This show has completely left behind its original premise. It used to be informative, clever, and concise. Now, the guests lack substance, the conversation rambles from fact into personal story or opinion for far too long. The audio and editing quality have declined. I understand that the same hosts won’t want to do the same content forever; the right thing to do is discontinue it, instead of packaging something lesser and new as the same great product. I unsubscribed.

5 stars for what it was: I am an avid listener since the early COVID days and a paid subscriber. I used to listen to many of those episodes on repeat. Both Sarah and Michael are intelligent, funny, and could give this comprehensive sociopolitical lens like no other. The topics were relevant enough so I could feel like I haven’t walked away from what matters, but distant for me to have a mental reprieve. For 6 years, this was the only podcast I listened to because no other one could fill this void like they could. Over time, the formatting, topics, and editing have changed. And that’s okay, because change is constant. So I’m not writing to complain that this show looks totally different now, I’m writing a grieving love letter to what it once was. That sounds dramatic, but it is genuine grief and also appreciation. Thank you Sarah and Michael for your work spanning over a half of a decade, where we learned, challenged convention, and grew together🥂

The Steve Irwin ep was a very educational and moving tribute. I wish his kids could hear it, and I think you captured the essence of what he tried to accomplish in his life. I got emotional too!

Enjoyed the Listener Halloween episode. Glad it was not all spooky stories. Other episodes I’ve been running hot and cold on.

I used to listen to the entire catalog on repeat. Now, I only periodically check to see if they happen to have a guest on who’s covering an interesting topic. Since Mike has left, they’ve completely abandoned the concept and methodology the show originally established, and their new editor is seemingly asleep at the wheel, leaving in entire rants that don’t relate to the episode. Sarah has changed my own outlook on life and people. But that doesn’t mean I want to listen to any thought she has while reminiscing with her dear friends. Her new series The Devil You Know is twice as good as anything she’s released since Mike left.

It’s hard for me to imagine a more vapid podcast.

Love the show but Sarah needs to tone down the hate for white men

5 stars, but i'm not savvy enough to figure out how else to correct a slur made against coyotes: has any coyote ever eaten a smol housepet? likely. But are 99% of missing smol housepets falsely blamed on coyotes? Yes! And that irresponsibly adds to the habitat-destroying hoa-class' panicmongering over cOyOtEs, and competitive coyote hunting. Please think about the enabling consequences before repeating pro pagganda

Would be so fun if you ever did a crossover ep with the tooth and claw guys

I logged on here for the first time (even tho i love the show) because I truly needed to express that the Remains of the Day lunch box must be made.

But not about Sarah who is one of the few people in my life who understands what a “Remains of the Day” lunch box is. Thank you for making me feel seen. Listening since the very beginning and will until nothing else remains. Thank you. 6 stars.

The only hosts of a non-true crime podcast who have re-explained serial killers in a humanizing way, I could also listen to Sarah talk about the economic downturn of the ‘70’s as Leatherface’s arc on repeat (just to get to it through my thick skull !)

Someone recommended me this podcast years ago, and it will always remain a favorite. Informative, funny. So cool, so fun. Thank you!

This show is great. Wholesome, sweet, thoughtful, safe, and warm, as well as full of lessons to learn. I’ve been listening for years, and as time goes on I just want more and more to be friends with Sarah. Keep it up — you’re a real one!

You use the work LIKE so damn often . It’s a useless, filler word which just dilutes your sentences :(

The hosts are easy to listen to and I was stating to enjoy. One made a really dumb political comment and just blew it for me.

this might seem nitpicky but i was really disappointed in the JFK episode pt. 1 that Sarah just glossed over the fact that there WAS a recent assassination caught entirely on video!! Charlie Kirk!! I feel like that was a huge piece of conversation vis a vis the public reacting to it, and i was just so disappointed that when mackenzie brought it up sarah just glossed over it. this show has definitely not got the same sparkle. love the older eps!

Research quality and format have taken a nose dive. Sarah seems like a lovely person.

During the pandemic I listened to a lot of episodes of this show and really enjoyed it but as of late it seems like so many episodes are just non episodes. I have no sense of if I’m in the minority on this, but I don’t really care about audience submission episodes or episodes that aren’t exploring a specific topic. Right now, of the last 5 episodes, only 2 seem to be actual episodes. I get the impression that the show is running out of topics of interest to explore or perhaps the host has lost interest in the show but is still pumping out episodes that kind of amount to nothing. It makes me sad

JFK episode is just laughably inaccurate lol

I made it 18 minutes into my very first episode of this podcast before some pretty frightening rhetoric came out to play. I was really hoping for a fun new podcast, not an alarming reminder that eliminationist language has become de rigeur.😮‍💨 Extremely disappointing. 😢

I’m 53 and when I was a freshman in college and JFK came out, it was absolutely 1,000,000% understood as a conspiracy theory movie and Oliver stone 1,000,000% has that reputation.

I was late to discover this podcast and am so glad I did. Perfect amount of information and levity. It also feels really good to discover truths about things I grew up thinking I understood. Some have been absolutely mind blowing.

Link up with Mackenzie Joy Brennen more. You two are golden!

Jack Ruby please

Love it ♥️ ♥️ so much! Listen to it on car rides and while writing this review.

Was recommended by a family member. Made it 20 minutes. So many words spoken with so little information communicated.

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Loved it for years. Helped me through Pandemic. Thank you for correcting guests, maybe get some with a little less assuming. “A movie about queerness could never be made at this time.” “Tom Hanks was in Philadelphia at this same time.” Oof.

I love the great storytelling that goes into the multi-source research of this podcast. My favorites are the several episode deep-dive type stories. I like to go back and forth between the early episodes and the more recents.

Hi Sarah, your Desperation Pie episode actually is using the audio from the Rhinelander episode (if you are not aware already)

I love your housekeeping content! A fresh a fabulous take.👏👏 quick note on the desperation pie episode. Disney world didn’t open until 1971

Interesting and informative podcast was ruined by hosts’ constant giggling. I won’t listen again

Loved loved loved this ep. Need a whole series. The yinzer in me sees the carNEGie in you

Came for the Keiko episode hoping to hear more or at least a different take than the NYT version. This was poorly researched, a lot of speculation, and didn’t really add anything interesting. The host and guest should have listened to that series first - there were a lot of comments like, “no one really knows…” when it was in fact very well known.

Sarah has created a world that revolves all around her. Congratulations!

This has been one of the most thoughtful podcasts in my rotation. I’ve been listening since the rotten in Denmark guy was a regular partner. Always empathetic to the right people, and Sarah keenly understands how circumstances influence behavior (and matters like mental health disorders are handled with exceptional sensitivity). Had to write this the after LOLing at the crop circle clip commentary. Just the best. There is no doubt the ideas and perspectives of Sarah and guests have influenced my thinking in the most positive ways. Love you.

More crime and court case episodes please. The recent ones remind me of O.G. You’re Wrong About I fell in love with.

Remarks about MAGA being a “cult” are offensive and stupid. It alienates listeners on both sides of the political aisle and has nothing to do with your content. Do better.

Worst Movie Ever Episode. The pro podcaster voice was really grating on me, but when he said “cocksman” I had to bounce. See ya next episode Sarah.

I just love this show. Her voice is so pleasant to me. Just a nice show! Worth checking out. It's kind of like, the cozy game of podcasts. Like what you imagine Wish Me Well from Sanrio would do as a podcast. 10/10.

One of my faves. Sarah brings an inspiring amount of consideration and humanity to every topic of conversation. She reads into the motivations of people and events from near history like a literature professor, and her and her guests come out of it with a 3-dimensional study from which we can all learn. Also, she’s really funny.

I’ve listened to this podcast for years, and I personally loved it much more when Michael was the cohost. The subject matter continues to be some of the best out there. Sometimes Sarah’s emotional commentary and frequent personal anecdotes—inserted every few minutes—can get a bit distracting and annoying. Still, overall, the show is absolutely worth a listen.

I have listened to this podcast from the start. I loved it with and without Michael. I loved all the Tanya, OJ, Michelle Remembers etc. I binged the Keiko series today and had all the feels. As a fellow Oregonian child I can’t express how much this hit. Thank you for consistently reminding me of the messiness of being human.

At this point I’m genuinely convinced Sarah has made some sort of pact or (legally binding?) commitment to mentioning Newsies (1992) at least once per episode.

Sara is very enjoyable with her dry humor and intelligence. Sometimes she gets a little overboard in the emotional melodrama, but it’s worth that to hear her insights. Michael is bearable at times, but ironically doesn’t realize that he would be the most insufferable date of all, despite his denigration of insufferable dates. The biggest downside is the clutching of pearls on a random topic, and how terrible the transgressor is, but it’s usually a nothingburger…or, in a bizarre typical example, they will denegrate the usage of a common phrase or stereotype, say Nicole Brown Simpson being described as objectively good looking. Their outrage over the usage of the term, plus the dramatic puzzled questioning of WhAt tHaT eVEn iS?!?!, they present as a crime against humanity. Wut? But then later they refer to Paula Barbieri, as, you guessed it, objectively good looking. Ugh. Please. Weathervaning is not clever. A fair number of episodes have just plain wrong information, or bizarre interpretations of the facts. Especially annoying is taking the side of someone who is guilty, just because it presents as being socially conscious or empathetic. For instance, the non-revelation that the welfare queen that Ronald Reagan demonized, actually didn’t steal millions of dollars is not news. But their support of her, and riffing in conclusion that it would be great if she had is, well, gross. There’s no shortage of other episodes where someone who shouldn’t have done what they did gets glorified. Oops. Last problem is that more than half of the 100+ episodes heard don’t qualify as you’re wrong about revelations. They’re just rehashes of items that have already been unmasked in the arena of common knowledge for many years. When they are on, it’s good. When they are off, or wrong, or banging the drum for a guilty cause, move to the next episode.

every time I try to manually search “You’re Wrong About” my search kept saying “can’t connect right now”. I searched up this podcast by typing Sarah Marshall, and that worked! Interesting how my phone seems to not want me to search for this podcast… something to look into? love what you do Sarah! thank you 💟💟💟

Sarah is smart, creative, and wildly witty. Each and every episode is like a top rated movie. Much prefer to learn about fascinating news topics from YWA than regular news outlets. Highly recommend!

One of my favorite podcasts. Always get excited for the new ones to come out

I first discovered Sarah through her collabs with American Hysteria and am so obsessed with this pod. Sarah is obviously absolutely brilliant, so witty, and hilarious. I love her dry humor and Daria-like personality. I’m so impressed with her ability to somehow embody such intelligence and teach us fascinating things while keeping it effortlessly entertaining, relatable, and human. I love how authentic the show feels and truly think Sarah could improv talk about anything unscripted in a way that will never fail to be fascinating and hilarious.