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[Contains explicit content] Susie shares her memories of publishing giant Sonny Mehta and what his passing means for the culture of letters. Next, Twitter's "Nihilist Arby's" comes to life when a Missouri church elder tries to pay for sex with an Arby's gift card.

[Contains explicit content] Susie presents the annual Golden Duke Awards - the cream of the crop of political scandals in a year that was beyond full of choices. And then, new on Audible: editors Johanna Fateman's and Amy Scholder's collection, Last Days at Hot Slit: The Radical Feminism of Andrea Dworkin, revises the writing of the woman who, if it wasn’t for her, none of us would be here - if only to argue.

[Contains explicit content] Susie explains what's behind the revenge porn videos in a UK strip club. Next, are women going off the pill in large numbers, just as they're about to lose abortion rights? And then, new on Audible: James Herlihy's Midnight Cowboy is so much more than the movie you remember.

[Contains explicit content] Susie looks at the predictably tragic history of female masturbation cures through the ages. Next, how do sex workers draw the line between sex and work? Easily. Then, it's "New on Audible". Jane Harper's The Lost Man had Susie in bed till all hours just to find out who dunnit.

[Contains explicit content] Susie sees right through the so-called "Billy Graham rule" in which, to avoid suspicion, a prominent man must never be alone with a woman. We all know it's to keep women out of the workplace altogether. Next, what do you do when your boyfriend's family shows up at your strip club? And then, new on Audible, the story collection Berlin Noir, about a city "saturated in a history full of blood, violence and death."

Susie says goodbye to Paul Krassner, founder of the Yippie Party, Merry Prankster, Chicago 7 Witness on Acid, founder of The Realist, pioneer of the underground abortion network when such operations were illegal, and mensch. Next, Jeffrey Epstein may have committed suicide, but the doubt we carry says a lot about why the justice system is so much worse than any conspiracy theory going.

[Contains explicit content] Susie recalls the life and work of one of her biggest intellectual influences - feminist writer, teacher, and activist Ann Snitow - and reads an excerpt from her paper, "Mass Market Romance: Pornography Is Different for Women". And then, "New on Audible": Margaret Atwood's Life Before Man, a sophisticated meditation on non-monogamy and marriage.

[Contains explicit content] Susie takes a look at the latest sex scandal in the Southern Baptist church - and why our institutions are so prone to abuse. Next: The 1834 church wedding of a butch gentlewoman and a neighboring heiress. Then, it's "What's on Audible". One last valentine: Susie's Sexy Stories.

[Contains explicit content] Susie examines what the movie Hustlers gets right and wrong about strip clubs. Then, New on Audible: Jacqueline Frances's The Beaver Show is the most honest portrayal of life on the pole you’ll ever hear.

[Contains explicit content] Susie comments on an article in the latest edition of The Atlantic, in which a writer has caught on to why young people are having less sex. Then, it's "New on Audible": Homage to Catalonia is a brilliant radio play that is just what audio is made for.

[Contains explicit content] Susie remembers Go Ask Alice - the "diary" in which LSD is a gateway to pot and, inevitably, prostitution. Next: Yes, visiting a sex worker and not telling your girlfriend constitutes cheating!

[Contains explicit content] Susie thinks that Stormy Daniel's description of Trump's penis explains a lot about him. Next, the decriminalization of gay sex in India has a much longer reach than the legal consequences. Then, it's "New on Audible": Lacey Baldwin Smith's English History Made Brief, Irreverent, and Pleasurable is a sleeper hit on the Bright List.

[Contains explicit content] Susie asks whether busty porn stars still rule in the age of big bottoms. Next, an only-in-the-seventies sex at sea experiment that went overboard. Then, it's "New on Audible": Trinidad Noir is sexy, dark, and lyrical.

Susie talks about the new threshold for what is considered triggering in film and video today. Next, what do they mean when they say “free Britney Spears”? And new on Audible, Lydia Lunch’s So Real It Hurts gets under your skin.

[Contains explicit content] Susie warns that women need to be aware of the risks of the cervical cancer prevention treatment LEEP. Next, a recipe to share at all your potlucks: Mom's baked apples with marshmallow butt plugs. And then, new on Audible: Lisa Duggan’s Mean Girl: Ayn Rand and the Culture of Greed, a succinct primer on the life and insidious legacy of the 20th century's ultimate mean girl.

[Contains explicit content] Susie has been totally enamored by a blog called The Honest Courtesan, written by Maggie McNeil - and today we feature an interview with Maggie. Susie wanted to know more about how Maggie got started in the profession, as well as why she finally gave it up. Susie also asked what the biggest myth is (that can be debunked) about prostitutes. Then, from the mailbag: Susie hears from a listener in England. He asks: "How can I get around the porn filters placed on the entire UK internet?"

Susie says goodbye to yet another queer San Francisco institution. Next, why are so many progressive writers eager to blame bad sex on bad porn? And finally, from the mailbag: Is there a millennial men's impotence crisis?

[Contains explicit content] Susie remembers her impressions of Amsterdam’s endangered Red Light District. Then, New on Audible, Charles Willeford’s Sideswipe, a Hoke Mosely novel, is everything you want in a detective novel: great characters, humor, and bodies everywhere. At last on Audible.

[Contains explicit content] Susie examines last June's naked protest outside of Facebook's headquarters. Why weren't we all there? Next, what kind of doctor allows a father to accompany his daughter into her annual exam? And then, new on Audible: Jan Reid's Let the People In: The Life and Times of Ann Richards has Susie longing for a time when a woman with depth and conflict could hold office.

[Contains explicit content] Susie finds that interest in photographer and filmmaker Honey Lee Cottrell's work, and lesbian history, is picking up. Next, in Honey Lee's own words: Harvey Milk and the legacy of coming out. Then, new on Audible, Jaime Harker's The Lesbian South chronicles another overlooked lesbian treasure, the Women in Print Movement.