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  • Apollo - A Shot to the Heart
    Jan 2 2026

    Hi all!

    Welcome, or welcome back to Sex, Scandals, & Shenanigans Podcast! This episode discusses the immortal love life of the "shine bright like the sun" god, Apollo! This is part 1 of his story - the immortal lovers. Part 2 will be forthcoming with his mortal lovers.

    Sources:

    Graves, Robert. The Greek Myths. Vol. 1, Penguin Books, 1960.

    GUERBER, H.A. Classical Mythology. Sterling Publishing Co, 2016.

    Sears, Kathleen. Mythology 101: From Gods and Goddesses to Monsters and Mortals, Your Guide to Ancient Mythology. Adams Media, 2014.

    Waterfield, Robin, and Kathryn Waterfield. The Greek Myths: Stories of the Greek Gods and Heroes Vividly Retold. Metro Books, 2011.

    https://www.theoi.com/Olympios/ApollonLoves.html

    https://www.theoi.com/Olympios/ApollonFamily.html

    https://chs.harvard.edu/primary-source/hesiod-theogony-sb/

    https://www.greekmythology.com/Olympians/Apollo/apollo.html

    https://www.britannica.com/topic/Apollo-Greek-mythology

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leto

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apollo

    https://paleothea.com/gods-and-goddesses/apollo-hermes-mythic-friendship/

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apollo_and_Daphne_(Bernini)

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    24 min
  • Henry II's Harlots: Alys of France - Henry's Wonderland?
    Dec 13 2025

    Sources

    https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/extk8o/what_is_the_evidence_that_king_henry_the_second/

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alys_of_France,_Countess_of_Vexin

    https://www.creativehistorian.co.uk/blog/read_190791/almost-queens-alys-of-france.html

    https://thefreelancehistorywriter.com/2016/10/03/alys-of-france-countess-of-ponthieu/

    https://youtu.be/lrdueN7gTcg?si=nWjH_aPGR6mO0ef7

    https://youtu.be/qvrNwGVCl2I?si=T5YRKFXsfRuAcj5H

    https://searcycounty.wordpress.com/2020/07/19/alys-of-france-countess-of-vexin/#:~:text=Henry%20II%20arranged%20for%20the,heirs%20to%20inherit%20his%20lands.

    Image link: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q235637

    Hickey, Julia A. Medieval Royal Mistresses: Mischievous Women Who Slept with Kings and Princes. PEN & SWORD HISTORY, 2022.

    Chapter 11: “Rosamund Clifford, Ida de Tosny, Alys of France, Nesta and BelleBelle." Page 156-157.

    The show is written, produced, and edited by me, Adrienne.

    Show artwork is Jan Steen's A Girl Eating Oysters

    Episode artwork: medieval art of potentially Ida De Tosny

    Show website: https://sexscandalsandshenanigans.my.canva.site

    Show email: sexscandalshenaniganspod@gmail.com

    Music provided by: Advent Chamber Orchestra - Vivaldi's Concerto for 2 Violins in A Minor, RV 522 (provided by musopen.org)

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    16 min
  • Henry II's Harlots: I'da Wanna Tap That - Ida De Tosny
    Nov 13 2025

    Hello all! Welcome back to S,S,&S! Today's episode will be focusing on Henry II of England's mistress, Ida De Tosny.

    Sources below:

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ida_de_Tosny

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ela_of_Salisbury,_3rd_Countess_of_Salisbury

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hugh_Bigod,_3rd_Earl_of_Norfolk

    https://thehistoryjar.com/tag/ida-de-tosny/

    https://plantagenesta.livejournal.com/59788.html?es=1

    https://plantagenesta.livejournal.com/33489.html

    https://www.unofficialroyalty.com/william-longespee-3rd-earl-of-salisbury-illegitimate-son-of-king-henry-ii-of-england/

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ida_de_Tosny#CITEREFMorris2005

    https://www.medievalists.net/?s=ida+de+tosny&submit=Search

    Wharton, Kimberly, https://commons.lib.jmu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1378&context=master201019

    https://www.geni.com/people/Ida-de-Toëny-Countess-of-Norfolk/6000000006428477266

    The show is written, produced, and edited by me, Adrienne.

    Show artwork is Jan Steen's A Girl Eating Oysters

    Episode artwork: medieval art of potentially Ida De Tosny

    Show website: https://sexscandalsandshenanigans.my.canva.site

    Show email: sexscandalshenaniganspod@gmail.com

    Music provided by: Advent Chamber Orchestra - Vivaldi's Concerto for 2 Violins in A Minor, RV 522 (provided by musopen.org)

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    12 min
  • Henry II's Harlots: A Bower full of Roses
    Oct 18 2025

    Hello all! Today's episode features the first of many of Henry II's mistresses: Rosamund de Clifford (1140s-1176). According to some, she was the love of Henry's life, not his wife, Eleanor of Aquitaine.

    Sources:

    • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_II_of_England
    • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rosamund_Clifford
    • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geoffrey_Plantagenet,_Count_of_Anjou
    • https://www.historic-uk.com/HistoryUK/HistoryofEngland/King-Henry-II-of-England/
    • https://www.bbc.co.uk/history/historic_figures/henry_ii_king.shtml
    • https://www.royal.uk/henry-ii
    • https://www.heritage-history.com/index.php?c=read&author=harding&book=england&story=henry2
    • https://www.unofficialroyalty.com/rosamund-de-clifford-mistress-of-henry-ii-king-of-england/
    • https://royalcentral.co.uk/features/mysterious-death-rosamund-212380/
    • https://www.english-heritage.org.uk/learn/histories/women-in-history/eleanor-aquitaine/
    • https://www.english-heritage.org.uk/learn/histories/women-in-history/eleanor-aquitaine/

    The show is written, produced, and edited by me, Adrienne.

    Show artwork is Jan Steen's A Girl Eating Oysters

    Episode artwork: Fair Rosamund, John William Waterhouse, 1916-17.

    Show website: https://sexscandalsandshenanigans.my.canva.site

    Show email: sexscandalshenaniganspod@gmail.com

    Music provided by: Advent Chamber Orchestra - Vivaldi's Concerto for 2 Violins in A Minor, RV 522 (provided by musopen.org)

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    21 min
  • Abelard & Heloise: A Tragic Love Story Through Letters
    Sep 28 2025

    Hi all! This episode I talk about the love story between Abelard and Heloise. They're lovers who philosophized on religion, love, sex, and also go into to some studious and sexy shenanigans!

    Sources:

    https://slantbooks.org/close-reading/essays/heloise-and-abelard/

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heloise#:~:text=the%20passage%20troubling.-,Burial,Lachaise%2C%20Heloise%27s%20remains%20are%20elsewhere.

    https://www.thoughtco.com/abelard-and-heloise-735128

    https://notjustwivesandmothers.wordpress.com/2021/01/16/misteaching-church-history-the-case-of-heloise-and-abelard/

    https://digitalcommons.winthrop.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1126&context=graduatetheses

    https://christianhistoryinstitute.org/magazine/article/heloise-and-abelards-tumultuous-affair

    https://philosophersmag.com/heloise/

    https://epistolae.ctl.columbia.edu/letter/178.html

    https://epistolae.ctl.columbia.edu/letter/902.html

    https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Astralabe

    https://www.historytoday.com/archive/months-past/death-medieval-lover

    https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/The_Love_Letters_of_Abelard_and_Heloise/Letter_3

    https://mlpp.pressbooks.pub/introphil/chapter/excerpts-from-the-letters-of-abelard-and-heloise/

    https://www.gutenberg.org/files/35977/35977-h/35977-h.htm#a_CHII

    The show is written, produced, and edited by me, Adrienne.

    Show artwork is Jan Steen's A Girl Eating Oysters

    Episode artwork: Henry I of England, National Gallery, London; unknown artist, 16th Century

    Show website: https://sexscandalsandshenanigans.my.canva.site

    Music provided by: Advent Chamber Orchestra - Vivaldi's Concerto for 2 Violins in A Minor, RV 522 (provided by musopen.org)

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    32 min
  • Horny King Henry I of England
    Aug 24 2025

    Hi all! Back with another episode! This time, we discuss the Conqueror's youngest son, Henry I of England and his sexploits!

    There's plenty of political intrigue, lots of sex, and children who are revered and another who tries to commit patricide!

    Sources;

    https://aroyalheraldry.weebly.com/blog/illegitimate-royal-offspring

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Born_in_the_purple

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_I_of_England

    https://elizabethchadwick.com/adeliza-of-louvain-lady-of-the-english-the-forgotten-queen/

    https://www.readingmuseum.org.uk/blog/death-and-anarchy-white-ship-disaster

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Empress_Matilda

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yCo0S_ceTnU&t=293s

    https://www.historyhit.com/1120-white-ship-sinks-english-channel/#:~:text=Having%20set%20sail%20for%20England,known%20as%20“the%20anarchy.”

    Sound clips:

    "He Started it!" - Mulan (1998), Disney.

    Pronunciation of Porphyrogeniture

    The show is written, produced, and edited by me, Adrienne.

    Show artwork is Jan Steen's A Girl Eating Oysters

    Episode artwork: Henry I of England, National Gallery, London; unknown artist, 16th Century

    Show website: https://rss.com/podcasts/sexscandalshenanigans/

    Music provided by: Advent Chamber Orchestra - Vivaldi's Concerto for 2 Violins in A Minor, RV 522 (provided by musopen.org)

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    46 min
  • William IX, Duke of Aquitaine & Dangereuse - The Poet and the Homewrecker -
    Jul 19 2025

    Hello everyone! This episode discusses the relationship between William IX, Duke of Aquitaine and his mistress, Dangereuse. They are each a grandparent of the one and only, Aliénore of Aquitaine (she's her maternal grandmother, and William is her paternal grandfather). Please join me in discussing how they shaped the future of Europe - particularly England and France.

    Sources:

    https://www.geni.com/people/Guillaume-IX-le-Troubadour-duc-d-Aquitaine/6000000000656950354

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_IX,_Duke_of_Aquitaine

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dangereuse_of_L%27Île-Bouchard

    https://ancestors.familysearch.org/en/LTC9-G9Y/dangereuse-de-l'isle-bouchard-1079-1151

    https://www.geni.com/people/Amauberge-Dangereuse-de-L-Île-Bouchard/6000000006906614042

    https://www.historyofroyalwomen.com/the-royal-mistresses-series/dangereuse-de-lisle-bouchard-mistress-to-william-ix-duke-of-aquitaine/

    https://www.midi-france.info/190202_aquitaine.htm

    Sound clips:

    "Tis a woman!" - Mulan (1998), Disney.

    "Whateva! I do what I want!" - Eric Cartman, South Park, Season 6, Episode 3, 'Freak Strike." Viacom.

    The show is written, produced, and edited by me, Adrienne.

    Show artwork is Jan Steen's A Girl Eating Oysters

    Music provided by: Advent Chamber Orchestra - Vivaldi's Concerto for 2 Violins in A Minor, RV 522 (provided by musopen.org)

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    23 min
  • Bertrade de Montfort - That French Hussy
    Jul 13 2025

    Hi all! New episode on Bertrade de Montfort, Countess of Anjou, then off to the royal bedchamber in Île de France. Wife of Fulk IV and mistress to wife of Philip I of France.

    Enjoy!

    Bertrade de Montfort sources:

    https://www.historyofroyalwomen.com/bertrade-de-montfort/bertrade-de-montfort-whom-no-good-man-ever-praised-save-for-her-beauty/

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philip_I_of_France

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/House_of_Montfort

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bertha_of_Holland

    https://anancestoradayblog.wordpress.com/2017/03/26/bertrade-de-montfort-queen-consort-of-the-franks/

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bertrade_of_Montfort

    https://www.melocki.org.uk/ordericus/Book9.html

    https://olivialongueville.com/2020/07/29/king-philippe-i-of-the-franks-known-as-the-amorous/

    Photo credit: https://olivialongueville.com/2020/07/29/king-philippe-i-of-the-franks-known-as-the-amorous/

    https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/battle-royale-french-monarchs/id1574059048

    This show is produced and edited by me, Adrienne.

    Show artwork is Jan Steen's A Girl Eating Oysters

    Music provided by: Advent Chamber Orchestra - Vivaldi's Concerto for 2 Violins in A Minor, RV 522 (provided by musopen.org)

    Show email: sexscandalshenaniganspod@gmail.com

    Show website: Show website: https://sexscandalsandshenanigans.my.canva.site/

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    16 min