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[Contains explicit content] Susie presents Who Killed Hunter S. Thompson?, the gonzo art-memoir-history of our dearly departed. Next, The Mitchell Brothers' O'Farrell Theater is no more; the night manager locked up and the building has been sold.

[Contains explicit content] Susie is away but would like you to enjoy a classic show from 2006. Her guest is Esther Perel, author of the best-selling Mating in Captivity: Reconciling the Erotic and the Domestic. Esther and Susie compare notes on the best advice for couples experiencing "bed death". Then, Susie receives an interesting offer to be on the reality TV show Wife Swap.

Susie breaks down the political scandal of the year: Alabama Governor Robert J. Bentley's sordid affair and resignation. Who knew voting rights could be so kinky? Next, we examine the obit of the psychologist who coined the phrase "homophobia". And finally, it's "What's on Audible". Octavia E. Butler's Parable of the Sower is the warning, and the hope, we need right now.

Susie looks at a new study showing why Americans are having less sex then ever. Next, a map that shows all the names given to syphilis before it was "syphilis" doubles as a guide to national prejudice. And finally, it's "New on Audible": a very special edition of Margaret Atwood's The Handmaid's Tale.

[Contains explicit content] James Elroy's The Black Dahlia sheds light on "trafficking" in 1940s Los Angles. Next, have we found the holy grail of birth control? And then it's "New on Audible": Love and Trouble: A Midlife Reckoning is the new memoir from Claire Dederer.

Susie looks at the sex abuse scandal in the world of competitive gymnastics. Next, we all know our social media lives are curated to project an image, but Melania Trump's Twitter feed reveals an awful lot about her secret wishes. And finally, it's "New on Audible": San Francisco Noir.

Susie catches up with Tristan Taormino about extreme tickling, how to fix a leather contest, and "WTF happened to the porn business?"

[Contains explicit content] Susie looks at the changes in the ways people consume porn - is it changing our sex lives? Next, it's the great pole debate. Amateur pole dancers want to express themselves erotically, but don't call them strippers! And finally, from the mailbag: "My boyfriend refuses to have good old-fashioned penis vagina sex. What's up?"

[Contains explicit content] Susie remembers those who lost their lives in the Pulse nightclub. Next, the tale of Ada Menken, the 19th-century stage ingenue who lived fast, died young, and was both lusted after and shamed for it. And finally, it's "What's on Audible": Perhaps it’s time to revisit King Lear.

[Contains explicit content] Susie has an interview with Eric Schaefer, author of Sex Scene: Media and the Sexual Revolution. His book looks at exploitation and sexploitation within films, tabloids, novels and audio recordings. Then, it's "What's on Audible": Lust in Latex: Rubber Sex Stories, edited by Rebecca Kramer Bussel.

[Contains explicit content] Susie talks about taboos and fantasies, and what to do when race is part of the equation. Then it's "New on Audible": Minka Kent's The Memory Watcher is the sexy, whiplash-inducing thriller that's now topping the Bright List.

Susie talks to Rachel Kramer Bussel about resistance porn, Monica Lewinsky, and her favorite buttercream for cupcakes and breasts.

[Contains explicit content] Susie looks at what's behind the torture camps for accused "sexual deviants" in Chechnya. Next, what exactly were those guys behind the doomed Frye Festival selling? And finally, it's "New on Audible": Startup: A Novel by Doree Shafrir, takes a look at sexual insanity in the tech world.

Susie talks to author and scholar Laura Kipnis about her new book Unwanted Advances, which looks at Title IX in higher education and its effect on sexual paranoia and free speech.

Susie finds herself in the magazine she's always dreamed of.... Next, straight girls have fewer orgasms than anyone else on earth - and why that's funny, tragic, and infuriating. And finally, from the mailbag: A listener asks why all the abortion arguments focus on life and death situations and not elective abortions.

Susie talks to novelist James Grainger. His book Harmless explores sex and masculinity in the aging Gen-X crowd. How do you write one sex scene to thrill and another to horrify? Titillation and sexual reality; threading the needle.

Susie looks at the over-the-top sex high-up officials in the Italian Catholic Church appear to be having. Next, in the 1950s, the queer youth of Philadelphia found each other on American Bandstand. And finally, it's "New on Audible": Lodro Rinzler has some practical advice for overcoming heartbreak in Love Hurts.

Susie is away today, but here's a great show from 2015 that starts with a light-hearted look at "vagina steaming". What? According to actress Gweneth Paltrow, you "sit on essentially a mini-throne and a combination of infrared and mugwort steam cleans your uterus." Next, Susie looks at why the millennial generation is much more prudish then genXers.

Susie talks lesbian imagery and the male gaze with Taschen Books editor Dian Hanson. Then, it's "New on Audible". We listen to Tereska Torres's Women's Barracks, a lesbian pulp story that aimed at titillating men in the 1950s. At its core, though, this is a story of female liberation and sisterhood during World War II.

Susie has a show from 2014 for you to enjoy, featuring a juicy and complex epistle from her "Try This at Home" mailbag. Actually, there are two letters from a married couple who want to try an open marriage. They corresponded separately, detailing their concerns and desires. You’ll hear why the wife wants more, and then how the husband is excited but nervous about going from vanilla to raspberry chocolate pistachio and butter brickle with a cherry on the top.