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Susie starts this week with some new research about the nerve endings in women's vaginas. This research is being touted for possibly paving the way for female Viagra, but more importantly, it just might help health care professionals understand how to keep women turned on. Then, Susie has some recommendations for what's worth your time in today's porn movies. In the Try This at Home mailbag, Susie answers the question: "How much of a woman do you have to be to attend THE premier lesbian getaway.

A recent magazine article about the trend for "Passion Parties" in the South reminds Susie of the good old days when she too sold door-to-door "f***erware". Although these parties are, on paper, the kind of gathering Susie would support, she says the high profit margin combined with the poor quality of the sex toys and sex information at these parties is enough to keep anyone repressed. Tiger balm anyone? Then, in her mailbox, Susie offers advice to a woman whose grief is affecting her libido.

With the recent flap over same-sex marriage, Susie is ready to expose the opponents worst fear: that if gay people can marry, the next thing people will want to do is marry their pets. That's right, it's petaphilia on this edition of In Bed with Susie Bright. To take a longer look at this difficult problem, Susie reads a recent article from The Village Voice by Richard Goldstein. Then, in the mailbag, Susie responds to a woman who says her male lovers have just been watchinig too much porn.

This week Susie makes up for some lost time talking about two recent sex related news stories - the recent HIV outbreak in the porn industry and the sexual humiliation tactics used at the Abu Ghraib prison in Baghdad. Then, in her mailbag, Susie offers some shopping tips for a straight man who wants to give anal sex a try.

Ever wonder what it's like to be a female stand-up comic? Susie's good friend Mimi Gonzalez knows. She's in the studio this week with tales from the front lines. Mimi explains to Susie why it's only okay for fat or ugly female comics to talk about sex. She also counsels Susie on how to deal with hecklers, as well the art of delivering a punch line. Plus, you'll hear all about one of Mimi's favorite gigs where she performed for Gloria Steinem herself.

Is the American work ethic ruining our sex lives? Susie has thought so for years, and now she gets to pose her question to economist Doug Henwood. Doug Henwood is the editor and publisher of The Left Business Observer, a contributor to The Nation, and the host of a weekly radio show on WBAI in New York. Susie and Doug talk about work ethics, marriage incentives, and why economists just seem to miss the sex part of any equation. Then, in the mailbag, Susie gets to the bottom of douching.

Susie's back on her NYC interviews, and her guest this week is sex educator and burlesque performer Ducky Doolittle, a.k.a. Knockers the Clown. Ducky enchants Susie with stories of cake sitting (part of her act) and talk about her early days working as a sex performer in a Times Square peep show. These days, when she's not clowning around, Ducky teaches sex workshops. She has some sage advice on how to feel sexier instantly. You can learn more about Ducky Doolittle at her Web site: www.duckydoolittle.com.

This week, Susie continues part 2 of her conversation with sexpert Tristan Taormino. A few years ago, Tristan made the leap into big-time porn when she convinced John Stagliano, a.k.a Buttman, to produce the movie of her book The Ultimate Guide to Anal Sex for Women. Tristan and Buttman argued over details, but what they ended up with is one of the best selling porn movies about anal sex on the market. Tristan and Susie also talk about the real life sex of sexperts.

Susie meets her match this week in this first of a two-part interview with sexpert Tristan Taormino. Tristan is a writer, editor, sex educator, and sometimes fetish model, performer, and porn producer. She's written three books: The Ultimate Guide to Anal Sex for Women, True Lust: Adventures in Sex, Porn and Perversion, and Pucker Up: A Hands-On Guide to Ecstatic Sex. She's a regular a regular columnist for The Village Voice, Taboo and On Our Backs.

Susie is in the studio this week with John Vollmer, the curator of a new exhibit at the Museum of Sex in New York City. The exhibit is called "Sex Among the Lotus: 2500 Years of Chinese Erotic Obsession". In this fascinating discussion, Susie and John Vollmer talk about erotic images in Chinese art and culture, starting with the Lotus and the sexual charged practice of foot binding all the way through the current trends in Chinese pornography.

Before Susie launches into her NYC interview series, she's talks to a more local guest, her dad. In his second appearance on In Bed, linguist Bill Bright talks about his new book Native American Place Names in the United States. He explains why you shouldn't call either a Native American woman or mountain top squaw and gives the fascinating secret sex history of many common place names. Then, in her Try This at Home mailbag, Susie explains the giggles and guffaws of tickling fetishes.

Happy Valentine's Day In Bed Listeners! Susie gets rolling with a pre-Janet-Jackson-"wardrobe malfunction" look at the FCC's recent crackdown on obscenity. More to come on this topic in the next few weeks. Then, Susie reads the tingling climax of Dominic Santi's erotic short story, "The Audit" from Best American Erotica 2004. In her mailbag, Susie answers a listener's letter about what it really takes to keep sex hot over the long haul with some personal stories.

Susie's friend has anorexia and she's struggling to stay alive. This reminds Susie that anorexia is more than just depriving yourself of food; it's about focusing all of your energy - sexual and otherwise - on one task: abstaining. Then, Susie's doing her taxes this week and to keep her excited, she's found the perfect revenge-fantasy erotic story, "The Audit" by Dominic Santi, from BAE 2004. In this week's mailbag, Susie offers tips on selling your erotic stories.

As Susie gets ready to for her book tour for Mommy's Little Girl and Best American Erotica 2004, she's soliciting from you, dear listeners, suggestions for people she should interview for In Bed during her trip to NYC. To give some guidance, Susie spills the dirt on what kind of guest makes for a great sex interview. Then, Paypal's new indecency policy has put an end to one of the first Web pioneers - Jennicam, and more

After two years of fighting terrorism, the Feds are getting busy busting porn. A federal grand jury recently indicted the adult video company Extreme Associates and its owners for distributing porn via the mail and Internet. Susie says in these days of corporate owned porn, it's worth noting the scope of the bust and what it might mean to the rest of the industry. Then, Susie responds to a Best American Erotica 2003 listener who says the violence in some of the stories turned off his hard-on. Susie teases out the ethical considerations of what turns you on, whether it's in your...

To celebrate the last of the lazy, hazy days of summer, Susie wants you to put pen to paper and think about what really turns you on. It's all part of her tips on how to write sexy, fun, dirty, and readable sex scenes. Susie reads "The Final Climax" from her book How to Write a Dirty Story to give you a very specific idea of what works and what doesn't. Then, in her mailbag, Susie helps a listener who thinks men are getting the short end of the vibrator.

Susie's has some updates for you this week. First, hold on to your vibrators, Best American Erotica 2003 is coming soon to audible.com. Susie's already figured out a way to autograph your copy! Then, Susie asked and you answered - hear what she's decided about going on The Ricki Lake Show. Susie reads one of her favorite quicky erotic stories called "Five Dimes." And, in her mailbag, a happily married man fears his wife isn't enjoying sex as much after the birth of their children.

It's legal week on In Bed with Susie Bright. Susie's been celebrating the Supreme Court decision to strike a Texas law banning sodomy between homosexuals. Susie reads from the rulings and presents her own rebuttal to Justices Thomas and Scalia's dissent. Susie also celebrates the recent dismissal of the case against a Bronx man snared in John Ashcroft's "Candyman" Internet child pornography sting. Then, in her mailbag, Susie advises a dominatrix who says she wants to date her friend's ex.

There are still more NYC interviews to come, but this week Susie catches her breath and we offer an encore edition of Susie's great San Francisco interview with monologuist Josh Kornbluth.

Josh Kornbluth is the author of Red Diaper Baby (currently being made into a move for the Sundance Channel) and co-creator of the feature length film, Haiku Tunnel. In this warm and especially funny interview, Susie and Josh talk about the sexual life of an office temp, or rather, Josh's sexual life as an office temp. Also, Josh talks about the sexual lessons his communist parents imparted...

Please note: Susie's been in the studio all week working on more than a dozen new interviews with her NYC and Boston friends. The interviews are great and will come soon. Until then, we offer one of Susie's best San Francisco interviews to tide you over.

In light of the recent sex scandal in the Catholic Church, Susie says it's the Catholic laity, like herself, who are the most upset. Then, an interview is with science fiction writer, accomplished sadist, and long time friend of Susie's, Richard Kadrey. Susie and Richard talk about hunting out covert culture when the Internet puts...