{"podcast":{"title":"This Guy Sucked","slug":"this-guy-sucked-7244169","podcast_index_feed_id":7244169,"rss_url":"https://rss.art19.com/this-guy-sucked","website_url":"https://art19.com/shows/this-guy-sucked","image_url":"https://content.production.cdn.art19.com/images/83/e8/18/0e/83e8180e-0ee9-4b40-814e-afb8c2de7ce1/8e3f56af440c5542247c3944ada7272584e79de14ed68698a6c51387f9d630af7c6a995edd96e5a317c655c6ad1b554515d5022e3019fd3b3b6dab7244df7b8c.jpeg","author":"Multitude","episode_count":78,"summary":"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. New episodes every Thursday — free episodes bi-weekly, and access to all episodes (ad-free!) at patreon.com/thisguysucked","last_synced_at":"2026-07-23T18:18:51.962332+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/this-guy-sucked-7244169"},"episode":{"title":"Renaissance Arms Dealers with Catherine Fletcher","slug":"renaissance-arms-dealers-with-catherine-fletcher","published_at":"2026-06-25T09:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/this-guy-sucked-7244169/renaissance-arms-dealers-with-catherine-fletcher","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/this-guy-sucked-7244169","url":"https://mgln.ai/e/282/tracking.swap.fm/track/IVPmvUWSCISCVAzWNnnJ/rss.art19.com/episodes/028b6995-4e6b-446c-84b5-bcfce5f29a00.mp3?rss_browser=BAhJIg90cmFuc2NyaWJyBjoGRVQ%3D--952c5701c84ad333c69d5faa668f8177091704f0","audio_url":"https://mgln.ai/e/282/tracking.swap.fm/track/IVPmvUWSCISCVAzWNnnJ/rss.art19.com/episodes/028b6995-4e6b-446c-84b5-bcfce5f29a00.mp3?rss_browser=BAhJIg90cmFuc2NyaWJyBjoGRVQ%3D--952c5701c84ad333c69d5faa668f8177091704f0","summary":"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 website . Sensitive Themes & Topics Gun 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 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 See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .","meta_description":"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 gu…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":4466,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/this-guy-sucked-7244169/episodes/renaissance-arms-dealers-with-catherine-fletcher/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/this-guy-sucked-7244169/renaissance-arms-dealers-with-catherine-fletcher.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}