I Might Be Wrong
I Might Be Wrong audio
IMBW Audio: Is Sexualizing Calvin Coolidge the Fast Track to Podcast Stardom?
0:00
-35:31

IMBW Audio: Is Sexualizing Calvin Coolidge the Fast Track to Podcast Stardom?

Plus: John Harvey Kellogg wonders if your rectum is getting enough yogurt

I Might Be Wrong is a reader-supported publication; I don’t sell ads or do any of the things that I should probably do. To support my work and receive new posts, please consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. Paid subscribers get twice the stuff, my thanks, and a general feeling of superiority.

Above: The “hobby horse” in the Calvin Coolidge museum. (Photo by Gabriel Buoys via Getty)

The Paper Straw Thing Might Be the Dumbest Own-Goal by a Movement That Specializes in Dumb Own-Goals

·
Feb 14
The Paper Straw Thing Might Be the Dumbest Own-Goal by a Movement That Specializes in Dumb Own-Goals

Our long national paper straw nightmare is over. This week, President Trump signed an executive order switching the federal government back to plastic straws, with the hope that states and cities will follow suit. I give Trump a lot of shit — in fact, I


Take That, China: Our Dumbest Young People Are Invading Your App

·
Jan 17
Take That, China: Our Dumbest Young People Are Invading Your App

It’s looking like TikTok never was a regular company. Faced with the choice of either selling the company for more money than God would make in five lifetimes or losing access to their most lucrative market, TikTok’s parent company chose the latter. Which would be a tough decision to explain on an earnings call, but easier to explain in a midnight meeting on a park bench with a contact you know only as “Raven”.

Discussion about this episode