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This week, writer Miles Klee tells us why we have to take our shoes off at the airport. 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 Support the show

This week, Harmony Colangelo tiptoes through the tulips with us.   You can find Harmony at This Ends at Prom 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://podpeople.me/this-ends-at-prom 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

Since the beginning of time*, listeners have been asking for us to talk about Mary Kay Letourneau. And since the beginning of time, I have not quite known how to approach the topic. This podcast loves unfairly maligned women—it has no choice, because I love them—but Mary Kay Letourneau, when I looked into her story as a potential topic, always struck me as that rarest of characters: a fairly maligned women. Maybe even an unfairly unmaligned one, if you get right down to it. And, now, finally—using a new movie as an excuse—Seattle journalist Megan Burbank and I are getting right down do it. This is a story about rape, about the sexual abuse of children, about grooming—the real kind, not the homophobic GOP fantasy kind—and about crimes it's hard to find the right language to discuss. Listen with care, and please know we care for you. One thing we didn't get into in this episode, and that I wish we had: reached for comment by the Hollywood Reporter soon after this movie's release, Mary Kay Letourneau's victim and eventual husband, Vili Fualaau, said: “I’m still alive and well. If they had reached out to me, we could have worked together on a masterpiece. Instead, they chose to do a ripoff of my original story...I’m offended by the entire project and the lack of respect given to me — who lived through a real story and is still living it." The ethics of a biopic—even one that calls its characters by other names but only calls one tabloid story to mind—are especially important to discuss now that the proliferation of media and social media seems to make the content mill grow bigger by the day. I don't have any answers for these questions. But Megan and I would love to know what you think. *May 2018

During what should’ve been Roe v. Wade’s 51st birthday week, Sarah and reproductive health policy reporter Megan Burbank take a look at the movement, decades in the making, to tear down abortion rights in America, starting with the hypocrisy at its root. Is what we know as the pro-life movement a religious effort or a political movement? And how did a veneer of sincere belief conceal a toxic combination of racism and fear of paying taxes? Join us as we take out the trash — and look for the helpers who are cleaning it up. You can find Megan online here! Sign up for Megan's newsletter here! Two recent pieces by Megan: The Brand New Anti-Abortion Law That’s Steeped in an Old Moral Panic Planned Parenthood awarded $110K after Spokane clinic protests 100% of our net proceeds from this episode will be donated to the following organizations: Jane's Due Process Sister Song Yellowhammer Fund Northwest Abortion Access Fund Listen to our episode Your Abortion Stories 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://burbank.industries/ https://meganburbank.substack.com/ https://newrepublic.com/article/171804/idaho-abortion-human-trafficking-panic https://crosscut.com/news/2022/12/planned-parenthood-awarded-110k-after-spokane-clinic-protests https://www.sistersong.net/ https://abortionfunds.org/fund/yellowhammer-fund/ https://janesdueprocess.org/ https://nwaafund.org/ https://www.buzzsprout.com/1112270/11515738-your-abortion-stories 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

Sarah teams up with writer and editor Julie Kliegman—author of the hotly anticipated book MIND GAME—to look back at tennis's Battle of the Sexes, between Billie Jean King and Bobby Riggs (aka the Libber and the Lobber). No pigs were harmed in the making of this episode or in the Houston Astrodome on September 20, 1973. You can find Julie (and MIND GAME) online 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://juliekliegman.com/ https://rowman.com/ISBN/9781538168066/Mind-Game-An-Inside-Look-at-the-Mental-Health-Playbook-of-Elite-Athletes 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

The Exorcist turns 50 this week, so we invited Marlena Williams, author of Night Mother: A Personal and Cultural History of the Exorcist, to come tell us about the little possession movie that changed America forever. Was the set cursed by Satan himself, or plain old 70s misogyny? What makes a country going through a cultural upheaval embrace stories about the Devil? And—the most critical question of all—do Ouija boards really cause possession?  You can find Marlena online here. You can buy the book here. This episode was produced by Carolyn Kendrick. 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.marlywilliams.com/ https://ohiostatepress.org/books/titles/9780814258767.html https://www.carolynkendrick.com/ https://www.teepublic.com/stores/youre-wrong-about https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/yourewrongaboutpod https://www.podpage.com/you-are-good Support the show

God bless us, every one.* *But especially Carolyn Kendrick for producing, Miranda Zickler for editing, and Jamie Loftus for Christmas spirit help.

“The creatures outside looked from influencer to human, and from human to influencer, and from human to influencer again; but already it was impossible to say which was which.” Taylor Lorenz, author of Extremely Online, takes Sarah on a horror- and nostalgia-filled ride through the last twenty years of internet history. Then we try to make sense of what our internet future will be.  You can find Taylor online here. This episode was produced by Carolyn Kendrick. 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.taylorlorenz.com/ https://www.carolynkendrick.com/ https://www.teepublic.com/stores/youre-wrong-about https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/yourewrongaboutpod https://www.podpage.com/you-are-good Support the show

The holidays are a weird, fun, horrifying, heartwarming, exciting, exhausting, beautiful, miserable time. So we thought we'd make an audiobook for you. Here, I'm reading the first two staves--up through the journey to Christmas past--of Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol for you (beautifully edited by Miranda Zickler and produced by Carolyn Kendrick). Expect the next ghosts in a couple of weeks. I grew up watching the George C. Scott-as-Scrooge version of this story, which my parents taped off KOIN on Christmas Ever, 1989 (which means my Christmas memories also involve watching, year after year, news of the ouster of Ceaușescu and Noriega. Which, now that I think of it, seems pretty fitting). So what I'm saying is, if you want to make me cry out of pure nostalgia about ten seconds, play this TJ Maxx ad for me. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Skq1BJUjAZE (No, it's never, ever the same place twice.) I hope you enjoy this special project--I've been wanting to make a public domain audiobook for you for a while, so please let me know if you have more book ideas for 2024. And no matter what your month and your holiday season and your New Year's is like, thank you for being there with us through all of 2023. We couldn't have done it without you. I couldn't have done it without you. You're everything. We're just Ken. Love, Sarah

Mulder and Scully were busy this week, so Monroe and Marshall are on the case. Did UFOs really travel across the galaxy to experiment on American cows in the 1970s? And if so, why did they come back after fifty years? You can find Rachel online here. This episode was produced by Carolyn Kendrick. Links: UFOs and a Horse Called Snippy Mutilations of Cattle In Texas, Oklahoma Called Work of Cults Six Cattle Found Dead in Texas With Their Tongues Missing "UFO Secrecy extends to NASA; cattle mutilations confuse authorities" 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.rachel-monroe.com/ https://www.carolynkendrick.com/ https://history.denverlibrary.org/news/western-history/ufos-and-horse-called-snippy https://www.nytimes.com/1975/03/02/archives/mutilations-of-cattle-in-texas-oklahoma-called-work-of-cults.html https://www.nytimes.com/2023/04/22/us/cattle-deaths-texas.htm https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mhkc_ST8HEA https://www.teepublic.com/stores/youre-wrong-about https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/yourewrongaboutpod https://www.podpage.com/you-are-good Support the show

This week, celebrity correspondent Eve Lindley tells Sarah about why we should all be thankful for Amy Winehouse. Note: this episode depicts struggles with eating disorders, addiction and self harm. Please listen with care. We are thankful for you, too. You can find Eve on Instagram 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.instagram.com/eveclindley/ https://www.teepublic.com/stores/youre-wrong-about https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/yourewrongaboutpod https://www.podpage.com/you-are-good http://maintenancephase.com Support the show

Here's a full-sized treat for your candy bag: Halloween correspondent Chelsey Weber-Smith stopped by to talk about horror movie history, urban legends, Pop Rocks, and the most underrated slasher of the 90s. And along the way, we talk about why it can feel so good to be scared.