Kate Lister

Dr. Kate Lister

Dr. Kate Lister is a UK academic, historian and the author of A Curious History of Sex and Harlots, Whores, and Hackabouts: a History of Sex for Sale. She is host of the popular History Hit podcast, Betwixt the Sheets: the History of Sex, Scandal, and Society.

Dr. Kate Lister has appeared on numerous documentaries, including BBC Two’s Make-up: A Glamorous History, with Lisa Eldridge, BBC Two’s The Real Peaky Blinders, and Sky History’s Sex and Sensibility and is regularly tapped as a talking head for all of the major national tv channels.

Dr. Kate Lister has a Ted Talk called “An honest history of an ancient and ‘nasty’ word” viewed by nearly 1.5 million people. She is a regular columnist for inews, where Kate writes about modern day female/male sex and relationships matters and also writes for Vice and the Wellcome Trust. She was also a recipient of the Sexual Freedom Award for ‘Publicist of the Year’ in 2017.

Website https://www.drkatelister.com/
Twitter @k8_lister
Instagram @drkatelister
TikTok @k8_lister

Podcast: “Betwixt The Sheets: The History of Sex, Scandal & Society” from your preferred podcast provider.