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Terms of Service: A Pornhub Podcast
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Terms of Service is a Pornhub podcast on censorship and the politics of free speech co-hosted by Asa Akira, a Pornhub brand ambassador and renowned performer, and Alex Kekesi, Pornhub’s Head of Brand and Community. With guests from the arts, film and fashion alongside sex work advocates, porn stars and academics, Terms of Service discusses the diverse, and often overlooked, aspects of censorship including deplatforming, cancellation, and shadowbanning, banking and financial discrimination, and the uneven treatment of adult performers on social media.
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Anna Khachiyan
Dec 22, 202400:59:01Tap to summarizeOn this episode, we speak with cultural critic and podcaster Anna Khachiyan about the world of alternative media platforms, how parenthood (sometimes) changes what you say on the internet, and being an internet troll. She gives us a cultural lesson in the long-standing beef between pornography and feminism, and offers a brief look behind the curtain of her public persona as a hardened internet edgelord.
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Mindy Seu
Dec 10, 202400:58:28Tap to summarizeOn this episode, we speak with artist and internet scholar, Mindy Seu, about a feminist history of the internet, and the role of sex workers in the creation of new technologies. She introduces us to the idea of “algorithmic visibility” and discusses the future of gender and sexuality on the internet. We also talk about her whirlwind tour for her book, The Cyberfeminism Index, and she gives us a roster of artists and feminist thinkers who have made an impact on the internet as we know it.
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Allie Oops and Lea Lexis
Nov 24, 202401:37:10Tap to summarizeThis episode is a conversation with intimacy coordinator and adult industry consultant Allie Oops, and a longtime friend of the AYLO family - performer advocate, director, producer and former performer, Lea Lexis. The episode gives a behind the scenes look at sex on screen, both in the adult industry and Hollywood, including things like consent protocols, nudity riders, and sex scene choreography. Our guests explain the emerging profession of intimacy coordination/ performer advocacy, how it came to be and where it’s going, and how much Hollywood has to learn from the adult industry.
Transcribe →Suze and Holly Randall
Nov 8, 202400:58:43Tap to summarizeThis episode features Suze and Holly Randall, the mother and daughter duo behind one of America’s only porn dynasties. They give us a glimpse behind the scenes of two of the most prolific creators in pornography, including how the adult industry has changed over the decades, what it was like to be a female director in the early days of American pornography, and the role censorship has played in adult filmmaking over the years.
Transcribe →Terms of Service Presents: Digital Futures: Safety, Privacy, and Expression Online
Oct 28, 202400:51:02Tap to summarizeA special live episode, Terms of Service Presents: Digital Futures: Safety, Privacy, and Expression Online, featuring Anna Delvey, Elizabeth Nolan Brown and Nimay Ndolo. As digital censorship, restrictive legislation, and algorithmic bias increasingly threaten free expression, panelists Anna Delvey, Nimay Ndolo and Elizabeth Nolan Brown will explore these urgent issues and envision the future of our digital lives. Presented by Pornhub in a salon-style format, the event builds on the adult industry’s legacy of fostering open dialogue on critical topics. Discussions will cover surveillance and privacy, the intersection of AI and intellectual property, and how new technologies are reshaping our relationships with our bodies, sexuality, and identities. Co-hosted by Asa Akira and Alex Kekesi, and moderated by writer and scholar Dr. Esra Soraya Padgett, the discussion promises a bold dialogue of what lies ahead for our digital futures.
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Kelly Cutrone
Oct 16, 202401:03:10Tap to summarizeThis episode features Pornhub’s very own publicist, the reigning PR Queen of NY, Kelly Cutrone. We spoke with Kelly about what drew her to working with Pornhub, the strange similarities between fashion and porn, and what it's like to be the original “Boss Bitch.” We talk about the double standards of beauty in fashion, the value of sexual expression and the significance of porn as a form of media storytelling.
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Paul Cambria
Sep 29, 202400:51:21Tap to summarizeThis episode features Paul Cambria, a criminal defense lawyer known for his work on First Amendment Cases. We wanted to speak with Cambria especially because of his long history working with the adult industry, with clients from Larry Flynt to Playboy, Vivid, Evil Angel, and nearly every major porn studio of the 90s and 2000s. We spoke with Paul about what it was like working on legendary first amendment cases, his long relationship with Larry Flynt (including being with him the day he was shot), and why porn is so often caught up in issues of free speech. We look at how the legal landscape around pornography has changed with the advent of the internet and discuss the infamous Cambria List - a set of Dos and Don'ts that circulated in the porn industry meant to help studios navigate censorship but which ended up being a guide for police and prosecutors attempting to crack down on the industry.
Transcribe →Taylor Lorenz
Sep 16, 202401:05:02Tap to summarizeFor our first episode we speak with author and journalist Taylor Lorenz, a current columnist for the Washington Post, who covers internet culture and technology. Her recent book, Extremely Online: The Untold Story of Fame, Influence and Power on the Internet, is a social history of the internet—revealing how online influence and the creators who amass it have reshaped our world, online and off. We talk about internet trolls, new forms of internet censorship including looming age verification laws and the TikTok ban, “Algo Speak” and how going viral is a double edged sword.
Transcribe →Anna Delvey
Sep 16, 202401:01:29Tap to summarizeThis episode features Anna Delvey, a media and pop culture personality known for public scandal. For this episode, we visit Anna while on house arrest, and speak with her about the pitfalls of notoriety and scandal, how the media has depicted her, and being an early influencer. Anna shares behind-the-scenes insights into the popular series about her, Inventing Anna, and gives us a detailed report of life on Rikers Island. We speak at length about her new role as a free speech advocate, specifically her current lawsuit against the US government for revoking her ability to access social media.
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Perez Hilton
Jul 11, 202401:24:56Tap to summarizeThis episode features the notorious Perez Hilton - of the infamous PerezHilton.com, the early 2000s celebrity gossip blog that broke the internet before that was even a thing. We discuss his recent encounters with social media censorship, the ethics of self-censoring, and how becoming a parent can soften even those of us most dedicated to being scandalous. Terms of Service is a Pornhub podcast on censorship and the politics of free speech co-hosted by Asa Akira, a Pornhub brand ambassador and renowned performer, and Alex Kekesi, Pornhub’s Head of Brand and Community. With guests from the arts, film and fashion alongside sex work advocates, porn stars and academics, Terms of Service discusses the diverse, and often overlooked, aspects of censorship including deplatforming, cancellation, and shadowbanning, banking and financial discrimination, and the uneven treatment of adult performers on social media.
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