Season 4, Episode 2: Topless Roanoke
In the 1960s, Papa Joe’s in Roanoke, Virginia, became the very first club in the state and among the earliest in the nation to feature tople...
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Sexing History
A podcast about how the history of sexuality shapes our present.
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Listen to Sexing History, a Society & Culture podcast by Gillian Frank & Lauren Gutterman. Stream 23 episodes in English, follow new audio stories, and play episodes online on Radio and Podcast.
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20 of 23 episodesSeason 4, Episode 1: A Sacred Calling
For nearly half a century, Curtis Boyd and Glenna Halverson Boyd have devoted their lives to providing safe and affirming abortion care. Cur...
Season 3, Episode 4: Come All Ye Faithful
In this episode, we’ll be taking a cue from Santa Claus and sketching a naughty and nice history of festive sexual expressions. So, grab you...
Season 3, Episode 3: The Stained Glass Closet
How do you come out in a religious community that loves you conditionally? What do you tell yourself about your faith and your desires when...
Season 3, Episode 2: The Pickup Artist
Straight white men’s sexuality is too often imagined as natural, timeless, and unchanging. In “The Pickup Artist,” we showcase the 1970 best...
Season 3, Episode 1: Love and Labor
The story of African American midwifery is part of a larger history of Black women’s struggles to protect their own lives, as well as the li...
Season 2, Bonus Episode 2: Marabel Morgan
Welcome to a bonus track from Sexing History. This track features an extended version of Gillian Frank’s interview with Marabel Morgan from...
Season 2, Episode 6: Against Our Will
In the 1960s and early 1970s many Americans believed that rape was a rare and violent act perpetrated by outsiders and sociopaths. Popular c...
Season 2, Episode 5: Let's Dance!
In the 1960s and 1970s, a belly dancing craze swept the United States. Audiences could enjoy live belly dancing performances in Middle Easte...
Season 2, Episode 4: Canary
For a short time in the 1970s, Canary Conn was everywhere. She was on television. On the radio. And on bookshelves. Her story, that of a Tex...
Season 2 Episode 3: Sherri
In August of 1962, Sherri Chessen boarded a flight to Sweden in order to get an abortion after she was unable to obtain one in the United St...
Season 2, Bonus Episode 1: Mark S. King
Welcome to a bonus track from Sexing History. This track features an extended version of Gillian Frank’s interview with Mark S. King from ou...
Season 2, Episode 2: Sex Over the Phone
If you enjoyed this episode, please review us on iTunes or Soundcloud and share us on social media. Visit us at www.sexinghistory.com and fo...
Season 2, Episode 1: Bandstand and the Closet
If you enjoyed this episode, please review us on iTunes or Soundcloud and share us on social media. Visit us at www.sexinghistory.com and fo...
Episode 8: Mama Was a Star
Chances are you’ve never heard of Ruth Wallis, one of the greatest singers, comedians, and performers of sexually suggestive lyrics in the p...
Episode 7: A Church With AIDS
In the 1980s and 1990s, the San Francisco Metropolitan Community Church wrestled with profound questions: What does it mean to minister a ga...
Episode 6: Sexism Takes Flight
In the 1960s, the airline industry ramped up its sexualization of stewardesses in order to increase revenues. Decades before the #MeToo move...
Episode 5: Touch Me, I'm Yours!
In the 1970s, Evangelical women published bestselling marriage manuals. These books encouraged millions of American women to have active and...
Episode 4: Mixed Blessings
In 1973, CBS cancelled the top-rated sitcom Bridget Loves Bernie after one season. The reason: Jewish religious leaders objected to the show...
Episode 3: I Must Increase My Bust!
In 1966, before breast implants were widely available or popular, Jack Feather patented a "spring type breast developer." He made millions o...
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