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The Sin Syndicate

The Sin Syndicate

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The Sin Syndicate is a podcast hosted by writer Gentry Austin and adult film historian Casey Scott focused on the Golden Age of American sexploitation, when the morals were loose, the laws were murky, and the intercourse was all simulated. Join us semiweekly as we peer into adults only theaters and sticky floored cinemas looking for colorful nudies, B&W roughies, and softcore sex films.Someone's Favorite Productions Art
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  • Sock It To Me, Campa

    Sock It To Me, Campa
    Jun 17 2026
    It seemed like a good idea at the time. It all started with our discussion with fetish historian and author Jane Garrett about 1967's Venus in Furs (Trodden Underfoot). As a follow-up, we chatted with Nathan Schiff, Long Island filmmaker and longtime friend of Furs director, Joseph Marzano (Back to Marzanoland). I guess we're masochists, we didn't get enough Lou Campa, or I just wanted to close the loop, but here we are, definitely slamming the book shut for good on this mini-saga.

    For those who have not been following along, Campa was the shady producer behind Furs, along with several other sickie films orbiting around this scene. We've touched on several of them before: Venus in Furs, of course, but also, Cool It, Baby and Mini-Skirt Love. But we never really discussed two of Campa's most outrageous offerings distributed through Cinex Industries: Sock it to Me, Baby and Come on Baby, Light My Fire. An additional impetus to continue pulling this thread? The passion of Toronto's very own smutmeister, Alex DiSanto, who joins us for a volatile, heated discussion about the thespian talents of Larry Hunter (would you die on that hill?), watersports in sexploitation, and the musical talents of Darlene Cotton.

    But before all that, in the news and updates we cover AGFA's latest horrotic release, Pink crossovers, Pride Month failures, and the disgusting trend of using AI to make dead people fuck. In other words: another day, another man, another episode to keep out of the hands of your neighbor, Tina.

    Episode Specific:
    Purchase Voices of Desire + Fly Now, Pay Later
    Purchase Wadd: The Life & Times of John C. Holmes
    Watch Sock it to Me & Light My Fire on Cultpix
    Follow the paperbackgrindhouse
    Special thanks: Alex DiSanto

    Links:
    Join the community on Patreon
    Instagram with us at The Sin Syndicate
    Follow us on Letterboxd: Gentry & Casey
    Check out the Something Weird Channel
    Listen to other podcasts on Someone's Favorite Productions
    Contact: thesinsyndicatepodcast@gmail.com
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    2 hrs and 26 mins
  • The Short Ends: More Babies

    The Short Ends: More Babies
    Jun 3 2026
    It's a Love Explosion! In an attempt to maintain our sanity amidst deadlines and life generally, we bring you another episode of our Short Ends series, which we've used in the past to feature additional discussions that have either gone long, didn't fit, or generally felt like they were worthy of standing on their own. We've slightly expanded this design to hopefully include more low-key and informal chats with friends, fans and listeners, without the pressure of one of our regular, deeply researched Sin Syndicate episodes (that you've come to know and love).

    All that build up to say, we've got unofficial Gap Theatre correspondent and New Jersey native Jeffery Petrone on the show to talk about a secret screening of "Wilbur and the Baby Factory" that he recently attended. Jeffery is a passionate fan of all genres of film and has recently caught the sexploitation bug. We were excited to talk with him about his impressions of this Harry Novak distributed sort of sex film, sort of Master Race satire. Of course, we've also got plenty of news, updates and chatter from the World of Sexploitation, literally, from America to Argentina to England to Japan. Will I ever be able to rescue Casey from Roman Porno land?

    Episode Specific:
    Listen to "Baby Factory"
    Visit The Gap Theatre
    View Jeffery's Top 10 of 1960s Sexploitation

    Links:
    Join the community on Patreon
    Instagram with us at The Sin Syndicate
    Follow us on Letterboxd: Gentry & Casey
    Check out the Something Weird Channel
    Listen to other podcasts on Someone's Favorite Productions
    Contact: thesinsyndicatepodcast@gmail.com
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    1 hr and 33 mins
  • Back to Marzanoland

    Back to Marzanoland
    May 20 2026
    That’s right, we’re going Back to Marzanoland. If you’ve been a consistent listener, you’ll know that in Episode 38, “Trodden Underfoot,” we discussed the Joseph Marzano film Venus in Furs (1967) with author and fetish historian Jane Garrett. After the release of that episode, low-budget Long Island filmmaker and sexploitation super-fan Nathan Schiff reached out to us to share some stories about his own personal relationship with Marzano before his death. It’s fair to say, Nathan had stories. In fact, so many that this three hour podcast can barely contain them all.

    A few selections include: film distributor Harry Novak and his notorious “archive,” producer George Weiss writing Olga copy (and teaching proper whipping and tying technique), and an auspicious final encounter with a despondent Janet Banzet. Of course, we also discuss Marzano’s sexploitation career, and hear more stories about the productions of Cool It, Baby and Venus in Furs. Plus, more about muscle-bound masseur Shep Wild and mob wife Barbara Ellen. But that’s just scratching the surface. Researchers, friends, fans, Milligan-heads, pull out your notebooks, grab a bottle of Fanta, we’re talking Marzano and Co. with Nathan Schiff, and rewatching The Degenerates for the 16th time.

    Episode Specific:
    Listen to our episode on Venus in Furs, "Trodden Underfoot"
    Read "Sexploitation!" at the Magick Theatre
    Learn more about Nathan Schiff from Bleeding Skull
    Read "An Enraged Eye: Nathan Schiff’s Vermilion Eyes as Anti-Film" at Bright Lights Film Journal
    View Marzano's early films at The Film-Makers' Coop
    Special thanks: Nathan Schiff, Jane Garrett

    Links:
    Join the community on Patreon
    Instagram with us at The Sin Syndicate
    Follow us on Letterboxd: Gentry & Casey
    Check out the Something Weird Channel
    Listen to other podcasts on Someone's Favorite Productions
    Contact: thesinsyndicatepodcast@gmail.com
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    3 hrs and 12 mins
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