{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/09170e25-81f3-4dbd-851b-43bab81b8b33/351cff2e-7a10-4aab-b7e1-b94d0b846cb8?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Bathhouse","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/610bbfb07480750a7b971e18/610bbfc53fa75300124ef763.jpg?height=200","description":"<p>Warning: this episode discusses sexual assault.</p><p><br></p><p>A gay&nbsp;bathhouse or sauna&nbsp;is usually a commercial, sex-on-premises venue, not just used for 'bathing’.&nbsp;Leni and Brendy discuss the history of bathhouses, their police raids and closures during the&nbsp;AIDS epidemic,&nbsp;sauna&nbsp;etiquette, lesbian saunas and how Bette Midler became the Divine Miss M at one of New York's most famous establishments.</p><p><br></p><p>Word of the Gay records fortnightly at Castaway Studios in Melbourne, Australia. Subscribe (for free!), rate and review Word of the Gay on Apple Podcasts, Spotify and Google Podcasts.</p><p><br></p><p>Follow Word of the Gay on Twitter at @wordofthegaypod, Facebook at Word of the Gay &amp; Instagram @wordofthegaypod.</p><p><br></p><p>Send word suggestions and other correspondence to wordofthegay@lippmedia.com.&nbsp;</p><p><br></p><p>Word of the Gay is a Lipp Media production and is currently nominated for a 2019 Australian Podcast Award.</p> ","author_name":"Lipp Media"}