{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/621cc5a140c0770013581ceb/642ea968a5f38c00116904e8?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Vasectomies ","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/621cc5a140c0770013581ceb/1647353366383-f2f1db1c89f28176b418dca0906055fd.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p>Why did Sigmund Freud want a vasectomy at 67 years old? Why were goat gonads all the rage in the 1920s? Who was the first person to get the snip?</p><p><br></p><p>Today we're handing over the mic to our sister podcast at History Hit - \"Betwixt the Sheets\" - to bring you the weird history of vasectomies.</p><p><br></p><p>Host Kate Lister is joined by Georgia Grainger (<a href=\"https://twitter.com/sniphist\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https://twitter.com/sniphist</a>) to discuss the vasectomy’s place as a contraceptive, as well as its relationship with eugenics and masculinity.</p><p><br></p><p>*WARNING this episode includes mentions of mental illness, eugenics and themes of an adult nature*</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Produced by Charlotte Long and Sophie Gee. Mixed by Pete Dennis.</p>","author_name":"History Hit"}