A Brief History of Lust
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BBC
4.1 • 885 Ratings
🗓️ 21 February 2017
⏱️ 59 minutes
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Summary
Does what makes the heart beat faster really make the world go round? Oh yes. Welcome to a new history of lust presented by the American satirist Joe Queenan. From Helen and Paris of Troy to Bill and Monica via Rasputin, Edwina Currie and John Major, this is a tale of life as a bunga bunga bacchanal. With contributions from historian Suzannah Lipscomb, classicist Edith Hall, plus Agnes Poirier, Joan Bakewell (of course), Caitlin Moran and Richard Herring on Rasputin; a specially composed new poem on lust from Elvis McGonagall; and music from Prince, T Rex, Bessie Smith and Cole Porter. The producer in Bristol is Miles Warde.
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| 0:00.0 | This is the BBC. |
| 0:04.0 | Hi, I'm Wianna Dylan and |
| 0:07.0 | today I'm Wianna Dylan and today's seriously interesting story is all about |
| 0:14.0 | lust, noun, strong sexual desire, eagerness. |
| 0:21.0 | Oh yes. |
| 0:22.0 | So. Oh yes. |
| 0:32.0 | So heads up, if you're a little bashful or looking for something a bit more PG, you might want to skip this one and listen to another seriously podcast because lust is not just |
| 0:35.3 | about sex but it's mostly just sex seriously is brought to you by BBC Radio 4 and |
| 0:41.4 | there is a lot of brilliant archive taken from the station and other places |
| 0:46.0 | an expertly cut up to make this story. |
| 0:48.8 | Every time a female appears nearby, the male goes into parox of strutting and shrieking, but the females are |
| 0:56.0 | very choosy. |
| 0:58.0 | So... |
| 0:59.0 | The theme of tonight's show. |
| 1:01.0 | Lust. |
| 1:02.0 | Lust. Sex. Desire. Porn and sexuality in history. |
| 1:06.5 | You're listening to a brief history of lust. |
| 1:15.0 | Do you remember the first time that you experienced lust? |
| 1:19.0 | Oh yes. Oh yes. |
| 1:21.0 | Yes. |
| 1:22.0 | Maybe it did bad bad thing. |
| 1:25.0 | They did a bad bad thing. |
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