''The Rialto Report'' is a podcast and article series documenting the
Golden Age of Porn (1969–1984). It consists of
oral history
Oral history is the collection and study of historical information about individuals, families, important events, or everyday life using audiotapes, videotapes, or transcriptions of planned interviews. These interviews are conducted with people wh ...
, audio, photo, and documentary archives. It is hosted by Ashley West and April Hall as well as guest contributors such as academics and writers with insight into the subjects covered. The series has interviewed notable golden age participants such as
Ginger Lynn
Ginger Lynn Allen (born December 14, 1962), known professionally as Ginger Lynn, is an American pornographic actress and model who was a premier adult-entertainment star of the 1980s. She also had minor roles in various B movies. '' Adult Vi ...
,
Sharon Mitchell
Sharon Mitchell is an American sexologist and former pornographic film actor and director. In 1998, she founded the Adult Industry Medical Health Care Foundation (AIM), which tested over 1,000 adult film performers per month before a 2011 data ...
,
Kay Parker,
Jeff Stryker
Jeff Stryker (born Charles Casper Peyton, August 21, 1962) is an American porn star who has starred in bisexual, gay, and straight adult films. He lives in California.
Early life
Jeff Stryker grew up in Springfield, Illinois. His father was a car ...
and
Jennifer Welles. Starting in 2013, ''The Rialto Report'' podcast was initially released weekly but in 2015 shifted to a roughly monthly schedule.
Hosts West and Hall served as consultants to the HBO show ''
The Deuce'' and as consulting producers on the Netflix show ''
Crime Scene: The Times Square Killer[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt16027926/fullcredits/?ref_=tt_cl_sm]''.
Format
''The Rialto Report'' delivers content in three main formats:
* ''Podcasts'' are typically long-form interviews with performers, directors and distributors from the golden age of adult film. Interviews focus on the subjects' personal lives and candid memories of their experiences within the early adult industry.
* ''Investigative articles'' unearth information about the early adult industry, and the social and cultural context in which it operated.
* ''Photo essays'' of previously unpublished, rare photographs offer behind-the-scenes looks into the golden age industry and the people who were part of it.
References
External links
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2013 podcast debuts
Works about pornography
Film and television podcasts
Audio podcasts