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America's Serial Killer Family
Episode 30
When the Bender family disappeared from Labette county, Kansas, in 1873, they left a dozen bodies buried in the garden of their home.
But who were the…
4 years, 2 months ago
Sex & Shopping
Episode 29
From facilitating affairs to public facilities, how has shopping changed our lives?
And where did the one-stop shop, the palace of splendour and oppor…
4 years, 2 months ago
Abortion in the US
Episode 28
In this episode we are looking into the first time abortion was made illegal in the US. This is the first of a special two-part series looking at the…
4 years, 2 months ago
Women of the Wild West
Episode 27
From a rifle-carrying brothel madam to missionaries walking for months on end; from the Native American First Ladies of settler outposts to the mormo…
4 years, 3 months ago
Bras
Episode 26
Bras are an everyday item for around half of the adult population, and for as long as humans have developed breasts they have been faced with the que…
4 years, 3 months ago
Nzinga: Warrior Queen Who Fought Colonialism
Episode 25
Warrior. Diplomat. Queen.
From fighting alongside her father and negotiating with the Portuguese on her brother’s behalf, to campaigning for the freed…
4 years, 3 months ago
The Medieval Bishop's Sex Workers
Episode 24
Outside Medieval London’s city walls, Southwark was a land without rules. It was the place where people went to partake in theatre, watch bear baitin…
4 years, 3 months ago
The First Queer Activist
Episode 23
On 29 August 1867, Karl Heinrich Ulrichs stood in front of the Congress of German Jurists in Munich and urged them not to extend sodomy laws across t…
4 years, 3 months ago
Beer
Episode 22
Pint, bottle, schooner, tinny … no matter how you drink it, beer is undeniably a part of social life here in Britain and around the world.
But how did…
4 years, 3 months ago
The Museum of Sex Objects
Episode 21
We’re used to exhibits in museums detailing our ancestors’ home lives and work lives, but what about their sex lives?
On a sunny day in London, Kate m…
4 years, 3 months ago