u/C2H5OHNightSwimming

Fun podcast by sex historian Kate Lister - it also has a fun silly, BtB vibe. There's no fun ad pivots, but there is the obligatory content warning that the host clearly finds ridiculous (the tone is "our lawyers say I'm having to warn people that a sex history podcast may contain adult content, this is so daft", but in an I find this hilarious way)

The guest is also super fun and I'm considering subscribing to the podcast she's more regularly on, Gone Medieval.

Link to Acast, but you can just search "Betwixt the sheets" in whatever podcast app you use and then within the episodes "Hildegard of Bingen"

https://shows.acast.com/betwixt-the-sheets/episodes/orgasms-skincare-according-to-a-medieval-nun

This is just a theory, but Reform councillors have consistently proved to be incompetent or corrupt or both. If they win several councils and make a complete shitshow of it over the next several years - hopefully with a few high profile disasters hitting the headlines even - does this make the prospect of PM Fashrage in 2028 less likely? I'm hoping they get just enough actual power to thoroughly hoist themselves with their own petards before they get a chance to nationally fuck us all a la Trump.

I'm too old and jaded at this point to be an optimist at this point, but it's like inbuilt tendency I can't seem to get over.

I'm also hopeful that enough Greens also do great in Labour strongholds to get rid of Keir and pull the party to the left for the next 2 years.

We will see...

For anyone who needs a Hildegarde podcast ep while waiting for her to pop up on Cool People: "Orgasms and Skincare According to a Medieval Nun" :")