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On this week's In Bed, Susie talks to writer Charlotte Shane. Her recent article for Fusion, "The Painful Truth About Tight Vaginas", broke down cultural expectations and shed light on the harm done by Kegels.

On this week's In Bed, Susie talks about a London-based company called Killing Kittens and its unusual boast: that it provides events for "the world's sexual elite". Jenna Sauers wrote an article in Marie Claire about just such a gathering in Long Island's exclusive Hamptons. Fifty guests were invited to a mansion on the beach for potential swinging and sexcapades. But what actually happened.... Well, Susie thinks this party was way too tame.

Those crazy American evangelicals are at it again. Always trying to tell everybody else what to do, they've now decided to save Chinese teenagers from becoming sinners. Yes, it's true, the abstinence program heads to Beijing! Well, Susie has a few words to say about all this. It seems that the Focus on the Family group is behind trying to convert the entire planet to "just say no" to sex before wedlock.

On this week's In Bed, Susie looks at sex in space. Sorry Barbarella, it ain't that easy! Next, biologists have finally come up with a plausible theory for the evolution of female orgasm. And finally, it's "New on Audible". Chaos Monkeys both skewers Silicon Valley's work culture and gives a balanced assessment of how things work there.

On this week's In Bed, Susie pulls on her thigh-high boots to wade into the cesspool at the bottom of the Oakland Police Department. The scandal includes cops pimping teenage hookers and a murder-suicide that spilled all the beans. One prostitute is not holding back. What does her story tell us? Then, a married math professor has fathered 22 children through unofficial sperm donations, sometimes delivered in a Target men's room.

On this week's In Bed, Susie talks to writer Steven Gaines. His memoir One of These Things First about growing up gay in Brooklyn and his time in the Payne Whitney psychiatric clinic has just been released. Then, it's "New on Audible". The Cigar Factory is a story of two families in South Carolina during the world wars.

On this week's In Bed, Susie reports on the Republican National Convention from Mexico. Hate in its many forms got its day. Then, it's "New on Audible". Matthew Weiner reads Frank O'Hara's Lunch Poems. The inner world that O'Hara explored had a direct impact on Mad Men, the TV series Weiner created.

In this week's Front Page, Susie tackles blackouts and religious doctrines. She offers sage advice on what not to do when the lights go out as well as her version of the Ten Commandments that should be on school walls everywhere. Plus, Scary Movie, and the erotic connections between sports and sex. Don't miss another episode - subscribe today!

In this week's Front Page, Susie reviews recent sex scandals from a Christian Internet site Florida, a video store in Mississippi and outlawing consensual sex between unmarried adults in Utah. In her Media Whore section, Susie offers tips on how to pick up that cute concierge on your hotel stay - room service, anyone? And in her Try this at Home mailbag, Susie strips off the covers to talk about how In Bed with Susie Bright came to be and how it's produced each week.

Just how dirty is your local dirty bookstore? Well, if you live in San Diego, Susie says probably not very. Susie recounts her own run-ins with the San Diego vice squad to explain why some cities just can't relax about sex. Then, in Susie's home turf of Santa Cruz, she says it's harder than you'd think to get arrested for running around naked. In an extra long mailbag, Susie sets the record straight for a man whose only fantasy is being man enough for his lady love.

Susie thinks you'll be surprised by how much monogamous and non-monogamous couples have in common. She says setting your own rules for your relationship as a couple can make things a little easier. Plus, Susie looks at the price the Army will pay to "entertain" the troops. In her Try This at Home mailbag, Susie answers a letter from a woman who wonders, where did all the good gigolos go?

In this week's Front Page, Susie turns her skeptical, sexpert eyes on the growing industry of creams and potion being billed as " Viagra for women." While her free samples are in the mail, Susie explains her skepticism of these stimulating creams and potions and talks instead about what actually makes sex more pleasurable for women. In her Media Whore section, Susie lists her favorite educational sex videos from the porn industry. And, it's week three of Susie's summer challenge.

Susie's as much a First Amendment supporter as the next sexpert, but a recent court case made her laugh. A former police officer was dismissed after his superiors learned of porn tapes which featured the officer in full uniform. The man says his free speech rights were violated but Susie's just not so sure he'll win. Randy police officers remind Susie of other uniformed sex. She reads a section of her "Story of O Birthday Party" and responds to a woman who's worried her sexual fantasies are too perverse.

Even though playing with Barbie is old hat for Susie, in this week's Front Page, she delights a recent ruling making it okay, finally, for Barbie to pose nude. Her Media Whore sites are set on the Consumer Reports for the world of porn: www.janesguide.com. And, in her Try This at Home Mailbag, Susie answers two listener questions.

Susie proclaims Viagra is the best thing to happen to birth control. Then, Susie interviews prostitute Matt Bernstein Sycamore. Matt is also the editor of Tricks and Treats and the upcoming Dangerous Families . Matt talks about what tricks want, how they ask for it, and what you learn about yourself when you're making a living as a "treat." In the mailbag, a woman wonders if a generational difference is the hallmark of incest and a man wonders if his wife is completely losing her sex drive.

A few shows back, Susie talked about porn star turned B-actress Traci Lords' new best selling memoir, Underneath it All. Now, Traci's sister has written to say there's another side to this seedy story. Then, what's the difference between an 18 and a 19-year-old stripper? Only Kansas City knows! In her mailbag, Susie gets the bottom of an age-old question - does condom size matter? Don't forget, you can send your sexual ponderings and confidential questions to susie@audible.com.

In this week's Front Page, Susie reviews NYC Mayor Rudy Guiliani's new rules that might close even more sex shops in the Big Apple. In a special Media Whore, Susie interviews her first guest - her dad. An anthropologist and longtime fan of erotica, Bill Bright talks about his early discovery of erotica and shares some Native American erotic stories and songs. In her Try this at Home mailbag, Susie answers a question from a man who wants to be a big baby in the bedroom - diapers and all.

The Bush administration recently sponsored National Protection from Porn Week. Susie says the people who used to need protecting from porn were women. Now the focus is on children and Susie says that logic's just a bit flawed. Then, Susie responds to a recent article by Naomi Wolf called the "Porn Myth" where Wolf says the problem with porn is that it turns men off from the real thing. In her Try This at Home mailbag, Susie's been flooded with great feedback about BAE.

While Susie was enjoying her New York City interviews, the Try This at Home mailbag was filling up. This week, she catches up on your correspondence. Susie answers letters from a man who is worried that his orgasm isn't as strong as it once was and from a woman who finds that her new job is ruining her sex drive. Don't forget, you too can send your confidential questions and feedback about the show to susie@audible.com. (Episode 167)

Susie tackles two biggies in her Try this at Home Mailbag. She offers her list of helpful hints to a woman who would like to know what an orgasm is. Then, she answers a man whose wife says she loves him but is not "in love" with him. In her Front Page, Susie weighs in on the case of an Ohio man busted for writing fictional stories of child abuse in his dairy, and mines her experience of bedding powerful men to ponder what might have driven Chandra Levy to find Rep. Gary Condit attractive.