Queer Georgians: A History of Gay Homemaking (feat. Anthony Delaney)
Powdered wigs. Satin breeches. Candlelit salons.And of course: sodomy.This week we’re swanning back into Georgian England (1714–1837), a century of empire, cholera, imperialism, and very flouncy coats...
4 Sep 20251h 9min
Medieval Arab Lesbians (feat. Labia Gas & The Saffron Massage)
The Dark Ages: Rome has fallen, the Church won't shut the fuck up, there's a killer plague for every season, and everyone else is dying of BOREDOM.Right? WRONG.Western Europe may have been a shitshow ...
30 Aug 202536min
The Hanky Code: A Quickie History
Welcome to The Hanky Code, aka Grindr for Boomers.Following on from our cruise through history last week, we've delved deeper into the notorious handkerchief code.The code was a form of flagging, whic...
21 Aug 202535min
Cruising: A 4,000 Year History (feat. Alex Espinoza)
You know the feeling: when you lock eyes and the look lingers just a little too long. His hand brushes over his fly. And boom! A small smile confirms it: You're about to be cruising, my king!And all i...
14 Aug 20251h 10min
Emperor Nero: Portrait of a Bottom on Fire (feat. Andrew Lear)
He fiddled while Rome burned. He married two men. He may even have kicked his pregnant wife to death.But he ALSO invented animal pelt kink, so could he have been THAT BAD?!This week, Bash is joined b...
7 Aug 20251h
Butt Pirates: A History of Queer Piracy (feat. Rebecca Simon)
🏴☠️ Before there was BRAT, there were Butt Pirates. 🏴☠️This week we're hoisting our slutty sails – that's what I call my underpants – to plunder the treacherous homosexual deep, with pirate histor...
31 Juli 20251h 4min
Leonardo da Vinci: Prince of Sodomy (feat. Professor Catherine Fletcher)
Leonardo da Vinci? More like Leonardo da Fist Me.We've all heard of the man behind the Mona Lisa. But did you know he was also one of Florence's sodomitical sweethearts?In this episode, we pull back t...
24 Juli 20251h 15min
A Queer History of Vampires (feat. Sacha Coward)
Hot, rich, European, emotionally unavailable... sound familiar?It's your Hinge profile all over again.No, silly, it's vampires!We are thrilled to welcome back folklorist and queer historian, Sacha Cow...
17 Juli 20251h 9min
