Self Sacrifice in Ancient India
Today we’re looking into self sacrifice in ancient India. Why did people do it? How did people think about death and the afterlife? Who were the gods people would sacrifice themselves for? And why wou...
1 Sep 202334min
History of Sex For Sale
Many people claim sex work to be the oldest profession, but we can likely put that down to being midwifery or medical professionals of some sort.However, since money has changed hands, it has also don...
29 Aug 202334min
How Fear Shaped History
What scares you? Some of humankind’s most common fears and phobias include fear of heights, flying, spiders, snakes, injections, germs, public speaking and….death.When you think about it…fear, and the...
25 Aug 202343min
Gay Identity in Nazi Germany
Berlin in the early 1930s was a place of incredible liberation for its queer community. There were over 100 gay clubs, and Magnus Hirschfeld’s Institute for Sexual Science - the first sexology researc...
22 Aug 202344min
Superstitions: Witch Marks, Touching Wood & Lucky Pants
Many of them pre-date modern religions and defy what science tells us about the world - from saluting magpies, to wearing lucky pants. Yet why do superstitions still have such a strong hold on our liv...
18 Aug 202340min
Polyamory: From Mormons to 60s Counterculture
The polyamory movement has a long and interesting history. It takes in Pilgrims meeting Native American Indians, Mormons having their take on it, and a modern version born from 60s counterculture and ...
15 Aug 202343min
History of Kissing: Why do we lock lips?
A good old smooch. It’s something that we do on a daily basis in one form or another (if we’re lucky), and yet have you ever stopped and wondered why we do it? Wonder no more. On today’s Betwixt the S...
11 Aug 202340min
History of Make-Up
Most of us present ourselves with some form of cosmetic, so it’s strange that historically there’s been so much judgement around the use of it.It’s something that’s been there from the Ancient world t...
8 Aug 202338min
