This week, we have for you an interview with Dr. Evangelos Tziallas, who received his PhD in Film and Moving Image studies from Concordia University. Dr. Tziallas has published numerous bodies of research, specifically regarding pornographic film and queer culture. He is also an editorial board member of Porn Studies, a quarterly peer-reviewed academic journal examining pornographic work. We talked to Dr. Tziallas about his areas of research, the sociopolitical impact of intersectional queer figures in porn, the influence of technology in gay porn and why it is important to study porn along with sex in a dislplincary setting. Considering the length of the interview, we have split up our conversation with Dr. Tziallas into two parts