Charm:Offensive

Charm:Offensive—forewarned is disarmed.

Join host Mark Peikert as he and his guests kick back and talk frankly about life, work, and sex. Let's be friends.

Mark Peikert has over a decade of experience as an editor and writer covering film, television, theatre, and every other aspect of the performing arts—most recently, the adult film industry.

The host of podcast Shocking! Lurid! Tawdry! A History of American Scandals, Peikert has served as editor-in-chief of Playbill, Backstage, and New York Press, and has written for IndieWire, Rolling Stone, Town & Country, Out Magazine, and The Wrap, among others. His first novel, Jagged Sophistication, is out now. He holds a degree in film history from Sarah Lawrence College.