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  1. Why Catherine Howard Lost Her Head

    <p>Poor Catherine Howard. She was smart, intelligent and undeniably beautiful, but ultimately no match for the vicious Henry VIII.</p><br><p>She was certainly a victim but was she totally blameless?</p><br><p>Joining Kate today is the alway

  2. The Truth About Pablo Picasso

    <p>Pablo Picasso's impact on the art world was sensational, but what impact did he have on the people around him?</p><br><p>His relationship history contains some problematic moments, to say the least, so we are asking if you can - or even

  3. Sex Work in Soviet Russia

    <p>After the Russian Revolution in 1917, sex work was a prime example of what capitalism did to society. </p><br><p>Under communism, sex work would no longer need to exist in society.</p><br><p>Spoiler: it very much still existed.</p><br><p

  4. Why Helen Of Troy Is The Real Star Of 'The Odyssey'

    <p>Beautiful women are always causing trouble in history, and perhaps none more so than Helen of Troy.</p><br><p>She's the daughter of Zeus and a human mother, after all.</p><br><p>With the new film Odyssey hitting the big screen, find out

  5. The Most Badass Dragon Slayers in History

    <p>Picture a dragon and its dragon slayer. What do you imagine?</p><br><p>It's likely going to be a giant, scaly, fire-breathing beast and a rugged knight with a massive sword. However, throughout history we have amazing myths of women drag

  6. Sex Lives of American Presidents

    <p>With the Fourth of July and America's 250th around the corner we wanted to revisit an episode and take a look back at the presidents from the past what we know about their sex lives.</p><br><p>Which president was well-endowed and suppose

  7. Lesbian Blood Sisters of the HIV Crisis

    <p>Why did 200 people queue to give blood in the San Diego summer heat on 16 July 1983?</p><br><p>During the AIDS crisis, many people living with HIV developed severe anaemia as a result of the disease and the treatments available at the ti

  8. 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 creat

  9. Sex Work in the Klondike Gold Rush

    <p>Why on earth would anyone make a perilous journey across wilderness and snow covered mountains, all because of a bit of gold?</p><br><p>This isn't Lord of the Rings, it's the Klondike Gold Rush, when an estimated hundred thousand people

  10. Supersluts of History: First World War Spy Mata Hari

    <p>Mata Hari was a dancer and courtesan who was executed in 1917 for being a spy during the First World War.</p><br><p>How did she get involved in such dangerous business? Was she really a mastermind spy who used her sexuality to gain intel

  11. A Teasing History Of Burlesque

    <p>Has Burlesque always meant the same thing? Where did it come from? And how has it changed?</p><br><p>Kate is joined by Dr Marissa Vigneault, Associate Professor of Art History at Utah State University, to find out more about how burlesqu

  12. Supersluts of History: Royal Mistress Madam du Barry

    <p>Madam du Barry's life was remarkable: from rags, to riches, to... revolution. And she pi**ed off Marie Antoinette along the way, too.</p><br><p>How did this courtesan from a poor background make it to be royal mistress in Versailles? How

  13. The Truth about Adam & Eve

    <p>What really went down in the Garden of Eden? Was there an apple? Was there a snake? Was the 'original sin' all that bad?</p><br><p>To answer these questions and more, Kate is joined by Dr Dylan Johnson, biblical scholar and historian of

  14. Supersluts of History: Roman Empress Theodora

    <p>In this new mini-series, we're exploring and celebrating women whose sexuality was used to define them.</p><br><p>First up is Roman Empress Theodora. How did "Theodora from the brothels", as she was known, rise to be the most powerful wo

  15. Sex & Pleasure in the Ancient World

    <p>Sex in the distant past is often thought about with all the fun taken out of it.</p><br><p>Pleasure must have been a part of the sex lives of women and men in the past, so what evidence do we have to back this up? What evidence of queer

  16. How to Get Cancelled in Hollywood's Golden Age

    <p>How do you not only lose your own reputation and career, but also tank the reputation and freedoms of your entire industry?</p><br><p>Today we’re exploring the first real Hollywood scandal, when actor Roscoe 'Fatty' Arbuckle was accused

  17. The Most Feared Sex Act In History

    <p>It’s got many names: giving head, going down, eating out, dining at the Y, muff diving.</p><br><p>Why has cunnilingus been stigmatised and feared so consistently throughout history?! When the Kama Sutra is turning its back on it, you kno

  18. How to Get Cancelled in the Tudor Court

    <p>Who was Lettice Knollys? And why was she expelled from Elizabeth I's court?</p><br><p>Kate is joined by Estelle Paranque in this episode to find out how a man came between loving cousins, and explore whether getting with your friend's cr

  19. The Elusive Female Orgasm with Dan Snow

    <p>There will be giggling and gasping galore! And that's just when you listen to this episode!</p><br><p>Dan Snow quizzes Kate on all things female pleasure. When was the first recorded female orgasm? Has there always been an orgasm gap? An

  20. How to Get Cancelled as a Medieval Mistress

    <p>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 Alice Perrers?</p><br><p>Kate is joined by the one and only Eleanor Janega to find out ho

  21. A History of Homophobia

    <p>Has there ever been a time when homophobia did not exist? And what causes it to rise and fall?</p><br><p>Kate is joined by Dr. Harry Tanner, author of 'The Queer Thing About Sin: Why the West Came to Hate Queer Love'. Harry has been expl

  22. How to Get Cancelled in Ancient Judea

    <p>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 record for the events of the New Testament, why Jesus was persecuted, and who by.</p><br><p

  23. The Fake Princess Who Fooled Georgian England

    <p>What you'll hear in today's episode is a story that strikes to the dark heart of the British Empire.</p><br><p>Despite being set in the time of Jane Austen's early 19th century polite society, Princess Caraboo's strange tale makes her an

  24. Sex Work in Colonial India

    <p>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 'slave of God'? And did the Victorians fetishise Indian sexuality?</p><br><p>Joining Kat

  25. How Scandalous Were Masquerade Balls?

    <p>Faces covered, identities unknown - masquerade balls sound like a place of anonymity and, therefore, SCANDAL.</p><br><p>But how true is this in the 18th Century? Could people sneak in unrecognised like they do in Bridgerton? And how much

  26. The Brothels of Imperial Russia

    <p>In today's episode we're taking you back to the brothels of 19th century St. Petersburg.</p><br><p>Sex work was legalised under the Emperor Nicholas I, but what was life like for sex workers? Why did they have to carry yellow tickets? An

  27. Who was the first 'Lesbian'?

    <p>Was Sappho queer? Or was this Ancient Greek poet just really really good friends with women?</p><br><p>Today on Betwixt the Sheets, Kate is joined by Katherine Horgan to find out how Sappho's poetry has lasted through the centuries, what

  28. Sex Work in the American Revolution

    <p>Where the American War of Independence raged, the camp followers...followed.</p><br><p>Among them were sex workers, for both the American and British troops. What was life like inside army camps where sex workers mixed with wives, soldie

  29. The Depravity of the Marquis De Sade

    <p>Sadism - the derivation of pleasure from inflicting pain, suffering and humiliation on others - is named after this man. So what exactly did he do?</p><br><p>Kate is joined by journalist and author Joel Warner to discuss the Marquis de S

  30. Inside the Moulin Rouge

    <p>The Moulin Rouge opened its doors in 1889, at the height of the Belle Epoch - 'the Beautiful Age'.</p><br><p>Its famous windmill structure stood on the fringes of Paris, where intellectuals and artists mixed with thugs and criminals in a

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