My Dad Wrote a Porno, the hit Brit podcast, is ready to finish, bringing to a detailed some of the profitable, groundbreaking and comically x-rated podcasts of all time.
First launched by Jamie Morton, Alice Levine and James Cooper in 2015, My Dad Wrote a Porno started its life when Morton found that his retired father, beneath the pen identify Rocky Flintstone, had been secretly writing a collection of grownup novels entitled Belinda Blinked that targeted on the sexual adventures of a 30-something girl referred to as Belinda Blumenthal as she climbed her method up the unique world of the pots and pans trade. Appalled together with his discover, which described wild orgies at work conferences, erotic trysts in motels and sex-filled worldwide enterprise journeys, Morton introduced his pals Levine and Cooper on board, with the three gathering round a kitchen desk to learn out chapters and talk about the frilly metaphors (examples embrace strains resembling, “Her nipples were now as large as the three-inch rivets which held the hull of the fateful Titanic”) and crude gynecological language (resembling, “He grabbed her cervix”). And so, a cultural phenomenon was born.
Since its launch, My Dad Wrote a Porno has amassed greater than 430 million downloads globally, gone on two sold-out world excursions, been tailored into an HBO comedy particular and garnered a bunch of superstar followers, a lot of whom have taken half. A-list highlights embrace Lin-Manuel Miranda workshopping a Belinda Blinked musical, Emma Thompson championing the feminist credentials of Rocky, and Michael Sheen lovingly evaluating Mr. Flintstone to William Shakespeare. Alongside its personal success, My Dad Wrote a Porno can be thought of a podcast that helped revolutionize the trade and draw many listeners into the medium.
“This show has been the backbone of our lives for the past eight years. We’ve had new jobs, new homes, breakups, breakdowns and a truckload of Chilean Chardonnay. But the three of us, sitting around the kitchen table reading Rocky’s bad dad porn has been a constant, a guaranteed belly laugh no matter what was going on elsewhere,” stated Morton, Levine and Cooper on the choice to finish the podcast.
“We know it has been a comfort (and cause of nausea) to millions of listeners too, and it’s been our privilege to be an escape to a different world,” they continued. “The community we have built together around the globe is something we couldn’t be prouder of. It’s with a heavy heart that we’ve reached the final chapter of our podcast. But we have a strong feeling, this isn’t the last you’ll hear of Belinda.”
The closing two chapters of My Dad Wrote a Porno can be launched on Nov. 28 and Dec. 5, whereas on Dec. 12 a particular episode can be launched that includes an unique interview with the “Banksy of Erotica” himself, Rocky Flintstone.
