A Ridiculous History of Sex, with Ross Benes

Ridiculous History

iHeartPodcasts

History, Society & Culture

4.3 • 4.4K Ratings

🗓️ 1 July 2025

⏱️ 61 minutes

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Heads-up, folks: this is a PG-13 episode. Ben and the legendary guest producer, also Ben, welcome author and journalist Ross Benes for a wide-ranging discussion on the ridiculous ways in which sex has altered the course of human civilization. We're talking about the origin story of the vibrator, the way the US military accidentally made San Francisco a 'gay mecca,' the fanatical drives of the Puritans, sex scandals and so much more.

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0:00.0	This is an IHeart podcast.
0:05.1	So what happened to Chappaquittic?
0:07.2	Well, it really depends on who you talk to.
0:09.2	There are many versions of what happened in 1969
0:11.7	when a young Ted Kennedy drove a car into a pond.
0:15.2	And left a woman behind to drown.
0:18.7	Chappaquittic is a story of a tragic death
0:20.7	and how the Kennedy machine took control.
0:23.4	Every week, we go behind the headlines
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