You're Wrong About
Mike and Sarah are journalists obsessed with the past. Every week they reconsider a person or event that's been miscast in the public imagination.
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 Rivers. The tyranny of abs is discussed at length.
Here's Cassie's episode of You Must Remember This and her website!
Support us:
Subscribe on Patreon
Donate on Paypal
Buy cute merch
Where else to find us:
Sarah's other show, Why Are Dads
Mike's other show, Maintenance Phase
Support the show (http://patreon.com/yourewrongabout)
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!
Subscribe to Maintenance Phase here
Subscribe to Sarah's other show, Why Are Dads, here
Support us:
Subscribe on Patreon
Donate on Paypal
Buy cute merch
Support the show (http://patreon.com/yourewrongabout)
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 King’s “It” and a bonus debunking of the "bra-burning feminist" trope. We're sorry to say that this episode includes a description of child sexual abuse.
Support us:
Subscribe on Patreon
Donate on Paypal
Buy cute merch
Where else to find us:
Sarah's other show, Why Are Dads
Mike's other show, Maintenance Phase
Clips!
Links!
- Vanessa and Helen’s memoir, “You Have No Idea”
- Margot Mifflin’s “Looking for Miss America”
- Vanessa Williams, Whitney Houston and Hollywood’s Misogynoir Problem
- Vanessa Williams: A Beauty Queen’s Crown of Thorns
- Miss America--The Inside Story
- First Black Miss America Finds Unforeseen Issues
- Ain’t I a Beauty Queen?: Black Women, Beauty, and the Politics of Race
- Life with Daughters: Watching the Miss America Pageant
- 'A Felony Just to Own': The Sleazy Story Behind Penthouse’s Most Controversial Issue
- There She Goes, Miss America
- Most Famous Miss America In History
- 1989 People magazine article
- In Black and White
- Putting on a Happy Face
Support the show (http://patreon.com/yourewrongabout)
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 dwindling number of non-problematic superheroes.
Where to find us:
Support us:
Subscribe on Patreon
Donate on Paypal
Buy cute merch
Support the show (http://patreon.com/yourewrongabout)
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 why a briefcase of cocaine isn’t always a smoking gun. Digressions include Bob’s Big Boy, Margaret Thatcher and the Fonz.
Support us:
Subscribe on Patreon
Donate on Paypal
Buy cute merch
Links!
- 1970 GTO Humbler commercial
- 1981 DeLorean commercial
- Howard Weitzman on John DeLorean in 2013
- The "better than gold" tape
- John DeLorean Reinvented The Dream Car. Then He Totaled It.
- Delorean is Freed
- Key Witness Against DeLorean Begins Testimony
- Government Paid Informer
Support the show (http://patreon.com/yourewrongabout)
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's "Hot for Teacher" and Twisted Sister's "We're Not Gonna Take It" are dissected at length.
Support us:
Subscribe on Patreon
Donate on Paypal
Buy cute merch
Links!
- The hearing transcript
- Dee Snider's memoir, " Shut Up and Give Me the Mic"
- Frank Zappa's memoir, "The Real Frank Zappa Book"
- Electric Don Quixote: The Definitive Story of Frank Zappa
- Music-Evoked Emotions—Current Studies
- Don’t Let The Man Get You Down: Rock and Roll and The Development of The Parents’ Music Resource Center
- Save the Children: The Parents’ Music Resource Center and Media Activism
- Highway to Hell: Laws, Lawsuits, and Moral Panic over Heavy Metal Music
- The Parents’ Music Resource Center: From Information to Censorship
- “Leer-Ics” or Lyrics: Teenage Impressions of Rock 'n' Roll
- Parental Advisory – Explicit Content: The Parents Music Resource Center, Conservative Music Censorship, and the Protection of Children
- Andrew Hartman’s A War for the Soul of America: A History of the Culture Wars
- The Effects of Violent Music on Children and Adolescents
- A Comparative Historical Analysis of Post-war Moral Panics and the Construction of Youth from 1938 to 2010
Support the show (http://patreon.com/yourewrongabout)
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 story is recounted in full.
Support us:
Subscribe on Patreon
Donate on Paypal
Buy cute merch
Links!
- Save the Children: The Parents’ Music Resource Center and Media Activism
- Everything you need to know about Ozzy Osbourne biting the head off a bat in Des Moines
- Highway to Hell: Laws, Lawsuits, and Moral Panic over Heavy Metal Music,
- The Emergence of Youth Suicide: An Epidemiologic Analysis and Public Health Perspective
- The Role of Gun Supply in 1980s and 1990s Youth Violence
- The Parents’ Music Resource Center: From Information to Censorship
- Parental Advisory – Explicit Content: The Parents Music Resource Center, Conservative Music Censorship, and the Protection of Children
- Andrew Hartman’s A War for the Soul of America: A History of the Culture Wars
- Trends in Premarital Sex in the United States, 1954–2003
- 'I'd Sell You Suicide': Pop Music and Moral Panic in the Age of Marilyn Manson
- A Comparative Historical Analysis of Post-war Moral Panics and the Construction of Youth from 1938 to 2010
- “Children Having Children,” the 1985 moral panic article in Time
Support the show (http://patreon.com/yourewrongabout)
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 supermodel dating habits. Mike finally gets to talk about Swedish statistical methods.
Here's some of Eric's work on autism and here's his book!
Support us:
Subscribe on Patreon
Donate on Paypal
Buy cute T-shirts
Support the show (http://patreon.com/yourewrongabout)
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 furrow his brow. Digressions include "Speed," the Kuleshov effect and the intentional boringness of American law. In the final ten minutes, we talk briefly about the crime scene and Marcia’s reaction to it.
If you'd like to see the arraignment footage for yourself it's here.
Support us:
Subscribe on Patreon
Donate on Paypal
Buy cute T-shirts
Support the show (http://patreon.com/yourewrongabout)
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" throughout.
The pictures of Shannon we discuss in this episode are here.
Support us:
Subscribe on Patreon
Donate on Paypal
Buy cute T-shirts
Links!
- Catherine Manegold's "In Glory's Shadow: Shannon Faulkner, the Citadel, and a Changing America"
- Susan Faludi’s “The Naked Citadel”
- Alexander Macaulay's "Marching In Step: The Citadel And Post World War II America" (which is excellent and Mike forgot to mention by name on the show! Sorry Alexander!)
- A Judicial Blow for "Jane Crowism" at The Citadel in Faulkner v. Jones
- The Citadel's Lone Wolf, Shannon Faulkner
- Surviving the Company of Men
- Shannon Faulkner and The Citadel: The Effects of Using Litigation as an Instrument of Social Reform
- Saving The Males: The Sociological Implications of the Virginia Military Institute and the Citadel
- Single-Sex Education: New Perspectives and Evidence on a Continuing Controversy
Support the show (http://patreon.com/yourewrongabout)
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 his hands for long periods.
In this episode we discuss domestic abuse, including the violence Nicole Brown Simpson experienced and the circumstances of her 911 calls.
Support us:
http://patreon.com/yourewrongabout
http://paypal.me/ywapodcast
https://www.teepublic.com/stores/youre-wrong-about?ref_id=10420
Support the show (http://patreon.com/yourewrongabout)
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 word "festive."
Links!
Support us:
http://patreon.com/yourewrongabout
http://paypal.me/ywapodcast
https://www.teepublic.com/stores/youre-wrong-about?ref_id=10420
Support the show (http://patreon.com/yourewrongabout)
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 Le Texier for helping us with this episode! Here's his book, "The History of a Lie," and the English-language summary, "Debunking the Stanford Prison Experiment."
Support us:
http://patreon.com/yourewrongabout
http://paypal.me/ywapodcast
https://www.teepublic.com/stores/youre-wrong-about?ref_id=10420
Links!
- The Original Study
- Philip Zimbardo's "The Lucifer Effect"
- Zimbardo's 1973 NYT article
- David Jaffee’s precursor study at Toyon Hall
- Ben Blum's "The Lifespan of a Lie"
- The Stanford prison experiment in introductory psychology textbooks: A content analysis
- The Real Lesson of the Stanford Prison Experiment
- Revisiting the Stanford Prison Experiment: Could Participant Self-Selection Have Led to the Cruelty?
- Interpersonal Dynamics in a Simulated Prison: A Methodological Analysis
- The Obedience Alibi: Milgram's Account of the Holocaust Reconsidered
- Obedience in Perspective: Psychology and the Holocaust
- Unchaining the Stanford Prison Experiment: Philip Zimbardo’s famous study falls under scrutiny
- The Secrets of Abu Ghraib Revealed: American Soldiers on Trial
Support the show (http://patreon.com/yourewrongabout)
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 tried not to make it too obvious.
Here's the article Mike wrote with all the research he did for this episode: https://www.huffpost.com/entry/internet-baby-boomers-misinformation-social-media_n_5f998039c5b6a4a2dc813d3d
Support us:
http://patreon.com/yourewrongabout
http://paypal.me/yourewrongabout
https://www.teepublic.com/stores/youre-wrong-about?ref_id=10420
Support the show (http://patreon.com/yourewrongabout)
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 the information in this episode comes from Sarah's two new favorite books, Vincent DiGirolamo’s “Crying the News” and David Nasaw’s “Children of the City.” And here's the link to the newsboy footage we watched: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2gatfLuD-Do
Support us:
http://patreon.com/yourewrongabout
http://paypal.me/yourewrongabout
https://www.teepublic.com/stores/youre-wrong-about?ref_id=10420
Support the show (http://patreon.com/yourewrongabout)
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 their extremely millennial work histories.
Support us:
http://patreon.com/yourewrongabout
http://paypal.me/yourewrongabout
https://www.teepublic.com/stores/youre-wrong-about?ref_id=10420
Support the show (http://patreon.com/yourewrongabout)
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: https://linktr.ee/maintenancephase
Support the show (http://patreon.com/yourewrongabout)
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. The filibuster rule and the three-fifths compromise receive bonus debunkings.
Support us:
http://patreon.com/yourewrongabout
http://paypal.me/yourewrongabout
https://www.teepublic.com/stores/youre-wrong-about?ref_id=10420
Support the show (http://patreon.com/yourewrongabout)
“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, Madonna and Tickle Me Elmo. This episode contains spoilers for the movie “The Queen.”
Here's the photos and clips we talked about in this episode:
https://rottenindenmark.org/2020/11/09/princess-diana-part-5/
Support us:
http://patreon.com/yourewrongabout
http://paypal.me/yourewrongabout
https://www.teepublic.com/stores/youre-wrong-about?ref_id=10420
Support the show (http://patreon.com/yourewrongabout)
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.
Here's the photos and clips we talked about in this episode:
https://rottenindenmark.org/2020/11/01/princess-diana-part-4-the-divorce/
Support us:
http://patreon.com/yourewrongabout
http://paypal.me/yourewrongabout
https://www.teepublic.com/stores/youre-wrong-about?ref_id=10420
Support the show (http://patreon.com/yourewrongabout)
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:
http://patreon.com/yourewrongabout
http://paypal.me/yourewrongabout
https://www.teepublic.com/stores/youre-wrong-about?ref_id=10420
Support the show (http://patreon.com/yourewrongabout)
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
Support the show (http://patreon.com/yourewrongabout)
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
Support the show (http://patreon.com/yourewrongabout)
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’ jobs.
Scheduling note: Diana is eating beans on toast and watching "EastEnders" this week. She will return soon.
Here's Mike's new podcast! http://maintenancephase.com
Links!
- "I was almost sex trafficked and didn’t realize until nearly a year later": https://www.reddit.com/r/creepyencounters/comments/fczs4t/i_was_almost_sex_trafficked_and_didnt_realize/
- "Homeless lady approaches my car while i’m eating alone at the Mcdonald’s, doesn’t realize i’m not stupid": https://www.reddit.com/r/creepyencounters/comments/eh8eme/homeless_lady_approaches_my_car_while_im_eating/
- "Do not let your Uber Driver cancel your ride while in the car": https://www.reddit.com/r/creepyencounters/comments/ilgh03/do_not_let_your_uber_driver_cancel_your_ride/
Support us:
http://patreon.com/yourewrongabout
http://paypal.me/yourewrongabout
https://www.teepublic.com/stores/youre-wrong-about?ref_id=10420
Support the show (http://patreon.com/yourewrongabout)
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 to make you feel very weird. As with previous installments, this episode contains detailed descriptions of disordered eating.
Here's the photos we talked about in this episode:
https://rottenindenmark.org/2020/10/11/princess-diana-part-3-the-affairs/
Support us:
http://patreon.com/yourewrongabout
http://paypal.me/yourewrongabout
https://www.teepublic.com/stores/youre-wrong-about?ref_id=10420
Support the show (http://patreon.com/yourewrongabout)
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.
Support us:
http://patreon.com/yourewrongabout
http://paypal.me/yourewrongabout
https://www.teepublic.com/stores/youre-wrong-about?ref_id=10420
Links!
- Andrew Morton's "Diana: Her True Story in Her Own Words"
- Tina Brown's "The Diana Chronicles"
- Sally Bedell Smith's "Prince Charles: The Passions and Paradoxes of an Improbable Life"
Support the show (http://patreon.com/yourewrongabout)
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 episode has detailed descriptions of disordered eating.
Support us:
http://patreon.com/yourewrongabout
http://paypal.me/yourewrongabout
https://www.teepublic.com/stores/youre-wrong-about?ref_id=10420
Links!
- Andrew Morton's "Diana: Her True Story in Her Own Words"
- Tina Brown's "The Diana Chronicles"
- Hillary Mantel's "Royal Bodies"
- Zoë Heller's "Where Prince Charles Went Wrong" (Mike said it was Adam Gopnik on the show! That sucks and he's sorry!)
Support the show (http://patreon.com/yourewrongabout)
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, "The Blair Witch Project" and John Wayne Gacy. Sarah coyly references the Hartford circus fire several times but no one seems to notice.”
If you want to skip the 100th-episode stuff, the Clown Content begins around 10:15.
Support us:
http://patreon.com/yourewrongabout
http://paypal.me/yourewrongabout
https://www.teepublic.com/stores/youre-wrong-about?ref_id=10420
Links!
American Hysteria: https://www.chelseywebersmith.com/americanhysteria
Chelsey's "Phantom Clowns" episode:
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/american-hysteria/id1441348407
https://open.spotify.com/show/4VjkwFSQpgnHwugtqJwSxD
Support the show (http://patreon.com/yourewrongabout)
“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 mysterious diagnosis of "Satan's crabs." This episode is happier than the last one, but still contains a lot of racist language and some grisly Nazi examples toward the beginning.
Support us:
http://patreon.com/yourewrongabout
http://paypal.me/yourewrongabout
https://www.teepublic.com/stores/youre-wrong-about?ref_id=10420
Links!
- Under the Shadow of Tuskegee: African Americans and Health Care
- Examining Tuskegee: The Infamous Syphilis Study and Its Legacy
- Bad Blood: The Tuskegee Syphilis Experiment
- Medical Apartheid: The Dark History of Medical Experimentation on Black Americans from Colonial Times to the Present
- The Tuskegee Syphilis Study: Medical Research versus Human Rights
- “There Wasn't a Lot of Comforts in Those Days:” African Americans, Public Health, and the 1918 Influenza Epidemic
- The Study Of Untreated Syphilis In The Negro Male
- Racism and Research: The Case of the Tuskegee Syphilis Study
- The 1972 Ebony article
- The Discovery of Penicillin—New Insights After More Than 75 Years of Clinical Use
- Syphilis Victims in U.S. Study Went Untreated for 40 Years
- The Rhetoric of Dehumanization: An Analysis of Medical Reports of The Tuskegee Syphilis Project
Support the show (http://patreon.com/yourewrongabout)
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 descriptions of medical racism. We promise to do a happier episode soon.
Huge thanks to Susan Reverby, Vanessa Northington Gamble and Lillian Head for helping Mike with the research for this episode!
Support us:
http://patreon.com/yourewrongabout
http://paypal.me/yourewrongabout
https://www.teepublic.com/stores/youre-wrong-about?ref_id=10420
Links!
- Under the Shadow of Tuskegee: African Americans and Health Care
- Examining Tuskegee: The Infamous Syphilis Study and Its Legacy
- Bad Blood: The Tuskegee Syphilis Experiment
- Medical Apartheid: The Dark History of Medical Experimentation on Black Americans from Colonial Times to the Present
- The Tuskegee Syphilis Study: Medical Research versus Human Rights
- Rethinking the Tuskegee Syphilis Study: Nurse Rivers, Silence and the Meaning of Treatment
- “There Wasn't a Lot of Comforts in Those Days:” African Americans, Public Health, and the 1918 Influenza Epidemic
- The Study Of Untreated Syphilis In The Negro Male
- Nurse Eunice Rivers: Marching to Doctor's Orders in the Tuskegee Syphilis Study in the Jim Crow South
- Racism and Research: The Case of the Tuskegee Syphilis Study
- The Tuskegee Syphilis Experiment: Medical Ethics, Constitutionalism, and Property in the Body
- The Tuskegee Syphilis Experiment: Biotechnology And The Administrative State
Support the show (http://patreon.com/yourewrongabout)
This week, Sarah makes a Nancy Grace-style argument against the prosecution. Digressions include '90s romantic comedies, Betty Broderick and flatscreen TVs.
Support us:
http://patreon.com/yourewrongabout
http://paypal.me/yourewrongabout
https://www.teepublic.com/stores/youre-wrong-about?ref_id=10420
Support the show (http://patreon.com/yourewrongabout)
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
Support the show (http://patreon.com/yourewrongabout)
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 stew.
Support us:
http://patreon.com/yourewrongabout
http://paypal.me/yourewrongabout
https://www.teepublic.com/stores/youre-wrong-about?ref_id=10420
Links!
- "She Touched Me" from "Drat! The Cat!" -- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G69_Fx_YVuU
- The Carousel of Progress- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CmrSiJTMf7s
- The Magic Worlds of Walt Disney – National Geographic August 1963 -- https://disneyavenue.wordpress.com/category/national-geographic-aug-63/
- "More Work for Mother" by Ruth Schwartz Cowan https://www.google.com/books/edition/More_Work_For_Mother/9YM1tAEACAAJ?hl=en
- "The Age of Anxiety" by Andrea Tone https://www.google.com/books/edition/The_Age_of_Anxiety/sgkXBQAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=age+of+anxiety&printsec=frontcover
- "The Battered Parent Syndrome" ad for Milton - http://www.bonkersinstitute.org/medshow/fembps1.html
- "The Magic Bullet" by Heather Radke, on Miltown - https://www.topic.com/the-magic-bullet
- "The Family That Built an Empire of Pain" by Patrick Radden Keefe, on the Sackler family -- https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2017/10/30/the-family-that-built-an-empire-of-pain
- "Dopesick" by Beth Macy https://www.google.com/books/edition/Dopesick/23BBDwAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=dopesick+macy&printsec=frontcover
Support the show (http://patreon.com/yourewrongabout)
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) Jeffrey Epstein. This episode contains, we're sorry to say, detailed descriptions of child abuse.
We recommend listening to this episode alongside our "Human Trafficking" episode from last year, which contains much more context for understanding this issue: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/human-trafficking/id1380008439?i=1000465289965
Support us:
http://patreon.com/yourewrongabout
http://paypal.me/yourewrongabout
https://www.teepublic.com/stores/youre-wrong-about?ref_id=10420
Support the show (http://patreon.com/yourewrongabout)
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 Nyong'o, Eric Gonzaba, Luis-Manuel Garcia and Gillian Frank for helping Mike with this episode!
Support us:
http://patreon.com/yourewrongabout
http://paypal.me/yourewrongabout
https://www.teepublic.com/stores/youre-wrong-about?ref_id=10420
Links!
- Tavia Nyong'o's "I Feel Love: Disco and Its Discontents"
- Gillian Frank's excellent article on disco and his delightful podcast
- Luis-Manuel Garcia's alternate history of club culture and dissection of the gay left's opposition to disco
- Alice Echols' "Hot Stuff"
- Bill Brewster and Frank Broughton's "Last Night a DJ Saved My Life: The History of the Disc Jockey"
- Tim Lawrence's "Love Saves the Day: A History of American Dance Music Culture, 1970-1979"
- Peter Shapiro's "Turn the Beat Around: The Secret History of Disco"
- Undone did a great episode on Disco Demolition Night
- “The Flip Sides of 1979”
- “Tribal Rites of the New Saturday Night,” the (fabricated) New York Magazine story that inspired “Saturday Night Fever”
- Tony Smith interview
- "Disco and The Queering of the Dance Floor"
Support the show (http://patreon.com/yourewrongabout)
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 meaning of the term “order of magnitude.”
This episode contains descriptions of police violence; the last 15 minutes are just a huge bummer generally.
Support us:
http://patreon.com/yourewrongabout
http://paypal.me/yourewrongabout
https://www.teepublic.com/stores/youre-wrong-about?ref_id=10420
Links!
- Monica Bell's "Anti-Segregation Policing"
- Daanika Gordon's "The Police as Place-Consolidators: The Organizational Amplification of Urban Inequality”
- "Homicide Investigations in Context: Exploring Explanations for the Divergent Impacts of Victim Race, Gender, Elderly Victims, and Firearms on Homicide Clearances"
- "Homicide Arrest Clearances: A Review of the Literature"
- "Assessing and Responding to the Recent Homicide Rise in the United States"
- "Can Homicide Detectives Improve Homicide Clearance Rates?"
- "Effective Police Homicide Investigations: Evidence from Seven Cities with High Clearance Rates"
- "Wrongful Convictions, Policing, and the 'Wars on Crime and Drugs'"
- "Did De-Policing Cause the Increase in Homicide Rates?"
- The DOJ's Antelope Valley Investigation
- "Explaining the Recent Decline in Domestic Violence"
- "Gender Differences in Patterns and Trends in U.S. Homicide, 1976–2015"
- "Police Responses to Violent Crime: Reconsidering the Mobilization of Law"
- "What Caused the Crime Decline?"
Support the show (http://patreon.com/yourewrongabout)
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 us:
http://patreon.com/yourewrongabout
http://paypal.me/yourewrongabout
https://www.teepublic.com/stores/youre-wrong-about?ref_id=10420
Support the show (http://patreon.com/yourewrongabout)
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:
http://patreon.com/yourewrongabout
http://paypal.me/yourewrongabout
https://www.teepublic.com/stores/youre-wrong-about?ref_id=10420
Follow the The Feminist Present here: gender.stanford.edu/podcast
Support the show (http://patreon.com/yourewrongabout)
This week, Nancy Grace makes her case against defense attorneys in general and Scott Peterson’s lawyer in particular. Digressions include Batman, tough on crime mixtapes and the Iraq War. After two and a half years, Sarah finds her first Satanic cult — but maybe the real Satanic cults are the friends we made along the way.
This episode summarizes the cases in Nancy Grace’s "Objection!," which include two child molestation and murder cases and a lengthy description of the autopsy report on the deaths of Laci and Connor Peterson.
Support us: Subscribe on Patreon, donate on Paypal or buy T-shirts, mugs or face masks!
Support the show (http://patreon.com/yourewrongabout)
“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, "Biography" and the terrible terrible inventor of the telephone. We start with a SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT about the future of the show. Both co-hosts understand the difference between chimps, monkeys and apes but occasionally misspeak.
For a transcript of this episode, click here (Thanks Andrea!)
Support us: Subscribe on Patreon, donate on Paypal or buy T-shirts, mugs or face masks!
Links!
- Marcus Perlman, the researcher Mike interviewed!
- "Human and Animal Cognition: Continuity and Discontinuity"
- "In Memorium: Koko, A Remarkable Gorilla"
- "What Do Talking Apes Really Tell Us?"
- “Monkey Business”
- “Talk to the Animals,” the 1980 Omni article
- “Animal Bodies, Human Minds: Ape, Dolphin, and Parrot Language Skills”
- 1979 New York Magazine article on Herb Terrace
- “The Last Distinction?”
- “The Sad Twilight of Koko The Gorilla and Her 'Mother'”
- “Why Koko Can’t Talk”
- “The Other Side of Silence: Sign Language and the Deaf Community in America”
- “The Education of Koko”
- Mike's "women in STEM" joke was a reference to the Bechtel Cast, which is very good!
Support the show (http://patreon.com/yourewrongabout)
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 his public school education for anatomically impossible rumors.
This episode contains detailed descriptions of suicide.
Pre-order Candace's book, check out her website or follow her Tweets!
Support us: Subscribe on Patreon, donate on Paypal or buy T-shirts, mugs or face masks!
Support the show (http://patreon.com/yourewrongabout)
“The criminal justice system should treat everyone like a white teenage girl whose future it’s concerned about disrupting.”
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 Baby Moses laws, “Citizen Ruth” and Ted Bundy’s political leanings. To the surprise of no one, we end up discussing true crime tropes in great detail.
This episode contains detailed descriptions of neonaticide.
Support us: Subscribe on Patreon, donate on Paypal or buy mugs, T-shirts and face masks!
Support the show (http://patreon.com/yourewrongabout)
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 stars and whether Nancy really came to New York City with a curling iron and a dream.
Support us: Subscribe on Patreon, donate on Paypal or buy cute stuff!
Support the show (http://patreon.com/yourewrongabout)
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 left behind. Digressions include “The Fugitive,” Larry King and Jack Nicholson twice. Like previous episodes about the events of this day, this episode discusses suicidal ideation.
Support us: Subscribe on Patreon, donate on Paypal or buy a cute T-shirt!
Support the show (http://patreon.com/yourewrongabout)
“You really shouldn’t date people who go in thinking, ’This person has good bones but they’re a fixer-upper.’”
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 we intended. Mike finally gets to tell the octopus story, which he thinks about all the time.
Support us: Subscribe on Patreon, donate on Paypal or buy cute stuff!
Support the show (http://patreon.com/yourewrongabout)
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.
Support us: Subscribe on Patreon, donate on Paypal or buy cute stuff!
Support the show (http://patreon.com/yourewrongabout)
“I’m being pulled into planet myth … and I like it here.”
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.
Find Dana at her website or listen to her podcast!
Support us: Subscribe, donate or buy a cute T-shirt!
Support the show (http://patreon.com/yourewrongabout)
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.
Support us: Subscribe on Patreon, donate on Paypal or buy cute stuff!
Support the show (http://patreon.com/yourewrongabout)
“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 speed dial, “La La Land” and Perry Mason. The Summer of the Shark gets a bonus debunking.
Support us: Subscribe on Patreon, donate on Paypal or buy cute stuff!
Links!
- ”Finding Chandra: A True Washington Murder Mystery”
- Gary Condit’s book, “Actual Malice”
- The Washington Post’s 13-part series on the investigation
- An American Journalism Review article on how the Chandra Levy saga took off
- A deep dive on Condit’s Connie Chung interview
Support the show (http://patreon.com/yourewrongabout)
“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 disordered eating.
Support us: Subscribe on Patreon, donate on Paypal or buy cute stuff!
Support the show (http://patreon.com/yourewrongabout)
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 episode, we're sorry to say, contains descriptions of sexual abuse.
Support us: Subscribe on Patreon, donate on Paypal or buy cute stuff!
Support the show (http://patreon.com/yourewrongabout)
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 women in Britain didn't terminate their pregnancies due to the false positive test results. We were wrong about this and we're sorry!
Support us: Subscribe on Patreon, donate on Paypal or buy cute stuff!
Support the show (http://patreon.com/yourewrongabout)
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 Beelzebub. This episode contains references to child abuse and sexual assault.
Support us: Subscribe on Patreon, donate on Paypal or buy cute stuff!
Support the show (http://patreon.com/yourewrongabout)
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 movies and "The Mummy." The celebrity cameos are less numerous than usual but no less absurd.
Support us: Subscribe on Patreon, donate on Paypal or buy cute stuff!
Continue reading →
Support the show (http://patreon.com/yourewrongabout)
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.
Support us: Subscribe on Patreon, donate on Paypal or buy cute stuff!
Support the show (http://patreon.com/yourewrongabout)
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 baby of the Satanic panic.
Support us: Subscribe on Patreon, donate on Paypal or buy cute stuff!
Continue reading →
Support the show (http://patreon.com/yourewrongabout)
“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 use of the word “bawdy” exceeds all previous episodes combined.
Here's where to find Dana
And here's how to support us: Subscribe on Patreon, donate on Paypal or buy cute stuff!
Support the show (http://patreon.com/yourewrongabout)
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 co-host believes anything depicted in this book happened as described, but still want to warn you that it contains scenes of torture and sexual abuse.
Support us: Subscribe on Patreon, donate on Paypal or buy cute stuff!
Support the show (http://patreon.com/yourewrongabout)
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 dad jokes and a shocking revelation about Johnny Carson.
Support us: Subscribe on Patreon, donate on Paypal or buy cute stuff!
Support the show (http://patreon.com/yourewrongabout)
Sarah describes the spark that ignited the Satanic Panic. Our setting is a therapist’s office in 1976 Victoria, B.C., and our digressions include Sybil, scary paperbacks from the 80s and shouting "Fire!" on a crowded theater. This episode describes child abuse.
Support us: Subscribe on Patreon, donate on Paypal or buy cute stuff!
Support the show (http://patreon.com/yourewrongabout)
In the final chapter of our series on the D.C. sniper attacks, Mike finally tells Sarah about the D.C. sniper attacks. Digressions include “The Abyss,” Ed Rooney and Jack the Ripper. We begin the episode with an update on our quarantine plans. Sarah misremembers the name of the TV show she was on.
Support us: Subscribe on Patreon, donate on Paypal or buy cute stuff!
Support the show (http://patreon.com/yourewrongabout)
Sarah tells Mike about a week in the life of Marcia Clark, who became America’s most famous prosecutor on June 13, 1994. Digressions include car phones, college group work and “Titanic” (as usual). In keeping with the theme of this episode, Sarah had a bad feeling about recording without her mic screen, but Mike said it would be fine. Please excuse our p-pops.This episode contains descriptions of murder and sexual violence.
Support us: Subscribe on Patreon, donate on Paypal or buy cute stuff!
Support the show (http://patreon.com/yourewrongabout)
Mike tells Sarah about the indoctrination of Lee Boyd Malvo and the beginning of the sniper attacks. Digressions include Jonestown, Greek tragedy and something called “creepy crawling.” The episode begins with a lengthy meta-discussion of true-crime tropes and whether we are playing into them. The final section includes a detailed description of a suicide attempt.
Support us: Subscribe on Patreon, donate on Paypal or buy cute stuff!
Support the show (http://patreon.com/yourewrongabout)
Valentine’s Day re-release! Sarah and Mike reflect on one of the only love stories they’ve ever covered on the show.
Support us: Subscribe on Patreon, donate on Paypal or buy cute stuff!
Support the show (http://patreon.com/yourewrongabout)
“Every big fish you catch, you end up with a hole in the net.” Mike tells Sarah how America’s white-collar crime spree got so bad. Digressions include self-checkout kiosks, Barbie dolls and moonshine. Homeless shelters and teacher pay feature prominently. By the standards of this podcast, this episode is relatively upbeat.
Support us: Subscribe on Patreon, donate on Paypal or buy cute stuff!
Support the show (http://patreon.com/yourewrongabout)
Mike tells Sarah how a nice Jamaican kid became the disciple of a mean American adult. Digressions include Tonya Harding (of course), “Sliding Doors” (again) and Anne of Green Gables (Sarah has an English degree). Mildred re-appears just after the hour mark. We are unable to conceive of a content warning comprehensive enough for all the horrors contained in this episode. There is less crying in this episode than the last in this series, but only slightly.
Support us: Subscribe on Patreon, donate on Paypal or buy cute stuff!
Support the show (http://patreon.com/yourewrongabout)
Sarah tells Mike the ending to the story of the mimbo and the alibi. Digressions include O. Henry, Nigerian e-mail scams and Dave Coulier. Mike wildly over-simplifies the Brexit vote.
Support us: Subscribe on Patreon, donate on Paypal or buy cute stuff!
Support the show (http://patreon.com/yourewrongabout)
“If you’re black, you can’t get work as a serial killer even if you’re manifestly qualified.” Mike tells Sarah how a military veteran became an abuser, a murderer and, eventually, a footnote in his own crime spree. Digressions include Jim Jones, the Addams Family and “The Gillooly Gang.” The episode gets super dark about two-thirds in, but brightens just before the big twist. We describe—again, unfortunately—domestic abuse in great detail.
Support us: Subscribe on Patreon, donate on Paypal or buy cute stuff!
Support the show (http://patreon.com/yourewrongabout)
Sarah tells Mike how an aspiring actor protected and then betrayed Nicole Brown Simpson without knowing he was doing either. Digressions include '80s movie tropes, ski-resort etiquette and the need for a process of "un-faming." Unfortunately, this episode contains graphic descriptions of violence and abuse.
Support us: Subscribe on Patreon, donate on Paypal or buy cute stuff!
Support the show (http://patreon.com/yourewrongabout)
"There’s no precedent for women in this family being treated like they matter."
Sarah tells Mike about the Bronco chase as Paula Barbieri experienced it. Then, she recounts how a poor kid from Panama City, Florida, made it all the way to the high-fashion world of Paris, France—and discovered that she had jumped out of the frying pan and into the fire. Sarah continues to compare everyone to Erin Brockovich.
This episode begins with a lengthy discussion of O.J. Simpson's suicide attempt on the day of the Bronco chase. We go on to describe scenes of domestic violence and attempted sexual assault; Paula deserved better.
Support us: Subscribe on Patreon, donate on Paypal or buy cute stuff!
Continue reading →
Support the show (http://patreon.com/yourewrongabout)
Mike tells Sarah how NGOs, activists and George W. Bush resurrected the 'stranger danger' panic for the modern era. Digressions include Reply All, muffins and Yelp for massage parlors. Mike's vocal fry is even worse than usual.
Support us: Subscribe on Patreon, donate on Paypal or buy cute stuff!
Support the show (http://patreon.com/yourewrongabout)
Sarah tells Mike how Marcia Clark got the slam-dunk case that ended her career as a trial lawyer. Digressions include string cheese, "Inception" and what calling women "difficult" means in 2019. We go on the record in favor of a wide range of frivolous hobbies.
Support us: Subscribe on Patreon, donate on Paypal or buy cute stuff!
Support the show (http://patreon.com/yourewrongabout)
"Centering conversations around blame is not the most useful thing for us to be doing." Sarah tells Mike about the woman who broke up with O.J. Simpson on the morning of the murders — then stayed by his side through the trial. Michael Bolton makes an extended cameo appearance.
Support us: Subscribe on Patreon, donate on Paypal or buy cute stuff!
Support the show (http://patreon.com/yourewrongabout)
“You can’t expect people to know the exact kind of help they need.”
We continue our deep dive into the O.J. Simpson case with the history of Nicole Brown Simpson's marriage to O.J., their 1992 divorce and the last weeks of Nicole's life. Digressions include Julia Roberts, Malibu real estate and Madonna’s "Erotica." Mike is fighting a cold and apologizes for his raspiness. This episode contains even greater detail on the violence and domestic abuse Nicole suffered.
Plus, a correction! Sarah forgot to mention that O.J. Simpson received two years of probation for the 1989 incident.
Support us: Subscribe on Patreon, donate on Paypal or buy cute stuff!
Support the show (http://patreon.com/yourewrongabout)
Mike and Sarah begin their epic journey into O.J. Simpson's trial for the murders of Nicole Brown Simpson and Ron Goldman, beginning with the story of Nicole's life with O.J. until their marriage in 1985. This episode contains descriptions of violence and domestic abuse. Like so many of the women we talk about, Nicole deserved better.
Support us: Subscribe on Patreon, donate on Paypal or buy cute stuff!
Support the show (http://patreon.com/yourewrongabout)
Our first live show! Mike tells Sarah about Janet Jackson, the 2004 Super Bowl Halftime show and the 9/16ths of a second that destroyed her career. Digressions include Puff Daddy, Jessica Simpson and Edward James Olmos. Like all positive developments regarding this show, performing live is something we feel weird about and so we spent the first few minutes talking about it!
Support us: Subscribe on Patreon, donate on Paypal or buy cute stuff!
Support the show (http://patreon.com/yourewrongabout)
Mike tells Sarah how the myth of meddling wives serves to exonerate terrible husbands. Digressions include "50 Shades of Grey," Marie Antoinette and the end of the 1960s. This episode, we’re sorry to say, contains descriptions of domestic abuse.
Support us: Subscribe on Patreon, donate on Paypal or buy cute stuff!
Support the show (http://patreon.com/yourewrongabout)
“Isn’t it amazing how we can only imagine our monsters capitalistically?” Mike tells Sarah how police, prosecutors and journalists accidentally conspired to invent the perfect suburban menace. Digressions include IKEA, the "Godfather" trilogy and Fleetwood Mac. Mike takes big gulping breaths when he reads out loud.
Support us: Subscribe on Patreon, donate on Paypal or buy cute stuff!
Support the show (http://patreon.com/yourewrongabout)
“When you allow emotion into the courtroom, bias rushes in alongside it.” Special guest Rachel Monroe tells Mike and Sarah how a good-faith critique of the justice system led to a decades-long crackdown. Digressions include Charles Manson, Ronald Reagan and a billionaire mugshot. Mike’s similes are worse than Sarah’s.
Support us: Subscribe on Patreon, donate on Paypal or buy cute stuff!
Support the show (http://patreon.com/yourewrongabout)
“Things are not going to get better if we make the people who scare us seem more powerful.” Mike tells Sarah about the myths of sex crimes, the reality of child abuse and the importance of unsympathetic protagonists. Digressions include frozen pizza, millennials (obvs) and vaccination rates. Mike can only name one state that borders Nevada.
Support us: Subscribe on Patreon, donate on Paypal or buy cute stuff!
Support the show (http://patreon.com/yourewrongabout)
“The story that did the most damage to the people in it was the one that made the most money.” Sarah tells Mike about the low-rent conspiracy that sparked a ratings bonanza. Digressions include "Out of Sight," Robert De Niro and the ancient sexting technology known as landlines. Mike continues to laugh confusedly at references he does not know.
Support us: Subscribe on Patreon, donate on Paypal or buy cute stuff!
Support the show (http://patreon.com/yourewrongabout)
Sarah tells Mike the story of a world-class figure skater who worked at a mall potato restaurant. Digressions include “Sleepless in Seattle,” mall walkers, synchronized diving and the difficulty of skating a perfect pentagram. This episode unfortunately contains descriptions of physical, emotional and sexual abuse. Tonya deserved better.
Support us: Subscribe on Patreon, donate on Paypal or buy cute stuff!
Support the show (http://patreon.com/yourewrongabout)
“Humans aren’t good at remembering what got us where we are.” Mike tells Sarah how a turning point in the gay rights movement became an immediate controversy, a lasting inspiration and a never-ending debate. Digressions include “Newsies” (of course), “True Romance” and “Norma Rae.” Mike's creaking chair and Sarah's rustling blanket-fort are heard throughout.patreon.com/yourewrongabout Continue reading →
Support the show (http://patreon.com/yourewrongabout)
“Once you tell a story incorrectly once, you can’t control where it goes.” Sarah tells Mike how The New York Times turned a suburban murder into an urban legend. Digressions include Billy Joel, the World’s Fair and “Ferngully.” This episode marks a triumphant return to Long Island and an unexpected celebration of Pride Month.
Support us: Subscribe on Patreon, donate on Paypal or buy cute stuff!
Support the show (http://patreon.com/yourewrongabout)
“We’re uncomfortable with the evidence that teen girls have sexual agency.” Special guest Amy Hasinoff tells Mike and Sarah how a moral panic became a legal nightmare. Digressions include Cosmo advice columns, Grindr etiquette and the revolutionary hugging of the "Avengers" movies. Due to the ongoing hex placed on this podcast, the sound quality is worse than usual.
Support us: Subscribe on Patreon, donate on Paypal or buy cute stuff!
Support the show (http://patreon.com/yourewrongabout)
“He’s been punished even more than the American prison system can aspire to punish anyone”: Mike tells Sarah how John Walker Lindh became a terrorist in the media, a freedom fighter in his own mind and something between the two in reality. Digressions include “Newsies," Bruce Willis and “Candide.” Sarah sneakily reveals her lifelong affection for Howard Stern.
Support us: Subscribe on Patreon, donate on Paypal or buy cute stuff!
Support the show (http://patreon.com/yourewrongabout)
"It just seems like capitalism masquerading as religion": Sarah tells Mike how a horror movie resurrected a ritual and established an industry. Digressions include “Avatar,” the NFL and the ethics of book publishing. The final five minutes are an unintentionally concise description of the core moral principle of this show.
Support us: Subscribe on Patreon, donate on Paypal or buy cute stuff!
Support the show (http://patreon.com/yourewrongabout)
“We want stories that don’t exist in systems”: Mike tells Sarah what happened when Utah set out to solve one of America's most intractable problems. Digressions include the Paleo diet, the planet Mars and the inadequacy of the term “up the river.” Jimmy Carter makes an extended cameo appearance.
Support us: Subscribe on Patreon, donate on Paypal or buy cute stuff!
Support the show (http://patreon.com/yourewrongabout)
“Why did we make fun of Dan Quayle for misspelling the word ‘potato’ when we should have made fun of him for arguments like this?” Mike tells Sarah how a real vice president blamed a fictional single mom for causing one of the most divisive events of the 1990s. Digressions include "Designing Women," "Alien" and "The Brady Bunch." Listeners finally learn that Sarah has a lovely singing voice.
Support us: Subscribe on Patreon, donate on Paypal or buy cute stuff!
Support the show (http://patreon.com/yourewrongabout)
Mike tells Sarah how a 5-year-old kid transformed a city, divided a political party and (maybe) determined a presidential election. Digressions include World War II, Clarence Darrow and something called "Like, News with Skeeter." Both co-hosts conclude that this episode is somehow an equal-parts mixture of Satanic Panic and Terri Schiavo.
Support us: Subscribe on Patreon, donate on Paypal or buy cute stuff!
Support the show (http://patreon.com/yourewrongabout)
Sarah tells Mike how an aspiring rich kid became an emblem of a world he didn't belong to. Digressions include drill teams, prep schools and eating disorders. The p-pops are worse than usual. Continue reading →
Support the show (http://patreon.com/yourewrongabout)
Mike tells Sarah how a simple idea in a single school district became a nationwide racial panic. Digressions include slasher movies, Space Invaders and homeschooling. The taglines are becoming more esoteric.
Support us: Subscribe on Patreon, donate on Paypal or buy cute stuff!
Support the show (http://patreon.com/yourewrongabout)
Mike tells Sarah how the media, the president and the Pope turned a simple medical story into a complicated legal one. Digressions include canine loyalty, unionized space-workers and polyamory logistics. Both co-hosts recorded in tiny rooms, but with very different acoustics.
Support us: Subscribe on Patreon, donate on Paypal or buy cute stuff!
Support the show (http://patreon.com/yourewrongabout)
Sarah tells Mike how a poor Texas girl made herself into an icon and America made her into a punchline. Digressions include massage technique, “Death Becomes Her” and (obviously) “The Godfather.” Mike sounds even sicker than he did last week.
Support us: Subscribe on Patreon, donate on Paypal or buy cute stuff!
Support the show (http://patreon.com/yourewrongabout)
Mike tells Sarah how an environmental problem became a national rallying cry, a sticky diplomatic issue and, eventually, a conspiracy theory. Digressions include “Alien,” Field & Stream and NRA public service announcements. Both hosts are recovering from colds and one spends the episode under a blanket.
Support us: Subscribe on Patreon, donate on Paypal or buy cute stuff!
Support the show (http://patreon.com/yourewrongabout)
Sarah tells Mike how a sex scandal ruined a rising star and established a new template for American elections. Digressions include "Good Will Hunting," People Magazine and Linda Ronstadt. Michael Dukakis is described, for the first time ever, as "the soulmate who was there all along."
Support us: Subscribe on Patreon, donate on Paypal or buy cute stuff!
Support the show (http://patreon.com/yourewrongabout)
“She only said one thing her whole life”: Sarah tells Mike how two decent women became scapegoats for the actions of one terrible man. Digressions include Larry Flynt, NPR tote bags and Playboy back issues. This episode contains a detailed description of a sexual assault.
Support us: Subscribe on Patreon, donate on Paypal or buy cute stuff!
Continue reading →
Support the show (http://patreon.com/yourewrongabout)
Mike tells Sarah how a "bad apples” explanation kept us from seeing the real scandal at the heart of America's largest corporate bankruptcy. Digressions include “Casino,” Thanksgiving economics and corruption catchphrases. Neither co-host truly understands how the stock market works.
Support us: Subscribe on Patreon, donate on Paypal or buy cute stuff!
Support the show (http://patreon.com/yourewrongabout)
It wasn’t an accident. Mike tells Sarah how the infamous space shuttle disaster came to be seen as a white-collar crime. Digressions include the Donner Party, George Lucas and “Jurassic Park.” Both co-hosts are audibly recovering from colds.
Support us: Subscribe on Patreon, donate on Paypal or buy cute stuff!
Support the show (http://patreon.com/yourewrongabout)
Sarah tells Mike how a tragic story became a hacky catchphrase. Digressions include raccoon anarchists, flu remedies and late-night Arby’s. Sarah's Google Alerts will surprise none of our listeners.
Support us: Subscribe on Patreon, donate on Paypal or buy cute stuff!
Support the show (http://patreon.com/yourewrongabout)
Mike tells Sarah how a close election and an even closer Supreme Court decision established the political template we're still living with today. Digressions include quarks, Ouija Boards and (sorry) moral philosophy. The "lemonade theory" turns out to be less fun than it sounds.
Support us: Subscribe on Patreon, donate on Paypal or buy cute stuff!
Support the show (http://patreon.com/yourewrongabout)
Sarah tells Mike about the sad reality — and the terrible man — behind the infamous Long Island Lolita. Digressions include software terms of service, the rise of beepers and Monica Lewinsky’s LinkedIn profile. Mike, a 36-year-old man, appears not to understand what pimps do.
Support us: Subscribe on Patreon, donate on Paypal or buy cute stuff!
Support the show (http://patreon.com/yourewrongabout)
Special guest Megan Burbank tells us about the history, limitations and loopholes of a landmark court ruling. Digressions include Betty Ford, "Maude" and naming conventions for anonymous defendants. The glories of Washington State politics are examined in depth.
Support us: Subscribe on Patreon, donate on Paypal or buy cute stuff!
Support the show (http://patreon.com/yourewrongabout)
Mike tells Sarah how a false rape allegation became a right-wing rallying cry and a left-wing conspiracy theory. Digressions include JonBenet Ramsay, “24” and “The Vagina Monologues." Mike regrets not commenting on the metaphorical significance of being trapped in the closet throughout the episode.
Support us: Subscribe on Patreon, donate on Paypal or buy cute stuff!
Support the show (http://patreon.com/yourewrongabout)
Sarah tells Mike how a case of marital rape and spontaneous mutilation became a national punchline. Digressions include Ron Jeremy, Alan Dershowitz, Motörhead and the tortures of self-reflection. Sarah reviews John Wayne Bobbitt's later works.
Support us: Subscribe on Patreon, donate on Paypal or buy cute stuff!
Support the show (http://patreon.com/yourewrongabout)
How inflated statistics, cultural anxieties and moral crusaders turned a tiny number of missing children into a decade-long political project. Digressions include 1870s parenting, “E.T.” and the lack of parks in Los Angeles. Both co-hosts secretly believe that the popularity of TV movies in the 1980s explains all of America’s social problems.
Support us: Subscribe on Patreon, donate on Paypal or buy cute stuff!
Support the show (http://patreon.com/yourewrongabout)
Razorblades in apples, babysitters on acid, killers in backseats and "rainbow parties": In this episode, Mike and Sarah investigate the scary stories Americans tell each other and discover the actual anxieties behind them. Turn on your high beams for this one.
Support us: Subscribe on Patreon, donate on Paypal or buy cute stuff!
Support the show (http://patreon.com/yourewrongabout)
Support the show (http://patreon.com/yourewrongabout)
Mike tells Sarah how an over-simplified diagnosis, over-confident doctors and over-zealous prosecutors combined to get thousands of innocent parents thrown in prison. Digressions include food poisoning, Sherlock Holmes and 1950s medical ethics. Mike wanted to mention Louise Woodward but he forgot.
Support us: Subscribe on Patreon, donate on Paypal or buy cute stuff!
Support the show (http://patreon.com/yourewrongabout)
Sarah tells Mike how pop culture created a two-decade-long obsession with multiple personality disorder and repressed memories. Digressions include Dead Poets Society, restless leg syndrome and the low editorial standards of the American publishing industry. The Satanic Panic makes a cameo appearance.
Support us: Subscribe on Patreon, donate on Paypal or buy cute stuff!
Support the show (http://patreon.com/yourewrongabout)
Mike tells Sarah that America has sent the wrong messages and done the wrong things about obesity for more than half a century. Digressions include height (again), sweatshops and Julianne Moore. Sarah and Mike’s mothers both make extended appearances.
Support us: Subscribe on Patreon, donate on Paypal or buy cute stuff!
Support the show (http://patreon.com/yourewrongabout)
Special guest Rachel Monroe (re-)joins Mike and Sarah to talk about all the myths surrounding the second-biggest news event of the 1990s. Digressions include car crashes, September 11, Diane Sawyer and the terrors of teenage journaling.
Support us: Subscribe on Patreon, donate on Paypal or buy cute stuff!
Support the show (http://patreon.com/yourewrongabout)
Mike tells Sarah why the biggest scandal of Reagan's presidency provides more (depressing) lessons about current politics than Watergate. Digressions include Mormons, Top Gun and the X-Files. Both co-hosts have considered what they will name their deliberately boring tax-shelter corporations.
Support us: Subscribe on Patreon, donate on Paypal or buy cute stuff!
Support the show (http://patreon.com/yourewrongabout)
Sarah tells Mike that shoddy policing (and Milwaukee generally) are responsible for one of America's most prolific serial killers. Digressions include panel vans, Anita Bryant, early man and Hannibal Lector. Mike struggles, as usual, not to cry during the gross parts.
Support us: Subscribe on Patreon, donate on Paypal or buy cute stuff!
Support the show (http://patreon.com/yourewrongabout)
Mike tells Sarah that the D.A.R.E. program did not, in fact, keep kids off drugs. But that’s just the beginning of the debunking. Digressions include Martin Scorsese, Iceland and control groups. Neither co-host was cool enough to be offered drugs in high school.
Support us: Subscribe on Patreon, donate on Paypal or buy cute stuff!
Support the show (http://patreon.com/yourewrongabout)
Sarah tells Mike that animal behavior is an imperfect template for human society. Digressions include rabbits, Bob’s Burgers and online dating. Mike makes an awkward observation about locker rooms.
Support us: Subscribe on Patreon, donate on Paypal or buy cute stuff!
Support the show (http://patreon.com/yourewrongabout)
Special guest Candace Opper tells Mike and Sarah about how the death of a rock star changed the field of suicidology (which is a thing). Digressions include eating disorders, car crashes and the insane grimness of the term “family annihilation.” The cringe-worthiness of Mike’s teenage years reaches new depths.
Support us: Subscribe on Patreon, donate on Paypal or buy cute stuff!
Support the show (http://patreon.com/yourewrongabout)
Support the show (http://patreon.com/yourewrongabout)
Sarah and Mike take a break from debunking to reflect on the first 10 episodes and tell the secret history of how they met. Digressions include “Portlandia,” Snapchat and the The New York Post. The recording quality, as usual, is wildly inconsistent.
Support us: Subscribe on Patreon, donate on Paypal or buy cute stuff!
Support the show (http://patreon.com/yourewrongabout)
Mike tells Sarah that America’s most devastating oil spill was not, in fact, a DUI. Digressions include “Titanic" (obviously), the Cuyahoga River, Jennifer Lopez and marshmallows. Punitive damages make a triumphant return. Mike, a professional writer, continues to misuse the word “literally.” Continue reading →
Support the show (http://patreon.com/yourewrongabout)
Sarah tells Mike about how snuff films don't exist but lots of near-snuff films do. Digressions include "Basic Instinct," gymnastics and YouTube’s righthand bar. Mike is palpably grossed out for at least two-thirds of the episode.
Support us: Subscribe on Patreon, donate on Paypal or buy cute stuff!
Support the show (http://patreon.com/yourewrongabout)
Special guest Rachel Monroe tells Mike and Sarah what's really behind the phrase “drinking the Kool-Aid.” Digressions include David Koresh, East Germany and how flower children were the first millennials. Mike inadvertently reveals his prejudice against extroverts.
Support us: Subscribe on Patreon, donate on Paypal or buy cute stuff!
Support the show (http://patreon.com/yourewrongabout)
Part two of our epic dissection of the Clinton impeachment scandal. This week: The story breaks, the House indicts, the Senate demurs and Mike rants more than usual about the media. Digressions include Mark Fuhrman, “Broadcast News” and gay porn.
Support us: Subscribe on Patreon, donate on Paypal or buy cute stuff!
Support the show (http://patreon.com/yourewrongabout)
Sarah and Mike talk about what America forgot — and never learned — about history’s most famous intern. Digressions include generational resentments, 1990s fashion and off-brand colleges. Also, Mike’s microphone breaks about 25 minutes in, so he sounds like he’s recording in a submarine. Sorry!
Support us: Subscribe on Patreon, donate on Paypal or buy cute stuff!
Support the show (http://patreon.com/yourewrongabout)
Support the show (http://patreon.com/yourewrongabout)
Support the show (http://patreon.com/yourewrongabout)
But not how you think! Special guest Mike Owens tells Sarah and Mike about the (attempted) debunking of the gay-bashing victim. Digressions include Leopold and Loeb, Basic Instinct and Rolling Stone. The sound quality is even worse than usual. Continue reading →
Support the show (http://patreon.com/yourewrongabout)
Support the show (http://patreon.com/yourewrongabout)
Support the show (http://patreon.com/yourewrongabout)
Support the show (http://patreon.com/yourewrongabout)
The 1980s were real but the Satanists weren't. Sarah tells Mike about why America spent a decade worried about witches running daycare centers.
Support us: Subscribe on Patreon, donate on Paypal or buy cute stuff!
Support the show (http://patreon.com/yourewrongabout)
