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This week, Susie's on a news tip. First, to Alabama where a recent ruling by the 11th Circuit Court upheld a 1998 ruling that bans the sale of sex toys. Then, there's new information about abstinence-only programs where teenagers pledge to not have sex, which indicates that when these teens do have sex, they may not end up better off than their non-pledging peers. In the mailbag, Susie talks about sex personality quizzes and the Abu Ghraib prison abuse scandal.

With the recent flap over same-sex marriage, Susie is ready to expose the opponents worst fear: that if gay people can marry, the next thing people will want to do is marry their pets. That's right, it's petaphilia on this edition of In Bed with Susie Bright. To take a longer look at this difficult problem, Susie reads a recent article from The Village Voice by Richard Goldstein. Then, in the mailbag, Susie responds to a woman who says her male lovers have just been watchinig too much porn.

This week Susie answers one of those long-standing questions: Why isn't your company paying for your pornography? Then, she reads one of the most interesting takes on Mel Gibson's The Passion of the Christ you are likely to hear this year. It's Michael Bronski's recent article from The Boston Phoenix called "Our Jesus, Ourselves" which explores just how sexy Jesus really is. In the mailbag, Susie offers some tips to a man who is looking for a Brazilian ass waxing.

Is the American work ethic ruining our sex lives? Susie has thought so for years, and now she gets to pose her question to economist Doug Henwood. Doug Henwood is the editor and publisher of The Left Business Observer, a contributor to The Nation, and the host of a weekly radio show on WBAI in New York. Susie and Doug talk about work ethics, marriage incentives, and why economists just seem to miss the sex part of any equation. Then, in the mailbag, Susie gets to the bottom of douching.

Susie's back on her NYC interviews, and her guest this week is sex educator and burlesque performer Ducky Doolittle, a.k.a. Knockers the Clown. Ducky enchants Susie with stories of cake sitting (part of her act) and talk about her early days working as a sex performer in a Times Square peep show. These days, when she's not clowning around, Ducky teaches sex workshops. She has some sage advice on how to feel sexier instantly. You can learn more about Ducky Doolittle at her Web site: www.duckydoolittle.com.

This week, Susie continues part 2 of her conversation with sexpert Tristan Taormino. A few years ago, Tristan made the leap into big-time porn when she convinced John Stagliano, a.k.a Buttman, to produce the movie of her book The Ultimate Guide to Anal Sex for Women. Tristan and Buttman argued over details, but what they ended up with is one of the best selling porn movies about anal sex on the market. Tristan and Susie also talk about the real life sex of sexperts.

Before Susie launches into her NYC interview series, she's talks to a more local guest, her dad. In his second appearance on In Bed, linguist Bill Bright talks about his new book Native American Place Names in the United States. He explains why you shouldn't call either a Native American woman or mountain top squaw and gives the fascinating secret sex history of many common place names. Then, in her Try This at Home mailbag, Susie explains the giggles and guffaws of tickling fetishes.

As Susie gets ready to for her book tour for Mommy's Little Girl and Best American Erotica 2004, she's soliciting from you, dear listeners, suggestions for people she should interview for In Bed during her trip to NYC. To give some guidance, Susie spills the dirt on what kind of guest makes for a great sex interview. Then, Paypal's new indecency policy has put an end to one of the first Web pioneers - Jennicam, and more

Michael Jackson is pleading innocent to seven felony counts of child molestation, but Susie says it's time for Jacko and his family to finally admit to the abuse that's driven him to Neverland and beyond. Then, Susie is shaking her head in disbelief about a recent case in Texas where a woman was charged with obscenity for selling sex toys. In her mailbag, Susie answers two letters from women - one is searching for non-annoying birth control and the second is seeking her depressed libido.

To celebrate the last of the lazy, hazy days of summer, Susie wants you to put pen to paper and think about what really turns you on. It's all part of her tips on how to write sexy, fun, dirty, and readable sex scenes. Susie reads "The Final Climax" from her book How to Write a Dirty Story to give you a very specific idea of what works and what doesn't. Then, in her mailbag, Susie helps a listener who thinks men are getting the short end of the vibrator.

Susie's has some updates for you this week. First, hold on to your vibrators, Best American Erotica 2003 is coming soon to audible.com. Susie's already figured out a way to autograph your copy! Then, Susie asked and you answered - hear what she's decided about going on The Ricki Lake Show. Susie reads one of her favorite quicky erotic stories called "Five Dimes." And, in her mailbag, a happily married man fears his wife isn't enjoying sex as much after the birth of their children.

It's legal week on In Bed with Susie Bright. Susie's been celebrating the Supreme Court decision to strike a Texas law banning sodomy between homosexuals. Susie reads from the rulings and presents her own rebuttal to Justices Thomas and Scalia's dissent. Susie also celebrates the recent dismissal of the case against a Bronx man snared in John Ashcroft's "Candyman" Internet child pornography sting. Then, in her mailbag, Susie advises a dominatrix who says she wants to date her friend's ex.

Susie talks this week with widely published and respected gay cultural critic Michael Bronski about Fifties pulp fiction novels, young gay men's views on commitment, and the on-screen love lives of Jewish men in Hollywood and in porn. Michael is the editor of Pulp Friction and the author of Culture Clash. Then, from her mailbag, Susie gives her parenting advice for a father who wants to help his two daughters to grow up sex positive.

Susie's in the studio with Jack Murnighan, the former editor in chief of Nerve.com and the editor of The Naughty Bits and the soon-to-be-released Classic Nasty. Susie proves that Jack's one of the only people who knows as much erotica trivia as she does by quizzing him on the true erotic sensibilities of some of the best-known (and banned) writers. In the mailbag, Susie answers a letter from a man who wonders why some guys are just obsessed with women's butts.

Susie's in the studio this week with her good friend and author Joe Westmoreland. For the past twenty years, Joe's been Susie's arbiter of noteworthy trends - from Betty Page to Traci Lords, bad TV to Ema Sumac, and much more. Joe's the author of Tramps Like Us, a memoir of leaving his hometown of Kansas City, Missouri in search of love, drugs and freedom in San Francisco. Then, in her mailbag, Susie advises a man who is convinced he's the most submissive guy around.

Susie's in the studio this week with Stacy Horn, the founder of EchoNYC, a virtual community of people who talk and gossip about movies, sex, angst and whatever else is going on. Stacy is also the author of Waiting for My Cats to Die and the forthcoming The Restless Sleep: Inside New York City's Cold Case Squad. In the mailbag, Susie allays a woman's fear that either her boyfriend is a size too small or she is a few sizes too big.

Please note: Susie's been in the studio all week working on more than a dozen new interviews with her NYC and Boston friends. The interviews are great and will come soon. Until then, we offer one of Susie's best San Francisco interviews to tide you over.

In light of the recent sex scandal in the Catholic Church, Susie says it's the Catholic laity, like herself, who are the most upset. Then, an interview is with science fiction writer, accomplished sadist, and long time friend of Susie's, Richard Kadrey. Susie and Richard talk about hunting out covert culture when the Internet puts...

For the holidays, a two-part encore edition of In Bed with Susie Bright. First, for women, Susie's 12 anti-erotic tips for the puritanically inclined, a.k.a. "How to Ruin Your Sex Life." Follow Susie's advice and no one, not even you, will want to have sex with you again. Susie also reminisces about a family trip to Los Angeles and, in her mailbag, "Kind Susie" and "Cruel Susie" take turns answering listeners' letters.

Susie talks with Dan Cullinane from Alyson Publications, the oldest publisher of books for the gay and lesbian community. Susie and Dan talk about early sex lessons, trends in gay and lesbian literature, and why men no longer need to "bear" it all to be sexy. In her mailbag, Susie has a letter from an unlikely listener looking for some ways to spice up his sex life.

It's enough to keep Susie up at night. She's worried that President Bush's choice to head the Food and Drug Administration's panel on women's health - Dr. W. David Hager - will be more concerned with a woman's relationship with Jesus than her body. Then, Susie offers her list of specific ways to improve your sex life on campus this semester, starting immediately! And, in her mailbag, Susie reads a follow up letter from a man who's proud to say he walked naked among strangers and lived to tell the tale.