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The Most Feared Sex Act In History
Episode 428
It’s got many names: giving head, going down, eating out, dining at the Y, muff diving.
Why has cunnilingus been stigmatised and feared so consistentl…
4 months, 2 weeks ago
How to Get Cancelled in the Tudor Court
Episode 427
Who was Lettice Knollys? And why was she expelled from Elizabeth I's court?
Kate is joined by Estelle Paranque in this episode to find out how a man c…
4 months, 3 weeks ago
The Elusive Female Orgasm with Dan Snow
Episode 426
There will be giggling and gasping galore! And that's just when you listen to this episode!
Dan Snow quizzes Kate on all things female pleasure. When …
4 months, 3 weeks ago
How to Get Cancelled as a Medieval Mistress
Episode 425
What do you have to do wrong to be specifically named in a law? In the 14th Century, one of the mistresses of King Edward III found out. So who was A…
4 months, 4 weeks ago
A History of Homophobia
Episode 424
Has there ever been a time when homophobia did not exist? And what causes it to rise and fall?
Kate is joined by Dr. Harry Tanner, author of 'The Quee…
5 months ago
How to Get Cancelled in Ancient Judea
Episode 423
What do we know about Jesus? Kate is joined for this episode by Professor of Christian Origins, Helen Bond, to find out more about the historical rec…
5 months ago
The Fake Princess Who Fooled Georgian England
Episode 422
What you'll hear in today's episode is a story that strikes to the dark heart of the British Empire.
Despite being set in the time of Jane Austen's ea…
5 months, 1 week ago
Sex Work in Colonial India
Episode 421
When the British Empire colonised India, how did it treat their different ideas about sex? How did they treat sex workers like the Devadasi, meaning …
5 months, 1 week ago
How Scandalous Were Masquerade Balls?
Episode 420
Faces covered, identities unknown - masquerade balls sound like a place of anonymity and, therefore, SCANDAL.
But how true is this in the 18th Century…
5 months, 2 weeks ago
The Brothels of Imperial Russia
Episode 419
In today's episode we're taking you back to the brothels of 19th century St. Petersburg.
Sex work was legalised under the Emperor Nicholas I, but what…
5 months, 2 weeks ago