Sex Lives of Presidents

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

History Hit

Society, Sex, Scandal, Education, History

4.8 • 1.6K Ratings

🗓️ 5 November 2024

⏱️ 40 minutes

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Summary

With the US election happening, we wanted to take a look back at the presidents from the past what we know about their sex lives.

Which president was well-endowed and supposedly presented it to staff in the Oval Office? Which president had an affair on his honeymoon? And which had an affair with his wife's secretary?

And no, they're not all JFK.

Joining Kate today to help us find out is Eleanor Herman, author of Sex with Presidents: The Ins and Outs of Love and Lust in the White House.

This podcast was edited by Freddy Chick. The producer was Stuart Beckwith. The senior producer was Charlotte Long.

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0:32.3	Hello, my lovely betwixters. It's me, Kate Lister. I am here, you are here, everybody's here, and also
0:39.3	the lawyers are here, which is why I have to tell you. This is an adult podcast spoken by adults
0:43.2	to other adults about dulty things in an adulty way covering a range of adult subjects, and you
0:46.5	should be an adult too. And now you have to consider that your fair do's warning. You have
0:51.3	been warned. We're going to get spicy. Okay, if you're still here, on with the show.
1:00.7	Hello, betwixters. I've got my voice down because I'm currently hidden in the stationary cupboard in
1:05.5	the White House. I only came in for a pen, honest. Peeping in through the slats of the door, I can make out, who is that?
1:12.7	And would you look at that?
1:14.3	They appear to have some female company that is not their wife.
1:17.4	How utterly, utterly shocking.
1:19.9	Well, I won't give away which president I'm spying on, but let's just say it's the 1950s,
1:24.1	and this guy is known for taking liberties.
1:31.1	I'll leave you to make your own doble on tundras about positions of power.
1:35.9	But seriously, what is it about political power and sexual infidelity?
1:37.4	Are the two linked?
1:38.5	And how?
1:41.1	And although I really want to know the answer to those questions,
1:44.0	I think we need to get out of here as quickly as we can to find out.
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