329 – Morning in Utopia
Rise and shine. Donate to SRSLY WRONG to get early access, bonus episodes, and to support the show… Thank you!! http://www.patreon.com/srslywrong Theme song by Spam Risk: https://spamrisk.bandcamp.com/releases

Rise and shine. Donate to SRSLY WRONG to get early access, bonus episodes, and to support the show… Thank you!! http://www.patreon.com/srslywrong Theme song by Spam Risk: https://spamrisk.bandcamp.com/releases
Doing a half-assed job of anything is widely disparaged in our society, but why is that? Who decided these ass requirements? Are these reasonable ass expectations? How much ass does each of us truly have to give? Donate to SRSLY WRONG to get early access, bonus episodes, and to support the show… Thank you!! http://www.patreon.com/srslywrong Theme song by Dope Creature: https://soundcloud.com/dopecreature...
Continuing our dissection of the Jordan Peterson / Pierre Poilievre interview, discussing Pierre’s bad economics, made-up history, racism, and fake populism. Donate to SRSLY WRONG to get early access, bonus episodes, and to support the show… Thank you!! http://www.patreon.com/srslywrong Theme Song by Harpers of the World: https://fasola.org/
Jordan Peterson interviewed the leader of Canada’s Conservative party, Pierre Poilievre, who is currently leading the polls to become the next prime minister. The Wrong Boys dive in to their discussions. Donate to SRSLY WRONG to get early access, bonus episodes, and to support the show… Thank you!! http://www.patreon.com/srslywrong Theme Song by Harpers of the World: https://fasola.org/...
The wrong boys HYPOCRITICALLY critique the idea of hypocrisy EVEN THOUGH they use the term themselves. How convenient! This episode is a critique of the idea of hypocrisy, it’s political usefulness, and a discussion on it’s appeal, origins, and so on. Donate to SRSLY WRONG to get early access, bonus episodes, and to support the show… Thank you!! https://www.patreon.com/posts/119540990
Exploring the horrifying technological-social realities of the surveillance state and surveillance capitalism. Why you should care and what we should do about it. full episode here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/324-mass-118493160 Theme song by Trai Bo
Gather your family around the tape player for the yearly tradition of listening to the SRSLY WRONG christmas special,. In this classic sketch episode (re-run), we follow Jelcinda, the personal lawyer of an embattled and controversial Santa Claus, as she discovers the true meaning of christmas. Thanks for listening to our show this year!! New full-length bonus episode coming later this week! Sign up to our patreon today to get full access to our whole archive and bonus episodes, and to support ou...
Israel’s ongoing genocide in Gaza is a horrifying nightmare. This episode is about that. Source Doc – https://docs.google.com/document/d/1RHRU63m75QjHrcKy_bB_QBYCEJbofcIGyhynaB90qNo Donate to the Palestinian Children’s Relief Fund: https://pcrf1.app.neoncrm.com/forms/gaza-recovery Support the podcast: https://www.patreon.com/srslywrong Opening theme by E June Closing theme by Conor Drake: https://soundcloud.com/conor-drake...
We are joined by Tracy Rosenthal and Leonardo Vilchis, two co-founders of the largest tenants’ union in the USA, to talk about housing, organizing, a system that puts property values above humanity, and what tenants can do about it. Read their new book “Abolish Rent” https://www.haymarketbooks.org/books/2443-abolish-rent Theme Song by Spam Risk: https://spamrisk.bandcamp.com/...
This week we turn our imagination goggles toward the concept of justice, exploring how it’s currently practiced vs what an ideal justice system would look like. support the show on patreon: https://www.patreon.com/srslywrong cw: mentions of rape/prison rape 25:50 – 26:40, 30:50 – 31:40, 49:20 – 49:33 Theme Song by The Sultans
Pieces of shit. What are they? Who are they? *turns to mirror* Am I a piece of shit? The answers to all these questions and more, right here! support the show on patreon! https://www.patreon.com/srslywrong Theme Song by Day Shapes https://day-shapes.bandcamp.com/
Housework is a never-ending job that every household needs to do, that causes conflicts between roommates, that disproportionately falls on women, and that you don’t even get paid for. This episode is your one-stop show for cleaning tips & tricks, hacks, stats, and facts on housework, and the historical wages for housework movement. support us on patreon: http://www.patreon.com/srslywrong sources: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1E_fX4HS5MjcBxOyaGMGFMghwFhDdGzuryV95f0SwTH4/edit Theme song...
Surveillance billionaire Peter Thiel is an example of a rich guy who ruins everything. He’s not a good guy. support the show: https://www.patreon.com/srslywrong Source Sheet: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1-CHXcEaAkSulBaNqdVZG9qh52xeOWOgFBTAv-xReZ1Q/edit#heading=h.1bq8umv8qozj Theme Song: Matt Hogan...
This episode on SRSLY WRONG, Shawn & Aaron discuss the ways in which rich people, and the existence of “richness” corrupts and ruins everything in our society. Books mentioned: Limitarianism by Ingrid Robeyns Mastering the Universe by Rob Larson
This classic Srsly Wrong episode now has a transcript ! Whether stinking up our humble alleyways or our pristine twitter feeds, TRASH is something that everybody hates. But what, or who, is trash? This week, The Wrong Boys and their pal Trash Puppet use a magnifying glass to discover that trash is neither person nor object, but an Ideology Opening theme song by Trai Bo https://traibo.bandcamp.com/ Closing theme by Punkerslut Donate to the show! http://www.patreon.com/srslywrong...
The WRONG WARS Saga Continues! When little Jeffy joins a cult, his father is left with no choice but to do what is necessary to save his son, even if it means betraying everything he believes in. Wrong Wars is a new audio comedy series from Srsly Wrong, available only on Patreon Listen to the full ep here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/109005671
We are joined by comedian and activist Kate Willett to discuss the housing crisis and what the real solutions are. Nimbys v yimbys, supply arguments, social housing, homelessness, and more! Support the show on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/srslywrong Check out Kate Willett: https://www.instagram.com/kate.willett/ https://x.com/katewillett Books Mentioned: – The Tenant Class – Ricardo Tranjan – Capital City: Gentrification and the Real Estate State – Samuel Stein – In Defense of Housing: The P...
Shawn and Franz discuss David Graeber’s 2007 essay “The Shock of Victory”, which makes the provocative claim that “the biggest problem facing direct action movements is that we don’t know how to handle victory.” Support the show and get bonus eps! https://www.patreon.com/srslywrong The essay: https://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/david-graeber-the-shock-of-victory The Declaration of the Occupation of New York City: https://archive.org/details/DeclarationOfTheOccupationOfNewYorkCity Theme song ...
The WRONG WARS Saga Continues! A disagreement about airline food becomes an economics lesson with deadly consequences, and pirates! Wrong Wars is a new audio comedy series from Srsly Wrong, available only on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/posts/313-wrong-wars-2-106229823 Thanks for your support!
The WRONG WARS Saga Begins! After a chance encounter at a gloryhole changes one mans life forever, the world will never be the same. Wrong Wars is a new audio comedy series from Srsly Wrong available only on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/posts/312-wrong-wars-1-105330139 Thanks for your support!
Hard to believe Srsly Wrong is ten years old. Come celebrate a decade of utopian podcasting with Shawn and Aaron as they reminisce and reflect on the show, answering listener questions alongside an audio-dramatized biopic-esque reenactment of their podcasting journey. Thank you all for your support, we would never have done it without you! support the show! https://www.patreon.com/srslywrong theme song by punkerslut...
The oil and gas industry has known for decades that climate change is real and they covered it up for profit. We are joined this week by Hazel Thayer to discuss the details behind this travesty, which many are now calling history’s largest corporate campaign of mass murder. Support us on patreon https://www.patreon.com/srslywrong Check out Hazel: https://www.instagram.com/hazelisonline/ https://www.youtube.com/@hazelisonline Theme Song by E. June Sources/Further Reading: https://docs.google.com/...
We got a lot of feedback on episode 304 (about Anger) and episode 305 (about political transition and in particular the sections on violence) and we thought, hey, maybe we can just continue both of those conversations together, in a very special bonus episode, and see if that dialogue generates anything interesting. Spoiler alert: it did. Also, we did some sketches. I know we usually do so maybe I don’t need to say that, but, I don’t know, I just wanted to make it clear because I think the sketc...
This week we welcome Mark Z Jacobson to the show to lay out the case for a full immediate transition to renewable energy, and how he’s crunched the numbers to show that wind / water / solar can meet our energy needs right now, clean our air, and address climate change. No Miracles Needed: How Today’s Technology Can Save Our Climate and Clean Our Air – https://www.cambridge.org/core/books/no-miracles-needed/8D183E65462B8DC43397C19D7B6518E3 Theme Song by Spam Risk: https://spamrisk.bandcamp.com/al...
In 1944, the precursor to the CIA published the ‘Simple Sabotage Field Manual’. Now declassified, sections of this document are sometimes spread online framed as a guide to disrupting left-wing movements. In this special bonus episode, the Wrong Boys read the document, and are surprised by what they find. full ep: https://www.patreon.com/posts/307-simple-field-100810339 Links: PDF: https://www.cia.gov/static/5c875f3ec660e092cf893f60b4a288df/SimpleSabotage.pdf Text: https://www.gutenberg.org/cach...
In this very special 444th episode (sent back in time from the future) the Wrong Boys discuss the 4/4/4 Movement. A new and exciting labor movement to split the work year into three equal parts: four months for work, four months for vacation, and four months for democracy. support the show: http://www.patreon.com/srslywrong Theme Song by hunt hunt hunt camp: https://hunthunthuntcamp.bandcamp.com/...
We’re back with the second part of our transition Q&A, focusing on frequently asked questions related to the role of authoritarianism, self-defense, means & ends, and political parties as we navigate sticking to our values while on the road to a democratic, ecological, egalitarian future. full episode here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/305-q-how-might-99011357
Learn what gets under the Wrong Boys skin, from the petty to the profound, as we let the rage flow freely in this first episode of Season 10 and have a realization about the effectiveness of utopian political anger. Support the show: https://patreon.com/srslywrong Theme song by Far Flowers farflowers.bandcamp.com
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. Support our show on Patreon...
Wrong Boys discuss the soulless hierarchal theories of Frederick Taylor and his influence on evolution of the workplace. full episode here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/303-taylorism-96698428 Theme Song by alman the man: https://open.spotify.com/artist/0phmPAQKm91ez7HJPTUEZ1