Mind blown, intellect and compassion increased

Thank y'all tons for engaging both my mind and heart. The research, both smart & whitty with a side of sarcasm, feels like talking to old, trusted friends.

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Favorite Podcast period.

amazing show. very well researched and explained extremely well. Micheal is my favorite but thats no knock on Sarah, she's more akin to me personally but seeing as we have the same interests overlapping I just feel I learn more from Micheal.

and it was very wholesome listening to Sarah encourage Micheal at first with his taglines and now he is killin the game.

in short... yall rock

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Favorite Podcast!!

This is my favorite podcast, I've listened to each episode multiple times! Well research, entertaining, funny, and insightful.

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Incredible show

Sarah and Mike are fantastic journalists, cultural critics, and all around human persons. Amazing show.

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Response to Bob

This is a great show. Bob clearly has not actually listened and is a troll who needs to go back into whatever hole he crawled out of.

I look forward to listening to this podcast for years to come.

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I feel like I know (/I am) Sarah, she’s amazing & Mike is missed

The dynamic between original hosts, Mike and Sarah, is utterly fantastic. It makes you feel like you’re their 3 friend in the room with them (though never like a third-wheel). Their digressions are hilarious, they’re analogies provide easy to digest context and their format (one researches, the other asks questions) is perfectly balanced. I can’t decide which set up I like more as they both explain everything thoroughly and clearly, as well as ask important, thought-provoking questions. When Sarah is the researcher, her examples and references are so perfect (also sometimes representing ideal millennial pop culture) and Mike asks fantastic questions. When Mike is the researcher he expertly articulates the complexities and practical applications of the issue at hand. Most of their guests are fantastic, I especially enjoy Dana Schwartz. I stumbled across this podcast through their Columbine episode and quickly devoured it all. Top episode recs: DC Sniper series, Anastasia, Marie Antoinette, Teri Schivo, Jessica Simpson series, Ed Gein, Jeffrey Dahmer, Exxon Valdez, McDonald’s Hot Coffee….I could go on! Definitely one of my top recommended pods, although I do sincerely miss having Mike.

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Entertaining but superficial

I love how all reviews are either great (5 stars!) or terrible (liberal cr*p!). I think this usually indicates a lack of critical thinking or an underlying agenda. I give Sarah and Michael four stars for performance and story, because they are very entertaining with their interesting and relevant subject matter. However, they fall into the trap of all entertainment journalists and sometimes remind me of the hosts on F*x news, Sorry, the truth hurts. I am motivated to write this criticism after listening to the four-part book review, "The Satan Seller." Sarah and Michael make a strong case that Michael Warnke, the author of that book, was peddling a load of B.S. for personal profit. However, their summary statements about his success ("because in the world of Evangelical Christians ..." or "Because Evangelical Christians believe that people enter satanic cults ...) don't give any details about why people fell for his tall tales of life in a Satanic cult. In their telling, the answer to this question usually distills down to "Because people (in this case Evangelical Christians) are just plain stupid." I have noticed this refrain in their other podcasts as well. I would be happy hearing some rebuttal from the side of the duped. Michael Warnke appeared on numerous talk shows and interviews, but these bits of evidence are glossed over with brief summary statements. I would also be happy hearing a little less snark from the commentators (snark, n., A comment designed to elicit a noise from the listener similar to that heard when a person has a runny nose and no nearby tissue). OK, so Warnke dressed like a dork and used poor adjectives. Let it go. As Sarah and Michael repeatedly point out, Warnke's real story often needs a lot of journalistic embellishment to help it sell, and I worry the hosts are falling into that trap themselves. The real question is whether the hosts are trying to encourage open-minded listeners to dig deeper into the headlines thrown at us daily, or are they just "playing to their base" (see above F*x news comment). Thus forearmed, I hope readers of this review will explore and enjoy all the episodes of "You're wrong about" with a critical and discerning ear.

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Currently my favorite podcast!

I've listened to every episode at least twice! Michael and Sarah clarify misremembered events from the past with humor and heart.

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Flight 571

Loved this podcast - so interesting! I was mad there wasn’t more traffic so I could finish. I’m was astounded to learn some of the horrifying stories yet inspired by their will to live and inner strength.

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My favourite podcast by far

I really like their interaction, the thoroughness of research, humour, and insight. They are obviously two very bright people.

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