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The Butterfly Effect

By: Jon Ronson
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Join best-selling author Jon Ronson as he traces the story of one very strange butterfly effect: What happened after a teen in Brussels figured out how to make porn free and easily accessible on the internet. Traveling from the tech world of Silicon Valley to the San Fernando Valley, where most porn films were made, you learn the consequences of free porn, which turn out to be mysterious, shocking, sad, and, at times, even surprisingly sweet. A 7-part series takes you on a journey to places you'll never expect. [Explicit]

When you add The Butterfly Effect with Jon Ronson to your library you will receive all 7 episodes, each with a runtime of approximately 30 minutes.

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  • Ep. 1: A Nondescript Office Building in Montreal

    Ep. 1: A Nondescript Office Building in Montreal
    Oct 24 2017
    [Contains explicit content] Join best-selling author Jon Ronson as he traces an intriguing butterfly effect. Many years ago, a teenager in Brussels had an idea - make porn free and easy to stream online. The consequences of that idea are surprising, delightful, and sad. They reach into areas of life no one could have expected. In this series’ first episode, meet Fabian Thylmann - that teen from Brussels.
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    26 mins
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  • Ep. 2: The Fallow Years Between Teen & Milf

    Ep. 2: The Fallow Years Between Teen & Milf
    Oct 24 2017
    [Contains explicit content] Jon travels to California’s San Fernando Valley, where most of the world’s porn is made. There he finds pornographers with lives upended by Fabian’s business plan. But it isn’t long before Jon discovers something extraordinary: a community within the porn world fighting back by embarking on a very strange enterprise - pornography written, filmed, and performed for an audience of one.
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    35 mins
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  • Ep. 3: Something Happened

    Ep. 3: Something Happened
    Oct 24 2017
    [Contains explicit content] Jon journeys deeper into the mysterious and delightful world of custom porn, which may never have existed if it weren’t for Fabian. He meets producers and their clients, and discovers that these films offer a remarkable window into our inner lives.
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    31 mins
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About the Creator and Performer - Jon Ronson

About the Creator and Performer

Jon Ronson's nonfiction books include So You’ve Been Publicly Shamed, The Psychopath Test, Them: Adventures with Extremists, Lost at Sea and The Men Who Stare At Goats. They have all been international and/or New York Times bestsellers.
Most recently he made the acclaimed, award-winning podcasts Things Fell Apart (BBC), The Butterfly Effect and The Last Days of August (Audible).
His books have been translated into more than 30 languages, and his two TED talks have been watched over 30 million times.
The Psychopath Test spent more than a year on the UK bestseller list.
So You’ve Been Publicly Shamed is frequently cited as having started the conversation about the perils of social media shaming. The book is taught by educators across America and inspired an episode of Black Mirror, Hated in the Nation.
The Men Who Stare At Goats was adapted into a film starring George Clooney.
Jon’s original screenplays include Okja (Tilda Swinton, Jake Gyllenhaal) which he co-wrote with Bong-Joon Ho, and Frank (Michael Fassbender, Maggie Gyllenhaal) which he co-wrote with Peter Straughan. Jon also wrote the short e-book Frank: The True Story That Inspired the Movie.
In the US Jon has contributed to This American Life, the New York Times magazine and GQ. In the UK he’s written regularly for The Guardian. His many documentaries include Stanley Kubrick's Boxes, The Secret Rulers of the World, and the multi award winning BBCRadio 4 programme Jon Ronson On...
He lives in New York. @jonronson.
She is a graduate of Virginia Tech with a bachelor’s and master’s degree in business. She has received several certifications in Human Resources and Diversity and Inclusion. including her Professional in Human Resources (PHR), Certified Diversity Recruiter (CDR), Certified Diversity Practitioner (CDP), and Certified Diversity Executive (CDE). She is also a Certified DISC Instructor.
Deaver's most recent works are Hunting Time, a Colter Shaw novel, and The Broken Doll, a four-story collection from Amazon Original Stories. His Shaw novel, The Never Game, will be a CBS Prime-time series later this year.
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I found Ronson to be an engaging interviewer and he looked at the issue of internet porn from many different angles. The main thing I came away with was that millennials need to limit their porn intake as the consequences are pretty dire and lifelong. Early sexual responses with real females not screen ones will stand men in much better stead for ongoing and lasting engagement with women.

well researched consequence of free streaming porn

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The changes of the internet and how people react to it is very interesting.

Thank you Jon Ronson
That last bit was very touching.

Very interesting, a good story anyone would enjoy.

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great to learn about the human side of porn. the makers the consumers and the providers and the effect they have on each other beyond secual gratification.

very interesting and quite gripping

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The butterfly effect described very well. Able to listen and enjoy this audiobook very well.

Good book!

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Something everyone must listen to. Its a very open minded discussion of a problem affecting everyone in some way. The interviewer is incredible. He approaches his interviews in an open and caring way without any judgement. Getting people to open up about things like no one else I have heard.

Incredible

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Ronson was great. Such an important part of humanity that everyone should know more about

Great story

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Surprising investigative journalism, with quirky stories looking at the fascinating dark side of the social effects of porn. Excellent listening.

The dark side of the social effects of porn

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If only the whole world could sit back and contemplate this entire story, I think it would be better for it.

Unexpectedly Brilliant

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Jon Ronson is one of the finest journalists of the last 50 years, I've read and/or listened to everything he's done.
I eagerly await his next work.

outstanding

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i couldn't get into this book. i listened to some and tried to come back to it a couple of times but it didn't capture me to keep listening.

couldnt get into this book

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