Who – August 24, 2019

PODCAST

f you’veeverseensomeonelaughing

outloudatseeminglynothingin

public,there’sa goodchancethey’re

listeningtoMyDadWrotea Porno.

Withmorethan 180 million

downloads,a sell-outworldtourand

anHBOspecialundertheirbelts,three

bestfriends– JamieMorton,James

CooperandAliceLevine– havebeen

splittingsidessince2015.

Afterdiscoveringhisdadhadbeenwriting

eroticainhisgardenshed,Morton(aTV

director)andtwouniversityfriendsdecided

thesexualadventuresofBelindaBlumenthal

weretoofunnynottoshare.

Givinga littlepeekintotheirdynamic,

Mortonadmits,“ourWhatsAppgroupislit”.

Withtheirsecondlivetoursettokickoffin

SydneyinJanuaryandthefifthseasonofthe

podcastdueoutlaterthisyear,manyhave

beenaskingthequestion– what’snextfor

thetalentedtrio?

CatchingupwithMortonovera coffeein

Sydney,herevealstoWHOhowmuchmoney

theymakefromhisdad’sporn,if wewillever

meethisdad– AKARockyFlintstone– andif

thereisa finalseasoninsight.

Isthisyourfull-timejobnow?

Not 100 percent,kindof.I tryandmake

itnotbecauseit’smydad’sporno!I don’t

wantittobemywholelife.I don’twantto

doporneveryday.

Whatelsedoyouworkon?

I wasa TVdirector,soI kindofstilldo

bits,butnotreally.Andwhat’sbeenniceis

thatI gettopickandchoosemorethan

I evercould,butbeforeitwasjustlike,

“givemea job”.

Howinvolvedareyouallintheshow?Isit

stillcompletelyyourproduct?

Yeah.We’resoanalaboutthat.Therewas

a pointinSeason2 andpeoplewerejusta bit

like,“Oh,wecangiveyouthisrecording

studio.Wecangetyoua reallygreateditor.”

ButI justlovemakinga show.It’snotthat

I wanttobeinitparticularly.I wanttomake

it.Andthat’sthemostfunpart.I’msucha

geek!Weturneddowna fewTVprojects

I

beforeHBOandtheywerejustlike,“Wewant

toworkwithyou.Sowhateveryouwanttodo,

youdo.”Thatwaslovelyandrefreshing.

What’snext?

Season5 istheimmediatenextthing.We

needtostartrecordingthat.We’resolazy,

honestly.We’lljustboshitout.

It soundslikeactuallyrecordingthepodcast

istheleastofyourworries.

That’sthething– itis!Becauseit’sjustus

beingtogether.

Doyouhaveanenddatefortheshow?

Ourthinghasalwaysbeen– anditsoundsso

tritebutit’ssotrue– wejustwanttodoitfor

aslongaswekeepdoingit.Wehavesomuch

fun.Wegettohangandmakesomethingthat

peoplewanttohear;wearesolucky.

Sonotanytimesoon,iswhatyou’resaying?

Whoknows?We’realwayssodependent

onthenextseries.Ifsuddenlyeveryone’s

a bitlike,“Ohthatwasreallys--t,”thenwe’ll

belike,“OKthen.Thankyou,goodnight!”

It’snotlikeyou’regoingtorunoutof

materialanytimesoon.

Oh,Dadwillneverstopwriting.Onething

I doloveabouttheshowishowwepaceit.We

doonlyoneseasona year,whichpeopleare

annoyedby,butwewouldn’tstillbedoingitif

wecameouteveryweek.Youwanttobeaway

forlongenoughforpeopletomissyou.

Areyouguysmakinggoodmoneyfromthe

podcastnow?

OhmyGod,peopleareobsessed!I gotasked

thatthismorning!Podcastingissucha new

spacebuttoansweryourquestion,frankly,

yeswedo!Butwedidn’tforthefirsttwo-and-

a-halfyears.

Willweeverfindoutwhoyourdadis?

Hehasalwaysbeensoclearthathewrotethe

bookundera pseudonym.We’retheones

whomadea podcastoutofit!Whichheloves

andhe’spartofthebusiness,whichis

obviouslyasitshouldbe,buthejustdoesn’t

havethatkindofego.Hehasthebestofboth

worlds.So,hegetstogoonTwitterandbe

Rockyandhecanchattothefans.Andthen

he can go back to being withmymumandmy

three sisters as a normaldad,husbandand

have a life. We have a familythataren’t

involved in this. We’ve alwaysbeenquite

careful about respectingthat.

What happens when you’rewiththemand

someone recognises you?

Oh, people have met mydad.IfI’mhaving

a drink with Dad and someonecomesupand

says they like the show, I’llbelike,“Thisis

Rocky.” They can meet Rocky.

So no-one’s taken photos?

He won’t have his picturetaken.Andifhe

does have a picture, he justturnssoit’sthe

back of his head, which ishilarious.What’s

nice about the listenership,theyareso

respectful of that. No-one’severbeenlike,

“Oh, I want to out him”.

■By Holly Richards

Morton’s podcast

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The trio signed an

exciting deal

with HBO.

Listen to My

Dad Wrote a

Porno through

Apple podcasts

or Spotify.

The gang are bringing

My Dad Wrote a Porno

World Tour 2020 to

Australia in January!

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