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

<p>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?</p><br><p>Join historian, Kate Lister, Betwixt the Sheets as she unashamedly roots around the topics which seem to have been skipped in history class.</p><br><p>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.</p><br><p>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.</p><br><p>You’ll laugh, you’ll wince, and you’ll ask yourself how much has actually changed.</p><br><p>So join Kate Betwixt the Sheets: The History of Sex, Scandal & Society - a podcast from History Hit.</p> <hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>