Hey, this is Annabel Bacon, one of the producers here at Death, Sex, and Money.

And this week, we're re-airing our most listened-to episode of all time.

It's called Let's Talk About Porn.

We wanted to revisit this episode because we've spent the past few weeks on the show thinking about how we learn about sex.

And for many of us, pornography plays a role at some point.

And as you'll hear in this

episode, our relationships with porn can be so complicated. You send us stories about how porn

helped you get comfortable with your sexuality, and also how it's damaged your relationships

out in the real world. Okay, here's the show.

Currently, my wife is out of town.

We've been married seven years.

For the past 20, I have been addicted to pornography.

This is death, sex, and money.

Hey, man, got a big box of porn for you.

The show from WNYC about the things we think about a lot.

I don't actually have sex other than when I do porn.

And need to talk about more.

I thought all porn stress had fake views.

I'm Anna Sale.

Hi, I'd ask that you not use my name or my location. I would like to remain anonymous.

We got this voice memo last spring from a listener I'll call James. He'd stopped looking at porn months earlier at his wife's urging. Now she was away,

and those old cravings were coming back.

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