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Teenagers are having less sex these days, and teen pregnancy is down. This all sounds pretty good, right? Susie begs to differ and looks at the real reasons behind the statistics. A recent article by Amy T. Schalet in The New York Times got Susie thinking about what's changed for boys. What role has religion, abstinence-based sex education, and Internet pornography played in boys wanting love, not just sex?

Susie has a New Year's resolution list like nothing you've seen before. Forget about losing weight or being nicer to your mother-in-law. Her list is about SEX. Susie shows us how to be more erotic, have better fantasies, and to allow your sensuous side to have fun. Let's ring in a healthy sexy New Year.

Susie talks about the Bush administration's muzzling of the surgeon general. She also talks with Richard Connerney, a Phillips Talbot fellow at the Institute of Current World Affairs, who spent the past two years living in Lucknow, India. Susie asks Richard about India's hidden gay life, AIDS education, and his personal sexual exploits. Then, in the mailbag, Susie reveals how porn stars get away with so much sex without getting sick.

Susie Bright is one of America's most vocal sex-positive advocates. This collection of 22 sketches written during the first 12 years of her daughter's life covers a variety of topics: her daughter's questions at school when she's asked to describe what her mom does for a "job", how nudists age, the strange future of porn, the ruin of most sex advice, real life non-monogamy stories - and even a recipe for cherry pie.

[Contains explicit content] Susie finds the hidden history of hotel porn. Next, the latest hotbed of STIs is in rural Missouri. Secrecy and shame will come back to bite you every time. And from the mailbag: How not to share your dildo collection, and a hot tip for online sex.

[Contains explicit content] Susie would like you to enjoy a show from 2002. Susie finds "family friendly" editions of Titanic hitting the video store shelves. Next, Susie invites one of her favorite sex radicals into the studio for the first of a two-part interview. Staci Haines is the author of A Survivor's Guide to Sex: How to Have a Great Sex Life After Sexual Abuse. In a warm and fascinating discussion, Susie talks with Staci about the process of sexual healing for incest survivors.  

[Contains explicit content] It's the second part of Susie's rare interview with porn star Jamie Gillis from 2007. Jamie talks about how his family supported his work and what porn stars know about getting themselves off that other people don't. Then, from the mailbag, Susie is admonished by a listener whose son has autism and who wonders how she can support her son's sexuality.  

In this frank and intimate program, Susie Bright delves into the secrets of our true desire, providing an "erotic manifesto that is a call for everyone to reclaim sexuality, cast off sexual shame, and overcome repression."

Famous for taking her readers to undiscovered places, Susie Bright has changed the rules for writing about sex. Erotica is no longer under-the-covers reading; it's thrilling literature that showcases the best writing around.

Today, Susie has an interview with Eric Schaefer, author of Sex Scene: Media and the Sexual Revolution. Professor Schaefer teaches at Emerson College in the Visual and Media Arts Department. His new book looks at exploitation and sexploitation within films, tabloids, novels, and audio recordings. Chapters include "Wet Dreams", "Porn Goes to College", "Beefcake to Hardcore", and "33 1/3 Sexual Revolutions Per Minute", to name a few. Susie and Eric discuss the origins of X ratings, Jane Fonda's movie orgasms, Swedish erotica, Russ Myer's nudies, and more.

Why is a new AIDS preventative pill under attack? Truvada has been dubbed a party drug by conservatives, who see it as an aid to continuing risky sex, rather than something to help people with HIV. Susie reads from Out magazine's article "Why I Am a Truvada Whore". This tongue-in-cheek story shows how mixed up the debate is and likens the fear of HIV protection to the 1960s-era fear of giving birth-control pills to unmarried couples.

Susie starts off today's show with a sexy topic: European accounting! Okay, if that doesn't turn you on, you're not alone - but Bloombergview.com reports that the European Union wants to cash in on prostitution, drugs, and other illicit businesses to help boost GDP. These "shadow economies" are being scrutinized and may be forced to join national statistical accounting systems. Susie looks at how the underground world, although illegal, may help these countries' overall numbers to look good on the books.

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.

There's a Republican state legislator from South Dakota who wants to warn everyone about the dangers of anal sex. "Gay sex is not good for the mind or the body," he says. And he's looking for doctors to back him up. Ha! says Susie. Our lawmaker goes on to say that doctors are discouraged and intimated when it comes to telling the truth about anal sex. This makes Susie wonder if everyone has been intimated into silence when it comes to this issue.

Susie is off this week but wants you to enjoy a show from 2011. Today's show takes a quick look at why and how sex education has evolved in the United States. Susie reads from a Newsweek article on the subject by Johanna Cornblatt. Going back to the 1800s, we see the same worries about "evil" sex and plans to control the young, just like today's abstinence-only sex-ed. The article is full of strange and fun historical facts that warn about syphilis, prostitutes, the 1960s sexual revolution, and HIV/AIDS.

Today, Susie spends the entire show speaking with legendary porn star Howie Gordon, aka Richard Pacheco. Over his career, Howie appeared in more than 100 X-rated films and videos. Susie and Howie talk about the business of making sex movies. How is your acting affected when getting an erection becomes difficult? They talk about open marriages, first loves, and the sexual liberation of the sixties.

Today's show features some juicy and complex correspondence from Susie's "Try This at Home" mailbag. There are two letters, both of which are from a married couple who want to change their monogamous relationship into an open marriage. They each sent Susie a letter separately, detailing their concerns and desires. You'll hear why the wife wants more, and then about the husband's excitement but nervousness about going from vanilla to raspberry chocolate pistachio and butter brickle with a cherry on the top.

In a recent "Sunday Review" article in The New York Times, the headline read: "Does Porn Hurt Children?" Well, how could it not? Porn is unacceptable and must be stopped…. Hold on a minute, says Susie. First of all, Susie hates this type of headline, which is geared to rile us up. It's not a fair question, and Susie takes some time today to go over the details involved in this sensation-grabbing query. How old are the children? What specifically do you mean by "porn"? Hurt physically or mentally? Okay, let's have a serious discussion about kids and sex.

Susie hopes the Easter bunny hears her request to forgo the eggs and chocolates and instead brings her one of those new and oh-so-realistic life-size sex dolls! Isn't that what most of us would like to see in our baskets? If you haven't heard about these male dolls, Susie spills the jelly beans and tells us all about them. Their interchangeable parts will have you happy to play with dolls again.

Today, Susie is examining sex scenes in movies, from the recent Nymphomaniac: Vol 1 to classics such as Caligula, and the truth comes out: stunt workers are having the sex. With special effects, the movie industry can make it seem like A-list stars are actually doing it, but no, says Susie - it's done by doubles who work in porn films.