You're Wrong About

By Michael Hobbes & Sarah Marshall

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01.18.2021

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 and, as usual, "Newsies." Mike struggles with the word "infirmary"...

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01.18.2021 Shannon Faulkner & Sex Discrimination at The Citadel 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 and, as usual, "Newsies." Mike struggles with the word "infirmary"...
01.11.2021 The O.J. Simpson Trial: My Fair Paula 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, cat scams and room-temperature Diet Coke. Mike has his head in ...
12.28.2020 The O.J. Simpson Trial: Paula Escapes From L.A. 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 conventionally attractive. Neither co-host has a firm grasp on the meaning of the ...
12.21.2020 The Stanford Prison Experiment Mike tells Sarah the complicated story of an over-simplified study. Digressions include Tonya Harding, "The Meg" and Kitty Genovese. The Milgram obedience studies and the "broken windows" theory of policing receive bonus debunkings. Thanks to Thibault...
12.07.2020 Losing Relatives to Fox News Mike tells Sarah what makes older Americans more vulnerable to misinformation — and who is delivering it to them. Digressions include "Supernatural," the Rachel and a fake university in Pennsylvania. We recorded this episode before the election but...
11.30.2020 The Newsboys' Strike of 1899 (Part 2) Sarah tells Mike about the thrilling conclusion to a children’s labor action and an overlooked Disney musical. Digressions include cronuts, carrier pigeons and Sylvester Graham’s crackers. Both hosts agree that they love saying the word "papes."Most of...
11.23.2020 The Newsboys' Strike of 1899 (Part 1) Sarah tells Mike about media history, labor organizing, century-old moral panics — and the unlikely Disney musical that introduced her to all three. Digressions include Sting, "The Princess Bride" and 19th century graphic design. Both co-hosts recount...
11.19.2020 Bonus: The "Twinkie Defense" Was Harvey Milk's killer really given a light sentence after claiming that junk food made him do it? Mike's spinoff podcast, Maintenance Phase, dives into the rumor and finds a very You're Wrong About twist. Subscribe to Maintenance Phase here:...
11.16.2020 The Electoral College Topical episode! Special guest Jamelle Bouie tells Sarah and Mike about his problematic Founding Father faves and the bewildering institution they handed down to us. Digressions include '70s lapels, "Reversal of Fortune" and the Eurovision Song Contest....
11.09.2020 Princess Diana Part 5: The Crash “You can be a hot mess express and still leave the world better than you found it.” In the final episode of our series, we talk about Diana’s untimely death and the everlasting conspiracy theories surrounding it. Digressions include RPGs, ...
11.02.2020 Princess Diana Part 4: The Divorce This week, Diana leaves the royal family with her reputation intact and her title slightly edited. Digressions include "Love Actually," "Pride and Prejudice" and Marie Antoinette. Both co-hosts reveal their staunch affirmative stance on wine moms....
10.31.2020 Halloween Re-Release: The Exxon Valdez Oil Spill What if the scariest thing in America is unfettered capitalism and unaccountable corporations? Sources: https://rottenindenmark.org/2018/06/30/the-exxon-valdez-oil-spill/Support us:...
10.29.2020 Bonus: Why Are Dads on "Terminator 2" Mike comes on Sarah’s new show to talk about robots, dads, the little metal hands guys and "Terminator 2: Judgment Day." An Oops! All Pop Culture episode of You’re Wrong About.Why Are Dads: https://linktr.ee/whyaredads
10.22.2020 Bonus: The President's Physical Fitness Test Mike has a new podcast! Here's the first episode, in which he debunks the absurd Cold War trauma factory that was once administered to 75% of American children. If you want to subscribe to Maintenance Phase, click here: http://maintenancephase.com
10.19.2020 Halloween Special: Creepy Encounters This week, Mike and Sarah dissect the Creepy Encounters subreddit and how to handle our creepy feelings in an unsafe time and place. Digressions include Carol Kane, McDonald's and Uber. Sarah wonders if human traffickers have taken serial killers’...
10.12.2020 Princess Diana Part 3: The Affairs This week, Diana swaps out her husband for a Horse Dude and Mike and Sarah act out other people's PG-13 dirty talk. Digressions include shoulder pads, Billy Joel and "Seinfeld" (twice!). There's a moment 55 minutes in that is going ...
10.05.2020 Princess Diana Part 2: The Wedding This week, Diana gets married, joins her new family and meets the press. Digressions include Judy Garland, Edward Cullen and the AITA subreddit. Unfortunately, this episode includes detailed descriptions of suicide attempts and eating disorders. Here's...
09.28.2020 Princess Diana Part 1: The Courtship We start our new series with the story of a girl, a prince and the society that convinced them they liked each other. Digressions include camels, Beyoncé and the idiosyncrasies of British place names. We're sorry to say that this ...
09.21.2020 Killer Clowns For our 100th episode, American Hysteria host Chelsey Weber-Smith visits our campfire to tell us about the time America was besieged by a killer clown panic ... and then the time it happened all over again. Digressions include Jon Stewart, ...
09.14.2020 Tuskegee Syphilis Study Part 2: The Truth “It’s like these men are being held in a bubble as science marches forward.” Mike tells Sarah how one of history's most unethical experiments came crashing down. Digressions include the history of penicillin, the power of TV movies and the ...
09.08.2020 Tuskegee Syphilis Study Part 1: The Lie Mike tells Sarah about the longest "non-therapeutic" experiment in medical history. Digressions include deep fried ice cream, Kato Kaelin and a hot-yoga cabinet. As a warning, this episode contains long quotes from eugenic memos and detailed...
08.31.2020 Deep Dive Week 4: Nancy Grace v. The Constitution This week, Sarah makes a Nancy Grace-style argument against the prosecution. Digressions include '90s romantic comedies, Betty Broderick and flatscreen TVs.Support us:Subscribe on PatreonDonate on PaypalBuy cute T-shirts
08.27.2020 Bonus Episode! Sarah’s New Podcast “Why Are Dads” Sarah tells Mike about her new foray into Dad Studies and, for the second time this week, discusses a horror movie about families from 1975 and sings a little.Subscribe! https://linktr.ee/whyaredads
08.24.2020 The Stepford Wives Sarah tells Mike about the real-life conspiracy written between the lines of a 1970s horror novel. Digressions include "Rosemary's Baby (again), Disney World (of course), a brief history of the American pharmaceutical industry and a long recipe for...
08.10.2020 Wayfair and Human Trafficking Statistics In another "mini" episode that accidentally turned mega, Mike tells Sarah about the Wayfair conspiracy theory and the sketchy statistical screenshots that have shown up in its wake. Digressions include "Inside Llewyn Davis," Miranda Priestley and (sigh)...
08.03.2020 Disco Demolition Night Mike tells Sarah how a silly sports promotion galvanized a reactionary movement. Digressions include “Charlotte’s Web,” Jane Fonda and German-language musicals. Songs are dissected; the honor of David Bowie and late-night salad bars are defended. Huge thanks to historians Tavia ...
07.27.2020 Murder Mike tells Sarah about the most common forms of violence in America and how they differ (twist!) from what gets shown on TV. Digressions include Perry Mason, “It’s A Wonderful Life” and fruit-toting strategies. Mike appears not to understand the ...
07.20.2020 Deep Dive Week 3: Nancy Grace v. The Jury This week, Sarah walks Mike through Nancy Grace’s prosecution of American juries. Cameos include Mark Geragos (again), O.J. Simpson (inevitably) and Jessica Hahn (thank God). Gus Van Sant’s masterpiece "To Die For" is discussed at length. Support...
07.16.2020 Bonus Episode! Sarah and Mike on "The Feminist Present" Podcast Sarah and Mike tell Laura and Adrian about how we met, how we research and what we would say to Jessica Simpson if we ever met her.Support us:Subscribe on PatreonDonate on PaypalBuy cute T-shirtsFollow the The Feminist Present here:...
07.13.2020 Deep Dive Week 2: Nancy Grace v. The Defense This week, Nancy reveals her distaste for Scott Peterson and due process. Digressions include prison fashion, Batman and Saddam Hussein. Sarah finds her first Satanic cult. This episode includes detailed descriptions of violent crimes.
07.06.2020 Koko The Gorilla “It’s interesting that we became enthusiastic about ASL in the process of teaching it to a population that couldn’t benefit from it.”Mike tells Sarah about a very special ape and the very problematic humans around her. Digressions include video dating,...
06.29.2020 Courtney Love Special guest Candace Opper tells Mike and Sarah how a grunge star became the protagonist in one of America's most persistent conspiracy theories. Digressions include Neil Young, protest songs and the coolest baby of the 1990s. Mike continues to mine ...
06.25.2020 "The Prom Mom" Sarah tells Mike about Melissa Drexler, the New Jersey teenager who (according to George F. Will) killed her newborn baby due to the influence of Metallica and the United States Supreme Court. Digressions include Robin Williams, “Citizen Ruth” and Ted ...
06.18.2020 Deep Dive: Nancy Grace's "Objection!" (Week 1) Sarah tells Mike how a superhero’s genesis was a supervillain’s origin story all along. In our new deep dive, we tackle Nancy Grace’s “Objection!” and debate how defendants should behave at trial, why prosecutors seem to make good daytime TV ...
06.17.2020 The O.J. Simpson Trial: The Bronco Chase On June 17, 1994, the world screeched to a halt so 95 million Americans could watch a white SUV crawl through L.A. Today, we finally talk about the infamous Bronco chase, the men inside the car and the myth they ...
06.08.2020 Quarantine Deep Dive: Jessica Simpson’s “Open Book” (The Conclusion!) This week, we complete our Jessica Simpson book club with the appearance of a new man who triggers some old anxieties. Digressions include Dolly Parton, mom jeans and a forgotten Hollywood power couple. We talk about “Garden State” longer than ...
06.04.2020 Re-Release: The Stonewall Uprising In honor of Pride Month and revolutions past, present, and future, we're re-releasing our episode on the Stonewall Uprising. Let the sunshine in.
06.01.2020 Anastasia Special guest Dana Schwartz tells Mike and Sarah how a short, brutal story became an enduring myth. Digressions include Titanic nostalgia, Princess Jasmine and Dr. Phil. A significant portion of the episode is dedicated to Rasputin, Russia’s greatest love machine.
05.28.2020 Quarantine Deep Dive: Jessica Simpson’s “Open Book” (Week 3) We discuss Jessica's reality-show marriage and its painfully ordinary end. Digressions include "Showgirls," "The Notebook" and Adam Levine. "Hamlet" makes an appearance; Willie Nelson and Lynda Carter give sage advice. Mike apologizes for things out of his control.
05.25.2020 The Disappearance of Chandra Levy “It’s a mess and a nightmare and maybe it’s disingenuous to think you can turn the story of someone being murdered into anything else.” Mike tells Sarah about a missing intern, a shady politician and a nationwide obsession. Digressions include ...
05.14.2020 Quarantine Deep Dive: Jessica Simpson’s “Open Book” (Week 2) “Her parents’ financial success is dependent on her abdomen.” This week, Jessica moves to L.A., records a video and meets a boy. The celebrity cameos escalate. Digressions include overalls, werewolves and Judy Garland. This episode unfortunately contains detailed descriptions of ...
05.07.2020 Quarantine Deep Dive: Jessica Simpson’s “Open Book” (Week 1) Our journey through late-'90s pop stardom begins with an intervention and ends with an audition. Digressions include Willie Nelson, Ozzy Osbourne, Jane Fonda and the cast of the Mickey Mouse Club. Sarah’s English degree and exercise habits make appearances. This ...
05.04.2020 The Y2K Bug Mike tells Sarah how an obscure technical glitch became a nationwide mobilization. Digressions include Twitter beefs, “The Net” and VHS pricing. We spend much of the episode roasting our own work from the relatively recent past. Correction: It seems the ...
04.30.2020 Quarantine Book Club: “Michelle Remembers” (Week 5) We conclude our book club with Michelle's escape from the dungeon. The dead baby trend continues; Jesus, the Virgin Mary and Satan’s fingernails make brief appearances. Digressions include Dustin Hoffman, “Total Eclipse of the Heart” and things that rhyme with ...
04.27.2020 The O.J. Simpson Trial: When Kato Met Marcia Sarah tells Mike about the clash of the titans, the fury at the grand jury. We follow Kato, the wise fool of the kingdom, for the week between the murders and the Bronco chase. Digressions include John Travolta, French kickboxing ...
04.23.2020 Quarantine Book Club: “Michelle Remembers” (Week 4) This week, our lithe psychiatrist takes his favorite patient hiking, a priest burns some furniture and Michelle tries to escape her remembering. This episode contains descriptions of kitten sacrifice, sexual abuse and three more dead babies.
04.16.2020 Quarantine Book Club: “Michelle Remembers” (Week 3) Sarah and Mike continue into the depths. With Dr. Pazder home from Mexico, he and Michelle continue their journey into her subconscious, and the stories continue to get weirder. This episode contains kitten sacrifice, and the first—but not the last—dead ...
04.13.2020 Marie Antoinette “What’s sad about her has nothing to do with the content of her character.” Special guest Dana Schwartz tells Mike and Sarah how an Austrian princess became a French scapegoat. Digressions include Rubik’s Cubes, Taylor Swift and Tom Stoppard. The ...
04.06.2020 Quarantine Book Club: “Michelle Remembers” (Week 2) Sarah and Mike continue their journey into the book that launched a thousand lawsuits. Michelle and Dr. Pazder’s relationship grows more troubling by the chapter. Digressions include orgy etiquette, sheepskin jackets and “Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom.” Neither ...
04.02.2020 The Exploding Ford Pinto Mike tells Sarah about a dying industry, a dangerous car and the Pulitzer Prize-winning article that misrepresented them both. Digressions include “Mission Impossible,” “Friday the 13th” and the naming conventions of academic articles. This episode contains a larger-than-usual number of ...

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You're Wrong About episodes:

Shannon Faulkner & Sex Discrimination at The Citadel

The O.J. Simpson Trial: My Fair Paula

The O.J. Simpson Trial: Paula Escapes From L.A.

The Stanford Prison Experiment

Losing Relatives to Fox News

The Newsboys' Strike of 1899 (Part 2)

The Newsboys' Strike of 1899 (Part 1)

Bonus: The "Twinkie Defense"

The Electoral College

Princess Diana Part 5: The Crash

Princess Diana Part 4: The Divorce

Halloween Re-Release: The Exxon Valdez Oil Spill

Bonus: Why Are Dads on "Terminator 2"

Bonus: The President's Physical Fitness Test

Halloween Special: Creepy Encounters

Princess Diana Part 3: The Affairs

Princess Diana Part 2: The Wedding

Princess Diana Part 1: The Courtship

Killer Clowns

Tuskegee Syphilis Study Part 2: The Truth

Tuskegee Syphilis Study Part 1: The Lie

Deep Dive Week 4: Nancy Grace v. The Constitution

Bonus Episode! Sarah’s New Podcast “Why Are Dads”

The Stepford Wives

Wayfair and Human Trafficking Statistics

Disco Demolition Night

Murder

Deep Dive Week 3: Nancy Grace v. The Jury

Bonus Episode! Sarah and Mike on "The Feminist Present" Podcast

Deep Dive Week 2: Nancy Grace v. The Defense

Koko The Gorilla

Courtney Love

"The Prom Mom"

Deep Dive: Nancy Grace's "Objection!" (Week 1)

The O.J. Simpson Trial: The Bronco Chase

Quarantine Deep Dive: Jessica Simpson’s “Open Book” (The Conclusion!)

Re-Release: The Stonewall Uprising

Anastasia

Quarantine Deep Dive: Jessica Simpson’s “Open Book” (Week 3)

The Disappearance of Chandra Levy

Quarantine Deep Dive: Jessica Simpson’s “Open Book” (Week 2)

Quarantine Deep Dive: Jessica Simpson’s “Open Book” (Week 1)

The Y2K Bug

Quarantine Book Club: “Michelle Remembers” (Week 5)

The O.J. Simpson Trial: When Kato Met Marcia

Quarantine Book Club: “Michelle Remembers” (Week 4)

Quarantine Book Club: “Michelle Remembers” (Week 3)

Marie Antoinette

Quarantine Book Club: “Michelle Remembers” (Week 2)

The Exploding Ford Pinto

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