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George Michael with Marcus McCann
<p>He turned a bright spark into a flame.<br/><br/>(Part 1 of 2!)<br/><br/>You can buy Marcus McCann's book, Park Cruising: What Happens When We Wander Off the Path, <a h...
Hoax Spectacular! with Chelsey Weber-Smith
<p>Sarah talks with Chelsey Weber-Smith, host of American Hysteria, about some of their favorite hoaxes—from the Loch Ness Monster to the Taco Liberty Bell—and ponder the valu...
BONUS Britney Spears Book Club with Eve Lindley
<p>Celebrity correspondent Eve Lindley came by to tell us about Britney Spears' memoir <em>The Woman in Me. </em>This is part one of a four-part saga we're currently...
The Oscars Streaker with Michael Schulman
<p>In 1974, Robert Opel ran naked through the Academy Awards telecast, and into American history. Today, Michael Schulman, a staff writer at The New Yorker and the author of O...
Balto with Blair Braverman
<p>Blair Braverman tells us how the legendary story of one good dog is actually a story of two good dogs. </p><p>Read Blair’s book, <a href='https://bookshop.org/p/books/small...
The Shoe Bomber with Miles Klee
<p>This week, writer Miles Klee tells us why we have to take our shoes off at the airport.</p><p>Read <a href=' https://www.rollingstone.com/author/miles-klee/'>Miles Klee at ...
Tiny Tim with Harmony Colangelo
<p>This week, Harmony Colangelo tiptoes through the tulips with us.<br/> <br/><b>You can find Harmony at </b><a href='https://podpeople.me/this-ends-at-prom'><b>This Ends at P...
The “Pro-Life” Movement with Megan Burbank
<p>During what should’ve been Roe v. Wade’s 51st birthday week, Sarah and reproductive health policy reporter Megan Burbank take a look at the movement, decades in the making,...
The Battle of the Sexes with Julie Kliegman
<p>Sarah teams up with writer and editor Julie Kliegman—author of the hotly anticipated book <a href='https://rowman.com/ISBN/9781538168066/Mind-Game-An-Inside-Look-at-the-Men...
The Exorcist with Marlena Williams
<p>The Exorcist turns 50 this week, so we invited Marlena Williams, author of Night Mother: A Personal and Cultural History of the Exorcist, to come tell us about the little p...
Influencers with Taylor Lorenz
<p>“The creatures outside looked from influencer to human, and from human to influencer, and from human to influencer again; but already it was impossible to say which was whi...
Cattle Mutilation with Rachel Monroe
<p>Mulder and Scully were busy this week, so Monroe and Marshall are on the case. Did UFOs really travel across the galaxy to experiment on American cows in the 1970s? And if ...
Amy Winehouse with Eve Lindley
<p>This week, celebrity correspondent Eve Lindley tells Sarah about why we should all be thankful for Amy Winehouse. Note: this episode depicts struggles with eating disorders...
Our Dearest Fears with Chelsey Weber-Smith
<p>This week, American Hysteria’s Chelsey Weber-Smith gives Sarah some exposure therapy.</p><p><b>You can find </b><a href='https://www.chelseywebersmith.com/'><b>Chelsey / Am...
A MASSIVE SÉANCE with American Hysteria in Portland, Oregon
<p>Come one, come all to the Aladdin theater in Portland, Oregon this December 6, for a collaboration with our BFF podcast American Hysteria!<br/><br/><em>Two podcasts combine...
Lizzie Borden with Princess Weekes
<p>Forty whacks with a wet noodle, Bart! This week, Princess Weekes tells Sarah the true story of the crime of the century… the nineteenth century, that is.</p><p><b>You can f...
Mindhunting with Sarah Weinman
<p>"What is it about the culture that has conditioned us to favor the wants and needs and desires, however horrible, of a serial murderer, as opposed to--most often--the ...
Changing Your Mind
<p>Here's one from our bonus vault: you sent in your stories about moments when you found yourselves changing your minds, and we listened. When do we do it? Why do we do ...
Sound of Freedom with Michael Hobbes AND Human Trafficking re-release
<p>Like so many other mostly imaginary topics, human trafficking is in the news again. Michael Hobbes—ever heard of him??—came by so Sarah could tell him about Sound of Freedo...
The Most Normal Girl in Cleveland with Heather Radke
<p>This week, Heather Radke brings us a tale of pageants, eugenics, and butts.<br/><br/><b>You can find Heather</b><a href='http://www.heatherradke.com/'><b> online here.</b><...
The Cottingley Fairies with Chelsey Weber-Smith
<p>This week, Sarah tells her favorite kind of story to American Hysteria’s Chelsey Weber-Smith: one where two girls hoaxed the world without trying very hard.<br/><br/><b>You...
Bonnie and Clyde (and Blanche and Buck) with Jamie Loftus
<p>“Why don’t something happen?” Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow died in 1934, but their legend gets bigger every year. This week, Jamie Loftus brings us back to reality with a...
Fleetwood Mac's Rumours with Carolyn Kendrick
<p>This week, we bring you a re-release from our bonus vault as Sarah tells Carolyn Kendrick about the making of Fleetwood Mac’s Rumours. We learn about the worlds of songwrit...
Renée Richards with Julie Kliegman
<p>This week, Sports Illustrated’s Julie Kliegman volleys with Sarah about trans athlete Renée Richards’s fight for her right to play in the U.S. Open. They also dig into how ...
Lesbian Seagulls with Lulu Miller
<p>Fly with us, lesbian seagull. This week Radiolab’s Lulu Miller brings us a story of queer nature and scientists in denial, featuring seagulls, penguins, rams, swans, dolphi...
The Hot Mess Express Spectacular!
<p>“I felt that empathy like it was directed towards me, and it helped me feel like my unhappiness was enough.” On our fifth anniversary, we asked for your stories about what ...
We Need to Talk About the New York Times with Tuck Woodstock
<p>“What if you were writing a profile on someone named Janet and I was your editor, and I was like, ‘I’m sorry, for balance, find someone who wants to kill Janet’?” This week...
Call for Anniversary Stories
<p>You’re Wrong About is five years old, and we want to hear your stories about the show! <br/><br/>Listen here for details, and submit your file to <a href='mailto:bimboanniv...
Debi Thomas with Leslie Gray Streeter
<p> In 1988, twenty-year-old American figure skater Debi Thomas headed to the Calgary Olympics to face off against East German juggernaut Katarina Witt. In the process, she be...
Sinéad O'Connor with Allyson McCabe
<p>This week, we fight the real enemy with Allyson McCabe.<br/> <br/><b>Here's where to find Allyson </b><a href='https://www.allysonmccabe.com/'><b>online here</b></a><b...
What Even Is Justice? with Amanda Knox
<p>This week, national treasure Amanda Knox talks with Sarah about what the American legal system claims to be for, what it’s actually doing, and what might be possible in the...
Juvenile "Justice" with Josie Duffy Rice
<p>This week, criminal justice correspondent <a href='http://www.josieduffyrice.com/'>Josie Duffy Rice</a> dives into America’s obsession with prosecuting children. From 19th ...
Chris McCandless with Blair Braverman
<p>This week, survival correspondent Blair Braverman tells Sarah the story of a Supertramp. In 1996, Jon Krakauer's book Into the Wild described a young man, Chris McCand...
Spring Tour Announcement!
<p>You're Wrong About is going back on tour! We're doing a bunch of live shows in North America—me, producer and musician <a href='https://carolynkendrick.bandcamp.c...
Napster with Niko Stratis
<p>This week, a tale of two Shawns/Seans, their impossible dream, and the file sharing service that lived fast, died young, and helped create the internet as we know it. Plus,...
Karen Carpenter Part 2 with Carolyn Kendrick
<p>In this episode, Carolyn and Sarah follow Karen from the height of her fame through her struggle to find independence, her attempts at eating disorder recovery, and finally...
Valentine's Show A Go-Go Livestream announcement!
<p>Join us for a <a href='https://www.moment.co/yourewrongabout'>Valentine's Day live stream</a>, presented by Moment. <br/><br/>We'll be joined by <a href='http://w...
Trailer: Unreformed
<p>Extry! Extry! New podcast by Josie Duffy Rice!<br/><br/>—<br/><br/>In 1968, five Black girls escaped from the Alabama Industrial School for Negro Children, a so-called “ref...
Karen Carpenter Part 1 with Carolyn Kendrick
<p>Long ago and oh so far away, Carolyn and Sarah fell in love with Karen Carpenter when they saw her drum. We examine her meteoric rise. </p><p><b>CONTENT WARNING:</b> Karen ...
Baby Jessica with Blair Braverman
<p>On October 14, 1987, 18-month-old Jessica McClure fell down a well in Midland, Texas. This week, Sarah tells our survival correspondent, Blair Braverman, about the communit...
Beanie Babies with Jamie Loftus
<p>They’re winsome and soft and so fun to cuddle/ With one of Ty’s Beanie Babies, you could never go wrong/ But they were all born from a toxic puddle/ It really was capitalis...
Where Have All the Preppies Gone? with Avery Trufelman
<p>Put on your Docksiders for a stroll through history with Avery Trufelman, who shows us how Ivy style became “preppy,” and how preppy fashion escaped the campus and took ove...
The Movie Rating System with Karina Longworth
<p>How did Poltergeist get that PG rating? Podcast legend Karina Longworth, host of You Must Remember This, takes us on a wild ride through a century or so of Hollywood histor...
Flight 571: Survival in the Andes with Blair Braverman
<p>Our survival correspondent Blair Braverman is here to tell us the story of Uruguayan Air Force Flight 571, which crashed in the Andes on October 13, 1972. Of the 45 people ...
Your Abortion Stories
<p>“Abortion is healthcare and abortion is a human right. Abortion is racial justice. It’s economic justice. It’s at the intersection of every movement towards liberation. My ...
Online Shopping with Amanda Mull
<p>Why is it so hard to find the one thing you need? The Atlantic’s Amanda Mull is here to tell us the story of shopping, from the Silk Road to SHEIN hauls, and the story that...
We’ll be back next week! (And a tour update!)
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Hunting Serial Killers with Michael Hobbes
<p>This week, Mike and Sarah reunite to hunt for serial killers, and try to figure out whether they’re really endangered. Digressions include crow funerals, Carrie Bradshaw, a...
The Donner Party with Chelsey Weber-Smith
<p>You may:</p><p>1. Travel on the established trail<br/>2. Take the Hastings Cutoff</p><p>What is your choice?</p><p>Chelsey Weber-Smith (American Hysteria) tells Sarah about...
Henry Lee Lucas with Rachel Monroe
<p>This week we’re taking the back roads with Rachel Monroe, who tells us how the most prolific serial killer in American history may have been something much more ordinary—an...
Porn Wars with Nona Willis Aronowitz
<p>Here’s some money, go see a Porn War. This week we’re going on a field trip to Times Square with Nona Willis Aronowitz, author of Bad Sex, to learn about Deep Throat, “porn...
Eugenics with Eric Michael Garcia
<p>This week, Eric Michael Garcia tells Sarah about America’s barely forgotten pastime, plus the Supreme Court’s long history of horrifying decisions. Digressions include due ...
West Coast Tour Announcement
<p>This is a super quick message to let you know we'll be having a You're Wrong About West Coast mini tour in September.<br/><br/>We'll be going to Portland on ...
Go Ask Alice Part 3 with Rick Emerson and Carmen Maria Machado
<p>Sarah and Carmen complete their epic trilogy by meeting Rick Emerson on the edge of Mount Doom to discuss his book, <em>Unmask Alice</em>, and some of the story behind the ...
Go Ask Alice Part 2 with Carmen Maria Machado
<p>This week Carmen and Sarah read the rest of Alice’s bitchin' diary, and ponder the truths that only lies can tell. Digressions include Pamela and Clarissa, sadistic sw...
Martha Stewart with Sarah Archer
<p>This week we’re dishing up a mouthwatering feast of history, gossip, and white collar crime. Guest Sarah Archer tells the tale of Martha Stewart, a girl from New Jersey who...
The Dyatlov Pass Incident with Blair Braverman
<p>This week, Sarah tries to solve the mystery of the Dyatlov Pass Incident, in which nine experienced ski hikers fled their shelter and ran into the frigid night for reasons ...
The Prison Boom with Shannon Heffernan
<p>Where did all these prisons come from? WBEZ’s Shannon Heffernan is here to give us part of the answer, which involves “small government” (of course), Lennie Briscoe (as alw...
Go Ask Alice Part 1 with Carmen Maria Machado
<p>This week we begin our journey into the totally true not at all made up diary that has been scaring America’s teens for fifty years. Digressions include Jell-O, magic mushr...
Medieval Torture with Dana Schwartz
<p>We want to play a game. This week, Dana Schwartz stuffs us in an iron maiden and explains why the most famous Medieval torture devices are none of the above. Digressions in...
How Email Took Over the World with Anne Helen Petersen
<p>How did the information superhighway get so gridlocked? Guest Anne Helen Petersen tells Sarah the story of how email took over the world and our working lives, and what it ...
Juliet's Balcony with Chelsey Weber-Smith
<p>What do Chopin, Kylie Jenner, baby carrots, and the War of the Worlds all have in common? They’re all part of Sarah and Chelsey Weber-Smith’s speedrun through common misco...
Ronald Reagan and "The Welfare Queen" with Laci Mosley
<p>Laci Mosley (<em>Scam Goddess</em>) tells Sarah about Linda Taylor and the origins of the Welfare Queen myth ("the build the wall" of the 70s). They also discuss ...
Bonus: Groundhog Day with Josh Gondelman
<p>What if there is no tomorrow? There wasn’t one today. Josh Gondelman is here to laugh and cry with us, and to unpack the heaps of big feelings in <em>Groundhog Day</em>. <...
CSI: Junk Science with Josie Duffy Rice
<p>Josie Duffy Rice and Sarah discuss the role of junk science in the criminal justice system. It is a big turkey to carve up and Josie serves Sarah a bleakly empowering feast...
Winter Book Club: The Amityville Horror Part 3 with Jamie Loftus
<p>In this <b>final installment</b> of the <em>Amityville Horror Winter Book Club</em>, Sarah tells guest host Jamie Loftus about Jodie the Demon Pig's scary hooves, the ...
Tom Cruise on Oprah’s couch with Willa Paskin
<p>Willa Paskin (of Slate's <em>Decoder Ring</em>) brings Sarah back to 2005, when Tom Cruise jumping on a couch became the talk of the town.<br/> <br/><b><em>We will ret...
Talking Tammy Faye Bakker with Jessica Chastain
<p>Jessica Chastain and Sarah discuss Tammy Faye Bakker. Chastain is the star and a producer of the new film <em>The Eyes of Tammy Faye</em>. </p><p>After Jessica and Sarah’s ...
Winter Book Club: The Amityville Horror Part 2 with Jamie Loftus
<p>Sarah continues telling guest host Jamie Loftus about the Amityville Horror, and the two touch on ghosts, fallen angels, poltergeists, the space race and intimidating pictu...
Winter Book Club: The Amityville Horror Part 1 with Jamie Loftus
<p>Sarah tells guest host Jamie Loftus about the Amityville Horror, how it’s a Christmas story, and why buying murder furniture might not be such a great idea.<br/> <br/><b>He...
Reconstruction with Jamelle Bouie
<p>Jamelle Bouie explains to Sarah what the Reconstruction era was, why it remains relevant today, and how this history lesson is one that could get some high school teachers ...
True Crime with Emma Berquist
<p>Emma Berquist stops by to tell us about how true crime doesn't have to make us better people, and in fact may be more harmful to us than we realize—but we don't l...
Ed and Lorraine Warren with Jamie Loftus
<p>Special Guest Jamie Loftus tells Sarah about Ed and Lorraine Warren (of <em>The Conjuring</em> and <em>Annabelle</em> fame). Topics of interest include Connecticut as a loc...
Catherine the Great with Dana Schwartz
<p>Special guest Dana Schwartz tells Sarah about Catherine the Great. Topics of interest include the very not great life of serfs, the accidental flattening of women via the g...
Mike Lives in a Downtown Hotel
<p>An announcement!<br/><br/>Support us:<br/><a href='https://patreon.com/yourewrongabout'>Hear bonus episodes on Patreon</a><br/><a href='https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/your...
Bonus: The Great Protein Fiasco
<p>From our friends at Maintenance Phase, the story of how Nestlé executives, global health institutions and a very racist white lady seeded a nutritional myth we're stil...
The McDonald's Hot Coffee Case
<p>Mike tells Sarah how a tragic story became a national punchline and a decades-long moral panic. Digressions include a sympathetic psychic, a paternalistic principal and a m...
Re-Release: Dan Quayle vs. Murphy Brown
<p>While our next episode's in the oven, enjoy this gem from the YWA vault!<br/><br/>Support us:<br/><a href='http://patreon.com/yourewrongabout'>Subscribe on Patreon</a...
The O.J. Simpson Trial: Runaway Grand Jury
<p>This week, the defense hires Alan Dershowitz, Marcia Clark questions witnesses and Jill Shively tries to get a salad. Digressions include narcissism, "Hard Copy" ...
Summer Book Club: "The Satan Seller" (The Debunking!)
<p>This week we debunk Mike Warnke right out of his cabin and into the lake, using Cornerstone Magazine’s long overdue exposé as our guide. Digressions include "Star Trek...
Summer Book Club: "The Satan Seller" (Part 3)
<p>We finish our San Bernardino joyride through Mike Warnke’s 1972 “memoir” with a hex, a horrible crime and a Satanic celebrity cameo. Digressions include digressions include...
Summer Book Club: "The Satan Seller" (Part 2)
<p>We continue our journey through Mike Warnke's 1972 "memoir" about his rise through the ranks of Satan Inc. This week, Mike gets a promotion, attends a regio...
Summer Book Club: "The Satan Seller" (Part 1)
<p>Sarah and Mike return to Camp You're Wrong About for another Satanic Panic story hour. This time we're talking about Mike Warnke's 1972 "memoir" ab...
Cancel Culture
<p>Mike and Sarah have big feelings about an enduring debate. Digressions include “Carrie,” party planning etiquette and Whole Foods cafeterias. Sarah’s sound quality changes ...
The Chicks vs. The Iraq War
<p>Mike tells Sarah about an impending conflict, a dissident singer and America's first internet-enabled cancellation. Digressions include "Freedom Fries" and 1...
"Political Correctness"
<p>Mike tells Sarah how liberal magazines turned a "kids these days" moral panic into a national crisis. Digressions include Law & Order, Dave Foley and swimming...
The O.J. Simpson Trial: From the Mixed-Up Files of Mr. F. Lee Bailey
<p>Bob Shapiro is on a mission from God, F. Lee Bailey joins the Dream Team, and we get in our DeLorean to meet two of the most notorious Florida Men of the '60s: Carl Co...
Vanessa Williams Part 2: Saving The Best For Last
<p>Special guest Cassie da Costa tells Mike and Sarah how Vanessa fell from grace and picked herself back up. Digressions include Stephen Sondheim, Rush Limbaugh and Joan Rive...
Bonus: Dr. Oz
<p>Mike reached new levels of rantiness on his other show and we wanted to make sure all our beloved debunkmates knew. PLUS: A special announcement! <br/><br/>Subscribe to Mai...
Vanessa Williams Part 1: Becoming Miss America
<p>Mike tells Sarah how a 20-year-old singer, actress and French horn player became Miss America with less than six months of practice. Digressions include Ted Bundy, Stephen ...
Bonus: "The Dark Knight"
<p>Sarah's other show has a special guest! Maintenance Phase co-host Aubrey Gordon visits Why Are Dads to talk about Christopher Nolan, trash masculinity and the dwindlin...
The O.J. Simpson Trial: The DeLorean Detour
<p>To tell the story of the "dream team" we must begin by going back to the future. This week we learn why O.J. Simpson fired the man who defended John DeLorean and ...
Tipper Gore vs. Heavy Metal: The Hearing
<p>Mike tells Sarah the real reason Congress called a bunch of rockers to Washington D.C. Digressions include cartoon violence, sleeveless tees and Trixie Mattel. Van Halen&ap...
Tipper Gore vs. Heavy Metal: The Case Against "Porn Rock"
<p>Mike tells Sarah how a congressional wife started a moral crusade. Digressions include Sheena Easton, Satanic rhymes and teen homicide statistics. Ozzy Osbourne's bat ...
The Anti-Vaccine Movement
<p>Special guest Eric Michael Garcia tells Mike and Sarah about the deep roots of a pernicious modern myth. Digressions include Mary Tyler Moore, British place names and super...
The O.J. Simpson Trial: The Arraignmaker
<p>This week, we put on our suits and head back to the courtroom. O.J. Simpson pleads not guilty, Marcia Clark finishes questioning Kato Kaelin and Bob Shapiro continues to fu...
Shannon Faulkner & Sex Discrimination at The Citadel
<p>Mike tells Sarah how a troll-ish experiment turned a South Carolina teenager into one of the most maligned women of the 1990s. Digressions include Sally Ride, Anne Hathaway...
The O.J. Simpson Trial: My Fair Paula
<p>This week we talk about the early days of Paula and O.J.’s relationship and the celebrity cameos reach either a high or a low point. Digressions include date etiquette, ca...
The O.J. Simpson Trial: Paula Escapes From L.A.
<p>This week we return to the O.J. Simpson trial and learn what Paula Barbieri did after the Bronco chase. Digressions include fish, beef and grocery shopping while conventio...
The Stanford Prison Experiment
<p>Mike tells Sarah the complicated story of an over-simplified study. Digressions include Tonya Harding, "The Meg" and Kitty Genovese. The Milgram obedience studies...
