Podcast
You're Wrong About
Hosted by Sarah Marshall · EN
Sarah is a journalist obsessed with the past. Every week she reconsiders a person or event that's been miscast in the public imagination.
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Santa Claus with Sarah Archer
Dec 23, 202401:03:54Summary ready'Twas (the night before) the night before Christmas/ And all through the show/ We await Sarah Archer with eyes all aglow/ To blow the dust off some old books from the shelf/ And tell us the tale of a jolly old elf.Where did he come from?/ Where is he going?/ We know you have questions/ So bundle up, if it's snowing/ And sing out your favorite holiday song/ (As ever, it was capitalism all along.) Sarah Archer's Website: https://www.sarah-archer.com/The Santa files (containing images referenced in the show):https://docs.google.com/document/d/10sMfEncIgfnHTInDCP_VfVYLBoxieuiQU9JhB3K6zNI/edit?tab=t.0Support You're Wrong About:Bonus Episodes on PatreonBuy cute merchWhere else to find us:Sarah's other show: You Are Good[YWA co-founder] Mike's other show: Maintenance PhaseLinks:https://www.sarah-archer.com/https://www.teepublic.com/stores/youre-wrong-abouthttps://www.paypal.com/paypalme/yourewrongaboutpodhttps://www.podpage.com/you-are-goodhttp://maintenancephase.comSupport the show
SummaryCola Wars with Miles Klee
Dec 12, 202401:16:22Summary readyMiles Klee can’t take it anymore. This week, a tale of corporate intrigue, world domination, and soda.Read Miles Klee at Rolling Stone.Support You're Wrong About:Bonus Episodes on PatreonBuy cute merchWhere else to find us:Sarah's other show, You Are GoodLinks:https://www.rollingstone.com/author/miles-klee/http://patreon.com/yourewrongabouthttps://www.teepublic.com/stores/youre-wrong-abouthttps://www.paypal.com/paypalme/yourewrongaboutpodhttps://www.podpage.com/you-are-goodSupport the show
SummaryElizabeth Báthory with Princess Weekes
Nov 6, 202401:11:32Summary ready"Our alleged serial killers deserve better than this." Was Elizabeth Báthory the most prolific serial killer of all time, or was she just in the wrong place at the wrong time? Do we even have the tools to know? And what about that bathing in the blood of virgins thing? Lizzie correspondent Princess Weekes is here with your election night distract-a-thon. Princess' YouTube Channel https://www.youtube.com/@Princess_Weekes"Tall, Dark and Racially Ambiguous" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xvg5nShcAOUFind Princess on Blueskyhttps://bsky.app/profile/princesmweekes.bsky.socialCome see our live show with American Hysteria, A Massive Seance https://linktr.ee/amassiveseance Support You're Wrong About:Bonus Episodes on PatreonBuy cute merchWhere else to find us:Sarah's other show: You Are GoodLinks:Princess' YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@Princess_Weekes"Tall, Dark and Racially Ambiguous" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xvg5nShcAOUPrincess on Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/princesmweekes.bsky.socialA Massive Seance: https://linktr.ee/amassiveseanceBuy Cute YWA Merch: https://www.teepublic.com/stores/youre-wrong-aboutPaypal: https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/yourewrongaboutpodPatreon: https://www.patreon.com/yourewrongaboutYou Are Good: https://www.podpage.com/you-are-goodSupport the show
SummaryHalloween History with Chelsey Weber-Smith
Oct 24, 202401:21:44Summary readyBlack cats and goblins and broomsticks and ghosts/ Covens of witches with all of their hosts/ You may think they scare me, you're probably right/ But American Hysteria's Chelsey Weber-Smith is on the show tonight. It's a tale of mischief, mayhem, and adults trying to keep their kids safe by nailing meat to the walls. What is Halloween? Can there be treats without tricks? And does it really count if no one's house gets egged?If you liked this episode, consider attending A Massive Seance. https://linktr.ee/amassiveseanceAmerican Hysteria:WebsiteI Was a Teenage PoltergeistThe 12 ft. SkeletonHaunted DollsHaunted AttractionsSupport You're Wrong About:Bonus Episodes on PatreonBuy cute merchWhere else to find us:Sarah's other show: You Are GoodLinks:A Massive Seance: https://linktr.ee/amassiveseanceAmerican Hysteria: https://www.chelseywebersmith.comI Was a Teenage Poltergeist: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/i-was-a-teenage-poltergeist-with-sarah-marshall/id1441348407?i=1000672993059The 12 ft. Skeleton: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-12-ft-skeleton/id1441348407?i=1000632246272Haunted Dolls: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/haunted-dolls/id1441348407?i=1000583658020Haunted Attractions: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/haunted-attractions/id1441348407?i=1000538899680Buy Cute YWA Merch: https://www.teepublic.com/stores/youre-wrong-aboutPaypal: https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/yourewrongaboutpodPatreon: https://www.patreon.com/yourewrongabout You Are Good: https://www.podpage.com/you-are-goodSupport the show
SummaryA MASSIVE SEANCE Live Show Tour with American Hysteria
Oct 18, 202400:01:43Summary readyWhat could possibly go wrong when two skeptical podcasters try to summon a ghost? Join Sarah and Chelsey Weber-Smith (of American Hysteria) for a historical, theatrical, ecstatic spectacular for the living and dead. Hold hands with your favorite disembodied voices for a spiritualist séance* featuring fireside conversation, mystifying tricks, special guests, and music from The Little Lies – the only Fleetwood Mac tribute band that may actually be ghosts. This winter, we will release the phantoms of the past year and make room for the spirit of the new.Tickets are available here. https://linktr.ee/amassiveseanceDEC 3 + 4 | PORTLAND, OR | Aladdin TheaterDEC 11 | SEATTLE, WA | The Moore TheatreJAN 11 | SAN FRANCISCO, CA | Palace of Fine Arts TheaterJAN 24 | LOS ANGELES, CA | The Regent TheaterProduced in collaboration with Woody Shticks + Miranda Zickler*May contain exorcisms.Support the show
SummaryRevolutions and Resistance with Kellie Carter Jackson
Oct 12, 202401:04:50Summary readyKellie Carter Jackson, author of We Refuse: A Forceful History of Black Resistance, is here to take us on a trip through American history where we learn about revolutions, change, and joy not from a few white men, but from generations of Black women. Kellie Carter Jackson https://www.kelliecarterjackson.com/Read We Refuse https://www.kelliecarterjackson.com/we-refuseSupport You're Wrong About:Bonus Episodes on PatreonBuy cute merchWhere else to find us:Sarah's other show: You Are Good[YWA co-founder] Mike's other show: Maintenance PhaseLinks:https://www.kelliecarterjackson.com/https://www.kelliecarterjackson.com/we-refusehttps://www.teepublic.com/stores/youre-wrong-abouthttps://www.paypal.com/paypalme/yourewrongaboutpodhttps://www.podpage.com/you-are-goodhttp://maintenancephase.comSupport the show
SummaryLawrence v. Texas Part 2 with Marcus McCann
Sep 26, 202401:40:22Summary ready"Times can blind us to certain truths and later generations can see that laws once thought necessary and proper in fact serve only to oppress. As the Constitution endures, persons in every generation can invoke its principles in their own search for greater freedom." — Justice Anthony Kennedy This week, Marcus McCann brings us to the end of our story of a few good men who challenged Texas' anti-sodomy law, and ended up changing the law of the land—and we ask what becomes of the people who bring the rest of us closer to freedom.Dale Carpenter's book Flagrant Conduct: The Story of Lawrence v. Texas Marcus' book Park Cruising: What Happens When We Wander off the Path Support You're Wrong About:Bonus Episodes on PatreonBuy cute merchWhere else to find us:Sarah's other show: You Are Good[YWA co-founder] Mike's other show: Maintenance PhaseLinks:https://wwnorton.com/books/Flagrant-Conduct/https://houseofanansi.com/products/park-cruisinghttps://www.teepublic.com/stores/youre-wrong-abouthttps://www.paypal.com/paypalme/yourewrongaboutpodhttps://www.podpage.com/you-are-goodhttp://maintenancephase.comSupport the show
SummaryLawrence v. Texas Part 1 with Marcus McCann
Sep 18, 202401:06:47Summary readyOr, is it legal to have gay sex in your own home? This week, Marcus McCann takes us back to the 2003 Supreme Court case that challenged a Texas anti-sodomy law--with little stops along the way for Mexican food, the endowment of James Dean, and peevish police. (Part 2 coming next week!)Dale Carpenter's book Flagrant Conduct: The Story of Lawrence v. Texas Marcus' book Park Cruising: What Happens When We Wander off the Path Support You're Wrong About:Bonus Episodes on PatreonBuy cute merchWhere else to find us:Sarah's other show: You Are Good[YWA co-founder] Mike's other show: Maintenance PhaseLinks:https://wwnorton.com/books/Flagrant-Conduct/https://houseofanansi.com/products/park-cruisinghttps://www.teepublic.com/stores/youre-wrong-abouthttps://www.paypal.com/paypalme/yourewrongaboutpodhttps://www.podpage.com/you-are-goodhttp://maintenancephase.comSupport the show
SummaryThe Jane Collective with Moira Donegan
Sep 4, 202401:09:26Summary ready"As long as the law is male, women must be outlaws." — Linnea Johnson This week, Moira Donegan takes us back to Chicago in 1969, when an underground feminist collective got fed up with doctors, and started providing abortions themselves. Moira's podcast In Bed with the Right Moira in the Guardian Moira on the tradwifeSupport You're Wrong About:Bonus Episodes on PatreonBuy cute merchWhere else to find us:Sarah's other show: You Are GoodLinks:https://gender.stanford.edu/inbedhttps://www.theguardian.com/profile/moira-doneganhttps://www.bookforum.com/print/3004/lisa-selin-davis-s-confused-history-of-homemakers-25336https://www.teepublic.com/stores/youre-wrong-abouthttps://www.paypal.com/paypalme/yourewrongaboutpodhttps://www.podpage.com/you-are-goodSupport the show
SummaryDungeons & Dragons & The Satanic Panic with Adrian Daub
Aug 20, 202401:10:20Summary readyThis week we travel back to the 80s, when America’s parents decided to freak out over some kids rolling dice and drawing things on graph paper! Adrian Daub walks Sarah through the history of Dungeons & Dragons, and the panic it inspired. Content note: The story we're telling today also involves suicide; please listen with care. Find Adrian online here.Buy his book The Cancel Culture Panic here. And check out this delightful 60 Minutes segment about the dangers of Dungeons & Dragons from 1985.Support You're Wrong About:Bonus Episodes on PatreonBuy cute merchWhere else to find us:Sarah's other show: You Are GoodLinks:https://www.adriandaub.com/https://www.amazon.com/Cancel-Culture-Panic-American-Obsession/dp/1503640841/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QjnJ8dWin3ohttps://www.teepublic.com/stores/youre-wrong-abouthttps://www.paypal.com/paypalme/yourewrongaboutpodhttps://www.podpage.com/you-are-goodhttp://maintenancephase.comSupport the show
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