An honest history of an ancient and "nasty" word | Kate Lister

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Sunday Pick: 2025 Staff Picks - Best of How to Be a Better Human

Remember those fun high school superlatives like the “Class Clown” or the “Biggest Flirt”? In this special How to Be a Better Human season finale, you will be hearing from our previous guest Dallas Youth Poet Laureate Naisha Randhar and our team of editors, marketers, producers, ...  Afficher plus

4 kinds of regret -- and what they teach you about yourself | Daniel H. Pink (re-release)

Regret is one of our most powerful emotions -- and also one of the most misunderstood. Over the past two years, author Daniel H. Pink has collected a trove of more than 16,000 regrets from people in 105 countries in an effort to better understand this mysterious emotion. He share ...  Afficher plus

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A History of the C-Word
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WARNING: This episode includes adult content and explicit language. As offensive terms go, you are entering a hard hat area.


It’s one of the most taboo words in the English dictionary. In Scotland, it can be a term of endearment, but in the US it's one of the ...

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INTRODUCING Betwixt the Sheets: The History of Sex, Scandal & Society
Betwixt The Sheets: The History of Sex, Scandal & Society

Why did kings and queens have spectators on their wedding night? Who had the very first boob job? And did our ancestors have their unmentionables pierced?


Join historian, Kate Lister, Betwixt the Sheets as she unashamedly roots around the topics which seem to have be ...

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Swearing: A F**king Long History
Betwixt The Sheets: The History of Sex, Scandal & Society

Have you ever wondered where the &%@! swear words come from? Well today, Kate is going Betwixt the Sheets to find out.


Linguist legend Deborah Cameron is back on the podcast to tell us more about the history of some of your favourite curse words. From the f ...

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Classic Episode: Hey, Ladies!
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The word "lady" has undergone a reclamation of sorts in recent years, but it still carries a lot of baggage, thanks to its gender-loaded etymology. Cristen and Caroline get down to the history, use and varying meanings of what it means to be a "lady" today.

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