Kate Lister
speaker
6,606 appearances
33 recordings
1 series
first heard Apr 2026
last heard 5d ago
Kate Lister’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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recordings per month · last 12 monthsRecordings per month over the last 12 months — 33 in all, peaking in Jul 2026 with 9.
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Outrageous expressions and her barely there costumes.
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And before long, a certain skirt made entirely out of bananas.
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But behind the scandalous performances, there's a woman learning just how powerful fame can be.
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Because one day, that fame won't just get her into Europe's biggest stages, it'll get her past Nazi checkpoints.
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and welcome back to Betwixt the Sheets, the history of sex scandal in society with me, Kate Lister.
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Of all the people's lives that we have covered on Betwixt the Sheets, this, Josephine Baker's, has to be one of the most remarkable.
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From poverty and segregation in America to being the toast of Europe for her outrageous performances, and the small matter of working as a spy against the Nazis in World War II.
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But I'm giving too much away, and trust me, there is so much more than that besides.
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So who was Josephine?
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Josephine Baker.
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Well joining me today is author and professor emeritor Hannah Diamond, whose work on women in the Second World War led her to writing a book on Josephine.
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Well hello and welcome to Betwixt the Sheets.
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It's only Professor Hannah Diamond.
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How are you doing?
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doing
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You are really Professor Diamond.
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That's the coolest name ever.
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W well,
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Okay, okay, fair enough.
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Fair enough.
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