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Susie starts the show off with a sneak preview of her upcoming book. Although it won't be available in stores until the fall, we get a sexy taste of what she has put together in her newest erotic anthology, entitled X: The Erotic Treasury.

Right-wing bloggers are skewering popular actress Lena Dunham. Why? Dunham wrote in her memoir about bribing her younger sister to kiss her and apply make-up when they were both children. Conservatives are crying abuse. Susie says give me a break! This misdirected focus on a celebrity is pathetic. Let's talk about real sexual predators and where they exist.

Susie Bright, one of America's best-known sexperts, addresses the sexual politics of the day's news, reviews recent movies and erotic books, answers your sex and relationship questions, and more in this exclusive AudibleOriginal®.

Sexual Reality marks Susie Bright's return to politics and passion, jealousy and risk - in an intimate look at the human sexual condition. Chapters include: "The Story of O Birthday Party", "Strip Tea: A Most Unusual Tea Party", "Undressing Camille Paglia", "Egg Sex: Pregnancy and a Mother's Sex Life", "Blindsexual: What Every Bisexual Needs to Know", and "When 'No' Means 'I Didn't Know It Would Be Like This'".

Susie is off this week, but wants you to enjoy an episode from 2007. In this show Susie was reading a midwife's blog (observantmidwife.blogspot.com), and she came across a topic you don't hear much about: How being obese changes a woman's vagina and sexual response. The post generated lots of comments, ranging from obese women who say their partners love their soft feel to others who offer practical tips for common obstacles.

Susie looks at a new study showing why Americans are having less sex then ever. Next, a map that shows all the names given to syphilis before it was "syphilis" doubles as a guide to national prejudice. And finally, it's "New on Audible": a very special edition of Margaret Atwood's The Handmaid's Tale.

Indiana University researchers have recently been busy looking into Americans' sexual behaviors. Susie wants to know what trends have they found. Who are we having sex with? Are we having more sex? And who is really having more orgasms? These are some of the questions polled in the researchers' Nielson-like sampling of adults.

After Andrea Dworkin, the famous feminist philosopher and activist, passed away, her chief critic, Susie Bright, who many perceived as Dworkin's opposite, published a stirring obituary and series of essays in which she described the ways that Dworkin was a catalyst for the sex-positive movement in contemporary feminism.

[Contains explicit content] Susie is away but would like you to enjoy a classic show from 2006. Her guest is Esther Perel, author of the best-selling Mating in Captivity: Reconciling the Erotic and the Domestic. Esther and Susie compare notes on the best advice for couples experiencing "bed death". Then, Susie receives an interesting offer to be on the reality TV show Wife Swap.

Susie takes us inside the bizarre world of a "Purity Ball". This is a ceremony in which a teenager pledges to remain a virgin until marriage. These public abstinence vows take place between teenagers and their parents, and rings are exchanged, as in a wedding ceremony. Susie has a problem with the whole idea! Doesn't this seem like a weird, reverse coming-out party?

Pulitzer Prize-winner Jane Smiley details a beautiful erotic interlude in an otherwise sordid real estate deal; Mary Gaitskill celebrates the unexpected ardor of one middle-aged couple; Steve Almond reminisces about the best one-man/three-girl Ecstasy party ever; Nelson George recounts the erotic escapades that befall a young man who accompanies a celebrity athlete when he picks up a gaggle of girls; and Carol Queen explores the joys of making love with summer fruit.

Susie's guest is Veronica Vera, founder and dean of "Miss Vera's Finishing School for Boys Who Want to be Girls" and the author of Miss Vera's Cross-Dress for Success. Susie met Miss Vera years ago and Susie's first glimpse into Miss Vera's copious collection of lacy underthings was a true introduction to Miss V's dedication to all things womanly. At her cross-dressing academy, men (and some women) sign up for classes to learn the fine arts of being a woman.

Here at In Bed if someone says you "have a dirty mind" we call that a compliment! Today's guest, Nicholson Baker, has received that accolade and many more; The New York Times has even described him as "the mad scientist of smut". Susie and Nicholson talk about his steamy book House of Holes, which is filled with outrageous scenes of raunch, fantasy, and characters experiencing wild pleasures. What does happen when you give up your right arm in order to have a gigantic penis? This book is hot and a must-read, says Susie.

In 1974 a horror film premiered that had moviegoers scared to death by its villain: Leatherface, a mask-wearing, chain-saw-wielding killer. Argh, how can something be so creepy and deeply disturbing - and oh so satisfying too? Susie devotes the entire show to an interview with Gunnar Hansen, the iconic star of The Texas Chain Saw Massacre.

[Contains explicit content] Susie looks at the way that the system of sex offender registries has run amok. Next, Star Trek boldly goes where many, many TV and movie franchises have gone before and includes an openly gay couple. Finally, it's "New on Audible": Saleema Nawaz's Bone and Bread is a heart-breaking look at sisterhood and regret.

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.

A small town in Colorado has been shaken by the so-called discovery of a "teen sexting ring". And to make matters worse, the football team runs it. Parents, cops, and teachers are at a loss about how to deal with this. When following the letter of the law, minors sending indiscrete photos are considered to be child pornographers. Ouch!

Eating pussy, muff diving, and giving head are making headlines in Toronto recently. It's not about the sex shops; it's happening at city hall. Today, Susie talks about Mayor Rob Ford's sexual adventures up in Canada. Oh, it's not been pretty - he's in a bunch of trouble with his constituents as well as the press. Next, Susie looks at Google's decision to display warnings on some popular search terms - and there are 13,000 that qualify!

Actor Michael Douglas recently claimed that oral sex caused his throat cancer. Susie reads from an article in The Guardian newspaper that reveals some candid facts about the Hollywood bigwig. Douglas says that HPV, human papillomavirus, is what did him in. Susie takes a more skeptical look at his claims, saying cunnilingus doesn't cause cancer. Susie also looks at the HPV vaccine and how the sexually transmitted HPV virus can be spread.

It's almost Valentine's Day, and Susie's sending out a big smooch to you. Her motto on this romantic holiday is "Love the One You're With". And for those of you who are single - flirt. If you're in the middle of a breakup, purge. Valentine's Day is for everyone, no matter where your love life currently abides.