
*PATREON PREVIEW* Henry Dundas with Dr. Asheesh Kapur Siddique
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04/10/25 • 9 min
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Claire and Dr. Asheesh Kapur Siddique attempt to answer an age-old question: what’s Scotland’s whole deal?
Guest
Our guest Dr. Asheesh Kapur Siddique is an Assistant Professor of History at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst. His book The Archive of Empire: Knowledge, Conquest, and the Making of the Early Modern British World is available here. Follow him on Twitter @Asheeshksi and on Bluesky asheeshksi.
Sensitive Themes & Topics
Racism, slavery
Credits
Host & Executive Producer: Claire E Aubin. Find her on Twitter @ceaubin and Bluesky ceaubin
Producer & Editor: Thomas O’Mahony. Find him on Twitter @gotitatguineys and Bluesky gotitatguineys
Music: Marshall Dean Williams
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Claire and Dr. Asheesh Kapur Siddique attempt to answer an age-old question: what’s Scotland’s whole deal?
Guest
Our guest Dr. Asheesh Kapur Siddique is an Assistant Professor of History at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst. His book The Archive of Empire: Knowledge, Conquest, and the Making of the Early Modern British World is available here. Follow him on Twitter @Asheeshksi and on Bluesky asheeshksi.
Sensitive Themes & Topics
Racism, slavery
Credits
Host & Executive Producer: Claire E Aubin. Find her on Twitter @ceaubin and Bluesky ceaubin
Producer & Editor: Thomas O’Mahony. Find him on Twitter @gotitatguineys and Bluesky gotitatguineys
Music: Marshall Dean Williams
Multitude: multitude.productions
Find Us Online
Website: thisguysucked.com
Patreon: patreon.com/thisguysucked
Twitter: twitter.com/thisguysucked
Instagram: instagram.com/thisguysucked
TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@thisguysucked
Bluesky: tgspod.bsky.social
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.
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Credits
Host & Executive Producer: Claire E Aubin. Find her on Twitter @ceaubin and Bluesky ceaubin
Producer & Editor: Thomas O’Mahony. Find him on Twitter @gotitatguineys and Bluesky gotitatguineys
Music: Marshall Dean Williams
Multitude: multitude.productions
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Guest
Our guest Dr. Andrew Hartman is a professor of history at Illinois State University. His newest book Karl Marx in America, is available for pre-order from University of Chicago Press. Follow him on Twitter @hartmanandrew and Bluesky andrewhartman.
Credits
Host & Executive Producer: Claire E Aubin. Find her on Twitter @ceaubin and Bluesky ceaubin
Producer & Editor: Thomas O’Mahony. Find him on Twitter @gotitatguineys and Bluesky gotitatguineys
Music: Marshall Dean Williams
Multitude: multitude.productions
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Website: thisguysucked.com
Patreon: patreon.com/thisguysucked
Twitter: twitter.com/thisguysucked
Instagram: instagram.com/thisguysucked
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Bluesky: tgspod.bsky.social
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