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

Human Emotion

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

History Hit

Society, Sex, Scandal, Education, History

4.81.6K Ratings

🗓️ 25 April 2023

⏱️ 42 minutes

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Summary

Happiness, sadness, anger, surprise, disgust, fear... we all know what these emotions feel like, right?


But what is emotion? Do we all feel the same things? And do we have the same feelings as people who lived five-hundred years ago?


Today Kate is joined Betwixt the Sheets by Richard Firth-Godbehere to find out about the origins of emotions, and what they have to do with witchcraft and desire.


You can find out more about Richard's work here.


Senior producer: Charlotte Long. Producer: Sophie Gee. Mixed by Siobhan Dale.


Betwixt the Sheets: The History of Sex, Scandal & Society. A podcast by History Hit.


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This podcast includes music from Epidemic Sounds and an archive clip from Prelinger Archives.


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0:00.0

Imagine you, you in a nice comfy seat with your hands behind your head,

0:07.6

taking in the views instead of taking on the road, maybe even taking a nap.

0:13.6

That's the bliss of getting where you need to go without worrying about driving.

0:19.2

Book your train journey via avantiwesscoast.co.uk and we'll take you there.

0:24.4

Avantiwesscoast. Feel good travel.

0:32.5

Hello my lovely betricksters, it's me Kate Lister. I am here with your fair dues warning.

0:39.2

Kate, what is a fair dues warning? Well, it's the warning that we give at the top of each show

0:44.1

to let you know that this is an adult podcast spoken by adults to other adults about

0:48.8

adulty things and you'd need to be an adult too. So, if you continue listening to this adult

0:55.2

podcast and you get offended, upset, traumatized, triggered, etc, then you'll just have to say to

1:01.2

yourself, well fair dues, she did tell us.

1:10.7

Your emotions can be your own greatest enemy or under control, your emotions can make you

1:17.3

healthier and happier and improve the lives of people around you.

1:25.5

Happiness, sadness, anger, surprise, disgust, fear, lust. We all know what these emotions

1:32.9

feel like, right? I know happiness might be a bit thin on the ground right now, but generally

1:38.5

we've got an idea. Or do we? What if I told you that there's no such thing as emotions?

1:47.3

Does that make you feel cross, which is actually an emotion, which then I'd tell you might not

1:51.2

actually be a thing? Oh, it's very confusing. Confusion is that an emotion? Hmm, it's not just a

1:57.4

state. I don't know. But what if I told you that emotion, the thing that makes you laugh and cry

2:04.2

and cry laugh or cringe, is just a construction. Hmm, it is confusing, isn't it? But are you ready to

2:12.4

have everything that you think you know challenged? Well today, but twist the sheets, we are going

2:18.3

to get introspective. Why do you look for a man? Oh, money of course. You're supposed to rise

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