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...
May 14, 2026•1 hr 7 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 ...
May 11, 2026•14 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 as...
May 07, 2026•22 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...
Apr 30, 2026•1 hr 4 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 Schifi...
Apr 23, 2026•21 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...
Apr 16, 2026•1 hr
*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 o...
Apr 09, 2026•14 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 ...
Apr 02, 2026•1 hr 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 @ceaubi...
Mar 26, 2026•16 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: Thoma...
Mar 20, 2026•1 hr 8 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 Wi...
Mar 19, 2026•1 hr 5 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. Che...
Mar 18, 2026•1 hr 4 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 Sc...
Mar 12, 2026•23 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, terr...
Mar 05, 2026•1 hr 19 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 supr...
Feb 26, 2026•17 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...
Feb 19, 2026•59 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 ma...
Feb 05, 2026•1 hr 3 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 wh...
Feb 03, 2026•21 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 Produc...
Jan 29, 2026•18 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...
Jan 22, 2026•1 hr 9 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:...
Jan 15, 2026•5 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...
Jan 08, 2026•1 hr 17 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 C...
Jan 01, 2026•17 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 - H...
Dec 25, 2025•1 hr 4 min
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 here . Sensitive Themes & Topics Misogyny Credits - Host & Executive Producer: Claire E Aubin. Find her on Twitter @ceaubin and Bluesky ceaubin , or check out her website . - Editor: Julia Schifin...
Dec 18, 2025•20 min
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, The First and Last King of Haiti is available here . Visit her website here . Sensitive Themes & Topics Racism and racial violence, slavery, torture, child death & child endangerment Credits - ...
Dec 11, 2025•1 hr 3 min
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 Rome: Why We Think of the Roman Empire Daily , is available here . Follow her on Bluesky. @rhigarthjones Sensitive Themes & Topics Racism, Islamophobia Credits - Host & Executive Producer: Claire E...
Dec 04, 2025•17 min
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 production. -Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/cw/PastLivesMedia -Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podca...
Dec 03, 2025•21 min
Claire et David M. Perry de poeta mediaevali maledicunt. Guest Our 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. Visit UncommonGoods.com/TGS for 15% off your purchase. - Give Calm History a listen here . Credits - ...
Nov 27, 2025•1 hr 3 min
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. Guest Our 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 and on Bluesky @johnjocallanan . Credits - Host & Executive Producer: Claire E Aubin. Find her on Twi...
Nov 20, 2025•18 min
