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

Pop's Golden Era: Success & Scandal

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

History Hit

Society, Sex, Scandal, Education, History

4.81.6K Ratings

🗓️ 28 April 2023

⏱️ 49 minutes

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Summary

What made the decade between 1996 and 2006 a pop breeding ground? And what was this time like for the pop stars involved?


From the Spice Girls to Girls Aloud, and Take That to Blue, Kate is Betwixt the Sheets with journalist Michael Cragg to look at the success and scandals during the golden age of pop.


You can find out more about Michael Cragg's new book here.


Senior producer: Charlotte Long. Producer: Sophie Gee. Mixed by Stuart Beckwith.


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.

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0:00.0

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1:01.0

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1:09.0

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

1:16.0

Fair dues, everybody. This is an adult podcast spoken by adults to other adults in an adulty way

1:22.0

and you should be an adult too. And if you can see any non-adult people in your vicinity, chase them off.

1:29.0

Get them out of here, attack them with a broom if you need to. They can't be listening to this nonsense.

1:34.0

And if you persist in listening to this and you get offended, well fair dues, we did tell you.

1:40.0

Actually, I don't think this is the rudest one that we've ever done.

1:43.0

I think that what will offend people quite greatly is that we are discussing the period

1:49.0

1996 to 2006 on a history podcast. Oh, no.

1:58.0

Oh, I've offended myself, but that's what we're doing. People time marches on.

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