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Susie recently spoke at Western Washington State College in Bellingham which recently became ground zero for an anti-sex crusade by religious students on campus. While the official university policy is abstinence, Susie addressed a packed audience and the number one question of the evening again and again came from young women who have never had an orgasm. Then, in her mailbag, Susie reads a letter from a woman whose story illustrates why sex after cancer is not for sissies.

This week, Susie's on a news tip. First, to Alabama where a recent ruling by the 11th Circuit Court upheld a 1998 ruling that bans the sale of sex toys. Then, there's new information about abstinence-only programs where teenagers pledge to not have sex, which indicates that when these teens do have sex, they may not end up better off than their non-pledging peers. In the mailbag, Susie talks about sex personality quizzes and the Abu Ghraib prison abuse scandal.

It's a big week on In Bed with Susie Bright. First, it's Susie's second anniversary show and she's got lots of anniversary/New Year's resolutions for you. As you might imagine, they're resolutions you'll want to keep. Then, we kick off Susie's terrific Los Angeles interview series with Jill Soloway, one of the writers and producers of HBO's hit series Six Feet Under. Even if you've never seen the show, the behind-the-scenes story of how the characters are developed is fascinating.

Susie starts this week with some new research about the nerve endings in women's vaginas. This research is being touted for possibly paving the way for female Viagra, but more importantly, it just might help health care professionals understand how to keep women turned on. Then, Susie has some recommendations for what's worth your time in today's porn movies. In the Try This at Home mailbag, Susie answers the question: "How much of a woman do you have to be to attend THE premier lesbian getaway.

A recent magazine article about the trend for "Passion Parties" in the South reminds Susie of the good old days when she too sold door-to-door "f***erware". Although these parties are, on paper, the kind of gathering Susie would support, she says the high profit margin combined with the poor quality of the sex toys and sex information at these parties is enough to keep anyone repressed. Tiger balm anyone? Then, in her mailbox, Susie offers advice to a woman whose grief is affecting her libido.

With the recent flap over same-sex marriage, Susie is ready to expose the opponents worst fear: that if gay people can marry, the next thing people will want to do is marry their pets. That's right, it's petaphilia on this edition of In Bed with Susie Bright. To take a longer look at this difficult problem, Susie reads a recent article from The Village Voice by Richard Goldstein. Then, in the mailbag, Susie responds to a woman who says her male lovers have just been watchinig too much porn.

This week Susie answers one of those long-standing questions: Why isn't your company paying for your pornography? Then, she reads one of the most interesting takes on Mel Gibson's The Passion of the Christ you are likely to hear this year. It's Michael Bronski's recent article from The Boston Phoenix called "Our Jesus, Ourselves" which explores just how sexy Jesus really is. In the mailbag, Susie offers some tips to a man who is looking for a Brazilian ass waxing.

This week Susie makes up for some lost time talking about two recent sex related news stories - the recent HIV outbreak in the porn industry and the sexual humiliation tactics used at the Abu Ghraib prison in Baghdad. Then, in her mailbag, Susie offers some shopping tips for a straight man who wants to give anal sex a try.

Susie's guest this week 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. Rachel's books include The Lesbian Sex Book, 2nd edition, Up All Night: Adventures in Lesbian Sex, and the forthcoming Glamour Girls: Femme/Femme Erotica, Naughty Spanking Stories from A to Z, and A Spanking Good Time: Essays on Spanking and Being Spanked.

Ever wonder what it's like to be a female stand-up comic? Susie's good friend Mimi Gonzalez knows. She's in the studio this week with tales from the front lines. Mimi explains to Susie 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 where she performed for Gloria Steinem herself.

Susie's guest is Veronica Vera, founder and dean of "Miss Vera's Finishing School for Boys Who Want to be Girls" and the author of Miss Vera's Cross-Dress for Success. Susie met Miss Vera years ago and Susie's first glimpse into Miss Vera's copious collection of lacy underthings was a true introduction to Miss V's dedication to all things womanly. At her cross-dressing academy, men (and some women) sign up for classes to learn the fine arts of being a woman.

Is the American work ethic ruining our sex lives? Susie has thought so for years, and now she gets to pose her question to economist Doug Henwood. Doug Henwood is the editor and publisher of The Left Business Observer, a contributor to The Nation, and the host of a weekly radio show on WBAI in New York. Susie and Doug talk about work ethics, marriage incentives, and why economists just seem to miss the sex part of any equation. Then, in the mailbag, Susie gets to the bottom of douching.

Susie's back on her NYC interviews, and her guest this week is sex educator and burlesque performer Ducky Doolittle, a.k.a. Knockers the Clown. Ducky enchants Susie with stories of cake sitting (part of her act) and talk about her early days working as a sex performer in a Times Square peep show. These days, when she's not clowning around, Ducky teaches sex workshops. She has some sage advice on how to feel sexier instantly. You can learn more about Ducky Doolittle at her Web site: www.duckydoolittle.com.

Susie's guest this week is former Penthouse editor, Lavada Nahon. Lavada reveals the truth behind some of the magazine's best-known columns, including Penthouse Letters. She also talks about some of her own sexual and personal awakenings while at Penthouse, including a sex scandal that hit a bit too close to home. Susie and Lavada worked together on an erotic collection called Between the Sheets, which is available at audible.com®.

This week, Susie continues part 2 of her conversation with sexpert Tristan Taormino. A few years ago, Tristan made the leap into big-time porn when she convinced John Stagliano, a.k.a Buttman, to produce the movie of her book The Ultimate Guide to Anal Sex for Women. Tristan and Buttman argued over details, but what they ended up with is one of the best selling porn movies about anal sex on the market. Tristan and Susie also talk about the real life sex of sexperts.

Susie meets her match this week in this first of a two-part interview with sexpert Tristan Taormino. Tristan is a writer, editor, sex educator, and sometimes fetish model, performer, and porn producer. She's written three books: The Ultimate Guide to Anal Sex for Women, True Lust: Adventures in Sex, Porn and Perversion, and Pucker Up: A Hands-On Guide to Ecstatic Sex. She's a regular a regular columnist for The Village Voice, Taboo and On Our Backs.

Susie is in the studio this week with John Vollmer, the curator of a new exhibit at the Museum of Sex in New York City. The exhibit is called "Sex Among the Lotus: 2500 Years of Chinese Erotic Obsession". In this fascinating discussion, Susie and John Vollmer talk about erotic images in Chinese art and culture, starting with the Lotus and the sexual charged practice of foot binding all the way through the current trends in Chinese pornography.

Susie's NYC interviews are here! Susie kicks off the series by talking with Robin Adams and Micole Taggart, the women behind Sweet Action Magazine (www.sweetactionmag.com). Sweet Action is one of the rarest of porn mags, created by straight women for straight women. It features lots of nude pictures of hunky men and some tips-and-tricks articles to help straight women improve their game.

Before Susie launches into her NYC interview series, she's talks to a more local guest, her dad. In his second appearance on In Bed, linguist Bill Bright talks about his new book Native American Place Names in the United States. He explains why you shouldn't call either a Native American woman or mountain top squaw and gives the fascinating secret sex history of many common place names. Then, in her Try This at Home mailbag, Susie explains the giggles and guffaws of tickling fetishes.

Susie's has an even more scandalous update for those of you following her fight against Pay Pal. It turns out Pay Pal's new policy against selling "indecent" material is just the tip of the iceberg of a much bigger scam. Also in the news, Susie has an update on the Bush administration's recent efforts to reduce funding of NIH programs researching sexual behavior. Then, in her mailbag, Susie gets a letter from a woman who's just starting to explore her sexual feelings and a man who'd like to tone his down.