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Early to Bed

Although our culture has become much more accepting of sexuality in all its many flavors, there is one area that is still an off-limits topic: masturbation. In this edition of The Audible City, Dave Elfving talks with Searah Deysach, owner of Early to Bed, the city's first woman-owned sex shop, about self-love and its standing in American culture today. (If you're at work, this would be a good time to put on headphones.)


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The audio interview is 3.2MB in size and embedded above as a .MOV file. You will need Quicktime to listen. If you have trouble with that, you can alternately download the file to your computer from here.

Early to Bed

Early to Bed is located at 5232 N. Sheridan Rd., just north of Foster Ave.

Music used:
Stan Getz, "Serenade in Blue"

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About the Author(s)

Dave Elfving produces other audio but mostly writes at Greasy Skillet.

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