The Sin Syndicate

About The Sin Syndicate

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.

Publisher

Someone's Favorite Productions

Category

tv & film · tv & film · tv & film

Language

en

Explicit

Yes

First episode

19 Mar 2025

Latest episode

30 Sept 2026

Latest episodes

54 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   30 Sept 2026

   Shake the Pigs

   Few women in "the industry" left more of an impression than the young, squirrelly, sometimes buxom, Rene Bond. Born Rene Ruth Bond on October 11, 1950, the Queen of Porn was one of the first superstars of the nascent, still-illegal industry. In this episode we chart Rene's relatively short but memorable career in both the hard and softcore adult film industry, with a special emphasis on her role in the Ed Wood-scribed women-on-the-run sex 'n action film, Fugitive Girls. Directed by Stephen C. Apostolof, a friend and frequent collaborator of the down-on-his-luck Wood, the film features memorable performances by a bitchy Bond, a butch Tallie Cochrane, and cameos by Erotic Zorro Douglas Frey, the small but powerful Maria Arnold, and Edward D. himself as a hapless station attendant. To name a few. Joining us for the discussion is graphic artist Robin Bougie, who has studied every inch of Rene Bond's body. For research, of course. A fan of all things trash, sleaze and XXX, Robin put together some of the most substantial research into Rene’s life and career through Volume #7 of his Cinema Sewer series. We talk about that, and much more, such as Bond's frequent partner Ric Lutze being the annoying Bogie to her Bacall, as well as the difficulty in shooting day for night, and maintaining a convincing Southern accent. Episode Specific: Visit Robin Bougie's Store (https://cinemasewer.storenvy.com/) Shop Cinema Sewer at Fab Press (https://www.fabpress.com/cinema-sewer.html?_a=category&sort%5Bdate_added%5D=DESC) Follow Robin on Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/robinbougieman/?hl=en) Watch the VS trailer for Fugitive Girls (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ahUoqjoqmVo) Stream Rene Bond on Cultpix (https://www.cultpix.com/movies/Rene%20Bond?isActor=true) Watch Rene Bond on Break the Bank (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mH_tLqm98oc) Links: Join the community on Patreon (https://www.patreon.com/cw/TheSinSyndicate) Instagram with us at The Sin Syndicate (https://www.instagram.com/thesinsyndicatepod/) Follow us on Letterboxd: Gentry (https://letterboxd.com/gentryaustin/) & Casey (https://letterboxd.com/manofsteel26/) Check out the Something Weird Channel (https://www.cultpix.com/somethingweird) Listen to other podcasts on Someone's Favorite Productions (https://www.someonesfavoriteproductions.com/network) Contact: thesinsyndicatepodcast@gmail.com

2. 

   16 Sept 2026

   The Short Ends: All-American Redux

   I hope you haven't forgotten your girl. We sure haven't. It's true, we will never stop talking about The All-American Girl, director Mark Haggard's 1972 coming-of-age, sex positive, Southern California masterpiece. We discussed the film at length in Episode 20, "Don't Forget Your Girl," have long been clammoring for a new home video release, and thus, were more than a little excited when we heard that the film was being screened on 35mm at the New Beverly Cinema (https://thenewbev.com/) in Los Angeles on Labor Day, 2026. Friend of the pod and enthusiastic Vinegar Syndromer Eli Olsberg was able to attend as our proxy, and joined us in this Short Ends episode to give his report. Keep your hankerchief on hand, it's going to get messy. Episode Specific: Revisit "Don't Forget Your Girl" (https://www.spreaker.com/episode/don-t-forget-your-girl--67877988) Listen to the Punk Vacation podcast (https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/punk-vacation-an-unofficial-vinegar-syndrome-podcast/id1760290937) Follow Eli on Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/eliolsberg/reels/) Links: Join the community on Patreon (https://www.patreon.com/cw/TheSinSyndicate) Instagram with us at The Sin Syndicate (https://www.instagram.com/thesinsyndicatepod/) Follow us on Letterboxd: Gentry (https://letterboxd.com/gentryaustin/) & Casey (https://letterboxd.com/manofsteel26/) Check out the Something Weird Channel (https://www.cultpix.com/somethingweird) Listen to other podcasts on Someone's Favorite Productions (https://www.someonesfavoriteproductions.com/network) Contact: thesinsyndicatepodcast@gmail.com

3. 

   9 Sept 2026

   The Secretary, The Go-Go Girl and The Housewife

   Can you afford the price? The film might call them hookers, but there is no hooking. Instead, in the 1967 anthology film, The Hookers, we are treated to three different stories dealing with three different ways in which the female body is sold and commodified, either by choice, or by coercion. Fleurette Carter (Aroused) plays Callie Sue, Sharon Kent (Indecent Desires) plays Julie, and Monica Davis (The Swap and How to Make It) plays Barbara. Each woman is from a different station, and each approaches the salability of their womanhood in a different way. Callie Sue takes back the power that was stolen from her; Julie is oblivious to the games that men play; and Barbara uses her charms to get out of a gambling debt. As the narrator, producer, actor, and director (?) of The Hookers asks at the end of the documentary, Queens at Heart: "Who are we to judge?" Join us for Episode 46, "The Secretary, The Go-Go Girl and The Housewife," where we spotlight The Women, plus one fascinating man with a golden voice and a once-fierce karate chop. It's teasing, taunting, and opens on a shot of the Pan Am rooftop helipad where Michael Findlay was killed. Does that have anything to do with anything? No, not really. Episode Specific: Watch the documentary short Queens at Heart (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X__VKNw0XiI) featuring Joel Holt Stream All of Me (https://www.cultpix.com/movie/all-of-me/584)and Karate, the Hand of Death (https://www.cultpix.com/movie/karate-the-hand-of-death/1165)on Cultpix.com Purchase The Lost Sexploition Triple Feature (https://melusine.com/collections/frontpage/products/the-lost-sexploitation-triple-feature) and Maple Syrup Pix, Vol. 1 (https://melusine.com/collections/frontpage/products/maple-syrup-pix-vol-1) Visit the SWV VHS Archive (https://swvhsarchive.com/) Links: Join the community on Patreon (https://www.patreon.com/cw/TheSinSyndicate) Instagram with us at The Sin Syndicate (https://www.instagram.com/thesinsyndicatepod/) Follow us on Letterboxd: Gentry (https://letterboxd.com/gentryaustin/) & Casey (https://letterboxd.com/manofsteel26/) Check out the Something Weird Channel (https://www.cultpix.com/somethingweird) Listen to other podcasts on Someone's Favorite Productions (https://www.someonesfavoriteproductions.com/network) Contact: thesinsyndicatepodcast@gmail.com

Who has been a guest on The Sin Syndicate

Names identified in recent episode analyses. Showing up to five guests.

• Chris Poggiali
• Lisa Petrucci
• Alex DiSanto
• Christopher Velasco
• Dakota Noot

Reach and audience

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Apple Podcasts (US)

4.6 / 5

12 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 48 / 100

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Quality

82

Social presence

0

YouTube

0

Engagement

32

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