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Dr Comfort, Mr Sex
FromThe LRB Podcast
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Length:
53 minutes
Released:
Feb 21, 2024
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Podcast episode
Description
Gerontologist, pacifist, novelist, medical doctor and mollusc expert – Alex Comfort was far more than just the author of the staggeringly popular Joy of Sex. In her review of a new biography, Florence Sutcliffe-Braithwaite navigates the convictions and contradictions of this bewilderingly polymathic thinker. She joins Tom to trace Comfort’s life from evangelical child prodigy to the anarchist free love advocate who became emblematic of the sexual liberation movement.Find further reading on the episode page: lrb.me/comfortpod Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Released:
Feb 21, 2024
Format:
Podcast episode
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