Sleazoid Podcast #7: Robert Rosen – Part 1

(18+, NSFW, Explicit) (18+, NSFW, Explicit) Sleazoid Podcast #7 is here and it features part 1 of our interview with author Robert Rosen. We discuss his latest book Beaver Street – A History of Modern Pornography. If porn’s golden age of the 70′s and 80′s is of interest to you, this is one podcast you WON’T want to miss.

Robert Rosen’s glory years as a writer and editor within the porn industry are closely synonymous with porn’s own glory years of the late 1970s, and all of the 1980s. His latest book, Beaver Street – A History of Modern Pornography is an electrifying journey through porn’s golden age – told by one who lived it. It’s also a coming of age story of a young Robert Rosen who entered the porn industry in the early 80’s – at a time when unemployment was at an alltime high. You might say Bob found his eventual destiny in 1983 when, at the ripe, young, age of 30, he responded to an ad in the NY Times – placed there by a “men’s sophisticate” publication that was looking for an associate editor. Bob became that associate editor and that  “men’s sophisticate” turned out to be High Society magazine. By the time Bob left the porn industry 16 years later, he had seen – and perhaps – done it all. In 1999, Bob stepped away from the porn industry having given it everything. The porn industry of 1983 just wasn’t the same as the porn industry of 1999. And by 1999, it was simply time to leave. So what did he see during his time in the porn industry? What did he witness? What secrets has he held on to for all of these years? That is the foundation of Bob’s book Beaver Street – A History of Modern Pornography and that is the basis of our interview with him.