This Guy Sucked

This is a relevant podcast in today's society and its culture clashing. I admittedly have only listened to the Henry Ford episode, which included a lot of information I surprisingly didn't know: his education and early career and how it led him to manufacturing the car em masse, Fordlandia, and of course his extremist Anti-Semitic and racist views and their impacts. I read the other reviews though as well, and after reflecting, I agree with their sentiments in part. The informal and conversational style of the host and guest makes the content approachable but the filler words and continued use of millennial phrases ("literally", "like", etc.) needs to be reduced to ensure the content is taken seriously and remains credible. Obviously the premise of the show is why these historical figures sucked, but going into more of the impacts of the acts themselves on marginalities and vulnerable people in that moment (using numbers and data) to today will help keep those claiming misandry at bay. Obviously there will always be critics of those criticizing so-called "revolutionaries" and "geniuses", but it's worth considering that sometimes leaning too much into the polarizing can be, well, polarizing and defeat the purpose of this podcast, being to shed a light on the acts and people who harmed others and continue to harm in today's world. To further clarify, it's amazing to lean into these facts and to share them at all which is polarizing, so I guess what I mean by this is word choice matters and being less millennial in how the information is presented will help. I'm a millennial woman myself so I get it! On the other hand, it's your podcast and I commend the creativity and guts to do it!

Listening to the first 2 episodes and I really enjoyed it. Definitely a left leaning slant which was fine. America right, you’re allowed your opinion, and unfortunately politics right now enters every conversation. Then the episode on Charlemagne dove into 10 minutes of liberal drivel which had nothing to do with history, or Charlemagne, or why he sucked. Just got worse from there. It’s ok to have political opinions and include them in your show, but don’t bait and switch your audience. Thought this was going to be an interesting light hearted look at history not a Left Wing propaganda piece. Do better.

The Percy Grainger episode has a 20 minute lead up to the hosts bringing up a few things from his past, but nothing worth the build up or that couldn’t have been mentioned off the bat. I love the concept for the show, but I’d prefer the extra stuff to be left out— tell us the good stuff!

I happened upon this podcast and I’m so glad! It’s a really great show for a nerd like me. I learn something new each listen. Please keep the episodes coming!!