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Charles II's Mistresses
Episode 40
Lucy Walter, Barbara Palmer, Louise Kérouaille and Nell Gwynn. These are the names of just a key few of King Charles II’s mistresses.
In this episode,…
4 years, 1 month ago
Sexual Violence
Episode 39
Definitions of what can and cannot be described as sexual violence vary widely across time and place. In 48 countries around the world today, for exa…
4 years, 1 month ago
Viking Sex
Episode 38
Who was Loki having sex with? What is a horse penis cult? And were the Vikings as brutal as we think they were?
Betwixt the Sheets today, Kate is join…
4 years, 1 month ago
Women & Football
Episode 37
Football, or soccer depending on where you are in the world, is quite unsuitable for women, wouldn’t you agree? No? Well the Football Association tho…
4 years, 1 month ago
Sex Robots
Episode 36
Can a sex robot really fulfil our needs in the bedroom? And what attempts have been made in the past?
Sex robots may sound like a thing of the future,…
4 years, 2 months ago
Rasputin: Myth & Manhood
Episode 35
Was Rasputin really Russia’s greatest love machine? Did he have any healing powers? And why might his penis be pickling in a jar?
In this episode, we …
4 years, 2 months ago
Female Pirates
Episode 34
Yo ho ho, a pirate’s life for me - but what is a pirate’s life, and what was it like for women?
This is the story of Anne Bonny and Mary Read, a pair …
4 years, 2 months ago
Abortion in the UK
Episode 33
As the right to decide whether to terminate a pregnancy is challenged on the other side of the Atlantic, today Betwixt the Sheets we are looking at t…
4 years, 2 months ago
Virginity
Episode 32
From luring in unicorns to protecting the Roman Empire, myths have surrounded virginity for centuries. But is virginity itself a myth?
In this episode…
4 years, 2 months ago
Witches
Episode 31
What comes to your mind when you think of a witch? Broomsticks? Black cats? Warts?
Early modern witchcraft expert, John Callow, is Betwixt the Sheets …
4 years, 2 months ago