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This Guy Sucked

This Guy Sucked

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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 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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Episodes
  • Peter the Hermit with Welcome To The Crusades
    Feb 5 2026

    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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    Sensitive Themes & Topics

    Warfare and violence, starvation, cannibalism, sexual violence, antisemitism, Islamophobia


    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

    - Instagram: instagram.com/thisguysucked

    - Bluesky: @thisguysucked.com


    Want to become a sponsor of This Guy Sucked? Head over to https://multitude.productions/ads

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    1 hr and 3 mins
  • A Show We Love: Borrowed & Returned
    Feb 3 2026

    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 what our reading public borrowed in the past, and what we’re all reading now. In conversations with writers and readers across the country, the show revisits the books that changed us, and changed America, too.


    To listen to Borrowed and Returned, head over to your podcast app of choice.

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    21 mins
  • Barnabe Rich with Christina Wade (Subscriber Preview)
    Jan 29 2026

    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 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

    - Instagram: instagram.com/thisguysucked

    - Bluesky: @thisguysucked.com


    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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    18 mins
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