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🗓️ 2 January 2024
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Perhaps without you realising it, history is marked by iconic body parts.
From Frida Khalo’s monobrow, to Queen Victoria's swollen armpit, and let's not forget Napoleon's penis. That one alone has had quite a posthumous life.
What amazing stories do they tell us of the people they belonged to? What trends did they spark? And is there any truth to the rumours about Hitler’s ball?
We're joined by friend of the show Suzie Edge, who's the author of Vital Organs, to find out more.
This episode was edited by Tom Delargy and produced by Stuart Beckwith. The senior producer was Charlotte Long.
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0:00.0 | Hello my lovely betwixters! Hello to each and every tiny itty-bitty part of you. |
0:07.0 | Why would I say it like that? Because we are talking about famous historical body parts today, |
0:12.0 | and I just want to make sure that every single little |
0:14.9 | bit of you knows how happy I am that you are here. But before those bits can be exposed to any |
0:20.3 | more of this nonsense, you know what's coming. That's right. This is an adult |
0:24.8 | podcast, but my adults to other adults about adulty things covering a range of adult subjects |
0:28.5 | in an adult way. And you should be an adult too. And if you will persist in listening to this with your |
0:34.4 | delicate shell-like ears and if you happen to get offended don't come crying to us |
0:38.3 | because fair do's we did tell you? Yeah. Don't mind me, Twixters, I am just putting together a Frankenstein's monster of historical body parts for today's episode. |
0:58.7 | Okay, let's see what we've got. |
1:01.1 | Frida Carlo's iconic monobrow and stunning, |
1:05.0 | Marie Antoinette's wonky teeth, despite her best celebrity dentist's efforts. |
1:10.0 | Then there's Queen Victoria's swollen armpits, fabulous stuff, and as we move down the body, |
1:16.2 | there's Louis the 14th's rear end. I mean, if it's good enough to inspire a national anthem, |
1:22.1 | then it's damn sure good enough for me. |
1:24.5 | And to tie things up, so to speak, we're going to finish this off with Napoleon's penis. |
1:30.2 | Beautiful, why not, eh? |
1:32.1 | Apparently Napoleon's short and danglies was sliced off during an autopsy and have actually been put up for auction a few times in the 20th century. |
1:41.0 | Want to know more about some of these historical |
1:44.0 | appendages? I know that I do and you have definitely come to the right place. |
1:48.8 | Now let's bring this beautiful hairy penisancy specimen to life. What do you look for, man? Oh, money, of course. |
2:03.0 | You're supposed to rise when an adult speaks to you. |
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