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Susie thinks you'll be surprised by how much monogamous and non-monogamous couples have in common. She says setting your own rules for your relationship as a couple can make things a little easier. Plus, Susie looks at the price the Army will pay to "entertain" the troops. In her Try This at Home mailbag, Susie answers a letter from a woman who wonders, where did all the good gigolos go?

Susie ponders an age-old question: Even though most people say they crave variety, why do we get turned on by the same things over and over again? Susie shares her stories of learning to like porn and finding out something new while watching her lover in action. Susie also talks about the case where a woman faces stiff penalties after pleading guilty to selling dirty underwear on the Internet. In her mailbag, Susie answers a woman who wonders where her husband's passion went.

Susie has finally found an age-old conflict Israeli Arabs and Jews can agree on - pornography. Susie is in the studio again with her old friend Carol Queen. Carol's the author of The Leather Daddy and the Femme and she's just about to hit the road with her one-woman act, Peep Show about her days working as an erotic dancer. Susie and Carol talk about the world of peep shows and walking the walk of their open relationships. Then, a listener wonders where he can learn more about transsexuals.

Susie praises a group of teenage boys who recently shelled out good money for strippers who kept their clothes on in Nicollet, Minnesota. Then, Susie ponders the less-than-usual situation of older women with younger men after seeing two recent movies, Tadpole and Lovely and Amazing. Susie's all for older women looking sexy with younger men but says the age difference can show up in other ways. In her mailbag, Susie answers a letter from a man who wonders what it takes to be a sex worker.

In Changing Directions Without Losing Your Way, the authors who helped pioneer the "working from home" revolution identify the six stages of change in business and in life. In each of these six stages, Paul and Sarah demonstrate how to understand and assess change for what it is, and then recast your career or other vital aspects of life to adapt to new realities.

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 this week says "Hats Off!" and a lot more to a Floridian whose bid for Congress might be stymied by his previous occupation as a male stripper. Then, Susie tries on the Fukuoku 9000, a small finger vibrator and ends up longing for something with a little more juice. In her Try this at Home mailbag, Susie answers a letter from a woman who hates giving blow jobs and Susie offers general advice to anyone who thinks they have to do something they don't like in bed.

Susie's talking this week with her old friend and physician, Flash Gordon, MD. Susie asks Flash: How do recreational drugs affect sexual performance? What can you do to make prostate exams easier? How does menopause affect sexual desire? And, what's do you really see in the ER? Also, Susie recommends a classic example of corset-porn, Autobiography of a Flea. And, in her mailbag, Susie and Dr. Flash respond to a woman whose husband's desire to give her multiple orgasms is causing her pain.

Susie tackles one of the stranger trends in sex these days: women who say they become virgins - again - before their wedding day. The chaste movement is sweeping the Bible Belt, but is it just elaborate foreplay or a way for grooms who desire pristine Southern Belles to have their cake and eat it too? Susie also welcomes the newest version of the "Morning (Make that 72 Hours) After" pill, aptly named "Plan B." And, in her mailbag, where's an eager student of sex to go to get the formal schooling he desires?

One of the first true novels in the English language, Robinson Crusoe is the famous adventure of a castaway and his desert-island companion, Friday.

It's Catholic week on In Bed with Susie Bright. Susie's returned from her Catholic grade school reunion and it's all fresh in her mind - the beanbag throwing nun, the Bible loving girl scouts, and Susie's first glimpse at religious hypocrisy. And, in her adult life, a Catholic University courts her for a speaking engagement and then promptly drops her because of her sex-positive attitude. In her mailbag, Susie advises a guy who's getting jerked around by a woman who says she's a "lesbian."

According to the American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology the G-spot is either a "gynecological UFO" or a complete myth. But Susie and her friend Rebecca Chalker (author of The Cliteral Truth) say sighting the G-spot (and more) aren't all that rare, you just have to know where to look. Then, Susie takes a look at an abstinence-based sex ed program called "Worth the Wait," which lays out the medical case for teenagers to not have sex. In the mailbag, a woman loving her open marriage.

What is self-esteem? A type of confidence? Or something far greater? In Self-Esteem, best selling author Caroline Myss casts a new light on this often misunderstood subject, redefining self-esteem as an actual core power that is essential to our evolutionary progress.

Christopher Reeve has mastered the art of turning the impossible into the inevitable. In Nothing Is Impossible, Reeve shows that we are all capable of overcoming seemingly insurmountable hardships. Published on the eve of both his fiftieth birthday and the seventh anniversary of his spinal cord injury, Nothing Is Impossible reminds us that life is not to be taken for granted but to be lived fully with zeal, curiosity, and gratitude.

It's not summer anymore but Susie's recently back from her summer vacation. Susie learned a little bit more about porn on the road and the pleasure of a good bathtub. And, while she was on vacation, Susie got a tip to buy the Nimbus 2000 - the children's toy that has hit the sex toy top ten. In her mailbag, Susie offers advice to a man who is worried that his brother is getting hosed by his swinging no-good wife. Don't forget, you can send your confidential sex questions and feedback to susie@audible.com.

Susie's finally found a sex education program she can support, but it's got a twist. This program helps parents practice talking to their teenagers about sex by trying out conversations with stand-in teens. Step one for a productive talk with your teenager: know thyself, sexually at least. Then, Susie ponders the new lesbian rumors surrounding pop diva Britney Spears. And, in her mailbag, Susie hears from a man who says it's an older woman he wants.

Take it from a man whose family background includes brawls, visits from "aliens," star-billing on FBI wanted posters, and, oh yes, an altercation with the Swedish Mafia - families can be brutal! But because we all have one, Louie Anderson has written this honest, funny, and brilliant survival manual for anyone who's ever choked on the F Word.

"The possession of power, no matter how enormous, does not bring the knowledge how to use it." Raphael, a failed writer, deep in debt, and unrequited in love, is about to take a suicidal plunge into the Seine River. Just in time, he discovers the "Magic Skin" in an antiquity shop. Its supernatural powers grant every wish but it extracts a terrible toll! This parable depicts the malaise of 19th century France.

It's enough to keep Susie up at night. She's worried that President Bush's choice to head the Food and Drug Administration's panel on women's health - Dr. W. David Hager - will be more concerned with a woman's relationship with Jesus than her body. Then, Susie offers her list of specific ways to improve your sex life on campus this semester, starting immediately! And, in her mailbag, Susie reads a follow up letter from a man who's proud to say he walked naked among strangers and lived to tell the tale.

Perhaps no book in this generation has had a more profound impact on our intellectual and spiritual lives than The Road Less Traveled. With sales of more than 7 million copies in the United States and Canada, and translation into more than 23 languages, it has made publishing history, with more than 10 years on The New York Times best seller list.