We continue our re-release of the fan favorite Library Socialism trilogy with the final of the OG trilogy. This time, exploring the philosophical alternative to hierarchy, the notion of cooperative difference, and the dynamic tension of mutually dependent opposites. We explore complementarity as a natural fact, analytical framework, and ethical imperative. Hierarchy, reciprocity, nature, life, death, grasping and loss are just some of the topics touched on as the Wrong Boys try really hard not t...
Jan 16, 2024•2 hr 4 min
In another fan favorite re-release. Human need: what exactly is it, how do we meet it, and what level should nobody fall below? These are the questions which plague the Wrong Boys as they embark on the next exciting installment of their series on Library Socialism. Transcript available here . Support our show on Patreon : https://www.patreon.com/srslywrong Join us on the Library Socialism forum to participate in the development of these ideas: http://www.librarysocialism.com...
Jan 08, 2024•1 hr 58 min
For your use and enjoyment: a re-run of a fan-favorite episode of Srsly Wrong, using the lenses of history, complexity, retention, and culmination to talk about libraries, sharing, and the socialist future we want to build. Transcript now available: https://srslywrong.com/transcripts/ Join the Library Socialist forums: https://librarysocialism.com Opening Theme Song: Jodi Pongratz Closing Theme Song: Hunt Hunt Hunt Camp https://hunthunthuntcamp.bandcamp.com/ Sign up on patreon to support the sho...
Jan 02, 2024•1 hr 46 min
In this very special holiday bonus episode, Aaron and Shawn talk about the ad-hoc Christmas Truce between 100,000 German and British soldiers during WW1, spitball some utopian policy, and talk about a world where fewer 18 year old’s heads are exploded for basically no reason. Listen to the whole thing here: *302 – The Christmas Truce (1914) | Patreon
Dec 20, 2023•8 min•Season 9Ep. 301
The Wrong Boys, who do not believe in ghosts, buy a spooky house on the cheap to open up a sanctuary for fragile puppies. Support the show: http://patreon.com/srslywrong
Dec 04, 2023•1 hr 44 min•Season 9Ep. 299
Can we have our cake and eat it too? Can humanity live comfortable, luxurious lives, all while reducing our energy consumption and living within the bounds of ecology? Listen to find out! Support the show: http://patreon.com/srslywrong Show notes Theme song by Spam Risk: https://spamrisk.bandcamp.com/releases Photo Credit: https://www.flickr.com/photos/38436453@N07/3924238584...
Nov 30, 2023•2 hr 57 min•Season 9Ep. 300
BONUS EPISODE – Aaron and Shawn answer a series of our most-asked questions about Library Socialism, focusing on first steps of a hypothetical Library Socialist movement, transitionary trajectories towards an ecological and democratic society, and share a toolkit of possible steps towards a democratic, ecological, egalitarian future pushed by people power and our highest ideals. A path where the good folks win out over bad, despite all the forces against us. This week on SRSLY WRONG. https://www...
Oct 27, 2023•6 min
We are joined by Cory Doctorow to discuss three of his recent books “Chokepoint Capitalism”, “The Internet Con”, and “The Lost Cause”. We discuss Enshittification, Monopolies, Interoperability, Green New Deals, and Library Socialism! Help Cory Kickstart the new audiobook for ‘The Lost Cause’: https://lost-cause.org/ Support the show: http://patreon.com/srslywrong Theme song by E. June...
Oct 07, 2023•1 hr 35 min•Season 9Ep. 297
Plunging into the strange (and often horrifying) world of academic evolutionary psychologists describing their own beliefs in public podcast appearances, we hear from and respond to David Buss, Randy Thornhill, Geoffrey Miller, and Jordan Peterson on the nature of patriarchy and human sexuality. Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/srslywrong Theme Song by Brain Tan: https://braintan.bandcamp.com/...
Sep 27, 2023•2 hr 35 min•Season 9Ep. 296
The culmination and crescendo of the Atlas Shrugged film series trilogy is a broken mess of a film that lays the contradictions at the heart of Rands philosophy bare for all to see. full episode: https://www.patreon.com/posts/295-atlas-movie-89184789 Theme Song by Harpers of the World: https://fasola.org/
Sep 13, 2023•9 min•Season 9Ep. 295
Part two of our Atlas Shrugged The Film The Podcast series. With a lower budget and an all-new cast, can this film do what the first couldn’t and convert the Wrong Boys to Randian Libertarianism? The answer within. Get the full episode here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/294-atlas-movie-88831316 Theme Song by Emil Kjølhede: emilkjoelhede.bandcamp.com...
Sep 06, 2023•9 min•Season 9Ep. 294
This is the first episode in a new Patreon series on the Atlas Shrugged film trilogy. Join us as we recount and critique the cinematic adaptation of the first third of Ayn Rand’s libertarian magnum opus, Atlas Shrugged. Full episode here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/293-atlas-movie-88399620
Aug 29, 2023•11 min•Season 9Ep. 293
What do you get what you take plain old patriarchy and apply a fresh new pseudo-scientific veneer of hierarchical naturalism? Get your mating preferences in order, start evaluating one another’s genes, and enjoy this examination of Evo-Psych Bullshit. Support our show on Patreon: 292 – Evo-Psych Bullshit | Patreon Theme Song by Dopecreature Stephen Jay Gould on Sociobiology Bookchin on Sociobiology The Age of Scientific Sexism by by Mari Ruti | ISBN 1628923792 Mothers and Others by Sarah Hrdy | ...
Aug 15, 2023•2 hr 39 min
In this BONUS EPISODE, The Wrong Boys try their hand at a “classic srsly wrong” style episode, like the “good old days” and riff about a variety of subjects that happen to be on their mind. Subjects include the writers/actors strike, the movie “how to blow up a pipeline,” and the Degrowth/Banana discourse on twitter. Sign up on Patreon to Hear the Whole Episode Now https://www.patreon.com/posts/291-there-is-one-86661887...
Jul 28, 2023•6 min
We talk to utopian authors Troy Vettese & Drew Pendergrass about Half Earth Socialism, their vision for an egalitarian and ecological future. A future that rejects solar geoengineering and nuclear power in favor of a democratic rewilding of half the earth, in order to absorb carbon, cut methane, and restore biodiversity. The Book: https://www.versobooks.com/en-ca/products/2650-half-earth-socialism The Half Earth Game: https://www.half.earth/ Support us on patreon: https://www.patreon.com/srs...
Jul 18, 2023•2 hr 28 min
The Wrong Boys take a deep look at the history of copyright, rebut common arguments against online piracy, and stand in awe at the utopian possibilities of file sharing. Originally Released March 1, 2023 on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/srslywrong Theme Song by Brain Tan: https://braintan.bandcamp.com/
Jul 10, 2023•2 hr 36 min
This is a teaser for all an all-new BONUS episode on Patreon. There will be no digital kissing practice on portable nintendo this week, as we complete our analysis of Jordan Peterson’s book with his final 3 rules, where his hierarchy train of thought finally reached its political destination, with a long digression into anti-feminist politics. Listen to the full episode here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/289-petersons-12-85278732...
Jun 28, 2023•7 min•Season 7Ep. 289
This week, Shawn and Aaron continue their maddening descent into AI sludge hell. Support our show on Patreon Show Notes: SRSLY WRONG 287/288 – AI Show Notes – Google Docs Episode Artwork by Anna Sorokina // www.annasorokinaart.com
Jun 22, 2023•2 hr 5 min
The Wrong Boys are talking AI, ALI, AGI, and ASI- ChatGPT, Midjourn, For-Profit Hype Cycles, Self Driving Cars, Roko’s Basilisk, Whether AI can save us, and Whether AI might doom us. Whether we should even call it AI in the first place. What about the Artists? All these ideas and more, crammed into this humdinger of a 2 hour first course of our two-part on AI. Show Notes Episode Artwork by Anna Sorokina / www.annasorokinaart.com Theme Song by alman the man...
Jun 14, 2023•1 hr 59 min
Shawn is joined by Graham Culbertson of the Everyday Anarchism podcast to talk about Library Socialism, Everyday Anarchism, Basic Income vs Jobs Guarantee, David Graeber, and other topics! Doctorow on Everyday Anarchism: Graeber’s Pirate Enlightment — Cory Doctorow (everydayanarchism.com) Democratize Everything on Srsly Wrong: 207 – Democratize Everything – srsly wrong...
Jun 07, 2023•1 hr 25 min
This is a teaser for all an all-new BONUS episode on Patreon. Shawn and Aaron continue their read of Jordan Peterson’s fascinatingly strange right wing Christian diarrhea self-help book, getting through rules 7, 8, and 9 with some digressions about all-meat diets and hierarchal naturalism. Listen to the full episode here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/83564328/
May 26, 2023•9 min
Crossover episode! We went on librarypunk about the rights of minors to read, to know, and to be treated as people. We talk about our memories as children and accessing information at various stages in our development, and what the liberation of children will look like in regard to libraries. On librarypunk (with notes) 090 – Right of Children to Read and Know feat. Srsly Wrong | librarypunk support the show on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/srslywrong...
May 16, 2023•1 hr 26 min
We have a balanced discussion about the first 6 rules for life from Jordan Peterson’s life’s work. This bonus episode is an antidoot to chaos. full episode here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/283-jordan-12-1-82213892
May 01, 2023•12 min•Season 9Ep. 283
This whale octopus mushroom, Shawn and Aaron Whale Octopus and Mushroom. For you and your WOM. Support our show on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/srslywrong Theme Song by Far Flowers: https://farflowers.bandcamp.com/ Read WOM Books: The Cultural Lives of Whales and Dolphins by Hal Whitehead, Luke Rendell The Soul of an Octopus by sy montgomery Entangled Life by Merlin Sheldrake...
Apr 17, 2023•1 hr 25 min
Shawn and Aaron are joined by Video Essayist Andrewism to discuss David Graeber’s second posthumous book- “Pirate Enlightenment” Support our show on Patreon: SRSLY WRONG | Creating a utopian comedy podcast | Patreon Watch Andrewism on YouTube: Andrewism – YouTube Check out Pirate Enlightenment: Pirate Enlightenment, or the Real Libertalia (macmillan.com) Theme Song by Day Shapes https://day-shapes.bandcamp.com/...
Apr 03, 2023•1 hr 27 min•Season 9Ep. 281
In this very special new BONUS episode, Aaron + Shawn discuss eating bugs, the world economic forum, globalism vs globalization, the politics of disgust, and even try out eating a few bugs of their own. Books cited: Edible Insects: A Global History by Gina Louise Hunter Edible Insects and Human Evolution by Julie J Lesnik Insects: the edible field guide by Stefan Gates Articles cited: Insect diet helped early humans build bigger brains, study suggests – The Source – Washington University in St. ...
Mar 22, 2023•10 min
The Wrong boys speak with David Graeber about his new book ‘Bullshit Jobs’, exploring the ever multiplicating ways our society makes up stuff for people to do. They also discuss the puritan work ethic, and even discover how to solve global poverty in just three steps. Episode Transcript: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1bo-56B7NUGw_3dXmSOj-EOiYpSw33_mxGlczyVF3m4c/ Consider donating to our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/srslywrong...
Mar 09, 2023•1 hr 10 min
This is a teaser for our full length bonus episode available here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/279-golden-age-79421989 The Wrong Boys take a deep look at the history of copyright, rebut common arguments against online piracy, and stand in awe at the utopian possibilities of file sharing.
Mar 01, 2023•7 min•Season 9Ep. 279
Detailing the true egalitarian, working-class history of the golden age of piracy with historian Marcus Rediker. support the show on patreon! https://www.patreon.com/srslywrong Check out ‘Under the Banner of King Death’ here! http://www.beacon.org/Under-the-Banner-of-King-Death-P1928.aspx Marcus’ Website: https://www.marcusrediker.com/ A ‘history from below’ reading list w/ Marcus https://www.historyworkshop.org.uk/activism-solidarity/history-from-below-a-reading-list-with-marcus-rediker/ Theme ...
Feb 09, 2023•1 hr 43 min•Season 9Ep. 278
We are joined by Madeline Lane-McKinley to talk about the intersections between comedy and utopianism, the world of stand-up comedy and the tendency towards domination-centered comedy, using comedy to escape work, and the importance of play. Check out her book ‘Comedy Against Work: Utopian Longing in Dystopian Times’! https://www.commonnotions.org/comedy-against-work Theme Song by ‘alman the man’ https://open.spotify.com/artist/0phmPAQKm91ez7HJPTUEZ1 support the show on patreon! https://www.patr...
Jan 27, 2023•2 hr 11 min•Season 9Ep. 277
