Frederick the Great

Queer as Fact

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4.8 • 644 Ratings

🗓️ 31 May 2020

⏱️ 78 minutes

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We're kicking off Season 5 of Queer as Fact with our most-requested episode topic - 18th-century Prussian monarch Frederick the Great. Tune in to hear about Frederick's relationship with the philosopher Voltaire, more queer art than you can possibly have bargained for, and plenty of dogs. We're also very excited to be launching our new website today! If you enjoy this episode, consider supporting us on Patreon, checking out our merch, and following us on Twitter, Tumblr and Facebook.

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0:00.0	Hello and welcome to Queer as Fact, the podcast bringing you queer history from around the world
0:03.8	and throughout time. I'm Alice. I'm Eli. And I'm Jason. And today we're talking about the 18th century
0:08.9	Prussian monarch Frederick the Great. We have some content warnings before we begin this episode.
0:22.1	This episode will include discussions of parental abuse.
0:24.7	We'll be talking about periodypical homophobia, including executions for homosexuality.
0:29.8	We will mention a relationship between an adult and a minor.
0:32.8	We'll also be talking about periodypical misogyny.
0:35.8	We'll also be mentioning sex work and sex workers
0:38.8	and there'll be a few descriptions of sex, though they're not particularly graphic. We'll also
0:42.7	be mentioning STIs and mentioning castration. If any of that sounds like something you don't want
0:47.8	to listen to, feel free to skip this episode and check out any of our other episodes. They
0:51.5	will have content warnings at the start. So before we get started talking about Frederick, welcome to season five of Queer as Fact. We're very excited to be back.
1:00.0	If you listen to the final episode of our last season, you would have been expecting a different
1:03.7	episode today. We did say we would be talking about the Mexican artist Frida Carlo. And we know
1:09.5	that is an episode we've been promising for a while
1:11.7	and one that our patrons voted for us to do. Unfortunately, because of social isolation measures
1:17.9	in Melbourne at the moment, the three of us are able to gather together, but we're not able to
1:21.9	record with Irene. And we'd really like to have her and her historical knowledge in that
1:26.3	episode. So we're holding up on that
1:28.2	episode until some of those measures are lifted and we can record with Irene again. Lastly,
1:33.2	before we actually get into the episode, I want to thank the many people who have requested
1:37.8	that we talk about Frederick the Great. This is actually our most requested episode, so I hope
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