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

By: History Hit
  • Summary

  • Join sex historian 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?


    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.


    You’ll laugh, you’ll wince, and you’ll ask yourself how much has actually changed.


    So join Kate Betwixt the Sheets: The History of Sex, Scandal & Society - a podcast from History Hit.

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  • What Made You Ugly In The Ancient World?
    Nov 1 2024

    When we think about Greek and Roman beauty, we think of marble statues of huge men with tiny...feet.


    But what did it mean to be a beautiful woman? What role did their ideas of ugliness play in these ideas? And how did Christianity throw a curveball in all of this?


    Taking us back to this world is Caroline Vout, author of Exposed: The Greek and Roman Body, to give us a learned glimpse beneath the togas.


    This episode was edited by Tom Delargy. The producer was Stuart Beckwith. The senior producer was Charlotte Long.


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  • Inside the Witch Trials: Salem | Fear In A New World
    Oct 29 2024

    We often think of the witch trials as something in the deep and distant past.


    But, as we'll hear in today's episode, the attitudes and behaviour that led to witch trials is as present today as it was then.


    In this third and final episode of our limited series, Inside the Witch Trials, we go back to Salem, Massachusetts, to find out how colonialism, racism and a radical ideology created a witch trial that's as relevant today as it was in the 17th century.


    What was life like for Puritans in this new and unfamiliar land? Why did so many people willingly admit to being witches? And what became of Tituba, the enslaved woman whose testimony sparked panic in this remote village?


    Kate is joined by Professor Marion Gibson, author of Witchcraft: A History in 13 Trials, to find out.


    This episode was edited and produced by Stuart Beckwith. The senior producer was Charlotte Long.


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  • 18th Century Dating: From Booty Calls to 'Bundling'
    Oct 25 2024

    What was life like as a single person in the 18th century? What if you became pregnant out of wedlock?


    In today's episode, Kate talks to Angela Muir, author of Deviant MaternityIllegitimacy in Wales, c. 1680–1800, to find out what navigating single life was like for the lower classes: from strange dating customs such as 'bundling', to evidence we have of Georgian booty calls and the stigma of being single.


    This episode was edited by Tom Delargy. The producer was Stuart Beckwith. The senior producer was Charlotte Long.


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what a hoot

I love this podcast, it's unique and funny. The host is hilarious and inquisitive. Don't get your knickers in a bind!

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An absolute favorite

The topics are interesting, the conversation enlightening, and Kate Lister is just plain fun to listen to. Thanks for hours of entertainment.

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Love this podcast

Hidden gem, such great knowledge and presented with fantastic wit and humor. Highly recommend this one

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Great Listen

Positive, smart, interesting, and just all around fun. She covers some heavy topics but in a lighter way and looking at things through intelligent eyes. Bringing on experts who are able to explain all we want to know in a logical and sympathetic way. I really love this podcast.

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Kate is awesome

I just love this whole podcast. I highly recommend everything about it and it has something for every adult about adulty things lol

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