Betwixt The Sheets: The History of Sex, Scandal & Society

Human Emotion

Happiness, sadness, anger, surprise, disgust, fear... we all know what these emotions feel like, right? But what is emotion? Do we all feel the same things? And do we have the same feelings as people who lived five-hundred years ago? Today Kate is joined Betwixt the Sheets by Richard Firth-Godbehere to find out about the origins of emotions, and what they have to do with witchcraft and desire. You can find out more about Richard's work <a href="https://projects.history.qmul.ac.uk/emotions/richard-firth-godbehere/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">here.</a> Senior producer: Charlotte Long. Producer: Sophie Gee. Mixed by Siobhan Dale. Betwixt the Sheets: The History of Sex, Scandal &amp; Society. A podcast by History Hit. For more History Hit content, subscribe to our newsletters <a href="https://www.historyhit.com/sign-up-to-history-hit/?utm_source=timelinenewsletter&amp;utm_medium=podcast&amp;utm_campaign=Timeline+Podcast+Campaign" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">here.</a>  This podcast includes music from Epidemic Sounds and an archive clip from Prelinger Archives.

Join sex historian Kate Lister on Betwixt the Sheets as she gets intimate with the stories that would make your history teacher blush. What were the Victorians really like behind closed (bedroom) doors? How did the Black Death favour women in medieval England? And what was Caesar like in the sack?  She'll be bed-hopping around different time periods; from ancient civilisations, to the middle ages, to renaissance and early modern...right up to now. You’ll laugh, you’ll wince, and you’ll ask yourself how much has actually changed. So join Kate Betwixt the Sheets: The History of Sex, Scandal &amp; Society - a podcast from History Hit.