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Susie comes to the rescue of a lifelong lesbian who desperately needs some advice about men. What kind of help is she seeking? Counseling for how do it for the first time with a man.

[Contains explicit content] Susie reads one of her favorite stories from Best American Erotica 1999: "Three Obscene Phone Calls" by Marian Phillips. In each of the three calls, the callee relishes turning the tables on the caller. Then, Susie discusses a British documentary about jacking off elephants. And from the mailbag, Susie hears from a man who's starting to become sexually active and who's scared of what he desires.

[Contains explicit content] Susie would like you to enjoy a show from 2002. Susie finds "family friendly" editions of Titanic hitting the video store shelves. Next, Susie invites one of her favorite sex radicals into the studio for the first of a two-part interview. Staci Haines is the author of A Survivor's Guide to Sex: How to Have a Great Sex Life After Sexual Abuse. In a warm and fascinating discussion, Susie talks with Staci about the process of sexual healing for incest survivors.

[Contains explicit content] Susie declares "Piss is the new black". In all the corners of the kinkdom, it's the golden haze. What's going on? Next, 22,000 women in South Korea take to the streets to protest spy cams - but it's not just Korea; this is a worldwide invasion of privacy.

[Contains explicit content] Susie looks at the envy gay sex life (real and imagined) engenders in the hearts of straight women. Next: Boob jobs are not for men's pleasure; they never were. And finally, it's time to revisit Donna Tartt's The Secret History.

An alarming amount of deaths in the gay porn industry has Susie wondering what's going on. Today, Susie reads from a recent article in XBiz by Dan Cameron entitled "Searching for Answers". Although an X-rated gay-movie career can magnify the pressure its male stars are placed under, there have never been so many suicides as in the past 17 months. Susie looks at the role inadequate health care has played in the despair and what the industry needs to do to help these troubled souls.

Susie's guest on today's show is Richard Dyer, a British film critic, scholar, and sex analyst. Richard and Susie talk about how homosexuality is portrayed in the movies. They first met on the set of Celluloid Closest, the first feature-length film to look at the hidden homosexual in Hollywood. Many stars have taken on films with a gay "agenda", from Barbara Stanwyck to Tom Hanks. This discussion rips the sheets off those movies. What fun!

In Part 2 of another New York City interview with porn-film historian and scholar Jeffery Escoffier, Susie and her guest have a wild discussion about gay film secrets. They cover everything from why straight male porn stars must enjoy gay sex, to double penetration how-to tips, to why exhibitionists get ahead in the film industry, and finally to condom or not to condom.

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.

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.

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.

After Andrea Dworkin, the famous feminist philosopher and activist, passed away, her chief critic, Susie Bright, who many perceived as Dworkin's opposite, published a stirring obituary and series of essays in which she described the ways that Dworkin was a catalyst for the sex-positive movement in contemporary feminism.

[Contains explicit content] It's our last show after 22 years—ones of the longest-running podcasts in show business! In Bed set the tone for so much of what podcasting has come to mean: authenticity, intimacy, and saying what can't be said anywhere else. Susie interviews the behind-the-scenes Audible producers who have made IBWSB so special over the years: Kerry Donahue, Larry Blood, and Jessica Lockhart. We share some amazing memories and studio secrets that even Susie didn't know at the time!

[Contains explicit content] On today's show you'll meet a transgender listener in Tell Me Your Sex Story. Susie and "Allie" talk about what it was like growing up as a male and then transitioning to becoming a female. This very frank discussion includes: how orgasms changed when she went from penis to clit, how the libdo disappeared during hormone replacement therapy, and then what it was like to feel sexual as she changed genders.

[Contains explicit content] Susie has found a questionnaire that you won't want to miss: The National Casual Sex Survey. Here's a chance to see just how many Americans have had what's commonly known as a one-night stand. The survey is specific to sex that intentionally takes place without any kind of commitment, and you'll love the questions. Next, we continue with our listener interviews segment "Tell Me Your Sex Story". This week, Susie speaks with a quiet but steamy high school math teacher who details what makes her hot.

[Contains explicit content] Need a more youthful look? Don't think hair dye or eyelid lift - it’s time to color your labia. My New Pink Button is a product designed to give aging genitals their original rosy hue. Susie can barely stop laughing as she describes why none of us need this way-over-the-top beauty treatment. Next, Susie takes a look at a question that has haunted many couples. Is it reasonable to ask your lover to stop watching porn? Does watching porn amount to cheating?

Susie Bright, long-time host of Audible's own In Bed with Susie Bright, talks with 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 talk about the sexual dilemmas facing women and men these days - everything including dating, marriage, porn, body image, and much, much more.

[Contains explicit content] From 2009: Susie tackles a medical concern on the mind of many guys: Does jacking off cause prostrate cancer? Fellows want to know if studies have shown that too much yanking is bad for their health. Susie turns to fellow sex advisor Cory Silverberg to learn more about prostrate research, but the findings are…inconclusive. So Susie says let's not give up on masturbation just yet!

[Contains explicit content] In this 2004 show, Susie's in the studio with one of her oldest friends and feminist mentors, Barbara Winslow. Barbara heads the women's studies department at Brooklyn College of the City University of New York. She is also the author of Sylvia Pankhurst: Sexual Politics and Political Activism. In a fun romp through more than a century of feminist thought, Susie and Barbara discuss the history of free love, focusing on religious communitarians during the Reform period as well as the complicated love lives of later notable women.

[Contains explicit content] Back in 2009 nearly 190 million antidepressant prescriptions were dispensed in the United States, according to the National Institute of Mental Health. Imagine with the pandemic what today’s numbers might be. Antidepressants are put into groups based on which chemicals in the brain they affect. Susie looks at the sexual side effects of these drugs, including the loss of libido. That's not acceptable!