Media Futures: My Dad Wrote A Porno: From my kitchen table to 350m downloads

Jamie Morton, host & creator of smash hit podcast My Dad Wrote A Porno, discusses how he turned his dad’s questionable erotica into one of the most successful podcasts in history.

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Jamie Morton, host & creator of smash hit podcast My Dad Wrote A Porno, discusses how he turned his dad’s questionable erotica into one of the most successful podcasts in history. Proclaimed ‘a cultural phenomenon’ by The Sunday Times, MDWAP has spawned six seasons, over 350 million global downloads, two sell-out world tours, a best selling book and critically acclaimed HBO TV special in the United States. In this talk Jamie will detail how he, along with fellow Leeds alumni James Cooper and Alice Levine, created MDWAP from their kitchen table and built it into a worldwide entertainment brand.

Jamie Morton is an award-winning British director, writer and podcaster. In 2015 he created the podcast sensation My Dad Wrote A Porno which has amassed over 350 million global downloads. Jamie regularly tours internationally with MDWAP, selling out venues such as The Royal Albert Hall and The Sydney Opera House. In 2019 Jamie hosted, executive produced and co-wrote his first television special for US network HBO. A bestselling author, Jamie has been named by the Evening Standard as one of London’s most influential people and regularly appears on television, radio and at international events as an expert guest speaker.   

Social media handles: Jamie: @uncleegor (Instagram & Twitter) MDWAP: @dadwroteaporno (Twitter) @mydadwrotea (Instagram).