Sex, Drugs, and Rock n' Roll

How can we explain the fantastic, exquisite, terrifying visions we encounter when we journey off consciousness' well-trod path to chart our own course through reality?

From the Puritan "mandatory sex" rule for married couples to Ben Franklin's racy newspapers and even car design, these are the stories behind America's sex pioneers.

The world's oldest profession turns up where you'd least expect it, including as a major source of revenue for the Catholic Church and as the driving force behind America's first racially integrated neighborhood.

From Ancient Rome to Washington DC and everywhere in-between, discover how the world changes when powerful people shamelessly shatter boundaries and break rules for fun.

These are the unbelievably true stories behind what happens when people treat sex like doomsday, from the little known sex cover-up in Pompeii to J. Edgar Hoover's legendary Obscene Files used to keep politicians in check.

These are the surprisingly true stories about how the sex lives of the powerful have shaken up history, from Warren G. Harding's days as a playboy to one woman's time in a prince's modern-day harem,