, just to expose your deepest secrets and your

0:33.6

rawest emotions.

0:34.8

And I think I might ashamed myself by groveling for iTunes reviews just a couple of times.

0:39.9

But we're about to start carrying ads, which is going to be good for your podcast

0:43.8

because it will enable me to invest even more into it.

0:46.6

To attract advertisers, I need to be able to tell them a little bit about you.

0:50.6

As an aggregate, of course. Not individually.

0:53.4

We know about secrets around here. Come on.

0:55.9

There's a link for an anonymous seven-question survey in the show notes in your pod player.

1:00.0

You can also find the survey at secretroompodcast.com.

1:03.5

I hope you'll take a moment to support your favorite little indie podcast that could.

1:07.2

The secret room. It will literally take you 30 seconds.

1:10.5

Thanks a lot. And pod on.

1:14.5

Hey, what's your secret?

1:16.2

So I never told my family that I can't stand the color orange and green touching each other.

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