Katie Barclay is an historian of gender, the family, the self and emotions. She is currently a DECRA Fellow with the ARC Centre of Excellence for the History of Emotions at The University of Adelaide, editor of the journal 'Emotions: History, Culture, Society' and a member of the Council for The Society for the History of Emotions (www.historyofemotions.org.au/society-for-the-history-of-emotions). In this podcast, the third in a new 'Thinking with the History of Emotions' segment, Katie reflects on the pleasure, excess and the political history of hedonism.