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Hot Money: Who Rules Porn?

When Financial Times reporter Patricia Nilsson started digging into the porn industry, she made a shocking discovery: Nobody knew who controlled the biggest porn company in the world. Now, Nilsson and... Read more

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Hot Money: Who Rules Porn?

Hot Money: Who Rules Porn?

When Financial Times reporter Patricia Nilsson started digging into the porn industry, she made a shocking discovery: No... Read more

25 May 2022

3mins

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Episode 1: Porn Meets the Internet

Episode 1: Porn Meets the Internet

Stoya is a porn star who saw first-hand how a firehose of free porn online transformed the adult industry. She sends hos... Read more

6 Jun 2022

32mins

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Episode 2: The Darth Vader of Porn

Episode 2: The Darth Vader of Porn

A decade ago, a computer programmer named Fabian Thylmann began to build one of the biggest porn empires in the world. H... Read more

7 Jun 2022

32mins

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Episode 3: Mr. Goldman, Mr. Sex

Episode 3: Mr. Goldman, Mr. Sex

When Fabian Thylmann ran into trouble with the law, a former Goldman Sachs banker swooped in to buy his porn sites. But ... Read more

14 Jun 2022

32mins

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Episode 4: Playboy vs. Rusty and Edie

Episode 4: Playboy vs. Rusty and Edie

How is it legal for porn sites to host millions of videos uploaded by users? The answer is in the story of an Ohio famil... Read more

21 Jun 2022

39mins

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Episode 5: The Billionaire Who Took Down Porn

Episode 5: The Billionaire Who Took Down Porn

A billionaire hedge fund manager reads a scathing column about a popular porn site. He sends an angry text to the CEO of... Read more

28 Jun 2022

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Episode 6: Knocking on the Door of a Porn Empire

Episode 6: Knocking on the Door of a Porn Empire

One of the biggest porn companies in the world was forced to radically change its practices. But another porn giant chan... Read more

5 Jul 2022

41mins

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Episode 7: Porn Meets OnlyFans

Episode 7: Porn Meets OnlyFans

Alex and Patricia track down the family behind OnlyFans, the site that has transformed online porn by shifting power bac... Read more

12 Jul 2022

39mins

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Episode 8: Inside Porn's Star Chamber

Episode 8: Inside Porn's Star Chamber

In the season finale, Alex and Patricia discover how Visa and MasterCard became the reluctant rulers of porn. And they f... Read more

19 Jul 2022

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Introducing Deep Cover: Never Seen Again

Introducing Deep Cover: Never Seen Again

Sharing a preview of Deep Cover: Never Seen Again, the story of two young women, living on opposite sides of the country... Read more

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