This Guy Sucked

Claire, Christa Dierksheide, and Nicholas Guyatt teach you something new (we promise) about one of the Founding-est Fathers.

Guest
Christa Dierksheide is a Professor of History and Director of the Center for the Study of the Age of Jefferson at the University of Virginia, and Nicholas Guyatt is a Professor of North American History at the University of Cambridge. Their book Jefferson’s Wolf, is available here.
Follow Nick on Twitter @nicholasguyatt and Bluesky @nicholasguyatt.

Sensitive Themes & Topics
Slavery, racial violence, 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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- Bluesky: @thisguysucked.com
- Twitter: twitter.com/thisguysucked

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Claire and Emma Southon get really mad at the Romans. What else is new?

Guest
Our guest Dr. Emma Southon is an author and historian of Ancient Rome. Her new book Not Built in a Day: How Slavery Made the Roman Empire (US) or Servus (UK) is available here. Follow her on instagram @emmasouthon, or visit her website.

Sensitive Themes & Topics
Slavery, starvation, suicide, torture, sexual abuse, child sexual abuse, animal abuse, murder

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 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.

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.

Claire and Paul Quigley talk duels, masculinity, and what really happened to Charles Sumner.

Guest
Our guest Paul Quigley is an Associate Professor of Civil War Studies and the Director of the Virginia Center for Civil War Studies at Virginia Tech. His book The Man Behind the Cane: Preston Brooks, Political Violence, and the Road to the Civil War, is available here.

Sensitive Themes & Topics
Slavery, racial/racist violence, violence, 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

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

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

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