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Seduction, Prostitution, Bastardy, and Child Abandonment in Georgian London

Georgian London was the epicenter of urban pleasure culture. Harlots leveraged their assets, rakes indulged in licentious sex, and brothels, molly-houses, taverns and bawdy houses were scattered all over the city. Behind all this reckless abandon lay a milieu of misery. Between 1756 and 1760, the Foundling Hospital of London Read more…

By Marissa Rhodes, 8 months5 months ago
Puritans and Sexuality
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Puritan Sex: The Surprising History of Puritans and Sexual Practices

We have an image of puritans as cold, severe, hyper-strict and religious people, and while that’s not entirely false, it’s also not entirely true. From the very beginning, early Americans were thinking about sex. The courts were burdened with hundreds of cases in which people broke the laws regarding sexual morality, Read more…

By Sarah Handley-Cousins, 2 years2 years ago
Marie Stopes Scientist and Birth control
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Marie Stopes: Married Sexual Pleasure, Birth Control and Eugenics

Marie Stopes was one of the most significant figures in the modern birth control movement. She founded 37 international family planning clinics and brought sexual knowledge and fulfillment to countless women around the world. She was also a complex and complicated figure in the women’s rights and eugenics movement. We Read more…

By Averill Earls, 2 years2 years ago
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Science, Reform, and Anti-Vivisection

Things have been pretty political around here lately, so we wanted to dig into something that’s just fascinating and, frankly, creepy: anti-vivisection, or the 19th century campaign to end scientific and medical experimentation on living animals. Join Averill and Sarah as they talk about the practice of vivisection and the efforts Read more…

By Sarah Handley-Cousins, 3 years2 years ago
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How America Got Its Bases

Join Averill, Katie, and Dan as they discuss American base acquisition.

By Averill Earls, 3 years2 years ago
Episode

Remember the 5th of November

Stuff your Fawkes effigy, Averill, Dan and Tommy are talking Bonfire Night / Pope Day / Guy Fawkes Day on the podcast!

By Averill Earls, 3 years2 years ago
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