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Tea & Vulgarity

Tea & Vulgarity

By Talley Gale

"It's BRIDGERTON meets THIS AMERICAN LIFE"
Fetch your smelling salts! The Victorians were right naughty! Lady LeTITcia and other members of the social register clink cups and read scintillating erotica from...Victorian-era England.
NSFW. 18+.
Cover art: Taylor Hopkins.
All music under a Creative Commons License.
Opening and closing clips: Mendelssohn's String Quintet No.2, Op.87, Musicians from the Ravinia Festival's Stean Institute
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Emma Goldman: Love Is Indeed a Stranger

Emma Goldman: Love Is Indeed a Stranger

In the last installment of Goldman's "Love and Marriage," we read her case for what real love means.
Feb 13, 202206:04
Emma Goldman: The Hideous Epithet, Bastard

Emma Goldman: The Hideous Epithet, Bastard

Emma Goldman makes the case that love is not free, especially in marriage in 1914.
Feb 13, 202204:30
Emma Goldman: A Mute Beast Fattened for Slaughter

Emma Goldman: A Mute Beast Fattened for Slaughter

Emma Goldman's 1914 essay really hits home with Lady L's soapbox on weddings.
Feb 11, 202206:22
Emma Goldman: Slavish Acquiescence to Man's Superiority

Emma Goldman: Slavish Acquiescence to Man's Superiority

Third part of Emma Goldman's 1914 "Marriage and Love."
Feb 09, 202204:47
Emma Goldman: Remaining Strangers

Emma Goldman: Remaining Strangers

Part two of Emma Goldman's 1914 piece, "Marriage and Love."
Feb 09, 202204:52
Emma Goldman: Abandon Hope All Ye Who Enter Here

Emma Goldman: Abandon Hope All Ye Who Enter Here

From "Marriage and Love" by Emma Goldman. " If however, woman's premium is a husband, she pays for it with her name, her privacy, her self-respect, her very life..."
Feb 09, 202203:24
Flea-Sized Pod 14: Her Posterior's Aperture

Flea-Sized Pod 14: Her Posterior's Aperture

When I recorded this, I didn't realize the new subleaser was still home...oops.
Jan 14, 202207:38
Flea-Sized Pod 13: The Huge Genitals of Father Clement

Flea-Sized Pod 13: The Huge Genitals of Father Clement

3 not-so-hot priests
Jan 14, 202204:38
Flea-Sized Pod 12

Flea-Sized Pod 12

Bella in her kid boots! Myles O'Toole makes me an omelette
Dec 20, 202103:41
Flea-Sized Pod 11

Flea-Sized Pod 11

Bella experiences DP -- double priests, dubious penises. Someone fetch this lady her salts.
Dec 16, 202105:14
Flea-Sized Pod 10

Flea-Sized Pod 10

Butt, Father!!
Dec 12, 202103:49
Flea-Sized Pod 9

Flea-Sized Pod 9

What can Bella take down her gullet???
Dec 12, 202103:38
Flea-Sized Pod 8

Flea-Sized Pod 8

Myles O'Toole can't find the origin of Hotty Boom Body
Dec 12, 202102:58
Flea-Sized Pod 7

Flea-Sized Pod 7

Bella and the priestly orgy
Dec 10, 202104:06
Flea-Sized Pod 6

Flea-Sized Pod 6

A very ugly priest turns Bella on. This one is preposterously descriptive!!
Dec 06, 202104:32
Flea-Sized Pod 5

Flea-Sized Pod 5

More priests!
Dec 06, 202103:17
Flea-Sized Pod 4

Flea-Sized Pod 4

More hot priest action
Dec 03, 202104:20
Flea-Sized Pod 3

Flea-Sized Pod 3

Another teensy bit of tittilation
Dec 03, 202102:38
Flea-Sized Pod 2

Flea-Sized Pod 2

Another 2 minutes dedicated to the revels of Bella, Hot Priest, and our sentient -and literate - flea.
Nov 23, 202102:11
Flea-Sized Pod

Flea-Sized Pod

A teensy weensy sip of Flea's story for your afternoon pick-me-up.
Nov 23, 202102:14
Footnotes: Flea Fetish

Footnotes: Flea Fetish

Why would someone associate a flea with sex? Well, both fleas, and fleas on people, were a fairly common part of Victorian life. This is a short footnotes episode to give some context.

Nov 17, 202108:54
The Autobiography of a Flea: Chapter 2

The Autobiography of a Flea: Chapter 2

The Flea witnesses Father Ambrose (Count Frolo, Mister Tumnus, & the Hot Priest rolled into one) helping Bella...um...atone...for her sins. Bella ascends to the Heavens. Lady Axewound joins again to spill some flea tea.

Featuring Jillian Leff. 

Oct 19, 202136:55
The Autobiography of a Flea: Chapter One

The Autobiography of a Flea: Chapter One

Lady Taintbury returns with Lady Letitia to read the 1887 erotic novel The Autobiography of a Flea. In this first chapter, we learn of this "most exalted" flea (whom we envision as PT Flea) and his "host," the lovely Bella. 

Somehow, A Bug's Life, Fleabag, and Veggie Tales all find their way into this world.

Featuring Molly Wagner

Sep 26, 202144:31
Olden Songs: "9 Inch Will Please a Lady" & "The Lusty Young Smyth"

Olden Songs: "9 Inch Will Please a Lady" & "The Lusty Young Smyth"

The Countess of Clitterdown arrives to revel in song! This episode focuses on naughty chansons, both Victorian and earlier. (The Countess is, in fact, a professional cellist by trade.) Lady Letitcia toots her pennywhistle for us.
Jun 29, 202124:22
Footnotes: Astrology

Footnotes: Astrology

Body Politic member, sex-therapist-in-training, and astrology buff Lida Rubanava discusses the connection between the planets and our relationships. 

Book featured: The Astrology of Love &Sex: A Modern Compatibility Guide, by Annabelle Gat

Check out: wearebodypolitic.com

Jun 01, 202125:22
Nonfiction: The Directory of Covent Garden Sex Workers

Nonfiction: The Directory of Covent Garden Sex Workers

In the late 1700s, an enterprising fellow put together a list of the sex workers of Covent Garden. This book, known as Harris' List, is the inspiration behind the television series "Harlots." Miss Carmilla Godeminche is a bastion of knowledge about this book and does some lovely reading of excerpts. Carmilla is also the name of a lady vampire whose tale pre-dates Dracula.
Featuring Ashleigh Becker
May 20, 202120:34
Gamahuche My Cooch!

Gamahuche My Cooch!

Thank Venus we brought in Lady Shagsworth. She does a MARVELOUS American accent -- who knew? Today we get philosophical with some Dr Johnson, discuss the origins of "gamahuche," read "The Origin of Copulation," tell a bit of gossip about American women, and revel in how Lady Pokingham seduces a servant. 

Featuring Raven Pierson

May 08, 202122:15
Footnotes 3: A Family Affair

Footnotes 3: A Family Affair

Jillian Leff (aka Lady Axewound) has read some INTERESTING literature, and Talley discovered something shocking about one of the more prolific women poets. Listen as we but scratch the surface of lesbian writers, familial outlooks on sex, and how [upperclass] Victorian society viewed queerness. 

Apr 22, 202124:42
ASMR bonus episode

ASMR bonus episode

For, indeed, why ever not? Some of Lady Letitcia's favorite excerpts, read in intimate manner...

ASMR: Autonomous sensory meridian response. Meaning certain sounds make your body get all tingly. 

Apr 17, 202103:52
A Man's Perspective: God Save the Queen!

A Man's Perspective: God Save the Queen!

The salacious Sir Cocksworth Pennythrift joins to sing a ravishing rendition of God Save the Queen, revel in the provocative prose of La Rose D'Amour, and correct Lady L's pronunciation of "indefatigable."
Featuring Jack Wallace.
Apr 14, 202125:27
Lesbians, or, The Reprise of Mossy

Lesbians, or, The Reprise of Mossy

This episode is the first of several dedicated to women loving women. The selections are naughty but also frequently sweet. We also include some non-Anglo works. 

Did you know the woman who wrote "In the Bleak Midwinter" also wrote a homoerotic nursery rhyme? BY MY TROTH, SHE DID.

With Lady Axe-wound, aka Jillian Leff 

Mar 23, 202118:43
"And flourishes her jutting arse"

"And flourishes her jutting arse"

Lady Axewound makes her teatime debut! Along with Lady Letitcia, she indulges in: "Arithmetician: a Fact," an ode to an opera dancer, a couple dirty acrostics, more Lady Pokingham (a derriere affair), and a warning to ladies about violet powder. Unbutton your bustiers! 

Featuring Jillian Leff

Mar 17, 202120:15
Footnotes 2: Art, Seattle, Strange Laws

Footnotes 2: Art, Seattle, Strange Laws

Molly Wagner joins Talley again for more thoughtful footnote talk. Queen Victoria was a racy lady. Have we "cleaned up" our interpretation of the nude in Western art? Seattle thrives all thanks to a Madame. 

Mar 09, 202120:45
Hot Priest: A Man of the Cloth is Still a Man

Hot Priest: A Man of the Cloth is Still a Man

Sins of the flesh? My dear child! The Venerable Reverend Myakovsky graces Lady LeTITcia's parlour and incandescently illuminates the dogmas of toys, anal sex, cigars, STIs, and the best time of life to ascertain one's predilections. He also enjoys lifting his voice in dulcet tones to the heavens.
Featuring Matthew Duncan
Mar 04, 202127:18
Where's My Barrister?

Where's My Barrister?

The tireless Lady Taintbury is back to nosh crumpets and spill the tea with Lady Letitcia. Our friends recite poetry and read more about Lothair, who's gamahuching before he becomes a man of the cloth. Lady T fills us in on her own sordid past. Lady L hopes Dave's Killer Bread won't sue her. 


Featuring Molly Wagner!

Feb 24, 202116:32
Footnotes 1: Other Racy Publications

Footnotes 1: Other Racy Publications

THE PEARL wasn't the only publication the Victorians salivated over. Molly Wagner (aka Lady Taintbury) joins Talley in the first of our "educational real-talk" episodes to discuss the other...um...literature published during this period. 

Feb 14, 202115:59
Speculum in Batches

Speculum in Batches

Lady PlumPudding (from the penal colony) attends tea with Lady Letitcia to read a letter, muse on syphilis (let's bring it back!), and dissect a ballad about the Contagious Diseases Act. 

Featuring Amy Nasseri of Orgasm Lab

Feb 03, 202122:09
Vibrator Chair

Vibrator Chair

Lady Blossombosom reluctantly joins Lady LeTITcia to sing a bawdy song to the tune of an old hymn.

Featuring Ian Katee Gale.

All music under a Creative Commons License.

Jan 29, 202118:45
Mossy

Mossy

Lady Taintbury, an old schoolfellow of Lady LeTITcia's, puts her wit to work reading about Mister Pego, moss, beavers, and other names for our genitalia. 

Featuring Molly Wagner

All music under a Creative Commons License. 

Jan 29, 202114:20
Crumpet

Crumpet

Welcome to Tea & Vulgarity! Grab your smelling salts, and be ready to meet Ladies Letitcia and Blossombosom as they read tittilating tales from Victorian England. 

Music: Musicians from the Ravinia Festival Stean's Intstitute; Benjamin Moser; BNTT

Jan 23, 202114:40