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This episode is a love letter to shared stories. Caroline and her mom talk about growing up immersed in books, theatre and music; and how those shared experiences became their favorite stories. From sneaking into sketchy purse buildings in New York to crying at concerts, revisiting Wicked , and reading The Penderwicks out loud, this conversation is about how culture becomes family tradition.

In this episode, Caroline takes you from her college commencement speech to Virginia Woolf to summer camp crushes . This month’s theme is tradition : the lovely parts we inherit, the darker parts we try not to repeat, and the bizarre fact that women couldn’t get approved for their own credit cards until fifty years ago . Caroline unpacks a line from To the Lighthouse , spirals lovingly through Woo...

Caroline kicks off a month on tradition with a trio of touchstones that somehow make perfect sense together: the grounded wisdom of Marcus Aurelius , the chaotic comfort of apocalyptic cartoons , and the heart-thumping emotional messiness of Sally Rooney’s novels . These become her compass points as she digs into why we crave routine, community and the tiny rituals that keep us steady—even when th...

At a unicorn pajama party in California, Caroline finds herself running games, managing cupcakes, and teaching seven-year-olds the power of a good thank-you note. From Peppy’s birthday to Dickens’ ghosts, this episode is about gratitude, presence, and remembering how much we already have—stuffed ravens and all. This week's episode finishes out our month focusing on gratitude and talks about th...

What starts as a Facebook Marketplace rescue mission for a $30 pink chair turns into a reflection on how (and with what) we fill our lives — and our hearts. This week, Caroline traces a very college-theater-kid kind of furniture saga back to Piglet’s reminder that even a small heart can hold a large amount of gratitude. There’s a little Winnie-the-Pooh lore, a little Sally Rooney, a song, a movie,...

So what do you do when there’s a mouse on a sticky trap? No, really, what do you do ? If you’re an acting student, apparently you bring it to class. This week, Caroline unpacks a campus legend about one empathetic theater major, a live mouse, and the chaos that ensued, all to arrive at a surprisingly tender point: what it means to look at the world—and the people in it—with a good eye. From Sally...

In this November installment of I Mae Be Wrong, But… , Caroline Mae Woodson engages with the notion that grief is “love with nowhere to go,” using Thornton Wilder’s line “the highest tribute to the dead is not grief, but gratitude.” We talk about a grandmother’s engagement ring, a kitchen recipe card, and to broader themes of remembrance and living well, rather than simply mourning. Interweaving p...

Happy Halloween! On this very spooky Thursday, Caroline has a trick-or-treat special episode of the podcast with famous quotes that we have been tricked into thinking are by someone else or mean something entirely different than their original intent. After recounting a chilling investor lunch about the real scariest creature on Earth (spoiler: it might be us), she takes us wandering door-to-door...

One day more, one episode on fear more. Caroline Mae Woodson unpacks fear — the kind that drives us, the kind that traps us, and the kind that’s just trying to keep us safe. From Les Mis to Severance , she dives into how fear shapes our art, our choices, and our lives.

It’s October, so of course we’re talking fear, guilt, and scary things—and how could we not include Stephen King himself? In this episode, Caroline Mae Woodson dives into one of King’s most iconic quotes: “If a fear cannot be articulated, it cannot be conquered.” From dumpster diving for a camper’s Invisalign (yes, really), to the unseen villains of horror films and White Lotus monologues about un...

Caroline Mae Woodson dives into a dear friend of hers, William Shakespeare's, work, exploring the Hamlet quote: "Thus conscience does make cowards of us all." She kicks things off with the deepest guilt of her life—a childhood crime involving a Sharpie, a cheap party magazine, and a very expensive sectional couch. From that anxious spiral, Caroline connects her story to the self-sabo...

Jo? Amy? Nope, you're a Meg. This week, we start the month of October by tackling the themes of fear, guilt, and being scared with a quote from Little Women . Then we pivot to fear-conquering tools, from the surprisingly deep wisdom of Ted Lasso to the emotional raw power of Pinegrove's "Aphasia." It's a journey from 19th-century literature to modern-day streaming.

Do beginnings and endings feel completely different to you? Host Caroline Mae Woodson chats through the T.S. Eliot quote, "what we call the beginning is often the end. And to make an end is to make a beginning." Giving you quite a few song recommendations, and even an audition song rec for lower musical theatre voices, and other pieces of media, Caroline discusses cyclical narratives (wh...

Centered around Ernest Hemingway's quote, " every true story ends in death," this episode talks about the proper way to approach endings (from ooey gooey butter cakes to the legacy of a six-toed cat). Caroline talks about a TV show that changed her life (that you ought to watch), Everything, Everywhere, All at Once , and one of the best concerts she has ever been to. If you want to t...

In this episode of I May Be Wrong, But… , join host Caroline Mae Woodson as she reflects on the ghosts of our past—both literal and literary. From the haunted halls of her college dorm to the timeless words of F. Scott Fitzgerald, Caroline explores how our history ceaselessly pulls us back, shaping who we are today. If you want to talk about the heart-wrenching film Past Lives , the dreadfully rel...

Other than telling the story of how she got a concussion from a cement wall, Caroline Mae Woodson talks about beginnings using the beloved quote "the beginning is always today," by Mary Shelley in this opening episode of "I Mae Be Wrong, But...". Join her as she connects this idea to modern life and media, from the hit novel Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow to the classic f...