You're Wrong About

Sarah Marshall built her reputation as a journalist who refuses to accept the popular version of events. You’re Wrong About takes a single person, moment, or cultural phenomenon that the public thinks it understands and pulls it apart, showing how the actual story is stranger, sadder, or more complicated than anyone remembers. Topics range from the Satanic Panic and Y2K to the life of Tonya Harding and the D.C. sniper case. Marshall does heavy research for each episode, citing books, court documents, and interviews that most people never encounter. She originally co-hosted with Michael Hobbes, who left in 2021, and the show has continued with Marshall bringing on guest collaborators like Chelsey Weber-Smith of American Hysteria. Episodes run about an hour and drop biweekly. The tone lands somewhere between a well-sourced history lecture and a long conversation with a friend who happens to have read everything about a subject. Marshall’s dry humor keeps things from getting too heavy, even when the material is dark. With 335 episodes, a 4.5-star rating from over 21,000 reviews, and a Time Magazine top-ten nod in 2019, the show has earned a dedicated audience. Recent episodes have covered crop circles and the real history behind urban legends. If you enjoy having your assumptions corrected with actual evidence, this show does it consistently and without smugness.