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This Guy Sucked

A History and Society & Culture podcast Explicit

#55 in History · 🇵🇰 #130 in History · 🇨🇦

About the show

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 patreon.com/thisguysucked

Newest episodes

Girl Watchers with Molly Brookfield

Nov 12, 2026 1 hr 21 min

Claire and Molly Brookfield explain the world’s worst hobby and the guys who popularized it. Guest Our guest Molly Brookfield is a researcher, editor, and historian of urban spaces, women, gender, and masculinity, Her book Watching The Girls Go By: A History of Street Harassment in the United States is available here. Visit her website here. Sensitive Themes & Topics Racial violence, sexual assault 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: 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: thisguysucked.com - Instagram: 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.

This Debt Sucks (Subscriber Preview)

Nov 5, 2026 18 min

Claire gets together with Dylan Gottlieb and the team at Debt Heads to find out what happened to our money. Collaborators - Debt Heads is a narrative podcast turning the concept of debt upside down. Listen to it here. - Dylan Gottlieb is an Assistant Professor at Bentley University and a historian of American cities and capitalism. His book Yuppies: The Bankers, Lawyers, Joggers and Gourmands Who Conquered New York, is available here. Follow him on Twitter and Bluesky, or visit his website. Credits - TGS 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.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: thisguysucked.com - Instagram: 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.

Rasputin with Shane Madej

Oct 29, 2026 1 hr 10 min

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: 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: thisguysucked.com - Instagram: 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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The newest 50 of 158 episodes

Girl Watchers with Molly Brookfield

Nov 12, 2026 1 hr 21 min

This Debt Sucks (Subscriber Preview)

Nov 5, 2026 18 min

Rasputin with Shane Madej

Oct 29, 2026 1 hr 10 min

Eugene Chantrelle with Lindsey Fitzharris

Oct 22, 2026 1 hr 7 min

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: 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: thisguysucked.com - Instagram: 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.

Humorous Histories with Greg Jenner

Oct 15, 2026 1 hr 16 min

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: 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: thisguysucked.com - Instagram: 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.

Toussaint Charbonneau with Craig Fehrman (Subscriber Preview)

Oct 8, 2026 16 min

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: 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: thisguysucked.com - Instagram: 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.

Paul Gauguin with Daisy Dixon

Oct 1, 2026 1 hr 20 min

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 on Instagram 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: 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: thisguysucked.com - Instagram: 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.

The Goosisode (Subscriber Preview)

Sep 24, 2026 21 min

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: 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: thisguysucked.com - Instagram: 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.

Lord Byron with Kate Lister

Sep 17, 2026 1 hr 22 min

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: 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: thisguysucked.com - Instagram: 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.

Martin Frobisher with Lauren Working (Subscriber Preview)

Sep 10, 2026 16 min

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: 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: thisguysucked.com - Instagram: 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.

George McClellan with Jamelle Bouie

Sep 3, 2026 1 hr 6 min

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: 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: thisguysucked.com - Instagram: 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.

Jehanne with Sara McDougall (Subscriber Preview)

Aug 27, 2026 17 min

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: 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: thisguysucked.com - Instagram: 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.

Dionysius of Syracuse with Roel Konijnendijk

Aug 20, 2026 1 hr 16 min

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: 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: thisguysucked.com - Instagram: 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.

Ibn Jamahir with Craig Perry (Subscriber Preview)

Aug 13, 2026 16 min

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: 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: thisguysucked.com - Instagram: 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.

Thomas Jefferson with Christa Dierksheide & Nicholas Guyatt

Aug 6, 2026 1 hr 3 min

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 @nicholasguyatt and 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: 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: thisguysucked.com - Instagram: 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.

Frederick Calvert, 6th Baron Baltimore with Brendan Greeley (Subscriber Preview)

Jul 30, 2026 18 min

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: 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: thisguysucked.com - Instagram: 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.

Vedius Pollio with Emma Southon

Jul 23, 2026 1 hr 5 min

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: 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: thisguysucked.com - Instagram: 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.

Preston Brooks with Paul Quigley (Subscriber Preview)

Jul 16, 2026 18 min

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: 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: thisguysucked.com - Instagram: 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.

The Worst Wing with Nicole Hemmer and Kevin Schultz (UNLOCKED LIVE SHOW)

Jul 9, 2026 1 hr 17 min

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 Bluesky and 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 on Instagram and 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: multitude.productions Find Us Online - Website: thisguysucked.com - Patreon: patreon.com/thisguysucked - Twitter: twitter.com/thisguysucked - Instagram: instagram.com/thisguysucked - Bluesky: tgspod.bsky.social See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

James Buchanan with Gautham Rao (Subscriber Preview)

Jul 2, 2026 20 min

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: 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: thisguysucked.com - Instagram: 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.

Renaissance Arms Dealers with Catherine Fletcher

Jun 25, 2026 1 hr 14 min

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: 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: thisguysucked.com - Instagram: 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.

Louis Bieral with Andrew Wender Cohen (Subscriber Preview)

Jun 18, 2026 17 min

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: 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: thisguysucked.com - Instagram: 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.

Ivan the Terrible with Eli Yudin

Jun 11, 2026 1 hr 14 min

Claire and Eli Yudin ponder the long-term negative effects of poisoning everybody you’ve ever met. Guest Our guest Eli Yudin is a comedian, writer, and host of What A Time To Be Alive. Watch his new stand-up special Humble Offering here. Follow him on Twitter @eliyudin, Bluesky @eliyudin, Twitch @pig_dog and Instagram @yahootoolbar, or visit his website. Sensitive Themes & Topics Murder, domestic 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: 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: thisguysucked.com - Instagram: 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.

Henry Hudson with Peter Mancall (Subscriber Preview)

Jun 4, 2026 22 min

Claire and Prof. Peter Mancall remind listeners that all those places were named after a real guy, who might still be alive since we don’t technically know what happened to him. Guest Our guest Peter Mancall is a Professor of History, Anthropology, and Economics at the University of Southern California. His newest book Contested Continent: The Struggle for North America c. 1000-1680 is available here. Visit his website here. Sensitive Themes & Topics Genocide, racial violence, child abuse, child death, murder, corporal punishment, starvation 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: 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: thisguysucked.com - Instagram: 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.

Alonzo Slayback with Devin Thomas O'Shea

May 28, 2026 1 hr 21 min

Claire and Devin Thomas O’Shea come up with a series of incredible drag names and talk about a Confederate soldier/secret society founder a little bit. Guest Our guest Devin Thomas O’Shea is a writer and lecturer at Saint Louis University. His book The Veiled Prophet: Secret Societies, White Supremacy, and the Struggle for St. Louis is available here. Follow him on Twitter and Bluesky, or visit his website. Sensitive Themes & Topics Murder, warfare, animal death, racism and racial violence, slavery 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: 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: thisguysucked.com - Instagram: 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.

He Despised Himself with Matt Seybold and Erin Bartram (Subscriber Preview)

May 21, 2026 17 min

Claire sits down with two Mark Twain experts for a live discussion of his memory and misdeeds. In his own home. Guests Matt Seybold is an Associate Professor of American Literature and Mark Twain Studies at Elmira College and the host of The American Vandal, and Erin Bartram is a historian and the Associate Director for Education at the Mark Twain House and Museum. Visit Matt’s website here, and Erin’s here. A special thanks to the Mark Twain House and Museum for organizing and hosting this event. Sensitive Themes & Topics Slavery, racism 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: 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: thisguysucked.com - Instagram: 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.

Yuppies with Dylan Gottlieb

May 14, 2026 1 hr 7 min

Claire and Dylan Gottlieb do some introspection on their brie and Pellegrino habits. Guest Our guest Dylan Gottlieb is an Assistant Professor of History at Bentley University and the host of Who Makes Cents. His new book Yuppies: The Bankers, Lawyers, Joggers and Gourmands Who Conquered New York, is available here. Follow him on Twitter and Bluesky, or visit his website. Sensitive Themes & Topics Arson, 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: 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: thisguysucked.com - Instagram: 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.

A Show We Love: No Such Thing

May 11, 2026 14 min

We’re excited to share a preview of a new podcast we think you’d enjoy: No Such Thing No Such Thing is a show where three best friends and journalists settle their dumb arguments — and yours — by actually doing the research. Hosts Manny Fidel, Noah Friedman, and Devan Joseph start each episode with an argument using just their gut feelings. Then they go out into the world, investigate, talk to experts, and conduct some experiments. Finally, the guys bring their findings back to the group to see if they can change minds, enlighten each other, and move past their emotional truths. Find No Such Thing on Apple, Spotify, or wherever you get podcasts. New episodes out Wednesdays Listen here: No Such Thing See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Richard the Lionhearted with Matthew Gabriele (Subscriber Preview)

May 7, 2026 22 min

Claire and Matthew Gabriele talk medieval kingship, TikTok expertise, and why all historians are basically just sword guys. Guest Our guest Matthew Gabriele is a professor of medieval studies at Virginia Tech and the host of American Medieval. Follow him on Bluesky and Instagram, or visit his website. Sponsors Talkiatry is a 100% online psychiatry practice that provides comprehensive evaluations, diagnoses, and ongoing medication management. Head to Talkiatry.com/tgs and complete the short assessment to get matched with an in‑network psychiatrist. Sensitive Themes & Topics Racial and religious violence, Islamophobia 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: 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: thisguysucked.com - Instagram: 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.

Ramesses II with Patrick Wyman

Apr 30, 2026 1 hr 4 min

Claire and Patrick Wyman build whatever the opposite of a monument is for this guy. Guest Our guest Dr. Patrick Wyman is a historian and podcaster. His book Lost Worlds: How Humans Tried, Failed, Succeeded, and Built Our World, is available here, and his podcast Past Lives is available here. Follow him on Bluesky, Twitter, and Instagram. Sensitive Themes & Topics Slavery, warfare and descriptions of war-related 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: 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: thisguysucked.com - Instagram: 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.

Ezra Pound with Kristin Grogan (Subscriber Preview)

Apr 23, 2026 20 min

Claire and Prof. Kristin Grogan serve some poetic justice to the literary world’s favorite fascist. Guest Our guest Kristin Grogan is an Assistant Professor of English at Rutgers University. Her book Stitch, Unstitch: Modernist Poetry and the World of Work is available here. Sensitive Themes & Topics Torture/imprisonment, antisemitism 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: 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: thisguysucked.com - Instagram: 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.

Daisy Bates with Lingthusiasm

Apr 16, 2026 59 min

TGS and Lingthusiasm join forces to think through all the things that can go wrong when you give a grifter too much power over indigenous languages. Guest Our guest Lauren Gawne is an Associate Professor of Linguistics at La Trobe University and the co-host of Lingthusiasm. Follow Lingthusiasm on Bluesky and Instagram, or join their Patreon. Sensitive Themes & Topics Genocide, 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: 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: thisguysucked.com - Instagram: 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.

Presenting: Dreaming Against The Machine

Apr 9, 2026 14 min

*THIS GUY SUCKED WILL RETURN NEXT WEEK* In the meantime, enjoy an introduction to Multitude’s newest show, Dreaming Against The Machine with Adam Becker! Want double the TGS 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/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.

Ovando Hollister with Megan Kate Nelson

Apr 2, 2026 1 hr 15 min

Claire and Megan Kate Nelson head west and discuss old-timey journalistic ethics along the way. Guest Our guest Dr. Megan Kate Nelson is a historian of the American West. Her newest book, The Westerners: Mythmaking and Belonging on the American Frontier is available here. Follow her on Bluesky and Instagram or visit her website. Sensitive Themes & Topics Genocide, racism, racial violence, sexual assault 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: multitude.productions - Cover: History Colorado. Accession #91.429.263 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: thisguysucked.com - Instagram: 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.

Archie Bunker with Oscar Winberg (Subscriber Preview)

Mar 26, 2026 16 min

Claire and Oscar Winberg consider whether it might be a bad idea to let television characters run your government. Guest Our guest Dr. Oscar Winberg is postdoctoral fellow at the Turku Institute for Advanced Studies and the John Morton Center for North American Studies. His book Archie Bunker for President is available here. Follow him on Bluesky or visit his website. Sensitive Themes & Topics Racism, war 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: 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: thisguysucked.com - Instagram: 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.

Murray Rothbard with Quinn Slobodian

Mar 20, 2026 1 hr 8 min

Claire and Prof. Quinn Slobodian remind everyone that no matter how bad things are, some guys have always wanted them to get worse. Guest Our guest Quinn Slobodian is a professor of international history at Boston University. His newest book Muskism: A Guide for the Perplexed, is available for pre-order along with his other books here. Follow him on Bluesky. Credits - Host & Executive Producer: Claire E Aubin. Find her on Twitter @ceaubin and Bluesky ceaubin - Producer & Editor: Thomas O’Mahony. Find him on Twitter @gotitatguineys and Bluesky gotitatguineys - Music: Marshall Dean Williams - Multitude: multitude.productions Find Us Online - Website: thisguysucked.com - Patreon: patreon.com/thisguysucked - Twitter: twitter.com/thisguysucked - Instagram: instagram.com/thisguysucked - TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@thisguysucked - Bluesky: tgspod.bsky.social See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Humbert Humbert with Ally Louks

Mar 19, 2026 1 hr 5 min

Claire and Dr. Ally Louks shout LOLITA IS NOT A LOVE STORY into the nearest megaphone. Guest Our guest Dr. Ally Louks is a literary scholar, writer, and public academic. Follow her on Twitter, Bluesky, Instagram, and TikTok. Sensitive Themes & Topics Child sexual abuse, pedophilia 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: 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: thisguysucked.com - Instagram: 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.

All About the Benjamin with No Such Thing

Mar 18, 2026 1 hr 4 min

Claire and Manny, Noah, and Devan of No Such Thing try to figure out what’s really up with our freakiest Founding Father. Guest No Such Thing is a weekly podcast finding actual answers to today’s most pressing questions. Go give it a listen and follow the show on Instagram and TikTok. Sensitive Themes & Topics Slavery, genocide 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: 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: thisguysucked.com - Instagram: instagram.com/thisguysucked - Bluesky: @thisguysucked.com - Twitter: twitter.com/thisguysucked Want to become a sponsor of This Guy Sucked? Head over to https://multitudeshows.com/ads See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Frederick II with Richard Cole (Subscriber Preview)

Mar 12, 2026 23 min

Claire and Prof. Richard Cole head over to medieval Jerusalem and prove that dysentery is the real mind-killer. Guest Our guest Richard Cole is an Associate Professor of Medieval European History at Aarhus University and host of The Chronicles, from the Centre for Viking and Medieval Studies. Sensitive Themes & Topics Warfare and 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: 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: thisguysucked.com - Instagram: 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.

Dick Cheney with Nicole Hemmer

Mar 5, 2026 1 hr 18 min

Claire and Prof. Nicole Hemmer take aim at the former vice president and then make him apologize for it afterwards. Guest Our guest Nicole Hemmer is a professor of History and Director of the Carolyn T. and Robert M. Rogers Center for the American Presidency at Vanderbilt University, as well as the host of This Day. Her books Partisans and Messengers of the Right are available here. Follow her on Bluesky @pastpunditry and Instagram @pastpundit. Sensitive Themes & Topics Gun violence, terrorism, warfare, torture and imprisonment 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: 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: thisguysucked.com - Instagram: 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.

Pericles with Curtis Dozier (Subscriber Preview)

Feb 26, 2026 17 min

Claire and Prof. Curtis Dozier venture back to Ancient Greece to investigate whether politicians have been horrible forever. Guest Our guest Curtis Dozier is an associate professor and chair of Greek and Roman Studies at Vassar. His book The White Pedestal: How White Nationalists Use Ancient Greece and Rome to Justify Hate, is available here. Follow him on Bluesky @curtisdozier and visit his website, Pharos: Doing Justice to the Classics here. Sensitive Themes & Topics Slavery, white supremacy/nationalism, misogyny, xenophobia 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: 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: thisguysucked.com - Instagram: 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.

Roger B. Taney with Melissa Murray

Feb 19, 2026 59 min

Claire and Prof. Melissa Murray go south of the Mason-Dixon line to put America’s worst jurist on trial. Guest Our guest Melissa Murray is a Professor of Law at NYU and the host of Strict Scrutiny. You can buy tickets for Strict Scrutiny’s Bad Decisions tour here, and Melissa’s new book, The U.S. Constitution: A Comprehensive and Annotated Guide for the Modern Reader, is available for preorder here. Follow her on Bluesky @profmmurray and Instagram @profmmurray. Sensitive Themes & Topics Racism and racial violence, slavery 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: 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: thisguysucked.com - Instagram: 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.

Peter the Hermit with Welcome To The Crusades

Feb 5, 2026 1 hr 2 min

Claire takes Eleanor, Luke, Danny, and Derek on a holy crusade to bring down Peter the Hermit. Guest Today’s guests are Eleanor Janega, Danny Bessner, Derek Davison, and Luke Waters the hosts of American Prestige and American Prestige: Welcome to the Crusades - give them a listen here. Sponsors Talkiatry is a 100% online psychiatry practice that provides comprehensive evaluations, diagnoses, and ongoing medication management. Head to Talkiatry.com/tgs and complete the short assessment to get matched with an in‑network psychiatrist. Sensitive Themes & Topics Warfare and violence, starvation, cannibalism, sexual violence, antisemitism, Islamophobia 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: multitude.productions Find Us Online - Website: thisguysucked.com - Patreon: patreon.com/thisguysucked - Twitter: twitter.com/thisguysucked - Instagram: instagram.com/thisguysucked - Bluesky: @thisguysucked.com 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.

A Show We Love: Borrowed & Returned

Feb 3, 2026 21 min

When Howard Zinn’s A People’s History of the United States came out in 1980, it literally rocked the boat. Instead of starting where most histories of the Americas start — on the deck of Columbus’s ship as it approached land — Zinn flipped the script, focusing instead on what the people standing on the shore would have seen. This episode tells the story of the ripple effects of Zinn’s radical take on history. Borrowed and Returned is a podcast series from Brooklyn Public Library that examines what our reading public borrowed in the past, and what we’re all reading now. In conversations with writers and readers across the country, the show revisits the books that changed us, and changed America, too. To listen to Borrowed and Returned, head over to your podcast app of choice. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Barnabe Rich with Christina Wade (Subscriber Preview)

Jan 29, 2026 17 min

Claire and Christina Wade get a little bit drunk with power and direct their righteous anger at one of the world’s most annoying men. Guest Our guest Dr. Christina Wade is a beer historian and the host of the Beer Ladies podcast. Her newest book, Filthy Queens: A History of Beer in Ireland, is available here. Follow her on Bluesky @braciatrix and Instagram @braciatrix, or visit her website here. Sensitive Themes & Topics Murder and 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: multitude.productions Find Us Online - Website: thisguysucked.com - Patreon: patreon.com/thisguysucked - Twitter: twitter.com/thisguysucked - Instagram: instagram.com/thisguysucked - Bluesky: @thisguysucked.com 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.

Bill Clinton with Austin McCoy

Jan 22, 2026 1 hr 8 min

Claire and Prof. Austin McCoy ask a very important question: does being okay at the saxophone cancel out hundreds of thousands of prison sentences and the dismantling of the welfare system? Guest Our guest Austin McCoy is an assistant professor at West Virginia University. His new book, Living in a D.A.I.S.Y. Age: The Music, Culture, and World De La Soul Made is available here. Follow him on Bluesky @austinmccoy and Instagram @ausmccoy, or visit his website here. Sensitive Themes & Topics Racism and racist violence, imprisonment 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: multitude.productions Shop TGS’ bookshelf - The Hater’s Library - here. Find Us Online - Website: thisguysucked.com - Patreon: patreon.com/thisguysucked - Twitter: twitter.com/thisguysucked - Instagram: instagram.com/thisguysucked - Bluesky: @thisguysucked.com 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.

The Long Rest (Subscriber Preview)

Jan 15, 2026 5 min

A moment of... something, if not exactly peace, for our patrons. For more of whatever this is and lots of other slightly-less-weird stuff, join the Multicrew! Credits - Host & Executive Producer: Claire E Aubin. Find her on Twitter @ceaubin and Bluesky ceaubin, or check out her website. - Editors: Mischa Stanton and Julia Schifini. - Music: Marshall Dean Williams - Multitude: multitude.productions Find Us Online - Website: thisguysucked.com - Patreon: patreon.com/thisguysucked - Twitter: twitter.com/thisguysucked - Instagram: instagram.com/thisguysucked - Bluesky: @thisguysucked.com 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.

Phyllis Schlafly with Akilah Hughes

Jan 8, 2026 1 hr 16 min

Claire and Akilah Hughes attempt to figure out what that lady’s whole deal was and why everything is kind of her fault. Guest Our guest Akilah Hughes is a writer, comedian, and podcaster. Her newest podcast, How Is This Better? is available from Courier here. Follow her on Twitter @akilahobviously, on Instagram @akilahh, or visit her website. Sensitive Themes & Topics Misogyny/sexism, 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: multitude.productions Find Us Online - Website: thisguysucked.com - Patreon: patreon.com/thisguysucked - Twitter: twitter.com/thisguysucked - Instagram: instagram.com/thisguysucked - Bluesky: @thisguysucked.com 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.

James II with Brooke Newman (Subscriber Preview)

Jan 1, 2026 16 min

Claire and Brooke Newman travel back to the 17th century and remind a king that he deserves all the hate he gets. Guest Our guest Brooke Newman is an Associate Professor of History at Virginia Commonwealth University. Her book The Crown’s Silence: The Hidden History of the British Monarchy and Slavery in the Americas is available here. Follow her on Bluesky @brookenewman and Instagram @drbrookenewman, or visit her website here. Sensitive Themes & Topics Slavery, torture, 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: multitude.productions Find Us Online - Website: thisguysucked.com - Patreon: patreon.com/thisguysucked - Twitter: twitter.com/thisguysucked - Instagram: instagram.com/thisguysucked - Bluesky: @thisguysucked.com 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.

George IV with Madeleine Pelling

Dec 25, 2025 1 hr 3 min

Claire and Maddy Pelling remind us that the life of the party is often also the worst person you know. Guest Our guest Dr. Madeleine Pelling is a cultural historian, author, and broadcaster. Her newest book Hoax: Truth and Lies in the Age of Enlightenment is available for pre-order here, and her podcast After Dark is available here. Follow her on Instagram @maddypelling, or visit her website. Sensitive Themes & Topics Misogyny, slavery, political violence and police brutality 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: multitude.productions Find Us Online - Website: thisguysucked.com - Patreon: patreon.com/thisguysucked - Twitter: twitter.com/thisguysucked - Instagram: instagram.com/thisguysucked - Bluesky: tgspod.bsky.social 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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Created by: Multitude
Status: Active
Latest episode: Nov 12, 2026
Episodes: 158
Release period: Weekly
Avg. episode length: 44 min
Explicit: Yes
Language: English

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