Supersluts of History: Hollywood's Marlene Dietrich

<p>Marlene Dietrich was unapologetic in her love of sex, and she had a lot of it.</p><br><p>She took Hollywood by storm in the 1930s and slept with some of tinsel town's most famous men and women.</p><br><p>What made her so unique and create such a legacy? As a sexually liberated German woman what did the Nazis make of her? And did she really sleep with JFK and his father?!</p><br><p>This is the final instalment of our mini-series, <em>Supersluts of History</em>, where we're exploring and celebrating women whose sexuality was used to define them. Have we saved the best til last?</p><br><p>Joining Kate for this episode is author and journalist Mick LaSalle.</p><br><p>This episode was edited by Hannah Feodorov. The producer was Stuart Beckwith. The senior producer was Freddy Chick.</p><br><p>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 <a href="historyhit.com/subscribe"; rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><u>historyhit.com/subscribe</u></a>;. </p><br><p><u>You can take part in our listener survey</u><a href="surveymonkey.co.uk/r/6FFT7MK"; rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><u> here</u></a><u>.</u></p><br><p>All music from Epidemic Sounds.</p><p>Voting is now open for the Listener's Choice Award at this year's Podcast Awards! UK & Ireland listeners please place your vote on the Spotify mobile app here: <a href="open.spotify.com/s/xhg6PJa"; rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">open.spotify.com/s/xhg6PJa</a></p>;

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