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Susie's friend has anorexia and she's struggling to stay alive. This reminds Susie that anorexia is more than just depriving yourself of food; it's about focusing all of your energy - sexual and otherwise - on one task: abstaining. Then, Susie's doing her taxes this week and to keep her excited, she's found the perfect revenge-fantasy erotic story, "The Audit" by Dominic Santi, from BAE 2004. In this week's mailbag, Susie offers tips on selling your erotic stories.

Susie talks this week with Amanda Nash, also known as Amelia Copeland. For four years, Amanda was the publisher of Paramour, an erotic magazine Susie ranks as one of the very best. In her chat with Susie, Amanda talks about finding her writers, her audience and her own sex life while publishing the magazine. Then, in the mailbag, Susie helps one man figure out women's sexual fantasies.

It's the second part of the two-part encore edition of In Bed with Susie Bright. Last week, Susie offered her "helpful" hints for women who want to ruin their sex lives. Now, she turns her tongue-and-cheek toward men. Follow these 10 pointers and Susie's sure men will be rock hard where it counts the most - on the inside. And, Susie announces the winners for the most underreported sex story of 2001 - it's more than a year later, but do the stories still ring true? You decide.

Susie thinks back fondly to her early viewings of the Joy of Sex. But, a recent New York Times interview with author Alex Comfort's son and a recent reissue of the 1972 mega-best seller have Susie taking a second look at the old erotic war horse. And, at last, In Bed with Susie Bright listeners, you'll get an earful of a Susie conspiracy theory (hint: think breasts vs. vaginas). In the Try This at Home mailbag, Susie helps a man learn to dominate and woman learn to say "No."

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?

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.

Susie cheers the outcome of a recent criminal case in Dallas involving a porn store clerk who successful fought charges brought against her for selling pornography. In her interview, Susie talks this week with Jill Nagle, the author of Whores and Other Feminists. Jill also teaches classes on how to flirt. Susie and Jill compare their flirting techniques and talk about why a woman might chose to date gay men. In her mailbag, a man wonders if there's such a thing as sex addiction.

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.

Susie's recent experience as a Macworld Expo booth babe gave her a chance to meet some In Bed listeners. She heard tales of heart disease and distant libidos, seventy-year-olds burning up the sheets, and even bumped into some wayward Baptists. Then, Susie jumps for joy at NY Governor George Pataki's recent pardon of comedian Lenny Bruce and celebrates by reading excerpts of Paul Krassner's interviews with Bruce. In her mailbag, Susie explains Kegel exercises.

After two years of fighting terrorism, the Feds are getting busy busting porn. A federal grand jury recently indicted the adult video company Extreme Associates and its owners for distributing porn via the mail and Internet. Susie says in these days of corporate owned porn, it's worth noting the scope of the bust and what it might mean to the rest of the industry. Then, Susie responds to a Best American Erotica 2003 listener who says the violence in some of the stories turned off his hard-on. Susie teases out the ethical considerations of what turns you on, whether it's in your...

There are still more NYC interviews to come, but this week Susie catches her breath and we offer an encore edition of Susie's great San Francisco interview with monologuist Josh Kornbluth.

Josh Kornbluth is the author of Red Diaper Baby (currently being made into a move for the Sundance Channel) and co-creator of the feature length film, Haiku Tunnel. In this warm and especially funny interview, Susie and Josh talk about the sexual life of an office temp, or rather, Josh's sexual life as an office temp. Also, Josh talks about the sexual lessons his communist parents imparted...

Sometimes even Susie Sexpert doesn't want to get it on. Case in point, tax season. While Attorney General John Ashcroft spends thousands to drape Lady Liberty's breasts, Susie's tax struggles are giving her a headache. That kind of a headache. While Susie searches for her mojo, she offers her tax tips for sex time. Or is that sex tips for tax time? Susie also discusses a porn greeting that won't get to the troops in Afghanistan, sex fantasies, and safer ways to give blow-jobs au naturale.

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 reviews the sexiest movie released to theaters in quite some time - Y Tu Mama Tambien. She interviews controversial feminist Phyllis Chesler, author of the best selling Women and Madness. Chesler's newest book, Woman's Inhumanity to Woman explores the dark side of sisterhood: how women treat each other badly. In her Try this at Home mailbag, Susie gets the names right and answers an important question from a man whose sexual fantasies are coming too close to home.

Susie has a follow up story about her recent radio interview about Larry Flynt. A spat has broken out between Bush-hating Flynt and Flynt-hating lefties at radio station KPFK in Los Angeles and somehow Susie is caught in the middle. Then, Susie's devoured most of Jenna Jameson's new tell-all How to Make Love Like a Porn Star and she's ready to tell you why. Finally, in the mailbag, Susie offers some tips on how to make the comfiest sex swings.

Susie is on vacation this week. While she's enjoying the sun and surf, you can check out one of her great interviews from last year.

This week, Susie continues part two 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...

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.

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.

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.

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.