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Thanksgiving is a time for reflecting on our blessings, and Susie shares some of the many letters from In Bed listeners she's received listing what they were thankful for in their sex lives this past year. The responses are fun and range from a new mattress that offers many exciting adventures to being grateful for living in New Zealand, because it is such a sensible and open-minded society.

On this week's In Bed, Susie has an intimate conversation with author Juan F. Thompson, son of gonzo journalist Hunter S. Thompson. "This is more like a conversation with a friend than a journalist," Juan says. They both learned a great deal from each other. Susie was a friend of Hunter's. Juan was the one person Hunter trusted completely. They talk about the nitty-gritty of Hunter's struggles with writing, his sexual point of view, what it meant to him to be a man in full, and living up to a mythic, impossible reputation.

Susie Bright is one of America's most vocal sex-positive advocates. This collection of 22 sketches written during the first 12 years of her daughter's life covers a variety of topics: her daughter's questions at school when she's asked to describe what her mom does for a "job", how nudists age, the strange future of porn, the ruin of most sex advice, real life non-monogamy stories - and even a recipe for cherry pie.

Men have Viagra and women have...? There is no magic pill for women, yet! But the big pharmacy companies are rushing to change that. In the meantime, Susie takes a look at what's being marketed to women to help them keep up with their chemically enhanced partners.

[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.

On this week's In Bed, Susie helps a listener who inadvertently rekindled an old flame via Facebook. Also, rape and kidnapping survivor Elizabeth Smart is challenging Mormon teachings in unexpected ways. And then it's our "New on Audible" department. Viet Thanh Nguyen's novel The Sympathizer is the look at the Vietnam War we've all been waiting for - with literary erotic content no one else will tell you about!

Get ready for a roller-coaster ride for your senses as Harriet Lerner, Mollie Katzen, and Susie Bright unleash their ideas about America's favorite taboos in Food, Sex, and Relationships. With combined book sales of over seven million copies, these three best-selling writers are at the height of their powers as they cast light in the shadowy corners of the human mind.

Susie talks with Victorian-age sexuality historian Professor Sharon Marcus. Susie asks why today's society is more prudish than the high-laced-collar Victorians'. Marcus has a new book, Between Women: Friendship, Desire, and Marriage in Victorian England. Susie and Sharon discuss whether lesbian sex was first born within the good-girl Victorian friendships.

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 starts off this week's show with a question: can devoted Christians really get down and dirty? It seems that many religious Catholics are into following the word of the Lord - and one of those words is...fisting. Susie finds the website Sex in Christ informative. And it's not just fisting; they teach about oral sex, threesomes, masturbation and bondage. And you thought religious types were square!

Susie breaks down the political scandal of the year: Alabama Governor Robert J. Bentley's sordid affair and resignation. Who knew voting rights could be so kinky? Next, we examine the obit of the psychologist who coined the phrase "homophobia". And finally, it's "What's on Audible". Octavia E. Butler's Parable of the Sower is the warning, and the hope, we need right now.

Susie is outraged to hear that a middle school in Illinois has banned hugging, and she reviews a new book, 101 Nights of Grrreat Sex. She tried some of the secret seductions offered to perk up your sex life, and after the first game, her partner gave this book a big thumbs up.

This week, Susie talks about Internet sex filters for parents, and shares her memories of 9-11. Then, in the "Try This At Home" mailbag, Susie gets flooded with questions about sex games for couples and talks about some of her favorite ones.

On this week's In Bed, Susie hashes out how "pussy" became the word of the 2016 election. Next, Michelle Obama said everything that mattered in a speech that responds to Trump's blithe sexism. Then, it's "New on Audible". Susie discusses Charlotte Stewart's scorched-earth memoir of Hollywood's wild 1970s - Little House in the Hollywood Hills: A Bad Girl's Guide to Becoming Miss Beadle, Mary X, and Me.

[Contains explicit content] We're talking prostate massage and prostate milking today. What? You don't know about this? It's sometimes done by doctors for medical reasons. But it can also be a sexy, fun adventure done at home for your pleasure and health too. Next, it's "Tell Me Your Sex Story": Listeners tell Susie all kinds of personal intimate details about their sex lives as she invites these "regular folk" to enter her sexual confession booth.

In today show, we take a look at autofellatio. Writer Jesse Bering's article in Slate ("So Close, and Yet So Far Away: The contorted history of autofellatio") has Susie wondering what this kind of acrobatic self-pleasure would feel like….

Susie is off this week but hopes you'll enjoy this show from 2008... Can we ever have too much sex? Can we ever love someone too much? On today's show, Susie discusses the difference between healthy love and addictive love. She speaks with author Rachel Resnick about her book Love Junkie: A Memoir. The book lists three red flags that may indicate if someone is a love junkie.

This week, Susie responds to her overflowing mailbag of listeners' questions. Usually, we tackle one question per show, but today we're playing catch up as we hear from five people looking for advice from Susie. The topics vary from female ejaculation and vaginal health to how getting a massage can lead to getting it on.

Today, Susie breaks open two controversial topics: incest - and justice. She begins with the most provocative child-abuse accusation to enter the public's awareness in years - Dylan Farrow vs. Woody Allen - and ends with an argument for justice that is ageless. Susie ponders the question of what we are supposed to think when celebrities take to the press about their family abuse. Is it about money? Is it about immortality? Or is it just more of the screwed-up lives that Hollywood produces so effortlessly?

[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.