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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.
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- 3 days ago1h 22m
Lord Byron with Kate Lister
Claire and Kate Lister remind you that no man is worth putting up with this type of tomfoolery.GuestOur 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 & TopicsFatphobia, child sexual abuse, child abuse, sexual abuse, incest, domestic violence, medical malpracticeCredits- 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: multitude.productionsWant 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: thisguysucked.com- Instagram: instagram.com/thisguysucked- Bluesky: @thisguysucked.com- Twitter: twitter.com/thisguysuckedWant 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.
- 1 weeks ago16 min
Martin Frobisher with Lauren Working (Subscriber Preview)
Claire and Prof. Lauren Working talk adventure kidnapping, and why you can never trust an alchemist.GuestOur 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 & TopicsViolence, child abuse, child death, racial violenceCredits- 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: multitude.productionsWant 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: thisguysucked.com- Instagram: instagram.com/thisguysucked- Bluesky: @thisguysucked.com- Twitter: twitter.com/thisguysuckedWant 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.
- 2 weeks ago1h 6m
George McClellan with Jamelle Bouie
Claire and Jamelle Bouie prove that fear is the mindkiller. Especially in the Civil War.GuestOur guest Jamelle Bouie is a political commentator and columnist for the New York Times. Follow him on Bluesky, Instagram, and Youtube.Sensitive Themes & TopicsSlavery, racismCredits- 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: multitude.productionsWant 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: thisguysucked.com- Instagram: instagram.com/thisguysucked- Bluesky: @thisguysucked.com- Twitter: twitter.com/thisguysuckedWant 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.
- 3 weeks ago17 min
Jehanne with Sara McDougall (Subscriber Preview)
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.GuestOur guest Sarah 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.Sensitive Themes & TopicsSexual assault, domestic violence, murder, child abuse, infanticideCredits- 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: multitude.productionsWant 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: thisguysucked.com- Instagram: instagram.com/thisguysucked- Bluesky: @thisguysucked.com- Twitter: twitter.com/thisguysuckedWant 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.
- Aug 20, 20261h 16m
Dionysus of Syracuse with Roel Konijnendik
Claire and Dr. Roel Konijnendijk return with another chat about an extremely untrustworthy ancient mediterranean man. Shocker.GuestOur guest Roel Konijnendik is a Darby Fellow in Ancient History, Lincoln College at Oxford. Follow him on Bluesky @roelkonijn.Sensitive Themes & Topicsslavery, suicide, genocide, murderCredits- 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: multitude.productionsWant 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: thisguysucked.com- Instagram: instagram.com/thisguysucked- Bluesky: @thisguysucked.com- Twitter: twitter.com/thisguysuckedWant 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.
- Aug 13, 202616 min
Ibn Jamahir with Craig Perry (Subscriber Preview)
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.GuestOur 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 & TopicsslaveryCredits- 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: multitude.productionsWant 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: thisguysucked.com- Instagram: instagram.com/thisguysucked- Bluesky: @thisguysucked.com- Twitter: twitter.com/thisguysuckedWant 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.
- Jul 30, 202618 min
Frederick Calvert, 6th Baron Baltimore with Brendan Greeley (Subscriber Preview)
Claire and Brendan Greeley talk trash about the Andrew Tate of the 18th century, and explain the economy a little bit too.GuestOur 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 & TopicsSlavery, sexual abuse, trafficking, murder, kidnappingCredits- 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: multitude.productionsWant 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: thisguysucked.com- Instagram: instagram.com/thisguysucked- Bluesky: @thisguysucked.com- Twitter: twitter.com/thisguysuckedWant 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.
- Jul 28, 20261h 3m
Thomas Jefferson with Christa Dierkshielde & Nicholas Guyatt
Claire, Christa Dierksheide, and Nicholas Guyatt teach you something new (we promise) about one of the Founding-est Fathers.GuestChrista 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 @nicholasguyatt and Bluesky @nicholasguyatt.Sensitive Themes & TopicsSlavery, racial violence, racismCredits- 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: multitude.productionsWant 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: thisguysucked.com- Instagram: instagram.com/thisguysucked- Bluesky: @thisguysucked.com- Twitter: twitter.com/thisguysuckedWant 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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