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Love, sex and romance expert Jodi McAlister explains why audio erotica is so popular right now

Apps like Quinn and Dipsea have popularized the form, but it's not new by any means

McAlister's newest book An Academic Affair , comes out Nov. 11

Listening is having a bit of a moment right now.

This feels somewhat odd to say — hearing is one of the five senses, surely listening has always been having a bit of a moment? — but it might be looking which actually reveals the most to us here: go out onto any city street, and you’ll see countless people wearing headphones, all listening to something completely different.

If oral storytelling is the oldest form of storytelling, then listening is the oldest form of consuming stories, but for a long time, reading, and then watch

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