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Claire and Greg Jenner let listeners in on some tricks of the trade. Guest Greg is the creator and host of the hit BBC history-comedy podcast You’re Dead To Me, as well as a historian and author of books like Dead Famous, Ask A Historian , A Million Years In A Day , and the Totally Chaotic History series. Follow him on Bluesky and Instagram , or visit his website . Sensitive Themes & Topics Mu...

Claire and Craig Fehrman determine that the best part of a 19th century trapper in North America is usually his wife. Guest Our guest Craig Fehrman is a journalist and author. His book This Vast Enterprise: A New History of Lewis and Clark is available here . Visit his website here . Sensitive Themes & Topics Animal attacks/violence, sexual violence, child sexual abuse, slavery Credits - Host...

Claire and Daisy Dixon do a deep-dive on depravity. Guest Our guest Daisy Dixon is a Senior Lecturer in Philosophy at the University of Cardiff. Her book Depraved: The Story of Dangerous Ar t, is available here . Follow her on Instagram or visit her website . Sensitive Themes & Topics Child sexual abuse, sexual assault, bestiality, domestic violence Credits - Host & Executive Producer: Cla...

Claire, Mischa Stanton, Mayanna Berrin, and Julia Schifini commit bird-on-bird violence. Co-stars Mischa Stanton is a sound designer, storyteller, and the host of Simple and Clean from Multitude. Check out their website .  Mayanna Berrin is an actor, writer, and the host of Simple and Clean from Multitude. Check out her website . Julia Schifini is a sound designer, voice actor, and the host o...

Claire and Kate Lister remind you that no man is worth putting up with this type of tomfoolery. Guest Our guest Dr. Kate Lister is a literary scholar and historian of sexuality. Her newest book, Flick: The Story of Female Pleasure , is available for pre-order here , and her podcast Betwixt The Sheets is available here . Follow her on Instagram @drkatelister or visit her website . Sensitive Themes...

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...

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 , Twitt...

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 @s...

Claire and Dr. Roel Konijnendijk return with another chat about an extremely untrustworthy ancient mediterranean man. Shocker. Guest Our guest Roel Konijnendik is a Darby Fellow in Ancient History, Lincoln College at Oxford. Follow him on Bluesky @roelkonijn . Sensitive Themes & Topics slavery, suicide, genocide, murder Credits - Host & Executive Producer: Claire E. Aubin. Find her on Inst...

Claire and Prof. Craig Perry remind you that the medieval period didn’t only happen in Europe, and Christians did not have the monopoly on doing bad stuff. Guest Our guest Craig Perry is Associate Professor at Emory University and historian of slavery and Arab-Islamic and Jewish culture in the medieval Middle East. His book, Slavery and the Jews of Medieval Egypt: A History is available here . Fol...

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 a...

Claire and Brendan Greeley talk trash about the Andrew Tate of the 18th century, and explain the economy a little bit too. Guest Our guest Brendan Greeley is a writer and former US economics editor at Financial Times. His book The Almighty Dollar: 500 Years of the World’s Most Powerful Money , is available here . Follow him on Bluesky @bhgreeley and Twitter @bhgreeley . Sensitive Themes & Topi...

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,...

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 &...

Claire, Nicole Hemmer, and Kevin Schultz play some games and answer the easiest question in the world: are all of the American presidents bad? **THIS UNLOCKED EPISODE WAS RECORDED LIVE AT THE CHEERFUL EARFUL PODCAST FESTIVAL IN OCTOBER 2025** Guest Nicole Hemmer is a professor of History at Vanderbilt University and Director of the Carolyn T. and Robert M. Rogers Center for the American Presidency...

Claire and Gautham Rao get into why, exactly, this guy is often ranked the worst president of a country with a lot of truly awful presidents. Guest Our guest Gautham Rao is an Associate Professor of History at American University. His newest book, White Power: Policing American Slavery is available here . Follow him on Bluesky @gauthamrao , and on Instagram @rao__gautham , or visit his website her...

Claire and Prof. Catherine Fletcher take a (metaphorical) trip to the gun range, except it’s in Italy and the people are wearing funny pants. Guest Our guest Catherine Fletcher is a Professor of History at Manchester Metropolitan University. Her new book The Firearm Revolution: From Renaissance Italy to the European Empire s is available here . Follow her on Bluesky @catherinefletcher or visit her...

Claire and Prof. Andrew Wender Cohen confirm that you really, really, really did not want to be alive in the 19th century. Guest Our guest Andrew Wender Cohen is a Professor of History at Syracuse University. His new book Gangster of New York: A Violent Life in 19th Century America , is available here . Sensitive Themes & Topics Racial violence, domestic violence and child abuse, sexual violen...

Claire and Eli Yudin ponder the long-term negative effects of poisoning everybody you’ve ever met. Guest Our guest Eli Yudin is a comedian, writer, and host of What A Time To Be Alive . Watch his new stand-up special Humble Offering here . Follow him on Twitter @eliyudin , Bluesky @eliyudin , Twitch @pig_dog and Instagram @yahootoolbar , or visit his website . Sensitive Themes & Topics Murder,...

Claire and Prof. Peter Mancall remind listeners that all those places were named after a real guy, who might still be alive since we don’t technically know what happened to him. Guest Our guest Peter Mancall is a Professor of History, Anthropology, and Economics at the University of Southern California. His newest book Contested Continent: The Struggle for North America c. 1000-1680 is available h...

Claire and Devin Thomas O’Shea come up with a series of incredible drag names and talk about a Confederate soldier/secret society founder a little bit. Guest Our guest Devin Thomas O’Shea is a writer and lecturer at Saint Louis University. His book The Veiled Prophet: Secret Societies, White Supremacy, and the Struggle for St. Louis is available here . Follow him on Twitter and Bluesky , or visit...

Claire sits down with two Mark Twain experts for a live discussion of his memory and misdeeds. In his own home. Guests Matt Seybold is an Associate Professor of American Literature and Mark Twain Studies at Elmira College and the host of The American Vandal , and Erin Bartram is a historian and the Associate Director for Education at the Mark Twain House and Museum. Visit Matt’s website here , and...

Claire and Dylan Gottlieb do some introspection on their brie and Pellegrino habits. Guest Our guest Dylan Gottlieb is an Assistant Professor of History at Bentley University and the host of Who Makes Cents . His new book Yuppies: The Bankers, Lawyers, Joggers and Gourmands Who Conquered New York , is available here . Follow him on Twitter and Bluesky , or visit his website . Sensitive Themes &amp...

We’re excited to share a preview of a new podcast we think you’d enjoy:  No Such Thing No Such Thing is a show where three best friends and journalists settle their dumb arguments — and yours — by actually doing the research. Hosts Manny Fidel, Noah Friedman, and Devan Joseph start each episode with an argument using just their gut feelings. Then they go out into the world, investigate, talk...

Claire and Matthew Gabriele talk medieval kingship, TikTok expertise, and why all historians are basically just sword guys. Guest Our guest Matthew Gabriele is a professor of medieval studies at Virginia Tech and the host of American Medieval . Follow him on Bluesky and Instagram , or visit his website . Sponsors Talkiatry is a 100% online psychiatry practice that provides comprehensive evaluation...