The Scandalous Royal Mistress Who Ruled France

We live in a hyper-sexualised world. But what if you don't take a sexual interest in anyone?Asexuality makes up roughly 1% of the population, and even though it will have been around as an identity si...

24 Okt 202338min

We all know how the song goes, the one about Hitler having one testicle.And whilst it's disarming to poke fun at someone so evil, there's an interesting and serious conversation to be had about how Hi...

20 Okt 202335min

If you happen to be a Spectrophiliac, then October must be a particularly exciting time for you.What is a spectrophiliac? Well, it's a fetish for ghosts (as well as mirrors), so being turned on by any...

17 Okt 202328min

There’s not much good to come out of a plague, especially a bubonic plague in the 14th century. A pandemic which definitely didn't involve zoom quizzes and a video montage of celebrities singing 'Imag...

13 Okt 202340min

What made a working class woman from Edinburgh become such a threat to British intelligence services during the Second World War, that they tried her as a witch?In today's episode, we're telling you t...

10 Okt 202337min

While the age of consent has fluctuated over time, it reveals some fascinating and enlightening things about how we view sexuality in society.Today's guest, Laura Lammasniemi, professor at Warwick Sch...

6 Okt 202341min

Given that the medieval period covers the best part of 1000 years, there's a fair amount of sexual myth and beliefs to get through.How kinky were people in those times? Was the chastity belt just a Vi...

3 Okt 202342min

"I came. I saw. I conquered".Perhaps the most famous Julius Caesar quote of all time. But after hearing all about his bedroom antics, it takes on a slightly...different meaning.From Cleopatra, to his ...

29 Sep 202337min