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

A podcast by History Hit

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252 Episoade

  1. What The Ancient Greeks Got Wrong About The Female Body

    Publicat: 06.09.2024
  2. Could You Survive Victorian Surgery?

    Publicat: 03.09.2024
  3. Medieval Life During Plague & War

    Publicat: 30.08.2024
  4. The Real Princess Diana

    Publicat: 27.08.2024
  5. Life Lessons From Historical Women

    Publicat: 23.08.2024
  6. Renaissance Beauty: Snails, Cat Poo & Fatal Make-Up

    Publicat: 20.08.2024
  7. Sex Work in 18th Century Paris

    Publicat: 16.08.2024
  8. The Real Cleopatra

    Publicat: 13.08.2024
  9. The Curious History of Beds

    Publicat: 09.08.2024
  10. The Real Anne Boleyn: Sex, Scandal & Betrayal

    Publicat: 06.08.2024
  11. How Nudes Changed Britain

    Publicat: 02.08.2024
  12. The Dark History of Bearded Ladies & the Victorian Freak Show

    Publicat: 30.07.2024
  13. History of Grief: Sky Burials & Victorian Death Photos

    Publicat: 26.07.2024
  14. Flagellation Brothels: Georgian Spanking Houses

    Publicat: 23.07.2024
  15. Incest & Royalty: House of the Dragon & Beyond

    Publicat: 19.07.2024
  16. Gaslighting to Woke: Origins of Modern Buzzwords

    Publicat: 16.07.2024
  17. Surprising History of Redheads: From Prehistoric Gingers to Ed Sheeran

    Publicat: 12.07.2024
  18. Queer London & The Post-War Moral Panic

    Publicat: 09.07.2024
  19. Emperors & Scandals in Ancient Rome with Mary Beard

    Publicat: 05.07.2024
  20. Sex & Scandal in UK Politics

    Publicat: 02.07.2024

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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.

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