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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.
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How big of a dickhead was Napoleon III, anyway?
Dormice? Sow's Uterus? What on earth did the Romans eat? Join Emma and Janina for a culinary odyssey through the world of Roman Food.
Who are some of the most badass saints? What were their lives like? What's a "desert father"? Find out all of this and more!
1The most devious, murderous cut-throat family of renaissance Italy.. or misunderstood victims of slanderous propaganda? Emma and Janina take a look at one of Italy's most infamous families, their rise, and fall.
... and were they really so dark?
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Show notes: https://historyissexy.com/show-notes/episode-82-what-makes-the-dark-ages-dark
Graham and Ali from Rex Factor are here and we're talking about England's most consequential Queen Consorts, and all the skulduggery she got up to!
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Willkommen in Österreich! Emma is joined by History Is Sexy producer and Austria Correspondent Oliver to have a look at a story that's captured Austrian hearts for a hundred years, the life of Empress Elisabeth.
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Emma is joined by HR Owen once again to discuss the most dramatic family in Classical Egypt!
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Janina's on a bit of a break, but history never sleeps, so Emma is joined by acclaimed podcaster HR Owen for a deep dive into perhaps one of the most dramatic families in history, the Ptolemys.
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How did the various states that've existed on the British Isles/North Atlantic Archipelago coalesce, fracture, and coalesce over and over until it became the country we know today? A thousand years of history, all in just over an hour!
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In 60CE, Boudica, Queen of the Iceni, led a violent uprising of unprecedented scale that tore across the southeast of Britannia, burning London and shocking the Roman world. But what's the real story? Was she real? Was she a literary construct? How are our modern conceptions of Boudica affected by the Victorians and Elizabethans?
Put on your gown and get ready to enter high society, as Emma and Janina walk you through the bizarre world of Debutantes, Balls, and "The Season"
This time, Dr Emma Southon and Janina Matthewson take a deep dive into matriarchal societies in classical and pre-history, did they really exist?
Caligula is a 1979 film made by pornographers, starring Malcolm McDowell, Helen Mirren, Sir John Gielgud, and Peter O'Toole. It's also completely bananas. Join Emma (seen it dozens of times) and Janina (not seen it before) as they discuss this scandalous and notorious historical film.
And why was he so special?
Emma and Janina investigate the mystery of wild children, and whether any of them were actually raised by olves.
What's "The Great Masculine Renunciation?"
Who was Beau Brummell?
Why are men's clothes so boring now?
Emma and Janina are back behind the mast of the longship! This time, we're discussing sagas, eddas, and other various mythological titbits.
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This time, Emma and Janina will be answering a few questions about everyone's favourite nordic seafaring pirate raiders, the Vikings!
Were the Vikings the ISIS of the 9th century?
Were the Vikings criminal outcasts from their homelands?
Did we like Assassin's Creed: Valhalla?
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They saw the natives as fauna. That hit hard.
I think I found the Judd Apatow of history podcasts. First episode in, they slag off Monty Python worshipers who probably just wanted to break the ice at a party. I suppose women find saying 'Penis' over and over again is funny while Apatow thinks providing the same service to the female equivalent makes him a Comedic Messiah.
Would be good if they actually talked about the subject, instead of sagging off Europe
The only way we can stop future catastrophe is through a socialist revolution.
I'm so excited for this episode! This was the question I asked, and I've been wanting to learn about this for so long! 🤠❤
I'm so happy my question got picked! 🤠