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Episode #83 - The Borgias
Support us on Patreon! www.patreon.com/historyissexy The most devious, murderous cut-throat family of renaissance Italy.. or misunderstood victims of slanderous propaganda? Emma and Janina take a look at one of Italy's most infamous familie
Episode #82 - What Makes The Dark Ages "Dark"?
Support us on Patreon! www.patreon.com/historyissexy ... and were they really so dark? Listener survey link: https://forms.gle/78wMyX42uQvpHf1Y8 Show notes: https://historyissexy.com/show-notes/episode-82-what-makes-the-dark-ages-dark
Episode #81 - History is Rexy! Anne Boleyn (feat. Rex Factor)
Support us on Patreon! www.patreon.com/historyissexy Graham and Ali from Rex Factor are here and we're talking about England's most consequential Queen Consorts, and all the skulduggery she got up to! ⚠ Listener survey! ⚠ We want to get to
Episode #80 - What's The Deal With Empress Elisabeth?
Support us on Patreon! www.patreon.com/historyissexy Willkommen in Österreich! Emma is joined by History Is Sexy producer and Austria Correspondent Oliver to have a look at a story that's captured Austrian hearts for a hundred years, the li
Episode #79 - The Ptrouble With Ptolemys - Part 2! (Feat. HR Owen)
Support us on Patreon! www.patreon.com/historyissexy Emma is joined by HR Owen once again to discuss the most dramatic family in Classical Egypt! ⚠ Listener survey! ⚠ We want to get to know our wonderful audience (that's you) a little bette
Episode #78 - The Ptrouble With Ptolemys, Part 1 (feat. HR Owen)
Support us on Patreon! www.patreon.com/historyissexy Janina's on a bit of a break, but history never sleeps, so Emma is joined by acclaimed podcaster HR Owen for a deep dive into perhaps one of the most dramatic families in history, the Pto
Episode #77 - Why Is The UK "United"?
Support us on Patreon! www.patreon.com/historyissexy How did the various states that've existed on the British Isles/North Atlantic Archipelago coalesce, fracture, and coalesce over and over until it became the country we know today? A thou
Episode #76 - The Story of Boudica
Support us on Patreon! www.patreon.com/historyissexy In 60CE, Boudica, Queen of the Iceni, led a violent uprising of unprecedented scale that tore across the southeast of Britannia, burning London and shocking the Roman world. But what's th
Episode #75 - On Debutantes, Balls, and "The Season"
Support us on Patreon! www.patreon.com/historyissexy Put on your gown and get ready to enter high society, as Emma and Janina walk you through the bizarre world of Debutantes, Balls, and "The Season"
Episode #74 - What's The Deal With Matriarchal Societies In History?
Support us on Patreon! www.patreon.com/historyissexy This time, Dr Emma Southon and Janina Matthewson take a deep dive into matriarchal societies in classical and pre-history, did they really exist?
Episode #73 - Caligula (1979)
Support us on Patreon! www.patreon.com/historyissexy Caligula is a 1979 film made by pornographers, starring Malcolm McDowell, Helen Mirren, Sir John Gielgud, and Peter O'Toole. It's also completely bananas. Join Emma (seen it dozens of tim
Episode #71 - What's the Deal with Wild Children?
Support us on Patreon! www.patreon.com/historyissexy Emma and Janina investigate the mystery of wild children, and whether any of them were actually raised by olves.
Episode #70 - When Did Men's Clothes Get So Boring?
Support us on Patreon! www.patreon.com/historyissexy What's "The Great Masculine Renunciation?" Who was Beau Brummell? Why are men's clothes so boring now?
Episode #69 - What's The Deal With Vikings, Part 2
Support us on Patreon! www.patreon.com/historyissexy Emma and Janina are back behind the mast of the longship! This time, we're discussing sagas, eddas, and other various mythological titbits. www.historyissexy.com
Episode #68 - What's the Deal with Vikings, Part 1
Support us on Patreon! www.patreon.com/historyissexy We're back, and better than ever! This time, Emma and Janina will be answering a few questions about everyone's favourite nordic seafaring pirate raiders, the Vikings! Were the Vikings th
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Episode #67 - Why Do We Think The Victorians Were Prudes?
Support us on Patreon! www.patreon.com/historyissexy Where did the idea that Victorians were all repressed weirdos come from? Is it true? Did they cover their piano legs for modesty? What's going on? Show notes and links and get in contact
Episode #66 - Did the Illuminati Cause the French Revolution?
Support us on Patreon! www.patreon.com/historyissexy Who were the Illuminati? Did they cause revolutions all over the world, or were they just a bunch of nerds? Are philosophers to blame for everything? And did the French make books out of
Episode #65 - What's the History of Petra?
Support us on Patreon! www.patreon.com/historyissexy What's the history of Petra? Why was it considered lost for so long? Why aren't Bedouin people allowed to live there any more, and other things colonialism has ruined. Show notes at https
Episode #64 - What's the History of Alchemy?
Support us on Patreon! www.patreon.com/historyissexy This week we explore the weird and wonderful world of alchemy, from ancient China to Isaac Newton. Show notes https://historyissexy.com/show-notes/episode-64-whats-the-history-of-alchemy
Episode #63 - "Did A Girl From Cork Become a Moroccan Empress?" And Other Stories
Support us on Patreon! www.patreon.com/historyissexy People who's lives turned out to involve things no one could have predicted. Show notes: historyissexy.com/show-notes/cqcz3d5vh0ftaryie0kdkbw8s5ht7g
Episode #62 - Where Did The Idea Of Human Rights Come From?
Support us on Patreon! www.patreon.com/historyissexy *Reuploaded* This episode we talk political philosophy, chaos, revolutions and war crimes and the messy path to human rights theory. Show notes, merch and contact form at www.historyissex
Episode #61 - Did Jesus Really Exist?
Support us on Patreon! www.patreon.com/historyissexy Did a real human man called Jesus actually live and was he really crucified or did the church make the whole thing up? Show notes: https://historyissexy.com/show-notes/episode-61-did-jesu
Episode #60 - How Smelly Was the Past?
Support us on Patreon! www.patreon.com/historyissexy Was the past stinky? Were medieval peasants covered in poo like Monty Python? Did people really piss out of windows like in Blackadder? Were the streets of medieval London rivers of anima
Episode #59 - How Big a Dickhead Was Oliver Cromwell?
We debate Oliver Cromwell and whether, massacres and puritanism aside, he was really such a bad guy. Show notes at historyissexy.com/show-notes/0pd9rhjo7tx1caqc6baqevdinck1y3
Episode #58 - Were the Amazons Real?
Support us on Patreon! www.patreon.com/historyissexy Was there really an all female tribe of warrior women in the ancient world? Did they cut off one boob? Why would they do that? Emma and Janina discuss the evidence. Show notes: https://hi
Episode #57 - History's Greatest Escapes
Support us on Patreon! www.patreon.com/historyissexy The greatest escapes in history, or; how we learned the most tried and true escape methods. Show notes and merch available at https://historyissexy.com/
Episode #56 - What's The History of Timbuktu?
Support us on Patreon! www.patreon.com/historyissexy A continuation of the last episode on Arabic libraries and centres of learning, today we visit West Africa and learn how Timbuktu became a focus of Islamic scholarship and learning. Show
Episode #55 - Arabic Libraries
We talk about the great libraries of Baghdad and Cordoba. Includes a truly thrilling escape story that for some reason hasn't had a big budget HBO series made about it? Show notes and merch available at historyissexy.com/
