Ashley Mathews (Riley Reid) on The Portal, Ep.

[@Sn00ze]

"Today I interview Riley Reed, however what she doesn't know is I'm not an agent and there is no job"

[@Richie_Godsil]

I'm dying LMFAO

Damnit, I'd hoped that Eric was branching out into casting couch videos.

[@therealbs2000]

@ no one could have anticipated this response

[@firefox517]

Hahahaha

[@nickduffy8919]

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@cele42]

Avengers-Infinity Wars was the most ambitious crossover ever made Eric: hold my Klein bottle

[@jamesbarthelemy5926]

Thumbs up for the klein bottle

[@YawnGod]

I lost at Klein bottle.

[@bradhexumOSM]

Brilliant

[@metamentality9818]

HAHAHAHHA

[@Bryce_Waddell]

😂😂😂

[@Zach-ud4mq]

Where is the usual signature ending: "So Ashley, tell us where people can find out more about you and your work?"

[@EmilyRose0]

Well Ashley is unemployed. He should get Riley Reid on next time for that.

[@stanchik25]

Perfect!

[@AlternativeExplosion]

no need, everybody knows already

[@fongh4108]

Yeahhhh he forgot I guess

[@liam489]

My top two google searches in one podcast.

[@anthonymoses3697]

Lol

[@helveticalouie]

lol Google knew that... Google also knew that you were gonna post this. Probably.

[@LE0NSKA]

UP

[@juancpgo]

ahahaha your two previously untouched universes just collided

[@andrewprahst2529]

Me in the streets meets me in the sheets

[@matthewpederson2296]

Sir Roger Penrose one week and Riley Reid the next. What a podcast!

[@synsynsy]

I had the exact same thought!

[@tonysplace8009]

... welcome to the Portal.. Ashley...

[@nattyswede]

@@Cuplex1 - Man kunde nästan förvänta sig att denna podcast skulle upplevas stötande för vissa människor. Själv uppskattade jag insikten jag fick av att höra hennes perspektiv. Allt gott!

[@thegoodthebadandtheugly579]

Matthew Pederson Yo mama next!

[@michaelboyd7508]

Yea,just dont make valid arguments or your post will be removed

[@markrobertson2052]

"I came to know about your existence through a sort of... odd chain of events." I'm sure you did, Eric. I'm sure you did.

[@markrobertson2052]

Also, Eric likely came AFTER knowing of her sort of.... existence.

[@TheAbilities]

I'm guessing he would have done this along time ago but had to wait till he had a platform to do soo.

[@markrobertson2052]

@@TheAbilities Shhhhhhhh........

[@TheAbilities]

@@markrobertson2052 ok

[@sarmadalkayssi6151]

Jaime, delete that search history.

[@JD-rd3xw]

This may be the first portal episode that I’ll be able to understand.

[@themetalpig7613]

Hahaha!

[@Richie_Godsil]

LMFAO

[@therealbs2000]

You win sir

[@panushjo]

Didn't think any brothers watched him

[@mikem8899]

@@panushjo I'm black and hispanic what's your point? Love engaging in IDW and Eric's content.

[@ftayl5]

This is a challenging wank.

[@ChristopherHayles]

Wait til you try the Kasparov episode.

[@9munster]

LMFAO

[@StuartFerguson55]

Omg lol.

[@Nonenone-rj9yp]

I was waiting for this joke

[@TheLethalIntrospectionCrew]

Were intelligent listeners, we’ll figure it out!

[@NicholasTruson]

My wild mouse telomeres just became lab mouse telomeres

[@TheLethalIntrospectionCrew]

There's no artificial selection happenin' here! All-natural, BABY!

[@donpierik810]

Lol!

[@jamoozy]

OMG I'm still laughing at this … Brilliant!

[@awsumpchits]

Well played

[@js7660]

This is some next level memery

[@theITGuy-no3nt]

🤔 First time I have watched Riley Reid for more than five minutes...

[@nbkawtgnobody]

Get Gude son

[@Stacz_Dinero]

5 minutes wow impressive 👏.. even on This video I only made it 3 minutes after she finally got on screen.

[@sophon238]

Quickdraw champion

[@prajwalpyakurel2550]

Two here.

[@Macheako]

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@robertdean1011]

I appreciate you going out on a limb and interviewing Ashley. This was a thought provoking discussion.

[@sophon238]

Not really bro, Eric's questions were flying past her

[@Macheako]

What kinda thoughts ya thinking over there buddy 😉👌🏻

[@PAJA63]

@@sophon238 Really?

[@castuyn4618]

For sure the longest Riley Reid movie I ever saw, and one of the most interesting too.

[@akp167]

Riley Reid watched a Sam Harris and Ben Shapiro discussion live and in person. That is a sentence I never thought I would say.

[@AakaashNarayanan]

Orgasms are orgasms, whether mental or physical.

[@kirkbarnett1231]

Can you imagine the looks she got like I know I know her from somewhere I just can't place or t

[@plakbakbloedworst]

Did Penrose give you her number?

[@nattyswede]

Hahahaha! :-)

[@curiouscases9050]

LMFAO!!!!!!!

[@Bisquick]

He's all about that "Penrose process".

[@tedjohansen1634]

HAHAHAHHAHAHAHA

[@Mimi-xg5gu]

I have been curious about Ashley since I have seen her On KZbin and also some of her work. I haven’t been able to find an interview like this until today. It was really a wonderful interview. It’s beautiful the way she opened up. Thank you for sharing your personal life with us. She’s a very interesting and kind person. I only wish her the best. If I ever saw her in public, I would only show her kindness and respect.

[@meetshadowtheshepkita]

Me, too. She’s a Future Feminist Icon, for sure-and very self aware.

[@jlopez47]

Eric: "I came to know about your existence when" Ashley: **smirking intensely**

[@sjd1446]

Haha! Yes.

[@sjd1446]

Haha! Yes.

[@AtticAurel]

no. at 5:48 , where he says that, you can see that she does not smirk for this exact point. she was smiling already before that and did not change while he said that sentence.

[@merlepatterson]

Gotta love Eric's unbranded bravery to engage in topical discussions that the mainstream would run from with their hair aflame.

[@jamescraig9045]

I enjoy his bravery in this as well as hers. Especially taking on the apparent disparity in intellect that emerges from the linguistics differences of each participant's respective subculture.

[@deathpig.9847]

There's nothing brave about this. Let's see if he can criticize Zionism then we got balls

[@merlepatterson]

@@deathpig.9847 How many of Eric's talks have you seen?

[@deathpig.9847]

@@ShinGarugameshhuh?

[@deathpig.9847]

@@merlepatterson a few

[@9191doobius]

Riley Reid stans Sam Harris what a world we live in

[@healthymealthy775]

Why? Sam Harris has a lot of dumb fans.

[@ARCANEmateCLAN]

This is why atheism is bad for women

[@Stacz_Dinero]

@@healthymealthy775 anyone with alot of fans, has alot of dumb fans. Stupid statement 🙄 majority of people are dumb.

[@Jaikay1]

I'm betting Sam stans Riley also.

[@Jaikay1]

@Joe Dick Ohh get after it, I can smell your nihilism.

[@shabbii296]

She looks familiar.

Lol

[@StreetsOfVancouverChannel]

@ hahahaha

[@0dious]

I like how this comment slowly exploded in my brain.

[@GodBeforeMoney]

This made me belly laugh. 😂😂 Thank you

[@nattyswede]

The girl next door...

[@callmedeno]

first time i've heard porn compared to dark matter, welcome to the portal

[@AXharoth]

more like a black hole

[@____uncompetative]

Spin 3/2 Rarita-Schwinger matter is a good candidate for Dark Matter and there is probably a joke to be made there about Spinners and Swingers, not that it matters.

[@MasonRoyce]

Ok this is officially now my favourite podcast.

[@Accolonian]

"The first time I noticed you..." Cool, he probably did not know her. "The second time I noticed you..." Come on, man. Everybody knows that would have been the third time :)

[@chiemezieonyirimba6901]

I came here after watching you on joe rogan podcast .

[@hiphopman72]

chiemezie onyirimba likewise and i’ve not been disappointed! Cool podcast

[@drummerdoingstuff5020]

Yep, i came here from that too. Although shes not far behind on the history tab.

[@285runt]

Same. The narration is wierd.

[@dJfac3]

Hmm. I came after that riley video. But hey to each there own

[@jacobstewart6528]

I did too

[@ElimRem]

FInally these two intellectual powerhouses in the same room!

[@rostikskobkariov5136]

well..

[@catPENGUINpony]

ElimRem 😂😂😂

[@icosmini]

Hahaha, well done, sir!

[@That-guy-here]

Mr. H 😂

[@chrisroy1613]

Bahahahaha!

[@BEDLAMITE-5280ft.]

Eric Weinstein is epic, the portal is the best podcast out at the moment. Stoked to see this subject approached with taste and class.

[@brianfinnegan664]

Dark horse is awesome too, sam harris, rogan. The idw in general I've learned so much from them.

[@WhenDevilsDuel]

Eh.

[@stephenpeterson7940]

My 21st trip through The Portal, and I must say, Eric, that I have thoroughly enjoyed the experience of listening to these challenging conversations that, while they haven't much changed (yet) what I think and what I believe, they have changed *the way I think about* what I think and what I believe. The IDW is what this moment in our history has desperately needed, and my hope is that you will continue to keep this elevated form of discussion going for a long time. The Portal is satisfying a craving I didn't even realize I had.

[@madalindragan7722]

I was secretly waiting for Sam Harris to pull an Eddy Bravo and appear in the last 40 minutes of the podcast.

[@DmitryIvanAlyosha80]

This comment is criminally under-liked! 🤣🤣🤣

[@faisalalrahmani6415]

I would never have expected this. Ever. I literally had to do a double take at Riley's name as I noticed a new Eric Weinstein video.

[@tryitout-701]

Faisal AlRahmani the podcast episode has been out for weeks

[@Richie_Godsil]

Lol I did the same thing!

[@rostikskobkariov5136]

Same here, its why i clicked. How is Eric gonna steer this ship.

[@jordanchiaruttiniREALTOR]

I saw the ( ) and thought....porn star! Only Eric would do this. LOL. Fantastic.

[@bonethrusterfpv3122]

tbh I did the same thing...i was like ashley who..?.... and then reread it twice and abruptly gave up on the phone i was fixing to watch this instead. shes not a super brainy girl but she is surprising well spoken and honest... he was right it was taking a chance and playing to the lowest common denominator but it turned out to be an interesting talk nonetheless. i liked it.

[@billy-sx8wx]

I have never seen a porn scene take so long to start...

[@tomikaze777]

Ha, ha! This comment is horribly underrated.

[@ajmarecki]

Haha best comment. You are right

[@PAJA63]

Life is a foreplay to death. It’s happening right now. On a side note, even sex workers are more than their reptilian brain. And so are you. Have a nice day. 🙂

[@maxhess3151]

Now I want to see her on Ben Shapiro's Sunday Special.

[@chandanbanakar333]

She's interested in psychedelics ?? I bet she is going to be on JRE soon.

[@LAIDBACKMANNER]

Let's bug Joe until he offers her to come on, lol.

[@AirSandFire]

Does she also do some martial art?

[@stefanconradsson]

.. and then we will get the usual discussion of Bears on DMT .. and sharks, martial arts vs. streetfights and so on .. I am all for it! Cheers 🍺

[@andrewprahst2529]

"Do you think sex could be considered a martial art? The existence casual sex implies the existence of a competitive community."

[@anzolomyer4584]

Back when Joe was cool. But now massive success has made the show ass.

[@campt91]

Can someone please make a hilarious, awkward, uncomfortable and inappropriate edit of this? That would make my day.

[@skywardmagic5754]

P1ngtrip, get on this...

[@sjd1446]

Ha! Just repeat 23:05

[@Riverdeepnwide]

7:50 Hold for one second, ten reps in sets of three.

[@paranoidafterparty7712]

i really don’t like how this interview fails to ask any of the hard questions about porn and it’s affect on men, women and society/ family. it’s all lightweight. missed opportunity by Eric who i think has no problem steering into controversy. but he just doesn’t grasp how this is playing out. I’m hearing things at the margins that are openings for big problems that NEED TO BE ADDRESSED. annoying.

[@PAJA63]

Yes, even uncomfortable questions need to be asked. So it’s not perfect, but it’s still refreshingly different. Part of it’s appeal is portraying her as a human being, and being calm and and composed on touchy subjects.

[@johnsonashu7897]

@@PAJA63 Agreed this was a fan boy interview no hard questions about the ethics

[@PAJA63]

@@johnsonashu7897 A fan boy who just happened to find her name, if you can believe that. 🙂

[@ImChrisNotChrist]

Now THAT is a glitch in the Matrix

[@rodjacksn]

I'd say, more like a SNATCH in Matrix!

[@jessicabaylis7220]

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@Edukate95]

Eric out here actin like he didn't know who she was until her name popped up on twitter

[@sylviaking6796]

Edukate95 I've never heard of her before!

[@gavindehler]

Hahahah

[@downbeats41]

I actually believe him on this one haha.

[@nattyswede]

@@sylviaking6796 - But had you seen her before...? ;-)

[@sylviaking6796]

@@nattyswede fraid not, but looked her up after...

[@therealbs2000]

This is one of those events that was completely unexpected and in hindsight completely believable, going from *eyebrow* "he did what?" to *nod* "yeah, he would do something like that" in no time flat lol

[@sociohackac3955]

Eric taking the podcasting game to the next level.

[@416dl]

The Portal at its best. Much thanks to you and your guest for the honest and objective examination; something all too rare in this subject especially. Cheers.

[@jasonlind3065]

This is why I enjoy this podcast community. This is incredibly informative. I gained so much more respect for Ashley. It would have been better if Bret was present as well.

[@therealbs2000]

She would be the second to have both brothers at the same time...the first being dave rubin

[@MattFRox]

Totally! MMF threesomes r where it’s at.

[@s3m4jno5w4d]

Think he and his wife are still in the Amazon

[@zachhoward9099]

@islanti she's arguably the world's most famous pornstar at the moment goes under the stage name/pseudonym Riley Reid

[@CleverGirlAAH]

Why does this mathematician have more journalistic integrity than literally any mainstream journalists outlet?

[@brandonroberts13]

Eric is becoming a force of history. I can't even imagine how the next 5+ years will play out with him. Big stuff

[@nicholasm2239]

Does not seem to have happened.

[@brandonroberts13]

Update 3 years later: Eric is garbage

[@kjekelle96]

Great episode! You choose your guests very well and I'm enjoying this a lot!

[@helveticalouie]

1:32:00 OMG epiphany on the Louis CK situation. This PodCast continues to be so illuminating, on topics we shy away from, which indicates to me how much we NEED This! hope more people are lucky enough to find the portal

[@michaeledwards7967]

A hugely important conversation and one which is long overdue. Well done Ashley/Eric.

[@jamesbotts9564]

What a wonderful interview. Ashley is one of those people you could meet and never forget the conversation or where you were when you met her.

[@notbnull]

Longest porn intro to date

[@ilirsvenfrancous9011]

Johnny Crustacean what if the Big Bang was just some cosmic force fucking? If we imagine a sleek cell going into an egg it’s kid of the same concept

[@grandepiano]

And yet it was the only porn intro I didn't skip past

[@Omilliyo]

@Johnny Crustacean lmfao top comment material

[@MGrant-bj1dc]

@David McCarthyWell we know who's looking at Eric. Father McCarthy out here.

[@bogie3462]

Operation Choke Point. ...I'll just leave that there lol

[@MusicbyWordPlay]

Not many know about it's predecessor: Operation Pull-My-Hair

[@noone8418]

🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂

[@robbie_]

She's a lot smaller IRL. I guess that's why the chair and mic look so big.

[@gregutz4284]

Porn industry uses a lot of visual "tricks"

[@slados1]

Cocks always look tiny though

[@Bisquick]

@@bbaattttlleemmooddee Surely he's referring to male chickens!

[@nicknomski8399]

Glad I wasn't drinking coffee just now 😂

[@ribxni]

muahahhaha!

[@bbaattttlleemmooddee]

I think the evolutionary trade between men and women, on average, is one in which the man offers the woman exclusive access to his resources, and in exchange the woman offers exclusive breeding rights. So when a man is ridiculed for his wife's promiscuity, the criticism is essentially that he is accepting a bad deal and is therefore a weak man because a strong man would not accept a bad deal. He's perceived by other men to have been outfoxed by the woman who presumably is reaping greater evolutionary rewards than him through her infidelity, having multiple partners, and therefore having a more genetically diverse set of offspring. Because of the differences in hardware, a man in a monogamous relationship is sacrificing more breeding potential than a woman in a monogamous relationship. A woman is able to potentially have a dozen or so children in a lifetime, but a man is able to potentially have thousands. So if we control for the quality of the man, monogamy is much more costly for a man than for a woman. But men come in different qualities, and a woman pays a much higher evolutionary cost when she agrees to be monogamous with a weak man, because all of her children will inherit the weakness. So that's why women are more selective than men. Likewise, in an evolutionary environment without paternity tests, a man pays a much higher evolutionary cost than the woman when he devotes his resources to providing for another man's child. Once I imagine that my strengths and my very existence is a consequence of some number of promiscuous foremothers' infidelities, sneaking off behind a rock to catch the DNA of Chad, thus tricking her weaker husband into raising Chad's baby, the moralizations are revealed to be merely evolutionary adaptations themselves. We believe promiscuity is evil because we couldn't afford not to. And we should be very careful flirting with the idea that we've escaped those environments and that promiscuity is now affordable. These taboos and ridicules couldn't be bearing a more important load. I think civilian trepidation regarding a promiscuous partner can be thought of as a kind of wisdom regarding the size of the load.

[@max-ru6cz]

Don't worry, people like Riley Reid are constantly worrying about the size of the load.

[@nategalvan3907]

Great post!

[@ISTmaniac]

I'm no fan of promiscuity, but I don't think your argument holds in a world where women are equal earners in a relationship. In this case the argument comes down to the man, in giving up his potential of having more random children, is actual paying a price in doing so. While many man will see the lost ability to have intercourse with many women as a price, there was usually never a conscious goal of actually fathering children for the biological advantage. Allowing promiscuity for the man also, consciously there is no loss. So, at least subjectively, there is no greater burden on the men to raise the child (I just grant you your proposition that there is a greater burden otherwise, many will vehemently disagree). The "bad deal" he is ridiculed for essentially becomes that he is dumb enough to actually pay his half in time and money for the child instead of spreading his genes. I think everyone would agree that encouraging equal "pay" for a child is desirable for a society. In this equal earners world your argument only holds if the child is in fact from another man. Meaning promiscuity while trying for children is problematic, while I don't see a conclusive argument why it should be problematic with birth control. Having said all that, most relationships are not of equal earners and I remember some statistics that woman prefer men who earn more than they do. But I find the conclusion of a generalization on the non-validity of promiscuity shortsighted. Also your whole argument is based on the presumption that child bearing is an integral part of relationships. Birth control changed that completely. Evolutionary arguments do not work anymore for relationship morality. They might work for subconscious feelings (my own dislike of promiscuity for example), but I fail to see any conscious conclusions that should be derived from that.

[@bbaattttlleemmooddee]

@@ISTmaniac It's true that there are and have been environments in which the evolutionary trade was uneven, either due to necessity in response to environmental pressures or due to deviation afforded by abundance. Maybe this is an environment in which the male offering is devalued by an increase in competition coming from the welfare state. Or maybe this is an environment in which the female offering is devalued by an increase in competition from porn and women on birth control. It seems to me that it's clearly a bit of both, and so it's a question of degrees. I think patterns of behavior that deviate from the average - or child-bearing monogamy - are unsustainable over evolutionary time, which is why the average is the average. Whatever genetic components are causing so many men to achieve less reproductive success than other men, perhaps by leaving us vulnerable to the allures of porn, games and promiscuity, and whatever genetic components are causing women to achieve less reproductive success than other women, perhaps by leaving them vulnerable to the allures of social media, birth control or career, we can expect those genetic components will be less represented in each successive generation. Future generations may be as baffled by their ancestors' attraction to porn and birth control as we are by our ancestors' attraction to obesity. Some people will argue that a civilization of career-oriented women can be sustainable, but that civ will inevitably be conquered by ones in which labor is properly divided according to each sex's biological strengths. Monogamy is fundamentally about preserving civilization rather than relationships. It just happens that the latter is a precondition for the former. I think men have evolved to value the preservation of civilization more highly than women have, because men pay a higher evolutionary price for being conquered than women do. I think this is also how women have evolved a reaction of arousal to male behaviors we might normally consider unethical, such as with the lions. The notion that we have escaped an evolutionary environment seems naive and suspiciously comfortable.

[@ISTmaniac]

@@bbaattttlleemmooddee I'm just not convinced that "the evolutionary environment" has much if anything to do with the behavior of individuals in our society. You claim that males have evolved to value the preservation of civilization more, yet they don't act like it. Single motherhood isn't on the rise because so many woman want to get away from a man who wants to care for the child. There is also the question what "civilization" even means in an evolutionary context. It can't really mean anything else than "tribe" or "village-size group of people" because there wasn't anything else in an evolutionary timeframe. The only tribe-like behavior where men are represented unproportionally is nationalism and racism (and I say that as a man), every other tribal-split activity is dominated by women. My interpretation would be that men evolved to defend against external threats to the group - by force - and women evolved to guarantee internal cohesion - by force. That fit's way better than trying to fit an evolutionary argument to support monogamy, which isn't even consistent in human cultures today, much less over an evolutionary timeframe. That is even the most egregious point of your argument (that nothing else than monogamy can be sustained over evolutionary timeframes) when in fact monogamy is more of less a classic era greek/roman thing which got adopted by judeo-christians with some minor exceptions. Monogamy doesn't even exist over evolutionary time for humans. It's a "recent" invention. Most of the time it's few men who have many women. So the current thing of many men failing to reproduce is the evolutionary normal, if you like it or not. In fact it's the most efficient way evolution even can work on humans because it removes a giant proportion of unwanted genes from the pool and amplifies wanted genes. Monogamy, if anything, hinders evolution in preserving more genes. Jordan Peterson also said as much with (paraphrasing) "women, in selecting partners, are the driving force of human evolution". Where I agree is that a civilization of career oriented woman is not sustainable, at least not by those same women. That's evident in birth rates in industrialized nations, especially respective of household income. Even a few hundred years are enough to end that population, it doesn't need evolution, it doesn't need evolutionary timeframes, it has nothing to do with evolution. I see build-in evolutionary pressure failing miserably in counteracting modern desires for a career or porn or social media or child control. The world would look very much different if evolutionary pressure was as strong and controlling as you claim. And when eventually the civilization of career oriented women dies out? Humans will still be there, evolution doesn't care, it wasn't a evolutionary dead end, they could have procreated, it was a civilizational one. Don't try to fix issues of a particular civilization (monogamy, welfare state, child support, birth control, porn, games) with arguments from evolution. Evolution didn't even recognize those things are there yet. I was even wrong in engaging you in a evolutionary argument on the morality of promiscuity. The lions are a good point. There you see what you get when you base morality on evolution. As polygamy is the evolutionary norm, arguments against it have to be moral. (I'm aware that I haphazardly throw polygamy and promiscuity together, but you started it with throwing monogamy and non-promiscuity together)

[@andrewbautista7941]

When Eric/Riley talked about being confident about ur body image, being shamed, and being confident about urself. That was inspiring. She's an awesome human being!

[@johnwillman9400]

Take a shot every time Riley says “and what not”.

[@subucni113]

also a shot for whenever Riley says"100 %."

[@Htrac]

"I will never play a milf" - Oh Ashley... the wall comes for every woman.

[@julieschneider3803]

This is everything I was hoping it would be when I read the title. The top KZbin comments do not do this justice.

[@SWCoko]

Interesting conversation! Keep at it Eric. Great to hear her perspective.

[@ZardoDhieldor]

I'm fascinated by the way Eric says "Interesting." but in contrast to everybody else I've heard saying this, he actually means it. I'm so used to this word as a euphemism for the opposite.

[@tinyknott]

I feel more it's an escape mechanism for most people. "Man, I have no idea what to say... I'll just say 'interesting' in a passive manner"

[@LukeGeoDude]

Definitely. I met him for a few seconds after one of the live events he did with Harris, gave him a little gift. He asked a question and when I answered, he said "that is very interesting". It stuck with me.

[@JackPassmore]

The Roger Penrose conversation (despite repeated perusals) went "swish" right over my head. Thank goodness Eric has a guest this time who's domain is accessible beneath my purview. Oh, I'm sorry I meant perv-view. Heh heh... Seriously, RR, Ashley... is the best and has given great joy to the world and to me personally by her wonderful contributions to the arts. :0)

[@westloves]

Making sex into a casual thing seems like a tragedy to me.

[@Eigenbros]

Incredibly enlightening podcast and really well done. Eric might surpass Rogan as my favorite podcast

[@tony198333]

I admire him and her for putting in the effort to have an intellectual conversation about something as messy as sexuality, it's the kind I wish I could encounter more of. Kudos to Ashley especially for humanizing the people in her work the way she does.

[@clearpill]

Brave of you to bring her on Eric. I think it's a topic that needs to be more openly discussed. I'd be interested in learning more about the legal implications and what/how proper government involvement should be in this industry.

[@psilo99]

I'm imagining Werner Herzog doing commentary of this episode. “What would an ocean be without a monster BBC lurking in the dark? "

[@robbie_]

I have found Herzog to be hugely overrated. I know Eric is a big fan.

[@dolan979]

What a profound and interesting discussion about sexuality and pornography. Ashley seems very genuine and has a truely unique prospective on these topics. Sad to see the low hanging fruit comments being made about her profession and not anything to do with the topics discussed.

[@Stacz_Dinero]

It was a amazing interview. But these comments are hilarious and much needed. They are jokes. Would be cool more convo on the substance tho. And anyone making like personal hateful comments not cool . But most of the jokes on these comments legendary.

[@dmanstarr]

Lighten up, dude.

[@dolan979]

@@dmanstarr The thing is, this wasn't a comedic interview, read the room here. I've seen a lot of Bret's videos, but these glib comments are ONLY on this video. Bret obviously believed Ashley has a valuable and unique perspective and wanted her input.

[@hollyandrews1516]

Agree with you.

[@PAJA63]

@@dolan979 Well put. I’ve listened to quite some podcasts, interviews and Q&A’s with her, and she almost always comes off as genuinely open-minded and (when she's not too stoned) sincere.

[@gpknee]

Excellent conversation. Thank you.

[@Cinnabuns2009]

Don't ever change, Ashley. You are perfect just the way you are. On the real. Don't ever be fake and always stay true to yourself. Such great advice and such an amazing example of rEAl self confidence.

[@GUMMRUCHK]

I wouldn't say being in the adult industry has entirely worked out wonderfully for her which is how Eric described it. In a Q&A video I watched on her own KZbin channel a young woman asked her about getting started in the industry to which she said she lost her entire family over her career choice she told a story of asking her father to have coffee with her and he said he didn't want to be seen in public with her she was visibly crying while recalling that story. she went onto say she advises young women who are considering getting into the industry not to I wouldn't call that a wonderful outcome paying the price of your entire family just to have a certain career seems like a staggeringly high price to pay I'm not even convinced she is as happy as it appears.

[@hugh300]

Maybe her family seeing Eric Weinstein support her may help to change their opinion...

[@GUMMRUCHK]

@Imight Realperson Doubt it, she made it very clear her relationship with her family was a lost cause her happiness looks very fake. This was only 2 months ago then the interview with Eric was one month ago that's a very short timeline to fix a very broken relationship I very much doubt anything has been fixed in that short of a timeline.

[@GUMMRUCHK]

@@hugh300 I think you overestimate Eric's influence he's not that big of a figure.

[@thisoldman99]

Hugh Hunt LOL

[@Trev81]

I don't think it's that simple. I have friends who have lost their families after coming out as homosexual, but who are still much happier to be living the life they want to live despite having had to pay such a high cost. Even assuming that people in those situations had healthy, happy relationships with their families prior to losing them, that doesn't mean it defines their ENTIRE experience. Ashley's happiness seems genuine to me.

[@poltergeistfm]

big love, eric - such a wonderful conversation. portal intensifies!

[@draztiqmeshaz6226]

Every time you say Heady Lamar, I hear that fella from Blazing Saddles say "it's HEDLEY!" in my mind.

[@max-ru6cz]

I think Eric was expecting her to be a lot smarter than she really is.

[@watittakes2264]

That was my initial thought when the video popped up, I dont think I'll watch it tbh.

[@shawnedwardnajvar]

I was saying the exact thing when they got into the legal cases early on, which she knew absolutely nothing about.

[@robbie_]

She has a perspective it's interesting to hear and I did learn some new things listening to this. That's what it's all about isn't it.

[@chrislemieux2747]

😂😂😂😂

[@xSayPleasex]

Seems pretty average to me...certainly not an intellectual power-house like the Weinsteins, Harris, or even Callan for that matter. Still, I found it interesting enough simply because of her unique perspective and knowledge of the business.

[@kurtaquino2]

Eric and Bret in conversation: Bret: "What if we interview a porn star?" Eric: "Dibs".

[@kellysmith8731]

Fkn "A" !

[@andreek8559]

Great interview. More people should give her a platform to talk about these issues.

[@fabianbravo6008]

Ashley "a hundred percent" Mathews

[@philosophicallybroke8873]

Eric "Eric Weinstein" Weinstein

[@Jiu-JitsuDisciple-id1ok]

Eric seems like a really genuine guy. Never get a sense he would talk over people, in terms of their intellectual capacity. Seems very open to all subjects, and people from all walks of life. I really appreciate this podcast..lots to learn here at the portal.

[@user-PyR064]

She embraces body positivity by going against plastic surgery and including natural body hair but also promotes more acceptance towards transsexualism, in respect to all I find this to be a cognitive contradiction and to add my personal opinion going in the direction to the former, the latter being a socially accepted and on different levels even promoted mental instability.

[@tsuchiman]

Get Camille Paglia on!

[@Kyushu314]

Amen to Camille! My favorite feminist- both male and porn friendly and really smart.

[@foxtrotunit1269]

She's not as hot though....

[@PAJA63]

Good idea. Only problem Camille Paglia has so much to say, it will never stop.

[@ASimoneau]

"Operation Chokepoint" sounds like the title of an underground pornographic film. The kind for which there's only one 35mm print, and you'd only see it screened in the basement of a bar.

[@Gambit9020]

The crossover I would've never expected but glad it happened!

[@JohnSmith-tt5qr]

"Not to put words in your mouth ..." God forbid.

[@alaron5698]

I have to say, I'm surprised at how many in the comment section are dogmatically opposed to porn and object to Eric even having her on, as that is "giving her a platform". Wouldn't have thought that of Eric's viewers, as the podcast is about open, intellectual inquiry.

[@alaron5698]

I suppose, however, that many of Eric's viewers are from the anti-sjw crowd that became familiar with him via Dave Rubin etc, and those are often conservative, so perhaps it shouldn't be unexpected.

[@collinsmcrae]

True, but it's interesting to consider whether or not it is in fact good for society to demonize sex work. I mean, it's not exactly rocket science. If there were no negative view of it, why wouldn't a huge chunk of the female population take this easg license to print money? I certainly would. A good chunk of women could make more money showing their feet off on the web than they do at their shitty jobs. Do you want to live in a world where one in three women are sex workers? That strikes me as a potential danger of making it a shame free industry. I don't personally have any negative feelings about it, although I do worry about the psychological and health risks to sex workers implied by many studies.

[@alaron5698]

@@collinsmcrae My point wasn't so much that there are no negative aspects to the sex industry; there are. Though, for the record, there are also negative aspects to puritanism and prudishness. Rather, I was pointing out how many comments appear to have a very marked negative emotional reaction, refusing to investigate or discuss the matter, as it has struck against their sacred values. I guess I didn't expect such an emotional reaction from the crowd of this podcast.

[@LeCigareVolant]

Really? I'm mostly seeing comments praising her and excited about her being here..

[@grimmj0ker]

Dammit Eric!....you humanized her.....now I can't watch her videos anymore.....

[@ZardoDhieldor]

I'm so glad I didn't see her videos before this. That would have been so awkward...

[@Nash9r]

@@ZardoDhieldor You think, it's less awkward searching for them after the podcast?

[@blakedenton8247]

This made me want to watch her videos more....

[@ZardoDhieldor]

@@Nash9r Well, did search but I didn't want to watch them. It's like catching a friend in bed. It feels like a breach of privacy (even though it isn't at all!).

[@natedavis4588]

Wow, one Meetup I could of never envisioned.

[@KravMagoo]

"...could've..." as in "...could have..."

[@sophon238]

Grammar 👮

[@FatButDisease]

Both of my heads got stimulated this episode

[@kramer3d]

🤣🤣🤣

[@domenicdegiorgio2035]

I regret to say this, but men may not date you because they feel intimidated by you, and mostly by your profession. Although they can be loving, spiritual, and sentimental towards you deep down they will FEAR the fact that they cannot please you in bed. Imagine you being in an IR GB with 6 huge guys, then you go home to your man who is normal in size etc. He may feel that he can never replicate that type of pleasure.

[@p.schmidt7032]

We all live the lifes of Chimpanzees, while Ashley lives the life of a Bonobo. We should all be more like Bonobos!

[@thesocialexchangepodcast3022]

Very inpressive interview-- both parties. It was so interesting to see Ashley's (Riley's) intellectual life shine.

[@zazen69]

You must be kidding.

[@thesocialexchangepodcast3022]

@@zazen69 nope. It was cool to know her ideas and point of view.

[@ZZUtopia]

I had no idea who she was until this video and I've never seen or heard of her outside of this interview. Have to admit, I was not expecting an adult film entertainer to be in this podcast but it was really interesting. She seems like a delightful human being.

[@andrewpini5024]

Great Insight. Amazing interviewing skill Eric. It's great to see you out of your comfort zone.

[@theax40]

Regardless of what this woman does for a living, she's absolutely adorable.

[@collybeans586]

A very touching episode of The Portal. Thank you Eric

[@maxhess3151]

I love how Eric pretends he didn't know who she is.

[@thegimel]

Really interesting conversation, thanks Ashley and Eric

[@gpknee]

You take risks that in hindsight will seem like reasonable choices. Well done!

[@K1aymor]

Eric, you have shown your hand and now I truly want more! This episode was dated months back live and at the end you listed other guests! I do appreciate a guess that, is not only my age but also technically in my academic realm. To many times have I gone into work with my head spinning grasping at ideas. A feeling I truly felt as an exercise during Penrose. Love this Cast just keep producing! Cheers mate!

[@elamshin6607]

Interesting, hopefully this interview will open doors for more controversial or misunderstood people to visit popular podcasts.

[@slados1]

I like to make the idiotic joke once in a while but... you're right.

[@mount27]

1st Portal podcast I've seen, was sent here by your latest visit to see Lex. I found this quite surprising. Bravo for bringing her to this side of the street for a real discussion.

[@e1ementZero]

Ok, I know I referred to your podcasts as "Genius Porn" a few episodes back.... but Eric, I had no idea you'd take it so literally! XD

[@fitzhamilton]

I think poor Ashley - who seems pretty thoughtful all things considered, but a bit unlettered and unschooled - had multiple moments during this interview where she had absolutely no idea what Weinstein is talking about. He gets all un-selfconsciously professorial, and you can almost see the thought bubble above her head "prurient? lascivious? what the fuck is he saying?"

[@richardlefaive1944]

Talk about subverted expectations ... I literally had to re-read the title 5X before it was fully absorbed by my brain who the guest was and what the topics might be.

[@30035XD]

I did the exact same. I am hight tho.

[@depotmsa2362]

I love your audio setup it sounds great to my ears and great podcast

[@mrfrosty3]

I find the notion of banks and financial service companies moralizing and refusing to serve people based on their profession and ideology offensive and deeply disturbing. I want banks to be entirely mercenary and neutral, if you can pay they should serve.

[@Savantjazzcollective]

really? how far down the road do we go before the banks are funding under age sex trafficking?

[@mrfrosty3]

@@Savantjazzcollective If it is legal and you can pay they should serve. It is unhealthy to have situations like when a jounalist gets a bank to stop serving someone because they don't like their political stance.

[@Savantjazzcollective]

@@mrfrosty3 political views are one thing, a unified moral standard is another. Your playing a dangerous game when you invoke capitalism without the responsibly of a moral conscience. you would almost have a point if the net causality of the sex/porn industry wasn't so negative...

[@turdferguson9190]

@@Savantjazzcollective unlike guns or alcohol?

[@Savantjazzcollective]

​@@turdferguson9190 what do they have to do with morality?

[@justrandomthoughts5747]

This has been a very insightful podcast for me... 😌😌😌