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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.

[Contains explicit content] Susie breaks down the overlooked consequences of the Jeffrey Epstein trafficking case: how he profits, who'll be hurt, how it will affect sex workers, and who will pay. It ain't gonna be the abusers. Strap in for a hell of a ride. And then, new on Audible, Nancy Friday explores changing fantasies in Women on Top.

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.

Happy Halloween, and as a ghoulish treat, Susie reads a story that is so scary, sexy, and suspenseful you may want to keep the lights on and be sure to lock the doors. The story is from Susie's newest book, X, The Erotic Treasury, and this dark, taboo piece is written by Vicki Hendricks.

In our ongoing "Tell Me Your Sex Story" segment, we meet a listener who became famous when she went head-to-head against a cantankerous Tea Party Republican. It was Melissa, a Post Office employee who kept her cool as Congressman Joe Walsh went berserk at a local "meet and greet". (Check it out on YouTube.) Susie and Melissa talk about sexual politics, government corruption, and just what happens to mail carriers when the homeowner wants more than just letters delivered.

This is the ideal collection for all lovers of first-rate erotic literature. Edited by Susie Bright, whom the Utne Reader calls "one of the leading thinkers and visionaries of our time", this fourth annual edition of a best-selling series brings together the most outstanding erotic writing of the year, including peculiarly dark and dangerous takes, as well as cutting-edge forays into the world of cybersex.

[Contains explicit content] Susie is away but would like you to enjoy a classic show from 2006. Her guest is Esther Perel, author of the best-selling Mating in Captivity: Reconciling the Erotic and the Domestic. Esther and Susie compare notes on the best advice for couples experiencing "bed death". Then, Susie receives an interesting offer to be on the reality TV show Wife Swap.

[Contains explicit content] Susie takes you in the way-back machine to 1992. Sandra Bernhard was coming to national attention, based on a cheeky late night appearance with Madonna. She was starting to resent the focus on her sexuality, and who should the British Film Institute engage to publicly interview her? America's lesbian sex expert and pornographer Susie Bright. Tea was spilled, but no blood.

The lesbian sex book that rocked girls from coast to coast. Here's what lesbians really do, not what the sex cops think we ought to do. Cruising, packing, fisting, G- spots, porn stars, dildos, vibrators, anal sex, group sex, sex with straight girls, dental dams, lube 'n latex, sex during pregnancy...and more!

[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.

[Contains explicit content] The new head of The Kinsey Institute wants to focus on relationships and well-being instead of plain old sex. Laudatory goal? Or right-wing dog whispering?

Next, firms that collect healthcare data can now inform your boss if they suspect you're trying to get pregnant. What could possibly go wrong?

Finally, it's "What's New on Audible". Susie loves Peter Coyote's magnificent new memoir, The Rainman's Third Cure: An Unsentimental Education.

[Contains explicit content] Susie answers a multi-part question about lesbian bed death, elder sex, handicapped sex, and a stone butch code of honor. And then, new on Audible: Joanna Russ's How to Suppress Women's Writing examines the many ways women's writing is dismissed.

Find out what's behind the latest political sex scandals in "Sex, Lies, and Hush Money", learn about how "Atheists Do It Better" and find out "Why Lying About Monogamy Matters". From an insider look at being gay in the military pre-DADT and an impassioned defense of circumcision to a dating site for people with STDs, nuanced explorations of teen sex laws, prostitution, sex at 66, SlutWalks, female orgasm workshops, and more,

On this week's In Bed, Susie talks to writer Charlotte Shane. Her recent article for Fusion, "The Painful Truth About Tight Vaginas", broke down cultural expectations and shed light on the harm done by Kegels.

A wildlife expedition notebook that contains details about homosexuality, pederasty, necrophilia, and rape? Yep. Scientists say it's those sexy penguins being rowdy again. Today, Susie takes a look at a Guardian article that describes a study from the early 1900s, all about the sexual activities of the Antarctic penguin. Susie finds this very interesting and explains why, back then, "lewd" penguin behavior was considered a novelty.

It's almost Valentine's Day, and Susie has some great ideas on how to celebrate our most romantic holiday. But before she gives out her tips on how to make this Valentine's Day a steamy one to remember, Susie tells us all about her Obama sex dream. Oh my, doing it with the president?

Susie Bright's groundbreaking anthology of women's erotic fiction "reflects up our skirts (and jeans) like a patent leather shoe." Witty, thoughtful, and incisive, the ten stories in this multi-voice recording offer a banquet of non-stop sexual delight. More Herotica.

Susie Bright brings together love's darkest arrows in this shiver-inducing collection of 15 gothic erotic short stories, with original stories from legends such as author Francesca Lia Block and Supernatural screenwriter Sera Gamble. Listen alone or share with a lover and devour the mystical characters, forbidden sexual relationships, and private pleasures.

Do you have fond memories of high-school sex - a time of young exploration? But it's not so at one school in Brooklyn, where the teachers are having reckless sex that goes well beyond comprehension. James Madison High's... "Horndog High's"… most recent problem is a teacher tutoring sex rather than English with a 16-year-old boy. And there have been other teacher scandals in the past - stuff like two lesbian teachers caught in the act at school, and a male teacher emailing child porn.

In this collection, Broadway superstar Alan Cumming tells of the deep knowing offered by one stranger to another after casual sex; in science-fiction hotshot Geoffrey Landis' bawdy fairy tale, we learn about the very first penis; Touré's breathless prose poem sets us up with an evening's worth of erotic visitors; and in Jerry Stahl's story, a man recalls his boyhood fascination with his mother's friends and their elaborate undergarments.