We explode gender norms by exploring their incredible variety across time.
Episodes
Monday Nov 18, 2019
Monday Nov 18, 2019
Was Jesus Aryan? Um... no, but believe it or not the Nazi state birthed a new religion that said yes. Oh, and in case you were wondering, yes it's a sex thing.
Don't forget to subscribe, rate, and review. Support the show on Patreon at www.patreon.com/btnewberg. Research, writing, editing, and production by B. T. Newberg. Logo Design by Rachel Westhoff. Animation by Maxeem Konrardy. Additional credits, references, and more at www.historyofsexpod.com.
Monday Nov 11, 2019
Monday Nov 11, 2019
Nazi nudism? Yup. As conservative as the Nazis were, they were not so with getting naked. How did body culture and nudism contribute to the Nazi aesthetic? Find out in this episode.
Don't forget to subscribe, rate, and review. Support the show on Patreon at www.patreon.com/btnewberg. Research, writing, editing, and production by B. T. Newberg. Logo Design by Rachel Westhoff. Animation by Maxeem Konrardy. Additional credits, references, and more at www.historyofsexpod.com.
Monday Nov 04, 2019
Monday Nov 04, 2019
The Nazis were desperate for Aryan babies, and enacted whole national policies to get them. So how exactly did the Nazis try to raise the fertility rate? And did it work? Find out all about their grand laboratory experiment in this episode.
Don't forget to subscribe, rate, and review. Support the show on Patreon at www.patreon.com/btnewberg. Research, writing, editing, and production by B. T. Newberg. Logo Design by Rachel Westhoff. Animation by Maxeem Konrardy. Additional credits, references, and more at www.historyofsexpod.com.
Monday Nov 04, 2019
Monday Nov 04, 2019
Germany of the Weimar Republic was one of the most sexually progressive countries in the world, but that all changed in 1933 when Hitler came to power. The Nazis enacted one of the most sexually oppressive programs the world has seen, all aimed at raising the fertility rate. Why did Hitler envision not so much a welfare state as a daycare state? Find out in this episode, the first in our super-deep dive series Sex in the Third Reich.
Don't forget to subscribe, rate, and review. Support the show on Patreon at www.patreon.com/btnewberg. Research, writing, editing, and production by B. T. Newberg. Logo Design by Rachel Westhoff. Animation by Maxeem Konrardy. Additional credits, references, and more at www.historyofsexpod.com.
Monday Oct 28, 2019
Monday Oct 28, 2019
What was it like to play on an American football team in the 1990s as a girl? Author Joy Auburn tells us what it was like for her, giving us a glimpse into gender in the 1990s.
Find Joy Auburn on Instagram as @authorjoyauburn.
Don't forget to subscribe, rate, and review. Support the show on Patreon at www.patreon.com/btnewberg. Research, writing, editing, and production by B. T. Newberg. Logo Design by Rachel Westhoff. Animation by Maxeem Konrardy. Additional credits, references, and more at www.historyofsexpod.com.
Monday Oct 21, 2019
Monday Oct 21, 2019
They're nigh ubiquitous today, but where did they come from? And what struggles did people endure to make them happen? In our first showcase episode, Joey Brunelle of the podcast Born Yesterday tells us about three hundred years of drinking, dancing, and police raids. Find Joey at bornyesterdaypodcast.com.
Don't forget to subscribe, rate, and review. Support the show on Patreon at www.patreon.com/btnewberg. Research, writing, editing, and production by B. T. Newberg. Logo Design by Rachel Westhoff. Animation by Maxeem Konrardy. Additional credits, references, and more at www.historyofsexpod.com.
Monday Oct 14, 2019
Monday Oct 14, 2019
Some Amazon tribes believe a child can have multiple fathers. Was it just pure luck that our Western belief in the single father turned out to be correct?
Please subscribe, rate, and review. Support the show on Patreon at www.patreon.com/btnewberg. Research, writing, editing, and production by B. T. Newberg. Logo Design by Rachel Westhoff. Animation by Maxeem Konrardy. Additional credits, references, and more at www.historyofsexpod.com.
Monday Oct 14, 2019
Monday Oct 14, 2019
Is it just me, or is it weird that our species has sex in private? You would think it would be dangerous to leave the safety of the group to engage in an act that leaves you defenseless while you're doing it. So what's up with our penchant for privacy?
Please subscribe, rate, and review. Support the show on Patreon at www.patreon.com/btnewberg. Research, writing, editing, and production by B. T. Newberg. Logo Design by Rachel Westhoff. Animation by Maxeem Konrardy. Additional credits, references, and more at www.historyofsexpod.com.
Monday Oct 14, 2019
Monday Oct 14, 2019
Are we evolved to have multiple lovers at the same time?
Please subscribe, rate, and review. Support the show on Patreon at www.patreon.com/btnewberg. Research, writing, editing, and production by B. T. Newberg. Logo Design by Rachel Westhoff. Animation by Maxeem Konrardy. Additional credits, references, and more at www.historyofsexpod.com.
Monday Oct 14, 2019
Monday Oct 14, 2019
If we became hunter-gatherers again, how would our sex lives change?
Please subscribe, rate, and review. Support the show on Patreon at www.patreon.com/btnewberg. Research, writing, editing, and production by B. T. Newberg. Logo Design by Rachel Westhoff. Animation by Maxeem Konrardy. Additional credits, references, and more at www.historyofsexpod.com.