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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.

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.

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.

Susie Bright, the host of In Bed with Susie Bright, wants to read you some of her favorite dirty stories. In this collection of eight stories, you'll hear reminiscences of sex past from Tsuarah Litsky, in transit encounters from Nell Carberry, an updated Beauty and the Beast tale from Claire Tristram, as well as stories from Jess Wells, Alma Marceau, and Ernie Conrick. Almost all of these stories originally appeared in the annual Best American Erotica collection, edited by Susie Bright.

Susie Bright, “The Pauline Kael of Porn” (SF Chronicle), rips open the history of erotic cinema before the internet— from the Golden Age of lavish 35mm hardcore, to the video-inspired “Porno Spring”, initiated by none other than punk, feminist, and lesbian video-makers.

Find out what's behind the latest political sex scandals in "Sex, Lies, and Hush Money", learn about how "Atheists Do It Better" and find out "Why Lying About Monogamy Matters". From an insider look at being gay in the military pre-DADT and an impassioned defense of circumcision to a dating site for people with STDs, nuanced explorations of teen sex laws, prostitution, sex at 66, SlutWalks, female orgasm workshops, and more,

Susie has a provocative interview with author Jesse Bering, whose latest book is called Perv: The Sexual Deviant in All of Us. His book takes a candid look at why we all have some perversion in us and says that being sexually deviant isn't really as bad as we think. Then, in the mailbag, Susie gets a letter from a new listener. He says: "My wife is certain my interest in anal sex makes me gay - now what can I do?"

Susie spends the entire show speaking with legendary porn star Howie Gordon, aka Richard Pacheco. Over his career, Howie appeared in more then 100 X-rated films and videos. Susie and Howie talk about the business of making sex movies: "How is your acting affected when getting an erection becomes difficult?" They talk about open marriages, first loves, and the sexual liberation of the sixties.

What is the evolutionary purpose of a woman's orgasm? On today's show, Susie ponders this question and looks at a wired.com article that called the female O a "mystery". If an orgasm isn't necessary to procreate, why does it exist biologically? Men need an orgasm to produce semen, so the science makes sense, but what about women? Is the fairer sex entitled to pleasure just for a bonus, for fun and feeling good? So many questions… but here comes Susie to the rescue.

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.

Susie's guest is Jen Sincero, author of the hilarious and wise The Straight Girls' Guide to Sleeping with Chicks. Jen and Susie share notes on the thrills of sleeping with women and offer tips on how you too can make your sexual fantasies a reality. Then, in the mailbag, Jen Sincero sticks around to help Susie with a letter from a man who says he'd do just about anything to help his wife get in touch with her sexual fantasies.

Susie celebrated the very start of 2007 by putting winning a wet T-shirt contest: her first! Then, when Susie looks back on 2006, she says one of the biggest sex stories was Britney Spears flashing herself for the world to see. Susie says the whole phenomenon is remarkable, but mostly because people don't even know, or want to know, what they're looking at. Then, in the mailbag, Susie offers some advice to a woman who worries her boyfriend will be grossed out when he goes down on her.

Susie's news item this week is from Spotsylvania, Virginia where the sheriff recently announced his detectives could no longer receive sexual services on the job. Then, it's an expanded mailbag with two letters. The first is from a woman whose sex life is drying up just three months into a new relationship. The second letter is from a young woman who wonders if she really is as bisexual as she feels and why are all of her friends acting grossed out by anal sex.

Susie's talking this week with her old friend and physician, Flash Gordon, MD. Susie asks Flash: How do recreational drugs affect sexual performance? What can you do to make prostate exams easier? How does menopause affect sexual desire? And, what's do you really see in the ER? Also, Susie recommends a classic example of corset-porn, Autobiography of a Flea. And, in her mailbag, Susie and Dr. Flash respond to a woman whose husband's desire to give her multiple orgasms is causing her pain.