1. Sex
Description
It's the first full episode of The Swinging Christies! And Mark and Gray are discussing hot topics around sex and the 1960s. How does Agatha Christie write about gender, queerness, feminism, and how often? The answer is: very insightfully, and a lot more than you might think!
You can find us on X and Instagram under @Christie_Time. Our website is Christietime.com.
The Swinging Christies is a Christie Time project by Mark Aldridge and Gray Robert Brown.
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00:00:00 - Opening titles
00:00:59 - Sex
00:08:09 - Pornography
00:16:03 - Girls into women
00:30:20 - “Sexed up” adaptations
00:45:15 - Love and marriage
00:52:00 - Children born out of wedlock, divorce, abortion
01:00:48 - Feminism
01:15:42 - Queerness
01:31:09 - Next episode, how to get in touch
01:31:55 - Closing titles
01:32:16 - Coda
Solutions revealed! - Hallowe'en Party, Endless Night, A Caribbean Mystery, At Bertram's Hotel
TW - sexual references including sexualisation of young people, misogynistic language quoted, homophobic language quoted.