Episode Details

This episode tackles two uncomfortable questions. First, how widespread are coercion and abuse in the pornography industry — not as a moral argument, but as a labor issue? We look at the structural pressures that blur consent into compliance, from contract bait-and-switches to platform-hosted trafficking content. Then, we examine whether a properly regulated industry is even possible, using California's failed ballot measures (Measure B, Proposition 60) and the existing 2257 record-keeping system as case studies. Performers themselves often oppose the laws supposedly designed to protect them — and that tension reveals why this industry, built in the legal shadows, resists formalization. A genuinely curious look at an uncomfortable topic.