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[Contains explicit content] In this 2008 show, we have some questions. "Can we ever have too much sex? Can we ever love someone too much?" Susie speaks with author Rachel Resnick about her book Love Junkie: A Memoir. The book points out three red flags that might indicate if someone is a love junkie. Then, from the mailbag: Susie responds to a listener who wants some advice. Can she truly be a good feminist if she also really likes kinky sex? Time to uncover the secrets.

[Contains explicit content] From a 2007 show: It's is all about Susie's favorite parts. First, she's once again amazed at the close-mindedness of some school administrators as three high school students were suspended for saying the word "vagina" during a production of The Vagina Monologues. Then, Susie says she's recently learned about a product that's designed to shrink your vagina by using all-natural ingredients. Shrink your vagina? Susie says this is worth investigating.

Susie has a beef with many women's magazines. "Faking It: Sex, Lies, and Women's Magazines", an article by Liza Featherstone in Columbia Journalism Review, brings up many questions on the merit of magazine stories that produce sexual anxiety, obsession, and insecurities. Susie goes over some of the headlines you've seen while checking out on the grocery line: "7 Great Tips for Better Sex", "The 5 Most Erotic Body Parts", and "The 10 Best Places to Make Love".

[Contains explicit content] In this 2016 show, Susie talks to Andi Zeisler, author of We Were Feminists Once, about the branding of "consumer feminism". If feminism is whatever makes you happy shopping, is there any meaning left to the word? And then, it's "New on Audible": The Measure of Her Powers: An M.F.K. Fisher Reader - essential listening for sensualists and lovers of a well-turned phrase.

From 2008: Can we ever have too much sex? Can we ever love someone too much? Susie discusses the difference between healthy and addictive love with Rachel Resnick, author of Love Junkie: A Memoir. The book lists three red flags that may indicate if someone is a love junkie: Do you have one destructive relationship after another? When you fall in love, do you let all the other parts of your life go to hell? Do your relationships ruin your wallet, your friendships, and your peace of mind?

Decades ago Susie was ready to extol the virtues of the G-spot. But then the backlash was too much, and Susie's been pretty quiet about this topic for a long, long time. Now, a new website is spreading the word, and Susie's ready to end her silence on this often misunderstood erotic zone.

[Contains explicit content] From 2008: Susie looks at how Black and inter-racial sex videos have evolved since the 1980s. The adult video boom thrives on bringing sexual secrets into America's bedrooms, capitalizing on taboo interests. With titles like Black Chicks Do It Better and In and Out of Africa, these porn movies presented themes that at the time seemed risky but soon became the norm. Susie's investigative reporting examines why racism penetrated the porn industry.

[Contains explicit content] From 2008: Remember Seinfeld? Susie's favorite episode was the one where they invented the "Manssiere" to support man boobs. Seems timely again, because men's breasts are in the news. In a case reported from England, a judge ruled that it's okay for a peeping Tom to ogle men's boobs, but not women's. Susie is outraged that any body part should be deemed fair territory for a pervert.

[Contains explicit content] From a 2004 show: Ever wonder what it's like to be a female stand-up comic? Mimi Gonzalez knows. She's in the studio with tales from the front lines. Mimi explains why it's only okay for fat or ugly female comics to talk about sex. She also counsels Susie on how to deal with hecklers, as well the art of delivering a punch line. Plus, you'll hear all about one of Mimi's favorite gigs, when she performed for Gloria Steinem. Then, from the mailbag: Susie has a letter from a bisexual man who says he's ready to date but can't figure out where to start.

[Contains explicit content] From 2008: Have you heard about the Christian evangelicals' "soulgasm"? It's a God-given orgasm you can have if you play by all the religious right's rules. Doesn't sex that is sanctioned by the almighty sound too good to be true? Today's show features an interview with Dagmar Herzog, author of Sex in Crisis: The New Sexual Revolution and the Future of American Politics. Susie and Dagmar discuss how right-wing Christians are using pornographic images to sell their ideas.

[Contains explicit content] In this 2005 show, Susie's guest is Andi Zeisler, co-founder and editorial director of Bitch, a quarterly magazine dedicated to the "Feminist Response to Pop Culture". Susie and Andi chat about the proliferation of porn culture, why the feminist part of her magazine offends more people than the title, the new Dove firming cream ads, and much, much more. Then, Andi sticks around to help Susie answer a letter from the mailbag: a man asks why his female coworkers aren't more upset that the boss is sleeping with the employees.

[Contains explicit content] From 2008: If you've ever wondered if being a sexual swinger is for you, this show is a must listen. Susie interviews award-winning author, columnist, editor, and sex educator Tristan Taormino, and the topic of conversation is open relationships and how you make them work.

[Contains explicit content] In this 2005 show, Susie tells us all about the number-one Christian porn site! Then, we'll hear about some of Susie's favorite sex toys, available on Amazon.com. Finally, from the mailbag, a listener tells Susie that he loves the show, but wishes she would leave out discussions of religion and politics. What do you think?

[Contains explicit content] In this 2019 show, 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. And then, "New on Audible": Jane Harper's The Lost Man had Susie in bed till all hours just find out who dunnit.

[Contains explicit content] From 2008: Today's show features three big topics, including voyeurism, sexual myths, and uncircumcised men. Susie starts off with a big question: Who would you like to watch having sex? Who is in your fantasy? According to one of Susie's favorite fellow sexperts, Cory Silverberg, we don't see enough regular sex. Instead, we're inundated with unrealistic media images, which make us think we are missing out when it comes to sexual know-how.

[Contains explicit content] In this 2016 show, Susie talks to Greg Cope White about his memoir The Pink Marine. Long before "DADT" (don't ask, don't tell) a friend invited him to sign up for the Marine Corps summer boot camp, but all Greg heard was "summer" and "camp". Semper fi!

[Contains explicit content] In this a 2017 show, Susie introduces four new editions of Charles Bukowski’s short fiction and memoirs to Audible. The patron saint of barflies and brawlers with tender souls wrote prolifically; each sentence a gem.

[Contains explicit content] From 2009: Susie is ready to scream. A recent study once again showed that women are not reaching orgasm nearly as often as men. It's not fair! Susie looks at the role oral sex has with this unfortunate gap between men's and women's pleasure. Seems like there's a lot more giving head and less eating pussy happening these days. An article by Hannah Seligson in the The Daily Beast says orgasm inequity is as serious as the pay gap. Next, Susie reveals a secret passion of hers. She's into fast, sporty and muscular…cars!

[Contains explicit content] In this a 2018 show, Susie interviews the brilliant anthropologist author who cracked kink: Katharine Gates. They discuss deviant desires, technology, and dead baby bunnies. Don't get her started! Ooops, too late.... She's released her seminal book on kink communities, Deviant Desires, in a whole new edition that never fails to surprise.

[Contains explicit content] In this 2004 show, Susie's guest is Rachel Kramer Bussel, who shares her love for spanking, her thoughts on femme lesbians hooking up with other femme lesbians, and the thrill of Monica Lewinsky. Some of Rachel's books include Up All Night: Adventures in Lesbian Sex, Glamour Girls: Femme/Femme Erotica, and Naughty Spanking Stories from A to Z. Then, from the mailbag: Susie hears from some ardent defenders of Suicide Girls.