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/
24 Juni 20211h 7min
Episode #54 - What's the History of Malta?
Support us on Patreon! www.patreon.com/historyissexy Sieges, sieges and more sieges! Turns out there's more to Malta than just seiges, but there are a lot of them. Janina and Emma discuss knights, crusades, mother goddesses and endless, interminable wars. Show notes and links at www.historyissexy.com
10 Juni 20211h 22min
Episode #53 - Ra Ra Rasputin Part III
Support us on Patreon! www.patreon.com/historyissexy The final part of our Rasputin series features Boney M, Anastasia, and Rasputin's alleged dick! Show notes and merch available at https://historyissexy.com/
20 Maj 20211h 7min
Episode #52 - Ra Ra Rasputin, Part II
Support us on Patreon! www.patreon.com/historyissexy In part two of our Rasputin series, we talk about actual Rasputin! His life, his death, and our new favourite historical personage, his murderer. Show notes and merch available at https://historyissexy.com/.
6 Maj 20211h 33min
Episode #51 - Ra Ra Rasputin, Part I
Support us on Patreon! www.patreon.com/historyissexy It's a series! Part one of a three part look at that cat that really was gone, Rasputin. Show notes and merch available at https://historyissexy.com/.
22 Apr 202159min
Episode #50 - The History of Banned Clothing (And Underwear)
Support us on Patreon! www.patreon.com/historyissexy *reupload to fix sound problems at the start!* This week, Emma and Janina talk about clothing laws, colonialism and pants! Show notes, contact details and merch are at www.historyissexy.com
8 Apr 20211h 20min
Episode #49 - What's The History Of Birth Control?
Support us on Patreon! www.patreon.com/historyissexy This week, Janina and Emma discuss the ways in which people mostly people with uteruses) prevented pregnancy in the past! Content warnings for miscarriage, abortion and a lot of horrible things gong into vaginal canals! For show notes and merch, see our shiny new website! www.historyissexy.com
25 Mars 20211h 16min
Episode #48 - History's Greatest Poisons
Support us on Patreon! www.patreon.com/historyissexy Emma and Janina talk all things poison and unexpected methods of poisoning people throughout the ages. Sources at https://historyissexy.com/
8 Mars 20211h 23min
