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[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.

[Contains explicit content] Susie finds unsurprising new trends in porn for millennials. Next, the rise of self-driving cars can only mean one thing - more sex in cars. And finally, it's "New on Audible": Christopher Moore's Noir is genre-fluid fun.

Susie shows that the Quakers were among the first activists lobbying to change pronouns. Next, one of the most concrete legacies of On Our Backs magazine isn’t the photography or even the writing but the reader generated personals. And, New on Audible, John Le Carré’s latest, Agent Running in the Field, is a distressed spotlight on modern statecraft.

[Contains explicit content] Susie sounds the death knell for the old internet, which prized creative and uncensored expression. When it comes to cultural erasure, Tumblr's new porn ban is just a drop in the bucket. Next, would you use a molded dildo of an ex's penis with a new lover? What would Emily Post have to say?

[Contains explicit content] Susie breaks down the overlooked consequences of the Jeffrey Epstein trafficking case: how he profits, who'll be hurt, how it will affect sex workers, and who will pay. It ain't gonna be the abusers. Strap in for a hell of a ride. And then, new on Audible, Nancy Friday explores changing fantasies in Women on Top.

[Contains explicit content] Susie looks at ACT UP's plan for eradicating HIV/AIDS. Does the president have what it takes to make good on his promise? Next, contrary to popular stereotypes, there are millennial men who don't like porn. And then it's "New on Audible": Ottessa Oshfegh's My Year of Rest and Relaxation.

[Contains explicit content] Susie looks at how bicycles helped usher in a new sexual freedom for women in the 1800s. Next, a record number of Americans aren't having sex. Is the species doomed or are the surveys all smoke and mirrors?

[Contains explicit content] Susie has some sexual advice that could save every man's life: Beat off like your life depends on it! A study shows that regular masturbation can reduce the risk of developing prostate cancer. Next, Susie takes a look at one literary author's secret success in writing erotic novels. Writer Rupert Smith takes on the "nom de porn" as James Lear as he writes steamy gay porn fiction. And finally, Susie gets a letter from a listener who reminisces about her sexy youthful time in New Orleans.

[Contains explicit content] Susie examines the culture of fear that put queer culture in bed with the patriarchy and remembers a similar time when radical feminists aligned themselves with the far right. Then, it's "New on Audible": Guy Branum's My Life as a Goddess will have you rolling on the floor laughing while you're also crying.

[Contains explicit content] Susie reads the letters of those who were sexually frustrated, ignorant, or full of braggadocio from a hundred years ago. Next, all about the last gay bar in the Tenderloin, once the gay center of San Francisco. And finally, Bernice L. McFadden's Praise Song for the Butterflies explores modern-day servitude and healing.