You're Wrong About

Sarah Marshall
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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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  1. 1d ago

    Ballet with Megan Burbank

    Megan Burbank’s gotta dance. The centuries-old dance style known as ballet has been stereotyped in our modern world with images of refined, wispy, frighteningly disciplined young women fighting viciously for roles in ethereal productions. For this episode, Adult Dance Correspondent Megan Burbank shares with Sarah the history and transformation of this misunderstood art from its early days as a fancy French aristocratic performance, to its post-French Revolution embrace by the working class, and finally into 20th century America when the expected body of the ballerina began to take shape. Megan also shares her own experience as a late-onset ballerina, dispelling myths about what ballet is, who can participate, and what we can learn about ourselves through its techniques. Together they discuss the line between art and sport, the aspects of horror found in many ballets, and whether it is too late for all of us to become the prima ballerina of our dreams. Digressions include: Final Destination acupuncture, the smell of the Scholastic book fair, and the questionable advertising employed by Tab soda. Send your submissions for our Halloween Listener Spectacular (scary stories or Halloween nostalgia) to sloppyandalive@gmail.com before August 31st! Referenced: Ballet Evolved How Political Anxiety Turned Me into a Late-Onset Ballerina eXit SPACE Dance Studio International Adult Ballet Festival TAB Soda Fever Dream More Megan Burbank: Burbank.industries Burbank Industries on Substack Produced + edited by ⁠⁠⁠Miranda Zickler⁠⁠⁠ More You're Wrong About: ⁠⁠⁠Bonus Episodes on Patreon⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠Buy cute merch⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠YWA on Instagram⁠ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

  2. Aug 25 • Subscribers Only

    Buttafuoco Book Club with Jamie Loftus, Part One

    What happens when you are forced into the public eye because of someone else’s immorality? In 1992, a 37-year-old housewife named Mary Jo Buttafuoco barely survived an attack by a gun-wielding 17-year-old girl named Amy Fisher. Amy accused Mary Jo’s husband, Joey, of statutory rape. Joey denied everything. And Mary Jo stood by her man. Why? In 2009, Mary Jo Buttafuoco released a memoir called Getting It Through My Thick Skull: Why I Stayed, What I Learned, and What Millions of People Involved with Sociopaths Need to Know, and today, we’re talking about it with Jamie Loftus, host of Lolita Podcast and author of the forthcoming The Tower. We'll discuss the irresponsible way the media portrayed the story, the complicated dynamic between Mary Jo and Amy, and the reasons why women sometimes choose to stay in relationships with problematic or abusive men. Digressions include the Simpsons’ impossible rumpus room, the farce of “writing routines,” and whether a particular sticker dog was able to survive. More Jamie Loftus: https://www.jamieloftus.xyz/ https://us.macmillan.com/books/9781250480439/thetower/ Send your submissions for our Halloween Listener Spectacular (scary stories or Halloween nostalgia) to sloppyandalive@gmail.com before August 31st! Produced + edited by ⁠⁠Miranda Zickler⁠⁠: http://linktr.ee/mirandatheswampmonster

  3. Aug 11

    "Heaven is for Real" with Adrian Daub

    If your four-year-old told you about a trip to heaven, would you believe them? For a pastor named Todd Burpo, the answer was yes. In 2010, his book Heaven Is For Real—co-authored by Lynn Vincent—became a runaway bestseller. This week, Sarah tells In Bed with the Right co-host Adrian Daub the story of this strange little book, and how it reveals more about us than it does the afterlife. Digressions include Shakerism, The Big Lebowski, and the ongoing debate around pets in heaven. Send your submissions for our Halloween Listener Spectacular (scary stories or Halloween nostalgia) to sloppyandalive@gmail.com before August 31st! More Adrian Daub: http://www.adriandaub.com Adrian’s new book What Tech Calls Governing comes out August 18th Listen to In Bed with the Right Produced + edited by ⁠⁠Miranda Zickler⁠⁠ More You're Wrong About: ⁠⁠Bonus Episodes on Patreon⁠⁠⁠⁠ Buy cute merch⁠⁠ ⁠⁠YWA on Instagram⁠ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

  4. Jul 31 • Subscribers Only

    Finding Renée Richards with Julie Kliegman

    In 1976, a transgender tennis player named Renée Richards won a landmark New York Supreme Court case and a victory for trans rights in professional sports. In 2026, YWA sports correspondent Julie Kliegman is publishing a biography of her. In honor of their new book, Finding Renée Richards: The Groundbreaking Story of Tennis’s Trans Pioneer, Julie returns to the Renée Richards beat to tell Sarah about the long process of creating this expansive work. In addition to the sometimes complicated conversations Julie had with Renee, they share with Sarah the process of writing a biography, from the first lunch with a subject, to the pitch, to the long days searching the archives, and finally, to its publication and reception. They discuss how to write “Not A Tennis Book,” how to deal with your subject's feelings about their own biography, and what to do with the pressure of writing about an individual who will inevitably be interpreted as a voice for an entire group of people. Digressions include cave anxiety, Type 2 Fun, and Legally Blonde. More Julie Kliegman: https://juliekliegman.com Use code YWAPOD15 for 15% off Julie's new book Finding Renée Richards on Bookshop.org https://bookshop.org/p/books/finding-renee-richards-the-groundbreaking-story-of-tennis-s-trans-pioneer/0a8690bc4b3ada79 For signed copies: https://www.astoriabookshop.com/item/1sM1NJwkMQf6v7NQU-bIXA Edited + produced by Miranda Zickler: http://www.linktr.ee/mirandatheswampmonster More You're Wrong About: www.linktr.ee/ywapod

  5. Jul 28

    Lightning Round! with Chelsey Weber-Smith

    Send your submissions for our Halloween Listener Spectacular (scary stories or Halloween nostalgia) to sloppyandalive@gmail.com before August 31st! How many maligned women can you name in 30 seconds? For this episode, Sarah gives Chelsey Weber-Smith of American Hysteria a lightning round pop quiz on You’re Wrong About topics over the years with stakes so high that you’ll have to hear them to believe them. Digressions include an evil preteen softball team, the alternative pronunciation of pasta, horror movie publicity stunts, and at what point an infant becomes a baby. More Chelsey Weber-Smith: Listen to American Hysteria Follow American Hysteria on instagram Produced + edited by Miranda Zickler More You're Wrong About: Bonus Episodes on PatreonBuy cute merch YWA on Instagram Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

  6. Jul 14

    What I Love: A Listener Summer Special

    How do I love thee? For this special episode, we asked you to send us a voice message about something you love. From gas station coffee to tap dancing to rocks to the inner lives of rats, you answered—and showed us that when we experience the things that other people love, that love starts to feel like our own. Edited + produced by Miranda Zickler Original music in this episode is brought to you by Miranda Zickler and AJ McKinley, otherwise known as Magpie Cinema Club More You're Wrong About:Bonus Episodes on PatreonBuy cute merchYWA on Instagram Support the show Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

  7. Jun 30

    The JFK Assassination Part 2 with Mackenzie Joy Brennan

    But seriously, who really killed JFK? For part two of the JFK Assassination series, law correspondent Mackenzie Joy Brennan takes Sarah through the conspiracy theories that have surrounded the tragedy to see how the combination of too much information and too little information helped solidify a general feeling that things were not as they seemed. Together, they go over the Warren Commission report, the Zapruder Film, and the story of the “magic bullet,” and look at how Oliver Stone’s movie JFK changed our collective memory of what happened that day and who was really to blame. Digressions include the Sharpie art on burned CDs, the series premiere of Monk, and the unfortunate nostalgia for George W. Bush.More Mackenzie Joy Brennan:http://www.mkzjoybrennan.comEdited + produced by Miranda Zickler:http://www.linktr.ee/mirandatheswampmonster Fact checking by Julie KliegmanMore You're Wrong About:Bonus Episodes on PatreonBuy cute merchYWA on Instagram Support the show Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

  8. Jun 26 • Subscribers Only

    Cake Mail with Sarah Archer

    What would Satan cook? Sarah and kitchen correspondent Sarah Archer read listener mail sent in response to their Food Trends episode and chat about the many joys of celery, the recipes of Rosemary’s Baby, Nora Ephron’s prescient essay, and the unpasteurized past. Digressions include the world’s largest peace candle, the mysterious origin of cake pops, and calories burned while playing chess. Write in to sloppyandalive@gmail.com and share the meals you make when you simply can't be bothered and/or the quirky recipes that may or may not be exclusive to your family. More Sarah Archer: https://www.sarah-archer.com/ Nora Ephron on the food establishment: https://cookandeatbetter.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/ephron-on-food-establishment.pdf A celery vase at The Met Museum: https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/1494 A recipe for Tang pie: https://www.allrecipes.com/tang-pie-recipe-11756744 Chocolate Delight Bar recipe on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/yourewrongabout/posts/cake-mail-with-162186192 Produced + edited by Miranda Zickler: http://www.linktr.ee/mirandatheswampmonster

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