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Hey listeners, I'm Alex Barker, a journalist with the Financial Times.

A few years ago, my fellow reporter Patricia Nilsson and I spent six months looking at how money flows in the porn industry.

We gathered our findings in a new audiobook, The Kink Machine,

the hidden business of adult entertainment.

And today I'm dropping into your feed to share a preview.

Patricia and I quickly learned that while performers are required to literally bear it all,

information about the people and businesses who run this industry are kept undercover like a state secret.

We started to find a power structure that includes billionaires, tech geniuses,

and the most powerful finance companies in the world. It's a story about control,

influence, and an industry with staggering cultural reach. If you want to hear more, find

the kink machine, the hidden business of adult entertainment at pushkin.fm slash audiobooks or wherever you get your audiobooks.

This is an I-Heart podcast. Guaranteed Human.

Porn is everywhere. Millions stream it every day, yet nobody seems to know who really controls the business.

I'm Alex Barker. I'm a journalist at the Financial Times.

Years ago, my fellow reporter Patricia Nilsson and I started digging into the porn industry

to find out how the money flows. And in our new audiobook, The Kink Machine, the Hidden Business

of Adult Entertainment, you'll hear our investigation into the power and influence

that drives the most taboo corners of the internet.

Find the Kink Machine, the hidden business of adult entertainment at pushkin.fm.

slash audiobooks or at Audible, Spotify, or wherever you get your audiobooks.

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