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Dungeons & Dragons & The Satanic Panic with Adrian Daub
August 19, 2024

This week we travel back to the 80s, when Americas parents decided to freak out over some kids rolling dice and drawing things on graph paper! Adrian Daub walks Sarah through the history of Dungeons & Dragons, and the panic it inspired. Content note:

Rosie Ruiz and the Marathon Women with Maggie Mertens
August 05, 2024

Maggie Mertens tells us a tale of the first women who fought to run the marathon, and of one woman who decided to cut to the finish line. Find Maggie online here. Find Maggie's book Better Faster Farther: How Running Changed Everything We Know About Women

Has the Supreme Court Always Been This Terrible? with Mackenzie Joy Brennan
July 22, 2024

What is originalism, and what does it have to do with all these bribes? Mackenzie Joy Brennan has some answers.Find Mackenzie online here. You can find Abortion Access Front online here. "Anita Hill" episode of You're Wrong About. The US supreme court j

Balloonfest ‘86! with Harmony Colangelo
July 11, 2024

The city of Cleveland will not be made to apologize for its balloons. Harmony Colangelo defends the mistake on the lake.You can find Harmony on This Ends at Prom. Support You're Wrong About:Bonus Episodes on PatreonBuy cute merchWhere else to find us:Sara

Phones Are Good, Actually with Taylor Lorenz
June 25, 2024

This week, Taylor Lorenz fights our latest moral panic. Are phones really making kids anxious, or are kids just good at noticing what's going on? Listen to Taylor's podcast, Power User Read Taylor in the Washington Post ...and her book, Extremely Online S

Immigration with Alejandra Oliva
June 11, 2024

Alejandra Oliva, author of Rivermouth, came by to catch us up on the last few decades of American immigration policy--and to talk about how the world as we know it is not the world as it must be.Alejandra's website: olivalejandra.comRead Rivermouth, out n

The Tradwife Rises with Sarah Archer
May 29, 2024

Sarah Archer came by to make an episode from scratch. What's the real history of the American housewife? Where did the tradwife come from, and why? Is she okay? Will we be okay? And who is she churning all that butter for? Sarah Archer's accompanying Subs

Rosa Parks with Princess Weekes
May 14, 2024

Today, Princess Weekes takes us to meet the real Rosa Parks.Find Princess on YouTube: Princess video, The 1920s Sex Scandal Youve Never Heard of Support You're Wrong About:Bonus Episodes on PatreonBuy cute merchWhere else to find us:Sarah's other show

George Michael Part 2 with Marcus McCann
May 01, 2024

Let's go outside in the sunshine. An extended cut of this episode is available for Patreon and Apple Plus subscribers.You can buy Marcus McCann's book, Park Cruising: What Happens When We Wander Off the Path, here.Support You're Wrong About:Bonus Episod

George Michael Part 1 with Marcus McCann
April 16, 2024

He turned a bright spark into a flame.(Part 1 of 2!)You can buy Marcus McCann's book, Park Cruising: What Happens When We Wander Off the Path, here.Content warning: this episode briefly discusses suicide around minute 13.An extended cut of this episode is