American Medieval

On this HAPPY BIRTHDAY episode (we’re 1 year old!), we talk with the one, the only, the amazing Claire Aubin – host of the podcast “This Guy Sucked” – about weird medieval girlies in fiction.

Guest
Claire Aubin is the host of the hit podcast “This Guy Sucked.” She’s a writer and historian at Yale University on a mission to make sure history is for everybody. She’s also unreasonably good at bar trivia. Find her on Bluesky, or her website.

Credits
Host & Executive Producer: Matthew Gabriele. Find him on Bluesky @profgabriele.com or his homepage profgabriele.com
Editor: Julia Schifini
Music: “Sleeping Bags” by OTE
Art: Ulysses Gabriele
Multitude: https://multitudeshows.com/

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Website: AmericanMedieval.com
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Insta: instagram.com/americanmedieval
YouTube: youtube.com/@AmericanMedieval
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About Us
American Medieval is a podcast about the Middle Ages, but with an American twist. Each week, joined by expert guests, we’ll explore either some fascinating part of the medieval world, or some way Americans have used this period to help them understand themselves.

After all, if America has never been modern, it’s because we’ve always been slightly medieval.

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Prof. Gabriele and Caroline Golum talk about the riot of color and weirdness of the Middle Ages, and Caroline’s new film based on the 14th-century English woman mystic Julian of Norwich - Revelations of Divine Love.

Guest
Caroline Golum is a filmmaker and writer living in Brooklyn, NY. Her debut feature, A Feast of Man, is streaming on Amazon Prime, Vimeo, and Tubi. Her second feature, Revelations of Divine Love, premiered in 2025 at FID Marseille before going on to screen in London, Spain, New York, Chicago, D.C., Los Angeles, Philadelphia, among other fine locales. She is also a contributing editor and occasional podcast co-host for Screen Slate. Find her on Instagram at @revelations_of_divine_love and on Bluesky at @carolineavenue.bsky.social.

Credits
Host & Executive Producer: Matthew Gabriele. Find him on Bluesky @profgabriele.com or his homepage profgabriele.com
Editor: Julia Schifini
Music: “Sleeping Bags” by OTE
Art: Ulysses Gabriele
Multitude: https://multitudeshows.com/

Find American Medieval Online
Website: AmericanMedieval.com
Patreon: patreon.com/AmericanMedieval
Insta: instagram.com/americanmedieval
YouTube: youtube.com/@AmericanMedieval
Bluesky: bsky.app/profile/americanmedieval.bsky.social

About Us
American Medieval is a podcast about the Middle Ages, but with an American twist. Each week, joined by expert guests, we’ll explore either some fascinating part of the medieval world, or some way Americans have used this period to help them understand themselves.

After all, if America has never been modern, it’s because we’ve always been slightly medieval.

Sponsors
Want to become a sponsor of American Medieval? Head over to https://www.multitudeshows.com/ads

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Spooky season! For this Halloween episode, Mikki Brock joins us to talk the European witch hunts and lots of weird thoughts about the devil in the premodern world.

Guest
Mikki Brock is Professor and Head of History at Washington and Lee University. She’s a scholar of religion, gender, and her research focuses on the supernatural in early modern Scotland. She can be found on Bluesky at @mikkibrock.bsky.social.

Credits
Host & Executive Producer: Matthew Gabriele. Find him on Bluesky @profgabriele.com or his homepage profgabriele.com
Editor: Julia Schifini
Music: “Sleeping Bags” by OTE
Art: Ulysses Gabriele
Multitude: https://multitudeshows.com/

Find American Medieval Online
Website: AmericanMedieval.com
Patreon: patreon.com/AmericanMedieval
Insta: instagram.com/americanmedieval
YouTube: youtube.com/@AmericanMedieval
Bluesky: bsky.app/profile/americanmedieval.bsky.social

About Us
American Medieval is a podcast about the Middle Ages, but with an American twist. Each week, joined by expert guests, we’ll explore either some fascinating part of the medieval world, or some way Americans have used this period to help them understand themselves.

After all, if America has never been modern, it’s because we’ve always been slightly medieval.

Sponsors
Want to become a sponsor of American Medieval? Head over to https://www.multitudeshows.com/ads

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We back. We talk cool medieval hillforts with Roman technology, and the passing of a medieval historian everyone should know about (and read).

Guest
Thomas Lecaque is an Associate Professor of History and the Director of the First Year Experience at Grand View University in Des Moines, Iowa, located on Baxoje, Meskwaki and Sauk lands. His primary research area is on religious violence and apocalypticism from the crusades of the High Middle Ages through the holy wars of colonial North America, but he teaches broadly in the medieval world, vast early America, and game studies. He can also be found on Bluesky at @tlecaque.bsky.social and on LinkedIn.

David M. Perry is a journalist and historian, who currently works as the associate director of Undergraduate Studies at the University of Minnesota. He’s the co-author (with Matthew Gabriele) of the books Oathbreakers and The Bright Ages, both from HarperCollins. Over the last few years, Perry’s work on history, parenting, disability, and politics has appeared in The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Nation, The Daily Beast, Smithsonian Magazine, Slate, CNN, and many others. His website is davidmperry.com, and he can be found on Bluesky at https://bsky.app/profile/lollardfish.bsky.social.

Credits
Host & Executive Producer: Matthew Gabriele. Find him on Bluesky @profgabriele.com or his homepage profgabriele.com
Editor: Julia Schifini
Music: “Sleeping Bags” by OTE
Art: Ulysses Gabriele
Multitude: https://multitudeshows.com/

Find American Medieval Online
Website: AmericanMedieval.com
Patreon: patreon.com/AmericanMedieval
Insta: instagram.com/americanmedieval
YouTube: youtube.com/@AmericanMedieval
Bluesky: bsky.app/profile/americanmedieval.bsky.social

About Us
American Medieval is a podcast about the Middle Ages, but with an American twist. Each week, joined by expert guests, we’ll explore either some fascinating part of the medieval world, or some way Americans have used this period to help them understand themselves.

After all, if America has never been modern, it’s because we’ve always been slightly medieval.

Sponsors
Want to become a sponsor of American Medieval? Head over to https://www.multitudeshows.com/ads

See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Prof. Gabriele and Sara McDougall talk about her new book, a medieval true crime thriller about an alleged sexual assault in medieval France, and how we can know so much about the rich, complicated lives of people who usually don’t appear in our sources.

Guest
Sara McDougall is professor of history at John Jay College of the City University of New York and affiliated with the CUNY Graduate Center. She is the author of Royal Bastards: The Birth of Illegitimacy, 800–1230, Bigamy and Christian Identity in Late Medieval Champagne, and her newest Justice for Jehanne: The Tale of a Medieval Survivor (September 2026). Find her on Instagram and Bluesky.

Credits
Host & Executive Producer: Matthew Gabriele. Find him on Bluesky @profgabriele.com or his homepage profgabriele.com
Editor: Julia Schifini
Music: “Sleeping Bags” by OTE
Art: Ulysses Gabriele
Multitude: https://multitudeshows.com/

Find American Medieval Online
Website: AmericanMedieval.com
Patreon: patreon.com/AmericanMedieval
Insta: instagram.com/americanmedieval
YouTube: youtube.com/@AmericanMedieval
Bluesky: bsky.app/profile/americanmedieval.bsky.social

About Us
American Medieval is a podcast about the Middle Ages, but with an American twist. Each week, joined by expert guests, we’ll explore either some fascinating part of the medieval world, or some way Americans have used this period to help them understand themselves.

After all, if America has never been modern, it’s because we’ve always been slightly medieval.

Sponsors
Want to become a sponsor of American Medieval? Head over to https://www.multitudeshows.com/ads

See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.