Sex Lives of the Samurai
Betwixt The Sheets: The History of Sex, Scandal & Society
08/04/26
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The samurai are some of the most mythologised people in history, so let's do some myth busting!
Kate is joined by Joe Nickols, who co-curated the British Museum's samurai exhibition, to dive into the real lives of the samurai. How much fighting did they actually do? Could women be samurais? And what did they use for lube?
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This episode was edited by Hannah Feodorov. The producer was Sophie Gee. The senior producer was Freddy Chick.
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Joining Kate today is the fantastic Dr Eleanor Janega, historian, author and co-host of our sister podcast Gone Medieval.
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As if the Tudor world wasn't mad enough, in 1528 a mystic nun showed up demanding an audience with Henry VIII.
Elizabeth Barton stood in front of him and told him that his controversial marriage to Anne Boleyn would make God strike him down.
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Joining Kate today is author and historian Hayley Nolan, to help us get to know Elizabeth Barton and her mystic ways better.
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