Martin Witherspoon Gary with Vanessa Williamson

This Guy Sucked

Nov 13, 2025•1 hr 13 min

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Episode description

Claire and Vanessa Williamson talk about death, taxes, and a man who literally believed they should go hand-in-hand.

Guest

Our 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 here. Follow her on Bluesky @vanessawilliamson.

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Sensitive Themes & Topics

Racial violence, murder, 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

Find Us Online

- Website: thisguysucked.com

- Patreon: patreon.com/thisguysucked

- Twitter: twitter.com/thisguysucked