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 wor

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How many episodes does This Guy Sucked have?

The podcast currently has 26 episodes available.

This Guy Sucked episodes:

August 28, 2025 Christopher Columbus with Dr. 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.

Guest
Our 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 Themes & Topics
Racism and racial violence, genocide, slavery

Credits
- Host & Executive Producer: Claire E Aubin. Find her on Twitter @ceaubin and Bluesky ceaubin
- 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
- Instagram: instagram.com/thisguysucked
- Bluesky: tgspod.bsky.social

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17min
August 21, 2025 D W Griffith with Dr. 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.

Guest
Our 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.

Sensitive Themes & Topics
Racism and racial violence, slavery, sexual violence

Credits
- Host & Executive Producer: Claire E Aubin. Find her on Twitter @ceaubin and Bluesky ceaubin
- 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
- Instagram: instagram.com/thisguysucked
- Bluesky: tgspod.bsky.social

Want 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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1h 12min
August 14, 2025 Tertullian of Carthage with Dr. 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.

Guest
Our 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 & Topics
Sex, child sexual abuse & marriage, misogyny, antisemitism, violence, slavery

Credits
- Host & Executive Producer: Claire E Aubin. Find her on Twitter @ceaubin and Bluesky ceaubin
- 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
- Instagram: instagram.com/thisguysucked
- Bluesky: tgspod.bsky.social

Want 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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19min
August 07, 2025 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.

Collaborator
This 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, Summer McClinton, and Paul Buhle
- West Virginia Mine Wars Museum in Matewan, WV

Sensitive Themes & Topics
Murder, gun violence, racism & racial violence

Credits
- Host & Executive Producer: Claire E Aubin. Find her on Twitter @ceaubin and Bluesky ceaubin
- 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
- Instagram: instagram.com/thisguysucked
- Bluesky: tgspod.bsky.social

Want 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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1h 15min
July 31, 2025 Alexander Graham Bell with Dr. Anabel Maler (Subscriber Preview)
Claire and Dr. Anabel Maler dial in for a discussion on everything that was wrong with that one phone guy.

Guest
Our 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 & Topics
Ableism, eugenics

Credits
- Host & Executive Producer: Claire E Aubin. Find her on Twitter @ceaubin and Bluesky ceaubin
- 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
- Instagram: instagram.com/thisguysucked
- Bluesky: tgspod.bsky.social

Want 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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17min
July 24, 2025 Alexander the Great with Dr. Patrick Wyman
Claire and Dr. Patrick Wyman have a chat about mythology, stupidity, and the guy who put the Great in Great Man History.

Guest
Our 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, Bluesky @patrickwyman, on Instagram @wyman_patrick.

Sensitive Themes & Topics
Violence, murder, slavery, genocide, infanticide, alcoholism

Credits
- Host & Executive Producer: Claire E Aubin. Find her on Twitter @ceaubin and Bluesky ceaubin
- 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
- Instagram: instagram.com/thisguysucked
- Bluesky: tgspod.bsky.social

Want 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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1h 10min
July 17, 2025 Spiro Agnew with Dr. 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.

Guest
Our 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.

Sensitive Themes & Topics
Racism, war

Credits
- Host & Executive Producer: Claire E Aubin. Find her on Twitter @ceaubin and Bluesky ceaubin
- 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
- Instagram: instagram.com/thisguysucked
- Bluesky: tgspod.bsky.social

Want 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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22min
July 10, 2025 Terry Dolan with Dr. 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.

Guest
Our 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 & Topics
Racism, homophobia, misogyny, HIV/AIDS, death

Credits
- Host & Executive Producer: Claire E Aubin. Find her on Twitter @ceaubin and Bluesky ceaubin
- 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
- Instagram: instagram.com/thisguysucked
- Bluesky: tgspod.bsky.social

Want 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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1h 1min
July 03, 2025 Napoleon Bonaparte with Dr. 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.

Guest
Our 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, Culture, and Heritage 1821-present is available here. Follow her on Twitter.

Sensitive Themes & Topics
Misogyny, racism, slavery, warfare

Credits
- Host & Executive Producer: Claire E Aubin. Find her on Twitter @ceaubin and Bluesky ceaubin
- 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
- Instagram: instagram.com/thisguysucked
- Bluesky: tgspod.bsky.social

Want 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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19min
June 26, 2025 Percy Grainger with Dr. Imani Mosley
Claire and Dr. Imani Mosley talk high school band, Scandinavian fantasy freaks, and BDSM (Bizarre/Delusional/Strange Men).

Guest
Our 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 & Topics
Racism, antisemitism, sexual violence

Credits
- Host & Executive Producer: Claire E Aubin. Find her on Twitter @ceaubin and Bluesky ceaubin
- Producer & Editor: Thomas O’Mahony. Find him on Twitter @gotitatguineys and Bluesky gotitatguineys
- Music: Marshall Dean Williams
- Multitude: multitude.productions

Find Us Online
- Website: thisguysucked.com
- Patreon: patreon.com/thisguysucked
- Twitter: twitter.com/thisguysucked
- Instagram: instagram.com/thisguysucked
- Bluesky: tgspod.bsky.social

Want 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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1h 14min

FAQs about This Guy Sucked:

How many episodes does This Guy Sucked have?

The podcast currently has 26 episodes available.

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