Dr. Kate Lister
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And even more importantly, in the bedrooms of people all throughout history.
Kings, queens, mistresses, servants and everyone in between.
We also get up close and personal with medieval aphrodisiacs, lethal Victorian makeup routines, and look at the scandalous lives of beloved children's authors.
In other words, it's the best bits of history, with me, Dr Kate Lister.
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I am so delighted to be here again talking to you, Kate. I always have such a blast.
I am so delighted to be here again talking to you, Kate. I always have such a blast.
I am so delighted to be here again talking to you, Kate. I always have such a blast.
You know, as an American, I am so exhausted. I feel like for the past decade or so, I've been in a really horrible dream, very complicated and long, and I just want to wake up.
You know, as an American, I am so exhausted. I feel like for the past decade or so, I've been in a really horrible dream, very complicated and long, and I just want to wake up.
You know, as an American, I am so exhausted. I feel like for the past decade or so, I've been in a really horrible dream, very complicated and long, and I just want to wake up.
Well, hopefully they'll have more clarity than we do. It's just a confusing, horrific mess in this country.
Well, hopefully they'll have more clarity than we do. It's just a confusing, horrific mess in this country.
Well, hopefully they'll have more clarity than we do. It's just a confusing, horrific mess in this country.
We can have a lot of material about that.
We can have a lot of material about that.
We can have a lot of material about that.
Well, my first book was Sex with Kings, and I looked at the sex lives of European royals. The second book was Sex with the Queen. My third book was pretty much Sex in the Vatican. And then I did a lot of other books. And then this came out in 2020, Sex with Presidents. I figured I should turn my attention to U.S. history and really did a deep dive.