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 his website.

Sensitive Themes & Topics

Murder, warfare, animal death, racism and racial violence, slavery

Credits

- Host & Executive Producer: Claire E. Aubin. Find her on Twitter @ceaubin and Bluesky ceaubin, or check out her website.

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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 Erin’s here.

A special thanks to the Mark Twain House and Museum for organizing and hosting this event.

Sensitive Themes & Topics

Slavery, racism

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

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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 & Topics

Arson, 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

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

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