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[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.

[Contains explicit content] Susie describes her Cool Tools and gives an anatomy lesson along the way. Next, from the mailbag, a Cool Tools listener wrote in to ask what she can do now that she can't achieve orgasm after giving birth. And finally, new on Audible: Catherine Liu’s Oriental Girls Desire Romance is an arty, edgy, and searching brush with queer theory before queer theory was a catch-phrase.

[Contains explicit content] Susie reviews the new HBO documentary Jane Fonda in Five Acts. Next, the rise and fall - and rise and fall - of the American "breastaurant" is not a feminist victory. Then, it's "New on Audible": searchable tables of contents that correspond to the printed book - at last!

[Contains explicit content] Susie supports Walter Mosley's decision to quit the Star Trek writers' room when an anonymous co-worker reported him for "language". Next, why one person's mind melting tryst is another's awkward aggression.

[Contains explicit content] Susie talks with UK novelist and journalist Stephanie Theobald. She's written a book about what she calls the last taboo: masturbation. Theobald has been described as "one of London's most celebrated literary lesbians" and her work has focused on sex, sexual identity, and art.

Susie wonders why it took so long for PrEP and PEP pills to be made available over the counter in California - and what’s taking the rest of the country so long to follow. Next, social media bans are erasing the online presence of sex workers, activists, and maybe Donald Jr. Then, new on Audible, Marc Huestis’ Impresario of Castro Street: An Intimate Showbiz Memoir is gossipy and glamorous and will kick you in the guts.

[Contains explicit content] Susie brings you the first of a two-part interview with author Jillian Lauren, whose book Some Girls - My Life in a Harem took the media by storm. Who knew that the family of the sultan of Brunei still hosted exotic households of 40 women and lived the lifestyle of a prince from Arabian Nights?

[Contains explicit content] After she reads about a 14th-century nun who faked her own death, Susie wonders to what lengths she'd go to lead a life of carnal lust. Next, in "What's the patriarchy ruining this week?" we could have had a cure for menstrual cramps, but it was deemed too unimportant.

[Contains explicit content] Susie says that when it comes to sex acts and positions, there's no secret handshake. Next, the coming spermpocalypse - should we worry? And then, it's "What's on Audible": Madeline Miller's Circe is a searing retelling of Greek mythology from a minor sorceress. At last!

[Contains explicit content] Susie remembers when Jill Johnston interrupted Germaine Greer's and Norman Mailer's foreplay to direct the women's movement into the arms of lesbianism. Next, why are big vibrators so scary? Learning to love the power of a real big wand. And then, it's "New on Audible": Hal Schrieve's Out of Salem is a genderqueer-zombie-witch-horror-fantasy-coming-of-age-high-school-roman à clef like you've never heard.

Susie shares her 1989 Fresh Air interview with Terry Gross. The sex wars were raging, and Susie was fully armed. Next, Australia is proposing facial recognition software to confirm the age of porn consumers. What could possibly go wrong? And then, new on Audible, Karen Tongson’s Why Karen Carpenter Matters tells the story of what the Carpenters' light and darkness meant to the author as a queer Filipinx in Manila.

Susie remembers when the lesbian punk of LA changed the world. Next, Georgia just effectively banned abortion, making it possible to imprison a woman for life if she illegally terminates a pregnancy. And finally, it's "New on Audible": This year's Audie-award winner, Tomi Adeyemi's Children of Blood and Bone, digs deep into African legend for an epic fantasy.