History Is Sexy
History Is Sexy
History is Sexy is a podcast presented by historian Dr Emma Southon and writer Janina Matthewson answering listener questions about history. What did the Romans do for us? Where did marrying for love come from? What was world war one all about? Produced and edited by Oliver Kealey. Theme music by Ketsa.
Episodes
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Aug 19, 2021 • 1h 30min
Episode #59 - How Big a Dickhead Was Oliver Cromwell?
We debate Oliver Cromwell and whether, massacres and puritanism aside, he was really such a bad guy.
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Aug 5, 2021 • 1h 11min
Episode #58 - Were the Amazons Real?
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Was there really an all female tribe of warrior women in the ancient world? Did they cut off one boob? Why would they do that? Emma and Janina discuss the evidence.
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Jul 22, 2021 • 1h 9min
Episode #57 - History's Greatest Escapes
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The greatest escapes in history, or; how we learned the most tried and true escape methods.
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Jul 8, 2021 • 1h 6min
Episode #56 - What's The History of Timbuktu?
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A continuation of the last episode on Arabic libraries and centres of learning, today we visit West Africa and learn how Timbuktu became a focus of Islamic scholarship and learning.
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Jun 24, 2021 • 1h 7min
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?
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Jun 10, 2021 • 1h 23min
Episode #54 - What's the History of Malta?
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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.
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May 20, 2021 • 1h 7min
Episode #53 - Ra Ra Rasputin Part III
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The final part of our Rasputin series features Boney M, Anastasia, and Rasputin's alleged dick!
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May 6, 2021 • 1h 34min
Episode #52 - Ra Ra Rasputin, Part II
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In part two of our Rasputin series, we talk about actual Rasputin! His life, his death, and our new favourite historical personage, his murderer.
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Apr 22, 2021 • 59min
Episode #51 - Ra Ra Rasputin, Part I
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It's a series! Part one of a three part look at that cat that really was gone, Rasputin.
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Apr 8, 2021 • 1h 21min
Episode #50 - The History of Banned Clothing (And Underwear)
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*reupload to fix sound problems at the start!*
This week, Emma and Janina talk about clothing laws, colonialism and pants!
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