Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast - Index of Episodes

The Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast talks about women who loved women in history and motifs relevant to the writing of sapphic historical fiction. We also cover news and information about the field. If you have a book coming out, let us know! If you'd be interested in appearing on the podcast, drop me an email (see contact form). If you want to be a fangirl and tell all your friends how great we are.. please do so!

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The following links are for the new independent podcast channel. Currently we're re-releasing the existing shows so that they'll continue to be available once our previous host closes down. Starting in January 2021, this will be your sole source for the Lesbian HIstoric Motif Podcast.

• Podbean (our primary hosting service)
• Apple Podcasts
• Google Podcasts
• Spotify
• Amazon Music
• Stitcher
• YouTube

Background

The Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast is a partner to the LHMP blog and discusses specific individuals, topics, or publications that I think people might find particularly interesting. While the blog summarizes research relating to various lesbian-like topics of interest to authors and readers, the podcast has a more informal storytelling style. It also gives me a chance to present readings from some of the historic texts that the project covers.

Founded in 2016, the schedule expanded to weekly in 2017, including other types of material: author interviews, book recommendation, a monthly review of new fiction, and in months with a fifth weekly show, something special. In 2018, that "something special" became the fiction series, publishing new f/f historical fiction. The fiction series pays professional rates with paid narrators (except when yours truly narrates). Now, in late 2020 the podcast is casting free from the mothership of The Lesbian Talkshow (TLT) and setting up to be independent. All the existing content is being migrated to our new site (see links above) and the show will be released in parallel on both channels for the last couple months of the year. Starting in January 2021, we'll be exclusively at our independent channel and will cut back to twice a month (plus special fiction episodes), alternating a "magazine" episode that may contain new fiction, interviews, and thematic book lists, with the continuing historic essays.

My goal is to have transcripts of all episodes. This is easy for the scriped shows, but I'm in the process of converting the rough transcriptions that YouTube provides into accurate transcripts of the interview shows.

What are people saying about The Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast?

• Lesbian Interest -- a website about lesbian films, webseries, and tv shows gives a shout-out to the shows on Sappho.
• The Guardian says the LHMPodcast is "among three of the best lesbian podcasts"
• I'm always delighted to note when the LHMPodcast gets a shout-out in media, but I have removed the link to the mention of my podcast at AfterEllen as I do not want to associate myself with their exclusionary position or potentially direct clicks to their site.

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As the episodes are re-posted in the new podcasting account, they will be renumbered sequentially.

Monthly Shows

• Episode 1: Ordinary Women - posted 2016/08/27 (transcript)
• Episode 2: Same-Sex Marriage in Restoration England - posted 2016/09/23 (transcript)
• Special Episode with Suzie Carr: "The Masks We Wear" - posted 2016/10/27 (no transcript available, this link may become inactive)
• Episode 3: The Goblin Market - posted 2016/10/29 (transcript)
• Episode 4: Bosom Sex - posted 2016/11/26 (transcript)
• Episode 5: Laudomia Loves Margaret - posted 2016/12/31 (transcript)
• Episode 6: Catherine Vizzani - posted 2017/01/28 (transcript)
• Episode 7: Aphra Behn - posted 2017/02/25 (transcript)
• Episode 8: Medieval Love Poetry - posted 2017/03/25 (transcript)
• Episode 9: The Travels and Adventures of Mademoiselle de Richelieu - posted 2017/04/29 (transcript)
• Episode 10: Sappho of Lesbos: The Woman and the Legend - posted 2017/06/03 (transcript)
• Episode 11: Sappho: The Translations - posted 2017/06/24 (transcript)
• Episode 12: Catalina de Erauso - posted 2017/07/29 (transcript pending)

August 2017

• Episode 13: On the Shelf for August 2017 (Bonus Ask Sappho: When and where was lesbianism illegal?) - posted 2017/08/05 (transcript)
• Episode 14: Interview with Catherine Lundoff - posted 2017/08/12 (transcript)
• Episode 15: Book Appreciation with Cathering Lundoff - posted 2017/08/19 (transcript)
• Episode 16: Beguines, Boston Marriage and Bed Death: Historic Archetypes of Asexual Lesbianism - posted 2017/08/26 (transcript)

September 2017

• Episode 17: On the Shelf for September 2017 (Bonus Ask Sappho: what are some lesbian novels set in the American Civil War?) - posted 2017/09/02 (transcript)
• Episode 18: Interview with Genevieve Fortin - posted 2017/09/09 (transcript)
• Episode 19: Book Appreciation with Genevieve Fortin - posted 2017/09/16 (transcript)
• Episode 20: What did medieval lesbians do in bed? - posted 2017/09/23 (transcript)
• Episode 21: The Highwaywoman Special - posted 2017/09/30 (transcript)

October 2017

• Episode 22: On the Shelf for October 2017 (Bonus Ask Sappho: How did people feel about female rulers who were rumored to be lesbians?) - posted 2017/10/07 (transcript)
• Episode 23: Interview with Caren Werlinger - posted 2017/10/14 (transcript)
• Episode 24: Book Appreciation with Caren Werlinger - posted 2017/10/21 (transcript)
• Episode 25: Female Knights in Shining Armor - posted 2017/10/28 (transcript)

November 2017

• Episode 26: On the Shelf for November 2017 (Bonus Ask Sappho: How did women in history signal to each other that they were Sapphically inclined?) - posted 2017/11/04 (transcript)
• Episode 27: Interview with Farah Mendlesohn - posted 2017/11/11 (transcript)
• Episode 28: Book Appreciation with Farah Mendlesohn - posted 2017/11/18 (transcript)
• Episode 29: When did we become lesbians? - posted 2017/11/25 (transcript)

December 2017

• Episode 30: On the Shelf for December 2017 (Bonus Ask Sappho: Were there changes over time in the reception and context of cross-dressing and passing women, and did that affect the motif of women falling in love with a woman disguised as a man? With guest Lauri Wilson) - posted 2017/12/02 (transcript)
• Episode 31: Author Interview with T.T. Thomas - posted 2017/12/09 (transcript)
• Episode 32: Book Appreciation with T.T. Thomas - posted 2017/12/16 (transcript)
• Episode 33: Death did not Them Depart - posted 2017/12/23 (transcript)
• Episode 34: 2017 Round-up - posted 2017/12/30 (transcript)

January 2018

• Episode 35: On the Shelf for January 2018 (Bonus Ask Sappho: What are some 19th century novels with secret Sapphic content?) - posted 2018/01/06 (transcript)
• Episode 36: Interview with Kathleen Knowles - posted 2018/01/13 (transcript)
• Episode 37: Book Appreciation with Kathleen Knowles - posted 2018/01/20 (transcript)
• Episode 38: (Un)Conventional Women - posted 2018/01/27 (transcript)

February 2018

• Episode 39: On the Shelf for February 2018 -- (Bonus Ask Sappho: Sources for women loving women in non-European contexts) - posted 2018/02/03 (transcript)
• Episode 40: Interview with Ellen Klages  - posted 2018/02/10 (transcript)
• Episode 41: Book Appreciation with Ellen Klages - posted 2018/02/17 (transcript)
• Episode 42: Charlotte Cushman - posted 2018/02/24 (transcript)

March 2018

• Episode 43: On the Shelf (Bonus Ask Sappho: an interview with Phoebe Legere about her musical "Speed Queen") - posted 2018/03/03 (transcript)
• Episode 44: Interview with Elizabeth Bear - posted 2018/03/10 (transcript)
• Episode 45: Book Appreciation with Elizabeth Bear - posted 2018/03/17 (transcript)
• Episode 46: Falling in Love with Cross-Dressing Girls - posted 2018/03/24 (transcript)
• Episode 47: Fiction Special - One Night in Saint-Martin by Catherine Lundoff - posted 2018/03/31(transcript)

April 2018

• Episode 48: On the Shelf (Bonus Ask Sappho: What are some research leads for lesbians in 1920s Chicago?) - posted 2018/04/07 (transcript)
• Episode 49: Interview with Alyssa Cole - posted 2018/04/14 (transcript)
• Episode 50: Book Appreciation with Liz Bourke - posted 2018/04/21 (transcript)
• Episode 51: Diana and Callisto: The Sometimes Problematic Search for Representation - posted 2018/04/28 (transcript)

May 2018

• Episode 52: On the Shelf for May 2018 - posted 2018/05/05 (transcript)
• Episode 53: Interview with Jeannelle M. Ferreira - posted 2018/05/12 (transcript)
• Episode 54: Book Appreciation with Jeannelle M. Ferreira - posted 2018/05/19 (transcript)
• Episode 55: Queer Women's Communities and Meeting Places - posted 2018/05/26 (transcript)

June 2018

• Episode 56: On the Shelf (Bonus Ask Sappho: When did "coming out" become a thing?) - posted 2018/06/02 (transcript)
• Episode 57: Interview with Lise MacTague - posted 2018/06/09 (transcript pending)
• Episode 58: Book Appreciation with Lise MacTague - posted 2018/06/16 (transcript pending)
• Episode 59: The Ladies of Llangollen - posted 2018/06/23 (transcript)
• Episode 60: Fiction Special - "Inscribed" by V.M. Agab - posted 2018/06/30 (transcript)

In June 2018 I was also a guest on Les Do Books, another Lesbian Talk Show podcast.

• Les Do Books: Heather Rose Jones Shares 5 Books (and Reasons!) that Prove the English Regency is the Perfect Setting for Romances Between Women - Aired June 8, 2018 (Updated link on 2021/02/16 to the episode's new home)

July 2018

• Episode 61: On the Shelf (Bonus Ask Sappho: Was there anything similar to drag king performers before the 20th century?) - posted 2018/07/07 (transcript)
• Episode 62: Interview with Justine Saracen - posted 2018/07/14 (transcript)
• Episode 63: Book appreciation with Justine Saracen - posted 2018/07/21 (transcript)
• Episode 64: Women and Same-Sex Marriage in Western History - posted 2018/07/28 (transcript)

August 2018

• Episode 65: On the Shelf (Bonus Ask Sappho: Why do I use the word "lesbian" when I talk about people with a wide range of identities?) - posted 2018/08/04 (transcript)
• Episode 66: Interview with Vanda - posted 2018/08/11 (transcript)
• Episode 67: Book Appreciation with Darlene Vendegna - posted 2018/08/18 (transcript pending)
• Episode 68: Poetry about Love Between Women from the 16th and 17th Centuries - posted 2018/08/26 (transcript)

September 2018

• Episode 69: On the Shelf (Bonus sk Sappho: Tell us about Bilitis) - posted 2018/09/01 (transcript)
• Episode 70: Interview with K. Aten - posted 2018/09/08 (transcript pending)
• Episode 71: Book Appreciation with K. Aten - posted 2018/09/15 (transcript pending)
• Episode 72: Mary Frith aka Moll Cutpurse - posted 2018/09/22 (transcript)
• Episode 73: Fiction - "Peaceweaver" by Jennifer Nestojko - posted 2018/09/29 (transcript)

October 2018

• Episode 74: On the Shelf (Bonus Ask Sappho: The most outrageous, tropiest, Regency same-sex relationship you ever heard...and it's true) - posted 2018/10/06 (transcript)
• Episode 75: Sappho of Lesbos: The Woman and the Legend (reprise) - posted 2018/10/13 (transcript)
• Episode 76: Sappho: The Translations (reprise) - posted 2018/10/20 (transcript)
• Episode 77: Woman Plus Woman in Classical Rome - posted 2018/10/27 (transcript)

November 2018

• Episode 78: On the Shelf  - posted 2018/11/03 (transcript)
• Episode 79: Interview with Elizabeth Tammi - posted 2018/11/10 (transcript pending)
• Episode 80: Book Appreciation - Reading Outside Your Comfort Zone - posted 2018/11/17 (transcript)
• Episode 81: Anne Damer - posted 2018/11/24 (transcript)

December 2018

• Episode 82: On the Shelf (Bonus Ask Sappho: An amusing archaeological find) - posted 2018/12/01 (transcript)
• Episode 83: Interview with Carrie Pack - posted 2018/12/08 (transcript pending)
• Episode 84: Book Appreciation with Carrie Pack - posted 2018/12/15 (transcript pending)
• Episode 85: Queen Anne of England - posted 2018/12/22 (transcript)
• Episode 86: Fiction - "At the Mouth" by Gurmika Mann - posted 2018/12/29 (transcript)

January 2019

• Episode 87: On the Shelf (Bonus Ask Sappho: Cross-time, Time-slip, and Time Travel Stories)  - posted 2019/01/05 (transcript)
• Episode 88: The State of Lesbian Historicals in 2018 - posted 2019/01/12 (transcript)
• Episode 89: Movie Review of "The Favourite" - with Farah Mendlesohn and Trystan Bass - posted 2019/01/19 (partial transcript available)
• Episode 90: Delariviere Manley's The New Atalantis - posted 2019/01/26 (transcript)

February 2019

• Episode 91: On the Shelf for February 2019 - posted 2019/02/02 (transcript)
• Episode 92: 10 Lesbian Historical Books and Movies I Loved in 2018 - posted 2019/02/09 (transcript)
• Episode 93: Ordinary Women (Reprise) - posted 2019/02/16 (transcript)
• Episode 94: Prepositions, Sexuality, and Gender: Unpacking Our Bundles - posted 2019/02/23 (transcript)

March 2019

• Episode 95: On the Shelf for March 2019 (Bonus Ask Sappho: “What’s your take on Eleanor Roosevelt and Lorena Hickok?”) - posted 2019/03/02 (transcript)
• Episode 96: Interview with Katharine Duckett - posted 2019/03/09 (transcript pending)
• Episode 97: Book Appreciation with Katharine Duckett - posted 2019/03/16 (transcript pending)
• Episode 98: Laudomia Loves Margaret (Reprise) - posted 2019/03/23 (transcript)
• Episode 99: 2019 Fiction Series: "Alphabet of Signs" and "Jade Generals" by Ursula Whitcher - posted 2019/03/30 (transcript)

April 2019

• Episode 100: Special 100th Episode Surprise! Bonus Audio fiction "Where My Heart Goes" by Heather Rose Jones - posted 2019/04/06 (transcript)
• Episode 101: On the Shelf for April 2019 - posted 2019/04/13 (transcript)
• Episode 102: Interview with Zen Cho - posted 2019/04/20 (transcript pending)
• Episode 103: Policing Gender and Sexuality in Early Modern Europe - posted 2019/04/27 (transcript)

May 2019

• Episode 104: On the Shelf (Bonus Ask Sappho: Why don't I talk about trans lesbians in history?) - posted 2019/05/04 (transcript)
• Episode 105: Interview with Molly Tanzer - posted 2019/05/11 (transcript pending)
• Episode 106: Historic Lesbians on the Screen: What We Love - posted 2019/05/18 (transcript)
• Episode 107: The True History of Catharina Vizzani (reprise) - posted 2019/05/25 (transcript)

June 2019

• Episode 108: On the Shelf for June 2019 - posted 2019/06/01 (transcript)
• Episode 109: Book Appreciation with Anna Clutterbuck-Cook (Part 1) - posted 2019/06/08 (transcript pending)
• Episode 110: Book Appreciation with Anna Clutterbuck-Cook (Part 2) - posted 2019/06/15 (transcript pending)
• Episode 111: Emily Dickinson Goes to the Movies - posted 2019/06/22 (partial transcript)
• Episode 112: Fiction - "By Her Pen She Conquers" by Catherine Lundoff - posted 2019/06/29 (transcript)

July 2019

• Episode 113: On the Shelf for July 2019 - posted 2019/07/06 (transcript)
• Episode 114: Interview with K.J. Charles - posted 2019/07/13 (transcript pending)
• Episode 115: Book Appreciation with K.J. Charles - posted 2019/07/20 (transcript pending)
• Episode 116: Swinging Singles and Lesbian Opportunities - posted 2019/07/27 (transcript)

August 2019

• Episode 117: On the Shelf - posted 2019/08/03 (transcript)
• Episode 118: Interview with Penny Mickelbury - posted 2019/08/10 (transcript pending)
• Episode 119: Bosom Sex (reprise) - posted 2019/08/17 (transcript)
• Episode 120: Postcards from Worldcon - posted 2019/08/24 (transcript)
• Episode 121: Fiction - "The Black Handkerchief" by Gwen C. Katz - posted 2019/08/31 (transcript)

September 2019

• Episode 122: On the Shelf for September 2019 - posted 2019/09/07 (transcript)
• Episode 123: Interview with Olivia Waite - posted 2019/09/14 (transcript pending)
• Episode 124: Book Appreciation with Olivia Waite - posted 2019/09/21 (transcript pending)
• Episode 125: How to Be a Feminist in History - posted 2019/09/28 (transcript)

October 2019

• Episode 126: On the Shelf for October 2019 - posted 2019/10/05 (transcript)
• Episode 127: Medieval Love Poetry (Reprise) - posted 2019/10/12 (transcript)
• Episode 128: Poetry about Love Between Women from the 16th and 17th Centuries (Reprise) - posted 2019/10/19 (transcript)
• Episode 129:: The Goblin Market (Reprise) - posted 2019/10/26 (transcript)

November 2019

• Episode 130: On the Shelf for November 2019 - posted 2019/11/02 (transcript)
• Episode 131: Interview with Heather Rose Jones - posted 2019/11/09 (transcript pending)
• Episode 132: Book Appreciation with Heather Rose Jones - posted 2019/11/16 (transcript pending)
• Episode 133: Class and Models of Lesbian Desire - posted 2019/11/23 (transcript)
• Episode 134: Fiction - "The Mermaid" by Kathleen Jowitt - posted 2019/11/30 (transcript)

December 2019

• Episode 135 On the Shelf for December 2019 - posted 2019/12/07 (transcript)
• Episode 136: The Highwaywoman Special (reprise) - posted 2019/12/14 (transcript)
• Episode 137: Things I Loved in 2019 - posted 2019/12/21 (transcript)
• Episode 138: Lesbian Vikings! - posted 2019/12/28 (transcript)

January 2020

• Episode 139: On the Shelf for January 2020 - posted 2020/01/04 (transcript)
• Episode 140: Interview with Kate Heartfield - posted 2020/01/11 (transcript pending)
• Episode 141: Book Appreciation with Kate Heartfield - posted 2020/01/18 (transcript pending)
• Episode 142: Iphis and Ianthe - posted 2020/01/25 (transcript)

February 2020

• Episode 143: On the Shelf for February 2020 - posted 2020/02/01 (transcript)
• Episode 144: Interview with Stephanie Burgis - posted 2020/02/08 (transcript pending)
• Episode 145: Book Appreciation with Stephanie Burgis - posted 2020/02/15 (transcript pending)
• Episode 146: The Evolution of "Butch" as a Lesbian Signifier - posted 2020/02/22 (transcript) (slide-show version on YouTube)
• Episode 147: Fiction - Talking to Ghosts by Caitlin Flavell - posted 2020/02/29 (transcript)

March 2020

• Episode 148: On the Shelf for March 2020 - posted 2020/03/07 (transcript)
• Episode 149: Interview with Catherine Lundoff (Queen of Swords Press) - posted 2020/03/14 (transcript pending)
• Episode 150: Movie Review Portrait of a Lady on Fire - posted 2020/03/21 (transcript)
• Episode 151: Bertolina Guercia - posted 2020/03/28 (transcript)

April 2020

• Episode 152: On the Shelf for April 2020 - posted 2020/04/04 (transcript)
• Episode 153: Interview with Edale Lane - posted 2020/04/11 (transcript pending)
• Episode 154: Book Appreciation with Tara Scott - posted 2020/04/18 (transcript pending)
• Episode 155: The (Sex) Lives of Fair and Gallant Women - posted 2020/04/25 (transcript)

May 2020

• Episode 156: On the Shelf for May 2020 - posted 2020/05/02 (transcript)
• Episode 157: Interview with Janet Todd - posted 2020/05/09 (transcript pending)
• Episode 158: History Chat with Janet Todd - posted 2020/05/16 (transcript pending)
• Episode 159: Aphra Behn (reprise) - posted 2020/05/23 (transcript)
• Episode 160: Fiction - Cardinal's Gambit by Catherine Lundoff - posted 2020/05/30 (transcript)

June 2020

• Episode 161: On the Shelf for June 2020 - posted 2020/06/06 (transcript)
• Episode 162: Interview with Amy Hoff - posted 2020/06/13 (transcript pending)
• Episode 163: Book Appreciation: Black Authors/Black Characters - posted 2020/06/20 (transcript)
• Episode 164: Lesbian-Like History and Racial Othering - posted 2020/06/27 (transcript)

July 2020

• Episode 165: On the Shelf for July 2020 - posted 2020/07/04 (transcript)
• Episode 166: Interview with Luci Dreamer - posted 2020/07/11 (transcript pending)
• Episode 167: Book Appreciation with Luci Dreamer - posted 2020/07/18 (transcript pending)
• Episode 168: Humors, Horoscopes, and Homosexuals - posted 2020/07/25 (transcript)

August 2020

• Episode 169: On the Shelf for August 2020 - posted 2020/08/01 (transcript)
• Episode 170: Diana and Callisto: The Sometimes Problematic Search for Representation (reprise) - posted 2020/08/08 (transcript)
• Episode 171: Book Appreciation: Diana/Artemis in Fiction - posted 2020/08/15 (transcript)
• Episode 172: Artificial Scarcity of Representation: Asexual Artemis/Lesbian Diana - posted 2020/08/22 (transcript)
• Episode 173: Fiction - Your Fingers Like Pen and Ink by Jeannelle M. Ferreira - posted 2020/08/29 (transcript)

September 2020

• Episode 174: On the Shelf for September 2020 - posted 2020/09/05 (transcript)
• Episode 175: Interview with Nyri Bakkalian - posted 2020/09/12 (transcript pending)
• Episode 176: Book Appreciation stories set in 17-18th c France and England - posted 2020/09/19 (transcript)
• Episode 177: 17th c Poet Katherine Philips - posted 2020/09/26 (transcript)

October 2020

• Episode 178: On the Shelf for October 2020 - posted 2020/10/03 (transcript)
• Episode 179: Interview with Samantha Rajaram - posted 2020/10/10 (transcript pending)
• Episode 180: Book Appreciation with Samantha Rajaram - posted 2020/10/17 (transcript pending)
• Episode 181: The Anandrine Sect - posted 2020/10/24 (transcript)
• Episode 182: Fiction - Give Use This Day by Jennifer Nestojko - posted 2020/10/31 (transcript)

November 2020

• Episode 183: On the Shelf for November 2020 - posted 2020/11/07 (transcript)
• Episode 184: Interview with Jane Walsh - posted 2020/11/14 (transcript pending)
• Episode 185: Book Appreciation - Sapphic Historical Fantasy in Asian Settings - posted 2020/11/21 (transcript)
• Episode 186: Poetry about Love between Women from the 18th Century - posted 2020/11/28 (transcript)

December 2020

• Episode 187: On the Shelf for December 2020 - posted 2020/12/05 (transcript)
• Episode 188: Interview with Diana Pinguicha - posted 2020/12/12 (transcript pending)
• Episode 189: Book Appreciation with Diana Pinguicha - posted 2020/12/19 (transcript pending)
• Episode 190: So You’re Writing a Sapphic Historical Romance: Questions to Consider - posted 2020/12/26 (transcript)

January 2021

• Episode 191: On the Shelf for January 2021, interview with Malinda Lo - posted 2021/01/02 (transcript)
• Episode 192: Anne Lister's Courtship Scripts - posted 2021/01/16 (transcript)
• Episode 193: Fiction - "A Soldier in the Army of Love" by Diane Morrison - posted 2021/01/30 (transcript)

February 2021

• Episode 194: On the Shelf for February 2021, interview with Anne Shade - posted 2021/02/06 (transcript)
• Episode 195: Madame de Murat: Author of Fairy Tales, Lover of Women - posted 2021/02/20 (transcript)

March 2021

• Episode 196: On the Shelf for March 2021, Interviews with Mari Ness and Aliette de Bodard - posted 2021/03/06 (transcript)
• Episode 197: Hey Hollywood! Historic Couples who would Make Great Happy Movies - posted 2021/03/20 (transcript)

April 2021

• Episode 198: On the Shelf for April 2021, Interview with Rose Lerner - posted 2021/04/03 (transcript)
• Episode 199: What’s the Difference between Lesbian and Sapphic? - posted 2021/04/17 (transcript)

May 2021

• Episode 200: On the Shelf for May 2021, Podcast-versary Edition - posted 2021/05/01 (transcript)
• Episode 201: Researching the Origins of Lesbian Myths (tentative) - posted 2021/05/15 (transcript)
• Episode 202: Fiction - "The Adventuress" by Catherine Lundoff - posted 2021/05/29 (transcript)

June 2021