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Betwixt The Sheets: The History of Sex, Scandal & Society
Join sex historian Dr Kate Lister on Betwixt the Sheets as she gets intimate with the stories that would make your history teacher blush.What were the Victorians really like behind closed (bedroom) doors? How did the Black Death favour women in medieval England? And what was Caesar like in the sack? Join Kate as she bed-hops around different time periods; from ancient civilisations, to the middle ages, to renaissance and early modern...right up to now.You’ll laugh, you’ll wince, and you’ll ask yourself how much has actually changed.Betwixt the Sheets: The History of Sex, Scandal & Society - a podcast from History Hit.Sign up to History Hit for hundreds of hours of original documentaries, with a new release every week and ad-free podcasts. Sign up at https://www.historyhit.com/subscribe. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Royal Sibling Rifts
Episode Date: January 13, 2023Just in case you haven’t heard, a certain prince has released a memoir recently detailing a challenging relationship between him and his brother, the...
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Paganism & Festive Traditions
Episode Date: December 30, 2022The darkest nights of the year have long been the time for celebrations, from Yule and Mother Night, to Christmas and New Year's Eve. But where did th...
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Santaphilia: Sexual Attraction to Santa
Episode Date: December 23, 2022How long have people been hoping for Santa to hurry down their chimneys for?Whether it’s because he’s a bear, a dom or the ultimate daddy - in this ep...
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Sex Advice in the 20th Century
Episode Date: December 20, 2022What is ‘good’ sex? Why might you need to get your protractor out in the bedroom? And when was foreplay ‘invented’?In this episode, Kate is getting se...
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Alexander the Great's Sex Life
Episode Date: December 16, 2022Did Alexander the Great and the Queen of the Amazons really have sex for 13 days solid? What do we know about his male lovers? And how did his sex lif...
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Banned History
Episode Date: December 6, 2022How much did Britain and its allies know about the Holocaust? Could the Bengal Famine of 1943 have been helped? And was Elizabeth I really the Virgin...
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Lady Chatterley’s Lover
Episode Date: November 29, 2022*This episode contains very strong language and adult content*A semi autobiographical account from a conflicted man? An ode to a wife’s sexual desire?...
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The History of the Clitoris
Episode Date: November 25, 2022It’s so important that it’s been ‘discovered’ at least twice, but what is the clitoris and why has it previously been so hard to find?The clitoris is...
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Mussolini's Favourite Daughter
Episode Date: November 22, 2022What do we know about the people who shared the surname Mussolini with the Italian fascist dictator?Edda Mussolini may have been Benito’s daughter, bu...
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Heartthrobs
Episode Date: November 15, 2022What makes a heartthrob? Is he brooding, flamboyant or a bad boy? And what qualities translate to sex symbol status in society?Which men have made the...
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Hacks, Hitler & the Hotel Imperial
Episode Date: November 11, 2022We might now be used to hearing about the intimate details of celebrities and world leaders, but when did this become the norm?In the lead up to the S...
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Sex in Ancient China
Episode Date: November 8, 2022How did the people of Ancient China think about sex?From sexual vampirism to unrealistic representations of courtesan culture, from wife lending to av...
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Indecent Exposure
Episode Date: November 4, 2022It can happen on a bus, in a park, in your home, at the school gates. An estimated one in every ten women in England and Wales have reported it happen...
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Gothic Fiction
Episode Date: November 1, 2022From Dracula, to Frankenstein, to Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde, to Twilight’s Edward Cullen…when did our fascination with gothic fiction begin?In today’s epi...