Episodes

  • 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


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    - Patreon: patreon.com/thisguysucked

    - Twitter: twitter.com/thisguysucked

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    - Bluesky: @thisguysucked.com


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    18 mins
  • Bill Clinton with Austin McCoy
    Jan 22 2026

    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

    Racism and racist violence, imprisonment


    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


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    Find Us Online

    - Website: thisguysucked.com

    - Patreon: patreon.com/thisguysucked

    - Twitter: twitter.com/thisguysucked

    - Instagram: instagram.com/thisguysucked

    - Bluesky: @thisguysucked.com


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    1 hr and 9 mins
  • The Long Rest (Subscriber Preview)
    Jan 15 2026

    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: twitter.com/thisguysucked

    - Instagram: instagram.com/thisguysucked

    - Bluesky: @thisguysucked.com


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    5 mins
  • Phyllis Schlafly with Akilah Hughes
    Jan 8 2026

    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 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


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    1 hr and 17 mins
  • James II with Brooke Newman (Subscriber Preview)
    Jan 1 2026

    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


    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


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    17 mins
  • George IV with Madeleine Pelling
    Dec 25 2025

    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

    - 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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    1 hr and 4 mins
  • The Anti-Suffragists with Sophia Rosenfeld (Subscriber Preview)
    Dec 18 2025

    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 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


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    20 mins
  • Napoleon Bonaparte (redux) with Marlene Daut
    Dec 11 2025

    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

    - 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