Joshua Broome is a former adult film star turned pastor, speaker, and advocate for redemption. Born in Charlotte, North Carolina, he entered the porn industry in his early 20s, earning accolades like “Porn Star of the Year” and appearing in over 1,000 films before walking away in 2013. After hitting rock bottom—struggling with identity, shame, and a life unraveling—he found faith, left the industry, and rebuilt from scratch. Now married with four children, Broome shares his raw journey of transformation, warning about the destructive ripple effects of porn on marriages, mental health, and society. Shawn Ryan Show Sponsors: https://www.roka.com - USE CODE SRS https://www.americanfinancing.net/SRS NMLS 182334, nmlsconsumeraccess.org https://www.expressvpn.com/SRS https://www.shawnlikesgold.com https://www.hillsdale.edu/SRS https://www.shopify.com/SRS https://trueclassic.com/SRS https://www.ziprecruiter.com/SRS Joshua Broome Links: X - https://x.com/iamJoshuaBroome Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/iamjoshuabroome Book - https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/154600565X Book me to speak - https://www.joshuabroome.me/speaking-requests Resources for unwanted sexual behavior - https://ignitemen.net/the-p51-project Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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I went there and got drugged. I thought it was my fault. I was filming in Atlanta. It was a disgusting shoot. People were urinating on each other, spitting on my face, in my mouth, stuff like that. I was just like, what have I become? I was like, I want to die. I didn't realize that that scene was for the most popular website in America at that time. When I heard
The pain in her voice when she said, why did you do that? Satan said to me, see, you're exactly who you thought you were.
Joshua Broom, welcome to the show, man. Man, so glad to be here. What an honor. I'm pumped to have you. So we got a mutual friend, Victor Marks, huh?
What a guy.
Victor shot me a text this morning, and I love hearing from Victor. You never know what you're going to hear.
You never know. It could be a four-minute voice memo of just chaos.
Yeah, yeah, yeah. But I'm pumped that you know him, and that just reinforces your good people to be around if Victor's hanging out with you. So once again, thank you for coming, man. And so we're going to talk about a little bit of your life story. an insight into the adult film industry, what got you out of it and being a pastor now.
So, so, and I'm sure we'll go down a handful of rabbit holes, you know, throughout the interview, but I'm really curious, you know, it's, I mean, the adult film industry is huge. What's that girl's name? This is the girl that she's like... She slept with 1,000 guys in 24 hours or something like that? And now it seems like all these other girls are trying to top it.
You just keep hearing this stuff. There was some other girl, I think it was in Miami, she was shooting a film set or some kind of a gangbang or something on a balcony and fell off the balcony to her death. 1,600%?
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