Sex Dr. Beth (www.drbetherickson.com) first spoke with novelist Steve Piacente (www.stevepiacente.com) about his book, Bootlicker, about manipulation, power, and redemption in the pre-civil rights South. The book turns on the rise to power of a black man who became the first one elected to Congress since the Civil War. Then she spoke with Pamela Madsen (www.beingshameless.com), author of the book Shameless, about her journey to herself by her addressing her sexual hunger. Claiming her sexuality as a woman resolved her eating disorder and “shopaholism,” all of which changed her life, her self-image, and transformed her 30-year marriage.