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This Guy Sucked
by Multitude
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
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Humorous Histories with Greg Jenner
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...
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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. 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…
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Paul Gauguin with Daisy Dixon
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...
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The Goosisode (Subscriber Preview)
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...
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Lord Byron with Kate Lister
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…
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Martin Frobisher with Lauren Working (Subscriber Preview)
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...
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George McClellan with Jamelle Bouie
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 &…
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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. 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...
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Dionysius of Syracuse with Roel Konijnendijk
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,...
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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. Guest Our guest Craig Perry is Associate Professor at Emory University and historian of slavery and Arab-Islamic and Jewish culture in the...
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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. 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...
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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. 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...
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Vedius Pollio with Emma Southon
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...
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Preston Brooks with Paul Quigley (Subscriber Preview)
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…
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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** Guest Nicole Hemmer is a professor of History at...
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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. Guest Our guest Gautham Rao is an Associate Professor of History at American University. His newest book, White Power: Policing American Slavery is…
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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. Guest Our guest Catherine Fletcher is a Professor of History at Manchester Metropolitan University. Her new book The Firearm Revolution: From Renaissance...
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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. 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...
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Ivan the Terrible with Eli Yudin
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...
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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. Guest Our guest Peter Mancall is a Professor of History, Anthropology, and Economics at the University of Southern...
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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. Guest Our guest Devin Thomas O’Shea is a writer and lecturer at Saint Louis University. His book The Veiled Prophet: Secret Societies, White...
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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. 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…
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Yuppies with Dylan Gottlieb
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,...
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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 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…
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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. 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...
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Ramesses II with Patrick Wyman
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.…
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Ezra Pound with Kristin Grogan (Subscriber Preview)
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 &...
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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. Guest Our guest Lauren Gawne is an Associate Professor of Linguistics at La Trobe University and the co-host of Lingthusiasm. Follow Lingthusiasm on...
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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.…
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Ovando Hollister with Megan Kate Nelson
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…
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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. 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...
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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. 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...
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Humbert Humbert with Ally Louks
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…
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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. 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...
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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. 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....
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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. 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…
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Pericles with Curtis Dozier (Subscriber Preview)
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…
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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. 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....
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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. 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...
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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…
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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. 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...
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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? Guest Our guest Austin McCoy is an assistant professor at West Virginia University. His new book, Living in…
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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.…
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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. 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…
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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. 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...
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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. 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...
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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. Guest Our 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...
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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. Guest Our guest Marlene Daut is a Professor of French and African Diaspora Studies at Yale. Her newest book,...
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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. Guest Our guest Rhiannon Garth Jones is a Teaching Fellow at the University of Leeds. Her book All Roads Lead to...
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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…
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ABOUT THIS 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
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Multitude
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A show that proves no matter how long you've been dead, it's never too late to have haters. Join historian Dr. Claire Aubin and a new expert every week to pull back the scholarly curtain on the world’s worst guys and gals. From the widely beloved to the relatively unknown, no historical figure is...
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