Episode 8: Inside Porn's Star Chamber

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07/19/22 • 40 min

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In the season finale, Alex and Patricia discover how Visa and MasterCard became the reluctant rulers of porn. And they figure out what being ruled by credit card companies means for the porn industry today.

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Transcript

Speaker 100:00:15.516

Pushkin. As you'll know by now, we made a series to investigate where power lies in the porn industry. This episode, like all the others, contains adult themes, including references to disturbing and illegal content. Around two years ago, I discovered that the world's biggest porn company had a secret owner, a man who lived like a shadow for nearly a decade.

Speaker 100:00:51.636

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