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Teenagers are having less sex these days, and teen pregnancy is down. This all sounds pretty good, right? Susie begs to differ and looks at the real reasons behind the statistics. A recent article by Amy T. Schalet in The New York Times got Susie thinking about what's changed for boys. What role has religion, abstinence-based sex education, and Internet pornography played in boys wanting love, not just sex?

Susie spends the entire show speaking with legendary porn star Howie Gordon, aka Richard Pacheco. Over his career, Howie appeared in more then 100 X-rated films and videos. Susie and Howie talk about the business of making sex movies: "How is your acting affected when getting an erection becomes difficult?" They talk about open marriages, first loves, and the sexual liberation of the sixties.

On this week's In Bed, Susie talks to silent-movie guru Laura Horak, who critiqued hundreds of women actors cross-dressing in the golden age - and came to surprising conclusions and about what it means to gender-savvy audiences today. Then, it's "New on Audible". Memphis Noir, is a wet, dirty, and sexy exploration of crime and class in the Mississippi Delta.

What do you get when you combine ball-busting feminists, the patriarchy, and a sexy Halloween? The scariest haunting of them all! Susie went to the best haunted-house ever, featuring gender-queer apparitions, ball-busting butchers, riot ghouls, and radical vampiric grannies. The show is the brainchild of artists Deirdre Logue and Allyson Mitchell, who wanted to "pervert, not convert" all the sinners who love scary, nightmarish fun.

A Christian fundamentalist Michigan lawmaker freaked out when his affair was about to go public. So what did he do? He spread rumors to divert attention away from the affair, instead saying that he was into sucking men's cocks. Hum says Susie. Wise move? And where does God weigh in on this kind of behavior? Tea Party conservative Todd Courser is the crazy whose idea was to "inoculate the herd" so his affair would seem tame by comparison. This has Susie and many Michiganders shaking their heads.

Today's show features some juicy and complex correspondence from Susie's "Try This at Home" mailbag. There are two letters, both of which are from a married couple who want to change their monogamous relationship into an open marriage. They each sent Susie a letter separately, detailing their concerns and desires. You'll hear why the wife wants more, and then about the husband's excitement but nervousness about going from vanilla to raspberry chocolate pistachio and butter brickle with a cherry on the top.

Susie was recently a guest lecturer in a grad-school classroom where she was asked about the history of the feminist divide on pornography. This brought back old memories, including one in particular about how the famous radical writer Andrea Dworkin disagreed with Susie's view on pornography. Dworkin agreed with those who linked violence against women to porn. And back in the 1970s, she responded to an article Susie wrote about fisting. Dworkin wrote that if women were hurt because they tried Susie's violent idea of sex, then...Susie should be arrested!

Susie starts off today's show with a remembrance of Helen Gurley Brown. Back in the 1960s, Brown, ahead of her time, offered up the idea that single women liked sex and should have a lot of it. She went on to become the editor of Cosmopolitan, where she was the first to bring titillating images and headlines to women's magazine covers. Susie plays a radio interview of Brown as she talks with conservative talk-show host Joe Pyne.

Today's show delves into strip clubs, Wall Street, and bisexuality. First up, Susie looks into how some US states are declaring war on strip clubs. A new trend is emerging: adult entertainment venues are being charged a tax, with the dollars raised intended to fund rape crisis and sexual-assault centers. Pole taxes are linking sexually oriented businesses with perpetuating sexual violence. Do these go hand-in-hand? Susie thinks this is all a scam. Show the proof please; it just doesn't make sense.

Do you have fond memories of high-school sex - a time of young exploration? But it's not so at one school in Brooklyn, where the teachers are having reckless sex that goes well beyond comprehension. James Madison High's... "Horndog High's"… most recent problem is a teacher tutoring sex rather than English with a 16-year-old boy. And there have been other teacher scandals in the past - stuff like two lesbian teachers caught in the act at school, and a male teacher emailing child porn.

[Contains explicit content] New parents are keenly aware that there is something very important missing in their lives: sex. Susie talks about how to find ways to get that part of your relationship back even if the diapers still need changing. Next, Susie reads a story from her mentor, poet Judy Grahn. "The Psychoanalysis of Edward the Dyke" is a tale that Grahn wrote about the problems of being a girl who's really a guy. Then, from the mailbag, a listener writes, "My husband won't let me masturbate." Uh-oh, sounds like a control issue.

A man was told by his doctor that he has idiopathic fibrosis and that he has 100 orgasms left before his penis stops working. What would you do in his shoes? Susie found this story at BroBible.com and has some compassionate advice for him. There are other great ways to get off without using his meat hammer, for example; how about catching up on some reading? Susie suggests a great book entitled Anal Pleasure and Health.

A wildlife expedition notebook that contains details about homosexuality, pederasty, necrophilia, and rape? Yep. Scientists say it's those sexy penguins being rowdy again. Today, Susie takes a look at a Guardian article that describes a study from the early 1900s, all about the sexual activities of the Antarctic penguin. Susie finds this very interesting and explains why, back then, "lewd" penguin behavior was considered a novelty.

Gender and sexual identity can be a big issue for us humans. And guess what... some animals, fishes, and reptiles are queer too! Susie thinks the idea that there are gay dolphins is fascinating. Author Joan Roughgarden's 2004 book Evolution's Rainbow: Diversity, Gender and Sexuality in Nature and People has the details, and Susie plays a sample from the audiobook.

On this week's In Bed, Susie looks at Prince's explosive, erotic legacy in music, kink, and fashion. Prince brought lust, masturbation, and yearning into a new generation's bedroom, and now his devastated fans look back in awe.

Susie is off this week, but wants you to enjoy a very special episode from 2008, in which she presented another in her series of special compilation shows. Get ready for 90 minutes of scintillating and revealing interviews with the men who work in front of and behind the sex camera. You'll hear Susie in conversation with five fellows who've seen and done it all. She begins with Jamie Gillis, who is one of the most accomplished porn stars.

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.

Susie starts with a recent article in The New Yorker about the Bush administration's faith-based opposition to a new cervical cancer vaccine. Then, Susie says safely surfing Internet porn is one thing, but once you have a good spam filter, it's better to figure out why you're so secretive about what turns you on. Lastly, in the mailbag, Susie has a letter from a married man who's conflicted about his use of prostitutes. Susie's answer? Open up about what you desire.

Happy New Year! For her final program of the year, Susie takes another look at the sex story that kicked off 2004: Janet Jackson's wardrobe malfunction and the subsequent FCC crack down. Susie says the real truth is that the FCC is issuing fines based on handfuls of complaints, rather than the thousands that are generally quoted (or assumed). Susie says it's time for the voice of the many to rise up and drown out the prudes. Then, in her mailbag, Susie fillls the void.

In the news, Susie says the new Federal abstinence education policy is worth more than just an eye roll. With so much money riding on an agenda that prohibits talking about sex outside of a heterosexual marriage, and so many snitches ready to bust anyone who says otherwise, Susie says ignorance will have its own cost. Then, Susie reads an excerpt of Karen Finley's George and Martha. In the mailbag, Susie gets a letter from a woman who's fallen in love with her husband's friend.