Pushkin.

Hey there against the rules listeners, Michael Lewis here.

I want to share a new Pushkin show with you this week when I think you'll enjoy.

It's called Hot Money.

When two financial times reporters started digging into the adult entertainment industry,

they made quite the discovery.

Foreign relies on performers to literally bear it all.

Yet information about the people and businesses who run the industry is kept like a state

secret.

On Hot Money, host Patricia Nilsson and Alex Barker take listeners inside the porn

industry as they uncover who's really pulling the strings.

Their reporting reveals a story that goes way beyond a single person.

A story that includes billionaires, tech geniuses, and the most powerful finance companies

in the world.

Okay, here comes a preview.

You can follow the story by searching for Hot Money wherever you get your podcasts.

Okay, we're going to start with a warning.

This series is full of adult themes and has some graphic sex talk.

Now you know, let's get into it.

How did it feel to you to be taken over by a company that no one knew anything about?

Well, the deeper I got into it, the more concerned I became about just the general level

of secrecy around the company.

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