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Susie proclaims Viagra is the best thing to happen to birth control. Then, Susie interviews prostitute Matt Bernstein Sycamore. Matt is also the editor of Tricks and Treats and the upcoming Dangerous Families . Matt talks about what tricks want, how they ask for it, and what you learn about yourself when you're making a living as a "treat." In the mailbag, a woman wonders if a generational difference is the hallmark of incest and a man wonders if his wife is completely losing her sex drive.

Susie heralds a recent court decision allowing porn filmmaker Adam Glasser, a.k.a Seymore Butts, to sell his Tampa Tushy Fest after censors nearly banned it from video store shelves. Then, Susie interviews Greta Christina an old friend who is the video buyer at Blowfish.com, Susie's favorite adult website. Greta talks about her current porn obsessions and how she decides which adult films meet the Blowfish criteria. In her mailbag, advice for a man whose wife is getting too close to an old flame.

Reality TV has done it again! There's a new show about gay Mormons who don't engage in gay sex. Susie asks: How is everyone not feeling cheated here? She reads from Emma Green's Atlantic article about the TLC special My Husband's Not Gay, which profiles couples that include a straight wife who defends her gay husband. The claim is that he's not gay but experiences "same sex attraction". Susie's big beef here is how exploitative these shows are, and how they create a hubbub over what really deserves little attention.

Susie has an interview today with YouTube celebrity Arielle Scarcella. She's a funny, sexy lesbian who has made a big splash posting over-the-top videos that have great themes. Some of her titles are Dear Straight Girls, Love Lesbians; Why Men REALLY Love Lesbians!; You're Bad in Bed If…; and 7 Lies Lesbians Tell. Susie and Arielle talk all about spoofing lesbian culture. Susie thinks these videos are pee-your-pants funny, goofy, and truthful.

Doesn't it seem like you know so many divorced people? Research shows, though, that we are all holding on to the mythical notion that the divorce rate is rising. Susie reads from a New York Times article by Claire Cain Miller that shows that, since the 2000s, divorces are actually down from an all-time high in 1970s and early 80s. Still, many people think that 50 percent of marriages end in divorce - but that's just not true anymore.

The award-winning TV show Transparent depicts what happens when a family member transgenders. Writer Sara Bibel has a few different insights about that experience, based on her own real-life dad, who transitioned when she was four years old. Susie reads from Bibel's article at xojane.com. Her memoir details the epic journey of a little girl who goes from not thinking that a dad wearing women's clothes is a big deal, to a young college preppie who shuts off all communication with her new "mom".

Susie starts the show off with a look at nerds and sexual rejection. This discussion began with MIT professor Scott Aaronson, when he wrote about being traumatized as a young nerd and how that left him out of the larger world of male privilege. Challenging his thesis is Laurie Penny in NewStatesman.com, a female nerd who has a different take on oppression. It's patriarchy and anti-feminism that are the culprits here. Being bullied affects one's self esteem and sexuality, and that creates the rage, trauma, and hurt of "nerdolescence".

Today Susie looks at the details surrounding a complex story: An elderly man who may or may not have had willing sex with his Alzheimer's-suffering wife has been put on trial. At the heart of the matter is the question of consent and the infantilization of the elderly. It seems lots of younger people don't want to believe that senior citizens might still want to have sex together.

There are some left-leaning thinkers with an anti-porn agenda who are determined to protect all the poor victims of pornography. Susie has had it up to here with their rhetoric, but she doesn't want to rebut - and therefore fuel - their lame debate. Instead, on today's show, Susie talks with journalist, economic analyst, and financial trader Doug Henwood about why the preachy cries of the anti-porn crowd are so off base.

The bathrooms at New York City's Port Authority Bus Terminal are the site of some questionable behavior - not by the public, but by undercover cops. Bewildered, innocent men are challenging many recent arrests for lewd behavior. A New York Times article found that the plain-clothes officers have been busting men at the urinals for indecent exposure. Susie reads from the story, which may make you guys rethink using the urinal - and maybe head for a stall instead.

This just in from the BBC…The Orgasmatron! It is what it sounds like: a small machine that can give you endless pleasure. So why don't we all have one? Susie takes a look at the story, the device, and the doctor who invented it. The gadget, which gets wired to the spine, was developed for helping people with chronic pain, but some patients experienced intense sexual stimulation while they were hooked up. Wow, what a way to get rid of all those horrible aches and pains!

This show starts with gay sex and HIV, then turns to masturbation with kitchen tools, and winds up with where you can hear famous porn-star interviews. Susie begins the show by reading an article about a young, gay wresting star who became an HIV scapegoat. Written by Steven Thrasher for BuzzFeed, it's a story about a college kid who has lots of consensual, unprotected sex with other guys. Why does he become the scapegoat? He's black, and the white guys say he told them he was clean (no HIV), and he wasn't.

Today, Susie has an interview with Eric Schaefer, author of Sex Scene: Media and the Sexual Revolution. Professor Schaefer teaches at Emerson College in the Visual and Media Arts Department. His new book looks at exploitation and sexploitation within films, tabloids, novels, and audio recordings. Chapters include "Wet Dreams", "Porn Goes to College", "Beefcake to Hardcore", and "33 1/3 Sexual Revolutions Per Minute", to name a few. Susie and Eric discuss the origins of X ratings, Jane Fonda's movie orgasms, Swedish erotica, Russ Myer's nudies, and more.

What's the real scoop about cannabis and smoking-hot sex? All is revealed in an article entitled "High Satisfaction" at Nerve.com. Susie reads from Kate Hakala's story, and she reviews the effects of combining weed and sex. Think about what pot does: loosening inhibitions, relaxing one's state of mind, and inducing neurochemical pleasure. Combine that with sex, and fun stuff might well happen. There's not much research on the topic, but stoners will attest that these two activities go hand in hand.

On today's show, Susie interviews one of today's most popular porn stars: Asa Akira. Asa has been working in the adult-entertainment business for six years and has garnered many awards for her work in over 400 adult films. At the AVN awards show, sponsored by Adult Video News, she's won for best anal scene, best double-penetration scene, and best all-girl three-way sex scene. She's also been named best porn star of the year. Susie and Asa talk about how to stay healthy in the business, why being dominated can be so hot, and how to write smutty haikus.

Right-wing bloggers are skewering popular actress Lena Dunham. Why? Dunham wrote in her memoir about bribing her younger sister to kiss her and apply make-up when they were both children. Conservatives are crying abuse. Susie says give me a break! This misdirected focus on a celebrity is pathetic. Let's talk about real sexual predators and where they exist.

Are you familiar with the term "tossing salad" when it means something other than mixing the lettuce for dinner? If not, here's a vocabulary tip: hipsters use this phrase to mean eating booty, or anilingus. Susie reads from a Gawker article by Tyrone Palmer that details recent hip-hop stars' declarations of liking to "eat da booty". Citing many rappers, this article shines a positive light on what Susie says is a delightful pleasure that has been stigmatized as dirty - and as a line that shouldn't be crossed - and that means you are gay. Next, a headline: Men Who Make Virginity Pledges as Teens Struggle with Sex Once Married. Susie finds this research, from livescience.com, to be understandably true - and sad.

A new escort service for women looks like prostitution, smells like prostitution, but it's non-sexual - because classy ladies don't want that. Oh boy, does Susie ever have fun reading from Julieanne Smolinski's article from Medium.com about this "ManServants" business. The company rents out attractive gentlemen who will attend to your every need, as long as it's not sex! This service costs a lot of dough, but it's so worth it when your rent-a-guy says "Yes, My Lady" to your every command.

A sexy blond woman lying on a tropical beach whispers, "The setting is perfect, but then erectile dysfunction happens again." This is Viagra's bold, new shift in advertising. No more guys, both young and old, horsing around as the announcer suggests that taking Viagra is as common as swallowing an aspirin. Now the company wants women to order the drug. Susie found the details in The New Yorker, in an article by Ian Crouch. She says this approach is more honest.

You may not know author Terry Southern's name, but you know his work. He wrote the screenplays for Dr. Strangelove, Barbarella, and Easy Rider, to name just a few. Susie is a big fan of his writing and was especially blown away when she read his 1970 book Blue Movie. It's a satirical novel about making a high-budget porn film featuring big-name stars. On today's show, Susie shares some of the audiobook edition, which she narrated! We'll hear Susie read from the beginning part of the book - a fun and sexy listen.