The Real Casanova

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

History Hit

Society, Sex, Scandal, Education, History

4.8 • 1.6K Ratings

🗓️ 7 February 2023

⏱️ 31 minutes

🔗️ Recording | iTunes | RSS

🧾️ Download transcript

Summary

Can you imagine being SO smooth-talking and seductive your surname becomes an actual noun in the dictionary to describe someone who has a reputation for being an expert at in the sack?

Well today we’re going to be talking about a man who was just that…Giacamo Casanova.

But is his legacy accurate? Was he really a prolific ladies man? And did he do anything else in his life other than seduce women…and if he did, why do we only remember him for that reason?

Today we’re bringing you a very special Betwixt the Sheets mash-up episode with History Hit’s very own Casanova, Dan Snow (don’t worry he has humbly confirmed we could call him that).

Kate and Dan will be discussing why there is much more to Casanova than just womanising - he was a scam artist, outlaw, alchemist, spy and church cleric. He wrote satires, fought duels, and escaped from prison more than once. He even set up the French national lottery. Join Kate and Dan for this special collab episode of History Hit in the Sheets to find out all this and more!

Produced by Freddy Chick, Charlotte Long and Mariana Des Forges. Mixed by Dougal Patmore.

Betwixt the Sheets: The History of Sex, Scandal & Society. A podcast by History Hit.

Email us with your subject ideas at [email protected].

Transcript

Click on a timestamp to play from that location

0:00.0	Hello, my lovely betwixters. How are you doing? I hope that you are keeping well and staying fabulous.
0:07.2	But it's me, Kate Lister. I am here with your fair do's warning. What is a fair do's warning, Kate?
0:13.2	I will tell you. A fair do's warning is what I give before every episode, just to make sure that you know exactly what's going on here.
0:21.2	This is an adult podcast with adult themes and adults speaking to other adults about adulty things and an adulty way.
0:27.8	We're talking about Cass and over today. So there is lots of adults doing adulty things going on.
0:32.8	Lots of discussions around sex. I'll probably be swearing quite a lot.
0:36.6	And there might be some discussions around venereal diseases as well. I can't quite remember if we got round to that.
0:41.9	But if we haven't, then we should have done. And now that I've told you about this,
0:46.2	you can't get mad at us if you continue listening to this because fair do's, you have been warned.
0:56.9	Can you imagine being so smooth talking and so sexy that your name itself becomes a byword for anybody that is an absolute legend in the sack?
1:12.4	Oh, she's the right Cass and over.
1:14.2	Hmm. I'm still hoping that Lister might catch on in this way, but I doubt it.
1:20.2	But one man whose name did catch on like that is Jackamo, Cass and over.
1:25.6	But is his legacy accurate? Was he really a committed ladies man?
1:30.9	Did he do anything else in his life apart from shagging his way across Europe?
1:34.7	And if he did, why do we only remember him for his bedroom antics?
1:39.0	Who was the real Jackamo Cass and over?
1:42.0	Today in the lead up to Valentine's Day, we are bringing you a very special but
1:46.4	Twix the Sheets episode with history hits, very own Cass and over.
1:50.5	Damn snow.
1:53.5	Well, he's the closest that we could get, okay?
1:56.2	But don't worry, he has humbly confirmed that we can call him that.
	...

Please login to see the full transcript.

Previous episode | Next episode

Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from History Hit, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.

Generated transcripts are the property of History Hit and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.