Srsly Wrong

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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

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...

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...

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...

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...

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

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!...

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...

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...

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,...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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/...

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...

In this freewheeling BONUS conversation, the wrong boys talk about Aaron being a mobile gamer, Shawn’s reaction to playing Call of Duty Modern Warfare 2 (2), fascism in video game culture, the...

In this 2021 installment of Platforms of Freedom, we try to think through what the most important apps might be in a library socialist future Donate to our Patreon for more bonus...

In this brand new sketch episode, 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...

We are re-launching our patreon-exclusive Revolution Series, with this continuation of our look at the Haitian revolution, and how the slave revolts led to the end of slavery. Get the full episode...

In this UNLOCKED bonus episode, Aaron and Shawn think through what a democratic social technology might look like, building on concepts from social ecology and tools on existing digital platforms. Become a...

In the new BONUS episode of SRSLY WRONG, and 3rd in the Q&A series, Aaron and Shawn respond to YouTube comments that are hostile to Library Socialism, looking for slivers of genius....

In our second Library Socialism Q&A we are answering all of your food-related questions! How do we librarify food? What will Utopian food production look like? Should we abolish restaurants? Grocery Stores?...

Here’s a SPECIAL PREVIEW of episode 271, which is a BONUS EPISODE you can listen to here if you donate that “sweet six” at $6/mo or more and become a verified BEAUTIFUL...

The ideology of infinite economic growth destroys the ecological foundations of human life, produces alienating ways of living and working, gives rise to undemocratic productive forces and techniques, and mismeasures our lives,...

Friend-of-the-show Franz joins us to talk about capitalist childhoods, social reproduction theory, and child liberation. Theme Song by Brain Tan:https://braintan.bandcamp.com/ Support our show on Patreon:https://www.patreon.com/srslywrong