369 Episodes

  1. Hate Mail: A Scandalous History

    Published: 15/09/2023
  2. Victorian London's Hidden Porn Trade

    Published: 12/09/2023
  3. Cleopatra to Jane Austen: Perfumes of Powerful Women

    Published: 08/09/2023
  4. Bestiality

    Published: 05/09/2023
  5. Self Sacrifice in Ancient India

    Published: 01/09/2023
  6. History of Sex For Sale

    Published: 29/08/2023
  7. How Fear Shaped History

    Published: 25/08/2023
  8. Gay Identity in Nazi Germany

    Published: 22/08/2023
  9. Superstitions: Witch Marks, Touching Wood & Lucky Pants

    Published: 18/08/2023
  10. Polyamory: From Mormons to 60s Counterculture

    Published: 15/08/2023
  11. History of Kissing: Why do we lock lips?

    Published: 11/08/2023
  12. History of Make-Up

    Published: 08/08/2023
  13. Eleanor Aquitaine: The Life of a Medieval Badass

    Published: 04/08/2023
  14. Lube: A Slippery History

    Published: 01/08/2023
  15. Victorian Abortion & Birth Control

    Published: 28/07/2023
  16. Barbie: Feminist Icon?

    Published: 25/07/2023
  17. Scottish Kings' Sex Lives

    Published: 21/07/2023
  18. Althea Gibson: The Wimbledon Champion Who Beat The Odds

    Published: 18/07/2023
  19. Mozart's Sex Life

    Published: 14/07/2023
  20. Victorian Baby Farming Killer: Amelia Dyer

    Published: 11/07/2023

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Join sex historian Dr Kate Lister on Betwixt the Sheets as she gets intimate with the stories that would make your history teacher blush.What were the Victorians really like behind closed (bedroom) doors? How did the Black Death favour women in medieval England? And what was Caesar like in the sack? Join Kate as she bed-hops 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.Betwixt the Sheets: The History of Sex, Scandal & Society - a podcast from History Hit.Sign up to History Hit for hundreds of hours of original documentaries, with a new release every week and ad-free podcasts. Sign up at https://www.historyhit.com/subscribe.   Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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