# James II with Brooke Newman (Subscriber Preview)

An episode of [This Guy Sucked](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1800530353), 1 Jan 2026, 17 min.

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Claire and Brooke Newman travel back to the 17th century and remind a king that he deserves all the hate he gets. Guest Our guest Brooke Newman is an Associate Professor of History at Virginia Commonwealth University. Her book The Crown’s Silence: The Hidden History of the British Monarchy and Slavery in the Americas is available here. Follow her on Bluesky @brookenewman and Instagram @drbrookenewman, or visit her website here. Sensitive Themes & Topics Slavery, torture, racial 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 Find Us Online - Website: thisguysucked.com - Patreon: patreon.com/thisguysucked - Twitter: twitter.com/thisguysucked - Instagram: instagram.com/thisguysucked - Bluesky: @thisguysucked.com 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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