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The infamous Seattle schoolteacher who, at age 35, had an affair and got pregnant by her seventh-grade student is making headlines again. Susie takes a look at the bizarre life of Mary Kay Letourneau, who spent seven years in prison for having sex with a minor. This story is so odd, and has filled so many tabloid papers, that Susie decided to take a look at a recent public event that the now happily married couple organized.

Susie is hopping mad! There's a sex evangelist out there spreading the word that some young men don't understand that the “real world” of sex differs from the “porn world” of sex. Really? A New York Times article profiled Cindy Gallop, a business woman whose mission is to re-educate the young. Her website promotes regular people having sex rather than actors, to show the difference between what's made-up in the movies versus what's real. Susie has a lot to say about this.

Susie starts off today's show with an announcement about her newest book: Mother-Daughter Sex Advice. Then we meet "Sybil", a former stripper, and finally Susie has helpful advice about how to live with herpes and enjoy sex.

Reality TV has done it again! There's a new show about gay Mormons who don't engage in gay sex. Susie asks: How is everyone not feeling cheated here? She reads from Emma Green's Atlantic article about the TLC special My Husband's Not Gay, which profiles couples that include a straight wife who defends her gay husband. The claim is that he's not gay but experiences "same sex attraction". Susie's big beef here is how exploitative these shows are, and how they create a hubbub over what really deserves little attention.

Today, Susie is examining sex scenes in movies, from the recent Nymphomaniac: Vol 1 to classics such as Caligula, and the truth comes out: stunt workers are having the sex. With special effects, the movie industry can make it seem like A-list stars are actually doing it, but no, says Susie - it's done by doubles who work in porn films.

On today's show, Susie answers two listener letters. We'll go from talking about sex trafficking to what's so bad about being non-monogamous. Our first writer asks Susie why she has such a different take on the wrongs of sex work compared with so many other public voices. Susie happily lays out her claim that too many people manipulate the reality of sex workers. Yes, sex trafficking is criminal and one of the cruelest forms of slavery - but don't lump sex work in general into one huge, despicable ball. Susie hates to see so many people falling for slickly made videos that blur the line between prostitution and sex trafficking.

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.

The Japanese company Hitachi is redesigning their Magic Wand, and Susie says "say it ain't so!" This device - the workhorse of all vibrators - is beloved by so many people. Like the song says, "nothing compares to you." Susie reads the devastating report contained in a SEXPress article by Laura Anne Stuart. The breaking news was uncovered at an annual sex-toys convention. Susie has many stories about this supercharged plaything that will have you running to the store to get your own model now.

Susie has been busy traveling around the country on her new book tour. Her memoir Big Sex, Little Death is out in the stores, and today Susie offers some stories from the road. Beginning in Detroit, she recounts some shocking indiscretions at her first stop. Think designer dresses and Opium! Then, from Michigan to New York City, baby, where sex celebrities and no sign of a recession greeted her. Oh, NYC can be so glamorous and kinky!

Susie Bright uncovers the intimate side to pornography, in these candid talks with famous stars, producers, directors, and retailers. Susie's interviews get to the heart of what it's like to have sex in front of the camera, the surprising details of how porn movies are made and marketed, and what Hollywood learned from "Deep Throat."

Extra, extra, read all about it: threesomes are making a comeback. The New York Post featured the recent headline "Menage a trios goes Mainstream". Is the once-considered-too-kinky three-way sexual encounter now becoming commonplace? Your neighbors and friends may be a lot wilder then you know!

In The Best American Erotica 2001, Marge Piercy introduces us to the nerd kid sex club, Nathan Englander explores the addictive power of a peep show, Jerry Stahl relates a dare from an extremely demanding girlfriend, and Dani Shapiro proves the difference between the fantasy and the reality of losing your virginity.

[Contains explicit content] Susie answers a letter from a listener who wants to know the best sex positions for homosexuals. Strap-on cocks, hand-held dildos, anal sex, and more are discussed. Then, Susie takes a look at a sexual survey she gathered from an interesting group of teenagers.

Pull down the shades and settle in for pleasure with this trio of erotic novellas - handpicked by Susie Bright - showcasing stories that are hot and masterful. Susie Bright, hailed by The New York Times as "the avatar of American erotica", is the undisputed grandmaster of the genre. Now she has handpicked three rising stars - new masters - whose stories will delight, arouse, and captivate you. Connected by a central theme - the idea that one sexual moment can change a person forever - each story is wildly different from anything you have read or heard before.

[Contains explicit content] From a 2004 show: Ever wonder what it's like to be a female stand-up comic? Mimi Gonzalez knows. She's in the studio with tales from the front lines. Mimi explains why it's only okay for fat or ugly female comics to talk about sex. She also counsels Susie on how to deal with hecklers, as well the art of delivering a punch line. Plus, you'll hear all about one of Mimi's favorite gigs, when she performed for Gloria Steinem. Then, from the mailbag: Susie has a letter from a bisexual man who says he's ready to date but can't figure out where to start.

[Contains explicit content] From a 2005 show: Susie's mailbag is overflowing with great mail, and this week she's answering a few of the choicest letters. First off: a mom wonders if her newborn son's future sex life will suffer from circumcision. Susie responds that her philosophy is "the less cutting, the better". Then, an empty-nest mom finds sexual and personal fulfillment in bondage, and a newly single man wants to know how long he should wait to start his next relationship. Susie also shares a few casual sex tips for those "on the rebound".

[Contains explicit content] In this 2018 show, Susie talks to Hallie Lieberman about her fun, surprising, and long history of sex toys: Buzz: A Stimulating History of the Sex Toy.

[Contains explicit content] In this 2015 episode, Susie has an interview with YouTube celebrity Arielle Scarcella. She's a funny, sexy lesbian who has made a big splash posting over-the-top videos that have great themes. Some of her titles are Dear Straight Girls, Love Lesbians; Why Men REALLY Love Lesbians!; You're Bad in Bed If…; and 7 Lies Lesbians Tell. Susie and Arielle talk all about spoofing lesbian culture. Susie thinks these videos are pee-your-pants funny, goofy, and truthful.

Susie is off but wants you to enjoy an episode from 2011. Today's show is all about joysticks for Jacks and Jills. Susie interviews video gamer and erotic author Shanna Germain, who notes that many gamers are regular people - including plenty of female devotees. Shanna and Susie talk about how sex finds its way into some popular programs and why it is considered a game "reward". And are there queer and bisexually themed games? This discussion goes way beyond Lara Croft!

In today's show, Susie reads a story from a book that's hot off the presses: The Feminist Porn Book: The Politics of Producing Pleasure. Susie and more than a dozen other writers contributed to this volume; Susie's chapter is entitled "The Birth of the Blue Movie Critic". In it, she recalls her experience as a very young woman who had the chance to review porn films as the first movie critic for X-rated cinema. She tells us all about visiting porn movie houses and being the only woman there - let alone the only person not having sex while watching the movie!