Dirty Sexy History

83 Episodes

1. Episode 22: Byron’s Fault. An Introduction to Vampires with Violet Fenn

   Published: 10/27/2021
2. Episode 21: Daniel Mendoza and the Modern Art of Boxing

   Published: 10/20/2021
3. Episode 20: Death in the Walls. How Arsenic Green Poisoned Victorian Britain

   Published: 10/6/2021
4. Episode 19: 40 Elephants, with special guest Sarah MacLean

   Published: 9/29/2021
5. Episode 18: The Catacombs of Paris

   Published: 9/22/2021
6. Episode 17: The Malleus Maleficarum. Witch Hunts in Late Medieval Europe

   Published: 9/15/2021
7. Episode 16: Witchcraft, Part One. Women’s Vices

   Published: 9/9/2021
8. Episode 15: Heroin and the Spanish Flu

   Published: 9/1/2021
9. Episode 14: Porn. Politics and Censorship in 19th Century England

   Published: 8/25/2021
10. Episode 13: Perfect Love and Sacred Sin. The Spiritual Side of Historical Kink

    Published: 8/18/2021
11. Episode 12: Dead Sexy. Tuberculosis and Other Beauty Tips

    Published: 8/11/2021
12. Episode 11: Dreams of Love: Franz Liszt and la Dame aux Camelias

    Published: 8/4/2021
13. Episode 10: The Necessary Evil. How Sex Work Built London’s Churches

    Published: 7/28/2021
14. Episode 9: Pumpkin Spice Laudanum

    Published: 7/21/2021
15. Episode 8: The Storming of the Bastille

    Published: 7/14/2021
16. Episode 7: In Love and Dirt: Cross-Class Romance in 19th Century England

    Published: 7/7/2021
17. Episode 6: The Transgender Priests of Cybele

    Published: 6/30/2021
18. Episode 5: Chasing Ghosts in 19th Century Paris. Horror Tourism in the City of Light

    Published: 6/23/2021
19. Episode 4: The Sickness of Naples. Syphilis and the Invention of the Modern Condom

    Published: 6/16/2021
20. Episode 3: The Problematic History of BMI, plus Deadly Diet Drugs of the 1930s

    Published: 6/9/2021