Srsly Wrong

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-victoryThe Declaration of the Occupation of New York City: https://archive.org/details/DeclarationOfTheOccupationOfNewYorkCity Theme song by Jodi Pongratz

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 Patreonhttps://www.patreon.com/posts/313-wrong-wars-2-106229823Thanks 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!

Join Shawn and Aaron in celebrating the 10th anniversary of their podcast with reflections on its journey, humorous scenarios on pizza delivery services, sponsorship challenges, family drama, podcasting stigma, and creative liberties in biopics. Explore their growth, storytelling evolution, and reading habits, while looking towards the future with gratitude for their listeners.

Hazel Thayer, an expert on the oil and gas industry's cover-up of climate change, discusses the industry's knowledge, profit-driven actions resembling mass murder, and ethical dilemmas. They delve into deceptive practices, oil companies' influence on climate change discourse, and satirical portrayals of industry practices. The conversation critiques economic assumptions, societal impacts, and the need for accountability in a thought-provoking and satirical manner.

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 sketches in this episode are great.Full Ep Here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/309-we-respond-103318727

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/album/s-t The strength and content of climate anger (study):https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0959378023001048

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.pdfText: https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/26184/pg26184-images.htmlTheme Song by Emil Kjølhede:emilkjoelhede.bandcamp.com

The podcast delves into the 4/4/4 Movement, advocating for a work year split into 4 months for work, vacation, and democracy. It explores work-life balance, basic income trials, and the benefits of more leisure time. The hosts discuss societal transformation, democratic engagement, and the challenges in achieving a balanced lifestyle.

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