The Origins of Sexting

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

History Hit

Society, Sex, Scandal, Education, History

4.8 • 1.6K Ratings

🗓️ 21 January 2025

⏱️ 42 minutes

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Summary

Long before phones allowed for sexting, how did the Ancient Romans exchange their illicit thoughts and desires? And what did a Roman dick pic look like?

Joining Kate today to explore erotic letters from antiquity to the modern day is Owen Hodkinson, Associate Professor of Greek and Roman Cultures at Leeds University.

This episode was edited by Tom Delargy. The producer was Stuart Beckwith. The senior producer was Charlotte Long.

All music from Epidemic Sounds.

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1:22.0	Hello, my lovely bet-twiksters. It's me, Kate Lister, and you are listening to about
1:27.0	twixtter sheets.
1:28.2	And in case you're a newbie, I have to tell you, this is an adult podcast, spoken by adults,
1:32.2	to other adults about adultery things in an adulty way of covering a range of adults and you
1:35.0	should be an adult too.
1:35.9	And if you're not all of those things, then cuck her off.
1:38.6	We don't want you here, you're too sensitive, you're just going to spoil it for the rest of us. And for everyone else, right,
1:45.2	done with the show.
1:52.5	Oh, hello, but Twixters, I will be with you in just a minute. Let me finish this letter.
1:57.7	Forever yours, Miss Lister. Envelope closed, wax sealed drying, perfect. Handwritten
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