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[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 2008: Have you heard about the Christian evangelicals' "soulgasm"? It's a God-given orgasm you can have if you play by all the religious right's rules. Doesn't sex that is sanctioned by the almighty sound too good to be true? Today's show features an interview with Dagmar Herzog, author of Sex in Crisis: The New Sexual Revolution and the Future of American Politics. Susie and Dagmar discuss how right-wing Christians are using pornographic images to sell their ideas.

[Contains explicit content] In this 2005 show, Susie's guest is Andi Zeisler, co-founder and editorial director of Bitch, a quarterly magazine dedicated to the "Feminist Response to Pop Culture". Susie and Andi chat about the proliferation of porn culture, why the feminist part of her magazine offends more people than the title, the new Dove firming cream ads, and much, much more. Then, Andi sticks around to help Susie answer a letter from the mailbag: a man asks why his female coworkers aren't more upset that the boss is sleeping with the employees.

[Contains explicit content] From 2008: If you've ever wondered if being a sexual swinger is for you, this show is a must listen. Susie interviews award-winning author, columnist, editor, and sex educator Tristan Taormino, and the topic of conversation is open relationships and how you make them work.

[Contains explicit content] In this 2005 show, Susie tells us all about the number-one Christian porn site! Then, we'll hear about some of Susie's favorite sex toys, available on Amazon.com. Finally, from the mailbag, a listener tells Susie that he loves the show, but wishes she would leave out discussions of religion and politics. What do you think?

[Contains explicit content] In this 2019 show, Susie looks at the predictably tragic history of female masturbation cures through the ages. Next, how do sex workers draw the line between sex and work? Easily. And then, "New on Audible": Jane Harper's The Lost Man had Susie in bed till all hours just find out who dunnit.

[Contains explicit content] From 2008: Today's show features three big topics, including voyeurism, sexual myths, and uncircumcised men. Susie starts off with a big question: Who would you like to watch having sex? Who is in your fantasy? According to one of Susie's favorite fellow sexperts, Cory Silverberg, we don't see enough regular sex. Instead, we're inundated with unrealistic media images, which make us think we are missing out when it comes to sexual know-how.

[Contains explicit content] From 2009: Susie is ready to scream. A recent study once again showed that women are not reaching orgasm nearly as often as men. It's not fair! Susie looks at the role oral sex has with this unfortunate gap between men's and women's pleasure. Seems like there's a lot more giving head and less eating pussy happening these days. An article by Hannah Seligson in the The Daily Beast says orgasm inequity is as serious as the pay gap. Next, Susie reveals a secret passion of hers. She's into fast, sporty and muscular…cars!

[Contains explicit content] In this 2004 show, Susie's guest is Rachel Kramer Bussel, who shares her love for spanking, her thoughts on femme lesbians hooking up with other femme lesbians, and the thrill of Monica Lewinsky. Some of Rachel's books include Up All Night: Adventures in Lesbian Sex, Glamour Girls: Femme/Femme Erotica, and Naughty Spanking Stories from A to Z. Then, from the mailbag: Susie hears from some ardent defenders of Suicide Girls.

[Contains explicit content] Get ready to meet your fellow In Bed devotees! Today's show features listener interviews. Susie asked who would be willing to tell their sex story, and many of you accepted the challenge. Susie and listener "Lucy" speak about deeply intimate, personal sex acts, fantasies, and anal sex. This is hot!

[Contains explicit content] Today's show is all about you! Susie has opened up her enormous mailbag and spends the entire program answering your sex questions. First, Susie hears from three listeners who are all dealing with the low libido levels of their spouses or of themselves. Help! Then, the herpes mysteries continue, and Susie gives some sound advice on how to deal with many related problems, including shedding. Finally, a listener believes a myth: that fat vaginas exist because even fatter penises need them. Susie says, "Give me a break."

Years ago, when Susie sold vibrators on a regular basis, she swears she had a near-psychic ability to guess what people were seeking but couldn't quite bring themselves to say. But her powers were tested recently when she tried to help a famous movie star buy a vibrator for his girlfriend. Hijinx ensue. And, Susie tells tales of her own sexual awakenings and stories of love, loss and jealousy in her self-described manifesto, Blind Sexual.

In this week's show, Susie assures a listener with a careful ear that she wouldn't really lick chocolate off a turtle or commit various other forms of animal sexual abuse. She also answers a woman who says her husband's pre-marriage libido is missing and she's looking high and low for advice on finding it. Susie takes you, dear listener, on her own incredible journey with a new plastic periscope and an interest in science. And, have you ever wondered how Sweden got so sexy?

Susie's favorite anti-war protest took place recently in Ashland, Oregon, when a group of peace-minded streakers held a "Buns, not Bombs" rally. And, when one small Georgia town decides to display empty picture frames in public places next to the 10 Commandments and the Lord's Prayer, Susie gives her list of things she'd put in those frames. In her Try this at Home Mailbag, Susie hears a tale of two women, thousands of miles apart, who really hate having sex. What's a sexpert to do?

In the weeks since September 11th, Susie's been getting reports from a different front line - the dance floor of a strip club near L.A.X. Susie's stripper friend - "Grammar Queen" - says the level of anger she's sensing from her usually predictable customers surprises her. Then, Susie reminisces about her love for strippers and strip clubs. In her mailbag, Susie hears from a woman whose new lover won't have anything to do with her because she has a sexually transmitted disease.

According to a recent article in the San Francisco Chronicle, many Internet filters simply don't work. This week, Susie wonders about the ways parents try to shield their kids from learning about sex and offers own brand of parental wisdom for discussing the birds and the bees - oh and Playboy too. In her Try this at Home Mailbag, Susie's got a letter from a blind man who wants to know what she looks like, and a widower who only has eyes for the hotties.

As promised, this show is all about fisting. Susie says while fisting was once considered only for the hardcore, it deserves (and sometimes gets) wider acceptance. Like many aspects of sex, Susie says fisting is as much an emotional experience as a physical turn-on. With her usual warmth and humor, Susie recounts her own experiences and offers her tried and true tips for people interested in giving fisting a try.

Susie's as much a First Amendment supporter as the next sexpert, but a recent court case made her laugh. A former police officer was dismissed after his superiors learned of porn tapes which featured the officer in full uniform. The man says his free speech rights were violated but Susie's just not so sure he'll win. Randy police officers remind Susie of other uniformed sex. She reads a section of her "Story of O Birthday Party" and responds to a woman who's worried her sexual fantasies are too perverse.

In Bed with Susie Bright always offers tips for greater sexual pleasure, but this week it's an intense look at the often misunderstood world of the clitoris and women's pleasure. Susie talks with sexuality scholar and author Rebecca Chalker about her book, The Clitoral Truth. Chalker is a member of the Federation of Feminist Women's Health and has been a pioneer in promoting ways for women to redefine their sexuality to emphasize full body pleasure. As you can imagine, Susie's a fan.

On her Front Page Susie reviews and read excerpts from Joani Blank's latest book, Still Doing It: Sex after Sixty. Susie talks about her own interest in how sexual ability and experience change with aging. In Media Whore, Susie looks at Bust magazine and why it's different from other women's magazines. And, in her Try this at Home Mailbag, Susie answers a question from a woman who's spending a year in Europe and needs advice on telling her lovers she has herpes.