April 17th, 2006 Axel Braun on The Young & The Curious Porn Valley -- On his KSEX Friday night show, Jason Sechrest who hosts Young & The Curious ran a topic about partnerships and the objectification of sex. "Once they take a shit in front of you every day they become an actual human being," said Sechrest. "That's what so great about hooking up with random strangers or doing porn and being a whore or going to a bathhouse. Whoever this random no one is, you can make them whatever you want to make them in your own head." Sechrest feels that straight and gay men both tend to objectify the people who they have sex with. Axel Braun was a guest. Braun, who went to film school, is the son of the legendary Lasse [pronounced as in Lassie Come Home] Braun. Braun, who said he had no regrets about pursuing a mainstream career and talked about growing up in a porn environment as a young kid. Axel said his father just turned Seventy last week, and according to Braun, his father was shooting the type of material seen now back in the Sixties. Lasse Braun began shooting in 1961 and since it was illegal at the time, Braun said his father really pushed the boundaries. Sechrest wondered if porn stars came into the house or was Axel shielded from this. "When you see this kind of environment from the start, you really don't notice anything wrong," said Braun. "When you're ten years old and go to watch the soccer game at home and there's two chicks going at it, you just watch the game and talk." "Axel Braun at 13, boning chicks, waking up in the middle of the night," mused Sechrest imagining what it was like. "It must have been interesting growing up in that environment." Braun said he went to film school because he wanted to be a director of regular movies but at some point he got sucked into the porn business and liked it. Braun said he had no regrets about the choices because his contemporaries aren't making anywhere what he's making. "There's a certain freedom that comes with making good money," Braun stated. "If I hated what I do I wouldn't do it." Braun said he would never do a mainstream movie just for the glory. "I'm too old for that," he continued. "When you're 18 you can dream about becoming a movie star and wait tables and invest your time. My time right now is worth a lot of money because I work almost every day. To take time off to pursue a dream- for what? What's the point. If I had something really personal or a story to tell, I'd really do it." Braun said he might eventually do something like that provided no one's hiring him any more and he's broke and waiting tables. Sechrest suggested that with the kind of money he's making now some day he could invest and make the movie on its own and have complete control over it. Braun was of the opinion that what would interest him wouldn't interest anybody else. Except perhaps in Italy. By the same token Braun said he busts his ass in the business to acquire what he has. "Someone would say, man, you're so lucky. Do what I do and see how it feels," says Braun. "If you're going to be successful you've got to work.".