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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.

  1. 3D AGO

    Midnight Ghost Shows with Chelsey Weber-Smith

    What do you get when you combine a horror movie audience, a spiritualist séance, and a haunted house attraction? Beginning in the 1930s and lasting into the 1960s, midnight ghost shows were ghoulishly chaotic, wonderfully campy 4D theater performances that accompanied the scary movies of the era, beloved by a mostly-teenage audience who often became a part of the show themselves. Schlocky showman Chelsey Weber-Smith tells Sarah about how magicians-turned-ghostmasters used paranormal parlor tricks, gory skits, and marketing gimmicks to create a new form of vaudevillian dark comedy. As horror obsessives, Sarah and Chelsey muse about what it would have been like to attend one of these late night wacky fright fests that paved the way for the happily trashy theater camaraderie of The Rocky Horror Picture Show. Digressions include the resilience of the horseshoe crab, dollar store competition, and plot holes in the movie High Tension (2003). More Chelsey Weber-Smith: Listen to American Hysteria Original music in this episode is produced + performed by Magpie Cinema Club (except for Harry Belafonte's Zombie Jamboree which is, in fact, from 1962.) Listen to their cover of Season of the VVitch Produced + edited by Miranda Zickler More You're Wrong About: Bonus Episodes on Patreon Buy cute merch YWA on Instagram Sarah's other show, You Are Good Support the show

    1h 44m

  2. SEP 30

    The Auralyn with Blair Braverman

    Are you a survival pessimist or a survival optimist? Blair Braverman surprises Sarah with a harrowing, heartening, and sometimes hilarious tale of love and endurance in the face of certain death, but you’ll have to listen to find out the seemingly impossible circumstances our subjects had to overcome. Digressions include Sarah’s flight simulation skills, David Goggins' morning routine, and the best way to design your character in The Oregon Trail computer game. More Blair Braverman: Blair's new picture book, "The Day Leap Soared" Advice for Sarah from Blair Blair on Instagram More of Blair's work More You're Wrong About: Bonus Episodes on Patreon Buy cute merch YWA on Instagram Sarah's other show, You Are Good Support the show

    1h 11m

  3. SEP 26 • SUBSCRIBERS ONLY

    Idaho Guy Part 2 with Mackenzie Joy Brennan

    What’s a murderer supposed to do without his mommy? In the second part of this two part bonus series, law correspondent Mackenzie Joy Brennan continues the annoying saga of Idaho Guy up to the present day: his pre-trial imprisonment experience, the surprise plea, and a powerful victim impact statement that read the man to filth. Digressions include Oceangate, the nostalgia of putting your feet on the dashboard, and the TikTokification of true crime.  More Mackenzie Joy Brennan: https://www.mkzjoybrennan.com/

    1h 51m

  4. SEP 22 • SUBSCRIBERS ONLY

    Idaho Guy Part 1 with Mackenzie Joy Brennan

    Why are murderers so embarrassing? In part one of this two-part series, law correspondent Mackenzie Joy Brennan takes us through the 2022 murders of University of Idaho students Madison Mogen, Kaylee Goncalves, Xana Kernodle, and Ethan Chapin as well as the investigation into the killer, an infamous loser who shall not be named. Sarah and Mackenzie discuss the absurd mistakes Idaho Guy made as well as the typically terrible social media response to this heartbreaking and sensational story. Digressions include girlbossing cults, the Liquid Paper empire behind The Monkees, and the psychology of tailgating. More Mackenzie Joy Brennan: https://www.mkzjoybrennan.com/

    1h 19m

  5. SEP 16

    Samantha Smith vs. the Cold War with Maris Kreizman

    Who really ended the Cold War, Ronald Reagan or a ten-year-old girl? Eighties correspondent Maris Kreizman joins us for a heartfelt conversation about America’s Youngest Ambassador, Samantha Smith, a child who wrote a letter to Soviet General Secretary Yuri Andropov in hopes of cooling nuclear tensions. Then, Andropov wrote back. Maris and Sarah discuss the burden we place on the youth to “change the world” while simultaneously scolding them for their naivety. Digressions include the millennial urge to cut up plastic soda can rings, Christina Applegate’s SNL infomercial, and an important lesson from the Golden Girls. More Maris Kreizman: Buy the book, I Want to Burn This Place Down Subscribe to the newsletter, The Maris Review Maris on Bluesky More You're Wrong About: Bonus Episodes on Patreon Buy cute merch YWA on Instagram Sarah's other show, You Are Good Support the show

    1h 19m

  6. AUG 31 • SUBSCRIBERS ONLY

    Elvira with Eve Lindley

    Who’s afraid of Cassandra Peterson? In this bonus book club episode, Hollywood correspondent Eve Lindley revs up her fog machine and takes us on a journey through the prop tombstones of the 2021 memoir “Yours Cruelly, Elvira.” From her teen years spent as the youngest showgirl in Vegas through her tenure as the sometimes maligned and ultimately beloved Queen of Halloween, together we’ll worship at the feet of our Mistress of the Dark. Digressions include devil worship in the beer aisle, train hobby shops, and the ghosts of Carrie Bradshaw’s past. CW: child abuse, sexual assault

    1h 57m

  7. AUG 19

    The Insanity Defense with Mackenzie Joy Brennan

    What do John Hinckley Jr. and a jazz age tuberculosis patient have in common? Legal correspondent ​​Mackenzie Joy Brennan takes Sarah through some of the strange cases that helped make—and break—the insanity defense in America. Our story includes a woman who carried her (alleged) victims’ bodies around in a suitcase, and the attempted assassination of Ronald Reagan—carried out with the intention of impressing a young Jodie Foster. More Mackenzie Joy Brennan: http://www.mkzjoybrennan.com More You're Wrong About: Bonus Episodes on Patreon Buy cute merch YWA on Instagram Sarah's other show, You Are Good Support the show

    1h 21m

  8. JUL 31

    Corn Mazes with Chelsey Weber-Smith

    Can you find your way out of the maize? The corn maze has become an enduring attraction of the American autumnal experience, seen at touristy family farms next to pumpkin patches and haunted houses. But what are the historical roots of this iconic living puzzle? Sarah guides the eternally-lost Chelsey Weber-Smith through the twists and turns of the corn’s corridors and reveals the hidden architects that walk behind the rows. More Chelsey Weber-Smith: www.americanhysteriapodcast.com Mr. Jeff's Labyrinth Typology Hand Out: https://www.labyrinthos.net/Labyrinth%20Typology.pdf The Labyrinthos Labyrinth and Maze Resource Photo Library and Archive: https://www.labyrinthos.net/index.html Listen to Magpie Cinema Club: linktr.ee/magpiecinemaclub Support You're Wrong About: Bonus Episodes on Patreon Buy cute merch Sarah's other show, You Are Good Support the show

    1h 4m
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