High brow art… low brow tea! Our podcast is a light dive into your favorite artists juicy drama. Art is for everyone on this show and we’re serving it with a side of steeping hot tea!New episode every Wednesday! Come learn with us!Love you,Xoxo - Baroque B’sIG: Baroque.B.PodcastNow on Patreon! #artpodcast #arthistorypodcast
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An Independent History Podcast, in which we look at life through the prism of History. Get bonus content on Patreon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Early opera is like wine; it comes in a fascinating variety of different styles, genres, tastes and colours. Baroque Banter is Pinchgut Opera's podcast series diving deep into the world of Baroque music and offering a taste of all the varying aspects of early opera. Put on your tasting slippers, sit back and enjoy a nice full glass of music appreciation.
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Anna’s Baroque Bon Bons delves into the tales of the musicians, patrons, composers and instruments of the Baroque period. From the esteemed Handel having his life saved by his jacket button while duelling to the latest discoveries of Baroque scores in dusty attics. Each weekly Bon Bon is accompanied by a piece of Baroque music which ties in with the story. Anna is a music teacher and freelance lecturer. She plays the harpsichord and has a fascination for all that is Baroque.
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Im gemütlichen Ambiente unseres Salon baroque plaudern wir über Musik und Gesellschaft des 17. und 18. Jahrhunderts. Passend zu den Konzertprogrammen von Affinità bieten wir fundiertes Hintergrundwissen, aber auch unterhaltsame Anekdoten. Gemeinsam mit unseren Gästen entführen wir Sie in eine Welt, die zwar verschwunden scheint, die es aber wert ist, beleuchtet zu werden! More infos about us: Affinita.at (in german, english or français).
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Vince & Danny talk art, life, culture, philosophy and whatever else they feel like.
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Join the Australian Brandenburg Orchestra's Hugh Ronzani as he interviews musicians about all things Baroque, J.S. Bach and the Brandenburg's all new digital stage, Brandenburg One.
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It takes a lot of talent and dedication to be a professional musician, and Sunday Baroque host Suzanne Bona invites some of the BEST to share their inspirations, challenges, and triumphs on her podcast SUNDAY BAROQUE CONVERSATIONS. These top-tier artists give a fascinating insider's look at what makes them tick, and what fuels their passion. Go to sundaybaroque.org for more information or subscribe to Sunday Baroque Conversations wherever you get your podcasts.
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Join us as we explore the weird and fun side of the weekly news and stories of the world.
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De A comme aria à Z comme Zéphir, de Monteverdi à Mozart en passant par Farinelli, Lully, Vivaldi et même Frère Jacques, laissez-vous emporter au fil des mots et des notes de la musique baroque, en compagnie de Pauline Lambert, animatrice à Radio Classique et Christophe Rousset, claveciniste et chef d’orchestre des Talens Lyriques. Un abécédaire “amoureux” et subjectif de la musique baroque, où résonnent Haendel, Bach, Couperin et tant d’autres par la voix d’instruments comme le clavecin ou ...
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Welcome to the Baroque at the Edge podcast, a brand-new way to stay in touch with London's coolest early music festival. Leading up to the all-online Baroque at the Edge festival on 7th to 10th January, we'll be taking a behind the scenes look at the artists and the stories and ideas behind the music... For the full festival details go to baroqueattheedge.co.uk, follow us @baroqueedge on twitter and subscribe to the Baroque at the Edge podcast via itunes, spotify, stitcher, or wherever you g ...
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Continuing on from Margaret of Anjou, today we have a new episode for the #MightyMargaret series. This one is about MARGARET OF YORK, or as she became known after marriage, Margaret of Burgundy. This of course is the sister to Edward IV, George, Duke of Clarence, and Richard III. The in/famous Duchess who helped strengthen the links between England…
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Title: The Enigmatic Scarlatti Track: Scarlatti’s: Sonata in G Major, Kk. 14 Artist: Hank Knox (Harpsichord) Publisher: ℗ 2021 Leaf MusicAnna Stoddard
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Pinchgut Opera Artistic Director Erin Helyard takes is into the glittering world of Restoration England with The Fairy Queen, a rich and whimsical semi-opera by Henry Purcell. Created in 1692 for the lavish court of William and Mary, this masterpiece fuses Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream with the era’s love of spectacle, music, and myth. In…
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Ansel Adams: Still
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1:07:17Okay okay OKURRRR Thank you for your patience because LIFE IS LIFE-ING for your two fav Baroque B's right now! But omg omg omg we did not have it as hard as those fighting for the affection of our dear Ansel Adams. Yes, this man was MOUNTAIN-A-TIZED and could not be torn away from his one true love... Yosemite. Come join for all the drama on the cl…
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Stuart Spring continues! Please welcome historian Gareth Russell and we’lll be talking today about his latest book Queen James, published by William Collins. This is a new biography of James VI of Scotland, I of England, which makes us see James in a whole new light. Let’s find out more. Get Queen James: https://harpercollins.co.uk/products/queen-j…
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Right trusty and well beloved, we greet you well! Today we’re sitting down with historian Lauren Johnson and talking about the life and times of Margaret of Anjou, the long-suffering wife of Henry VI of England. She was called the She-Wolf of France, she was villainised by the Yorkists during the Wars of the Roses and by Shakespeare long after her …
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Title: A Musical Prawn (Pictures of the prawn are in Opus Magazine) Track: Bach: Trio Sonata #1 In E Flat, BWV 525 - 1. Ohne Satzbezeichnung Artist: Hille Perl, Christine Schornsheim Publisher: 2009 Sony Music EntertainmentAnna Stoddard
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Welcome to our Royal Romance season. We’re continuing with the #StuartSpring series, but this is the finale of the Royal Valentines season. Today we’re going to look at two Stuart couples that found love within their marriage, despite their unions being arranged. First up, we have Mark Turnbull who will tell us all about Elisabeth Stuart, daughter …
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Reinventing… Mary Queen of Scots with Steven Veerapen
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1:32:26Right trusty and well beloved, we greet you well! Welcome to SEASON EIGHT of If It Ain’t Baroque…your independent history podcast! This new season we’re kicking off with a brand new mini series dedicated to the Stuarts, titled #StuartSpring. As our guest today we have Steven Veerapen, and we’ll be chatting all things Mary Queen of Scots. I say chat…
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Welcome to our 150th episode! As a treat, we have something very special for you today. Heather R Darsie is back on the show, once more we talk of her upcoming book "Katharine of Aragon: Spanish Princess: I Am Not as Simple as I May Seem", published by Amberley Books. This book dives deep into Katharine’s life when she was a young princess in Spain…
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Welcome to our Royal Romance season. On this episode, we’ll be talking about Georgian Couples that didn’t have a happy ending. Please welcome Catherine Curzon back as we learn more about the Georgian couples whose Happily Ever After seemed to have an expiration date. We’ll talking about George III of Great Britain & Queen Charlotte of Mecklenburg-S…
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Title: A single metal button Track: Mattheson: Cleopatra Artist: Isabel Bayrakdarian with Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra. Publisher: CBC Records 2004Anna Stoddard
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Shakespeare's Sassy Ladies' Appreciation Tour with Carol Ann Lloyd
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1:07:47This is still Shakespeare Week, and today we present our latest episode celebrating this great poet and playwright. Words, words, words, indeed. Next up, we have Carol Ann Lloyd, an author of several books on the Tudors, and she’s also a researcher at the Folger Shakespeare Library. On this episode, Carol Ann and Natalie are exploring Shakespeare's…
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This is Shakespeare Week, so we have a mini series of episodes celebrating this great poet and playwright. Words, words, words, indeed. Next up, we have Ramie Targoff and we’ll be talking about her latest book Shakespeare’s Sisters which celebrates the lives of William’s near contemporaries - the ladies who wrote. Anne Clifford, Aemilia Lanyer, Mar…
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This is Shakespeare Week, so we have a mini series of episodes celebrating this great poet and playwright. Words, words, words, indeed. Today our guest is Matt Pinches, the co-founder of Guildford Shakespeare Company. And we’ll be talking about The Comedy of Errors, the play that the company is putting on a bit later in the year… Find GSC: https://…
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Today is the anniversary of William Shakespeare’s death, as well as his potential birthday. We’re here to honour this great playwright and poet with a mini season of episodes, all to do with him. First up, is Darren Freebury-Jones with his latest book - SHAKESPEARE'S BORROWED FEATHERS - published by Manchester University Press, it’s all about Willi…
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Title: Iron Gall Ink Track: J.S. Bach: Cantata BWV 5, ‘Wo Soll ich fliehen hin’ Artist: Christoph Spering, Chorus Musicus Köln & Das Neue Orchester Publisher: ℗ 2023 Deutschlandradio/Sony Music Entertainment Germany GmbHAnna Stoddard
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Royal Love Stories Told Wrong: Cupid Painted Blind On this episode we’re looking at the royal love stories which are different from how they’re usually told. To help sort out fact from fiction, we have great historians with us today. The couples we’ll be talking about include: Isabella of France & Edward II of England (Sharon Bennett Connolly) Anne…
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On the 19th April 1824 at the age of 36, George Gordon Byron, the 6th Baron died in Greece. Today we sit down and talk to Emily Brand, a Georgian historian and the biographer of the Byron family. We’ll be discussing her book The Fall of the House of Byron: Scandal and Seduction in Georgian England released by John Murray Press (Hachette UK). Welcom…
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Please welcome Darren Baker back on the podcast, and we’re going to talk about his latest book - The Confessions and Chronicle of Lord Edward, meaning we’re going to be digging up dirt on the young future Edward I, also known as Longshanks. Darren's Books: Henry III, his brother, his sister and his wife https://thehistorypress.co.uk/publication/hen…
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The Battle of Culloden and the Jacobites with Callum Watson
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1:00:06Today is the anniversary of the Battle of Culloden where in 1746 the British Army defeated the Jacobites, the supporters of the House of Stuart. It’s considered to be the last civil war fought on British soil. Let’s welcome Dr Callum Watson back on the show. Callum works at the site of the Battle of Bannockburn and who recently released a book on t…
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Title: The Candle Track: Amadigi Di Gaula : Act 1 Sinfonia Artist: Les Musiciens du Louvre & Marc Minkowski Publisher: ℗ 2008 Warner Classics & Jazz, Warner Music UK LtdAnna Stoddard
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We Found Love Right Where We Are: Arranged Love Blossoming On this episode we’re looking at the Royal Couples, who were brought together by an arranged marriage. Despite this, they found love and comfort in the union. We have great historians with us today. Darren Baker, Sharon Bennett Connolly and Heather R Darsie. The couples in question saluted …
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Please welcome Dan E Parkes back to the podcast, the author of Titanic Legacy: The Captain, the Daughter and the Spy with Amberley Publishing. He also has a Youtube channel called Captain Titanic where he searches for the truth about this great ship. Today is the anniversary of the ship’s sinking, so we’ll be busting a lot of myths about Titanic’s …
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Join us as we explore the love stories of the past. Uneasy Lies the Spouse that Wears the Crown: Trouble in Paradise... On this episode, we’ll be talking about the many royal couples that didn’t have a happy ending. Their Happily Ever After seemed to have an expiration date. Please welcome Sharon Bennett Connolly, Heather R Darsie and Amy McElroy b…
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The Founding Fathers and Mothers of Victorian Engineering with Rob Bell
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1:12:04On the 9th April 1806 in Portsmouth, Hampshire, a little boy was born. Few could have predicted the impact his work would have on the world. His name was Isambard Kingdom Brunel. As a special treat in honour of Mr Brunel’s birthday, today I talk to Rob Bell, an engineer, podcaster and TV presenter. You may recognise him from Channel 5 documentaries…
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Title: The Quill Track: Claude Balbastre: La Lugeac Artist: Hanneke van Proosdij. Publisher: ℗ 2022 OuthereAnna Stoddard
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Die kulturelle Bedeutung des Wiener Hofs unter Leopold I wird sehr oft unterschätzt. Die meisten kennen Lully als Hofkomponisten des Sonnenkönigs, doch wer hat schon von Antonio Draghi gehört? Mit dem Kenner seiner Musik, dem Cembalisten Eugène Michelangeli, richten wir nun den Scheinwerfer auf diesen außergewöhnlichen Komponisten. Hier finden Sie …
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Strange Royal Bedfellows: Swiped Left
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1:31:54Join us as we explore the love stories of the past. Swiped Left: Strange Royal Bedfellows... On this episode, we’ll be talking about the many royal couples that didn’t take to each other and thus the union weren’t ultimately successful. Sharon Bennett Connolly kicks us off with the story of Philip II of France and Ingeborg of Denmark, and we’ll con…
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Please welcome John Matthews to the show. And we’ll be talking about his upcoming book Voyages with the Celtic Saints: Stories and Wisdom for Travellers in Search of Truth. Voyages of Celtic Saints: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Voyages-Celtic-Saints-Stories-Travelers/dp/0764368796/ (UK) https://www.amazon.co.uk/Voyages-Celtic-Saints-Stories-Travelers-e…
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Title: The Baton Track: Lully, Les Folies d’Espagne Artist: Syntagma Amici & Giourdina Publisher: ℗ 2022 OuthereAnna Stoddard
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Okay sea QUEENS let's get DOWN on some Botticelli! He's was THE moment during the Renaissance, but moments do have a way of fading. Come find out how our guy went from the top to the bottom, some DRAMA-RAMA involving your fav dysfunctional Florentine Family, and WHO THE F IS THAT HOT ASS B IN THOSE PAINTINGS?! Love you! Xoxo, The Baroque B's…
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Welcome to our Romance Royale series. On this episode, we’ll be talking about the King’s many grannies. The royal couplings that had to happen to further the family tree. We’re looking at five such couples today, James I of Scotland and Joan Beaufort, Owain Tudor and Catherine of Valois, Edmund Tudor and Margaret Beaufort, Henry VII and Elizabeth o…
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Title: St Paul’s Steeple Track: Anon: Paul’s Steeple Artist: Andrew Lawrence-King, Stephen Stubbs & Trio Sonnerie Publisher: ℗ 1993 Teldec Classics International GMBHAnna Stoddard
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The Battle of Baugé with Callum Watson
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1:07:24Many people know the Hundred Years’ War, and almost everyone in the English speaking world has heard of the Battle of Agincourt, but not many would be familiar with the The Battle of Baugé which was fought on the 22nd March 1421 between the English and the Franco-Scottish forces in the territory of Baugé in France. Let’s ask Callum Watson more abou…
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Straight Acting: The Many Queer Lives of William Shakespeare with Will Tosh
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1:17:13Welcome to season SEVEN of our podcast! Everybody knows Shakespeare. However, perhaps not as well known to most is that beneath the surface, much of Shakespeare’s work surrounds ideas of gender and queerness. Many of the plays are concerned with cross-dressing, gender fluidity, and same-sex friendships that many scholars have interpreted to be much…
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Title: Sowing Discord Track: John Eccles: ‘This Way, Mortal, Bend Thy Eyes’ from ‘The Judgement of Paris’. Artist: Claire Booth is accompanied by the Early Opera Company under Christian Curnyn. Publisher: Chandos Early Music 2009Anna Stoddard
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OMG we are so sorry for the delay here! Chelsea got sick, the time changed, Springing Forward is officially kicking our ass... but boy oh boy did we LOVE getting together to talk about our favorite boy... Keith Haring. This guy never failed to stay true to himself, making the whole art world question if art truly is for everyone... well you know ho…
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On this episode, we’ll be talking about Royal Couples that truly fit the trope of Friends to Lovers. The title of the episode is Give Me Your Hand and Let Me All Your Fortunes Understand, meaning our couples today knew each other of old and had to get married for practical reasons, but they grew to love each other with time. On the Royal Menu today…
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Please welcome James Tejani on the show. We’re talking about his book A Machine to Move Ocean and Earth: The Making of the Port of Los Angeles and America. Published last year with WW Norton and Company. Let’s find out more about the San Pedro Bay and how it transformed into one of the most imPORTant locations in the world. Pun intended. What was t…
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Title: Concerts at York Buildings y Track: Gottfried Finger: Ground in D minor Artist: Maurice Steger & La Cetra Publisher: ℗ 2019 harmonia mundiAnna Stoddard
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Welcome to our Royal Romance season. On this episode, we’ll be talking about Royal Pairs that never got together. The couples in question were considered by the powers that be, or they took a fancy to each other, but they either weren’t allowed to follow through with their plans, or fate decided otherwise. We’re looking at four such couples today, …
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Title: Handel’s Copiest Track: William Babell’s Concerto for Recorder, 2 Violins and Basso continuo in D Major, Op. 3 No. 1: I. Allegro Artist: Musica Alta Ripa & Danya Segal Publisher: 1998 Musikproduktion Dabringhaus und GrimmAnna Stoddard
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Right trusty and well beloved, we greet you well! Gemma Hollman is back on the show! This time with her latest book Women in the Middle Ages: Illuminating the World of Peasants, Nuns and Queens (Abbeville Press). This book has women’s stories told with some serious help from contemporary art. How were women depicted in paintings, pictures and drawi…
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Join us this month and explore the love stories of the past. Over the next few weeks we’ll be sharing with you our chats to various historians and we’ll be covering all the ways that Royals can come together, be it through arranged marriage, secret engagements or chance meetings. My Heart Flies to Your Service... On this episode of our Valentines S…
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Please welcome to the podcast Dan E Parkes, he has just released a book called Titanic Legacy: The Captain, the Daughter and the Spy with Amberley Publishing. What happened to the family of Titanic’s captain E J Smith after the sinking? Where their lives affected by other disasters of the 20th century? Is it true that his daughter’s husband is the …
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Title: An Exploding Dragon Track: Purcell: Francesco Scarlatti: Combattere per vincere, Artist: Billie Rabson with Armonico Consort under Christopher Monks. Publisher: ℗ 2025 Signum RecordsAnna Stoddard
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Das neu erschienene Buch „Barocke Tänze und ihre musikalische Umsetzung“ ist das Ergebnis einer Zusammenarbeit der Tänzerin Margit Legler und des Musikers Andreas Helm. Es zeigt, welche Erkenntnisse gewonnen werden können, wenn unterschiedliche Künste zusammenspielen und dem Ganzen ein gesunder Forschergeist zugrunde liegt. Hier finden Sie die Tänz…
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Robert Mapplethorpe: The Quest for the Perfect Penis!
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1:21:59I mean... if you're not pissing off somebody are you even doing it right? In a world where "don't yuck somebody's yum" is now a direct order, we have to remember to pay homage to those who pioneered acceptance of sexual liberation! Come join us as we talk about some of the first photographed DICK PICS to enter that high art world and how Robert Map…
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Love amid Revolution: These Violent Delights have Violent Ends
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1:15:13This month please join us in exploring the love stories of the past. Over the next few weeks we’ll be sharing with you our chats to various historians and we’ll be covering all the ways that Royals can come together, be it through arranged marriage, secret engagements or chance meetings. On this episode, we’ll be talking about Royal Couples who fac…
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