Does the available vocabulary for sex leave something to be desired? Namely desire? (And also the ability to use it wthout laughing/dying of embarrassment?) Aiding in the search for a better sex lexicon - sexicon - are Kaitlin Prest of fellow Radiotopia podcast The Heart, and romance novelist Mhairi McFarlane.

CONTENT NOTE: this episode contains Sexual Language from the start.

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Allusionist 51: Under the Covers II

In 1875, Rome came close to losing its river.

In that year, the liberator of Italy, General Giuseppe Garibaldi, visited and announced plans to clean up the Eternal City.

His main target was the River Tiber. Garibaldi would solve problems from pollution to flooding by diverting the river and completely removing it from the city.

Where did this idea come from? And why wasn’t it carried out?

AH 1.02 Draining The Swamp - Garibaldi's Plan To Divert Rome's River Tiber

What if ... ? 

Almost History tells the amazing true stories behind aborted missions, cancelled plans, utopian dreams and hubristic designs.

AH 1.02 Draining The Swamp - Garibaldi's Plan To Divert Rome's River Tiber

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