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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.

This week, Susie makes the connection between physical sports and stripping. Then, Susie laments the closing of the last peep show from New York City's revamped Times Square. She tells the story of a Big Apple trip she made, many years ago, to see strippers in Show World. In her Try This at Home mailbag, Susie answers a letter from a man who's being told he's doing everything wrong in bed.

Susie is thrilled to hear that HBO is using “intimacy coordinators” on set - someone who knows the common pitfalls and needs of filming sex scenes. Next, a pre-lubed condom claims to last 1,000 thrusts. And finally, New on Audible, Acid Dreams offers a cultural history of LSD.

[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.

Teenagers are having less sex these days, and teen pregnancy is down. This all sounds pretty good, right? Susie begs to differ and looks at the real reasons behind the statistics. A recent article by Amy T. Schalet in The New York Times got Susie thinking about what's changed for boys. What role has religion, abstinence-based sex education, and Internet pornography played in boys wanting love, not just sex?

In the "Try This at Home" mailbag, Susie has a delightfully hot time reading a letter from a male listener who asks for help with a problem with his girlfriend. She loves oral sex, but with one condition…. And the condition almost wrecks the fun for him!

Susie has a special guest today. She's talking with author Jessica Valenti about her new book The Purity Myth: How America's Obsession with Virginity is Hurting Young Women.

Susie was not impressed with the new iPod vibrators, but they did make her think of all the things she considers essential to any well-equipped sex-toy goodie bag. From the best dildo (not what you think) to the pleasures of rabbit fur gloves, Susie says you don't have to go high tech or shell out big bucks to get off.

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.

To mark its 15th anniversary, and the very last edition of the series, the top-selling erotica anthology achieves a scorching new climax with a special edition showcasing standout stories from the entire series as well as never before published pieces - plus a hot and edgy piece from Susie Bright herself.

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.

[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] 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!

[Contains explicit content] In this 2006 show, Susie's in bed with an old friend: photographer Phyllis Christopher. Susie remembers the first time she received a package of S&M photos from an unknown woman in Buffalo, New York, more than two decades ago. Phyllis talks about what inspires her, how she became a pioneer in capturing images of women's sexuality, and much more. Then, Susie and Phyllis take on a tough letter from a man who wants some advice on getting over the death of his loving and sexually adventurous partner.