About this episode

Daniel Oppenheimer discusses pornography and its cultural implications with guest David Sessions.

My guest on the show today is returning guest and all-around friend of the pod David Sessions , a Boston-based freelance writer and the co-host, along with Blake Smith , of the relatively new Off Christopher Street Podcast and and Substack newsletter, about the history and present of gay male life and culture in America. David, Blake and I have recorded a crossover episode of Eminent Americans that focuses on their new endeavor, which should be out in the next month or two or three, but on this episode David and I are talking pornography, its ubiquity, the effect it may or may not have on our culture and kids, and related issues around technology, moral panic, and modern life. A few key differences between the two of us structure the discussion. One is our ages. David is 40. I’m now 50, and though it’s not a huge difference from one angle, it represents a fundamentally different generational growing up experience when it comes the internet, social media, and smart phones, none of which I basically had growing up, all of which David got relatively early on. Another is kids. I have three of them. David doesn’t have any. And a third is our backgrounds. I’m from a liberal secular…

People in this episode

Host: Daniel Oppenheimer

Guest: David Sessions

Topics covered

• pornography
• culture
• technology
• generational differences
• moral panic

Keywords

• pornography
• culture
• technology
• generational differences
• moral panic
• gay male life
• Christian nationalism

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Off Christopher Street Podcast, Substack

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