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[Contains explicit content] Susie reviews the new HBO documentary Jane Fonda in Five Acts. Next, the rise and fall - and rise and fall - of the American "breastaurant" is not a feminist victory. Then, it's "New on Audible": searchable tables of contents that correspond to the printed book - at last! 

[Contains explicit content] Susie supports Walter Mosley's decision to quit the Star Trek writers' room when an anonymous co-worker reported him for "language". Next, why one person's mind melting tryst is another's awkward aggression.

[Contains explicit content] Susie talks with UK novelist and journalist Stephanie Theobald. She's written a book about what she calls the last taboo: masturbation. Theobald has been described as "one of London's most celebrated literary lesbians" and her work has focused on sex, sexual identity, and art.   

Susie wonders why it took so long for PrEP and PEP pills to be made available over the counter in California - and what’s taking the rest of the country so long to follow. Next, social media bans are erasing the online presence of sex workers, activists, and maybe Donald Jr. Then, new on Audible, Marc Huestis’ Impresario of Castro Street: An Intimate Showbiz Memoir is gossipy and glamorous and will kick you in the guts.

[Contains explicit content] Susie brings you the first of a two-part interview with author Jillian Lauren, whose book Some Girls - My Life in a Harem took the media by storm. Who knew that the family of the sultan of Brunei still hosted exotic households of 40 women and lived the lifestyle of a prince from Arabian Nights?  

[Contains explicit content] After she reads about a 14th-century nun who faked her own death, Susie wonders to what lengths she'd go to lead a life of carnal lust. Next, in "What's the patriarchy ruining this week?" we could have had a cure for menstrual cramps, but it was deemed too unimportant.

[Contains explicit content] Susie says that when it comes to sex acts and positions, there's no secret handshake. Next, the coming spermpocalypse - should we worry? And then, it's "What's on Audible": Madeline Miller's Circe is a searing retelling of Greek mythology from a minor sorceress. At last! 

[Contains explicit content] Susie remembers when Jill Johnston interrupted Germaine Greer's and Norman Mailer's foreplay to direct the women's movement into the arms of lesbianism. Next, why are big vibrators so scary? Learning to love the power of a real big wand. And then, it's "New on Audible": Hal Schrieve's Out of Salem is a genderqueer-zombie-witch-horror-fantasy-coming-of-age-high-school-roman à clef like you've never heard. 

Susie shares her 1989 Fresh Air interview with Terry Gross. The sex wars were raging, and Susie was fully armed. Next, Australia is proposing facial recognition software to confirm the age of porn consumers. What could possibly go wrong? And then, new on Audible, Karen Tongson’s Why Karen Carpenter Matters tells the story of what the Carpenters' light and darkness meant to the author as a queer Filipinx in Manila.

Susie remembers when the lesbian punk of LA changed the world. Next, Georgia just effectively banned abortion, making it possible to imprison a woman for life if she illegally terminates a pregnancy. And finally, it's "New on Audible": This year's Audie-award winner, Tomi Adeyemi's Children of Blood and Bone, digs deep into African legend for an epic fantasy. 

[Contains explicit content] Susie looks back on a time when a lone woman could be picked up on suspicion of being immoral. Next, all that talk of the millennial prudes? Their defense is that they’re focused on quality, not quantity. Susie has an argument for that. And then, new on Audible: Wilton Barnhardt’s Every True Pleasure: LGBTQ Tales of North Carolina gathers North Carolina’s finest writers to show the multifaceted challenges and joys of LGBTQ life. 

Susie tells a story about her trip to the desert and who she found there. Next, after the 2016 election, women went out en masse to get IUDs. And finally, it's "New on Audible": Eve L. Ewing's Electric Arches is poetry that tells a story. 

[Contains explicit content] Susie catches up with listener letters, including two letters on matters both global and personal. Then, it's "What's on Audible": Tristan Taormino's Down and Dirty Sex Secrets is a how-to audiobook that covers oral sex, multiple orgasms, strap-ons, female ejaculation, S&M, and more. 

Susie tells her birth story: vibrators, labial rings, and Gloria Steinem in the maternity ward. Next, Shakespeare’s sonnets map a queer love triangle that, even through a historical lens, is undeniable. Then, it's "New on Audible": a full, dramatized collection of Shakespeare’s sonnets from an all-star cast.

[Contains explicit content] Susie asks why the US Supreme Court is allowing restrictions on transgender troops in the military - is anyone surprised? Next, "male" sex robots are here...but there's something fishy about their marketing.  

[Contains explicit content] Susie has an idea that will help you fulfill any New Year's sex resolution: try keeping a private sex diary. Next, revisiting a decade ago, Susie’s annual look at the top sex stories of 2010. And finally, Susie reads a letter from a listener who has a beef with some comments Susie made about women putting off childbirth into their 40s. 

Susie talks to Jennifer Tyburczy about her book Sex Museums. She traveled the world visiting sex and fine art museums and has some unexpected conclusions. Also, in New on Audible, A Hanging at Cinder Bottom. This audacious book brings together Charles Portis and the Coen Brothers in a rollicking Appalachian adventure.

[Contains explicit content] Susie finds the hidden history of hotel porn. Next, the latest hotbed of STIs is in rural Missouri. Secrecy and shame will come back to bite you every time. And from the mailbag: How not to share your dildo collection, and a hot tip for online sex.

[Contains explicit content] Susie calls out the winners of her Worst People in the World Contest and asks, "Whatever happened to the super sexy hypocrites?" Corruption has been cuckolded! Next, leadership from dedicated foot fetishists has derailed right-wing attempts at hate-wanking to Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez's bathtub reflection.

Susie sees not just a sexist double standard in the treatment of congresswoman Katie Hill but a class conflict as well. Next, the Trump administration says Christian adoption agencies may discriminate against LGBTQ couples. That’s not just bad news for queer rights, it’s bad for children as well. New on Audible, Anyi Wang’s Fu Ping explores the interwoven stories of rural immigrants to midcentury Shanghai.