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Susie starts off today's show with a remembrance of Helen Gurley Brown. Back in the 1960s, Brown, ahead of her time, offered up the idea that single women liked sex and should have a lot of it. She went on to become the editor of Cosmopolitan, where she was the first to bring titillating images and headlines to women's magazine covers. Susie plays a radio interview of Brown as she talks with conservative talk-show host Joe Pyne.

A new drug, Truvada, is on the market - a preventative treatment for AIDS and HIV. This is really big news, says Susie, and she's wondering why there's been so little press on this health milestone. She explains what the new drug can and can't do. It's not for people looking for a Viagra-type boost when having casual sex. It's also not for those already infected with the AIDS virus. Where does it work? Those uninfected but at high risk will be good candidates, and also, surprisingly, this new treatment may be helpful for married couples if one partner is infected.

Susie starts off today's show with an article from the New York Times. It seems more women are looking for an over-the-counter libido fix. Sales of all kinds of gels, oils, and vibrators have become mainstream. A walk down any pharmacy aisle in the "intimate lifestyle" section (often right by the Band-Aids) reveals extraordinary choices for starting up women's mojos again. Susie says okay, not bad, but why buy all the hype? Vegetable oil and good old fashioned foreplay can be a less expensive way to find the sweet spot again.

Susie starts off today's show with a look at some recent weird sexual crimes that involved eating the victim's flesh. No, this is not S&M…. It's cannibalism. A man kills then eats his lover's buttocks. A homeless, nude man chews off another man's face. A college student kills and then dines on his roommate's brain and heart. What is going on?

Susie begins today's show with a tribute to the late author and journalist Christopher Hitchens. Over a long career he was a regular columnist for Vanity Fair, The Atlantic, and Slate. Susie found his writing and views on bisexuality to be unparalleled.

It's our annual look at the Top Sex Stories of 2010. Susie loves to remember the most outrageous events from last year and to tote up how many news stories had to do with sex. She's always surprised by what made the headlines. This year's list ranges from the Sexting craze to the end of Craig's List sex ads - and more!

Sex and Politics have always gone hand in hand. On today's show, Susie looks at the Tea Party's sexual agenda and how it may affect us all. The Tea Party members are ready for battle to make sure that their far-right viewpoint is heard. Oh boy, let's brace ourselves for a return to some old-fashioned values - and we're not talking about being a good Pollyanna; we're talking about making sure Pollyanna doesn't speak up, get out of line, or have a differing opinion.

The final installment of the New York City interview series with legendary women's masturbation teacher and author Betty Dodson. This 78-year-old is not afraid of telling it like it is and first made headlines back in 1974 with her book Liberating Masturbation. Susie and Betty discuss the G-Spot, intergenerational sex, and what it was like when Betty's mom asked her about her clitoris.

Susie asks if you really need a hostage negotiator to tell someone you've given them an STD. Then, it's the end of an era. Susie lets you down easy about why she won't be giving one-on-one sex advice any longer.

Susie boots 2016 out the door with a final look at the miscreants who rose to power and made a cage fight out of government this year. Ladies and gentlemen, it's the Golden Dukes. Then, In "New on Audible", it's Susan Faludi's In the Darkroom.

On this week's In Bed, Susie remembers the last of the great muckrakers and bon vivants - Warren Hinckle. He gave Susie the big break that led directly to her writing career. Then, we look at Anthony Weiner's latest boner - if you can stand to, one more time. And finally, it's "What's New on Audible". Susie discusses Neal Cassady's The First Third.

On this week's In Bed, Susie talks to Greg Cope White about his memoir The Pink Marine. Long before DADT ("Don't ask, don't tell") a friend invited him to sign up for the Marine Corps summer boot camp. But all Greg heard was "summer" and "camp". Semper Fi!

On this week's In Bed, 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? They discuss titillation and sexual reality - and threading the needle.

On this week's In Bed, Susie talks to Laura Lane and Angela Spera, authors of This Is Why You're Single - a hilarious collection of modern fables for the age of digital dating.

Public libraries offer all kinds of book genres, and yes, they also carry porn! Susie starts today's show off with a look at the New York Public Library's extensive erotica collection. In the past, the library classified all racy materials with a triple star (***), which meant you could only view them under supervision. But now many pulp fictions and hidden treasures have been liberated and are more accessible. What fun to peruse vintage erotic Japanese imagery or read Henry Miller's typewritten manuscript for Tropic of Capricorn. Time to renew your library card!

Today, Susie unlocks the chastity belt and peaks inside the abstinence-only programs aimed at kids - never mind that abstinence-only education has long been derided as ineffectual in preventing teen pregnancies and STDs. Although many know what the kids are being told not to do, the other side of the story is what they are being taught: a cocktail of shame, sexism, and misinformation.

"Voluntourism": part vacation and part do-goodism. Today, Susie looks at how these organized tours have gained popularity - and why they are troubling. Reading from Laura Augustin's The Naked Anthropologist blog, she delves into why people are signing up to visit slums, gawk at prostitutes, and hear stories about human trafficking, all in an attempt to show "I care."

Susie asked listeners to send in ideas for topics she should cover as she writes a story about sex for AARP. What is important to talk about regarding sex for the over-50 crowd? The response was overwhelming; you all had much to say, and Susie highlights one listener's letter.

Monica Lewinsky is back in the news. She's written a story for Vanity Fair in which she talks about her affair with President Clinton. Susie was glad to read that Lewinsky is candid about the affair being consensual. What is troubling to remember, though, is that back when this happened, Lewinsky was portrayed as a slut. Susie says there is so much more to this whole story, and she reads from an article she wrote for Ms. magazine that looks into Monica's background.

[Contains explicit content] Susie looks at an article from Vice about people who keep their polyamorous secret to have more poly satisfaction. Then, six members from the Presidential Advisory Council on HIV/AIDS resign. What's up? And finally, the birth and sex rate plunges in Japan - let's parse the hype and the facts.