116: On Sex and the City | A Woman's Right To...

We’re back to discuss SJP’s latest wine venture, Charli XCX’s “fashion roadkill” moment, Isabelle Huppert’s tribute to Barbra Streisand, the Jawbreaker musical, Diane Sawyer’s Richard Simmons special, the divisive Gucci cruise show, Althena Calderone’s TriBeCa apartment reveal, L ...  Show more

On today’s episode, we discuss the iconic Atlantic City girls’ trip and the tragedies that befall each character. Topics discussed include Samantha’s pearl thong, “defensive f**king”, Charlotte’s Old Maid cosplay, Miranda’s fat-shaming incident, Carrie’s unusually heavy eye makeu ...  Show more

One of Shakespeare’s four great tragedies, The Tragedy of Othello, the Moor of Venice (ca. 1603) is perhaps the most difficult of them to watch. The malevolent Iago, viewed by some as evil incarnate, has been infuriating audiences for centuries – legend has it that at one perform ...  Show more

As my gift to you all, enjoy this newly-edited (just for audio issues, not for content!) discussion of the 2001 movie A Knight's Tale with myself, Allison Epstein, and Lana Wood Johnson! Spoiler: we all LOVED it. Want to hear more episodes of Vulgarpiece Theatre? Join the Patreon ...  Show more

The year is 1816, and 18-year-old Mary Shelley has fled London with her lover, Percy Shelley, and her sister, Claire. They're on their way to visit Lord Byron's villa in Lake Geneva, Switzerland - and to change the course of literary history. In this episode, Jacke talks to Carol ...  Show more

Warning: this episode contains explicit language.Medieval people weren’t prudish—far from it. Dan is joined by medieval historian Dr Eleanor Janega to explore sex, marriage, and desire in the Middle Ages. They delve into the beliefs around sodomy as “non-procreative sex”; pilgrim ...  Show more