Send us a text Steven Toushin helped redefine and shape modern perceptions of what is and what isn’t obscene but faced an uphill battle with the moral right and the government, which was practically synonymous in the early days of pornography. The Bijou Theatre opened its doors in 1970 during the height of the sexual revolution and at a time when artists and filmmakers were starting an underground film scene in various parts of the country. The name Bijou would go on to become synonymous with ga...
Feb 19, 2023•29 min•Ep 7•Transcript available on Metacast Send us a text Gay porn personality Benny Blazin is a smart, charming performer and college student I met in 2019. Every time I book a round of shoots, I make sure to cast him in one position or another. Benny sits down with me and discusses how he was introduced to the east coast porn industry. From there we talk about his growing up in the Bronx, hook-up applications and websites and his work with sex work advocacy. Enjoy! Support the show...
Feb 11, 2023•34 min•Ep 6•Transcript available on Metacast Send us a text This episode celebrates Tom DeSimone, a gay porn director turned Hollywood filmmaker who helped develop and contributed to the early years of gay porn. I also examine DeSimone’s film The Idol, a coming-of-age film that involves real dialogue and genuine acting as the lead character comes to terms with his sexuality. And finally Jack Wrangler, a 70’s gay porn icon, turned cabaret producer who was a legend in his time and whose stardom coincided with the gay liberation movement maki...
Feb 03, 2023•30 min•Ep 5•Transcript available on Metacast Send us a text A listener messaged me on Instagram telling me he gets turned on men by with small dicks. After speaking to him briefly, I was fascinated. I'm in an industry that absolutely idolizes men with huge dicks and sells them to their audience. There are sites that exist dedicated to men with small dicks, micro penis, etc... They exist however they are mostly humiliation or cuckold websites where a scene partner points, makes fun and degrades the subject. Here's Matt, a listener...
Jan 27, 2023•35 min•Transcript available on Metacast Send us a text Pioneering adult filmmaker Wakefield Poole revolutionized gay porn in the early 1970's. Boys in the Sand was the seminal gay porn film that ushered in the era of gay porn chic before Deep Throat. Casey Donovan was the "All-American Boy Next Door," who helped create a genre and was one of the most marketable adult and mainstream models of his time. Listen to all of this fascinating history and more on this episode of Demystifying Gay Porn. Enjoy! Support the show...
Jan 19, 2023•36 min•Ep 3•Transcript available on Metacast Send us a text Gay adult performer Jonah Wheeler began his career during the pandemic and has quickly become a sought after entertainer by collaborators and studios alike. His charming, genuine demeanor and "big brother next door" attitude are on full display as we discuss growing up in the Virginia suburbs outside of Washington, D.C and studying music in college, nurturing a career in the city as a musician. Oh and of course, some of the things that help make Jonah Wheeler who he is s...
Jan 11, 2023•46 min•Transcript available on Metacast Send us a text It has been a long time, but Demystifying Gay Porn is almost here! Season 4 premieres next week but I felt as if devoted listeners, watchers and newcomers may want a taste of some of the changes this season will bring. There will still be plenty of model interviews. But I wanted to start putting together a detailed history of gay porn with stories of iconic studios, movies and stars. Let me know what you think and please enjoy! If you like what you hear and want to be a part of th...
Dec 30, 2022•13 min•Transcript available on Metacast Send us a text Jim French was a classically trained illustrator who began his career in fashion and later formed small companies selling nude male illustrations during the late 1960's. French would go on to form Colt Studio; America's first gay porn studio. Dakota a.k.a. Ken Sprague was a popular Colt Man who used his earnings and notoriety to buy a declining Gold's Gym in Venice Beach and turn it into a household name. Support the show...
Dec 14, 2022•27 min•Ep 1•Transcript available on Metacast Send us a text It was my pleasure to meet and interview King Dwarf, whose personality, along with, ahem, other appendages made him a star amongst content creators, fan sites and the twitter-sphere. We met at a dusty motel room in central New Jersey and shot the shit for about an hour about the growing pains early on in life. It wasn't until high school where although bullied, King Dwarf received a confidence boost when the guys in the locker room began to notice and admire his big dick! The...
Aug 19, 2022•58 min•Ep 5•Transcript available on Metacast Send us a text Champ Robinson has been in the middle of a relaunch and promoting his new website Vision X. On top of that he has been more open about collaborating and also sharing scenes with models that originally belonged solely to him. It was during one of these content sharing scenes that Champ was confronted by an queer Asian sex worker who was offended by Champ's use of their scene on his website series called "Cum Dumplings," which features Asian models as the bottom. One ...
Aug 17, 2022•21 min•Ep 4•Transcript available on Metacast Send us a text Ripper, my guest this week, is a size difference enthusiast who’s into macro fantasy. Unlike my other guests on the subject though, Ripper is also a content creator and owner of the website Giants and Tiny Feet. Like many other size enthusiasts, Ripper was fascinated watching movies like "Honey I Shrunk The Kid, and also remembers sharing school spaces with upper class men who towered over him as a kid. We discuss how macro changed for him during puberty and how like many oth...
Aug 05, 2022•59 min•Ep 33•Transcript available on Metacast Send us a text In the late 2010's I began seeing a phrase or new sexual orientation rather, called "the Pornosexual." A pornosexual, more recently also referred to as a solosexual as well, describes a person whose sexual orientation is linked solely to porn. It's become so easy to get your hands on porn today that some people just don't feel the need to have another person in the room. I received a message from a listener named Timmy, a self-described pornosexual who is ...
Jul 25, 2022•48 min•Ep 32•Transcript available on Metacast Send us a text I had a couple of interesting conversations that just couldn't wait for Season 4, so here's episode 1 of 5 in a "Summer Series." It's safe to say everyone who listens to this podcast knows what a top is and what a bottom is. But, have you heard of a side? If you haven't, make way because here they come. Well they've always been here. A side is basically described as a gay man who doesn't enjoy receiving or giving anal sex. But we don't ...
Jul 15, 2022•34 min•Ep 31•Transcript available on Metacast Send us a text What can I say about Youtube Star Davey Wavey that he hasn’t already said or that you might not be aware of? I got an email from Davey Wavey in March about connecting and was blown away; how on earth did he find my dog and pony show? Lol! Of course I know who Davey is but it wasn’t until a listener of the podcast asked me about a studio called Himeros TV that I finally made the correlation. Davey Wavey is the creator of Himeros TV; an adult platform aiming to revolutionize gay ero...
Jul 08, 2022•48 min•Ep 30•Transcript available on Metacast Send us a text If you haven’t already listened to the two macrophilia podcasts on the previous seasons Demystifying Gay Porn, JoeVoter is here to share his experiences with this fascinating fetish more popularly known as "Size Kink." Size kink goes by many different names. Macrophilia, macro for short, being the most basic definition you will find in an easy search. Then theres size fetish, size kink, etc...today and form here on out, I will use the term size kink. I have reached out t...
Jul 01, 2022•40 min•Transcript available on Metacast Send us a text A couple of weeks ago during a monthly sweep for new models in the NYC area, I noticed a cute Only Fans model who appeared on my Twitter feed. When I clicked on his page I noticed he was following me! I was like, "How did I miss this kid?" I reached out to Miguel, better known in the sex Twitter-sphere as "Migs," and wanted to see if he was interested in joining me on the podcast and he agreed. Migs, a first generation Mexican-American talks about growing up in...
Jun 26, 2022•33 min•Ep 28•Transcript available on Metacast Send us a text It's been a while since Betsy, the female gay porn fan helped us get a woman's perspective of gay porn on season one of the podcast. I recently received an email from Christina, a fellow enthusiast in which she proclaimed her love for gay porn. So naturally, I wanted to hear all about it. Oh, but that's not all! Christina is an extremely sex positive, confident tax attorney who also happens to be a highly functional autistic person. She further shattered so many pre...
Jun 17, 2022•44 min•Transcript available on Metacast Send us a text Jake is an avid listener of the DGP podcast. When he reached out to me through Instagram we spoke briefly about his appreciation of men's underwear. After a couple of conversations, I asked him to come on the show and share his story. Jake has a collection of underwear that is close to four hundred pair deep. It’s what he likes and it’s what gets him off. Furthermore, Jake has a good understanding of the confidence a nice pair of underwear imbue in a man. During our discussio...
Jun 10, 2022•55 min•Ep 27•Transcript available on Metacast Send us a text As you probably already know, Champ Robinson and I have known each other so such a long time. On one of his recent trips to L.A. I crashed at his place and grabbed this interview with him. Champ recently relaunched his website as Vision X, where he offers various different series thanks to the different themes he has played with in his content such as cuckolds, cosplay, big brothers, daddies and other taboo subjects. I sat down and caught up with a man who tirelessly works at his ...
Jun 03, 2022•1 hr 3 min•Ep 25•Transcript available on Metacast Send us a text This week, I speak to Brian Bonds, who I have trying to set up an interview with for almost 4 years now. Brian came by and we spoke about living in sin city, Las Vegas, growing up in Arkansas closeted in a baptist family and coming out to his parents as first gay but then a porn star. Brian also does a lot for HIV advocacy and we talk a little bit about that controversial bug-chasing episode. We then discuss a new generation of porn viewers who have grown up with Brian Bonds, kink...
May 28, 2022•1 hr 1 min•Ep 24•Transcript available on Metacast Send us a text For the second season of the podcast, Dillon Diaz and I had a great conversation via zoom but I knew the minute I could be in the same town with him, I would want to have a face to face meeting and sit down. On this episode, Dillon and I discuss how the porn world has been for him since full-on production has resumed, the various different studios he has been working with as well as more aggressively pursuing his fan site pages. Then, we are fortunate to be joined by porn model Ja...
May 20, 2022•40 min•Transcript available on Metacast Send us a text I know it sounds painful BUT it's not what you think! On this week's "Open Lines" episode we talk to, E, who is a listener of the podcast and also happens to have a nipple fetish. E is attracted to men who are extremely turned-on by having their nipples touched, sucked and tweaked. I've been on many a porn set where in between takes all these sexy men are playing with each other's nipples before they get in front of the camera. Why? And why was I not ...
May 13, 2022•52 min•Ep 22•Transcript available on Metacast Send us a text Before the end of Season 2, a fan of the DGP podcast asked me to interview Rob Navarro of Military Classified. I quickly searched his name and to my surprise, I knew exactly who he was and the work he did. And I was definitely a fan of his work! I contacted Rob and asked him if he’d be interested in appearing on the podcast. He agreed. A year later, I would find myself driving through the west coast and reached out again to touch base and we were able to set up this impromptu meet...
May 06, 2022•54 min•Transcript available on Metacast Send us a text Every season I ask Joel Someone, "Where is the world are you? I want to interview you again." The reason being...well there are many reasons. Joel is a genuinely nice person with so many great stories because he is not one to shy away from new experiences. I was able to catch up with Joel again who is now an award-winning porn entertainer and has worked his way into every aspect of the adult entertainment industry with a smile on his face. We talk about his big night at ...
Apr 23, 2022•48 min•Ep 20•Transcript available on Metacast Send us a text If you don't know adult entertainer Daddy Cream aka Jovan Joseph, then this is a great introduction. I first met Daddy Cream in 2021. My first conversation with him was via text message. I remember being struck by how forward and business savvy he was. By then I was intrigued and I thought, " okay he talks this good, but does he have the goods." And he did. It was a great scene. Jovan recently self-published a memoir called, The Truth Behind It All. I read it before...
Apr 15, 2022•45 min•Ep 19•Transcript available on Metacast Send us a text Zen Gōken is relatively new to the porn industry but he has had a fascination with it before he made his way to the west coast of the United States from Japan. A former school teacher, Zen decided to make this big shift in life after being outed on Instagram when a personal porn video he appeared in found its way on Pornhub. He saw the comments and his public loved him! Zen sat down with me and detailed his new journey, dealing with his insecurities, models and giving back to his ...
Apr 08, 2022•44 min•Ep 18•Transcript available on Metacast Send us a text Spring has sprung! And what better way to clear the air and make some healthy space than an out of this world conversation with porn icon Adam Russo. I am very fortunate to be able to say this is Adam’s third time on the podcast, which means we can just dive right into it. In this episode Adam talks the coming spiritual awakening, food and how everything we put in our bodies matters, soul lessons and signs the universe sends you, how to communicate with your guides and why you sho...
Apr 01, 2022•49 min•Ep 17•Transcript available on Metacast Send us a text Eris runs a twitter page called Foot Fetish Papi. You would think we were going to get an earful of feet in this episode, but as it turns out Eris gets down with a lot more than just men's feet. I came across Foot Fetish Papi on twitter while looking for people in the foot fetish for this season. When Eris and I finally sat down and went over some topics of discussion, I quickly realized Eris was just crazy about locker rooms, socks, feet, balls, you name it. As a businessman...
Mar 29, 2022•43 min•Ep 16•Transcript available on Metacast Send us a text The last time I sat down with porn star and content creator Mr. Cali he was working on putting a music album together. Since then, Mr. Cali has been busy shooting scenes but also found the time to make that album he wanted to produce a reality. Mr. Cali is back on DGP to catch up and also tell us about his experience working with music producers, making his album and teases us with a sneak preview of one of his finished songs! It's alway a pleasure seeing Mr. Cali. In an indu...
Mar 19, 2022•37 min•Ep 15•Transcript available on Metacast Send us a text This week I met up with producer, content creator and Indian porn star Magic Mike Hung. I have not worked with Mike just yet but after meeting this beautifully down to earth and passionate man, I genuinely cannot wait. Mike began his career at the height of the COVID pandemic and has become a sensation on fan sites and Twitter. Among other topics of discussion we explore his feelings about crossing into studio porn and whether the lack of Indian porn stars in the industry is cultu...
Mar 12, 2022•46 min•Ep 14•Transcript available on Metacast