Episode 2: The Darth Vader of Porn

When Fabian Thylmann ran into trouble with the law, a former Goldman Sachs banker swooped in to buy his porn sites. But nobody knew who he was. He managed to keep his identity a secret for years --- until Patricia rumbled his game. If you’d like to keep up with the most recent ne ...  Show more

How is it legal for porn sites to host millions of videos uploaded by users? The answer is in the story of an Ohio family in the early 1990s. In this episode: a family IT business, an FBI raid and a court case that set the precedent for porn – and for tech giants like Facebook an ...  Show more

Episode 548: Shaan Puri ( https://twitter.com/ShaanVP) and Sam Parr ( https://twitter.com/theSamParr) tell you the greek tragedy behind the Pornhub empire. If you like stories about nerds taking over, arson, secret billionaires and….foosball tables, you’re going to like this episod ...  Show more

What do some of the biggest porn websites in the industry have in common? They are all owned by a media and technology company named MindGeek. In this episode, we'll be taking a look at the history of the porn business, the role of MindGeek in the evolution of porn and money, and ...  Show more

Matt Mullenweg co-created WordPress, the open-source software that powers more than 40% of all the websites in the world.

He's also the founder of a for-profit company called Automattic.

Matt's problem is this: How do you build a multibillion-dollar company on to ...

The FT just launched a new podcast on porn, power and profit. When FT reporter Patricia Nilsson started digging into the porn industry, she made a shocking discovery: nobody knew who controlled the biggest porn company in the world. Now, she and her editor, Alex Barker, reveal wh ...  Show more