You're Wrong About

You're Wrong About

Sarah is a journalist obsessed with the past. Every week she reconsiders a person or event that's been miscast in the public imagination.
Is Your House Too Clean? with Sarah Archer

Is Your House Too Clean? with Sarah Archer

Have you scrubbed down the top of your fridge lately? Home garden correspondent Sarah Archer is here to tell us how and when we got so obsessed with the antiseptically clean house as a status symbol, and whether we really need to worry about every bit of dust on that baseboard. Find out more about Sarah Archer: https://www.sarah-archer.com/ Support You're Wrong About: Bonus Episodes on Patreon Buy cute merch Where else to find us: Sarah's other show, You Are Good Links: http://p...

15 abr 2025 - 01 h 03 min 34 s

 
Hoax Memoir Spectacular!

Hoax Memoir Spectacular!

This week, flim flam correspondent and certified April Fool Chelsey Weber-Smith is here to talk about a fistful of fake memoirs, featuring girls raised by wolves; the chicken pox of James Frey; what poetry can give us that memoir can't; and Eugene, Oregon (twice!). Read more about it here: The Smoking Gun's "A Million Little Lies" https://www.thesmokinggun.com/documents/celebrity/million-little-lies Blake Eskin's "The Girl Who Cried Wolf" https://www.bostonmagazine.com/2008/08/18/the-gi...

1 abr 2025 - 01 h 27 min 30 s

 
Your Joy and Resilience Stories

Your Joy and Resilience Stories

At the end of our last episode, we asked you to call in and tell us what has been bringing you joy, connecting you to your community, and where you’ve been finding hope in these last few months. These are some of the responses we wanted to share in hopes that we can all find new ways to survive this world together. Thank you to all who sent us messages; though we couldn’t play them all, we felt inspired listening to each and every one. Support You're Wrong About: Bonus Episodes on Patreon Bu...

26 mar 2025 - 23 min 46 s

 
The Worst Oscars Ever?? with Michael Schulman

The Worst Oscars Ever?? with Michael Schulman

What do Lily Tomlin, Snow White, and Kenny Ortega have in common? They were all part of the 61st Academy Awards, a broadcast now remembered as the worst of all time, and masterminded by Allan Carr (lover of spectacle and producer of Grease). But awards season correspondent and New Yorker staff writer Michael Schulman is here to argue that the tackiest, most disastrous Oscars of all time might just be... unfairly maligned. And to tell us what's bringing you joy and excitement right now, send...

27 fev 2025 - 01 h 20 min 12 s

 
Emotional Labor with Rachel Monroe and Ash Compton of Bad Therapist

Emotional Labor with Rachel Monroe and Ash Compton of Bad Therapist

What is "emotional labor," and why is it probably not what your boyfriend accuses you of making him do when you want him to go to Ikea with you? Psychotherapist Ash Compton and journalist Rachel Monroe are here to tell the tale of how the term sociologist Arlie Russell Hochschild coined—in her 1983 book The Managed Heart—has come to mean, well, almost everything. How is the term still useful? How can we use therapy language as a tool for growth or an excuse for avoiding it? And whose job is i...

12 fev 2025 - 01 h 01 min 48 s

 
Alice Kyteler and the First Witchcraft Trial in Ireland with Molly Aitken

Alice Kyteler and the First Witchcraft Trial in Ireland with Molly Aitken

In County Kilkenny, Ireland, in an early year of a century not too long before our own, Alice Kyteler was accused of witchcraft. But the story doesn't end there. This week, Molly Aitken—author of BRIGHT I BURN—is here to tell us a tale where the more things* change, the more they stay the same. (*Men) Read Molly's books: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/authors/2204198/molly-aitken/ This month's bonus episode on Peg Bracken's I Hate to Cook Book: https://www.patreon.com/posts/121131515?pr=t...

30 jan 2025 - 01 h 04 min 30 s

 
Aron Ralston with Blair Braverman

Aron Ralston with Blair Braverman

What would you do if you were pinned down by an 800-pound boulder, and no one knew where you were? In 2003, Aron Ralston had to answer that question. Today, our survival correspondent Blair Braverman is here to tell us the tale of the man, the myth, and the multitool. Blair Braverman tells us how the legendary story of one good dog is actually a story of two good dogs. Read Blair’s book, Small Game: https://www.indiebound.org/book/9780063066175 Read Blair’s Patreon (and learn more ab...

13 jan 2025 - 01 h 15 min 01 s

 
Singing in the New Year with Carolyn Kendrick and Each Machine

Singing in the New Year with Carolyn Kendrick and Each Machine

There's one last present at the toe of our stocking, and it's a new album by producer Carolyn Kendrick. We'll be back with a regular episode next week, but for now, come listen to some music, and join us for a conversation about making art and community in uncertain times, and the new year's dreams that will sustain us in 2025. Find Carolyn's songs, record, website, zine, and more here: https://linktr.ee/carolynkendrick Support You're Wrong About: Bonus Episodes on Patreon Buy cute merch...

1 jan 2025 - 32 min

 
Santa Claus with Sarah Archer

Santa Claus with Sarah Archer

'Twas (the night before) the night before Christmas/ And all through the show/ We await Sarah Archer with eyes all aglow/ To blow the dust off some old books from the shelf/ And tell us the tale of a jolly old elf. Where did he come from?/ Where is he going?/ We know you have questions/ So bundle up, if it's snowing/ And sing out your favorite holiday song/ (As ever, it was capitalism all along.) Sarah Archer's Website: https://www.sarah-archer.com/ The Santa files (containing ima...

23 dez 2024 - 01 h 03 min 54 s

 
Cola Wars with Miles Klee

Cola Wars with Miles Klee

Miles Klee can’t take it anymore. This week, a tale of corporate intrigue, world domination, and soda. Read Miles Klee at Rolling Stone. Support You're Wrong About: Bonus Episodes on Patreon Buy cute merch Where else to find us: Sarah's other show, You Are Good Links: https://www.rollingstone.com/author/miles-klee/ http://patreon.com/yourewrongabout https://www.teepublic.com/stores/youre-wrong-about https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/yourewrongaboutpod https://www.podpage.com/you-are-good S...

12 dez 2024 - 01 h 16 min 22 s