Podcast
This Guy Sucked
Hosted by Multitude · EN
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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He Despised Himself with Matt Seybold and Erin Bartram (Subscriber Preview)
5d ago00:17:58Summary readyClaire 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, and Erin’s here.A special thanks to the Mark Twain House and Museum for organizing and hosting this event.Sensitive Themes & TopicsSlavery, racismCredits- 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.productionsWant 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/thisguysuckedWant 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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Yuppies with Dylan Gottlieb
2w ago01:07:26Summary readyClaire 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 & TopicsArson, murderCredits- 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.productionsWant 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/thisguysuckedWant 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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Introducing: No Such Thing
2w ago00:14:07Summary readyWe’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, 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 WednesdaysListen here: No Such ThingSee 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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Richard the Lionhearted with Matthew Gabriele (Subscriber Preview)
3w ago00:22:17Summary readyClaire 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 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 & TopicsRacial and religious violence, IslamophobiaCredits- 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.productionsWant 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/thisguysuckedWant 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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Ramesses II with Patrick Wyman
4w ago01:04:13Summary readyClaire 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 descriptions of war-related violenceCredits- 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.productionsWant 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/thisguysuckedWant 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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Ezra Pound with Kristin Grogan (Subscriber Preview)
Apr 2300:20:32Summary readyClaire 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. 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.productionsWant 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/thisguysuckedWant 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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Daisy Bates with Lingthusiasm
Apr 1600:59:35Summary readyTGS 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 racial violenceCredits- 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.productionsWant 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/thisguysuckedWant 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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Presenting: Dreaming Against The Machine
Apr 900:14:06Summary ready*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/thisguysuckedWant 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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Ovando Hollister with Megan Kate Nelson
Apr 201:15:59Summary readyClaire 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, sexual assaultCredits- 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 #91.429.263Want 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/thisguysuckedWant 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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Archie Bunker with Oscar Winberg (Subscriber Preview)
Mar 2600:16:04Summary readyClaire 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 & TopicsRacism, warCredits- 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.productionsWant 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/thisguysuckedWant 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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