E29: Pornography: Pleasure, Peril, and the Modern Mind

Host Edgar Mills examines pornography’s long history and its complex role in modern life, weighing potential benefits like sexual education and spicing up relationships against serious harms such as addiction, mental health impacts, exploitation, and trafficking. The episode explores effects on consumers and performers, the ethical questions around production and consumption, the influence on society and faith communities, and resources for protecting children and supporting survivors.