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Susie Bright, one of America's best-known sexperts, addresses the sexual politics of the day's news, reviews recent movies and erotic books, answers your sex and relationship questions, and more in this exclusive AudibleOriginal®.

Akashic Books continues its award-winning series of original noir anthologies, launched in 2004 with Brooklyn Noir. This anthology includes brand-new stories by: Tommy Moore, Jessica Breheny, Naomi Hirahara, Calvin McMillin, Liza Monroy, Elizabeth McKenzie, Jill Wolfson, Ariel Gore, Jon Bailiff, Maceo Montoya, Micah Perks, Seana Graham, Vinnie Hansen, Peggy Townsend, Margaret Elysia Garcia, Lou Mathews, Lee Quarnstrom, Dillon Kaiser, Beth Lisick, and Wallace Baine.

[Contains explicit content] Susie pays tribute to Aretha Franklin, Queen of Soul. Next, Jen Gunter fact-checked the organic tampons featured in Goop, and if you want to learn to see through the gunk, it’s a master lesson. And finally, it's "New on Audible". You may remember James L. Herlihy for Midnight Cowboy, but his Season of the Witch deserves just as much longevity.

[Contains explicit content] Susie looks at Paul Manafort's daughter's text messages and finds what we all knew all along: The far right is obsessed with bullying, race, and cuckolding. Next, the dangerous act of fellatio and how to not end up in the hospital. And finally, from the vaults of "thus it ever was", Steven Saylor's hard-boiled Gordianus the Finder wearily battles corruption in ancient Rome. 

[Contains explicit content] Susie finds out that just one guy is responsible for all the sea monster porn. Next, women are letting their fantasies loose on Tumblr fan sites - and it looks nothing like chocolates and flowers. And finally, Russian religious groups are trying to censor a historical drama, because it shows sex with a future saint.  

[Contains explicit content] Susie talks to Christopher Zeischegg, aka Danny Wylde. He's a former porn performer and musician, and an extraordinary writer. His book Body to Job, looks at his career from amateur model to finding his feet after porn.  

[Contains explicit content] Susie looks at what Dutch parents teach their kids about sexuality. It would make America clutch its pearls! Next, revelations of child sexual abuse in the Catholic Church keep spreading, and it's just as byzantine and horrific as any conspiracy theory. And finally, a Tinder scam more entertaining than criminal - thank goodness. 

Contains explicit content] Susie celebrates Ireland's landslide victory for sexual freedom and women's rights. Being there was like visiting another planet compared to the US. Next, why do we love the sexual politics of The Americans? There's a lot to see here. And finally, it's "New on Audible": Meg Worlitzer's The Female Persuasion is a hyper-realistic look at the generational divide between second-wave and post-wave feminists.  

[Contains explicit content] Susie looks at the global and social ramifications of an outrageous imbalance of men in China and India. Next, she finds that clever and entrepreneurial sex workers are finding workarounds now that Craigslist has closed its personals sections. Finally, it's "New on Audible": Men in Love looks at the sex fantasies of thousands of men.  

[Contains explicit content] Susie tells the story of a Arkansas woman who cared for abandoned AIDS patients and buried them, by hand, in her family's plot. And from the mailbag, a listener writes to say she's married and alone. Susie says she's not alone.

[Contains explicit content] Susie thinks about the little signs of comfort in sex work: chairs, bag lunches, and sun hats. Next, cupcakes for strippers to show God's love for those wanton harlots. And from the mailbag: the ethics of tattling on your wife's lover.   

[Contains explicit content] Susie explores proposed sexual equality for involuntary celibates - and as you might guess, equality does not apply to women. Next, some charter schools in Chicago would rather make menstruating young women wrap a sweatshirt around their waist than let them use the bathroom.   

Today's show starts off with a conundrum: If you're into S&M, is there such a thing as too much pain? Susie reads an article written by sexpert Greta Christina that talks about masochist extremes. Next, it's "Tell Me Your Sex Story". Susie asks a listener some nosy sexual questions that are none of her business but that we all want to hear about anyway.

[Contains explicit content] Susie talks to the legendary novelist Blanche McCrary Boyd about her new novel The Tomb of the Unknown Racist. Susie asks about the sex-obsessed roots of white nationalisms and catches up with McCrary Boyd's famous lesbian separatist character Ellen Burns.

[Contains explicit content] Susie is pleased to note that Vogue once again approves of pubic hair. Next, the anti-trafficking activism of the left and the right were deliberately brought together by one man. And then, it's "New on Audible": Paul Beatty's The Sellout has Susie laughing her ass off.    

[Contains explicit content] Susie talks with best-selling author Christopher Ryan about his book Sex at Dawn: The Prehistoric Origins of Modern Sexuality. This is an anthropologic look into myths versus sexual realities. Christopher and Susie discuss whether jealousy is an animalistic urge or if it can be controlled; how far back monogamy goes in the species; and why so many marriages are dysfunctional. They even bring Darwin into the bedroom.  

[Contains explicit content] Susie offers a reminder for sex educators that sex with a condom is not always possible - and people need to be able to talk about it. Next, she wonders whether "twinks" are really having a moment. And finally, a woman feels empty inside now that she's had sex for the first time. 

[Contains explicit content] Susie presents Santa Cruz Noir, a collection of all-new stories that reveals the seedy underbelly of the Left Coast. "Santa Cruz is everything you ever dreamed, and everything you ever screamed, in one long drop you'll never forget."  

[Contains explicit content] Susie wonders why crisis pregnancy centers, well known for lying to pregnant women, are allowed to lie to our teens in schools. Then, it's "New on Audible": Jimmy O. Yang's How to American: An Immigrant's Guide to Disappointing Your Parents is the funniest audiobook Susie's heard all year. 

[Contains explicit content] Susie remembers when she met Nan Parks of the San Francisco Bay Times and invited her to ask everything she wanted to know about lesbian sex. The results are magic. Then, it's "New on Audible": Charles Bukowski's Tales of Ordinary Madness has been nominated for an Audie because as one reviewer writes, "Patton NAILS it."