Podcast
Just Plain Wrong
Hosted by The MennoBrarians · EN
Three Mennonite librarians discuss depictions of Amish, Mennonites, and other plain groups in media and popular culture. We review Amish romance novels, other Amish fiction, movies, TV episodes, and more! New episodes most Wednesdays. Follow us on Facebook, Twitter & Instagram @plainwrongpod
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Tiny Dinosaurs: A Conversation with Duane Stoltzfus, author of Pacifists in Chains
5d ago00:56:53Tap to summarizeThis week the MennoBrarians chat with Duane Stoltzfus, recently retired Goshen College Professor of Communication, and author of the book Pacifists in Chains. The book tells the story of the Hofer brothers, four Hutterite men who were drafted during World War 1 and were sent to Alcatraz after refusing to wear military uniforms. We chat with Duane about the book, story telling, and much much more! We always love hearing from listeners! You can reach us at plainwrongpod at gmail.com, or on Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook.If you want to help support the podcast financially, please consider joining our Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/plainwrongpod or buying merch at TeePublicFollow us: Twitter: https://twitter.com/plainwrongpodInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/plainwrongpod/ Website: http://plainwrongpod.com/ “Just Plain Wrong” is produced, written and edited by Erin Milanese, Abby Nafziger and Matilda Yoder. Our intro music is played by Erin, and the outro by Miriam Augsburger. Both are "arrangements" of the Doxology from the Mennonite Hymnal. Logo design by Ida Yoder Short. Canva design (used for Social Media posts in Season 4 -6) by Abigail Adams.
Transcribe →Atonement Cheesecake: Discussing the movie Saving Sarah Cain
3w ago00:53:01Tap to summarizeThis week, the MennoBrarians discuss the 2007 made-for-tv movie, Saving Sarah Cain. The movie is about a young journalist (Sarah Cain) who unexpectedly becomes the guardian of her five Amish nieces/nephews/niblings after the passing of her sister. We chat about the many weird side characters, romantic relationships centered on cheesecake, and much more. We always love hearing from listeners! You can reach us at plainwrongpod at gmail.com, or on Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook.If you want to help support the podcast financially, please consider joining our Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/plainwrongpod or buying merch at TeePublicFollow us: Twitter: https://twitter.com/plainwrongpodInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/plainwrongpod/ Website: http://plainwrongpod.com/ “Just Plain Wrong” is produced, written and edited by Erin Milanese, Abby Nafziger and Matilda Yoder. Our intro music is played by Erin, and the outro by Miriam Augsburger. Both are "arrangements" of the Doxology from the Mennonite Hymnal. Logo design by Ida Yoder Short. Canva design (used for Social Media posts in Season 4 -6) by Abigail Adams.
Transcribe →Worm in the Guava: A Conversation with Sarah Augustine on the Doctrine of Discovery
Jun 2401:04:13Tap to summarizeThis week the MennoBrarians chat with Sarah Augustine about two of her books, "The Land is Not Empty: Following Jesus in Dismantling the Doctrine of Discovery" and "So We & Our Children May Live: Following Jesus in Confronting the Climate Crisis" (co-authored with Sheri Hostetler). We chat Mennonite traditions, justice work, and much much more. More info on Sarah and the Coalition to Dismantle the Doctrine of Discovery:Coalition webpageHerald Press author page for Sarah, with info on how to purchase her books: https://heraldpress.com/author/sarah-augustine/Dismantling the Doctrine of Discovery podcastWe will be back in two weeks with an episode covering the movie Saving Sarah Cain. Apologies for the slight delay in getting this episode posted! We always love hearing from listeners! You can reach us at plainwrongpod at gmail.com, or on Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook.If you want to help support the podcast financially, please consider joining our Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/plainwrongpod or buying merch at TeePublicFollow us: Twitter: https://twitter.com/plainwrongpodInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/plainwrongpod/ Website: http://plainwrongpod.com/ “Just Plain Wrong” is produced, written and edited by Erin Milanese, Abby Nafziger and Matilda Yoder. Our intro music is played by Erin, and the outro by Miriam Augsburger. Both are "arrangements" of the Doxology from the Mennonite Hymnal. Logo design by Ida Yoder Short. Canva design (used for Social Media posts in Season 4 -6) by Abigail Adams.
Transcribe →Yer Amish, Harry: Discussing Amish & Mennonite themed Fan Fiction
Jun 1001:06:25Tap to summarizeThis week, the MennoBrarians do a deep dive into the world of fan fiction. The first half of the ep we chat about fan fiction generally - what it is, perceptions of it, and what fandoms we tend to read from. The second half, we chat about Amish and Mennonite themed fan fictions, of which there are about 200 on the site Archive of Our Own (a site that contains almost 18 million fics). Tillie pulled what she could find into a collection: https://archiveofourown.org/collections/AnabaptistFics If you've never read fan fiction, you can explore AO3 without an account: https://archiveofourown.org/, and/or register for an account for free if you become as invested in your fic reading as the three of us have. Fan fiction also exists on sites like WattPad, Fanfiction.net and Tumbler. We don't discuss fanfic etiquette in the episode so posting it here: if you choose to read fics on any fan fic site, remember these authors are working for free: leave a comment or kudos if you like it, and close the tab if you don't. We always love hearing from listeners! You can reach us at plainwrongpod at gmail.com, or on Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook.If you want to help support the podcast financially, please consider joining our Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/plainwrongpod or buying merch at TeePublicFollow us: Twitter: https://twitter.com/plainwrongpodInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/plainwrongpod/ Website: http://plainwrongpod.com/ “Just Plain Wrong” is produced, written and edited by Erin Milanese, Abby Nafziger and Matilda Yoder. Our intro music is played by Erin, and the outro by Miriam Augsburger. Both are "arrangements" of the Doxology from the Mennonite Hymnal. Logo design by Ida Yoder Short. Canva design (used for Social Media posts in Season 4 -6) by Abigail Adams.
Transcribe →Mennonites like to gossip: Discussing the movie Amish Stud
May 2701:00:44Tap to summarizeThis week, the MennoBrarians discuss the Netflix movie, Amish Stud, a fictionalized story of the murder of Barbara Weaver in Wayne County, OH. Her husband, Eli Weaver, was convicted of her murder along with Barb Raber, a Mennonite woman who drove for the Amish and was having an affair with Eli. We chat true crime, Lifetime-style movies, and lots more. We always love hearing from listeners! You can reach us at plainwrongpod at gmail.com, or on Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook.If you want to help support the podcast financially, please consider joining our Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/plainwrongpod or buying merch at TeePublicFollow us: Twitter: https://twitter.com/plainwrongpodInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/plainwrongpod/ Website: http://plainwrongpod.com/ “Just Plain Wrong” is produced, written and edited by Erin Milanese, Abby Nafziger and Matilda Yoder. Our intro music is played by Erin, and the outro by Miriam Augsburger. Both are "arrangements" of the Doxology from the Mennonite Hymnal. Logo design by Ida Yoder Short. Canva design (used for Social Media posts in Season 4 -6) by Abigail Adams.
Transcribe →Bonus episode! Some comments on our Hymn Snake Draft selections
May 2200:06:26Tap to summarizeThe MennoBrarians first bonus episode?! This short episode is a continuation of our conversation with Bradley Kauffman from the Voices Together hymnal project, in which he provides some comments / feedback on two of the hymns selected in our hymn snake draft: There's a Wild Hope in the Wind and We are People of God's Peace. We always love hearing from listeners! You can reach us at plainwrongpod at gmail.com, or on Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook.If you want to help support the podcast financially, please consider joining our Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/plainwrongpod or buying merch at TeePublicFollow us: Twitter: https://twitter.com/plainwrongpodInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/plainwrongpod/ Website: http://plainwrongpod.com/ “Just Plain Wrong” is produced, written and edited by Erin Milanese, Abby Nafziger and Matilda Yoder. Our intro music is played by Erin, and the outro by Miriam Augsburger. Both are "arrangements" of the Doxology from the Mennonite Hymnal. Logo design by Ida Yoder Short. Canva design (used for Social Media posts in Season 4 -6) by Abigail Adams.
Transcribe →Joyful, Illuminating, Nerdy: A Conversation with Bradley Kauffman about Hymns and the Voices Together Hymnal
May 1301:11:50Tap to summarizeThis week the MennoBrarians are joined by Bradley Kauffman, who was the project director for the Voices Together Mennonite Hymnal (aka "the purple hymnal") that was published in 2020. We chat about hymns and hymnals, the hymnal selection process, modern hymn writers / composers and much much more. We always love hearing from listeners! You can reach us at plainwrongpod at gmail.com, or on Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook.If you want to help support the podcast financially, please consider joining our Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/plainwrongpod or buying merch at TeePublicFollow us: Twitter: https://twitter.com/plainwrongpodInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/plainwrongpod/ Website: http://plainwrongpod.com/ “Just Plain Wrong” is produced, written and edited by Erin Milanese, Abby Nafziger and Matilda Yoder. Our intro music is played by Erin, and the outro by Miriam Augsburger. Both are "arrangements" of the Doxology from the Mennonite Hymnal. Logo design by Ida Yoder Short. Canva design (used for Social Media posts in Season 4 -6) by Abigail Adams.
Transcribe →Alto Part Problems: Drafting our favorite Mennonite hymns
Apr 2900:46:31Tap to summarizeThis week, the Mennobrarians chat about favorite Mennonite hymns, including holiday, hymn sing faves, and funeral songs. We always love hearing from listeners! You can reach us at plainwrongpod at gmail.com, or on Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook.If you want to help support the podcast financially, please consider joining our Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/plainwrongpod or buying merch at TeePublicFollow us: Twitter: https://twitter.com/plainwrongpodInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/plainwrongpod/ Website: http://plainwrongpod.com/ “Just Plain Wrong” is produced, written and edited by Erin Milanese, Abby Nafziger and Matilda Yoder. Our intro music is played by Erin, and the outro by Miriam Augsburger. Both are "arrangements" of the Doxology from the Mennonite Hymnal. Logo design by Ida Yoder Short. Canva design (used for Social Media posts in Season 4 -6) by Abigail Adams.
Transcribe →Why is there a Maypole? Discussing episodes of Glenn Martin, DDS & 2 Broke Girls
Apr 1500:50:52Tap to summarizeThis week, the MennoBrarians watch some TV shows! The first show we review is season 1, ep 2 of Glenn Martin, DDS, a cartoon show about a family traveling the country in a mobile dentistry RV. In this episode, Glenn decides his children are addicted to technology, and that the solution is to live briefly with the Amish. In the second half of the episode we discuss 2 Broke Girls, season 2 episode 7. The show follows two young women living in Brooklyn. In this ep, two young Amish men visit the restaurant they work at saying they are on Rumspringa, and are recruited to build a stable for a horse. We also chat about if / what sitcoms could do better if they want to do an "Amish" episode, our favorite Catherine O'Hara shows/movies (it's relevant! promise!), and much more. We always love hearing from listeners! You can reach us at plainwrongpod at gmail.com, or on Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook.If you want to help support the podcast financially, please consider joining our Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/plainwrongpod or buying merch at TeePublicFollow us: Twitter: https://twitter.com/plainwrongpodInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/plainwrongpod/ Website: http://plainwrongpod.com/ “Just Plain Wrong” is produced, written and edited by Erin Milanese, Abby Nafziger and Matilda Yoder. Our intro music is played by Erin, and the outro by Miriam Augsburger. Both are "arrangements" of the Doxology from the Mennonite Hymnal. Logo design by Ida Yoder Short. Canva design (used for Social Media posts in Season 4 -6) by Abigail Adams.
Transcribe →Nostalgic for our own podcast: Celebrating the 125th episode of Just Plain Wrong
Apr 100:44:42Tap to summarizeThis week is our 125th episode of Just Plain Wrong! We celebrate by doing a snake draft of our own podcast episodes selecting 1, the episode we would re-do if we could; 2, favorite media covered; 3, favorite interview; 4, favorite overall episode. We also chat about Sunday evening traditions, the most popular ep from each season, and lots more. We always love hearing from listeners! You can reach us at plainwrongpod at gmail.com, or on Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook.If you want to help support the podcast financially, please consider joining our Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/plainwrongpod or buying merch at TeePublicFollow us: Twitter: https://twitter.com/plainwrongpodInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/plainwrongpod/ Website: http://plainwrongpod.com/ “Just Plain Wrong” is produced, written and edited by Erin Milanese, Abby Nafziger and Matilda Yoder. Our intro music is played by Erin, and the outro by Miriam Augsburger. Both are "arrangements" of the Doxology from the Mennonite Hymnal. Logo design by Ida Yoder Short. Canva design (used for Social Media posts in Season 4 -6) by Abigail Adams.
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