Underwear: Codpieces, Loin Cloths & Thongs
Betwixt The Sheets: The History of Sex, Scandal & Society
History Hit
4.8 • 1.6K Ratings
🗓️ 24 September 2024
⏱️ 36 minutes
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Summary
Whatever your underwear preferences, have you ever wondered about their history?
From the Tudor codpiece to Victorian bloomers, they've all got a story to tell. Sharing them with Kate today is Nina Edwards, author of The Virtues of Underwear: Modesty, Flamboyance and Filth.
This episode was edited by Max Carrey, the producer was Stuart Beckwith. The senior producer was Charlotte Long.
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| 0:00.0 | Hello my lovely betwixters it's me Kate Lister you are here and you are listening to |
| 0:05.3 | betwixt the sheets the history of sex scandal in society and if the name of the |
| 0:10.0 | podcast hadn't already clued you in well I have to tell you that this is an adult |
| 0:13.8 | podcast spoken by adults to other adults about adult things in an adult way covering a |
| 0:17.2 | range of adult subjects and you should be an adult too. Do you feel safer? I certainly feel |
| 0:21.2 | safer let's do it. |
| 0:23.0 | Bloomer's boxes, knickers or straight up commando. What have you gone for today betwixters? |
| 0:34.3 | 100 betwixt to bonus points if you happen to be sporting a cod piece. |
| 0:39.3 | Something I think might actually be due for a comeback. No, part of Tudor Shee? Maybe not. I mean apart from looking |
| 0:46.5 | quite impressive and well, masculine to say the least, the codpiece also provides a handy storage solution for loose change, a little snack perhaps, maybe even your car keys. |
| 0:58.0 | Yeah, I actually think that we could all do with the codpiece, not just men. |
| 1:02.0 | Why should the likes of Henry the 8th and his lot just have all that fun? |
| 1:05.2 | But if you're curious to know where the likes of the codpiece |
| 1:08.2 | and other garments came from, then pull up your britches, |
| 1:11.6 | straighten your bloomers, and let's get on with it. |
| 1:14.0 | What do you know what it? |
| 1:15.0 | What do you look for me? |
| 1:20.0 | What do you look a funny man? |
| 1:24.0 | Oh, money, of close. |
| 1:25.0 | You're supposed to rise when an adult speaks to you. |
| 1:28.0 | I make perfect copies of whatever my boss needs. |
| 1:31.0 | I just turning a knob and push it by the way. |
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