Welcome to the Sex History Show!
We are a podcast dedicated to uncovering how sex has shaped our history and our present. You can subscribe to our podcast or listen here. Our recent episodes are
SHS-010-Sex In The Oval Office 11:27 of audio US Presidents are NOT the only ones to have wild sex lives in public office, but the hypocrisy we have in the US about this is a little weirder than in many other places.
The music in the show was provide by Jonathan Coulton. He used to write software, now he just writes music. Visit http://www.jonathancoulton.com for tons of free mp3s. | SHS-009-XXX-Mas 12:32 of audio Naked caroling? Tinsel is sperm? Santa was influenced by psychoactive mushrooms? Join us as we uncover the sex behind the origins of Christmas. | SHS-008-Miscegenation 10:11 of audio The intersection of racism and sexism in the U.S. Join us as we discuss how innerracial marriage laws have been created, changed and abolished. Special thanks to Jason from The Half Show | SHS-007-Gay Words 09:47 of audio Who first coined the words "gay, queer, homosexual, faggot and queer"? Join us as we discuss the origins and history of these sometimes inflammatory and sometimes celebrated words. | SHS-006-Heads UP! 2:09 of audio Heads Up! Be sure to check out The Comprehensive Sex Education - From Sex Is Fun. | SHS-005-The Unknown Kinsey 7:22 of audio Havelock Ellis was one of the first sex researchers of the modern era. His book, Sexual Inversion, the first English medical text book on homosexuality, co-authored with John Addington Symonds, described the sexual relations of homosexual men, something that Ellis did not consider to be a disease, immoral, or a crime. | SHS-004-Comstockery 8:24 of audio Anthony Comstock, author of the Comstock act, brutally repressed sexual expression for more than a century. This is the story of one of the deaths he caused. Guest voices provided by Blissful and Will Ross. | |
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