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In this frank and intimate program, Susie Bright delves into the secrets of our true desire, providing an "erotic manifesto that is a call for everyone to reclaim sexuality, cast off sexual shame, and overcome repression."

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.

Susie Bright is a sexual liberationist of the highest order. The Sexual State of the Union includes essays about dirty pictures and porn, lesbian marriage and lesbian murder, lesbian men and switching genders, vibrators, and the longevity of feminism. The writing is crisp, intelligent, and provocative; there is sure to be something that will make you cheer as well as something that will deeply offend you.

Happy Halloween, and as a ghoulish treat, Susie reads a story that is so scary, sexy, and suspenseful you may want to keep the lights on and be sure to lock the doors. The story is from Susie's newest book, X, The Erotic Treasury, and this dark, taboo piece is written by Vicki Hendricks.

Susie's guest this week is Esther Perel, author of the bestselling, Mating in Captivity: Reconciling the Erotic and the Domestic. In this fascinating interview, Esther and Susie compare notes on what type of advice works for couples that are experiencing bed death. Esther says too many people forget they have to do their part to keep sex alive within long term relationships, including respecting your partner's sex life that's independent of the relationship.

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.

Welcome to the "girl-talk" you thought you'd never hear in public! Susie (52) and Aretha Bright (19) are a mother/daughter team of columnists from Jezebel.com, whose readers flooded them with explicit dilemmas about sexual pleasures and disasters, body issues, dating, relationships, and young marriage. If you want cutting-edge sex advice that goes beyond pregnancy-and-disease-control - if you’re ready to hear family conversations about sex that are real and refreshing this is the book for you.

Today's show starts off with a conundrum: if you're into S&M, is there such a thing as too much pain? Susie reads an article by sexpert Greta Christina that discusses masochist extremes. The story goes into the kinky paradox that inflicting pain allows an increase in the sexual fun level. And the more pain, the more thrill - but how much pain can a body stand? We hear how the physical and mental states work together with fantasy and reality.

Recently in the news: Female soccer star Elizabeth Lambert succumbs to an age-old problem - GIRL FIGHT! And she gets side lined for it. What's a girl to do when she needs to take an opponent down? Pulling on her ponytail seems like a good plan. Susie has a lot to say about sexism, competition, and fantasy regarding women in sports. She also tells us about her own personal cat fights - let's get ready for some heat.

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.

With the Academy Awards just around the corner, Susie looks at what has prompted some heated debates over the sex scenes in one of the nominated movies: Black Swan. Watching Natalie Portman masturbate and orgasm was hot to watch, but for some women, it caused a stir about the best way to get off. Susie says as long as you come, why criticize the method?

On today's show, you're going to feel the heat! Susie begins by describing a scene from a movie called Headshot. This short film about a man getting a blowjob will make you feel like you are there in the room with him. Susie gets the intimate details in her interview with erotica filmmaker Jennifer Lyon Bell. Susie and Jennifer talk about what makes porn on screen so hot, how the actors prepare for sex scenes, and why showing explicit sex isn't always necessary to make a great erotic film.

Susie's guest this week is Ariel Levy, a contributing editor at New York<.i> magazine and the author of the controversial new book, Female Chauvinist Pigs: Women and the Rise of Raunch Culture. In this fascinating and funny interview, 30-year-old Ariel and Susie talk about what people (mis)take for sexy these days and what it all means when feminism goes the way of most revolutions and is co-opted by they mainstream culture. Then, in the mailbag, a recently divorce man gets all bondage, no orgasm.

[Contains explicit content] Susie would like you to enjoy a show from 2004. She hears a juicy sex dispatch from a listener in North Dakota regarding a sex columnist fired from the local student paper. Then, after years of debunking tantric sex, Susie's finally found a book that makes the practice seem down-right interesting, at least historically. It's called Tantra: Sex, Secrecy, Politics and Power in the Study of Religion by Hugh B. Urban. Finally, from the mailbag, Susie answers a personal question about juggling her open relationship and her family.

[Contains explicit content] Susie talks to Hallie Lieberman about her fun, surprising, and long history of sex toys "buzz".

Susie talks to author and scholar Laura Kipnis about her new book Unwanted Advances, which looks at Title IX in higher education and its effect on sexual paranoia and free speech.

Susie is off this week, but she has a great show from 2009 for you to enjoy! Today's show features vibrators, orgies, and hickeys. Susie begins with some fabulous tips on how to hide an unexpected hickey. If you've ever had an illicit affair with an over-zealous romantic sucker, you know you've got to learn how to cover up the evidence.

Today, Susie reflects on the life and influence of Marilyn Chambers, who recently passed away. Marilyn Chambers made a name for herself in the 1970s when she was an X-rated movie star, as well as the wholesome face featured on boxes of Ivory Snow laundry detergent. Marilyn was more than just a porn star; she was a true star and a sexual icon. Susie has many memories of why Marilyn stood apart in the sex industry.

Susie is off this week, but wants you to enjoy a show from 2009. Today we feature an interview with a man whose job it is to pleasure women. Imagine what fun it is to be a vibrator designer. Here's a man who needs to know his product is not only functional but also sensational in all respects. Susie talks with Ethan Imboden, the founder and chief creative behind Jimmyjane, a company that believes "naughty is nice, sexy is smart, and pleasure is in the details."

Best-selling author Susie Bright’s first work of fiction and her first collection of short stories. Bright reveals the outlier reaches of family, tribe, last rites—as well as the elegiac care and feeding of the fast-disappearing.