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  • The Short Ends: More Ramming
    2025/07/12

    In the second bite-sized episode of our Short Ends series, Gentry and Casey try to navigate the choppy waters of minority depiction within sexploitation, specifically with regard to white actors playing other races, which is central to the plot of Ed Forsyth’s “The Ramrodder,” which was covered in Episode 11. We recommend you listen to that episode first, then join us for this important discussion, however awkward it may be, and hopefully you'll meet us meet us halfway in trying to understand this ever-evolving issue.

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    18 分
  • Do It In the Dust
    2025/07/02

    The heat is on. Join us for “Do It In the Dust,” Episode 11 of The Sin Syndicate Podcast, where Gentry and Casey take a hike to Topanga Canyon and learn to love the lash as they ride with Ed Forsyth’s 1969 Nudie Western, “The Ramrodder.” In this episode we discuss the film’s Manson Family connections, if it was really shot at the infamous Spahn Ranch, as well as dig deep into the sexploitation careers of its key players: Kathy Williams, Jim Gentry, Julia Blackburn and Marsha Jordan. A naughty oater that places as much emphasis on the rites and rituals of the Native people as it does Kathy’s firm body, it is a film both deceptively progressive, and per the times, routinely thorny (and horny). So saddle up your steed, watch out for toothless bandits, and join us as we try to make sense of this slick and sexy cowboy picture.

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    Timestamps: (00:00:31) Opening (00:01:12) Milligan at Tribeca Recap (00:18:18) Intro to The Ramrodder (00:35:43) The Production (00:43:02) Spahn Ranch (00:49:54) Jim Gentry (00:56:14) Kathy Williams (01:03:30) Julia Blackburn (01:05:36) The Whip (01:07:40) Don't Watch Brand of Shame (01:14:00) Marsha Jordan, Medicine Woman (01:22:37) Other Nudie Westerns (01:35:29) Closing Thoughts

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    1 時間 38 分
  • A Vacation from Men
    2025/06/18

    Swing your hips, lick your lips, and take “A Vacation from Men” with Episode 10 of The Sin Syndicate Podcast, where Casey and Gentry take their Corvette down Hollywood Blvd and spend some time with writer/director/raconteur William Rotsler’s lesbian-yearning sexploitation film, “The Girl with Hungry Eyes.” This wild ride from 1966 stars Native American actress Cathy Crowfoot, common law cabin girl Adele Rein, and Rotlser himself as a great, white, heterosexual savior. Join us as we scratch only the surface of Rotsler’s multifaceted career, discuss his relationship with sleaze distributor Harry Novak, and talk the joys of casting yourself in sex films.

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    1 時間 32 分
  • Mondo Voyeurism
    2025/06/08

    Close the blinds, flip the switch on the stag film projector, The Sin Syndicate are back and peering into the voyeuristic world of Bob Cresse and Lee Frost's underseen docu-roughie, "Love is a Four Letter Word." Forman 'Harvey' Shain plays a handsome young college student sucked into a world of dime-store loops, Tijuana sex shows, and sadomasochistic sorority initiations, culminating in a sleeping pill fueled nightmare that he'll never wake up from. Join us for a wide-ranging discussion with special guest Alex DiSanto on everything from copyright claims on orphaned films, Cresse's tragic run-in with the LAPD, and much, much more.

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    Timestamps: (00:00:28) Opening (00:01:22) Updates (00:04:13) Milligan at Tribeca (00:16:06) Bob Cresse’s Art Film (00:22:58) Casey’s First Time (00:27:23) Alex’s Defense (00:33:51) Tijuana Scene (00:37:24) Love Camp 7 (00:42:41) Pressbook Marketing (00:47:54) Harvey Shain, Heartthrob (00:53:30) The Tragedy of Cresse (01:07:03) The Frost/Cresse Relationship (01:17:13) Copyright Fun

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    1 時間 25 分
  • Underline Choirboy
    2025/06/01

    Harden your hearts, strap on the cone bra, The Sin Syndicate are back and hitting the backroads of Waco to talk with Texploitation experts Dennis Campa and Melinda Belles about director Maurice Levy’s 1968 classic, She Mob.

    A technical marvel in the land of Dale Berry and Whit Boyd’s, She Mob features the mysterious Marni Castle in the dual role of inimitable butch Big Shim and industrial business president Brenda McClain. Come for the kidnapped gigolo and stay for the slippery bubble bath. Join us as Dennis and Melinda drop deep lore about this action-packed offering from the Lone Star State, including its connections to the Velvet Underground, the ABC crime drama Honey West and Oswald assassinator Jack Ruby. Don’t forget to “Underline Choirboy.”

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    Timestamps: (00:00:28) Opening (00:01:03) Updates (00:05:00) Intro to Dennis & Melinda (00:07:30) Maurice Levy (00:17:30) Velvet Underground connection (00:25:00) Jack Ruby (00:32:25) Writer Diana Paschal (00:34:50) Texploitation scene (00:39:22) The She Mob cast (00:42:15) Jeff Burns / Adam Clyde (00:51:25) Monique Duvall (01:02:11) Fantastic Fest (01:07:40) Texploitation faves

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    1 時間 23 分
  • Make It Before the Tape Goes
    2025/05/11

    Quiet on the hardcore set, The Sin Syndicate (writer/researcher Gentry Austin and adult film historian Casey Scott) are avoiding vice cops and hitting the high seas as we sail along with director/actor Alain Patrick and executive producer Bob Chinn for their sexploitation passion project, “Blue Money”

    The meta movie from 1972 from dirty film partners Patrick and Chinn features beautiful Bohemian star Barbara Mills as a young mother and the wife of a philandering producer of illegal pornography. Join us as we discuss the too short life and career of Mills, as well as the precarious legality of adults only film distribution in America during the early 1970s, in "Make It Before the Tape Goes."

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    Timestamps: (00:00:35) Intro (00:01:30) Updates (00:11:00) Blue Money (00:17:00) Synopsis (00:27:30) Alain Patrick (00:30:14) Barbara Mills (00:45:00) Suzanne Fields (00:50:00) Sandy Dempsy (00:58:47) Art Imitate Life? (01:10:16) Final Thoughts

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    1 時間 24 分
  • Marked for Beauty
    2025/04/27

    Check the hotel rooftops for shooters, The Sin Syndicate (writer/researcher Gentry Austin and adult film historian Casey Scott) are dodging bullets and finding pleasure in pain as they ride along with Barry Mahon’s Red Scare sexploitation, “Run Swinger Run!”

    The 1967 film features frequent Sarno starlet Gretchen Rudolph as the nude-in-flight from a nefarious call-girl organization selling guns to Communists and flesh to visiting dignitaries. Join us as we dissect the Mahon of it all while celebrating the life and career of Gretchen Rudolph in “Marked by Beauty.”

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    Timestamps: (00:00:35) Intro (00:01:08) Updates (00:08:45) Synopsis (00:09:30) Producers (00:14:00) Barry Mahon (00:26:00) Let's Play a Game (00:28:40) A Fantastic Story (00:50:35) Gretchen Rudolph (01:02:13) The California Films (01:20:31) Final Thoughts

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    1 時間 31 分
  • The War of the Roses
    2025/04/20

    Prepare the water hose, The Sin Syndicate, writer/researcher Gentry Austin and adult film historian Casey Scott, are opening the valve on William L. Rose, the mysterious director of the 1965 roughie, “Rent-A-Girl.” Best known for directing the gothic-giallo “The Girl in Room 2A," Rose got his start writing and directing sexploitation, but maybe not all the films he's credited with. Join us as we look at his directorial debut, and how another character, Werner Rose, fits into this surprisingly complicated saga.

    Instagram: The Sin Syndicate Follow us on Letterboxd: Gentry & Casey Links: Something Weird Video Contact us: thesinsyndicatepodcast@gmail.com Timestamps: (00:00:33) Intro (00:01:06) Lost Milligan Update + (00:04:05) The Synopsis (00:05:46) The Producers (00:12:25) The Big Reveal (00:25:25) The Cast

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    1 時間 15 分