Sarah was born in Southern Africa and had her life turned completely upside down for the sole reason that she did not look like white, European women. She was very intelligent, speaking several languages. She was also stolen from her home and put on display as if she were no more than a sub-human side show.

Join us this week to find out what it took for her to be considered so supremely exotic that she had to be taken from her home and put on display for europeans to gawk at - primarily due to a dire lack of understanding, education, and willingness to see other people from other parts of the world as human - just like them. It's not like any episode is particularly light-hearted or "fun", but this one really is a rage-inducer for many reasons. These stories need to be shared and understood if we want history to stop repeating itself, so let's dive in.

It's the final episode in Clitoris month and MAN is it a doozy! Men tend to be doozies when it comes to the female body and the clitoris has really stuck in their craw since they decided that it does exist and it's not the Devil's mark on a witch (go back a couple episodes for that).

This week we tackle all the horrible things that men have done, in the name of medicine, health, and "care" to maim women and misunderstand a very important part of their bodies. We promise, it gets a tiny bit hopeful at the end, so you should stick around until then to hear the "Salad Bowl" theory from Matt's old friend Wayne.

There were days in the Western World - not so long ago - that just knowing the word "clitoris" was enough to get you labeled as a criminal. In this episode we talk about some scantily clad dancing, some war, some politicians, and, as usual, rich, white guys who don't know the meaning of much at all.

Join us to find out if you would have been labeled as a pervert or reprobate by the acceptable society types of the 20th Century or beyond. Would you try to kiss dead lips or perform the dance of Salome? Hmm...would you rub a person? Either way, you may be at risk of being in a cult. Come on in and get hysterical with us to find out whether you're the problem in society, won't you?

Did you know that a woman who is found to have "The Devil's Teat" is known to be a witch? Did you know that Aristotle's Masterpiece was an exceptionally popular book that was just smut for its day and was neither written by Aristotle, nor a masterpiece.

On this episode - the second of Clit Month - we dive into anatomy, history, and some of the batshit crazy things men have declared about womens' bodies through the years. Strap in, everyone, and don't forget your fly knobs!

This pesky little devil has been there since the beginning of humans, but for some reason has been "discovered", lost, found, and so on through history. This is the first episode of Clitoris Month on Hysterical Medicine, where we talk about who thinks they found it, what it was thought to do, and what other mammals have one. Stick around all month long as we deep dive on the "man in the canoe".

They call the Greeks "The Fathers of Medicine", but just how much did the "fathers" bother to figure out about their mothers, wives, sisters, or any woman who needed medical attention at that time?

These men - these "Fathers of Medicine" - assumed A LOT about how women's bodies and men's bodies were both similar and different. Spoiler alert: they made a lot of bad assumtions.

Join us on this journey into how wrong the learned men of any day can be, when they don't bother doing any research and guess at every turn.

In this episode, we discuss The tragic short life of Princess Charlotte, her 50 hour labor and subsequent death at the hands of…you guessed it: incompetent man midwives.

Her death in 1817 and its consequences were far reaching, probably still having an effect on your life at a wedding or around the holidays. It's truly amazing and tragic how the Princess met her end, as a woman of royalty, whose health was put in the hands of the absolutley wrong people. This episode also features the bonus of one of our cats who will not shut up during an hour where it would have been awful nice for her to.

For those of you who have heard these first episodes and noticed the audio quality is only OK, don't worry. Beginning soon, we will have all new mics and it's going to help everything sound TONS better. Thanks for hanging in with us while we get everything fine tuned!

Ahhh, the Chamberlens. What can I say about them that is even remotely polite? They probably helped some women deliver some babies throughout thier 200 year secrecy campaign over a giant, ornate chest that they hauled into the birthing chamber before everyone was kicked out and the expectant mother was blindfolded and draped in blankets.

What's in the box? Listen to this episode and find that out, and a whole lot more about how men like this are a huge problem even today, right here in the USA. If you're not at least a little pissed off at this family by the end of the episode, you might want to listen again.