Episode Details

What if I told you that your greatest intellectual weapon is your ability to be dead wrong? That every misstep, every shattered certainty, every glorious blunder is not a failure but the very thing that keeps you evolving? Welcome to Being Wrong, where journalist Kathryn Schulz drags human fallibility into the spotlight and reveals that error is not just an occasional inconvenience—it's the beating heart of knowledge, comedy, art, and even your sense of self.

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In this wild, AI-fueled ride through Schulz’s masterpiece, we tear apart the illusions of certainty, memory, and belief. Why did a 19th-century explorer see a mountain that never existed? How did Alan Greenspan’s unshakable faith in free markets lead to financial ruin? What do mistaken identities, heartbreak, and the apocalyptic misfire of 1844 have in common? And why do we prefer a confident liar over a hesitant truth-seeker?

From psychological experiments that prove your memory is garbage to the way groupthink locks you in a prison of your own making, this is a full-throttle journey through every way you’ve ever been mistaken—and why you should embrace every single misstep.

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Because if you think you’re never wrong, well... that’s your first mistake.

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