Savage Love Episode 502

Savage Lovecast

Dan Savage

Relationships, Society & Culture, Sexuality, Health & Fitness

4.6 • 6.4K Ratings

🗓️ 7 June 2016

⏱️ 49 minutes

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Summary

A man is dating a woman who stopped putting on make-up and fixing her hair. If he asked her to start gussying herself up again, would that make him, like…you know…an asshole? A woman asks a question that sends Dan scurrying to the red phone to call a veterinarian for some expert advice. Why does Dan need a vet? You’ll have to listen to find out. (Cat humping.) On the Magnum, Dan and sex blogger Ella Dawson are here to SMASH THE HERPES STIGMA once and for all. Glad that’s out of the way. Also, a woman wonders if she let her boyfriend wax her pussy, would it kill the romance a bit? 206-302-2064 This episode is brought to you by Squarespace.com. They make it easy to build a website or blog. Give it a whirl, and if you want to buy it, use the code Savage for a 10% discount and free web domain registration. The Savage Lovecast is also sponsored by Casper, an online retailer of premium mattresses for a fraction of the price -- because everyone deserves a great night’s sleep. Get $50 off any mattress purchase by visiting Casper.com/savage, and enter the promo code savage. Today’s Lovecast is also brought to you by MeUndies.com: High quality, super-comfortable, good looking undies. Get 20% off your first order when you go to MeUndies.com/Savage.

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0:00.0	You're listening to the micro version of the Savage Lovecast, www.com.
0:06.6	If you're stuck in a relationship quandary, or if you're looking for sexual harmony,
0:16.1	well, there's nothing you can't ask on the Savage Lovecast.
0:25.1	Henry the second was the King of England in the 12th century.
0:29.0	I'm a bit of a history geek.
0:31.0	It's my secret private shame.
0:32.6	When I'm home alone in the middle of the night and I want to read something,
0:35.3	I don't go online and read your Tumblr porn blogs. I don't read scientific studies about human sexuality or
0:42.9	relationships. I read about royal families and European history and my favorite period
0:48.9	of stewards, the English Revolution, the beheading of Charles I, the First, the Interregnum,
0:55.2	the Restoration, Charles II. It's all fascinating stuff. But anyway, that's my secret middle of the night reading,
0:59.2	not sex stuff, not science stuff, but history stuff. Thomas Beckett, Henry II, King of England.
1:07.7	There was this priest, the Archbishop of Canterbury, named Thomas Beckett, who really annoyed the fuck out of him.
1:13.6	Wouldn't cede some of his authority to the king, maintain these ecclesiastical courts where basically shitty priests could commit a crime and then get tried in ecclesiastical court and get off.
1:24.4	Does that sound familiar?
1:26.0	Should sound pretty fucking familiar. This is new with the Catholic Church, protecting shitty priests who did shitty things. It goes way back, all the way back in the case of Thomas Beckett to the 12th century. Anyway, Henry II wasn't a big fan of Thomas Beckett, even though they had been friends when they were coming up. They grew up together. They were friends. they had this huge falling out. And Henry II famously, in a rage, just angry, pounding the podium, if indeed
1:50.7	they had podiums in the 12th century to pound, but figuratively pounding the podium, said,
1:55.2	Who will rid me of this troublesome priest? And four knights went to Canterbury Cathedral, pulled out their swords,
2:02.8	and hacked Thomas Beckett two pieces, and rid Henry II of this troublesome priest. And this whole
2:10.2	last week, as I have been listening to Donald Trump speaking at hate rallies, at Trump rallies,
2:16.1	about Gonzalo Curiel, the judge who is
2:20.9	presiding over the civil case against Donald Trump and Trump University, this fucking scam.
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