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In 1976, a porn film called Snuff hit the theaters. It was rumored that a woman was killed in the movie and anti-porn feminists roared. This week, Susie is in the studio with porn and exploitation film scholars Eithne Johnson and Eric Schaeffer. Eithne and Eric talk about the history of the snuff film, the role of red-light districts, specifically Boston's "Combat Zone," and Eithne maps out the female porn equivalent to the money shot. In the mailbag, a listener searches for cocoa buttery goodness.

Susie's feeling vindicated by a recent medical journal report that drug companies are funding studies of female impotence. Susie says forget the pills and creams and get some lube. Then, Susie talks with her old friend and mentor Jared Rutter about the history of porn. In her mailbag, Susie reads a letter from a woman who wonders why her 23-year-old boyfriend has lost interest in sex, and from a man who says he really does like to take it slow.

Let's meet a group of women who pick up the pieces when their husbands come out. Susie reads from an article by Chadwick Moore in Out magazine that tells the stories of women dealing with their husbands' changes in sexual preference. Many of these women are devout Christians or from conservative backgrounds. They feel they should remain supportive, even at the sacrifice of their own happiness.

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?

Ever wondered why theres no female voice as bold, erotic, unflinching, and revealing as Norman Mailer, Henry Miller, or Philip Roth? There is. It belongs to Susie Bright. Big Sex Little Death is an explosive yet intimate memoir that's pure Susie: bold, free-spirited, unpredictable, larger than life, yet utterly true to life.

It's Part 2 of our annual look at the top sex stories of 2010. This week we continue to look at the headlines that made a sexual splash....

Today's show is all about joysticks for Jacks and Jills. Susie interviews video-gamer and erotic author Shanna Germain. There is a perception that gamers are all young men who spend all their waking hours in a basement secluded from the real world. Well, surprise - many gamers are regular people including plenty of female devotees. Shanna and Susie talk about how sex finds its way into some popular programs and how to navigate a multi-player game.

Today's show takes a quick look at why and how sex education has evolved in the United States. Susie reads from an article in Newsweek that featured a story written by Johanna Cornblatt. Going back to the 1800s, we see the same worries about "evil" sex and plans to control the young, just as with today's abstinence-only sex-ed. The article is full of strange and fun historical facts, including warnings about syphilis, prostitutes, the 1960s sexual revolution, and HIV and AIDS.

With the Academy Awards just around the corner, Susie looks at what has prompted some heated debates over the sex scenes in one of the nominated movies: Black Swan. Watching Natalie Portman masturbate and orgasm was hot to watch, but for some women, it caused a stir about the best way to get off. Susie says as long as you come, why criticize the method?

Susie is off this week and wants you to enjoy a New York City interview she had in 2007 with transgender author, playwright, and performance artist Kate Bornstein. But first, Susie tries to make sense of legislator Bob Allen's wildly irrational explanation for his arrest on sexual solicitation charges in a public toilet.

It's our annual look at the Top Sex Stories of 2010. Susie loves to remember the most outrageous events from last year and to tote up how many news stories had to do with sex. She's always surprised by what made the headlines. This year's list ranges from the Sexting craze to the end of Craig's List sex ads - and more!

A listener asks Susie for some advice on how to find great sex workers in Thailand. The catch is she's looking for upscale professionals and doesn't mind spending the money to find the right kink. Susie loves responding to our "Try This at Home" mailbag, and has many ideas on how to have the best sexy time while traveling abroad.

What do not being able to stay hard, and never having too much cock, have in common? Anwer: both topics listeners bring to the table on today's show. Susie loves responding to our "Try This at Home" mailbag, and this week she looks at a letter from a husband who has had a happy sex life until a recent change in birth control methods, which now has him wearing condoms. He can't find his groove anymore and says, "Help!"

Check out these numbers: nearly 190 million antidepressant prescriptions were dispensed in the United States last year, according to the National Institute for Mental Health. Susie looks at the sexual side effects of these drugs, including loss of libido. That's not acceptable!

Susie is ready to scream! A recent study once again shows that women are not reaching orgasm nearly as often as men. It's not fair! Susie looks at the role of oral sex in this unfortunate gap between men's and women's pleasure. Seems like there is a lot more giving head and less eating pussy happening these days.

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.

Happy New Year! This week Susie presents an intriguing show from the In Bed archives. Back in 2005, Susie spoke with Dr. Elisabeth Lloyd, author of The Case of the Female Orgasm: Bias in the Science of Evolution (Harvard University Press).

Today's show is a must-listen-to primer for everyone interested in spicing up his or her sex life. Susie takes us from how to participate in kinky, successful three-way to the opposite extreme of how to achieve orgasm in the traditional missionary position. We have something for everyone today!

Susie reveals the outcome of Bush's Abstinence education programs: They don't work! A new report by a nonpartisan research group finds that abstinence programs appear to have little impact on teenagers delaying sex. Oh Susie has a heyday with this one. Tune in to have a good laugh and get a reality check.

Susie has found a book club you may not want to join: Parents Against Bad Books in Schools. What's not to like? Well, they're against letting kids read books that have violence, sexual content, religious degradation, and foul language. Oops, that means a lot of books are banned from this group's must-read list. But what's got Susie really steamed is that they have a problem with writing that talks about big breasts. How can that be a bad thing?