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Betwixt The Sheets: The History of Sex, Scandal & Society

By: History Hit
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  • Why did kings and queens have spectators on their wedding night? Who had the very first boob job? And did our ancestors have their unmentionables pierced?


    Join historian, Kate Lister, Betwixt the Sheets as she unashamedly roots around the topics which seem to have been skipped in history class.


    Everything from landmark LGBTQ+ court cases, to political scandal, to downright bizarre medieval cures for impotence. The etymology of swear words, gender bias in medicine, and satanic panic and cults - there’s nothing off limits.


    She'll be bed-hopping 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.


    So join Kate Betwixt the Sheets: The History of Sex, Scandal & Society - a podcast from History Hit.


    Enjoy unlimited access to award-winning original documentaries that are released weekly and AD-FREE podcasts. Get a subscription for £1 per month for 3 months with code BETWIXT sign up at historyhit.com/subscribe.


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  • Drunk Victorians: Moral Panic & Meat Wine
    Apr 30 2024

    Glass of meat wine, anyone? That's right, the Victorians loved a glass of meaty wine.


    They loved drinking so much that it became a moral panic, with whole movements of temperance cropping up around Britain.


    What was drinking culture really like in the Victorian and Edwardian Britain? Were women able to drink as much as men? And what exactly went into that meat wine?


    Helping Kate get to the bottom of this is Thora Hands, author of Drinking in Victorian and Edwardian Britain: Beyond the Spectre of the Drunkard.


    This episode was edited and produced by Stuart Beckwith. The senior producer was Charlotte Long.


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    45 mins
  • Elvis Presley's Sex Life
    Apr 26 2024

    Elvis Presley embraced sexuality from the start. Rock n roll was not tame music, and neither were his early performances.


    So much so that he was nicknamed Elvis 'the pelvis' after early TV performances.


    But were his personal relationships and relationship with sexuality like? How did his relationship with his mother influence him? And how was his relationship with a 14 year old Priscilla seen at the time?


    Joining Kate today is Alanna Nash, author of Baby Let's Play House: Elvis Presley And The Women Who Loved Him, to help us find out more.


    This episode was edited by Tom Delargy. The producer was Stuart Beckwith. The senior producer was Charlotte Long.


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    37 mins
  • Ancient Greek Sexual Health: Wandering Wombs & Headless Beetles
    Apr 23 2024

    If there’s one thing you’ll find out from this episode, it’s that the Ancient Greeks were better at philosophy than gynaecology.


    Struggling to conceive? You might be given a stuffed dead puppy to provoke fertility.


    Helping Kate make sense of Ancient Greek gynaecology today is Helen King, author of Hippocrates' Woman: Reading the Female Body in Ancient Greece.


    What questions will a visit to an Ancient Greek doctor be like? How would you stop your womb from wandering? And how would your body temperature help define your gender?


    This episode was edited by Tom Delargy. The producer was Stuart Beckwith. The senior producer was Charlotte Long.


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    44 mins

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An absolute favorite

The topics are interesting, the conversation enlightening, and Kate Lister is just plain fun to listen to. Thanks for hours of entertainment.

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Love this podcast

Hidden gem, such great knowledge and presented with fantastic wit and humor. Highly recommend this one

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Great Listen

Positive, smart, interesting, and just all around fun. She covers some heavy topics but in a lighter way and looking at things through intelligent eyes. Bringing on experts who are able to explain all we want to know in a logical and sympathetic way. I really love this podcast.

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