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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?

Men have Viagra and women have...? There is no magic pill for women, yet! But the big pharmacy companies are rushing to change that. In the meantime, Susie takes a look at what's being marketed to women to help them keep up with their chemically enhanced partners.

Susie starts off with a couple of updates this week. First, you still have a little bit of time to enter Susie's Valentine's Day contest and, Susie Bright and Audible will be recording all of the Best American Erotica series! Then, Susie reads one of her most requested essays, "Egg Sex" about all things sex related during pregnancy. Finally, in the mailbag, Susie hears the upside of Webcam sex from two couples who say they met and fall in love across several continents via high-tech visual aids.

Susie's excited this week by a new report from an economist who has basically figured out that dollar for dollar it costs more to sleep with men than with women. Go figure. Then, Susie offers you a sweet taste of the latest erotic novel she's been reading and loving. Finally, in the Try This at Home mailbag, Susie hears one man's defense for why marijuana is the best sex drug.

Susie tries to make sense of legislator Bob Allen's wildly irrational explanation for his recent arrest on sexual solicitation charges in a public restroom. Next, in another New York City interview, Susie speaks with transgender author, playwright, and performance artist Kate Bornstein. Susie and Kate discuss Bornstein's latest book, Hello Cruel World: 101 Alternatives to Suicide for Teens, Freaks and Other Outlaws, as well as gender hierarchy and depression.

Susie introduces her latest blog, Random Honest Porn Review, a site where even you can write a review of your favorite porn movie. And she tells us about a recent posting that asked: what is up with circus-freak porn movies?

Susie starts off the show with a look into the Michigan state police department's unusual phone-message system. If you call them looking for help, you are instead connected to a sexy hotline that asks if are you naughty. Then, Susie tackles a topic that is too sad: children that face sexual bullying. Calling kids "faggot" or "lesbo" still happens. Susie discusses the challenges parents face. Then, Susie talks about the infamous outdoor happening called Burning Man.

Higher education invades the sex blogging world. Susie starts off with ten tips for hurrying up a slow cum-er from the popular blog site Confessions of a College Girl. Our sorority sister gives professional advice on how to make a man finish his pleasure - and still leave enough time to get homework done.

Each week Susie answers a letter from a listener. Today's show puts the spotlight on our "Try This at Home" mailbag, in which a loyal listener writes that she was bothered by a recent show when Susie spoke about the best positions for sex - but only for heterosexuals. What about us lesbians? says our letter writer. Well, Susie has a lot of great advice for everyone, so today, here they are: tips for homosexuals.

Susie has Louisiana on her mind. Having recently visited the Big Easy, she reminisces about all of New Orleans' great offerings for sex and sensuality. Susie finds much grace in the city, from the great jazz on WWOZ radio to the Katrina recovery efforts of regular citizens. All this, plus a look at Susie's participation in the tenth anniversary of The Vagina Monologues celebration held in Louisiana.

Susie's in bed this week with her old friend, photographer Phyllis Christopher. Susie remembers the first time she received a package of S&M photos from an unknown woman in Buffalo, more than two decades ago. Phyllis talks about what inspires her, how she became a pioneer in capturing images of women's sexuality, and much more. Then, Susie and Phyllis take on a tough letter in the mailbag from a man who wants some advice on getting over the death of his loving and sexually adventurous partner.

Some people will go to great lengths to receive sexual satisfaction, but today, Susie brings you a story that goes beyond any kinky extremes. We're talking about getting aroused because of brain surgery. Yup, who knew that the electrodes inserted in your brain to control disorders like depression and Parkinson's can have an added sexy benefit? The Mind Hacks website tells of one women's erotic sensations.

Susie takes a fascinating and thorough look this week at the reporting by The New York Times's Kurt Eichenwald. You may remember Susie has found much of Eichenwald's reporting about child pornography to be very insincere and tabloidish. Two recent stories have raised even more questions for Susie and others about how Eichenwald is accessing child pornography Web sites, and, beyond that, what his reporting means in the real world where children are being abused and exploited.

Susie says there's a new twist to the disturbing (on many levels) expose the New York Times ran in early 2006 about the world of underage Internet porn. After many months sitting on damming evidence, the U.S. Justice Department has done nothing. Meantime, three high ranking government officials have been busted for participating in underage Internet porn. Coincidence? Susie doesn't think so. Then, in her mailbag, Susie gets a follow up letter from an adventurous young woman who's seeking the perfect

Last year Susie presented a show about herpes, and today she revisits this most prevalent STD. Let's go undercover and listen to "Herpes Confidential, Part 2". Susie will update us on the latest and cheapest drugs that keep the disease at bay.

Susie starts off the show with some disturbing news from Indonesia. It looks like they are going backwards in time with the return of the once popular medieval way to curb sex - the Chastity Belt. In Jakarta, a massage parlor requires its female masseuses to wear padlocks across the zippers of their pants. Talk about providing a safe working environment! Critics don't want to lock up the women, but rather the male customers' hands to stop the sexual harassment. Then, what to-do if you discover porn on your lover's computer. Starting at the web site Divine Caroline, Susie looks at what steps to take or not to take to have a successful conversation about porn rather then having a fight.

It's two great sex writers, thinkers, activists and friends for the price of one! Susie's guest is Dan Savage, author of the syndicated weekly sex advice column, Savage Love and two books, The Commitment and The Kid, as well as editor of the Seattle weekly newspaper The Stranger. Susie and Dan talk about a recent personal ad scandal, the politics of tranny boys, Dan's statute of limitations on identifying as bisexual, open relationships, gay marriage, and much more.

Susie's been reading a midwife's blog recently, and she came across a topic you usually don't hear much about: How being obese changes a woman's vagina and sexual response. Then, Susie says a recent article on the science of sex left her wanting, but confirms that our body is usually a couple of steps ahead of our brains when it comes to desire. And, in the mailbag, Susie answers a letter from a woman whose partner has a strange way of asking for sex.

Susie says when an award-winning children's book was banned in some libraries for including the word "scrotum," she smelled rat, particularly since most librarians are front-line free-speech defenders. But, even more troubling to Susie is the persistent fear of teaching children the real names for body parts "down there." Then, Susie reads some of the winners from her recent "Most Outrageous Kiss" contest. And, in the mailbag, a woman wonders about the pleasures of a sex machine.

Susie's in the studio with Erica Jong, best known for her 1973 work Fear of Flying. Erica says she's gone from the "nurse or purse" scenario with older or much younger lovers, to seeing sex as a whole body experience. Then they talk about raising sexually strong girls and why Jane Austen would be chick-lit today. Finally, in the mailbag, Susie gets an earful about Christian domestic discipline.