William McCain with Dr. Lauren Lassabe Shepherd (Patreon Preview)

Claire and Dr. Lauren Lassabe Shepherd grade the man behind Mississippi’s mid-century campus culture wars. He (unsurprisingly) gets an F.

Guest

Our guest Dr. Lauren Lassabe Shepherd is a historian of American colleges and universities, and the host of American Campus. Her book Resistance From The Right: Conservatives and the Campus Wars is available here. Follow her on Twitter and Bluesky, or visit her website.

Sensitive Themes & Topics

Racism, racial violence, homophobia 

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- Host & Executive Producer: Claire E Aubin. Find her on Twitter @ceaubin and Bluesky ceaubin 

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- Music: Marshall Dean Williams

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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.

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• No. of episodes: 15
• Latest episode: 2025-06-12
• Society & Culture History

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