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Author, editor, publisher, performer, sexpert, and culture critic Susie Bright has delivered decades of frank, funny, and informative insights on all things sexy with her podcast In Bed with Susie Bright, available only from Audible. Now, as the show comes to a close, hear some of Susie’s favorite moments featured in these nine hand-selected episodes.  

Christmas and the holidays are a fun and festive time for many. But for incest survivors, a traditional family get-together can bring on sad feelings and emotions. Today, Susie reads from Grace Davis' Abuse Survivor's Guide to the Holidays. The book includes helpful tips, ranging from how to stay centered to staying sober to taking note of who your chosen family is. And it reminds that, as an adult, your abusive family members are part of the past!

Susie is off today but wants you to enjoy a show from 2009—and this show is all about you! Susie has opened up her enormous mailbag and spends the entire program answering your sex-related questions. We call this a mailbag blowout! First, Susie hears from three different listeners who are all dealing with their own or their spouse's low libido. Help! Next, the herpes mysteries continue, and Susie gives some sound advice on how to deal with many related problems, including shedding. Finally, a listener has some strange sexual notions that Susie wants to untangle....

Are you ready to really spice things up? Susie wants to tell you about the best new sex toys in her toy box! Everyone’s favorite vibrator, the Hitachi Magic Wand, has come up with a new and improved version. Then there's the Njoy - a dildo that will fondle your G-spot or prostrate in a way you’ve never imagined. And to top off the list: Eva, a wearable, hands-free vibrator that will turn your vanilla sex into a banana split with all the toppings.

Susie breaks from her usual format to tell you about her nearly life-long interest in former porn-star Linda Lovelace. Lovelace was the star of Deep Throat which was released around the time Susie was starting to wonder about sex. Her adolescent fascination evolved as Lovelace later denounced her porn-star days. And, in this show, Susie announces the rules of her new summer contest. Answer her three questions and you might win a FREE subscription to In Bed with Susie Bright!

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.

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.

[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!

Susie starts off today's show with a labyrinth of ethical questions concerning a caregiver and a client falling in love. A professor of ethics at Rutgers University became involved with a severely disabled man while she was working with him. He could not speak, and she used "facilitated communication" - keyboard typing, with physical assistance from the professor - as a way for him to communicate. She thought they were falling in love. But his family thought differently.

Just when you thought you've seen it all, the porn world brings us a real doosie. Breaking a taboo that makes many people uncomfortable are a pair of teenaged twin brothers who have sex together. Elijah and Milo Peters perform on camera and are becoming new gay-porn superstars. Susie looks at the reasons why these siblings might really be in love. Or is it all for the money? It's undeniably incest, but viewers are hooked. The brothers have kissed, given each other blow-jobs, and had anal sex with each other. And… they say they are in love. YouTube and other video audiences say give us more!

Twenty-five years ago, Susie and a few feminist friends planned an unusual party: "Let's have men serve tea in the nude, and they can only speak to the women guests when spoken to." Sounds like a hoot, right? But wait - it also started a movement called CFNM (Clothed-Female-Naked-Man). Planning the party was fun! Who to invite? Who to select as the "slaveboys"? Susie recalls all the details of the infamous party.

Recently in the news: Female soccer star Elizabeth Lambert succumbs to an age-old problem - GIRL FIGHT! And she gets side lined for it. What's a girl to do when she needs to take an opponent down? Pulling on her ponytail seems like a good plan. Susie has a lot to say about sexism, competition, and fantasy regarding women in sports. She also tells us about her own personal cat fights - let's get ready for some heat.

[Contains explicit content] Susie looks at ACT UP's plan for eradicating HIV/AIDS. Does the president have what it takes to make good on his promise? Next, contrary to popular stereotypes, there are millennial men who don't like porn. And then it's "New on Audible": Ottessa Oshfegh's My Year of Rest and Relaxation.

[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.

On this week's In Bed, Susie talks to author Victoria Bynum. Her book The Free State of Jones turns the narrative of slavery and rebellion in the South on its ear, and explores the legacy of miscegenation still being worked out today. It was made into a major motion picture starring Matthew McConaughey, which will be released in June.

[Contains explicit content] Susie finds that the phrase "use it or lose it", like many clichés, is literally true. Women who don't have sex or masturbate enter menopause earlier. Next, a deaf man sues PornHub for not offering captioning on his preferred videos. And from the mailbag: the boyfriend who jerks off every night next to his girlfriend.

On today's show, Susie interviews author Adrian Colesberry. He wrote a funny how-to sex book called How to Make Love to Adrian Colesberry by Adrian Colesberry. Susie is a big fan and thinks the book is hilarious. Now he's working on another book, this time about work, empathy, and pleasure. He and Susie talk about real joy, sex advice, groupies, and some sexy science stuff.

Susie talks lesbian imagery and the male gaze with Taschen Books editor Dian Hanson. Then, it's "New on Audible". We listen to Tereska Torres's Women's Barracks, a lesbian pulp story that aimed at titillating men in the 1950s. At its core, though, this is a story of female liberation and sisterhood during World War II.

Today, Susie reflects on the life and influence of Marilyn Chambers, who recently passed away. Marilyn Chambers made a name for herself in the 1970s when she was an X-rated movie star, as well as the wholesome face featured on boxes of Ivory Snow laundry detergent. Marilyn was more than just a porn star; she was a true star and a sexual icon. Susie has many memories of why Marilyn stood apart in the sex industry.

Susie has an interview with friendly, no-holds-barred neighborhood librarian Steve Harsin. From a small town in Minnesota, Steve deals with people of all types, from some who want to ban books like Lolita to others looking to find Madonna's sex book in the stacks. Susie and Steve discuss censorship, Marion the librarian, and more.