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S8E5 I will fold your socks for you: A snake draft of our favorite Mennonite traditions
This week, the MennoBrarians snake draft our favorite, most niche, and weirdest Mennonite traditions. We chat MCC Relief Sales, hymn sings, baptism, and how we draw the line at washing saran wrap. …
S8E4 Amish Pemberley: Discussing First Impressions, an Amish Retelling of Pride and Prejudice
This week the MennoBrarians chat about the Amish romance novel, First Impressions: An Amish Retelling of Pride & Prejudice by Sarah Price. We chat about our favorite P & P adaptations, and do…
S8E3 Breakfast foods & Recent Faves: Season 8 Intro
This week, the MennoBrarians kick off Season 8! We celebrate the season start with a breakfast foods snake draft, some quick life updates, and chatting about some recent book and media favorites. We…
S8E2 Wrapping up 2025: Our Favorite Books and Media of the Year
In this week's episode, the MennoBrarians look back on 2025 and chat about some of our favorite books and media from this past year. Mentioned in this episode: Erin’s 2025 FavoritesThe collected…
S8E1 A Ladder to Nowhere: Discussing the movie Christmas in Amish Country
The MennoBrarians return for the first of our two holiday episodes, with a recap and discussion on the recently released movie, Christmas in Amish Country. You can find this movie streaming on…
S7E15 We need a bigger spreadsheet: Wrapping up Season 7
In this episode we discuss the highlights of season 7, share some stats and also stories and corrections from our listeners. Highlights include the story of how the More with Less cookbook got into…
S7E14 That's Very 2000 of You: Discussing Plain Truth by Jodi Picoult
This week the MennoBrarians discuss the selection chosen for us by our Discernment Committee level Patreon members: Plain Truth by Jodi Picoult, published in 2000. This book has it all: a mysterious…
S7E13 Better Than Jimmy Carter Cake: Discussing Mennonite Community Cookbooks with Amy Harris-Aber
This week is part 2 of our cookbook series! We chat with Amy Harris-Aber, about Community Cookbooks - informally published cookbooks often associated with families, camps, or churches. We chat about…
S7E12 What is food? A Snake Draft of Published Mennonite Cookbooks
This week, the MennoBrarians draft published Mennonite cookbooks. We chat cooking blogs, favorite recipes, and much much more. Draft picks (stop reading if you don't want spoilers!): Erin - Simply in…
S7E11 Laundering the Laundry: A conversation with Karen Johnson-Weiner, author of the Lives of Amish Women
This week, the MennoBrarians chat with Karen Johnson-Weiner about her book, The Lives of Amish Women. The book captures the diversity of the experiences of Amish women, with Johnson-Weiner's research…
S7E10 An Experience That Cannot Be Described: Discussing the Movie "Holy Matrimony"
This week, the MennoBrarians chat about the movie "Holy Matrimony," a 1994 comedy movie starring Patricia Arquette and Joseph Gordon-Levitt. In the movie, Patricia Arquette's character, Havanna, is…
S7E9 Joe Would Know: A Conversation with Eric Bradley
This week, we chat with Eric Bradley, our friend, colleague, and the new Head Librarian of the Mennonite Historical Library (MHL). We chat primarily about genealogy and genealogy research, but also…
S7E8 Snowflake, Snowflake: A Snake Draft of Mennonite Poets
This week, the MennoBrarians draft poets! Specifically, Mennonite poets, or poets we make the case are close enough to Mennonite to count as Mennonite poets. We chat about the history of Mennonite…
S7E7 Mushy Brains: Discussing the book Reconnected by Carlos Whittaker
This week, the MennoBrarians chat about Carlos Whittaker's book Reconnected, a memoir about giving up technology and living with Amish for several weeks. We chat about the early days of cell phones,…
S7E6 Raising Sauerkraut: Discussing Only in America with Larry the Cable Guy
This week the MennoBrarians chat about the TV show Only in America, in which host Larry the Cable Guy visits different parts of the United States to learn about different cultures. We cover episode…
S7E5 Dolphin Telepathy and Mennonite Goths: Snake drafting Christian media from our childhoods
This week, the Mennobrarians are back with a snake draft! In this snake draft, we choose our favorite Christian media we watched, read, or listened to as kids. Stop reading here if you want our draft…
S7E4 Celery Fields and Tricycles: An Interview with JB Miller
This week, the MennoBrarians chat with JB Miller about Pinecraft, growing up gay in the Conservative Mennnonite Church, orange Jello, the perfect tourist day in Sarasota, and much much more. JB is a…
S7E3 Only Whole Yoders: Discussing Rosanna of the Amish
This week, the MennoBrarians discuss Rosanna of the Amish, a semi-biographical book in which the author Joseph W. Yoder tells the story of his mother’s life. We chat corn husking parties, Amish…
S7E2 The Anabaptist Power Couple: Discussing The Radicals
This week, the MennoBrarians return to discuss the 1989 movie, The Radicals. The Radicals tells the story of Michael and Margaretha Sattler, starting with their departure from the Catholic church and…
S7E1 Salty, Sweet, and A Few Pickles: A Snacky Snake Draft and Season 7 Intro
We are back! In our season 7 opener we chat about our favorite snacks (snake draft style) and share some recent reads / media that we've enjoyed. Content we chat about (that isn't snacks), in the…
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Just Plain Wrong has published 125 episodes since December 2020, covering topics in Arts, Books.
Just Plain Wrong is currently highly active with new episodes every 2 weeks. Average episode length is 47m.
