Till Death Do Us Pod - S4 Episode 8 - Talking Porn with Erika Lust

As part of our Women’s Month theme we interviewed acclaimed indie adult filmmaker, Erika Lust. Erika created the kind of beautiful cinematic adult content that you probably aren’t used to seeing. We spoke to her about ethical porn, her interview process with potential performers, what it is like on a set, how young people are using porn as sex education and her XConfessions project. It was a wildly interesting interview, Erika is working hard to drive much needed change in the porn industry and I tell you what…she is achieving it! It was estimated in 2020 that the porn industry is worth over $97 billion, this kind of information is available on Google but what you wouldn’t know is that approximately 80% of the industry is owned by one company and there is so little content regulation in place. One of the things I got from the chat was that we as consumers need to take more responsibility – like the free porn sites, how can it be free when there were content producers and performers involved? We need to start doing our own due diligence, ensuring that we are supporting content where we know the performers are being taken care of. Anyway, I hope you find this episode as fascinating as Mike and I did. This episode is sponsored by BABE - a delicious wine in a can! Use promo code TOVA20 for an exclusive 20% discount for all orders from uk.drinkbabe.net (for UK residents 18+) and drinkbabe.net (for US residents 21+) Please enjoy responsibly. #ad