Audible launches Mistresses with Jameela Jamil and Dr Kate Lister
June 19, 2025
Audible, a provider of spoken word entertainment, has announced the launch of Mistresses with Jameela Jamil and Dr Kate Lister, a scandal-laced Audible Original that shines a light on the overlooked stories of six of history’s extraordinary ‘other women’.
Across the series, the pair expose the hidden chronicles of mistresses, concubines, and courtesans who have been shamed, disparaged, and underestimated. Divulging sex, scandal, murder, betrayal, poisoning, witchcraft and much more in a gossip-fuelled ride through real history, this series reveals what history looks like from the perspective of the so-called side-chick.
Jamil and Lister are also joined by Gen Z historian and author, Katie Kennedy, better known to her nearly 700K social media followers as The History Gossip. In Mistresses, Kennedy acts as an ‘historical gossip correspondent’, popping up at different points throughout the episodes to provide extra context in her hilariously irreverent style
From Mary Boleyn, Anne’s hidden sister, whose scandalous affair with King Henry VIII offers a new perspective on “divorced, beheaded, died”, to Wu Zhao a 7th-century concubine who elevated herself to become the first and only female Emperor of China. Jamil and Lister leave no stone unturned in their effort to set the record straight.
Jamil commented: “I’m excited to blow the minds of the audience with these outrageous and, at times, heartbreaking stories of the fascinating, resilient, and wild women that facilitated some truly pivotal moments in history. It is only our loss that they have, thus far, been largely erased, dismissed, or maligned.”
Lister added: “The history of mistresses is intriguing, challenging, and occasionally very dark. Thankfully, when you’re talking about it with Jameela, it’s also hilarious.”
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