Culture Commerce Wine

Pleasure, Power, and Wine, with Cindy Gallop

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In this episode, Polly Hammond sits down with Cindy Gallop — founder of MakeLoveNotPorn and the self-described “Michael Bay of business” — to talk about pleasure, power, taboo, and what happens when entire industries lose their cultural license.

From sextech to wine, the conversation explores how pleasure industries navigate censorship, moral panic, and shifting values — and why the answer isn’t to clamp down, but to open up.

They unpack:

  • How to reinvent aspirational culture for the next generation
  • Why transparency and empathy build trust where regulation erodes it
  • What “earned media” really means in an age of deplatforming
  • How to stand for something — and keep your team behind you when it counts

    • If you care about culture, commerce, and keeping wine relevant in a world that’s rewriting the rules, this is your must-watch conversation.

    Connect with Cindy Gallop:

    • MakeLoveNotPorn: makelovenotporn.tv
    • LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/cindygallop/

      • Read more at https://wineculturelab.com/

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