In this episode of Demystifying Gay Porn, we're taking a closer look at one of the most influential filmmakers in gay adult cinema, Jean-Daniel Cadinot, whose intimate, cinematic approach helped redefine French gay pornography. We also explore one of his most celebrated films, Harem: Sex Bazaar, examining why it remains one of the most discussed productions of the 1980s. Rounding out the episode is a profile of Rod Garetto, the charismatic Latin performer whose career connected many of the industry's most important studios and directors.

Whether you're interested in LGBTQ+ history, adult film history, or the evolution of gay cinema, this episode offers a deeper look at the people and films that helped shape the industry.

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David SF, also known as David Wichman is an award-winning author whose work is shaped by nearly two decades as a sex worker—bringing a rare, unfiltered perspective to conversations around desire, intimacy, and shame. His writing doesn’t sanitize the experience; rather it leans into it.

In his new book, The Four Rooms, David invites readers to explore sexual freedom and self-acceptance by confronting the parts of themselves they’ve been taught to hide.

I've been following David for years after working with him in 2018. When I saw he released this book and we would be at the same place, at the same time, I reached out to reconnect. In our interview, he speaks candidly about that journey—what he’s lived, what he’s learned, and what most people still aren’t willing to say out loud. Enjoy!

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Matt Sterling was one of the key figures behind the evolution of gay adult cinema in the 1970s and 1980s — even if his name isn’t widely known today.

In 1986, director John Travis released a gay adult film starring Jeff Stryker that would help change the landscape of gay adult entertainment.

That film was called Powertool.

Jeff Stryker became one of the most recognizable stars of gay adult cinema during the 1980s, helping  redefine masculinity, branding, and visibility during the VHS era.

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Before the OnlyFans, streaming and internet — the gay adult entertainment industry of the 1980's became a cultural force that changed gay history forever.

In this Season 5 prologue of DGP, we explore how VHS technology, the AIDS crisis, and a new generation of filmmakers and stars transformed gay adult cinema from underground entertainment into a powerful form of visibility, identity, and survival.

This is the first part of the story of the 1980s gay porn revolution — the people, the films, and the moment that reshaped the industry.

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In the 1970s, gay erotica was just coming in to its own and it was revolutionary. Bold, new ideas from filmmakers and underground studios transformed the landscape of sexuality, freedom, and representation. 

From the rise of artistic adult cinema to the creation of openly gay narratives, discover how these trailblazers helped shift culture, challenge censorship, and change the way the world saw love and identity.

*Video Podcast of this episode premieres on Thursday October 16th at 7:00pm on Youtube.

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The early days of making porn films were a grey zone which was very vast and unexplored. You could tell a story while making a hardcore film. In 1974 legendary filmmaker Toby Ross made his first film. Chances are… you’ve never heard of him. But he was filming gay stories when Hollywood didn’t even acknowledge we existed.

Ross was known for playful, sexy films—but there is one film in his collection that is something else entirely. Part art film, part psychodrama, part vintage porno. 

Big Bill Eld, was only in a handful of titles during the golden age of gay erotica but his unforgettable image and legacy has endured the test of time. 

On this episode we are going to celebrate the strange, bold, kinda beautiful world of Toby Ross, a prolific visual storyteller who was one of the first of his kind on the west coast making thought provoking and innovative gay porn films with full-on plots, characters, even comedy.

We will explore one of the most slept-on films in gay erotic film history Do Me Evil. This isn't your typical vintage gay adult film. It’s a fever dream, a noir, a psycho-sexual puzzle, and yes — it still has plenty of skin. 

And we are going to celebrate Bill Eld, a star whose career began as big as his well..and faded into obscurity just quick. 

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Arthur J Bressan Jr. was of the few iconic filmmakers in the history of gay erotic cinema that saw the importance of weaving and capturing  our history while at the same time making it okay to watch educational stuff with your porn. 

Arthur J. Bressan's gay erotic feature film, Passing Strangers, was a departure from the gay erotic film genre and is one of the first notable examples of his unique tendency to integrate erotic sequences into conventional queer narratives.

The  fresh-faced gay adult film star Johnny Dawes became an accidental porn star and managed to work for many of the biggest studios of the golden age.  

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Chuck Holmes was a gay adult film pioneer and gay rights activist who founded Falcon Studios in the early 1970s and reshaped the golden age of gay porn into the industry it is today. 

 Widely acknowledged as the best erotica gay video for all time, The Other Side of Aspen, Falcon’s 1978 hit became an instance classic, spawned several sequels and remains a best seller.

If there was ever a superstar that is well-known, much loved and remembered today from the golden gay of gay erotica…that superstar is Al Parker.  The epitome of the everyday man, who can fit in to any scenario, Al Parker became an instant eye-catching success after posing for the very magazine company that years earlier had begun his own sexual awakening. 

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A pioneering filmmaker and activist, Pat Rocco produced  and exhibited the first openly gay erotic films and gay related newsreels in the 1960's that were widely embraced by the gay community and mainstream press. 

Come of Age was directed by a man named Brad Kingston. It is a side note entry in the history of gay erotic cinema. BUT it becomes an interesting subject piece when you discover that Brad Kingston was actually Pat Rocco. 

Rick or Jim Cassidy was one of the most popular and famous actors in both gay and straight adult entertainment from the Los Angeles area. And be it, clothed or unclothed, he gained a massive following through photoshoots, films and an incredible physique.

On  this episode, we are going to celebrate and scratch at the surface of Pat Rocco, a truly pioneering, photographer, filmmaker, activist  and important figure during the sexual revolution, whose work is barely recognized today in the narrative of gay history. 

We're taking a look at Come of Age, filmmaker Pat Rocco’s first dive into the hardcore erotic entertainment market. And we are going to celebrate Rick Cassidy, an east coast amateur who became a physique model, popular cover model and adult entertainer during the golden age. 

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Perennial guest and porn star Joel Someone is in New York and I took the opportunity to sit down and catch up.  From the Gayvn Awards, garbage picking in New York to his father’s passing; we go deep. 

We then attempt to read mean comments about Joel, but get into a conversation about dealing with online trolling and the importance of accepting criticism. 

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Described as gay Louis B. Mayer, the big producer during the golden age of Hollywood, Shan Sayles was a big, boisterous man who owned movie theaters, produced films and cemented his mark on the early days of all erotic film. 

It was a legendary production at the time of its release. Both for its subject matter and the various rumors and circumstances that surround the production.

A beautifully chiseled body, gorgeous face and that damn mustache. A one-named wonder of gay erotica that with the help of industry players, an aggressive manager and rumored lover who devoted their energies and talents in order to create a legend. That legend was Roger.

On this episode, we’re going to celebrate Shan Sayles, a legendary exhibitor and one of the first entrepreneurs to comprehensively hire gay men to perform in, direct, write and edit erotic gay films. We will take a look as his film Song of the Loon, one of the first feature-length all male films that premiered during the beginning of the gay liberation era and is about an interracial gay relationship set during the American Frontier in the 1800s. And finally we are going to celebrate Roger; whose meteoric rise made him one the most popular centerfolds and live performers to come out of the golden age of gay erotic cinema. 

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I have been talking to the Milking Coach about getting together for some time now. While on location in NYC for work, I took advantage of his open morning and came in for the interview. 

After a successful career in mainstream entertainment as an event producer, The Milking Coach began his career in erotic videos on Tumblr and Xtube before establishing himself on popular fan sites doing what he does best; milking men!

So what exactly does it mean to "get milked" or to be a milker?  Watch the interview and find out.  Enjoy!

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The Park Theater, the Century Theater,  Signature Films, Jaguar Productions, these are just a couple of names, I could throw out there to anyone who knew what was "in" back in the day and the man that was responsible for all of them  was Monroe Beehler.

A pioneering studio that was run out of a basement in the Hollywood Hills, Jaguar was the first feature film production-distribution company with national reach that was exclusively gay, yet it is minimally chronicled in gay media history.

Narrated by Monroe Beehler,  The Rivermen directed by Monroe Beehler under the name Marc Aaron has been applauded for its cinematography and was an example of storyline erotic films that were released during the golden age of gay erotica. 

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Adult content creator, Rob Montana, joins me on DGP to discuss growing up poor, gay and Mormon in rural Montana. Montana recounts stories of visiting the local gay bars, coming out to his family before moving to Washington D.C. for work and  graduate studies. 

There Montana would meet his husband and enroll in medical school. During a dark time in his life, he juggled a marriage, medical school and a growing addiction to crystal meth before getting sober. 

Montana would then find his way into the adult entertainment industry as a content creator and undergo a risky Penuma implant (penile enhancement procedure) that affected his livelihood as a sex-worker and throw him back into drug-use only to come out stronger. 

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Arch Brown, an amateur photographer turned incidental filmmaker first came to broad public attention through his films. During gay liberation’s first decade, Brown’s homoerotic films achieved an international following garnering amazing reviews.

Fellow filmmaker and producer, Jack Deveau, entrusted Brown with a surreal film which has been compared to the works of Jean-Luc Godard, Federico Fellini, Luis Buñuel and Jean Cocteau. So what is  Arch Brown's The Night Before trying to tell us?

Dick Fisk was one of the most famous faces of gay erotica in the mid to late 1970’s and onward into the early 1980’s. He was manly, oozed sexuality and confidence and….that mustache. He appeared in only a handful of magazines and movies but his iconic look made him Falcon Studios first "instant" superstar.

In this episode we are going to celebrate Arch Brown, a filmmaker who would become a master craftsman and philanthropist after leaving the corporate world behind, his film, The Night Before, a beautifully crafted film that was on Variety’s 50 top-grossing film’s list in the nation for five weeks. And finally we will celebrate Dick Fisk, the archetypal Castro clone with the perfect physique and generous endowment whose contributions to the gay adult entertainment industry still resonate with his admirers today. 

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SantanaXXL is an adult contenet creator phenomenon. Since he began making videos for site like Xtube and Xvideos, he has single-handedly represented "the big boys!" 

I drove down to Philly to meet Santana in his now infamous SUV to talk about his upbringing, his continued growth in the industry, moving into studio porn, and what else he's got in store for us.

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A listener messaged me and asked if I could score an interview with The Masked Jock.  I did not know this beautifully carved, masked man personally, but I watched his following grow with the awesome content he produces.  

While we were in the same city, I decided to contact him and see if he would be up for an interview. He gladly accepted. We sat down to discuss Masked Jock's start in the porn industry, his niche, the fans and what life was like growing up, in an interview that highlights his inner beauty as well as his chiseled outward appearance.

Enjoy!

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Before social media, influencers and selfies, there was Peter Berlin; whose blond hair, fair skin and slim physique made him an international icon. He was “the original influencer.

The gay erotic film Nights in Black Leather was a significant release during the 1970’s Golden Era of Gay Porn. It was embraced and celebrated internationally due to it’s sexual representation but primarily because of its star and creative mind behind the film, Peter Berlin. 

In this episode we are going to take a look at Nights in Black Leather. A fluke film with a loose narrative made on the fly that would cement its place in the annals of gay porn history to this day. We will also explore the life and work of Peter Berlin, a talent artist, photographer, filmmaker and human being who would become a defining gay sex symbol and reluctant porn star through his photography and porn films that only had one main subject…himself. 

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Apollo Fates is one of gay adult entertainment's stars who in my opinion is still bubbling under; his talents and work are very well received and definitely noticed but I still think it is scratching under the surface. I first saw Apollo perform in a couple of scenes for Vision X Studios and knew the next time I find myself in L.A., I'd have to try and work with him. We did and it was lovely!

During a recent visit to New York City, I was able to sit down and get to know Apollo, one on one. Apollo discusses his childhood, bouncing around the greater Los Angles area in the flawed foster care system, the experience of living with his biological mother, coming out, relationships and the industry, ultimately leading to how he ended up being Apollo Fates. 

Enjoy! 

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In his 40-year career, William Higgins, built a catalogue of over 3,000 films and is considered by many of his peers as one of the most influential and beloved gay porn directors of all time.  The film, A Married Man, directed by William Higgins and starring Jack Wrangler was the director’s debut into the maddening world of gay erotic cinema. Kip Noll was a fantasy for so many men. The straight and married model was the first major twink in gay adult film history.

In this episode we are gong to celebrate William Higgins, director and  founder of Catalina Video who established a reputation for casting young, fresh, handsome, hung models in full-length features with relatable story-lines. We’ll take a look at A Married Man, a classic gay porn film by Higgins, who almost left the business before the film was seen by a savvy theatre and given a proper, successful release. And finally, we are going to celebrate Kip Noll, a gay porn star who was lusted after by everyone and whose popularity was unequaled during his time in the industry until he just disappeared.

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I met Teddy Forest in 2019.  He's a blonde hair, blue-eyed charismatic young man.  Then he takes off his clothes and gets in front of the camera; unleashing a totally different beast! 

Teddy Forest sits down and tells us about growing up Lutheran in Nebraska before making his way to Chicago to major in Urban Development. Now, currently living in New York City, Teddy continues his studies while dancing on the side at a popular east village gay bar, appearing in adult films and maintaining his fan sites.

Enjoy!

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The late 1970s were an representational awakening  for homosexual men. They began to embrace  a new vision of themselves as hyper masculine. The rise of the clone look and of bars that catered to them helped push forward this new gay masculinity, but porn took it to the rest of the country and the man who bridged the old world of the closeted straight man and the new gay masculine sexuality was filmmaker Joe Gage. 

The Road movie as a cinematic genre emerged after world war 2 and reflected both the advent of the automobile as a fundamental expression of individualism. And the emergence of a mobile young suburban population looking for adventure. The combination of these elements plus the exploration of male sexual desire among working class and rural men were brought together by Joe Gage in his Working Man Trilogy. 

Often called the OG Daddy of Gay Porn, Richard Locke, burst onto the gay erotic film scene in 1974 and quickly became a fixture among gay men who were into the rugged and sexy male look that differed from the clone look depicted in films made in California. But Locke was more of a renaissance man all rolled into one human.

In this episode, we are going to celebrate Joe Gage aka Tim Kincaid, his film Kansas City Trucking Co. and Richard Locke. 

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It’s 1971 and you’re at a Groovy Guy Contest. There, you set your eyes on Jimmy Hughes. Hughes would go on to win the contest and become a sought after model during the early part of the 1970’s before being entangled in rape and kidnapping charges that would landed him in jail in 1974.

When a feature film becomes a massive box office hit, it has the capacity of shifting the cultural landscape, putting its finger on the pulse of the day and age. And it will almost inevitably assure that a hardcore porn film parody will soon follow. Greek Lightning may just be one of the first erotic film parodies in history. 

But just who was the director of the 1972 gay erotic film Greek Lightning?  Robert Walters? Ken Albert?  Robert Stephens? The answer is all of them, because iconic filmmaker Scott Masters, who founded Studio 2000 and Nova Films used all of those names during his long career in gay adult entertainment. 

In this episode, we will celebrate Scott Masters, a guerrilla filmmaker and director who began his career in the adult industry pushing the boundaries of full frontal male nudity his film Greek Lightning, a gay porn that was meant to be a hardcore take off of The French Connection,. And Lastly, we will take a look at the short but fascinating modeling career of Jimmy Hughes, a golden age performer who achieved star status during the early to mid 70’s before it all came crashing down amidst several sex crimes. 

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Young model and adult entertainer Benvi was in New York City recently and I have wanted to sit down and talk to him since I met him in Los Angeles a couple years back. Just in his mid-20's, Benvi has already lived many lives and shares a bit about his struggles with addiction and homelessness that led him to sex work.  

Now sober, Benvi has reclaimed his narrative and has a promising career ahead of him. Enjoy!

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Sean Duran appeared on DGP last season and it quickly became one of the most loved and  disliked interview of the series. Well this season's interview may prove to be no different.  

A couple of years have gone by since we last met and I sat down to catch up on many of Sean's lofty goals, such as truck driving school, having children and leaving the industry. 
During our conversation we also discuss escorting and the infamous "boyfriend," experience, things that happen in relationships as well as some personal stances on hot button issues that we agree to disagree on.  Enjoy!  

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Joel Someone and King Dwarf have had an amazing year and I was very happy when they reached out to let me know about it.  

Joel is a DGP perennial guest whose career in the industry I’ve had the privilege to watch explode from coast to cast and studio to studio. 

Since last we spoke King Dwarf has gone from social media sensation to reality TV star recently having appeared on Go Go For the Gold Season 2. Also, did you know Joel and KD have been dating?!

Joel and King Dwarf sit down for an interview with me and discuss some reality television behind the scenes moments, living and working in L.A. as well has how they mange their relationship and career and they aim for bigger things. 

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Adult Babies and Diaper Lovers are growing communities that enjoy role-playing  as infants and/or wearing diapers.  Both AB and DL are often grouped into a single community as they share similar traits within their members. ABDL can be either sexual or nonsexual depending on the person and how they derive their positive needs of safety, security and coping with stress of everyday life. 

On this episode of Open Lines, Rigby and Boogie B are both adult babies and diapers lovers who sat down with me and gave  me an good introduction on everything being ABDL means.  They explain what makes someone a "little," the baby, or a "big, the caregiver, to how they realized this was how they feel comfort  through situations that can also turn sexual. 

Please enjoy. 

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How did an expatriate eccentric Englishman armed with a video camera become the Grandfather of Gay Porn?  Peter De Rome, whose erotic films were made at a time when doing so was incredibly dangerous and would later gain recognition in the 70’s by Jack Deveau and then again some 40 years later with a new generation. 

The story behind Peter De Rome’s The Destroying Angel came to be when De Rome noticed that by the mid 70s many subjects were tackled by the gay erotic film except for horror. At that same time, DeRome had wanted to make a film that had been lingering in his mind about twins. What De Rome ended up making was a psychosexual, horror film that bends so many genres. 

Will Seagers appeared in some of the most iconic gay porn films of all time, working with other legendary talent and filmmakers.  He was stunning, having come into his looks in his 20’s and becoming the quintessential 1970’s man, everyone lusted over. 

In this episode, we will celebrate Peter De Rome, a charming Englishman and cinematic outlaw  who channeled his erotic side and experimented with putting his unique vision on celluloid and contributed some of the best gay erotic films in the industry’s history. We’ll also review Peter DeRome’s Poe inspired, The Destroying Angel, a haunting, psychedelic gay erotic film that explores "twincest," religion, the ego and magic mushrooms of course. Last but not least, we will celebrate Will Seagers, also known as Matt Harper, who starred in a string of classic scenes during his cinematic run in the late 1970’s and early 80’s.

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Jordan Jameson is an adult content creator and model who marches to the beat of his own drum. Every shoot I've worked on that he is a part of, he walks into the room and it is his. 

In this episode we get underneath the surface and find out what it took to make Jordan Jameson his own unique brand in adult entertainment, modeling for print and video and his writing through his personal background and of course, flair for fashion.

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Jack Deveau has been called the master of narrative gay porn. During the 1970’s he molded moody stories that were filled with hot sex and sociopolitical messages and heavily plotted films that still resonate today.  Deveau, along with his lover and business partner Robert Alvarez presided over one of the most well-regraded studios of the day, Hand in Hand, that shot and distributed gay erotic movies.  

And though many have said the best of these films is A Night at The Adonis, it is his inaugural film, Left-Handed that is in my eyes the perfect combination of experimental meets story and some steamy sex scenes.  

Wade Nichols emerged onto the screen during the 1970’s golden age of adult cinema and was one of the last true matinees idols. He was handsome and talented; a different breed of supermen of the day who would become a singer and soap star. 

In this episode, we will celebrate Jack Deveau, his film Left-Handed and Wade Nichols. 

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Roger Earl was a documentarian who managed to capture intense BDSM and kink sessions in some of the truest forms of erotic cinema verité, often polarizing and definitely shocking viewers. Earl’s Born to Raise Hell was made at the same time as the other gay landmark films. However, this film’s focus is primarily on gay male sadomasochistic practices and mostly devoid of any traces of tenderness or romance. Val Martin was a fixture in the middle of the golden era of gay porn, starring in various films that teetered on S&M. In the BDSM subsection, Val Martin was a god. 

In this episode, we will celebrate Roger Earl, a documentarian of BDSM and gay erotic films who strategically planned in preproduction to ensure realism the minute he yelled  "Action."  We will discuss his film,  Born to Raise Hell, that echoes the experimental filmmaking techniques of the 60’s underground and It’s presentation of a sexual subculture where the experimentation lies.  And finally we will honor Val Martin, the underground gay porn icon that helped bring out the inner kink in many gay men during the early days of the porn industry.

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On this episode of DGP: Open Lines we start to explore "Furries." In i's most basic definition, A Furry is a fan of anthropomorphic animals, i.e. a Disney character suit, a mascot , etc... and it doesn't stop there. Furries are part of a growing furry fandom. 

My good friend Spike (from the pup play episode) just happened to know a couple of guys in the furry community.  Kyle and Nurp walk us through what being a furry means to them, how they created this part of their persona (or "fursona," if you will) as well as a little bit about what to expect from the fandom. We also touch on the sexual and nonsexual aspects of being a furry. 

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Jerry Douglas wore many hats, as a novelist playwright and theater director, but here we will celebrate him as the gay porn director, film historian, storyteller and a mentor to many figures in the gay porn industry today. 

Douglas is justly celebrated at the director of The Back Row one of the first hardcore films made after Stonewall. Watching it today, The Back Row is a  precious artifact showing a pre-Disney Times Square and the seedy, gritty,  70’s New York City that is legend to many people who remember it. But The Back Row also documented a fixture in the culture of gay cruising, the movie theater. 

Not a lot of people in adult today remember George Payne, though he was one of the more recognizable stars of the golden age of adult film in New York. Payne entered the porn industry in 1972 appearing in The Back Row after coming to New York to do male swimsuit modeling and initially marketed himself towards a gay audience. He transitioned over to the straight side of the industry eventually and gained notoriety for his intense portrayals. 

In this episode we are going celebrate Jerry Douglas, his film, The Back Row and adult entertainer George Payne. 

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Content Creator Alex Kof is a Ukranian-born porn model who lives in New York City,  by way of Russia. He began his porn career in Moscow when he met producer Michael Lucas in 2013 and took a break until recent years. Kof decided to leave Russia and he moved to the big apple where he began shooting his own adult content. In our interview he discusses his love of American culture, the ongoing war in the Ukraine and his ultimate goal of conquering the English language of course porn!

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During the beginning of the gay erotica film explosion, J. Brian was already near legendary as a well known photographer of naked young men. Once he picked up a film camera, he made a handful of significant films that are classics today. Brian’s Seven in a Barn satisfies an an authentic artifact of early gay cinema made especially interesting because of its use of scripted dialogue and sound.  Porn star Dean Chasson may be the most prolific gay pornography star you have never heard of. Chasson’s career began in 1969 and was mostly over but the time every household had a VCR. 

In this episode we are going to celebrate J. Brian, the quintessential San Francisco filmmaker known for his photography, films and notorious escort agency, his film Seven in a Barn  and lastly, gay porn star Dean Chasson, a gay porn model who came to prominence during the late 1960’s and continued his career into the 1990’s before disappearing completely. 

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Porn stars embody the sexual ideals of gay men. It is the porn star’s sexual performance that is the portal through which viewers engage with a pornographic movie. Director Fred Halsted considered hardcore porn a performer’s medium—as well as the cameraman’s. Halsted was in all senses a pornographer, but more an experimentalist who went on to make ambitious and experimental films that included some of the first visual examples of fisting and would garner critical acclaim for his work during his lifetime. 

L.A. Plays itself, his initial film is his grand opus. Although the film is not considered a masterpiece in any conventional way, it is beloved but Halsted fans and art critics and broke new ground while it the groundwork was being laid down in gay erotic cinema. 

Whenever you think of Fred Halsted from this moment on, you will come to associate him with Joey Yale. Yale’s iconic appearance in L.A. Plays Itself as a fisting bottom would begin a friendship, partnership and tumultuous relationship with Halsted that would tie them together forever in history. On this episode we celebrate Fred Halsted, His film L.A. Plays Itself and Joey Yale. 

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On this Open Lines episode of DGP, we are discussing  puppy play, puppy hoods, wagging tails, barking and obedience.  I am joined by two personal friends who sit down to tell me what attracted them to the culture of puppy play and why it is so damn popular. 

Puppy (or pup) play is a type of role-play behavior, in the outskirts of the BDSM community, in which adult humans adopt the characteristics of dogs.  But just as with canines, there are hierarchies and roles. Spike, whom I've known for years, is a pup handler, a person who enjoys role-playing as someone who takes care of a pup. His fiancé, Strike, is an alpha pup, a more dominant pup among other pups or a pack setting. 

It sounds like a lot to wrap your head around but imagine taking a break from stresses of your life, clearing your mind, lowering your defenses and being taken care of. Oh and let's not forget an endless amount of attention, cuddling and treats! It is undeniable that there a psychological appeal that has attracted more people to puppy play and has also given its practice more attention. Listen and enjoy!

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Steven Toushin helped redefine and shape modern perceptions of what is and what isn’t obscene but faced an uphill battle with the moral right and the government, which was practically synonymous in the early days of pornography.

The Bijou Theatre opened its doors in 1970 during the height of the sexual revolution and at a time when artists and filmmakers were starting an underground film scene in various parts of the country. The name Bijou would go on to become synonymous with gay porn films and distributes some of the biggest classics in the genre. 

Centurians of Rome was one of many films that was distributed by Bijou Video and claims to be one of the most expensive gay films of its time at a budget of nearly 100,000 dollars.  Centurians of Rome’s story is one of a sociopath, a million dollar bank robbery and the rumor that it is owned by on a prestigious insurance company in London.

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Gay porn personality Benny Blazin is a smart, charming performer and college student I met in 2019. Every time I book a round of shoots, I make sure to cast him in one position or another.  Benny sits down with me and discusses how he was introduced to the east coast porn industry. From there we talk about his growing up in the Bronx, hook-up applications and websites and his work with sex work advocacy.  Enjoy!

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This episode celebrates Tom DeSimone, a gay porn director turned Hollywood filmmaker who helped develop and contributed to the early years of gay porn. I also examine DeSimone’s film The Idol, a coming-of-age film that involves real dialogue and genuine acting as the lead character comes to terms with his sexuality. And finally Jack Wrangler, a 70’s gay porn icon, turned cabaret producer who was a legend in his time and whose stardom coincided with the gay liberation movement making him a role model for many men.  Enjoy!

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A listener messaged me on Instagram telling me he gets turned on men by with small dicks. After speaking to him briefly, I was fascinated. I'm in an industry that absolutely idolizes men with huge dicks and sells them to their audience. 

There are sites that exist dedicated to men with small dicks, micro penis, etc... They exist however they are mostly humiliation or cuckold websites where a scene partner points, makes fun and degrades the subject. 

Here's Matt, a listener who had an encounter with man who kept telling him he had the smallest dick. When Matt didn't believe it could be that small, the man got fully hard, dropped his pants and showed him. In that moment something changed in Matt and he's been fantasizing about men wth small dicks since.  How small?  Listen and find out.

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Pioneering adult filmmaker Wakefield Poole revolutionized gay porn in the early 1970's. Boys in the Sand was the seminal gay porn film that ushered in the era of gay porn chic before Deep Throat. Casey Donovan was the "All-American Boy Next Door," who helped create a genre and was one of the most marketable adult and mainstream models of his time. Listen to all of this fascinating history and more on this episode of Demystifying Gay Porn. Enjoy!

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Gay adult performer Jonah Wheeler began his career during the pandemic and has quickly become a sought after entertainer by collaborators and studios alike. His charming, genuine demeanor and "big brother next door" attitude are on full display as we discuss growing up in the Virginia suburbs outside of Washington, D.C and studying music in college, nurturing a career in the city as a musician. Oh and of course,  some of the things that help make Jonah Wheeler who he is sexually.

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It has been a long time, but Demystifying Gay Porn is almost here! Season 4 premieres next week but I felt as if devoted listeners, watchers and newcomers may want a taste of some of the changes this season will bring.  

There will still be plenty of model interviews. But I wanted to start putting together a detailed history of gay porn with stories of iconic studios, movies and stars. Let me know what you think and please enjoy!  

If you like what you hear and want to be a part of the process of creating this podcast and youtube channel, head over to patreon.com/demystifyinggayporn. 

Cheers!

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Jim French was a classically trained illustrator who began his career in fashion and later formed small companies selling nude male illustrations during the late 1960's. French would go on to form Colt Studio; America's first gay porn studio. Dakota a.k.a. Ken Sprague was a popular Colt Man who used his earnings and notoriety to buy a declining Gold's Gym in Venice Beach and turn it into a household name.

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It was my pleasure to meet and interview King Dwarf, whose personality, along with, ahem, other appendages made him a star amongst content creators, fan sites and the twitter-sphere. 

We met at a dusty motel room in central New Jersey and shot the shit for about an hour about the growing pains early on in life. It wasn't until high school where although bullied, King Dwarf received a confidence boost when the guys in the locker room began to notice and admire his big dick! 

Then, one day after high school, he jumped onto Chatburbate turned on his camera whipped his dick out and started jerking off in front of curious viewers. It changed his life. From there, King Dwarf went on to being a Tumblr star before the sites ill-fated decision to move away from it’s money maker. Following that King Dwarf began to take nude photos, post on twitter and his now a fully-fledged adult content creator on fan sites. 

With his newly crowned notoriety in the adult entertainment industry King Dwarf has also found his family of friends that love and support him as well as a new love interest! From studio work to other ventures find out what’s next for King Dwarf all during this candid interview. Enjoy!

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Champ Robinson has been in the middle of a relaunch and promoting his new website Vision X.  On top of that he has been more open about collaborating and also sharing scenes with models that originally belonged solely to him. 

It was during one of these content sharing scenes that Champ was confronted by an queer Asian sex worker who was offended by Champ's use of their scene on his website series called "Cum Dumplings," which features Asian models as the bottom.  One thing led to another and the following week Champ and his studio were at the receiving end of backlash by a group of queer Asian sex workers who demanded he change the name of his series. 

I originally asked Champ to come on the podcast while all of this was going down to try and explain his side of the incident better but he was sick in bed and not mentally prepared for it.  

I caught up with him this week and gave him this opportunity to tell his story. 

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Ripper, my guest this week, is a size difference enthusiast who’s into macro fantasy. Unlike  my other guests on the subject though, Ripper is also a content creator and owner of the website Giants and Tiny Feet. 

Like many other size enthusiasts, Ripper was fascinated watching movies like "Honey I Shrunk The Kid, and also remembers sharing school spaces with upper class men who towered over him as a kid.

We discuss how macro changed for him during puberty and how like many others in the community with similar tastes, how joining the forum Coiled Fist opened up a world of possibilities. 

Standing 6’4, an object of fantasy to other macro members himself, Ripper discusses dating men who were a lot shorter and being disappointed due to his fantasy of being “The tiny," writing fan fiction and how he went from fan to content creator and everything that comes with the territory of owning your own studio. 

Please enjoy!

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In the late 2010's I began seeing a phrase or new sexual orientation rather, called "the Pornosexual." A pornosexual, more recently also referred to as a solosexual as well, describes a person whose sexual orientation is linked solely to porn.  It's become so easy to get your hands on porn today that some people just don't feel the need to have another person in the room.  

I received a message from a listener named Timmy, a self-described pornosexual who is a gay man in his mid-sixties who discovered porn while in his teens by way of Blue Boy magazines and VHS tapes. After a 26 year long relationship Timmy is now in a healthy relationship with himself and his love of porn. 

During our conversation we discover a little more about the age demographic of gay men who lived through the AIDS epidemic; a time where being alone and finding new ways to get off may have saved your life. In there a correlation? Yes, to an extent.  This is a great episode filled with some history and Timmy's story.  Enjoy. 

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I had a couple of interesting conversations that just couldn't wait for Season 4, so here's episode 1 of 5 in a "Summer Series."

It's safe to say everyone who listens to this podcast knows what a top is and what a bottom is. But, have you heard of a side?  If you haven't, make way because here they come.  Well they've always been here. 

A side is basically described as a gay man who doesn't enjoy receiving or giving anal sex.  But we don't want basics. That's why we reached out to OtterXaddy (pronounced Otter Zaddy) who is a side, to lay it all out for us. 

In this episode you will learn that a side is more than just a "gay man who doesn't like anal sex," it is everything sexual including oral, kinks, fetishes minus anal. So if you think about it; we've all participated as a side at one point or another. 

Otter details moments in his dating history when he realized he just wasn't that into anal sex, but loved everything else that came with being a gay man and how sides are made to feel like less of a gay man by others who don't understand them.  This is a great conversation filled with so much to learn and I hope you enjoy it as much as we had putting it together. 

P.S. If you have any questions you'd like to ask our guest this week, here is his twitter handle: @otterxaddy

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What can I say about Youtube Star Davey Wavey that he hasn’t already said or that you might not be aware of?  

I got an email from Davey Wavey in March about connecting and was blown away; how on earth did he find my dog and pony show? Lol! Of course I know who Davey is but it wasn’t until a listener of the podcast asked me about a studio called Himeros TV that I finally made the correlation. Davey Wavey is the creator of Himeros TV; an adult platform aiming to revolutionize gay erotica as we know it.  

During this episode, Davey and I talk about his early days on YouTube before it became the juggernaut it is today. We discuss his channel, growing an audience and his shift towards more sexually charged content that led to Himeros TV. 

Davey opens up about his relationship with gay porn while growing up and the lack of  intimacy, depth and originality that has long been associated in the adult entertainment industry today. This led him to venture  into starting his own studio that would be "like  gay porn but better." 

But do we really need another gay porn studio?  Was there initial pushback from other studios?  Why is Himeros TV a better way to watch porn?  You will get it straight from Davey's mouth on the season 3 finale of Demystifying Gay Porn. 

Enjoy. 

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If you haven’t already listened to the two macrophilia podcasts on the previous seasons Demystifying Gay Porn, JoeVoter is here to share his experiences with this fascinating fetish more popularly known as "Size Kink." 

Size kink goes by many different names. Macrophilia, macro for short, being the most basic definition you will find in an easy search. Then theres size fetish, size kink, etc...today and form here on out, I will use the term size kink. 

I have reached out to a couple of producers and members of the size kink community for this season but unfortunately, our schedules did not coincide. I posted a message on a Facebook group I found  and to my delight, JoeVoter,  messaged me and said he would be thrilled to talk to me about how he discovered his love of all sizes. 

JoeVoter, his handle on social media, and I open the discussion with a brief description of what a size kink means to him, how he came to find any material pertaining to his particular taste when he was young and how everything changed when he came across a forum known as coiled fist. Coiled Fist a popular forum, home to members of the size community.

If you're still a bit confused about what a size kink is, you may have recently stumbled upon a popular meme, picture or video that almost broke the internet. The now infamous scene was featured in Amazon Prime’s The Boys, which knowingly or unknowingly to the producers features of the most homoerotic size kink scene to date! Oh yeah, you better believe we talk about that!

Enjoy.

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A couple of weeks ago during a monthly sweep for new models in the NYC area, I noticed a cute Only Fans model who appeared on my Twitter feed. When I clicked on his page I noticed he was following me!  I was like, "How did I miss this kid?"

I reached out to Miguel, better known in the sex  Twitter-sphere as "Migs," and wanted to see if he was interested in joining me on the podcast and he agreed. 

Migs, a first generation Mexican-American talks about growing up in New Jersey and moving to New York City and falling into porn content creation almost by accident. After getting serious, he established a core base of  Filipino fans who thought he may himself be Filipino and to whom he is grateful for. 

Migs and I discuss growing up in a single-parent Latin family, moments of sexual awakening,  Only Fans as a steady income and his plans for the future.  Enjoy!

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It's been a while since Betsy, the female gay porn fan helped us get a woman's perspective of gay porn on season one of the podcast.  I recently received an email from Christina, a fellow enthusiast in which she proclaimed her love for gay  porn.  So naturally, I wanted to hear all about it. Oh, but that's not all!

Christina is an extremely sex positive, confident tax attorney who also happens to be a highly functional autistic person. She further shattered so many preconceived ideas I had about women and porn. During our conversation she discusses finding erotica which then led to porn and finally gay porn. She then describes what it was like growing up hiding erotic novels from her Baptist mother, who wanted to raise Christian soldiers. 

We also talk how normalizing sex through honest conversation and education will allow people to connect and  will inevitably save the world. Gosh, this was a fun episode!  I hope you enjoy. 

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Jake is an avid listener of the DGP podcast. When he reached out to me through Instagram we spoke briefly about his appreciation of men's underwear. After a couple of conversations, I asked him to come on the show and share his story. 

Jake has a collection of underwear that is close to four hundred pair deep. It’s what he likes and it’s what gets him off.  Furthermore, Jake has a good understanding of the confidence a nice pair of underwear imbue in a man. 

During our discussion I learned of Jake's experience growing up in a military family with a healthy dose of euro-centric body positivity. Jake then reveals how he discovered his underwear fetish and explains how he navigates his life and current relationship after the dissolution of a long marriage.  And there's so much more,  so sit back and enjoy!
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As you probably already know, Champ Robinson and I have known each other so such a long time. On one of his recent trips to L.A. I crashed at his place and grabbed this interview with him. 

Champ recently relaunched his website as Vision X, where he offers various different series thanks to the different themes he has played with in his content such as cuckolds, cosplay, big brothers, daddies and other taboo subjects. I sat down and caught up with a man who tirelessly works at his craft trying to get better while learning so much of the behind the scenes that goes into the industry. 

We almost immediately jump into topics like his affinity to religion or being a spiritual person, the idea of self-realization and importance, the difference “casual racism,” and fooling around with one another. We then move into the idea of being “over-porned,” his first sexual experience, the first time he ever saw a gay porn film and bridal showers at gay bars.  

We really do get into it so I hope you enjoy. 

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This week,  I speak to Brian Bonds, who I have trying to set up an interview with for almost 4 years now. 

Brian came by and we spoke about living in sin city, Las Vegas,  growing up in Arkansas closeted in a baptist family and coming out to his parents as first gay but then a porn star.  Brian also does a lot for HIV advocacy and we talk a little bit about that controversial bug-chasing episode.  

We then discuss a new generation of porn viewers who have grown up with Brian Bonds, kinks, fetishes and that infamous gang-bang proposal! We definitely had plenty to talk about and I hope you enjoy! 

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For the second season of the podcast, Dillon Diaz and I had a great conversation via zoom but I knew the minute I could be in the same town with him, I would want to have a face to face meeting and sit down. 

On this episode, Dillon and I discuss how the porn world has been for him since full-on production has resumed, the various different studios he has been working with as well as more aggressively pursuing his fan site pages. 

Then, we are fortunate to be joined by porn model Jake Waters, who Dillon recently met and fell in love with . If you follow their social media, watching their relationship development from afar has been beautiful.  Jake describes how he started in the industry and that fateful day he met Dillon on set.  From there we discuss the fun and difficulties of being in the same industry and watching your partner have sex with someone else. 
 
Lastly, since recording this episode, Dillon and Jake have become engaged! Congrats to them both, enjoy!

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I know it sounds painful BUT it's not what you think!  On this week's "Open Lines" episode we talk to, E, who is a listener of the podcast  and also happens to have a nipple fetish. E is attracted to men who are extremely turned-on by having their nipples touched, sucked and tweaked.  

I've been on many a porn set where in between takes all these sexy men are playing with each other's nipples before they get in front of the camera. Why? And why was I not recording it??  I always understood that some men love to have their nipples played with but here's a bit of a deeper dive into the subject.  

Enjoy!

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Before the end of Season 2, a fan of the DGP podcast asked me to interview Rob Navarro of Military Classified. I quickly searched his name and to my surprise, I knew exactly who he was and the work he did. And I was definitely a fan of his work!

I contacted Rob and asked him if he’d be interested in appearing on the podcast. He agreed. A year later, I would find myself driving through the west coast and reached out again to touch base and we were able to set up this impromptu meeting. 

Rob graciously invited me on to the set where it all happens; where real, straight military men walk in and get a blow job from or have sex with the very man I am interviewing!

“Military gay porn,” is a sub-genre of “Gay for Pay,” porn. Rob Navarro has been operating Military Classified since 2004. Before being the star of his own site though, Rob already had quite the career as a Billboard charting, Christian Rock singer and a voice actor, notably being the Latin Ronald McDonald! So how did he get to Military Classified?  Listen and find out. Enjoy!

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Every season I ask Joel Someone, "Where is the world are you?  I want to interview you again." The reason being...well there are many reasons. Joel is a genuinely nice person with so many great stories because he is not one to shy away from new experiences. 

 I was able to catch up with Joel again who is now an award-winning porn entertainer and has worked his way into every aspect of the adult entertainment industry with a smile on his face. We talk about his big night at the Gayvn awards, shooting with new studios, insecurities on set, How to bottom like a pro, big dick problems and what is yet to come. 

Enjoy!

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If you don't know adult entertainer Daddy Cream aka Jovan Joseph, then this is a great introduction.  

I first met Daddy Cream in 2021. My first conversation with him was via text message. I remember being struck by how forward and business savvy he was. By then I was intrigued and I thought, " okay he talks this good, but does he have the goods." And he did.  It was a great scene.

Jovan recently self-published a memoir called, The Truth Behind It All.  I read it before sitting down with him. It gave me great insight on both his character and what his life was like growing up in Northern California under the care of his loving grandmother. 

We went on to discuss his relationship with his mother, meeting his estranged father, coming out, trouble with the law and having a baby with his best friend. 

I hope you enjoy. 

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Zen Gōken is relatively new to the porn industry but he has had a fascination with it before he made his way to the west coast of the United States from Japan. 

A former school teacher, Zen decided to make this big shift in life after being outed on Instagram when a personal porn video he appeared in found its way on Pornhub. 

He saw the comments and his public loved him!

Zen sat down with me and detailed his new journey, dealing with his insecurities, models and giving back to his loyal fan base by providing the best content he can. We then talk sex outside of work, his personal coming out story and having to suppress his love of music  while growing up in Japan with strict parents. 

P.S. This podcast has been nominated for a 2022 cybersocket award.  If you like and want to support please vote for us here: https://cybersocketawards.com/ 

Thank You!

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Spring has sprung! And what better way to clear the air and make some healthy space than an out of this world conversation with porn icon Adam Russo. 

I am very fortunate to be able to say this is Adam’s third time on the podcast, which means we can just dive right into it. In this episode Adam talks the coming spiritual awakening, food and how everything we put in our bodies matters, soul lessons and signs the universe sends you, how to communicate with your guides and why you should . Oh yeah and porn.

I know...it sounds very heady but you will definitely want to listen to this episode. Sit back relax and please enjoy!

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Eris runs a twitter page called Foot Fetish Papi. You would think we were going to get an earful of feet in this episode, but as it turns out Eris gets down with a lot more than just men's feet. 

I came across Foot Fetish Papi on twitter while looking for people in the foot fetish for this season.  When Eris and I finally sat down and went over some topics of discussion, I quickly realized Eris was just crazy about locker rooms, socks, feet, balls, you name it. As a businessman and developer, he's surrounded by construction workers. You can only imagine where his imagination goes and the encounters he is willing to talk about. Enjoy!

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The last time I sat down with porn star and content creator Mr. Cali he was working on putting a music album together.  Since then, Mr. Cali has been busy shooting scenes but also found the time to make that album he wanted to produce a reality.

Mr. Cali is back on DGP to catch up and also tell us about his experience working with music producers, making his album and teases us with a sneak preview of one of his finished songs! It's alway a pleasure seeing Mr. Cali. In an industry full of people hustling and making things happen, he always gives everything he has and still finds the time to be authentic. Enjoy.

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This week I met up with producer, content creator and Indian porn star Magic Mike Hung.  I have not worked with Mike just yet but after meeting this beautifully down to earth and passionate man, I genuinely cannot wait.  

Mike began his career at the height of the COVID pandemic and has become a sensation on fan sites and Twitter.  Among other topics of discussion we explore his feelings about crossing into studio porn and whether the lack of Indian porn stars in the industry is cultural or manufactured.

My intrigue, however lies deep within who Mike is; a gay porn star by today's standards who just so happens to be Indian as well. We talk about growing up in the west coast and his move to the states after graduate studies and the sharp views on homosexuality and pornography back home in India.  I hope you enjoy this interview as much as I enjoyed being a part of it. 

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Kenny is the producer and operator of his fansite, Straight Fart Gods. What exactly does he do there?! Well in this episode of DGP, you're about to find out.  

I know that there are all sorts of fetishes and kinks out there and one I came across not too long ago was Eproctophilia; a sexual arousal to farts. Scratching your head yet? Well don't. It is far more common than you would think. I would have had an episode about this community in the first season but I blew it (no pun). The interviewee was turned off at coming on the show after I giggled when he told me he liked farts. I'll never do that again. 

A model turned me on to Kenny and his videos.  Kenny has been an active member of this community and he produces videos where people sit on his face and fart. But that's just the surface. Go ahead and take a listen. Xx.

P.S. Kenny would like to extend a two week free subscription to the first 10 subscribers if you are into it:
https://t.co/w251mZEnP2

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Did you know that since the late 1990's there have been gay men who actually fetishize and fantasize about getting HIV? 

When I stumbled upon this in the early 2000's, the men who transmitted HIV to willing men were called "gift-givers." The men that wanted to contract HIV, for various different reasons were called, "bug-chasers."  I had forgotten about this underground community but in my search to understand and demystify,  I came across MANY men on various social media platforms who were in fact hosting conversion parties, gift-giving and bug-chasing.  There is indeed a "poz" fetish and it is thriving. 

I reached out to many men in this community and after a bunch of "no thanks..." I was referred to a user on Twitter  who was very open about his HIV status and his passing along his virus to anyone who wants it. This is our discussion.

This was one of the toughest conversations for me to have and try to understand but I am very grateful for the subject's openness and honesty. 

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I’ve been trying to get fan favorite, adult entertainer Nate Stetson behind the microphone for a little over a year now and we finally did it!

Nate has one of the calmest and nicest personalities I have come across during my career; I was really intrigued to know more about him. We met in 2017 and we began shooting together. He took a break from adult entertainment work for a couple of years but recently began making content for his fan sites and doing studio work while going back to school East Asian Languages with a focus on Japanese and Tibetan Studies. 

Nate shares stories about growing up in rural South Carolina, a painful high school experience, a brief stint as a truck driver, interning at a big art gallery, owning parrots and so much more! Enjoy

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You may know content creator, porn star and author Venom, as either Kyng Vynm or Vynm, spelled with a y and no vowels. Before entering the gay porn industry you may have even known him as Pastor Kevin.

Hailing from the city of brotherly love, Philadelphia, Vynm was in town to shoot some scenes with me and before we did, we got some time in to discuss his long career and his new book called, A Life of Lust (Memoirs of THE Porn Star). 

Of course,  once we start talking we allow ourselves to go everywhere from Vynm's growing up surrounded by religion, the idea that we are god, selling sex with sex, the importance of sexual education today and splitting the porn personality from the everyday man.  There's a lot in this one so as always enjoy!

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Alessio Vega just went through a really bad divorce and to make matters worse, his ex never told him he was having an affair with another man. Now, I know what you're thinking, a porn star is upset his ex-husband was having an affair?! Yes, adult entertainer Alessio Vega is also a person with every emotion we all experience. 

Through a tough and brutally honest conversation Alessio breaks down his side of the experience in hopes of helping listeners who may find themselves in a similar situation. We discuss navigating a serious and loving relationship while working in the porn industry, the difference between sex and intimacy.  Alessio also shares the steps and methods he used in order to heal emotionally and come out  of a very chaotic experience with a better perspective of who he is. 

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Jake is a listener of the podcast who is in his early 20's. I suspect that I have probably gotten him off a time or so through one of the many scenes I've produced.  

I received a message from Jake last year where he mentioned being in the closet and having a tough time telling his family he as gay.  Having gone through a similar situation when I was younger, I wanted him to know that if he needed to confide in me, he could. I also thought it would be a great conversation to have and share with other listeners who may find themselves in a similar situation. He agreed.

Throughout our conversation we discuss where he is in terms of coming out, his introduction to porn, sex, kinks, fetishes and all the fun thought processes that are involved when you're a young man in 2022. Enjoy. 

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It's the most wonderful time of the year! Not only is it the holiday season, it's the time of year when Atlas Grant stops by and we sit and shoot the sh!t.  After catching up on how life, porn and covid is treating Atlas, we make a conversation B-line into a couple of kinks and fetishes, but what I want to hear about this time around are escort stories.  

I've met many escorts over the years and they always have the best stories. Atlas is kind enough to discreetly share experiences he's had as an escort as well as dispense some words of wisdom to anyone thinking about a career in sex work.  Enjoy!

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While researching poppers one day, I thought, "Gosh, wouldn't it be great if someone just wrote an informative, comprehensive and witty a book about them." Author Adam Zmith, did just that. 

I literally took a week off of work to bunker down and read Deep Sniff so I could share this interview.  Poppers, known technically as amyl nitrates or "VCR cleaner," more recently, are the subject at hand in Deep Sniff, historically being used to treat Angina and other ailments long before becoming the party drug many know and love. 

Zmith articulately guides the conversation, from the creation of poppers, its recreational use in the 60's and 70's, the decline of use and stigma during the AIDS epidemic and its resurgence in not only queer nightlife but mainstream culture in general. Enjoy!

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I met Trent Marx in Philadelphia and I was immediately drawn to him. Then after talking for a bit I found out he had quite a story!  Trent Marx is an L.A. based Philly transplant with a past in sex work way earlier than anyone should, who is a writer and lover of poetry; I love it!. 

Early on a Sunday after his 26th birthday, we sat down and discussed growing up in New Jersey and moving to Philadelphia and getting caught up in escorting by the age of 16. We then talk shop about his stint on MTV's Ex on The Beach, modeling and of course porn.  And just for fun we throw in some talk about religion, getting a blow job from a girl in a night club bathroom and his mother starting an onlyfans! Enjoy!

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Joe is a regular listener of the podcast and reached out to me on Instagram about his love of shoving his nose into a man's hairy, sweaty armpit. Naturally, I asked if he would be interested in sharing his story with listeners and boy did it get interesting. 

Not only does Joe like an manly armpit drenched in hair and musk, he is also bisexual and married to a woman. He goes on to elaborate on this history of his fetish and then begins to recount one of his most recent sexual escapades in graphic detail. If you are a connoisseur of male armpits in all their glory, you will definitely get a kick out of Joe's story. Enjoy!

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I cannot begin to describe how eye-opening meeting this young man was for me.  Derek Cline is a very popular porn model who has worked with various studios,  but before we sat down to discuss, I was intrigued by how open he was to talking about things most people won’t. 

We go from Derek’s early life to teaching me about the monster that is TikTok all the way to conspiracy theory and the sociopolitical zombie movies of George Romero!

Of course we talk about porn! But then we jump into witchcraft and his discovery of Tarot. 

When I call this an eye-opening discussion it’s because here’s a young man in America right now with an amazing head on his shoulders; it’s hopeful. I knew they were out there!

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When I first met porn star and model Sean Duran I have to admit I was quite intimidated. His larger than life persona in videos and pictures definitely helped create that feeling. But when you get the pleasure of meeting him, he's as charming as they come. 

Sean was in town shooting for Treasure Island and I asked if he would be down with taking a seat and talking to me for a bit, "I'd love to," he said to my delight.

Growing up in North Carolina and moving to Florida, Sean channels his inner old man and discusses coming out, why he got into the porn industry, his stints in jail, career changes and what his dream job would be. 

Enjoy falling in love with Sean Duran!

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Bruce La-F*ckingBruce; writer, actor, photographer, director and pornographer. I first met Bruce on the set of his 2010 film L.A. Zombie, but hardcore cinephiles may know him for his earlier controversial contributions to film.

While in town promoting his new film, St. Narcisse, I was able to sit down with Bruce and discuss his beautiful new film and the themes he explores in it as well as his prior critically acclaimed work. We then  discuss his ability to exist in between the art scene while making hardcore porn; pushing the boundaries of fetish, kink and sexuality all mixed together with personal politics and experiences.  

From his days as a writer for magazines (zines) in the early 90’s, to film, to being a prominent figure in the queer-core movement, we go through it. Enjoy!

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What a year it has BEEN! And I can't think of a better way to wrap this season of amazing guests and experiences than to sit down with designer,  adult performer and activist Boomer Banks. The self described queer Mexican carbon has and continues to seemingly does it all but I expect nothing less from a Gemini. 

We have some great fun during the interview but also get incredibly candid and real as Boomer describes in detail living through tough life experiences from early on to how he has gotten where he is today, spiritually, mentally and physically. 

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I have been a fan of the Beefcake Hunter website for awhile now, so in my quest to bring you awesome interviewees, I thought it was time to reach out to Vic. Vic is the star and producer of the website and he was gracious enough to let us into his studio and open up about what it took to start his site, how he finds these beefcakes and what he has in store for the site's future. Enjoy!

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I had been talking to international porn star Romeo Davis almost a year before we finally got to meet and sit down to do this podcast. As soon as we do, we get right into his life pre and during pandemic, growing up in  Montreal bottoming and what kind of problems arise from having a big dick.  Then later on in the episode we move on to kinks, fetishes and his interesting collection of Elvira memorabilia. Enjoy!

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International porn star Marco Napoli is in NYC for the week and I was able to plan a trip in to meet him at his hotel room, set up some lights and cameras to sit down and talk to one of gay porn's sweetest and hottest guys out there.  We had a lot to talk about from dual-citizenship in Italy, love in the industry, body hair, feet, what constitutes a "daddy."  Enjoy!

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After a break last week DGP is back and so is  adult entertainer and content creator Seth Knight.  Seth sits down and discusses what it's like to quarantines with not one but TWO husbands. And just because I am always interested Seth shares a little more about his recent work with Fraternity X and his plans for the near future.   It's a fun one, don't miss it!

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The last time I spoke to Drew Dixon was in Las Vegas, January 2020; a different world by today's perspective. While very popular at that time, Drew has since gone on to meteoric heights in the industry working with just about everyone. While on a bit of a world tour and in NYC, I got to sit down with him again and talk about life since that last time I saw him, what it takes to be a full on content creator and performer. Enjoy!

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Adult entertainer August Alexander is a new comer to the industry but you wouldn't know it if you look at his  impressive list of studio work; not to mention his skills in front of the camera. During a recent trip to NYC, I had the chance to shoot a couple of scenes with August and sit down to discuss how he became an adult entertainer and dig a littler deeper into what makes him who he is.  Enjoy! 

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Joel Someone is fucking everywhere....and everyone! He took a break to sit down with me while he was in NYC and talk to me about his life during the pandemic, moving to L.A., venturing into bisexual porn and the lot of younger gay people today.  Always a great conversation! 

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Porn Star Levy Foxx is a bottom extraordinaire! This past week I got the chance to work with him for the first time ever and he delivered. I had seen Levy on my twitter feed and was interested in working with him at some point.  When I saw he was making his way to NYC we communicated and here we are.  Before our first shoot I got to sit down with the Filipino-born porn star and discuss how he got into porn, how he got to Wisconsin and how to bottom like a pro. Enjoy!

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I came across @Ballbasher710 on twitter one day and what I saw was not for the faint of heart. But I was intrigued! This week's open lines deals with Cock and Ball torture; more specifically a practice called ball busting. If you wish to go there, well here we are.  Enjoy!

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If you guys don't know or haven't heard of a model named Butta Nutt, go look him up.  He is one of the best performers out there right now and I am very happy that I've been able to work with him on several occasions. Butta sits down with me to talk about his fan site career that turned into a turn at full on porn. and upcoming projects. Enjoy!

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Porn star and content creator Avatar Akyia has been on my list of interviewees since the last season. We finally get to sit down after a scene and discuss his porn career, growing in London and New Orleans, politics of sexuality and race and he shares a couple fun anecdotes from throughout the years. Enjoy!

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Dayton O' Connor has worked with so many of the studios that have come to define gay porn in the early part of the 21st century.  He is a truly versatile performer, all around nice guy, a friend and totally one of my first porn crushes!  We sit and talk about his career, antics, unforgettable scenes and his humanitarian work.

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"Tony" is an avid listener of DGP. One day he wrote in and told me how much he loved dirty talk. I was intrigued and wanted to know just how much he loved dirty talk and if he would come on the show and talk about his fetish.  

As an added bonus, Tony puts together his dream porn scene for me to direct and one of his favorite models just happens to join in!

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When I met Alessio Vega, I thought, gosh this guy is beautiful.  Then I saw him perform and I was like holy crap! After years of working together, I finally got to sit down and talk about so many things I've been wanting to ask him and as usual he does not disappoint. 

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I spoke with Danny Blue for the first season of DGP and since then a lot of changes have happened in his life.  From quarantine life in Vegas to moving to Iowa, Danny spills the details on a less than stellar recent track record of sex as well as possible new relationship!  

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If you don't know who Sebastian Velmont is, where the hell have you been.  He is a gay porn model known for his HUGE uh, member.  Give him a search...yeah, exactly. 

I met Sebastian in 2018. He was new to the industry and a bit on the shy side.  Cut to 2021, Sebastian is a content creator phenom. I sat down to speak with this soft-spoken young man about growing up in England, coming to the states where he does really well escorting and shooting porn as well some major big-dick problems. Enjoy! 

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Adam Russo is genuinely on another level. Aside from being a beloved daddy porn star, content creator and writer, he reads the tarot, meditates and can get deep quick.  Adam sat down with me via zoom and we discuss how the events of the past year have affected him as well as politics, spirituality, sexuality and so much more. I hope you enjoy this episode as much as I enjoyed making it!

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Journeying deeper into fetish and pushing even more boundaries, this week we are talking to a Crush Freak.  What is a Crush Freak? Having a crush fetish can vary but this one in particular is about getting sexual gratification from watching a sexy man in high-top sneakers degrade and sexually destroy bugs. Do I have your attention?  Good. Listen with an open mind and try to put yourself in the shoes of "L," a crush freak!

*No bugs were harmed during this episode of Demystifying Gay Porn
*The clip featured on the Youtube version of this interview does not show bugs being harmed.

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Alex Tikas starts of DGP in 2021 talking about the ins and outs of "sheltering in place" in Washington D.C. with his boyfriend Julian Torres. From  growing up in Queens and life before making porn we discuss people, our favorite studio AND find that one true someone! You don't want to miss this episode!

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Muscle Growth and/or Muscle Growth Worship is a fetish in which men and women are sexually aroused by the demonstration of strength an muscles but also the sometimes impossibly bulking of a human body.  

This week I am speaking to D, who goes by Musclegrowworship (@musclegroworsh) on twitter and forums. He is a content creator and very much into the idea of muscle growth.  Don't know what that means?  Listen in, it's much more mainstream than you may think. 

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You wanted him, you got him. Porn star Riley Mitchel is one of the most requested models to sit down for a podcast interview. Riley and talk shop, growing up closeted and jerking off to our favorite straight male porn stars when we were teenagers!

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International Porn Star Champ Robinson is my friend.  I've known him for close to 12 years now so I have a great rapport  with him. Tonight we sit down and talk a little about his experience producing porn during a pandemic, a picture I "found," some fetishes and what's next after porn.

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I love Atlas! And he's been on the show before so conversation usually gets a bit deeper and guests let their guard down.  Atlas and I touch on life during this past year, a shit client (yup, we're talking about that), fetishes and more! 

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A listener named "Carl" sent me an email about three weeks ago.  He is a cum addict who decided to share a little bit about his fetish with me via email.  I asked if he would be willing to speak with me on the record and we agreed on the terms. 

Carl and I discuss growing up closeted during the AIDS epidemic of the 80's including a very personal health scare.  From there we talk late 90's gay porn, the taboo topic of Poz/Neg guys and he shares intimate details of his experience sleeping with married men and being obsessed with their powerful child-making sperm!

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Liam Archer (formerly Gnarly Twink) is relatively new to the porn scene but he is off and rolling.  I've worked with him a couple of times and can already see what he is capable of as a performer. It wasn't until I saw him in a dog mask on twitter that I finally said to myself "okay get him on and have him give you and your listeners an introduction to pup play.

 

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I met Mr. Cali during a shoot this year and we hit it off immediately.  During our most recent shoot,  I had a good amount of time before the cameras were rolling to get into his head and my, my, my, does this guy has a story. 

I asked Mr. Cali to sit down and talk with me and we ran up the time conversing about religion, coming out, escorting, porn and his love of music. Don't miss this podcast!

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I met Chris at an event last February called SizeCon, a celebration of size-fans worldwide. What are size-fans or size enthusiasts? Last season I had a few conversations about the subject with content creators. Then I devoted a full episode to being macro; the fascination with or sexual fantasy involving giants/giantesses. 

This season, Chris helps me delve a little deeper into the topic and describes some of his personal experiences as well what it is like to be a part of the size community. 

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Dolf Dietrich is a true International Porn Star and quite a guy all at the same time.  He was kind enough to sit down with me again this season and talk a bit about his sheltering during the pandemic and some hard hits life has recently thrown his way. 

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What a couple of months it has  been!  But we're back and the first episode of Demystifying Gay Porn Season 2 promises to be a doozy. Content creator and extreme fister HungerFF joins me and we talk COVID-19, creating content, his two guest spots on the Howard Stern Show and of course, Lady G, Lindsey Graham. 

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30 episodes and almost a year later; look at how far we've come and it's only the beginning.  Check out the last episode of season 1 where I discuss many things I have learned as well as what else I plan on researching and bringing to the podcast. 

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Here is a topic I vow to research and discover more about: The Blackmail Fetish.  I received an email from a straight male listener who wanted to talk about a sexual fetish in which he wants to be filmed or photographed while being submissive to another man. The man with the video/pics would then blackmail him for sex whenever he wants with the threat of outing him! 

Sound crazy?!  Not so fast!  Listen as I try to uncover the layers behind this from my nervous guest. I may not have gotten as far as I could have but we are just scratching the surface for future episodes. 

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I love, love, love Esteban Orive.  He is one of the most intelligent and down to earth porn stars I have met.  He joins me on the podcast to talk about his career so far, growing up on the Canary Islands and more! If you speak Spanish, head over to my youtube page and catch an extra ten minutes of our subtitled conversation!

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I got to sit down and talk to international gay porn model Drew Dixon. He's an an award-winning exhibitionist and writer from the UK and he's got quite a story. 

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The Pineapple Support Society is a free support and therapy service for all persons working in the online adult industry – no matter their gender, ethnic origin, social status, age or sexual preference. I was able to sit down and speak with its founder, Leya Tanit while we were at The Gayvn Awards in Las Vegas. 

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I ran into Betsy while at the Gayvn Awards in Las Vegas and found out she was a fan of gay porn.  So naturally, I needed to have her sit down and talk on the show.  What a sweetheart. Enjoy the show!

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I had the pleasure of speaking with one of my favorite performers, Armond Rizzo.  Now we go way back but we haven't worked together or seen each other in a minute.  But when he sat down and put on those headphones it was like yesterday.  

Armond and I touch on his porn name, diversity in porn, his uphill struggle with depression and finally standing firmly grounded in himself and his accomplishments. 

Armond also dished out tips on how to bottom like a pro, tips for newcomers as well as letting us know what he's working on next. 

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Porn Star, Producer and advocate Jacen Zhu sits down and talks about his career, the problem with some interracial studios, BDSM and his advocacy work for Prep Squad D.C.

NOTE* Please excuse the first 3 minutes of this podcast's audio!  Everything after is smooth sailing!

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I've known porn star Adam Russo for years and have had a great working relationship with him,  I sit down with him to discuss his porn career and what he is offering the world now.  We explore the ins and outs of porn, life and the metaphysical.  Enjoy!

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Italian born newbie porn star and content creator Luca D' Amore sits down to speak with us about Euro/American sexuality, his craving for water sports among other things and so much more!

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Continuing on from last week, my special guest Miles Striker and I discuss Me Too, getting kicked in the nuts, depression and what makes him feel good now. 

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Mile Striker is an award winning shock value porn artist who produces straight and gay porn fetish clips. An Iraq war vet who found fetish as ptsd relief has done almost everything.

This interview is the first in a two part series.

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Macrophilia is a fascination with and/or a sexual fantasy involving giants and giantesses. My guest this week listened to my call for unusual fetishes and fantasies and came on the show. "Luke," a macophile, discusses growing up with this fantasy and how he uses his imagination to get off.

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Porn producer and content creator Toby Springs stops by and talks kink, fetish and the weirdest things he's done!

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The porn world and the gay world lost such a great spirit this Halloween when Luke Harding lost his battle with cancer and we honor him. Then Julian Torres sits down and talks about his rise in porn, fisting, his background and surrealism.

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It's been 6 years since I've seen Antonio Biaggi but once he sat down, put the headphones and opened his mouth it was as if not a day had gone by! And boy did he have a lot to say about running his own company, his career, a one man show, oh yeah and his twitter account!

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Porn Star Jake Morgan sits down to talk about his awesome career and his battle overcoming addiction in his past. 

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If you follow my twitter account you will notice I've been counting down the best scenes I've ever shot for Dark Alley and Raw F*ck Club. Join me this week as I reintroduce myself to you and closeout my time with DAM/RFC by counting down the best of the best scenes I directed for them and describe what happened and where!

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Atlanta-based kinkster and FTM porn star Ari Koyote joins us today and talks to me about growing up in Atlanta, transitioning and gender politics. 

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I was hired to shoot a video during NYC's infamous Black Party in 2019 and things went bad fast. Gay porn star Atlas Grant has been a U.S. Marine, a porn performer and an adult content creator.  We sit down and talk it all and then some.

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International gay porn star Hans Berlin joins us to talk about his career so far and his self-produced musical Shooting Star. We also discuss the U=U campaign, and his involvement through education.

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I caught up with sex worker and gay porn model Ryan Powers while in New Orleans for Souther Decadence.  Our conversation ranges from early childhood, kinks, health, politics and of course porn.  

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American Rapper and podcaster Big Dipper sits down with us in New Orleans and talks about his career as a gay rapper, his music and of course gay porn!

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Porn star Danny Blue is visiting NYC and stops by to sit down with me and talk about his entrance into porn, his xtube infamy and growing up a shy kid in Iowa. 

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Flashback to 2007 with a quick story about answering a craigslist ad and getting a job that lasted 12 years and then later my boyfriend of 4 years sits down with me and reveals his foot fetish as well as his likes and dislikes of porn. 

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Porn Star Seth Knight sits down with me and talks about the beginning of his porn career, the word "twink," leaving Wichita Falls, journeying into straight porn, retirement and social anxiety.  

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International porn star Max Konnor joins us and tells us about his intro to porn as well as what he likes and dislikes about the industry and what changes should be made in order to be more inclusive. 

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Since you guys loved Joel Someone so much, here's the second part of our interview where we talk about how big porn studios making and breaking porn stars, the growing number of fan sites and porn culture. 

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One of the first projects I edited was a title called, Passio, A gay version of "The Passion of the Christ." Later, Joel Someone sits down with me and discusses his experience two years in the porn industry, his likes and dislikes and growing up confused in New Mexico. 

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Do you remember the first time you saw fisting porn?  Yea, so do I and it was...interesting to say the least.  Later, International Porn Star Champ Robinson stops by and talks about his new studio, what it's like to start your own studio and our bond on the loneliness of constant travel. 

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In 2007, I walked into a job interview in Jersey City, NJ and my life has never been the same. Listen to how it all started. Later, I am joined by international porn star Dolf Dietrich who shares stories of his career and how he wants people to remember him as he retires from the gay porn industry.

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