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Sex Researchers, Prostitutes, Sexologists, and MDs are some of the guests who talk about every sexual hot spot with Susie Bright. From masturbation and orgasms, to challenging sex games and surviving incest - no subject is taboo.

Susie's in the studio this week with one of her oldest friends and feminist mentors, Barbara Winslow. Barbara is the head of the women's studies department at Brooklyn College of the City University of New York. She is also the author of Sylvia Pankhurst: Sexual Politics and Political Activism. In a fun romp through more than a century of feminist thought, Susie and Barbara discuss history of free love, focusing on religious communitarians during the Reform period.

This beautifully produced book contains the landmark work of the most influential lesbian photographers in the world, including Morgan Gwenwald, Della Grace, Diana Blok, Tee Corrine, Jill Posener, and Honey Lee Cottrell. Beyond the impact of the individual photographers, Bright writes about the themes that have fueled lesbian photography, including the feminist approach to the body and the lesbian relationship to popular culture.

Susie says with Christmas in the air, it's the perfect time to tell her favorite Christmas story, the one about the time she played Santa. Then, with lots of listeners asking questions about polyamory, Susie offers a unique look at the day-to-day conversations she has with her lover in the story, "The Best She Ever Had". In this month's mailbag, Susie helps one listener define fidelity and gets an update from a man who tried polyamory, but couldn't swing it.

Susie's NYC interviews are here! First up: sexual pioneer Betty Dodson, the author of the seminal Sex for One and her latest, Orgasms for Two. Now 73, Betty has been teaching women how to masturbate for decades. These days, she's hooked up with a man nearly 50 years her junior and she says the sex has never been better. In her mailbag, Susie tells what it's really like to watch porn for a living.

In The Best American Erotica 2001, Marge Piercy introduces us to the nerd kid sex club, Nathan Englander explores the addictive power of a peep show, Jerry Stahl relates a dare from an extremely demanding girlfriend, and Dani Shapiro proves the difference between the fantasy and the reality of losing your virginity.

Susie's eyes recently spied an article about a Florida elementary school teacher who quietly resigned after being spotted in a porn film. Then, in an expanded mailbag, Susie answers a letter from a man who wonders how many affairs he can pull off before he puts his marriage in jeopardy and a newlywed wonders if she should tell her hubby what she really wants in bed. Don't forget, you can send your sex questions, feedback about the show, and your picks for the best erotica of 2002 to susie@audible.com.

Susie is all about the porn women enjoy this week. First, a recent article in The New York Times explained what types of porn movies are getting rave reviews on the new Playgirl channel. Then, Susie offers up her list of favorite porn movies, from the very pretty to the Victorian to the very raunchy Then, in the mailbag, Susie offers advice to a man who suspects his wife has been cheating on him for years.

It's an encore presentation of In Bed with Susie Bright this week featuring Susie's tips on "How to Have an Erotic Holiday." Susie's got just the right ingredients for you to get through - and even enjoy - this time of year. Then, Susie peruses the panoply of erotic self-help best selling books (and audiobooks!) and makes her recommendations for what goes into the most helpful types of sex books. Finally, from her Try this at Home mailbag, Susie tries the Fukuoku 9000 fingertip vibrator.

A woman sits alone on a train bound for Washington D.C. She's reading Lolita for the erotic writing class she teaches. Soon, a handsome man settles in next to her. As he sleeps, her mind drifts to sexy thoughts of this strong stranger...Susie reads Tsaurah Litsky's erotic story, "Reading Lolita on the 9:25," featured in Best American Erotica 2002, asks you to vote for your favorite erotic stories, and offers advice to a recently divorced woman who's ready to run wild in the streets.

On this week's Front Page, Susie gives an update on Alabama's case against the use of vibrators. Susie takes a dip in the seas surrounding the reality TV show Temptation Island only to find the water is fairly tepid. And in this week's Try This at Home, Susie answers a question from a listener who wonders if he's more perverted than that person sitting next to him on the bus.

Susie's back in her very own bed this week. She discusses sobering first hand accounts she heard about why date rape is so common on college campuses these days. Then, it's onto Wal-Mart's recent decision to ban certain men's magazines. In her mailbag, Susie has tips for a woman who fears she'll never have orgasm with her boyfriend the way she does when alone, offers advice to a man who claims he's happily married even though he's never had sex with his wife, and more.

According to the American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology the G-spot is either a "gynecological UFO" or a complete myth. But Susie and her friend Rebecca Chalker (author of The Cliteral Truth) say sighting the G-spot (and more) aren't all that rare, you just have to know where to look. Then, Susie takes a look at an abstinence-based sex ed program called "Worth the Wait," which lays out the medical case for teenagers to not have sex. In the mailbag, a woman loving her open marriage.

Best American Erotica 2002 and Susie's How to Write a Dirty Story are finally on the bookstore shelves. At last, Susie can talk about the great erotica she's been reading and editing over the last year. To whet your appetite, Susie reads the erotic story "Night Train" by Nell Carberry from Best American Erotica 2002 about a first date that gets much hotter on the subway ride home. Susie introduces her first Valentine's Day contest and offers some polyamorous etiquette tips.

It's a new year and Susie's ready. This week, it's part one of Susie's Year in Sex - a retrospective on the sex-positive news of 2001, such as: Since 9/11, more sex in America, aging baby-boomers keep having - and talking about - sex, and war distracts from indecency campaigns. Also, in the bad sex news of 2001 - the fetishization of nudity, abstinence education, and the virginal Britney Spears. Also, Susie reads a story about wedding shopping for Larry Flynt and follows up with some mailbag successes.

Susie's in the studio this week with lesbian scholar and activist Karla Jay, Ph.D. Karla is the author of 10 books, the most recent of which is Tales of the Lavender Menace: A Memoir of Liberation Dyke Life. In this fascinating conversation, Karla and Susie compare notes on their early radicalism, both inside and out of the lesbian community. Then, in the mailbag, Susie helps answer the question, "Is there a correct way to have sex when you're married?"

Susie's favorite TV show is HBO's hit series The Sopranos and when the characters aren't killing each other, Susie says she loves the realistic and interesting sex on the show. Then, Susie finds that conservatives are figuring out which big corporations make the most from porn - they're mad as hell and their not going to take it lying down. In this week's Try This at Home mailbag, Susie gets a letter from a man who wonders are Chinese sex balls really that dangerous?

Susie looks at a recent study of jealousy that turned up the same old ground - men get jealous about sexual infidelity and women get upset by emotional infidelity. Sure, it sounds nice and simple, but Susie says the differences aren't just biologically predetermined. Susie also takes a look at an unusual plan to increase the birth rate in Sweden. In her mailbag, Susie revisits her recent dis-invitation to speak in Minnesota and reads an email from a happily married woman who loves the (swinging) lifestyle.

You want specific how-to's? You got 'em. First, in response to a multitude of letters, Susie decides to grab the muff by the horns and ride out the definitions and misinformation about barebacking and muffdiving. Then, Susie talks about what's currently tickling her sex toy aesthetics. In her Try This at Home mailbag, Susie reads a love letter to Viagra. Don't forget, you can send your confidential sex questions and feedback about the show to susie@audible.com.

Susie has finally found an age-old conflict Israeli Arabs and Jews can agree on - pornography. Susie is in the studio again with her old friend Carol Queen. Carol's the author of The Leather Daddy and the Femme and she's just about to hit the road with her one-woman act, Peep Show about her days working as an erotic dancer. Susie and Carol talk about the world of peep shows and walking the walk of their open relationships. Then, a listener wonders where he can learn more about transsexuals.