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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.

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 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 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 says goodbye to Paul Krassner, founder of the Yippie Party, Merry Prankster, Chicago 7 Witness on Acid, founder of The Realist, pioneer of the underground abortion network when such operations were illegal, and mensch. Next, Jeffrey Epstein may have committed suicide, but the doubt we carry says a lot about why the justice system is so much worse than any conspiracy theory going.

[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 takes a look at the latest sex scandal in the Southern Baptist church - and why our institutions are so prone to abuse. Next: The 1834 church wedding of a butch gentlewoman and a neighboring heiress. Then, it's "What's on Audible". One last valentine: Susie's Sexy Stories.

[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.

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.

[Contains explicit content] Susie catches up with listener letters, including two letters on matters both global and personal. Then, it's "What's on Audible": Tristan Taormino's Down and Dirty Sex Secrets is a how-to audiobook that covers oral sex, multiple orgasms, strap-ons, female ejaculation, S&M, and more.

Susie talks about the new threshold for what is considered triggering in film and video today. Next, what do they mean when they say “free Britney Spears”? And new on Audible, Lydia Lunch’s So Real It Hurts gets under your skin.

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 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.

[Contains explicit content] Susie thinks that Stormy Daniel's description of Trump's penis explains a lot about him. Next, the decriminalization of gay sex in India has a much longer reach than the legal consequences. Then, it's "New on Audible": Lacey Baldwin Smith's English History Made Brief, Irreverent, and Pleasurable is a sleeper hit on the Bright List.

[Contains explicit content] Susie finds that interest in photographer and filmmaker Honey Lee Cottrell's work, and lesbian history, is picking up. Next, in Honey Lee's own words: Harvey Milk and the legacy of coming out. Then, new on Audible, Jaime Harker's The Lesbian South chronicles another overlooked lesbian treasure, the Women in Print Movement.

[Contains explicit content] Susie sees right through the so-called "Billy Graham rule" in which, to avoid suspicion, a prominent man must never be alone with a woman. We all know it's to keep women out of the workplace altogether. Next, what do you do when your boyfriend's family shows up at your strip club? And then, new on Audible, the story collection Berlin Noir, about a city "saturated in a history full of blood, violence and death."

[Contains explicit content] Susie asks why the US Supreme Court is allowing restrictions on transgender troops in the military - is anyone surprised? Next, "male" sex robots are here...but there's something fishy about their marketing.

Susie tells a story about her trip to the desert and who she found there. Next, after the 2016 election, women went out en masse to get IUDs. And finally, it's "New on Audible": Eve L. Ewing's Electric Arches is poetry that tells a story.

Susie tells her birth story: vibrators, labial rings, and Gloria Steinem in the maternity ward. Next, Shakespeare’s sonnets map a queer love triangle that, even through a historical lens, is undeniable. Then, it's "New on Audible": a full, dramatized collection of Shakespeare’s sonnets from an all-star cast.

[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.