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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.

Susie Bright uncovers the intimate side to pornography, in these candid talks with famous stars, producers, directors, and retailers. Susie's interviews get to the heart of what it's like to have sex in front of the camera, the surprising details of how porn movies are made and marketed, and what Hollywood learned from "Deep Throat."

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.

Susie talks with Victorian-age sexuality historian Professor Sharon Marcus. Susie asks why today's society is more prudish than the high-laced-collar Victorians'. Marcus has a new book, Between Women: Friendship, Desire, and Marriage in Victorian England. Susie and Sharon discuss whether lesbian sex was first born within the good-girl Victorian friendships.

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.

Pulitzer Prize-winner Jane Smiley details a beautiful erotic interlude in an otherwise sordid real estate deal; Mary Gaitskill celebrates the unexpected ardor of one middle-aged couple; Steve Almond reminisces about the best one-man/three-girl Ecstasy party ever; Nelson George recounts the erotic escapades that befall a young man who accompanies a celebrity athlete when he picks up a gaggle of girls; and Carol Queen explores the joys of making love with summer fruit.

Famous for taking her readers to undiscovered places, Susie Bright has changed the rules for writing about sex. Erotica is no longer under-the-covers reading; it's thrilling literature that showcases the best writing around.

Susie is off this week, but wants you to enjoy a show from 2009. Today we feature an interview with a man whose job it is to pleasure women. Imagine what fun it is to be a vibrator designer. Here's a man who needs to know his product is not only functional but also sensational in all respects. Susie talks with Ethan Imboden, the founder and chief creative behind Jimmyjane, a company that believes "naughty is nice, sexy is smart, and pleasure is in the details."

In this episode, Susie talks about heartbeats and hellhounds in the ladies room: the anti-abortion laws have gone completely baroque. Next, a new survey of asexuals proves that when it comes to the erotic mind, the universal fantasies remain. And finally, from the mailbag: sexy holiday gift-giving dos and don'ts.

[Contains explicit content] In this 2018 show, Susie talks to Hallie Lieberman about her fun, surprising, and long history of sex toys: Buzz: A Stimulating History of the Sex Toy.

Sex Researchers, Prostitutes, Sexologists, and MDs are some of the guests who talk about every sexual hot spot with Susie Bright. From masturbation and orgasms, to challenging sex games and surviving incest - no subject is taboo.

[Contains explicit content] Susie answers a letter from a listener who wants to know the best sex positions for homosexuals. Strap-on cocks, hand-held dildos, anal sex, and more are discussed. Then, Susie takes a look at a sexual survey she gathered from an interesting group of teenagers.

Pull down the shades and settle in for pleasure with this trio of erotic novellas - handpicked by Susie Bright - showcasing stories that are hot and masterful. Susie Bright, hailed by The New York Times as "the avatar of American erotica", is the undisputed grandmaster of the genre. Now she has handpicked three rising stars - new masters - whose stories will delight, arouse, and captivate you. Connected by a central theme - the idea that one sexual moment can change a person forever - each story is wildly different from anything you have read or heard before.

Best-selling author Susie Bright’s first work of fiction and her first collection of short stories. Bright reveals the outlier reaches of family, tribe, last rites—as well as the elegiac care and feeding of the fast-disappearing.

[Contains explicit content] Susie offers another listen to an interview from 2016 with sex educator and author Cory Silverberg about his book for kids, Sex Is a Funny Word - the greatest parent lifesaver ever in the Sex Talk department. Next, why would anyone "love" premature ejaculation? And finally, it's "What's on Audible": To celebrate the Irish next month, we take a listen to Dublin Noir: The Celtic Tiger vs. The Ugly American. Fire up the peat and settle in with a Guinness!

Contains explicit content] Susie celebrates Ireland's landslide victory for sexual freedom and women's rights. Being there was like visiting another planet compared to the US. Next, why do we love the sexual politics of The Americans? There's a lot to see here. And finally, it's "New on Audible": Meg Worlitzer's The Female Persuasion is a hyper-realistic look at the generational divide between second-wave and post-wave feminists.

[Contains explicit content] Susie interviews the brilliant anthropologist author who cracked kink - Katharine Gates - on deviant desires, technology, and dead baby bunnies. Don't get her started! Ooops, too late.... Her seminal work on kink communities, Deviant Desires, has been released in a whole new edition that never fails to surprise.

[Contains explicit content] Susie talks to Hallie Lieberman about her fun, surprising, and long history of sex toys "buzz".

[Contains explicit content] Stormy Daniels and Trump: All the hush money in the world can't make him a virtuous man. Next, Margaret Atwood gets called out for suggesting we fix due process. And finally, Susie discusses office etiquette for conscientious subs and masters.

Arnold Schwartznegger: actor, governor, and now… dirty rotten scoundrel. Maria Shriver and Arnold have called it quits to their marriage as the world learns of his love child with another woman. And Shriver stood by this guy for all these years? Why? Susie has some insights into their complicated relationship. She also looks at the history of this strange celebrity political family. She's not sure if Arnold will be able to fulfill his "I'll be back" promise.