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Professor by Day. Porn Star by Night. Can He Be Both?
Joe Gow could be stripped of his tenure after the university that employs him discovered he was selling adult films—made with his wife—online. (All photos by Jamie Kelter Davis for The Free Press)
‘People say they’re for free speech, but it’s only when it’s speech they agree with,’ says Joe Gow.
By Olivia Reingold
06.03.24 — Culture and Ideas
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For nearly ten years—almost as long as they’ve been married—professor Joe Gow, 63, and his wife Carmen Wilson, 56, have been videotaping their sexual escapades, largely filmed while on vacation in spots like Los Angeles and Mexico. Wilson, a former university administrator, sometimes demonstrates how to cook vegan meals, like a “sweet and smoky soy curl…

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Olivia Reingold
Olivia Reingold is a staff writer at The Free Press. She co-created and executive produced Matthew Yglesias’s podcast, Bad Takes. She got her start in public radio, regularly appearing on NPR for her reporting on indigenous communities in Montana. She previously produced podcasts at Politico, where she shaped conversations with world leaders like Jens Stoltenberg.
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