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Susie sees not just a sexist double standard in the treatment of congresswoman Katie Hill but a class conflict as well. Next, the Trump administration says Christian adoption agencies may discriminate against LGBTQ couples. That’s not just bad news for queer rights, it’s bad for children as well. New on Audible, Anyi Wang’s Fu Ping explores the interwoven stories of rural immigrants to midcentury Shanghai.

[Contains explicit content] Today's show features two letters from a married couple who want to transform their monogamous relationship into an open marriage. They each sent Susie a letter separately, detailing their concerns and desires. You'll hear why the wife wants more, and then, how the husband is excited but really nervous about going from vanilla to raspberry chocolate pistachio and butter brickle with a cherry on the top. "Can our marriage change this drastically and survive?" Susie has many thoughts and some advice.

[Contains explicit content] Susie reads the love letters of the highly literate. Prepare for some beautiful and, at least in James Joyce's case, downright filthy writing. Then, it's "What's on Audible": The passing of Mary Oliver sent Susie deep into her poetry, which is soaring, present, and knife-sharp.

Susie submits her request to the Phi collection at the Bodleian library, once the only place you could read D. H. Lawrence in Cambridge. Next, porn stashes in the woods. Once a rite of passage, they're one more casualty of the internet.

[Contains explicit content] Susie shares letters from women pleading for an abortion in 1917 and 2018 - and they aren't so different. Next, a note from Betty Dodson's business partner and teaching heir. As gloomy as the news is, a joyous sex positive movement still lives. Then it's "New on Audible": Louise Fitzhugh’s Nobody's Family Is Going to Change is a lost classic and just as acerbic and tender as Harriet the Spy.

[Contains explicit content] Susie looks at two new US Supreme Court cases in which the Trump administration will be arguing that it's perfectly fine to discriminate on the basis of sex. Next, did you think the Middle Ages were all about piety and plague? A Welsh feminist poetess will turn that idea around. And finally, new on Audible: The New Huey P. Newton Reader brings the founder of the Black Panthers to audio for the first time.

[Contains explicit content] New parents are keenly aware that there is something very important missing in their lives: sex. Susie talks about how to find ways to get that part of your relationship back even if the diapers still need changing. Next, Susie reads a story from her mentor, poet Judy Grahn. "The Psychoanalysis of Edward the Dyke" is a tale that Grahn wrote about the problems of being a girl who's really a guy. Then, from the mailbag, a listener writes, "My husband won't let me masturbate." Uh-oh, sounds like a control issue.

Susie has an interview 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, Why Men Really Love Lesbians, Bad in Bed, and 7 Lies Lesbians Tell. Then, in New on Audible, Agorafabulous! Dispatches from My Bedroom, by Sara Benincasa. This wild memoir is one of the funniest and most poignant books ever written about a mental illness.

[Contains explicit content] Susie is glad to hear at least one government entity is taking the threat of incels seriously. Next, LGBTQ+ Instagram accounts integrate history into everyday life. And then, new on Audible, Maxine Gordon's memoir of the late Dexter Gordon, Sophisticated Giant, is a who's who of mid-century black stars and intellectuals.

Susie checks the bookshelf for all the new advice books about sex and relationships. Next, some 1958 advice for landing a husband asks you to exercise your feminine wiles. And, New on Audible, Emily Wilson’s new translation of Homer’s The Odyssey is an absolutely vital journey.

[Contains explicit content] Susie finds that there was a surprising amount of thought that went into the crotch of the Ken doll. Then, new on Audible: in Jia Tolentino's Trick Mirror, the author thinks about the roles the internet, drugs, and sexism play in the lives of the first digital natives.

[Contains explicit content] Susie looks at the consequences when medical schools won't teach abortion. Next, the Consumer Electronics Show revokes an innovation award from a female-founded sex-tech company.

Susie is thrilled to hear that HBO is using “intimacy coordinators” on set - someone who knows the common pitfalls and needs of filming sex scenes. Next, a pre-lubed condom claims to last 1,000 thrusts. And finally, New on Audible, Acid Dreams offers a cultural history of LSD.

Susie spends the entire show speaking with legendary porn star Howie Gordon, aka Richard Pacheco. Over his career, Howie appeared in more then 100 X-rated films and videos. Susie and Howie talk about the business of making sex movies: "How is your acting affected when getting an erection becomes difficult?" They talk about open marriages, first loves, and the sexual liberation of the sixties.

Susie wants to know why middle-distance runner Caster Semenya gets the International Association of Athletics Federations' panties in such a knot. Next, boobs in sports have been considered a liability for so long that maybe it's time to celebrate the bounce. After all, our greatest athlete, Serena Williams, has a bona fide rack. And finally, it's "New on Audible": Kate McKinnon and Emily Lynne's Heads Will Roll ushers in a new era of audio comedy.

[Contains explicit content] Susie explains why the US women's national soccer team is after more than equality. Next, what sets E. Jean Carroll's accusation against the president apart. And then, what's on Audible: Our newly appointed United States Poet Laureate Joy Harjo's Crazy Brave: A Memoir - a Bright List classic.

Susie finds that the medieval church was more flexible on the subject of masturbation than 1950s America. Next, is your husband falling in love with a ghost? A woman whose partner replaced her picture on his desk with that of a long-dead philosopher. Then, new on Audible, Blanche McCrary Boyd’s classic lesbian outlaw farce Terminal Velocity is at last on Audible.

Susie can’t get enough of the classic Folgers ad where the sexual tension between a brother returning from the Peace Corps and his newly grown sister nearly melts the room. And, New on Audible, a listener suggestion: Everyone should hear Merrill Markoe and Megan Koester’s The Indignities of Being a Woman, which gives you the whole story of womanhood from beginning to end.

[Contains explicit content] Susie sees a connection between anti-abortion activists and doctors who refuse women tubal ligations. Next, the first symphonic requiem for AIDS victims had roots in the classical music world. And then, it's "New on Audible": Heidi Murkoff's pregnancy bible What to Expect When You're Expecting is available for the first time on Audible.

Susie has a provocative interview with author Jesse Bering, whose latest book is called Perv: The Sexual Deviant in All of Us. His book takes a candid look at why we all have some perversion in us and says that being sexually deviant isn't really as bad as we think. Then, in the mailbag, Susie gets a letter from a new listener. He says: "My wife is certain my interest in anal sex makes me gay - now what can I do?"