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You're Wrong About You're Wrong About
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4.7 • 2.2K Ratings
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Sarah is a journalist obsessed with the past. Every week she reconsiders a person or event that's been miscast in the public imagination.
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George Michael with Marcus McCann
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 available for Patreon and Apple Podcast subscribers.
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Sarah's other show: You Are Good
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George Michael with Marcus McCann EXTENDED CUT
He turned a bright spark into a flame.
(Part 1 of 2!)
Here for your listening pleasure is a Carolyn's Cut of today's episode. You can buy Marcus McCann's book, Park Cruising: What Happens When We Wander Off the Path, here:
https://houseofanansi.com/products/park-cruising
Content warning: this episode briefly discusses suicide around minute 13. -
Hoax Spectacular! with Chelsey Weber-Smith
Sarah talks with Chelsey Weber-Smith, host of American Hysteria, about some of their favorite hoaxes—from the Loch Ness Monster to the Taco Liberty Bell—and ponder the value of pranks in a world of misinformation.
You can find Chelsey here.
You can find American Hysteria here.
Support You're Wrong About:
Bonus Episodes on Patreon
Buy cute merch
Where else to find us:
Sarah's other show, You Are Good
[YWA co-founder] Mike's other show, Maintenance Phase
Links:
https://www.chelseywebersmith.com/
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/american-hysteria/id1441348407
https://www.teepublic.com/stores/youre-wrong-about
https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/yourewrongaboutpod
https://www.podpage.com/you-are-good
http://maintenancephase.com
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Extended Cut Hoax Spectacular! with Chelsey Weber-Smith
Here is a longer version (Carolyn's Cut, if you will) of today's episode, featuring even more hoax goodness—plus a Nessie theory I personally find very persuasive.
Sarah talks with Chelsey Weber-Smith, host of American Hysteria, about some of their favorite hoaxes—from the Loch Ness Monster to the Taco Liberty Bell—and ponder the value of pranks in a world of misinformation. -
BONUS Britney Spears Book Club with Eve Lindley
Celebrity correspondent Eve Lindley came by to tell us about Britney Spears' memoir The Woman in Me. This is part one of a four-part saga we're currently releasing on Patreon and Apple Plus, and in this episode we get into Britney's family history, her childhood, her years of searching for stardom, and her life until the eve of "...Baby One More Time."
*A content warning—in this episode we talk about mental health struggles, and a part of the story around minute 22 involves suicide.
Eve Lindley on Instagram.
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.instagram.com/eveclindley/
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
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The Oscars Streaker with Michael Schulman
In 1974, Robert Opel ran naked through the Academy Awards telecast, and into American history. Today, Michael Schulman, a staff writer at The New Yorker and the author of Oscar Wars, tells Sarah the story of gay history, art, and tragedy that happened after Robert’s fifteen minutes were over.
Read Michael’s work here.
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.newyorker.com/contributors/michael-schulman
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
Support the show
Customer Reviews
Millenials who groc Gen-Xers
Hey crew,
I got a kick out of your hoax issue, and as you’re introducing yourselves as millennials, I wasn’t sure if whether the who was gonna ba age-based insider subcultural references…. but I see it goes everywhere and includes all eras (with some endearingly Gen-X era content). As an Aussie who was travelling to the US for work for each of the GW Bush elections, I’d missed the Nixon prank, but boy was I screaming at the CNN feed in the bar at Dubya’s proclamation of expected vitory air arround 4am - in Orlando Florida no less)... but I digress.
Love your work. I’ve got a substantial backlog to listen to, but I look forward to next month!
Keith Duddy
More eps please!
Solid 5 stars.
My only criticism is that I’d like more episodes!
Insightful, witty and something I always look forward to listening to!
Tiny Tim Australia
Firstly I love the podcast…but…(rather AND) As an Australian I feel compelled to remark upon a smallish detail of the Tiny Tim episode. Martin Sharp was an artist from Sydney Australia who created some of the most iconic pop and album cover art of the 1960’s. His psychedelic style came to define ‘swinging 60’s London, his Oz magazine was the subject of the longest obscenity trial in British history and there’s an infinite rabbit hole to go down further, anyway just wanted to say that because according to this episode he was just some guy who was a Tiny Tim super fan and was making a movie about him…I’m assuming that Martin Sharp was the ‘Australian super fan’ being alluded to and if I’m wrong about it I really wanna know how you couldn’t mention Martin Sharp in all of this? Best wishes.xx