Srsly Wrong

The Wrong Boys respond to questions from the audience about Library Socialism. Covering topics ranging from holidays, motivation, democratic production, degrowth, disability justice, heirlooms and personal items, this ep is jam packed with Library Socialist analysis! Ask us more questions here!  https://forms.gle/wJGuKHisNZfjZXZ39 Support the show! http://patreon.com/srslywrong Theme Song by Spam...

Discussing the ways that genuine and important concern for the welfare of children has been weaponized by bad actors in order to advance hierarchical political agendas, with a particular focus on "groomer" panic, sex education, and LGBT rights.  Support the show! https://patreon.com/srslywrong Theme song by Punkerslut

The Wrong Boys compare and contrast the big words floating around the ideas of age discrimination, anti-youth sentiment, anti-elder sentiment, and try to unpack the way they might be useful or complimentary. Also, the "child listening inc." guys become incredibly rich by listening to children. Tune in now. Support our show on patreon?! Thank you!! https://www.patreon.com/srslywrong Theme Song by F...

Boy Fatherson is dead. Grab your popcorn and call your father, the Papa and Boy Fatherson Saga continues with an explosive edge-of-your seat thrill ride from the twisted minds who brought you Papa and Boy IV.  The battle at Father's Pass has pushed both Papas and Boys into a strategic retreat. Fatherson International has a new acting CEO because Papa Fatherson has been feeling a bit tired lately a...

Shawn is joined by Pearson from Coffee With Comrades to have a discussion inspired by two books: Escape from Childhood by John C Holt, and Raising Free People by Akilah S. Richards.  In this freewheeling conversation, we talk about studenthood, the abolition of family, and the process of teaching yourself how to treat children with respect.

The Wrong Boys reflect on their childhoods, think about the ways that society lets children down, and imagine a directly democratic agetopia, where differences in age are part of a complimentary whole. Support the show! http://patreon.com/srslywrong Opening Theme Song by Trái Bơ: https://traibo.bandcamp.com/ Closing Theme Song by Dope Creature: https://soundcloud.com/dopecreature Links: The Child...

We're back for season 9! The Papa & Boy Adventures radio series is back with this very special season premiere. What happened at the battle at father's pass? What does boy want to talk to papa about? What will papa and boy do next do next? support the show on patreon: patreon.com/srslywrong

It’s red in tooth and claw, a war of all against all, as each individual gene struggles to survive at the expense of others in a zero-sum competition for reproduction across generations, which coincidentally serves to naturalize the rule of the rich and powerful, and justify cruelty and indifference towards the weak, this week, on SRSLY WRONG. Support the show! http://patreon.com/srslywrong Theme...

Aaron and Shawn get to the bottom of bullying. Subscribe to survive:  https://www.patreon.com/srslywrong Theme Songs by "e. june" and "the window smashing job creators" Comment and subscribe on YouTube: https://youtu.be/HM7mwCHM8r4 Graeber - The Bully's Pulpit https://davidgraeber.org/articles/the-bullys-pulpit-on-the-elementary-structure-of-domination/ Miéville - On Social Sadism https://salvage....

This is an edited down version of our second-ever live show, held in discord on Mar 20, 2022. We discussed staying optimistic during hard times To hear the full episode, sign up on our patreon! https://www.patreon.com/posts/258-srsly-wrong-66644733

The journey of Wrongtown continues, and the pieces of a bigger picture begin to fall into place This episode collects sketches from episodes 121, 127, 133, 134, 147, 151, and 172, as well as new material (and never before heard restored archival stuff) Theme Song by Far Flowers: https://farflowers.bandcamp.com/ Thanks for donating!

BIG DRAMA in Wrongtown this week, as the wrong boys attempt to polarize and adjudicate the concept of drama, debate streamers, and high school, in a high-stakes battle for status in front of an audience, in a slightly exhausting way, to learn important lessons about what it means to be human. It's Juicy! Support SRSLY WRONG on Patreon for early access and bonus episodes: https://www.patreon.com/sr...

A fascinating, wide-ranging discussion with Modibo Kadalie and Andrew Zonneveld, Author and Editor of ‘Intimate Direct Democracy’ covers many topics from the importance of directly democratic history, archeology, and technology to the threads of intimacy and democracy that tie together music, comedy, and conversation. Support the show! http://patreon.com/srslywrong Opening Theme Song by Jodi Pongr...

Imagine a world without bosses! The Wrong Boys speak to Michael Albert, author of "No Bosses," about Participatory Economics, fair job complexes, and the process of building a participatory and democratic economy 

IQ demolished. Definitively. Goodbye IQ. You're not real. Brain numbers are a foolish undertaking, tied to unimaginable suffering and horror. You are not science. Bye bye. Theme Song by Harpers of the World: https://fasola.org/ Support the show! http://patreon.com/srslywrong Links: Stephen Jay Gould on Intelligence Tests (IQ), the Nature - Nurture Controversy 1995: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=...

This week on the show, the Wrong Boys speak with Canadian Cree-Métis Archaeologist Dr. Paulette Steeves about the evidence for peopling of the Americas, going back at least 60,000 years, but as much as 200,000+ years or more, and talk about the racist colonial biases in Archaeology over the last 100 years that ignored First Nations oral histories in favor of the disproven 'Clovis-first' hypothesis...

This week the Wrong Boys are joined by Joseph L Graves Jr and Alan H Goodman to discuss the pseudoscientific concept of ‘biological race’ and it’s very real roots in colonial racism. Theme Song by Trái Bơ: https://traibo.bandcamp.com/ Links: Get the Book: “Racism, Not Race”: https://cup.columbia.edu/book/racism-not-race/9780231200660 Joseph L Graves Jr on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J...

This week, Shawn interviews leftist candidate for President of the American Library Association Emily Drabinski about the role, her goals in office, and labour issues facing Librarians today. Emily's website: https://www.emilydrabinski.com/ On Vocational Awe: https://www.inthelibrarywiththeleadpipe.org/2018/vocational-awe/ On Library Socialism: https://boingboing.net/2019/11/24/usufruct-complement...

This is an edited down version of the live variety show we held in discord on Jan 25, 2022. If you want to hear the whole episode, or join us for the next one on March 20, 2022 at 2PM PST, sign up to get access to our discord! http://www.patreon.com/srslywrong Here is a link to the ultra contact form to submit questions   https://forms.gle/77f1PWf81aRxEzbQ9

This week we are joined by historian Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz to discuss why America is not ‘a nation of immigrants’, and how this feel-good liberal mythos, created by JFK and exemplified in the musical ‘Hamilton’, obscures America’s settler colonial history Theme Song by Brain Tan: https://braintan.bandcamp.com/ Links: ‘This is no ‘nation of immigrants’’ - (article) by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz : https://...

This week, the Wrong Boys team up with the crew from Thiiird Waves to think together about the complexities of workplace and income dynamics and radical politics, touching on the ethics of taking job offers with corporate monopolies, the idea of 'selling out', the tensions between collective responsibilities and individual choices, ways in which power can corrupt plans to change things from the in...

Are human beings innately special little angel babies? "Deep Down" are we good or evil? What does the corrupting influence of power have to do with it? Should we tell loving lies? Does power make us lie even to ourselves about our own lies? - All these questions and more in this special bonus episode for our patreon community!

A deep dive reading of Malatesta's "An Anarchist Program" with Zoe Baker.  Support the show! http://patreon.com/srslywrong Opening Theme Song by Dope Creature: https://soundcloud.com/dopecreature Closing Theme Song by The Window Smashing Job Creators: https://thewindowsmashingjobcreators.bandcamp.com/ Links: An Anarchist Programme - Errico Malatesta (1920 version): https://theanarchistlibrary.org/...

This week Lateef Mcleod joins the Wrong Boys to discuss the principles of Disability Justice, why accessibility is important for everyone, and how capitalism systematically reduces people to our labor power, denying our wholeness as human beings We need your support to make this show! https://www.patreon.com/srslywrong Closing Theme Song by Spam Risk:  https://spamrisk.bandcamp.com/album/s-t Links...

This episode is a deep dive into what it means to build prefiguartive institutions that can help us actualize the transition to a better society. Special guest Anark and the Wrong Boys explore how our organizations should be structured, the pitfalls we might face, and the difficult questions that might come along the way. Theme Song by Brain Tan: https://braintan.bandcamp.com/   Links / Further Re...