The Elusive Female Orgasm with Dan Snow
Betwixt The Sheets: The History of Sex, Scandal & Society
History Hit
4.8 • 2.1K Ratings
🗓️ 19 May 2026
⏱️ 36 minutes
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Summary
There will be giggling and gasping galore! And that's just when you listen to this episode!
Dan Snow quizzes Kate on all things female pleasure. When was the first recorded female orgasm? Has there always been an orgasm gap? And is there any possibility of it closing?
Kate's new book is 'FLICK: The Story of Female Pleasure'.
This episode was edited by Hannah Feodorov. The producer was Sophie Gee. The senior producer was Freddy Chick.
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| 0:35.4 | Hello my lovely betwixters. It's me, Kade Lister. Welcome back once again to Bat Twix the Sheets. Hello, thank you for dropping by once more. It's fab to have you here. But before we can go any further, I do have to tell you once again and we'll keep telling you from now until the time the podcast becomes unprofitable. This is an adult podcast, welcome by adults to other adults, |
| 0:54.4 | bad, adulty things, |
| 0:55.0 | and an adulty way covering arranged other subjects |
| 0:56.4 | and use being an adult too. |
| 0:57.5 | Right, do you feel safer? |
| 0:58.8 | Do you? |
| 0:59.4 | Really? |
| 0:59.9 | Do you feel okay to keep going? |
| 1:01.1 | All right, then let's do it. |
| 1:18.8 | Finish climax peak Lepetti Mort, the big-o, coming, cream, hitting the jackpot. |
| 1:23.1 | Or perhaps you just want to say it like it is and call it an orgasm. |
| 1:25.5 | Whatever it is you call it. |
| 1:54.9 | That is what we're talking about today. Hello and welcome back to Betwixt the Sheets, The History of Sex Scandal and Society with me, Kate Lister. |
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