Jeanna Fine: Flesh & Blood – Podcast 165
The 1980s and 90s adult film A-lister Jeanna Fine passed away 6 months ago way too young. A few weeks after that, we shared an interview I s...
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20 of 199 episodesTanqueray – I’ve Always Been Different, Part 2: Podcast 164
In the first part of my interview with Tanqueray, we heard the striking story of Tanqueray’s early life – long before she became such as vir...
Tanqueray – I’ve Always Been Different, Part 1: Podcast 163
Back in 2014, a woman called Stephanie contacted me at The Rialto Report . She described herself as ‘a designer of erotic costumes’ and shar...
Tiffany Clark (1961-2026), R.I.P.
The former adult film star Tiffany Clark passed away this week. Some might say this comes with the territory when you cover an industry that...
Beth Anna – Sweet & Savage: Podcast 162
Memory is a tricky thing. Small details can burn brighter than some of life’s defining events. The act of recall and the power of suggestion...
Zebedy Colt – Shooting the Breeze with the Eccentric Thespian of XXX: Podcast 161
Zebedy Colt is one of least likely characters we expected to feature in a podcast interview when The Rialto Report first began. For a start,...
The Gospel According to Ron Jeremy in 1986, with Barbara Nitke – Podcast 160
Back in the day, everybody seemed to have an opinion about Ron Jeremy – and maybe that was part of his appeal. He was probably the most ubiq...
The Porn Star and the Foodie: Jamie Gillis & Gael Greene in 1978 Part 2, Lorey Sebastian – Podcast 159
In 1964, Lorey Kaye, a twenty-year-old from New Haven, CT, moved to Manhattan to start a new life in the big city. Lorey was a fresh-faced,...
The Porn Star and the Foodie: Jamie Gillis & Gael Greene in 1978 Part 1, The Other Taxi Driver – Podcast 158
In ‘Taxi Driver’ (1976), Travis Bickle railed against social decay, moral corruption, and the depraved filth he perceived in the near-...
Jeffrey Hurst (1947-2025), R.I.P.
It all started over thirty years ago. I thought it would be interesting to track down people who’d been involved in the very first adult fil...
Jeanna Fine: The Lost Interview – Podcast 157
Jeanna Fine passed away last month. If you’re a regular listener to The Rialto Report , you’ll know that we like to interview a person...
Bud Lee – From Hyapatia and Asia to Only Fans, Part 2 – Podcast 156
Regular listeners will know that over the last few years, I’ve spoken to many female adult film actors who were active from the 1960s throug...
Bud Lee – From Hyapatia and Asia to Only Fans, Part 1 – Podcast 155
The adult film business is unique in that it has usually focused on women as the figureheads and main stars, and therefore often relegated m...
Wade Nichols: ‘Like an Eagle’ – His Untold Story Part 3: The Soap Opera King – Podcast 154
In 1979, Dennis Posa was on the verge of stardom. Against all odds, as Dennis Parker, he’d just released a disco record on a major recording...
Wade Nichols: ‘Like an Eagle’ – His Untold Story Part 2: Disco! – Podcast 153
I’ve always loved movies, especially the films I grew up with in the 1970s. I was seduced by their gritty realism, social commentary, comple...
R.I.P. Paul Thomas (1949 – 2025) – Podcast Reprise
This past week I phoned Paul Thomas , former adult performer and film director, also known as PT. I’m heading out to LA shortly and was call...
Wade Nichols: ‘Like an Eagle’ – His Untold Story Part 1: The Early Years – Podcast 152
Years ago, I first saw the 1970s adult film Barbara Broadcast (1977) on the big screen, and it made a big impression. In the film, there’s a...
Sue Flaken’s Sliding Doors – The Mystery of the Original Miss Jones – Podcast 151
Who was the original actor cast in the lead role of the golden age blockbuster, The Devil in Miss Jones (1973)? Not Georgina Spelvin , the t...
Susan Hart – Confidences and Confidence, Part 2: Podcast 150
In the first part of our interview with Susan Hart , we heard about Sue’s early years in 1970s Los Angeles, growing up in a strict Catholic...
Susan Hart – Confidences and Confidence, Part 1: Podcast 149
Perhaps one of the less obvious aspects of The Rialto Report is that it may lead to the impression that people involved in the adult industr...