{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/60032060-080e-42c5-ac26-f93fc2b4d612/6a50ffced2dde6b09ae07ff0?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Sex Work in Soviet Russia ","description":"<p>After the Russian Revolution in 1917, sex work was a prime example of what capitalism did to society.&nbsp;</p><p><br></p><p>Under communism, sex work would no longer need to exist in society.</p><p><br></p><p>Spoiler: it very much still existed.</p><p><br></p><p>How were sex workers treated in Soviet Russia? Why were they glamourised? And what's the sex industry like in Russia today?&nbsp;</p><p><br></p><p>Joining Kate today is expert on all of this and more, Professor Emily Schuckman Matthews, to take us back to Soviet Russia.</p><p><br></p><p>This episode was edited by Tim Arstall. The producer was Stuart Beckwith. The senior producer was Freddy Chick.</p><p><br></p><p>All music from Epidemic Sounds.</p><p><br></p><p>Betwixt the Sheets: History of Sex, Scandal &amp; Society is a History Hit podcast.</p>","author_name":"History Hit"}