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.
Episodes
Toussaint Charbonneau with Craig Fehrman (Subscriber Preview)
Claire and Craig Fehrman determine that the best part of a 19th century trapper in North America is usually his wife.GuestOur 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 & TopicsAnimal attacks/violence, sexual violence, child sexual abuse, slaveryCredits- Host
Paul Gauguin with Daisy Dixon
Claire and Daisy Dixon do a deep-dive on depravity.GuestOur 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 & TopicsChild sexual abuse, sexual assault, bestiality, domestic violenceCredits- Host & Executive Producer: Cla
The Goosisode (Subscriber Preview)
Claire, Mischa Stanton, Mayanna Berrin, and Julia Schifini commit bird-on-bird violence.Co-starsMischa 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 hos
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 Theme
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 The
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
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 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 Blue
Dionysius of Syracuse with Roel Konijnendijk
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 In
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 her
Thomas Jefferson with Christa Dierksheide & 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
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 & T
Vedius Pollio with Emma Southon
Claire and Emma Southon get really mad at the Romans. What else is new?GuestOur 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 & TopicsSlavery, starvation, suicide, torture, sexual abus
Preston Brooks with Paul Quigley (Subscriber Preview)
Claire and Paul Quigley talk duels, masculinity, and what really happened to Charles Sumner.GuestOur 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 &a
The Worst Wing with Nicole Hemmer and Kevin Schultz (UNLOCKED LIVE SHOW)
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**GuestNicole Hemmer is a professor of History at Vanderbilt University and Director of the Carolyn T. and Robert M. Rogers Center for the American Pres
James Buchanan with Gautham Rao (Subscriber Preview)
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.GuestOur 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
Renaissance Arms Dealers with Catherine Fletcher
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.GuestOur 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 visi
Louis Bieral with Andrew Wender Cohen (Subscriber Preview)
Claire and Prof. Andrew Wender Cohen confirm that you really, really, really did not want to be alive in the 19th century.GuestOur 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 & TopicsRacial violence, domestic violence and child abuse, sexual vio
Ivan the Terrible with Eli Yudin
Claire and Eli Yudin ponder the long-term negative effects of poisoning everybody you’ve ever met.GuestOur 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 & TopicsMurder,
Henry Hudson with Peter Mancall (Subscriber Preview)
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.GuestOur 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 avai
Alonzo Slayback with Devin Thomas O'Shea
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.GuestOur 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 v
He Despised Himself with Matt Seybold and Erin Bartram (Subscriber Preview)
Claire sits down with two Mark Twain experts for a live discussion of his memory and misdeeds. In his own home.GuestsMatt 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
Yuppies with Dylan Gottlieb
Claire and Dylan Gottlieb do some introspection on their brie and Pellegrino habits.GuestOur 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 &am
A Show We Love: No Such Thing
We’re excited to share a preview of a new podcast we think you’d enjoy: No Such ThingNo 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
Richard the Lionhearted with Matthew Gabriele (Subscriber Preview)
Claire and Matthew Gabriele talk medieval kingship, TikTok expertise, and why all historians are basically just sword guys.GuestOur 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.SponsorsTalkiatry is a 100% online psychiatry practice that provides comprehensive evaluati
Ramesses II with Patrick Wyman
Claire and Patrick Wyman build whatever the opposite of a monument is for this guy.GuestOur 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 & TopicsSlavery, warfare and desc
Ezra Pound with Kristin Grogan (Subscriber Preview)
Claire and Prof. Kristin Grogan serve some poetic justice to the literary world’s favorite fascist.GuestOur 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 & TopicsTorture/imprisonment, antisemitismCredits- Host & Executive Producer: Claire E. Aubin
Daisy Bates with Lingthusiasm
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.GuestOur 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 & TopicsGenocide, racism and
Presenting: Dreaming Against The Machine
*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: @thisgu
Ovando Hollister with Megan Kate Nelson
Claire and Megan Kate Nelson head west and discuss old-timey journalistic ethics along the way.GuestOur 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 & TopicsGenocide, racism, racial violence,
Archie Bunker with Oscar Winberg (Subscriber Preview)
Claire and Oscar Winberg consider whether it might be a bad idea to let television characters run your government.GuestOur 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 &
Murray Rothbard with Quinn Slobodian
Claire and Prof. Quinn Slobodian remind everyone that no matter how bad things are, some guys have always wanted them to get worse.GuestOur 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 Pro
Humbert Humbert with Ally Louks
Claire and Dr. Ally Louks shout LOLITA IS NOT A LOVE STORY into the nearest megaphone.GuestOur guest Dr. Ally Louks is a literary scholar, writer, and public academic. Follow her on Twitter, Bluesky, Instagram, and TikTok.Sensitive Themes & TopicsChild sexual abuse, pedophiliaCredits- Host & Executive Producer: Claire E. Aubin. Find her on Twitter @ceaubin and Bluesky ceaubin, or
All About the Benjamin with No Such Thing
Claire and Manny, Noah, and Devan of No Such Thing try to figure out what’s really up with our freakiest Founding Father.GuestNo 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 & TopicsSlavery, genocideCredits- Host & Executive Producer: Claire E. Aubin. Find
Frederick II with Richard Cole (Subscriber Preview)
Claire and Prof. Richard Cole head over to medieval Jerusalem and prove that dysentery is the real mind-killer.GuestOur 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 & TopicsWarfare and violenceCredits- Host & Executive Producer: Claire E. A
Dick Cheney with Nicole Hemmer
Claire and Prof. Nicole Hemmer take aim at the former vice president and then make him apologize for it afterwards.GuestOur 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
Pericles with Curtis Dozier (Subscriber Preview)
Claire and Prof. Curtis Dozier venture back to Ancient Greece to investigate whether politicians have been horrible forever.GuestOur 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 hi
Roger B. Taney with Melissa Murray
Claire and Prof. Melissa Murray go south of the Mason-Dixon line to put America’s worst jurist on trial.GuestOur 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 preor
Peter the Hermit with Welcome To The Crusades
Claire takes Eleanor, Luke, Danny, and Derek on a holy crusade to bring down Peter the Hermit.GuestToday’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.SponsorsTalkiatry is a 100% online psychiatry practice that provides comprehensive evaluations, diagnoses,
A Show We Love: Borrowed & Returned
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 rad
Barnabe Rich with Christina Wade (Subscriber Preview)
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.GuestOur 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
Bill Clinton with Austin McCoy
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?GuestOur 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 o
The Long Rest (Subscriber Preview)
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.prod
Phyllis Schlafly with Akilah Hughes
Claire and Akilah Hughes attempt to figure out what that lady’s whole deal was and why everything is kind of her fault.GuestOur 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 & TopicsMisogyny/sexism, mur
James II with Brooke Newman (Subscriber Preview)
Claire and Brooke Newman travel back to the 17th century and remind a king that he deserves all the hate he gets.GuestOur 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 @drbr
George IV with Madeleine Pelling
Claire and Maddy Pelling remind us that the life of the party is often also the worst person you know.GuestOur 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 websit
The Anti-Suffragists with Sophia Rosenfeld (Subscriber Preview)
Claire and Sophia Rosenfeld discuss what women want. And what they don’t want. And what they don’t want other women to want.GuestOur guest Sophia Rosenfeld is a Professor of History at the University of Pennsylvania. Her book The Age of Choice: A History of Freedom in Modern Life is available here.Sensitive Themes & TopicsMisogynyCredits- Host & Executive Producer: Claire E
Napoleon Bonaparte (redux) with Marlene Daut
Claire and Prof. Marlene Daut cover life in the French Caribbean, and fill in all the bits that weren’t covered in high school or our previous Napoleon episode. For example, the murdering.GuestOur guest Marlene Daut is a Professor of French and African Diaspora Studies at Yale. Her newest book, The First and Last King of Haiti is available here. Visit her website here.Sensitive Themes &am
The Orientalists with Rhiannon Garth Jones (Subscriber Preview)
Claire and Rhiannon Garth Jones take a trip to the Middle East. Or possibly the Near East. Or maybe somewhere else but it’s DEFINITELY not the West and how dare you imply otherwise.GuestOur guest Rhiannon Garth Jones is a Teaching Fellow at the University of Leeds. Her book All Roads Lead to Rome: Why We Think of the Roman Empire Daily, is available here. Follow her on Bluesky. @rhigarthj
A Show We Love: Past Lives
Introducing Past Lives, a brand-new history podcast from Patrick Wyman, creator of Tides of History and Fall of Rome. Discover the real, lived experiences of everyday people in the human past, not Great Men and their Doings.Subscribe for free on your podcast app of choice, and be sure to check out the Past Lives Patreon with tons of bonus content to support this 100% independent prod
Petrarch with David M. Perry
Claire et David M. Perry de poeta mediaevali maledicunt.GuestOur guest David M. Perry is a journalist and historian. Pre-order his new book The Public Scholar: A Practical Handbook here, or buy copies of The Bright Ages or Oathbreakers here. Follow him on Bluesky @lollardfish or visit his website here.Sponsors- Uncommon Goods is a small-batch and small-business-centered online marketplace
Bernard Mandeville with John Callanan (Subscriber Preview)
Claire and John Callanan explain why Bernard Mandeville is the bee’s knees. That joke might not make sense yet, but it will once you’re done with the episode.GuestOur guest Dr. John Callanan is a Reader in Philosophy at King’s College London. His book Man-Devil: The Mind and Times of Bernard Mandeville, the Wickedest Man in Europe, is available here. Follow him on Twitter @johnjocallanan
Martin Witherspoon Gary with Vanessa Williamson
Claire and Vanessa Williamson talk about death, taxes, and a man who literally believed they should go hand-in-hand.GuestOur guest Dr. Vanessa Williamson is a Senior Fellow in Governance Studies at the Brookings Institution and a senior fellow at the Urban-Brookings Tax Policy Center. Her book The Price of Democracy: The Revolutionary Power of Taxation in American History is available her
The Worst Wing with Nicole Hemmer and Kevin Schultz (Preview)
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 EPISODE WAS RECORDED LIVE AT THE CHEERFUL EARFUL PODCAST FESTIVAL. A FULL VERSION IS AVAILABLE TO SUBSCRIBERS, OR FOR PURCHASE BY NON-SUBSCRIBERS AT PATREON.COM/THISGUYSUCKED**GuestNicole Hemmer is a professor of History at Vanderbilt Univers
Carl Schmitt with Jonathan Fine *Unlocked*
Claire and Dr. Jonathan Fine build a case against the vice president’s favorite philosopher in the court of public opinion.**THIS REMASTERED EPISODE WAS PREVIOUSLY RELEASED EXCLUSIVELY ON PATREON**GuestOur guest Dr. Jonathan Fine is a Germanist specializing in Comparative Literature and Intellectual History. Follow him on Twitter @jonathanbfine and on Bluesky @jonathanbfine, or visit his
Edward Kelley with Cynthia Paces (Subscriber Preview)
Claire and Cynthia Paces try to separate a man from a whole lot of mysteries.GuestOur guest Cynthia Paces is a Professor of History at the College of New Jersey. Her new book Prague: the Heart of Europe, is available here. Visit her website here.Sensitive Themes & TopicsDismemberment/disfigurement, sexual coercionCredits- Host & Executive Producer: Claire E Aubin. Find her on Twit
Gary Gygax with Eric Silver
Claire and Eric Silver remind us that sometimes games we love are created by not-so-good people who openly wanted to do an immense amount of psychic damage to some of their players.GuestOur guest Eric Silver is a podcaster, writer, and the Game Master for TTRPG actual play podcast Join The Party. Follow him on Bluesky and Instagram, or visit his website.Sensitive Themes & TopicsMisogy
The Internet with Wow If True (Subscriber Preview)
Claire is joined by Amanda Silberling and Isabel Kim from Wow If True to discuss the collapse of the internet and why we can’t have nice things anymore.**The full episode is available on the TGS Patreon now and will become available in full on the public Wow If True feed from 10/15.**CollaboratorsAmanda Silberling and Isabel Kim are the hosts and intrepid internet travelers behind Wow If
George Pitt-Rivers with Dan Hicks
Claire and Prof. Dan Hicks bring (more) shame on the name Pitt-Rivers, and make an argument for unburying all of the archival bodies.GuestOur guest Dan Hicks is a Professor of Contemporary Archaeology at Oxford, as well as a curator at the Pitt Rivers Museum. His newest book, Every Monument Will Fall is available here. Follow him on Bluesky, Instagram and… LinkedIn?SponsorsHelloFresh brin
John L. Sullivan with Louis Moore (Subscriber Preview)
Claire and Professor Louis Moore go a few rounds with America’s first heavyweight champion.GuestOur guest Professor Louis Moore is a Professor of History at Michigan State University and the co-host of the Black Athlete Podcast. His newest book, The Great Black Hope: Doug Williams, Vince Evans, and the Making of the Black Quarterback is available here, and I Fight For A Living: Boxing and
Godwin Sturt & Thomas of Monmouth with Elise Wang
Claire and Elise Wang dig into the men (and motivations) behind one of the world’s most damaging and long-standing conspiracy theories.GuestOur guest Dr. Elise Wang is a professor of medieval literature at CSU Fullerton, and a current Carnegie Fellow. Her book The Making of Felony Procedure in Middle English Literature is available here. Follow her on Bluesky and check out her website.Par
Paul (the Apostle) with Shaily Patel (Subscriber Preview)
Claire and Dr. Shaily Patel unpack the many misdeeds of one of early Christianity’s most important men.GuestOur guest Dr. Shaily Patel is an Assistant Professor of early Christianity at Virginia Tech. Her book Magic and Heresy in Ancient Christian Literature is available here, and Smoke and Mirrors: Discourses of Magic in Early Petrine Traditions is available here. Follow her on Bluesky.S
Come See This Guy Sucked LIVE!
Our first ever live show is coming! Where: Caveat, 21A Clinton St, New York CityWhen: Thursday, October 9, 2025 @ 7pmWho: Claire + a couple of special guests!How: Get your tickets here!See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
Edmund Kean with Greg Jenner
Claire and Greg Jenner take center stage to prove Edmund Kean was less leading man, more dramatic cautionary tale.GuestOur guest Greg Jenner is a historian, author, podcaster, and ‘weaselly looking guy.’ You can follow him on Instagram and on Bluesky. His website is gregjenner.com and his book Dead Famous: An Unexpected History of Celebrity from Bronze Age to Silver Screen is available he
Christopher Columbus with Surekha Davies (Subscriber Preview)
Claire and Dr. Surekha Davies badmouth a man who made the world a lot bigger for some people and a lot worse for others.GuestOur guest Dr. Surekha Davies is an author, historian of science, speaker, and monster consultant. Her newest book, Humans: A Monstrous History is available here. Follow her on Bluesky @drsurekhadavies and Instagram @surekhadavies, or visit her website.Sensitive Them
D W Griffith with Kellie Carter Jackson
Claire and Dr. Kellie Carter Jackson send the man behind Birth Of A Nation (and the re-birth of the KKK) to the cutting room floor.GuestOur guest Dr. Kellie Carter Jackson is an Associate Professor of Africana Studies at Wellesley College and host of This Day from Radiotopia. Her book We Refuse is available here. Follow her on Twitter, Bluesky, and Instagram, or visit her website.Sensitiv
Tertullian of Carthage with Chance Bonar (Subscriber Preview)
Claire and Dr. Chance Bonar journey back into Ancient Roman Africa to talk about a guy who was very afraid of everything, including jewelry and high school teachers.GuestOur guest Dr. Chance Bonar is an Advising Fellow at the University of Virginia. His book God, Slavery, and Early Christianity, is available here. Follow him on Twitter and on Bluesky.Sensitive Themes & TopicsSex, chil
The Baldwin-Felts Detective Agency with Appodlachia
Claire teams up with Chuck from Appodlachia to talk about the union-busting hired guns that made it even harder to survive in the West Virginia coalfields.CollaboratorThis episode is a collaboration with Appodlachia, a show about the culture, history, and politics of Appalachia. Listen to them here and join their Patreon here.Recommendations- Black Coal and Red Bandanas by Raymond Tyler,
Alexander Graham Bell with Anabel Maler (Subscriber Preview)
Claire and Dr. Anabel Maler dial in for a discussion on everything that was wrong with that one phone guy.GuestOur guest Dr. Anabel Maler is an Assistant Professor of Music Theory at the University of British Columbia. Her book, Seeing Voices: Analyzing Sign Language Music, is available here. Follow her on Bluesky @amaler.Sensitive Themes & TopicsAbleism, eugenicsCredits- Host & E
Alexander the Great with Patrick Wyman
Claire and Dr. Patrick Wyman have a chat about mythology, stupidity, and the guy who put the Great in Great Man History.GuestOur guest Dr. Patrick Wyman is a historian, author, and podcaster. His book The Verge: Reformation, Renaissance, and Forty Years that Shook the World is available here, and you can listen to his podcast Tides of History here. Follow him on Twitter @Patrick_Wyman, Bl
Spiro Agnew with Kevin Schultz (Subscriber Preview)
Claire and Dr. Kevin Schultz discuss a man who grifted his way into (and out of) the White House, and how America’s current political polarization started earlier than you think. GuestOur guest Dr. Kevin Schultz is a Professor of History at the University of Illinois, Chicago. His newest book, Why Everyone Hates White Liberals (Including White Liberals) is available here. Sensit
Terry Dolan with Neil J. Young
Claire and Dr. Neil J. Young discuss the frustrating legacy of Terry Dolan – attack dog of the New Right, proponent of ‘traditional values,’ and life-long closeted gay man.GuestOur guest Neil J. Young is a historian of the American Right. His book Coming Out Republican: A History of the Gay Right is available here. Follow him on Twitter and Bluesky, or visit his website.Sensitive Themes &
Napoleon Bonaparte with Nicole Cochrane (Subscriber Preview)
Claire and Dr. Nicole Cochrane make an important contribution to the Horrible Man Theory of history and do not mention anybody’s alleged height or anatomical features while doing it. GuestOur guest Dr. Nicole Cochrane is an art historian and Assistant Curator in Historic British Art (1790-1850) at Tate Britain. Her co-edited collection Napoleonic Objects and their Afterlives: Art, Cu
Percy Grainger with Imani Mosley
Claire and Dr. Imani Mosley talk high school band, Scandinavian fantasy freaks, and BDSM (Bizarre/Delusional/Strange Men).GuestOur guest Dr. Imani Mosley is an Assistant Professor at the University of Florida School of Music. Follow her on Bluesky or visit her website.Sensitive Themes & TopicsRacism, antisemitism, sexual violenceCredits- Host & Executive Producer: Claire E Aubin.
Leo Kanner with Hannah Zeavin (Subscriber Preview)
Claire and Dr. Hannah Zeavin do a deep-dive on 20th century child psychiatry, and why we all started believing everything is our moms’ fault.GuestOur guest Dr. Hannah Zeavin is an Assistant Professor of History at the University of California, Berkeley, a cofounder of the Psychosocial Foundation, and Founding Editor of Parapraxis Magazine. Her newest book Mother Media: Hot and Cool Parent
Alcibiades with Roel Konijnendijk
Claire and Dr. Roel Konijnendijk talk trash about ancient Athens’ most treacherous twink.GuestOur guest Dr. Roel Konijnendijk is a Darby Fellow in Ancient History at Oxford. Follow him on Bluesky or find him on r/AskHistorians.Sensitive Themes & TopicsMurder/violence and warfareCredits- Host & Executive Producer: Claire E Aubin. Find her on Twitter @ceaubin and Bluesky ceaubin&nbs
William McCain with Lauren Lassabe Shepherd (Subscriber Preview)
Claire and Dr. Lauren Lassabe Shepherd grade the man behind Mississippi’s mid-century campus culture wars. He (unsurprisingly) gets an F.GuestOur guest Dr. Lauren Lassabe Shepherd is a historian of American colleges and universities, and the host of American Campus. Her book Resistance From The Right: Conservatives and the Campus Wars is available here. Follow her on Twitter and Bluesky,
Henry Ford with Zack Furness
Claire and Dr. Zack Furness let loose on the antisemitic calorie-counting surveillance pervert behind America’s most mediocre homegrown auto manufacturer.GuestOur guest Dr. Zack Furness an Associate Professor of Communications at Penn State Greater Allegheny. His book One Less Car: Bicycling and the Politics of Automobility is available here. Follow him on Bluesky and Instagram, or v
Ptolemy with Moiya McTier (Subscriber Preview)
Claire and Dr. Moiya McTier ascend to the heavens and nuke 2nd century astrophilosophers from orbit.GuestOur guest Dr. Moiya McTier is an astrofolklorist and the host of Pale Blue Pod. Her book The Milky Way: An Autobiography Of Our Galaxy, is available here. Follow her on Twitter and on Instagram, or visit her website here.Credits- Host & Executive Producer: Claire E Aubin. Find her
Marie de France with Sarah-Jane Murray
Claire and Dr. Sarah-Jane Murray flip the script on one of the world’s first French poets with our inaugural This Guy Rocked episode.GuestOur guest Dr. Sarah-Jane Murray is a Professor of Great Texts and Creative Writing at Baylor University and the founder of The Greats Story Lab. Follow her on Twitter and visit her website.To learn more about Marie’s incredible stories, SJ and Claire al
Carl Schmitt with Jonathan Fine (Subscriber Preview)
Claire and Dr. Jonathan Fine build a case against the vice president’s favorite philosopher in the court of public opinion.GuestOur guest Dr. Jonathan Fine is a Germanist specializing in Comparative Literature and Intellectual History. Follow him on Twitter @jonathanbfine and on Bluesky @jonathanbfine, or visit his website.Sensitive Themes & TopicsAntisemitismCredits- Host & Execu
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