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On this week's In Bed, Susie looks at what it means when the newspaper of record stops pandering to the rescue industry and gives voice to sex workers and human-rights activists. Then, how much do you want your tampon to tell your smartphone about your flow? It's Bluetooth for your vag!

Susie has a special guest this week, Gina Trapani, the editor of one of Susie's favorite blogs for simultaneously wasting and saving time, LifeHacker.com. Susie and Gina explore the reasons why people aren't looking for more time saving and geeky ways to improve their sex lives and much more. Then, Gina sticks around for the mailbag and helps Susie tackle a question from a woman in a new relationship who says her lover thinks she's "broken."

This just in from the BBC…The Orgasmatron! It is what it sounds like: a small machine that can give you endless pleasure. So why don't we all have one? Susie takes a look at the story, the device, and the doctor who invented it. The gadget, which gets wired to the spine, was developed for helping people with chronic pain, but some patients experienced intense sexual stimulation while they were hooked up. Wow, what a way to get rid of all those horrible aches and pains!

What do naked toddlers, TV's reality show The Bachelorette and premature ejaculations all have in common? They are topics up for discussion on today's show. And in our featured story, Susie looks at an article by fellow sexpert Cory Silverberg called "Why I Love Premature Ejaculation". What?

Happy New Year! Susie hopes that your new year will be filled with love, joy, and plenty of sex. But before we embrace 2010, Susie says goodbye to '09 with her list of last year's top sex stories.

As Susie gets ready to for her book tour for Mommy's Little Girl and Best American Erotica 2004, she's soliciting from you, dear listeners, suggestions for people she should interview for In Bed during her trip to NYC. To give some guidance, Susie spills the dirt on what kind of guest makes for a great sex interview. Then, Paypal's new indecency policy has put an end to one of the first Web pioneers - Jennicam, and more

This week, Susie takes a look at the bizarre new peep-show laws in Cleveland, OH, which could give the city fathers more than they bargained for! Also, Susie shares her favorite audiobooks and programs, from Margaret Cho to Non-Monogamy. Plus, in the "Try This At Home" mailbag, the strip-poker-playing wife from Episode 210 finds success.

As Susie reaches for a tissue, she has an important question for you: Sex and the flu bug - do orgasms help you get better, faster? Is getting down and working up a sexy sweat good for the sinuses, or is rest really what you need? It's flu season, and inquiring groins want to know. Susie says, "Why not grab a cup of tea and sit back while we think about sex as a medicinal aid?"

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.

Are you ready to really spice things up? Susie wants to tell you about the best new sex toys in her toy box! Everyone’s favorite vibrator, the Hitachi Magic Wand, has come up with a new and improved version. Then there's the Njoy - a dildo that will fondle your G-spot or prostrate in a way you’ve never imagined. And to top off the list: Eva, a wearable, hands-free vibrator that will turn your vanilla sex into a banana split with all the toppings.

The good news: gay marriage is making revolutionary gains. The bad news: abortions and birth control pills are harder to come by. Susie takes a look at the legal battles over reproductive rights and marriage equality to see what lessons we can learn from the court cases. At the heart of the issue is whether privacy trumps equality - or is it the other way around?

Susie takes a look at how virtual porn has put the FBI on high, red, and weird alert! Susie reads an expose from investigative journalist Debbie Nathan, who spent some time learning how the American Academy of Forensic Sciences uncovers the difference between real and computer-generated child porn. Sexualized images of real children are illegal, but computer-generated images are okay, because they don't show actual kids.

It's an outdated notion that only men will pay to have sex. What has changed in the past decade that makes more women okay with paying for escorts and sexual encounters? Susie will shed some light on the "why" as she reads from an article in the Sydney Herald. Written by Matty Silver, the story uncovers the many reasons, ranging from career women wanting privacy about their sex lives, to others simply wanting an arranged tryst rather then meeting someone at a bar. Go, women, go!

Imagine a place that exists for the sole purpose of providing sexual pleasure for women. Is this a crazy episode of Star Trek? No, it's a San Francisco-based organization, recently in the news, called One Taste.

Susie says it's time to start telling the truth about Plan B, a.k.a. the morning after pill. Then, Susie says Good Vibrations recent decision to convert from an employee owned and run co-op to a corporation marks the end of an era, but not the end of the sex-positive message. Finally, in the mailbag, Susie has two letters from two different men who ask roughly the same question: Does what I want to do make me gay?

Susie starts off the show with a tribute to Jack Morin, PhD, author of The Erotic Mind, who recently passed away. Morin was pivotal in studying men's pleasure and advancing sex education. He also developed a survey that dealt with unlocking the inner sources of people's sexual passion and fulfillment. Susie knew Jack and took his survey years ago, finding it to be an enlightening experience. Next, another example from the stranger-than-truth department. Susie saw an ad on Craigslist that takes the cake....

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?

One of Susie's favorite writers, Ellen Willis, died earlier this month. Willis was the first pop-music critic for The New Yorker, and wrote regularly about music for Rolling Stone, The Village Voice, and more. From why feminists against pornography had it all wrong to why the first President Bush's war on drugs was misguided, Willis fearlessly faced tough social issues and Susie loved her for it.

Susie pays homage today to her mentor and friend William Harrison. He was a prolific writer and produced many books and screenplays - most notably in 1975, when his book was adapted for the film Rollerball. Susie pays tribute to Harrison by reading one of the short stories he wrote for The Best American Erotica 2000: "Two Cars in a Cornfield".

Susie speaks with George Mason University professor Roger Lancaster about his recent New York Times op-ed piece entitled "Sex Offenders: The Last Pariahs". Lancester, who has extensively researched the subject, talks to Susie about the harshness and ineffectiveness of sex-offender laws. Guided by panic, we've put more people behind bars - but that hasn't helped to curb or make children safer from sexual predators. Susie and Roger talk about the problems of sex-offender registries and why politicians are such cowards on this issue.