Alex Barker

How does that make you feel?

Supporters of the owners might say they're just protecting themselves from the stigma of being involved in the adult industry.

Pornography made by consenting adults is legal.

So what's our business knowing who the owners are?

Stoyer was not impressed by that argument.

So that's what we've done.

We stayed in our lane and followed the money.

Patricia and I were given six months off our normal day jobs, time to focus just on the world of porn.

Over the course of eight chapters, we're going to tell you what we found.

We met pornographers, adult performers and directors.

Tech pioneers who almost accidentally shaped today's internet.

The guy doesn't give a shit about anything other than himself.

Hedge fund guys and money men.

What this put a spotlight on was discriminatory policies within the banking system.

And let me tell you, we were surprised by who is really in charge.

If you want to hear more, find The Kink Machine,

the hidden business of adult entertainment at pushkin.fm slash audiobooks or wherever you get your audiobooks.