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Susie says while the drug companies are scrambling to offer pills, creams and sprays to fix all sort of sexual dysfunction, when it comes to premature ejaculation, she says the term itself doesn't make any sense. She says the proper question is "Premature for whom?" and it's worth thinking about some ways to reframe even that question. Then, female listeners respond to Susie's sex survey questions with some surprising answers. And, for the Try This at Home mailbag, Susie has a question for YOU!

Susie begins today's show with a look into a bizarre spectacle: the subplot surrounding Miss USA and Miss California. This story has gay secrets, missing breast implants, biblical quotations and topless Internet pictures. The recent Miss California finalist, Carrie Prejean, seems to be leading a double life.

Susie's guest this week is Ian Kerner, the best selling author of Be Honest - You're Not that Into Him Either and She Comes First. With years of personal and clinical experience between them, Susie and Ian debate the sexual dilemmas facing women and men these days - everything from dating, marriage, porn, and much, much more. Then, Susie and Ian tackle a mailbag question from a woman who says she feels like her sex life is just one big performance.

This week, Susie talks about Internet sex filters for parents, and shares her memories of 9-11. Then, in the "Try This At Home" mailbag, Susie gets flooded with questions about sex games for couples and talks about some of her favorite ones.

You'd think that the U.S. Department of Justice might have better things to do with their time these days, but Alberto Gonzales et al have recently initiated several busts of porn-related Web sites. And, if the investigation itself wasn't baffling enough, the sites they've targeted don't make legal sense. This week, Susie takes a look at some of the targeted sites. Then, in the Try This at Home mailbag, Susie helps a listener put the pieces back together after the perfect three-way blows up.

This week, Susie takes a look at realistic latex sex dolls. Then, Susie recommends two great erotic foreign films: Head-On and Late Marriage. Plus, in the "Try This At Home" mailbag, Susie helps a woman who's husband refuses to take his much-needed Viagra.

This week, Susie takes a look at the surprising sexual politics of the governors in Alaska and South Carolina. Susie discusses "caribou Barbie", who said "I quit", as well as the lovesick southern Bubba who said, "I'm staying" - even though many want him out. Susie has some unusual takes on why these two leaders find themselves in such freakish situations.

Today's show starts off with a serious look at the connection between dominance and pleasure. S&M followers understand and willingly participate in erotic role playing, but what about those military men and women involved in torturing prisoners? Are they sexual sadists too? Susie talks about how the military's torture training changed a friend from peace lover to aggressive dominator. And what does this all say about Abu Ghraib? Next, Susie reviews the reviews: what are the best positions for sex?

Today's show is all about you! Susie opens her enormous mailbag and spends the entire program answering your sex-question letters. We call this a mailbag blowout! First, Susie hears from three listeners who are all dealing with low libido - of their spouses or themselves. Help! Then, the herpes mysteries continue, and Susie gives some sound advice on how to deal with many related problems, including shedding. Finally, a listener has some strange sexual ideas that Susie has to untangle.

It's every parent's nightmare: talking about sex with your teenager. Susie and her daughter are beyond that scary conversation; instead they recently had the chance to together give out sexual advice on the popular blog Jezebel.

Susie gives us a look at what it's really like to be bisexual. And she says that bisexuality isn't all that it's cracked up to be. Imagine being shunned by both straights and gays because you just don't fit in.

Susie speaks with the DC Madam, Deborah Jeane Palfrey. Palfrey's escort business called Pamela Martin Services made the headlines after being busted by the US Government. Palfrey alleged that her clients included many Beltway personalities, including the State Department official Randall L. Tobias who then resigned after admitting he used her service. Deborah Jeane tells Susie about her teenage years, how she coached her working girls to be safe, and why she still believes in love.

In The Best American Erotica, Volume 11, we learn about the very first penis in science-fiction hotshot Geoffrey Landis's bawdy fairy tale; Touré's breathless prose poem sets us up with an evening's worth of erotic visitors; and in Jerry Stahl's story, a man recalls his boyhood fascination with his mother's friends and their elaborate undergarments.

Susie remembers when the lesbian punk of LA changed the world. Next, Georgia just effectively banned abortion, making it possible to imprison a woman for life if she illegally terminates a pregnancy. And finally, it's "New on Audible": This year's Audie-award winner, Tomi Adeyemi's Children of Blood and Bone, digs deep into African legend for an epic fantasy.

Susie is off this week but wants you to enjoy a show from 2007. During a trip to New York, Susie talks with award-winning author, columnist, and pornographic-film director Tristan Taormino. Smart Ass Productions, Taormino's adult-film company, produces a sexy reality show and a sex-education series. Susie and Tristan talk about making movies, female squirting, and gay literature.

Today, Susie has the real story behind Playboy's decision to discontinue the centerfold. The world is abuzz with the news that the leading gentrifier of "girlie mags" will no longer publish nude photos. Playboy claims that their magazine has lost "shock value, commercial value and cultural relevance" due to the easy access to porn the Internet provides. Susie sees it differently: It's more about looking for more international outlets, ones that won't allow nudity but condone - and really like - titillation.

You've heard of Anaïs Nin, the free-spirited feminist intellectual, but have you heard of Bern Porter? Susie starts of today's show with a look at one man's wild recounting of his supposedly wild sex life with Nin.

Today, Susie looks at sex workers who inject drugs. That's two taboos rolled into one! Susie reads an article from a blog that interviewed both men and women escorts about their drug use. This very frank and honest discussion will debunk some stereotypical thinking - for example that it's having to engage in sex for a living that turns people into addicts. They say no. They don't mind the sex work; it's just that they like drugs. This in-depth article covers brothels, self-medication, Johns who pay with drugs instead of cash, alcohol abuse, and sex workers' rights.

Bible Belt religious leaders suffered a surprising political hit in Mississippi this week. A strange referendum called the Personhood Amendment was defeated by the voters, and phew! says Susie. This group was advocating that life begins at fertilization, or with the twinkle of an eye, and they wanted to demolish current abortion-rights laws. So for now, birth control is safe - but the Personhood initiative is not going away. Susie spells out just what happened and who the big players are in this wacky group.

Susie starts with the story of a penis pumping Utah judge who is facing trial for exposing himself. Then, the FBI is looking for a few good agents to volunteer on the Porn Squad. And, in the mailbag, Susie offers some sex-positive tips to a church counselor who works with soon to be married couples.