Who Rules Porn? From Hot Money

The Underworld Podcast

True Crime, Documentary, Society & Culture, History

4.6 • 871 Ratings

🗓️ 7 June 2022

⏱️ 10 minutes

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Summary

We’re shaking things up today and sharing a preview from Hot Money, a new podcast from our friends at Pushkin Industries and the Financial Times. When Financial Times reporter Patricia Nilsson started digging into the porn industry, she made a shocking discovery: Nobody knew who controlled the biggest porn company in the world. Now, Nilsson and her editor, Alex Barker, have figured out who the guy was, and much more. Their reporting reveals a shadowy power structure that includes billionaires, tech geniuses and the most powerful finance companies in the world. You can hear more from Hot Money at https://podcasts.pushkin.fm/hotmoney?sid=underworld. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hey Underworld listeners, today we're doing things a little differently and bringing you a preview of a new show we've been enjoying and think you will too.
0:08.0	It's called Hot Money, and it's all about the secret world of one of the most taboo but massive
0:14.1	businesses on the internet, the porn industry. Like we do here on
0:18.0	Underworld, Hot Money takes an investigative reporting approach to uncover the
0:21.6	power behind porn. When Patricia Nielsen and a the discovery. Porn relies on performers to literally bear at all, yet information about
0:35.2	the people and businesses who run the industry is kept like a state secret. Through firsthand
0:40.8	interviews with performers, bankers, directors, and tech pioneers.
0:45.0	Patricia and Alex find out not only who was pulling the strings, but also expose the barons behind
0:50.9	the camera, the digital disruption of the industry, and the competition to be the leader in adult entertainment.
0:56.0	It's a story that goes way beyond a single man,
0:59.0	revealing a decades-long history that includes billionaires, tech geniuses, and the most powerful
1:04.7	finance companies in the world.
1:07.2	In the preview you're about to hear, Yield meets Stoya, a porn star who saw firsthand
1:11.8	how a fire hose of free porn online transformed the adult industry. a porn
1:13.0	online,
1:14.0	on online transformed the adult industry.
1:15.0	And I actually know Stoy and she's great,
1:17.0	so I think you guys are going to enjoy this.
1:18.0	She sends Alex and Patricia on a quest.
1:21.0	Get to the bottom of how the business of porn really works. You can
1:25.7	hear the full episode and more from Hot Money, wherever you get your podcasts.
1:32.0	How did it feel to you to be taken over by a company that no one knew anything about?
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