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In this excerpt from In Bed with Susie Bright, Susie interviews Yale psychologist Paul Bloom about his fascinating best-selling book How Pleasure Works: The New Science of Why We Like What We Like. Paul and Susie talk about the pleasures of sex and how we perceive them.

Suzy is going to blow your mind this Christmas as she reveals the real origins of the holiday. Santa likes sex and drugs and Rock and Roll!

Recently, Susie lectured at the University of Wisconsin, in spite of protests from conservative lawmakers. In this week's Front Page, Susie reads a letter to the University of Wisconsin chancellor from State Representative Steve Nash, declaring "Susie Bright - a menace." In her Media Whore department, Susie dreams of getting in on with rap bad-boy Eminem. And, in this week's, Try This at Home mailbag, Susie answers a poignant letter from a woman who gets mistaken for a boy.

Susie Bright interviews Jillian Lauren, author of Some Girls: My Life in a Harem. Lauren talks about her incredible real-life experience “auditioning” for the harem of Prince Jefri of Brunei.

Susie Bright, “The Pauline Kael of Porn” (SF Chronicle), rips open the history of erotic cinema before the internet— from the Golden Age of lavish 35mm hardcore, to the video-inspired “Porno Spring”, initiated by none other than punk, feminist, and lesbian video-makers.

Susie Bright is the first and reigning queen of contemporary erotica. In How to Write a Dirty Story she reveals her tricks of the trade and shows you how to heat up sex scenes in everything from traditional novels and romances to science fiction and humor. Easing the aspiring writer into the creative process, she tells you how to write the steamy plots and sensual characters that publishers and readers (and listeners) are looking for.

They thought she'd be easy. They thought wrong. It all began with the phone call asking former porn star Angel Dare to do one more movie. Before she knew it, she’d been shot and left for dead in the trunk of a car. But Angel is a survivor. And that means she’ll get to the bottom of what’s been done to her, even if she has to leave a trail of bodies along the way….

This beautifully produced book contains the landmark work of the most influential lesbian photographers in the world, including Morgan Gwenwald, Della Grace, Diana Blok, Tee Corrine, Jill Posener, and Honey Lee Cottrell. Beyond the impact of the individual photographers, Bright writes about the themes that have fueled lesbian photography, including the feminist approach to the body and the lesbian relationship to popular culture.

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.

The Edge of the Bed: Cyborgasm 2 is a collection of erotic stories so real, you can practically feel it. Contributors include sexperts Susie Bright and Carol Queen!

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?

Some of the smartest erotic stories in the world just happen to be written by lesbians, women who changed the face of erotic lit. Susie Bright presents a collection of lesbian sex lives that speak fearlessly, through every taboo, without any apologies. Writers like Dorothy Allison, Lisa Montanarelli, Greta Christina, and Peggy Munson name names, get as close to any woman as they dare, and relish every deep stroke of their erotic pens….

In The Best American Erotica 2002, Maggie Estep relates the surprising sexual happenings in a detox clinic, Francesca Lia Block explores the aquatic fantasies haunting a surfer, and Ernie Conrick introduces a tennis star and sex symbol who surrenders to an unusual coach. In these 23 stories you will also find cutting-edge work from other luminaries and from the Internet, where the next wave of erotica has matured into some of the most enticing writing around.

There's a segment of the population who call themselves "asexual". Susie's not buying it! She says everyone has sexuality in their DNA. Now, for those who claim "not me", Susie reads from an article about asexual ants, and how they're actually total whores! Although the research into Mycoceourus smithii looked at first like it was a species that could reproduce without sex, it turns out that, when later dissected, the queen ant was covered in sperm.

The Conservative Political Action Conference, known as CPAC, is attended by many staunch political types who, it turns out, are also looking for some kinky one-night stands. After listening to fiery speeches from favorite conservatives on the convention floor, it seems the next most popular activity is finding anonymous gay sex. Susie reads from some Craigslist ads, and boy-oh-boy there was some sinning happening at the recent CPAC.

Susie's just finished The Big Book of Masturbation by Martha Cornog and she's ready to celebrate self-love! She'll regale you with the best slang terms for jacking or jilling off. She'll list the pros and cons of masturbation. She'll quote Mark Twain! You'll learn more about masturbation than you expect! Then, in her mailbag, Susie gets a letter from a woman who is disappointed her new lover lasts all night.

Susie is all about the porn women enjoy this week. First, a recent article in The New York Times explained what types of porn movies are getting rave reviews on the new Playgirl channel. Then, Susie offers up her list of favorite porn movies, from the very pretty to the Victorian to the very raunchy Then, in the mailbag, Susie offers advice to a man who suspects his wife has been cheating on him for years.

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.

[Contains explicit content] In today's show, from 2013, Susie has a provocative interview with Jesse Bering, author of Perv: The Sexual Deviant in All of Us. His book takes a candid look at why we all have some perversion - and explains why being sexually deviant isn't as bad as we think. Susie and Jesse discuss the science behind sexuality, some famous and historically significant people who were outliers, and the difference between safe and harmful kink.  

Susie reads from an erotic fable that will surely keep us all in the holiday spirit. Pulitzer Prize-winning author Robert Olen Butler has written a tale about what happens when a husband is reincarnated into a parrot and his wife goes shopping for a Pretty Polly.