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Susie spends the first part of today's show looking at a controversial idea that could help some very lonely people get relief. If prostitution were legal, could we avoid rampages like the recent Isla Vista massacre?

What happens when your partner is in the mood and you're not? It's called maintenance sex, and it's been making headlines lately. Susie reads from a Jezebel.com article by Tracy Moore that gives some how-to tips for doing what many call "duty sex". Actress Amy Poehler does it, sex educator Dan Savage does it, and Susie has a lot to say about why maintenance sex is so controversial.

Escort services like to offer up hotties for their clients, but what happens if your "date" is a porn star? Susie reads an article from Salon that looks at why adult movie actresses are supplementing their incomes with this other line of work. She digs deep into why some X-rated stars are "working private" and not feeling like they have to keep it a secret. Next, Susie shares a Guardian article that lists the 2014 "Bad Sex in Fiction" awards. What does that mean? Is it that the scenes are poorly written, somehow sexually disgusting, or just pornographic? Hard to say, says Susie, but there are some top-notch authors on the list.

Does the term "forcible rape" make your head spin sideways? Why is sexual sadism the new black in US politics? Susie delves into that issue this week - and she is spitting mad. In our current political arena, there's a new kind of pervert: the lawmaker who's a sadistic, vicious psycho who isn't afraid to defend his position. He feels entitled and proud of it. Outrageous! Susie reads from an article in The New Yorker called "The Legitimate Children of Rape".

Susie is hopping mad! There's a sex evangelist out there spreading the word that some young men don't understand that the “real world” of sex differs from the “porn world” of sex. Really? A New York Times article profiled Cindy Gallop, a business woman whose mission is to re-educate the young. Her website promotes regular people having sex rather than actors, to show the difference between what's made-up in the movies versus what's real. Susie has a lot to say about this.

Today's show features a lot of talk about anal sex. Doesn't that sound sexy, raunchy, and good? But first Susie starts out looking at a new audiobook that's an erotic classic: The Marketplace by Laura Antoniou. Susie loves this book! The story is kind of a mash-up: The Story of O meets the smart girl who's into BDSM. This is going to get hot! Next, it's another edition of “Tell Me Your Sex Story”, in which we invite a “regular folks” listener into Susie's sexual confession booth to tell all about her or his sex life....

Susie will be hitting the road soon to promote Mommy's Little Girl and that has her thinking about the life of the erotic tourist. Susie offers her hot tips to scout out the best sex around the U.S. Then, Susie does her best vibrator imitations while offering her reviews of two sex toys - a strobe-light dildo and a vibrating Teddy bear. Then, in her Try This at Home mailbag, Susie gets a letter from a woman who wants to come down from the mountain to find her perfect lover.

Susie is totally enamored by a blog called The Honest Courtesan, written by Maggie McNeil, and we feature an interview with her today. Susie wanted to know more about how Maggie got started in the profession, as well as why she finally gave it up. In this very candid conversation, Maggie talks about working in New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina. And Susie asks her what the biggest myth is about prostitutes.

Susie has a friend working at a Nevada brothel who has a way to niche market herself. She stands apart from all the other girls, because she's 55 years old. While all the other workers are much younger, Kim has the upper hand on experience, and she has had many jobs within the sex industry. Susie reads from Kim's blog about what it's like to work at the Love Ranch North.

The National Security Agency is at it again. . . but now their spying is targeted at what kind of porn you're looking at! Susie says, "Egads" - now I'm in big trouble. More top-secret documents have leaked out that show how the NSA is honing in on people they feel are radicalizing others to become extremists. Susie reads an article from the Huffington Post that spells out all the details behind the government looking at people's online sexual activity.

Eating pussy, muff diving, and giving head are making headlines in Toronto recently. It's not about the sex shops; it's happening at city hall. Today, Susie talks about Mayor Rob Ford's sexual adventures up in Canada. Oh, it's not been pretty - he's in a bunch of trouble with his constituents as well as the press. Next, Susie looks at Google's decision to display warnings on some popular search terms - and there are 13,000 that qualify!

Ever lived in an apartment building where the walls are paper thin and you can hear your neighbors' every word? Imagine if they have a robust love life that includes plenty of vocals! Susie examines a situation involving a neighbor who gets so fed up that a sex war strategy emerges - and backfires. You won't believe the tactics used on apartment 517.

Today Susie has a provocative interview with author Jesse Bering, whose latest book is PERV: The Sexual Deviant in All of Us. His book takes a candid look at why we all have some perversion - and that being sexually deviant isn't really as bad as we think. Susie and Jesse talk about the science behind sexuality and some historically significant people who were outliers. They also discuss the difference between someone's kink being safe or causing harm.

Susie begins today's show with a tribute to the late author and journalist Christopher Hitchens. Over a long career he was a regular columnist for Vanity Fair, The Atlantic, and Slate. Susie found his writing and views on bisexuality to be unparalleled.

Susie pays homage today to her mentor and friend William Harrison. He was a prolific writer and produced many books and screenplays - most notably in 1975, when his book was adapted for the film Rollerball. Susie pays tribute to Harrison by reading one of the short stories he wrote for The Best American Erotica 2000: "Two Cars in a Cornfield".

Susie starts off today's show with a look at the evolution of an STD. As it turns out, sexually transmitted diseases are nothing new; they've been around since...forever. A new study from the University of Wisconsin shows that genomic strains of Herpes can be traced back 15,000 years. Susie loves this scientific stuff, and she lays out how these researchers followed Herpes around the world to explain its longevity and migration.

It's true! Susie coached Breaking Bad's "Walter White" (Bryan Cranston) on the proper way to do an erotic love scene. It was 1994, and Susie was working on a movie as a writer. She was asked to help two actors who were rehearsing a very steamy scene. Susie remembers how sweet and gentlemanly Bryan Cranston was back then. She kept giving him pointers on how to get nastier and sexier. Looks like Susie's coaching really helped him to find his inner Walter.

Susie was recently a guest lecturer in a grad-school classroom where she was asked about the history of the feminist divide on pornography. This brought back old memories, including one in particular about how the famous radical writer Andrea Dworkin disagreed with Susie's view on pornography. Dworkin agreed with those who linked violence against women to porn. And back in the 1970s, she responded to an article Susie wrote about fisting. Dworkin wrote that if women were hurt because they tried Susie's violent idea of sex, then...Susie should be arrested!

In 1974 a horror film premiered that had moviegoers scared to death by its villain: Leatherface, a mask-wearing, chain-saw-wielding killer. Argh, how can something be so creepy and deeply disturbing - and oh so satisfying too? Susie devotes the entire show to an interview with Gunnar Hansen, the iconic star of The Texas Chain Saw Massacre.

Susie starts off today's show with a look at a comic strip that takes on the "Orientation Police". That's right - it's those annoying people who have a problem with someone else's sexual orientation, and they have to make sure you know about it! Cartoonist Bill Roundy has Susie in stitches as she reads aloud his comic about dating transgendered men. She also describes his funny drawings.