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You're Wrong About

You're Wrong About

Written by: 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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  • Pee-wee Herman Part 1 with Jamie Loftus
    Jun 30 2025

    What’s today’s secret word? Paul Reubens spent years bringing to life one of America’s most beloved characters, Pee-wee Herman, an icon of joy for weirdos of all ages. In the first of this two part series, Pee-wee superfan-turned-historian Jamie Loftus lets us into the playhouse for a journey through Paul’s early life and art school days, his collaborations and relationships, and the beginnings of a kind of fame that would blur the line between character and creator.

    More about Jamie Loftus:

    https://www.jamieloftus.xyz/

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    Sarah's other show, You Are Good

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    1 hr and 8 mins
  • The Hitler Diaries with Adrian Daub
    Jun 11 2025

    What happens when you’re just a little too good at forging the diaries of Adolf Hitler? And why did so many people want to read them? In 1983, the West German news magazine Stern bought sixty volumes of forged journals and held a press conference to announce their publication. This week, Adrian Daub of podcasts In Bed With the Right and The Feminist Present is here to tell us all about what would be the publishing hoax to end all hoaxes…if only the book in question wasn’t so boring.

    More about Adrian Daub:
    https://www.adriandaub.com/

    More about the Hitler Diaries (German language podcast):

    https://www.stern.de/faking-hitler/

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    1 hr and 25 mins
  • Coyotes! with Lulu Miller
    May 24 2025

    Who is out there behind the howling midnight parties in the distance? For generations we have coexisted in varying degrees of rivalry, conflict, and admiration with the North American canine known as the coyote. From pre-colonization to our modern backyards, through the wild west and the streets of San Francisco, award-winning NPR science reporter and YWA Maligned Animal correspondent Lulu Miller takes our pack on a journey toward a better understanding of these resilient creatures.

    *EDITOR'S NOTE: Lulu Miller would like to submit a correction to her statement that Ronald Reagan put a band on coyote poison, she actually meant Richard Nixon. Sarah would like to add that he grew up drinking raw milk and at least one of his brothers died of tuberculosis which really makes you think, doesn't it?


    Terrestrials // “The Howler: The Dog Who Joined a Coyote Pack”
    https://www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/radiolab-kids/articles/the-howler-the-dog-who-joined-a-coyote-pack

    More about Lulu Miller:
    https://radiolab.org/team/lulu-miller

    Visit Christine E. Wilkerson's website
    https://scrappynaturalist.com/


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    Bonus Episodes on Patreon
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    Where else to find us:
    Sarah's other show, You Are Good

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    http://patreon.com/yourewrongabout
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    1 hr and 16 mins

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