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[Contains explicit content] Susie reviews this year's American Humanist Association conference in Charleston, South Carolina, and her award for Feminist Humanist of the Year. Next, a straight man who hates going down on women has his day in Social Media Court.

[Contains explicit content] Susie looks at the way that the system of sex offender registries has run amok. Next, Star Trek boldly goes where many, many TV and movie franchises have gone before and includes an openly gay couple. Finally, it's "New on Audible": Saleema Nawaz's Bone and Bread is a heart-breaking look at sisterhood and regret.

[Contains explicit content] Susie looks at Taiwan's answer to Sylvia Plath and David Foster Wallace, Qiu Miaojin. Her book Notes of a Crocodile, is challenging and beautiful and finally in English. Next, speaking of "miaos", the intense scrutiny over one sex story gone bad - "Cat Person" - gives Susie a glimpse at American "dating done bad".

[Contains explicit content] Susie addresses the media-mogul elephant in the room: Harvey Weinstein and the long, deep, egregious history of sexual harassment in Hollywood - and every other place and profession on this planet. Next, a Reddit user objects to the location of the female anus. And from the mailbag, a letter from a listener who takes offense at one of Susie's guest's language.

[Contains explicit content] Susie talks about why consent is irrelevant if no one is allowed to say yes. The backlash to #metoo is here in reaction to outsized punishments for sexual transgressions and the infantilization of women.

Susie catches up with Tristan Taormino about extreme tickling, how to fix a leather contest, and "WTF happened to the porn business?"

Susie looks at a new study showing why Americans are having less sex then ever. Next, a map that shows all the names given to syphilis before it was "syphilis" doubles as a guide to national prejudice. And finally, it's "New on Audible": a very special edition of Margaret Atwood's The Handmaid's Tale.

Susie talks to author and scholar Laura Kipnis about her new book Unwanted Advances, which looks at Title IX in higher education and its effect on sexual paranoia and free speech.

[Contains explicit content] James Elroy's The Black Dahlia sheds light on "trafficking" in 1940s Los Angles. Next, have we found the holy grail of birth control? And then it's "New on Audible": Love and Trouble: A Midlife Reckoning is the new memoir from Claire Dederer.

[Contains explicit content] Susie talks about taboos and fantasies, and what to do when race is part of the equation. Then it's "New on Audible": Minka Kent's The Memory Watcher is the sexy, whiplash-inducing thriller that's now topping the Bright List.

[Contains explicit content] Susie is away but would like you to enjoy a classic show from 2006. Her guest is Esther Perel, author of the best-selling Mating in Captivity: Reconciling the Erotic and the Domestic. Esther and Susie compare notes on the best advice for couples experiencing "bed death". Then, Susie receives an interesting offer to be on the reality TV show Wife Swap.

Susie talks to Rachel Kramer Bussel about resistance porn, Monica Lewinsky, and her favorite buttercream for cupcakes and breasts.

Susie breaks down the political scandal of the year: Alabama Governor Robert J. Bentley's sordid affair and resignation. Who knew voting rights could be so kinky? Next, we examine the obit of the psychologist who coined the phrase "homophobia". And finally, it's "What's on Audible". Octavia E. Butler's Parable of the Sower is the warning, and the hope, we need right now.

Susie looks at the sex abuse scandal in the world of competitive gymnastics. Next, we all know our social media lives are curated to project an image, but Melania Trump's Twitter feed reveals an awful lot about her secret wishes. And finally, it's "New on Audible": San Francisco Noir.

[Contains explicit content] Susie remembers those who lost their lives in the Pulse nightclub. Next, the tale of Ada Menken, the 19th-century stage ingenue who lived fast, died young, and was both lusted after and shamed for it. And finally, it's "What's on Audible": Perhaps it’s time to revisit King Lear.

[Contains explicit content] Susie has an interview with Eric Schaefer, author of Sex Scene: Media and the Sexual Revolution. His book looks at exploitation and sexploitation within films, tabloids, novels and audio recordings. Then, it's "What's on Audible": Lust in Latex: Rubber Sex Stories, edited by Rebecca Kramer Bussel.

[Contains explicit content] Susie looks at the changes in the ways people consume porn - is it changing our sex lives? Next, it's the great pole debate. Amateur pole dancers want to express themselves erotically, but don't call them strippers! And finally, from the mailbag: "My boyfriend refuses to have good old-fashioned penis vagina sex. What's up?"

[Contains explicit content] Susie looks at what's behind the torture camps for accused "sexual deviants" in Chechnya. Next, what exactly were those guys behind the doomed Frye Festival selling? And finally, it's "New on Audible": Startup: A Novel by Doree Shafrir, takes a look at sexual insanity in the tech world.

Susie finds herself in the magazine she's always dreamed of.... Next, straight girls have fewer orgasms than anyone else on earth - and why that's funny, tragic, and infuriating. And finally, from the mailbag: A listener asks why all the abortion arguments focus on life and death situations and not elective abortions.

Susie talks to novelist James Grainger. His book Harmless explores sex and masculinity in the aging Gen-X crowd. How do you write one sex scene to thrill and another to horrify? Titillation and sexual reality; threading the needle.