Podcast
This Guy Sucked
A show that proves no matter how long you've been dead, it's never too late to have haters. Join historian Dr. Claire Aubin and a new expert every week to pull back the scholarly curtain on the world’s worst guys and gals. From the widely beloved to the relatively unknown, no historical figure is safe, and every episode reminds listeners that the best part of understanding the past is criticizing it.
New episodes every Thursday — free episodes bi-weekly, and access to all episodes (ad-free!) at http://patreon.com/thisguysucked
- Episodes
- 92
- Releases
- Weekly
- Typical length
- 1 hr 6 min
- On air since
- 2025
- Latest episode
- 5 days ago
Episodes
92 episodes, newest first
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1 hr 10 min
Rasputin with Shane Madej
Show notes
Claire and Shane Madej ask whether or not we should judge some Guys Who Sucked off their looks alone, and conclude that the answer is: kinda?
Guest
Our guest Shane Madej is a co-founder of Watcher Entertainment, game show and podcast host, and paranormal investigator. His podcast The Quizard’s Pit is available here, and his show Puppet History is available here. Follow him on Instagram and Youtube.
Sensitive Themes & Topics
Sexual assault, child death, murder
Credits
- Host & Executive Producer: Claire E. Aubin. Find her on Instagram @drclaireaubin, Bluesky ceaubin, Twitter @ceaubin or check out her website.
- Editor: Julia Schifini. Check out her website.
- Music: Marshall Dean Williams
- Multitude: http://multitude.productions
Want double the episodes, all ad-free, and other exclusive perks? Join the TGS Patreon.
Shop our bookshelf - The Hater’s Library - here.
Find Us Online
- Website: http://thisguysucked.com
- Instagram:http://instagram.com/thisguysucked
- Bluesky: @thisguysucked.com
- Twitter: twitter.com/thisguysucked
Want to become a sponsor of This Guy Sucked? Head over to https://multitude.productions/ads
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1 hr 8 min
Eugene Chantrelle with Lindsey Fitzharris
Show notes
Claire and Lindsey Fitzharris explore the inspiration behind Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. No, seriously.
Guest
Our guest Lindsey Fitzharris is a medical historian and television host. Her newest book, Sleuth-Hound: The Case of the Real Sherlock Holmes, is available here. Follow her on Bluesky and Instagram, watch her Youtube channel, or visit her website.
Sensitive Themes & Topics
Sexual assault, child sexual abuse, domestic violence, murder, child death
Credits
- Host & Executive Producer: Claire E. Aubin. Find her on Instagram @drclaireaubin, Bluesky ceaubin, Twitter @ceaubin or check out her website.
- Editor: Julia Schifini. Check out her website.
- Music: Marshall Dean Williams
- Multitude: http://multitude.productions
Want double the episodes, all ad-free, and other exclusive perks? Join the TGS Patreon.
Shop our bookshelf - The Hater’s Library - here.
Find Us Online
- Website: http://thisguysucked.com
- Instagram:http://instagram.com/thisguysucked
- Bluesky: @thisguysucked.com
- Twitter: twitter.com/thisguysucked
Want to become a sponsor of This Guy Sucked? Head over to https://multitude.productions/ads
See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
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1 hr 17 min
Humorous Histories with Greg Jenner
Show notes
Claire and Greg Jenner let listeners in on some tricks of the trade.
Guest
Greg is the creator and host of the hit BBC history-comedy podcast You’re Dead To Me, as well as a historian and author of books like Dead Famous, Ask A Historian, A Million Years In A Day, and the Totally Chaotic History series. Follow him on Bluesky and Instagram, or visit his website.
Sensitive Themes & Topics
Murder, genocide, child sexual abuse
Credits
- Host & Executive Producer: Claire E. Aubin. Find her on Instagram @drclaireaubin, Bluesky ceaubin, Twitter @ceaubin or check out her website.
- Editor: Julia Schifini. Check out her website.
- Music: Marshall Dean Williams
- Multitude: http://multitude.productions
Want double the episodes, all ad-free, and other exclusive perks? Join the TGS Patreon.
Shop our bookshelf - The Hater’s Library - here.
Find Us Online
- Website: http://thisguysucked.com
- Instagram:http://instagram.com/thisguysucked
- Bluesky: @thisguysucked.com
- Twitter: twitter.com/thisguysucked
Want to become a sponsor of This Guy Sucked? Head over to https://multitude.productions/ads
See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
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17 min
Toussaint Charbonneau with Craig Fehrman (Subscriber Preview)
Show notes
Claire and Craig Fehrman determine that the best part of a 19th century trapper in North America is usually his wife.
Guest
Our guest Craig Fehrman is a journalist and author. His book This Vast Enterprise: A New History of Lewis and Clark is available here. Visit his website here.
Sensitive Themes & Topics
Animal attacks/violence, sexual violence, child sexual abuse, slavery
Credits
- Host & Executive Producer: Claire E. Aubin. Find her on Instagram @drclaireaubin, Bluesky ceaubin, Twitter @ceaubin or check out her website.
- Editor: Julia Schifini. Check out her website.
- Music: Marshall Dean Williams
- Multitude: http://multitude.productions
Want double the episodes, all ad-free, and other exclusive perks? Join the TGS Patreon.
Shop our bookshelf - The Hater’s Library - here.
Find Us Online
- Website: http://thisguysucked.com
- Instagram:http://instagram.com/thisguysucked
- Bluesky: @thisguysucked.com
- Twitter: twitter.com/thisguysucked
Want to become a sponsor of This Guy Sucked? Head over to https://multitude.productions/ads
See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
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1 hr 20 min
Paul Gauguin with Daisy Dixon
Show notes
Claire and Daisy Dixon do a deep-dive on depravity.
Guest
Our guest Daisy Dixon is a Senior Lecturer in Philosophy at the University of Cardiff. Her book Depraved: The Story of Dangerous Art, is available here. Follow her onInstagram or visit her website.
Sensitive Themes & Topics
Child sexual abuse, sexual assault, bestiality, domestic violence
Credits
- Host & Executive Producer: Claire E. Aubin. Find her on Instagram @drclaireaubin, Bluesky ceaubin, Twitter @ceaubin or check out her website.
- Editor: Julia Schifini. Check out her website.
- Music: Marshall Dean Williams
- Multitude: http://multitude.productions
Want double the episodes, all ad-free, and other exclusive perks? Join the TGS Patreon.
Shop our bookshelf - The Hater’s Library - here.
Find Us Online
- Website: http://thisguysucked.com
- Instagram:http://instagram.com/thisguysucked
- Bluesky: @thisguysucked.com
- Twitter: twitter.com/thisguysucked
Want to become a sponsor of This Guy Sucked? Head over to https://multitude.productions/ads
See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
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21 min
The Goosisode (Subscriber Preview)
Show notes
Claire, Mischa Stanton, Mayanna Berrin, and Julia Schifini commit bird-on-bird violence.
Co-stars
• Mischa Stanton is a sound designer, storyteller, and the host of Simple and Clean from Multitude. Check out their website.
• Mayanna Berrin is an actor, writer, and the host of Simple and Clean from Multitude. Check out her website.
• Julia Schifini is a sound designer, voice actor, and the host of Spirits from Multitude. Check out her website.
•Game
• Honk Daddy by Goosepoop Games - get a copy here
Credits
- Host & Executive Producer: Claire E. Aubin. Find her on Instagram @drclaireaubin, Bluesky ceaubin, Twitter @ceaubin or check out her website.
- Editor: Julia Schifini. Check out her website.
- Music: Marshall Dean Williams
- Multitude: http://multitude.productions
Want double the episodes, all ad-free, and other exclusive perks? Join the TGS Patreon.
Shop our bookshelf - The Hater’s Library - here.
Find Us Online
- Website: http://thisguysucked.com
- Instagram:http://instagram.com/thisguysucked
- Bluesky: @thisguysucked.com
- Twitter: twitter.com/thisguysucked
Want to become a sponsor of This Guy Sucked? Head over to https://multitude.productions/ads
See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
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1 hr 22 min
Lord Byron with Kate Lister
Show notes
Claire and Kate Lister remind you that no man is worth putting up with this type of tomfoolery.
Guest
Our guest Dr. Kate Lister is a literary scholar and historian of sexuality. Her newest book, Flick: The Story of Female Pleasure, is available for pre-order here, and her podcast Betwixt The Sheets is available here. Follow her on Instagram @drkatelister or visit her website.
Sensitive Themes & Topics
Fatphobia, child sexual abuse, child abuse, sexual abuse, incest, domestic violence, medical malpractice
Credits
- Host & Executive Producer: Claire E. Aubin. Find her on Instagram @drclaireaubin, Bluesky ceaubin, Twitter @ceaubin or check out her website.
- Editor: Julia Schifini. Check out her website.
- Music: Marshall Dean Williams
- Multitude: http://multitude.productions
Want double the episodes, all ad-free, and other exclusive perks? Join the TGS Patreon.
Shop our bookshelf - The Hater’s Library - here.
Find Us Online
- Website: http://thisguysucked.com
- Instagram:http://instagram.com/thisguysucked
- Bluesky: @thisguysucked.com
- Twitter: twitter.com/thisguysucked
Want to become a sponsor of This Guy Sucked? Head over to https://multitude.productions/ads
See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
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17 min
Martin Frobisher with Lauren Working (Subscriber Preview)
Show notes
Claire and Prof. Lauren Working talk adventure kidnapping, and why you can never trust an alchemist.
Guest
Our guest Lauren Working is a Senior Lecturer in Early Modern Studies at the University of York. Her book A Golden World: How the Americas Transformed Tudor and Stuart England, is available here. Follow her on Bluesky @laurenworking and on Instagram @drlaurenworking.
Sensitive Themes & Topics
Violence, child abuse, child death, racial violence
Credits
- Host & Executive Producer: Claire E. Aubin. Find her on Instagram @drclaireaubin, Bluesky ceaubin, Twitter @ceaubin or check out her website.
- Editor: Julia Schifini. Check out her website.
- Music: Marshall Dean Williams
- Multitude: http://multitude.productions
Want double the episodes, all ad-free, and other exclusive perks? Join the TGS Patreon.
Shop our bookshelf - The Hater’s Library - here.
Find Us Online
- Website: http://thisguysucked.com
- Instagram:http://instagram.com/thisguysucked
- Bluesky: @thisguysucked.com
- Twitter: twitter.com/thisguysucked
Want to become a sponsor of This Guy Sucked? Head over to https://multitude.productions/ads
See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
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1 hr 7 min
George McClellan with Jamelle Bouie
Show notes
Claire and Jamelle Bouie prove that fear is the mindkiller. Especially in the Civil War.
Guest
Our guest Jamelle Bouie is a political commentator and columnist for the New York Times. Follow him on Bluesky, Instagram, and Youtube.
Sensitive Themes & Topics
Slavery, racism
Credits
- Host & Executive Producer: Claire E. Aubin. Find her on Instagram @drclaireaubin, Bluesky ceaubin, Twitter @ceaubin or check out her website.
- Editor: Julia Schifini. Check out her website.
- Music: Marshall Dean Williams
- Multitude: http://multitude.productions
Want double the episodes, all ad-free, and other exclusive perks? Join the TGS Patreon.
Shop our bookshelf - The Hater’s Library - here.
Find Us Online
- Website: http://thisguysucked.com
- Instagram:http://instagram.com/thisguysucked
- Bluesky: @thisguysucked.com
- Twitter: twitter.com/thisguysucked
Want to become a sponsor of This Guy Sucked? Head over to https://multitude.productions/ads
See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
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17 min
Jehanne with Sara McDougall (Subscriber Preview)
Show notes
Claire and Sara McDougall go on a mission to prove everything you thought you knew about medieval women wrong in one of our special This Gal Rocked episodes.
Guest
Our guest Sara McDougall is a Professor of History at the John Jay College of Criminal Justice and the CUNY Graduate Center. Her book Justice for Jehanne: The Tale of a Medieval Survivor is available here. Follow her on Bluesky @sarannmcd and Instagram @saramcdougall_medieval.
Sensitive Themes & Topics
Sexual assault, domestic violence, murder, child abuse, infanticide
Credits
- Host & Executive Producer: Claire E. Aubin. Find her on Instagram @drclaireaubin, Bluesky ceaubin, Twitter @ceaubin or check out her website.
- Editor: Julia Schifini. Check out her website.
- Music: Marshall Dean Williams
- Multitude: http://multitude.productions
Want double the episodes, all ad-free, and other exclusive perks? Join the TGS Patreon.
Shop our bookshelf - The Hater’s Library - here.
Find Us Online
- Website: http://thisguysucked.com
- Instagram:http://instagram.com/thisguysucked
- Bluesky: @thisguysucked.com
- Twitter: twitter.com/thisguysucked
Want to become a sponsor of This Guy Sucked? Head over to https://multitude.productions/ads
See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
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1 hr 16 min
Dionysius of Syracuse with Roel Konijnendijk
Show notes
Claire and Dr. Roel Konijnendijk return with another chat about an extremely untrustworthy ancient mediterranean man. Shocker.
Guest
Our guest Roel Konijnendik is a Darby Fellow in Ancient History, Lincoln College at Oxford. Follow him on Bluesky @roelkonijn.
Sensitive Themes & Topics
slavery, suicide, genocide, murder
Credits
- Host & Executive Producer: Claire E. Aubin. Find her on Instagram @drclaireaubin, Bluesky ceaubin, Twitter @ceaubin or check out her website.
- Editor: Julia Schifini. Check out her website.
- Music: Marshall Dean Williams
- Multitude: http://multitude.productions
Want double the episodes, all ad-free, and other exclusive perks? Join the TGS Patreon.
Shop our bookshelf - The Hater’s Library - here.
Find Us Online
- Website: http://thisguysucked.com
- Instagram:http://instagram.com/thisguysucked
- Bluesky: @thisguysucked.com
- Twitter: twitter.com/thisguysucked
Want to become a sponsor of This Guy Sucked? Head over to https://multitude.productions/ads
See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
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16 min
Ibn Jamahir with Craig Perry (Subscriber Preview)
Show notes
Claire and Prof. Craig Perry remind you that the medieval period didn’t only happen in Europe, and Christians did not have the monopoly on doing bad stuff.
Guest
Our guest Craig Perry is Associate Professor at Emory University and historian of slavery and Arab-Islamic and Jewish culture in the medieval Middle East. His book, Slavery and the Jews of Medieval Egypt: A History is available here. Follow him on Bluesky @caperry.
Sensitive Themes & Topics
slavery
Credits
- Host & Executive Producer: Claire E. Aubin. Find her on Instagram @drclaireaubin, Bluesky ceaubin, Twitter @ceaubin or check out her website.
- Editor: Julia Schifini. Check out her website.
- Music: Marshall Dean Williams
- Multitude: http://multitude.productions
Want double the episodes, all ad-free, and other exclusive perks? Join the TGS Patreon.
Shop our bookshelf - The Hater’s Library - here.
Find Us Online
- Website: http://thisguysucked.com
- Instagram:http://instagram.com/thisguysucked
- Bluesky: @thisguysucked.com
- Twitter: twitter.com/thisguysucked
Want to become a sponsor of This Guy Sucked? Head over to https://multitude.productions/ads
See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
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1 hr 4 min
Thomas Jefferson with Christa Dierksheide & Nicholas Guyatt
Show notes
Claire, Christa Dierksheide, and Nicholas Guyatt teach you something new (we promise) about one of the Founding-est Fathers.
Guest
Christa Dierksheide is a Professor of History and Director of the Center for the Study of the Age of Jefferson at the University of Virginia, and Nicholas Guyatt is a Professor of North American History at the University of Cambridge. Their book Jefferson’s Wolf, is available here.
Follow Nick on Twitter @nicholasguyattand Bluesky @nicholasguyatt.
Sensitive Themes & Topics
Slavery, racial violence, racism
Credits
- Host & Executive Producer: Claire E. Aubin. Find her on Instagram @drclaireaubin, Bluesky ceaubin, Twitter @ceaubin or check out her website.
- Editor: Julia Schifini. Check out her website.
- Music: Marshall Dean Williams
- Multitude: http://multitude.productions
Want double the episodes, all ad-free, and other exclusive perks? Join the TGS Patreon.
Shop our bookshelf - The Hater’s Library - here.
Find Us Online
- Website: http://thisguysucked.com
- Instagram:http://instagram.com/thisguysucked
- Bluesky: @thisguysucked.com
- Twitter: twitter.com/thisguysucked
Want to become a sponsor of This Guy Sucked? Head over to https://multitude.productions/ads
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18 min
Frederick Calvert, 6th Baron Baltimore with Brendan Greeley (Subscriber Preview)
Show notes
Claire and Brendan Greeley talk trash about the Andrew Tate of the 18th century, and explain the economy a little bit too.
Guest
Our guest Brendan Greeley is a writer and former US economics editor at Financial Times. His book The Almighty Dollar: 500 Years of the World’s Most Powerful Money, is available here. Follow him on Bluesky @bhgreeley and Twitter @bhgreeley.
Sensitive Themes & Topics
Slavery, sexual abuse, trafficking, murder, kidnapping
Credits
- Host & Executive Producer: Claire E. Aubin. Find her on Instagram @drclaireaubin, Bluesky ceaubin, Twitter @ceaubin or check out her website.
- Editor: Julia Schifini. Check out her website.
- Music: Marshall Dean Williams
- Multitude: http://multitude.productions
Want double the episodes, all ad-free, and other exclusive perks? Join the TGS Patreon.
Shop our bookshelf - The Hater’s Library - here.
Find Us Online
- Website: http://thisguysucked.com
- Instagram:http://instagram.com/thisguysucked
- Bluesky: @thisguysucked.com
- Twitter: twitter.com/thisguysucked
Want to become a sponsor of This Guy Sucked? Head over to https://multitude.productions/ads
See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
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1 hr 6 min
Vedius Pollio with Emma Southon
Show notes
Claire and Emma Southon get really mad at the Romans. What else is new?
Guest
Our guest Dr. Emma Southon is an author and historian of Ancient Rome. Her new book Not Built in a Day: How Slavery Made the Roman Empire (US) or Servus (UK) is available here. Follow her on instagram @emmasouthon, or visit her website.
Sensitive Themes & Topics
Slavery, starvation, suicide, torture, sexual abuse, child sexual abuse, animal abuse, murder
Credits
- Host & Executive Producer: Claire E. Aubin. Find her on Instagram @drclaireaubin, Bluesky ceaubin, Twitter @ceaubin or check out her website.
- Editor: Julia Schifini. Check out her website.
- Music: Marshall Dean Williams
- Multitude: http://multitude.productions
Want double the episodes, all ad-free, and other exclusive perks? Join the TGS Patreon.
Shop our bookshelf - The Hater’s Library - here.
Find Us Online
- Website: http://thisguysucked.com
- Instagram:http://instagram.com/thisguysucked
- Bluesky: @thisguysucked.com
- Twitter: twitter.com/thisguysucked
Want to become a sponsor of This Guy Sucked? Head over to https://multitude.productions/ads
See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
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19 min
Preston Brooks with Paul Quigley (Subscriber Preview)
Show notes
Claire and Paul Quigley talk duels, masculinity, and what really happened to Charles Sumner.
Guest
Our guest Paul Quigley is an Associate Professor of Civil War Studies and the Director of the Virginia Center for Civil War Studies at Virginia Tech. His book The Man Behind the Cane: Preston Brooks, Political Violence, and the Road to the Civil War, is available here.
Sensitive Themes & Topics
Slavery, racial/racist violence, violence, murder
Credits
- Host & Executive Producer: Claire E. Aubin. Find her on Twitter @ceaubin and Bluesky ceaubin, or check out her website.
- Editor: Julia Schifini. Check out her website.
- Music: Marshall Dean Williams
- Multitude: http://multitude.productions
Want double the episodes, all ad-free, and other exclusive perks? Join the TGS Patreon.
Shop our bookshelf - The Hater’s Library - here.
Find Us Online
- Website: http://thisguysucked.com
- Instagram:http://instagram.com/thisguysucked
- Bluesky: @thisguysucked.com
- Twitter: twitter.com/thisguysucked
Want to become a sponsor of This Guy Sucked? Head over to https://multitude.productions/ads
See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
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1 hr 17 min
The Worst Wing with Nicole Hemmer and Kevin Schultz (UNLOCKED LIVE SHOW)
Show notes
Claire, Nicole Hemmer, and Kevin Schultz play some games and answer the easiest question in the world: are all of the American presidents bad?
**THIS UNLOCKED EPISODE WAS RECORDED LIVE AT THE CHEERFUL EARFUL PODCAST FESTIVAL IN OCTOBER 2025**
Guest
Nicole Hemmer is a professor of History at Vanderbilt University and Director of the Carolyn T. and Robert M. Rogers Center for the American Presidency. Her podcast This Day is available here or anywhere you get your podcasts. Follow her on Blueskyand Instagram.
Kevin Schultz is a professor in History at The University of Illinois, Chicago and the author of Why Everyone Hates White Liberals Including White Liberals, available here. Follow him onInstagramand TikTok.
Sensitive Themes & Topics
Misogyny, racism and racial violence, antisemitism
Credits
- Host & Executive Producer: Claire E Aubin. Find her on Twitter @ceaubin and Bluesky ceaubin
- Editor: Julia Schifini. Check out her website.
- Music: Marshall Dean Williams
- Multitude: http://multitude.productions
Find Us Online
- Website: http://thisguysucked.com
- Patreon: http://patreon.com/thisguysucked
- Twitter: twitter.com/thisguysucked
- Instagram:http://instagram.com/thisguysucked
- Bluesky: http://tgspod.bsky.social
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21 min
James Buchanan with Gautham Rao (Subscriber Preview)
Show notes
Claire and Gautham Rao get into why, exactly, this guy is often ranked the worst president of a country with a lot of truly awful presidents.
Guest
Our guest Gautham Rao is an Associate Professor of History at American University. His newest book, White Power: Policing American Slavery is available here. Follow him on Bluesky @gauthamrao, and on Instagram @rao__gautham, or visit his website here.
Sensitive Themes & Topics
Slavery, racism and racial violence
Credits
- Host & Executive Producer: Claire E. Aubin. Find her on Twitter @ceaubin and Bluesky ceaubin, or check out her website.
- Editor: Julia Schifini. Check out her website.
- Music: Marshall Dean Williams
- Multitude: http://multitude.productions
Want double the episodes, all ad-free, and other exclusive perks? Join the TGS Patreon.
Shop our bookshelf - The Hater’s Library - here.
Find Us Online
- Website: http://thisguysucked.com
- Instagram:http://instagram.com/thisguysucked
- Bluesky: @thisguysucked.com
- Twitter: twitter.com/thisguysucked
Want to become a sponsor of This Guy Sucked? Head over to https://multitude.productions/ads
See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
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1 hr 14 min
Renaissance Arms Dealers with Catherine Fletcher
Show notes
Claire and Prof. Catherine Fletcher take a (metaphorical) trip to the gun range, except it’s in Italy and the people are wearing funny pants.
Guest
Our guest Catherine Fletcher is a Professor of History at Manchester Metropolitan University. Her new book The Firearm Revolution: From Renaissance Italy to the European Empires is available here. Follow her on Bluesky @catherinefletcher or visit her website.
Sensitive Themes & Topics
Gun violence
Credits
- Host & Executive Producer: Claire E. Aubin. Find her on Twitter @ceaubin and Bluesky ceaubin, or check out her website.
- Editor: Julia Schifini. Check out her website.
- Music: Marshall Dean Williams
- Multitude: http://multitude.productions
Want double the episodes, all ad-free, and other exclusive perks? Join the TGS Patreon.
Shop our bookshelf - The Hater’s Library - here.
Find Us Online
- Website: http://thisguysucked.com
- Instagram:http://instagram.com/thisguysucked
- Bluesky: @thisguysucked.com
- Twitter: twitter.com/thisguysucked
Want to become a sponsor of This Guy Sucked? Head over to https://multitude.productions/ads
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17 min
Louis Bieral with Andrew Wender Cohen (Subscriber Preview)
Show notes
Claire and Prof. Andrew Wender Cohen confirm that you really, really, really did not want to be alive in the 19th century.
Guest
Our guest Andrew Wender Cohen is a Professor of History at Syracuse University. His new book Gangster of New York: A Violent Life in 19th Century America, is available here.
Sensitive Themes & Topics
Racial violence, domestic violence and child abuse, sexual violence, misogyny
Credits
- Host & Executive Producer: Claire E. Aubin. Find her on Twitter @ceaubin and Bluesky ceaubin, or check out her website.
- Editor: Julia Schifini. Check out her website.
- Music: Marshall Dean Williams
- Multitude: http://multitude.productions
Want double the episodes, all ad-free, and other exclusive perks? Join the TGS Patreon.
Shop our bookshelf - The Hater’s Library - here.
Find Us Online
- Website: http://thisguysucked.com
- Instagram:http://instagram.com/thisguysucked
- Bluesky: @thisguysucked.com
- Twitter: twitter.com/thisguysucked
Want to become a sponsor of This Guy Sucked? Head over to https://multitude.productions/ads
See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
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