367 Episodes

  1. Renaissance Beauty: Snails, Cat Poo & Fatal Make-Up

    Published: 8/20/2024

  2. Sex Work in 18th Century Paris

    Published: 8/16/2024

  3. The Real Cleopatra

    Published: 8/13/2024

  4. The Curious History of Beds

    Published: 8/9/2024

  5. The Real Anne Boleyn: Sex, Scandal & Betrayal

    Published: 8/6/2024

  6. How Nudes Changed Britain

    Published: 8/2/2024

  7. The Dark History of Bearded Ladies & the Victorian Freak Show

    Published: 7/30/2024

  8. History of Grief: Sky Burials & Victorian Death Photos

    Published: 7/26/2024

  9. Flagellation Brothels: Georgian Spanking Houses

    Published: 7/23/2024

  10. Incest & Royalty: House of the Dragon & Beyond

    Published: 7/19/2024

  11. Gaslighting to Woke: Origins of Modern Buzzwords

    Published: 7/16/2024

  12. Surprising History of Redheads: From Prehistoric Gingers to Ed Sheeran

    Published: 7/12/2024

  13. Queer London & The Post-War Moral Panic

    Published: 7/9/2024

  14. Emperors & Scandals in Ancient Rome with Mary Beard

    Published: 7/5/2024

  15. Sex & Scandal in UK Politics

    Published: 7/2/2024

  16. Origins of the Patriarchy

    Published: 6/28/2024

  17. Incest in Ancient Egypt

    Published: 6/25/2024

  18. Sex Life of Henry VIII

    Published: 6/20/2024

  19. The REAL Bridgerton: Historians React To Season 3

    Published: 6/18/2024

  20. Tudor Lesbians

    Published: 6/14/2024

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Join sex historian Dr 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? Join Kate as she bed-hops 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.Betwixt the Sheets: The History of Sex, Scandal & Society - a podcast from History Hit.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 https://www.historyhit.com/subscribe.   Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.