This Guy Sucked

Claire and Prof. Lauren Working talk adventure kidnapping, and why you can never trust an alchemist.

Guest
Our guest Lauren Working is a Senior Lecturer in Early Modern Studies at the University of York. Her book A Golden World: How the Americas Transformed Tudor and Stuart England, is available here. Follow her on Bluesky @laurenworking and on Instagram @drlaurenworking.

Sensitive Themes & Topics
Violence, child abuse, child death, racial violence

Credits
- Host & Executive Producer: Claire E. Aubin. Find her on Instagram @drclaireaubin, Bluesky ceaubin, Twitter @ceaubin or check out her website.
- Editor: Julia Schifini. Check out her website.
- Music: Marshall Dean Williams
- Multitude: multitude.productions

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Claire and Jamelle Bouie prove that fear is the mindkiller. Especially in the Civil War.

Guest
Our guest Jamelle Bouie is a political commentator and columnist for the New York Times. Follow him on Bluesky, Instagram, and Youtube.

Sensitive Themes & Topics
Slavery, racism

Credits
- Host & Executive Producer: Claire E. Aubin. Find her on Instagram @drclaireaubin, Bluesky ceaubin, Twitter @ceaubin or check out her website.
- Editor: Julia Schifini. Check out her website.
- Music: Marshall Dean Williams
- Multitude: multitude.productions

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Shop our bookshelf - The Hater’s Library - here.

Find Us Online
- Website: thisguysucked.com
- Instagram: instagram.com/thisguysucked
- Bluesky: @thisguysucked.com
- Twitter: twitter.com/thisguysucked

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Claire and Sara McDougall go on a mission to prove everything you thought you knew about medieval women wrong in one of our special This Gal Rocked episodes.

Guest
Our guest Sara McDougall is a Professor of History at the John Jay College of Criminal Justice and the CUNY Graduate Center. Her book Justice for Jehanne: The Tale of a Medieval Survivor is available here. Follow her on Bluesky @sarannmcd and Instagram @saramcdougall_medieval.

Sensitive Themes & Topics
Sexual assault, domestic violence, murder, child abuse, infanticide

Credits
- Host & Executive Producer: Claire E. Aubin. Find her on Instagram @drclaireaubin, Bluesky ceaubin, Twitter @ceaubin or check out her website.
- Editor: Julia Schifini. Check out her website.
- Music: Marshall Dean Williams
- Multitude: multitude.productions

Want 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/thisguysucked

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Claire introduces the podcast What Could Go Right, by the Progress Network. It’s a current affairs show that tries to find a more balanced way of looking at what’s happening in the world. We hope you enjoy it as much as we do.

Claire discusses the Silver Linings podcast. It is hosted by The Old Gays, who became a TikTok sensation and are all about serving wisdom, laughs, and a little lovingly earned side-eye after decades of love, loss, and fabulous survival. Hope you give it a listen and that you enjoy it as much as I do.