Just Plain Wrong

By The MennoBrarians

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Three Mennonite librarians discuss depictions of Amish, Mennonites, and other plain groups in media and popular culture. We review Amish romance novels, other Amish fiction, movies, TV episodes, and more! New episodes most Wednesdays. Follow us on Facebook, Twitter & Instagram @plainwrongpod

Episode Date
Joyful, Illuminating, Nerdy: A Conversation with Bradley Kauffman about Hymns and the Voices Together Hymnal
May 13, 2026
Alto Part Problems: Drafting our favorite Mennonite hymns
Apr 29, 2026
Why is there a Maypole? Discussing episodes of Glenn Martin, DDS & 2 Broke Girls
Apr 15, 2026
Nostalgic for our own podcast: Celebrating the 125th episode of Just Plain Wrong
Apr 01, 2026
The Oddball Episode: Chatting about the Podcast Summit, with a dash of Holyman Undercover
Mar 18, 2026
I will fold your socks for you: A snake draft of our favorite Mennonite traditions
Mar 04, 2026
Amish Pemberley: Discussing First Impressions, an Amish Retelling of Pride and Prejudice
Feb 18, 2026
Breakfast foods & Recent Faves: Season 8 Intro
Feb 04, 2026
Wrapping up 2025: Our Favorite Books and Media of the Year
Dec 24, 2025
A Ladder to Nowhere: Discussing the movie Christmas in Amish Country
Dec 10, 2025
We need a bigger spreadsheet: Wrapping up Season 7
Aug 20, 2025
That's Very 2000 of You: Discussing Plain Truth by Jodi Picoult
Aug 06, 2025
Better Than Jimmy Carter Cake: Discussing Mennonite Community Cookbooks with Amy Harris-Aber
Jul 23, 2025
What is food? A Snake Draft of Published Mennonite Cookbooks
Jul 09, 2025
Laundering the Laundry: A conversation with Karen Johnson-Weiner, author of the Lives of Amish Women
Jun 25, 2025
An Experience That Cannot Be Described: Discussing the Movie "Holy Matrimony"
Jun 11, 2025
Joe Would Know: A Conversation with Eric Bradley
May 28, 2025
Snowflake, Snowflake: A Snake Draft of Mennonite Poets
May 14, 2025
Mushy Brains: Discussing the book Reconnected by Carlos Whittaker
Apr 30, 2025
Raising Sauerkraut: Discussing Only in America with Larry the Cable Guy
Apr 16, 2025
Dolphin Telepathy and Mennonite Goths: Snake drafting Christian media from our childhoods
Apr 02, 2025
Celery Fields and Tricycles: An Interview with JB Miller
Mar 19, 2025
Only Whole Yoders: Discussing Rosanna of the Amish
Mar 05, 2025
The Anabaptist Power Couple: Discussing The Radicals
Feb 19, 2025
Salty, Sweet, and A Few Pickles: A Snacky Snake Draft and Season 7 Intro
Feb 05, 2025
Delights and Dice Games: Discussing our Faves from 2024
Dec 18, 2024
Failure to Pie: Discussing Christmas at the Amish Bakery
Dec 04, 2024
A Variety of Bananas: Wrapping up Season 6, featuring the return of Tillie!
Sep 04, 2024
Haystack Enthusiast: A Conversation with Addie Liechty Kogan
Aug 21, 2024
More food talk: A conversation with Marlene Epp, author of Eating Like a Mennonite
Aug 07, 2024
The Power of the Come-Apart: A Conversation with the hosts of the Uncovered: Life Beyond Podcast, Naomi Clark and Rebecca Coblentz
Jul 24, 2024
Garden or Freezer Fresh: A Conversation with Marshall King
Jul 10, 2024
Just Use the Canned Soup: A Conversation with Elizabeth Miller
Jun 26, 2024
Christmas in July (or June): A Conversation with Kaleb Wyse from The Wyse Guide
Jun 12, 2024
BB-8 Zweiback: Chatting about the Enneagram with Marathana Prothro
May 29, 2024
Deceptive Haystacks: A Conversation with Historian Steve Nolt
May 15, 2024
Another Season Intro That is Really a Book Talk: Introducing Season 6!
May 01, 2024
A Journey Through Time: Wrapping up Season 5
Feb 07, 2024
I am weird and so are you: Discussing the book White Mosque with author Sofia Samatar
Jan 24, 2024
Fall Out Boy Rumspringa Concerts: A Discussion on the movie Sex Drive
Jan 18, 2024
Another Former Boss: A Conversation with John D. Roth on his book A Mennonite College for Everyone(?): Goshen College and the Quest for Identity and inclusion, 1960-2020
Dec 27, 2023
Restorative Justice & Order (& Aliens): Discussing Amish episodes of Law & Order SVU and X-Files
Dec 13, 2023
Because of the Familye: Discussing An Amish Thanksgiving Blessing
Nov 29, 2023
Felix Manz, the Hot One: A Discussion on By Water (Heroes of the Radical Reformation Book 1)
Nov 15, 2023
Sultry Gazes: Discussing Plus One At An Amish Wedding
Nov 01, 2023
Face Before Armpits: Discussing the Mennonite Episodes of Grantchester and Murdoch Mysteries
Oct 18, 2023
Breaks and Books: Discussing Recent Reads, Plans for Season 5, and more!
Oct 04, 2023
The Puny Amish Tillerator: Wrapping up Season 4 of Just Plain Wrong
May 24, 2023
An Amish Romance Trope We Support: Discussing Amish Forever Home
May 17, 2023
Research Rabbit Holes: Amish Romance Self-Publishing
May 10, 2023
Get Your Pies Right: Discussing Peter Santenello's YouTube Series on the Amish
May 03, 2023
Bodies in the Crystal Cave: Discussing Nancy Drew #33, the Witch Tree Symbol
Apr 18, 2023
Magical Zippers: Discussing the Netflix Movie Rumspringa
Apr 12, 2023
Women Talking Part 2: A Discussion on the Movie Adaptation
Apr 05, 2023
Women Talking Part 1: A Discussion on the Book by Miriam Toews
Mar 22, 2023
The Title Came First: A Conversation with Kerry Nietz, author of Amish Vampires in Space
Mar 15, 2023
Post-Apocalyptic Trivia Team: Discussing When the English Fall
Mar 08, 2023
Cemetery Fajitas: A Discussion on the movie Warlock
Mar 01, 2023
Jumping the Megalodon: A Conversation with Dirk Eitzen on Amish Mafia, Amish Romance, and Media Deception
Feb 15, 2023
Vaguely Pacifist Heroes: Discussing the Amish episode of MacGyver
Feb 08, 2023
Flaming Outhouses, Vampire Love Triangles, and Climaxes: Discussing Sequels to Books Covered in Previous Seasons
Feb 01, 2023
Hog Maw: Discussing Various Episodes of The Office
Jan 18, 2023
Yes, Amish TikTok is a thing: A Conversation with Melanie Springer-Mock
Jan 11, 2023
Longing for Interesting Plot Twists: Discussing the Hallmark Movie, Runaway Romance
Jan 04, 2023
Shiny Happy Martyrs: Discussing "Not Regina" by Christmas Carol Kauffman
Dec 21, 2022
Just Say No to Surprise Houses: A Discussion on Killer Carol
Dec 14, 2022
Death by Reading Lists: An Intro to Season 4 of Just Plain Wrong
Dec 06, 2022
The MennoBrarians Go Academic: Presenting at the Mennonite/s Writing Conference
Nov 09, 2022
Oooh Oooh, Witchy Women: Wrapping Up Season 3
Aug 24, 2022
All of the Above: Discussing 'Strength in the Storm'
Aug 17, 2022
Manufactured Amish Drama: Discussing Breaking Amish Season One
Aug 10, 2022
Quivering Euphemisms: Discussing the 1980s Amish Romance, With Open Arms
Aug 03, 2022
The Softer Side of Murder: Discussing the Amish themed episodes of Murder She Wrote and Orange is the New Black
Jul 20, 2022
Horizontal Flailing: Discussing the Mennonite episodes of Letterkenny
Jul 13, 2022
Zombies, Sharkfarmers, and Beavis & Butthead: Discussing Comics and Graphic Novels with Amish Characters
Jul 06, 2022
Saved by the Wolves: A Conversation with Regina Shands Stoltzfus and Tobin Miller Shearer
Jun 22, 2022
Just Partially Wrong: Discussing Amish Periodicals
Jun 15, 2022
A Broke Girl’s Guide to Vagueville: Discussing Follow Your Heart
Jun 08, 2022
Too Many Widows: A Discussion on Half-Stitched Quilting Club
Jun 01, 2022
A Robot Named Jello: Discussing Zeke Yoder vs the Singularity
May 18, 2022
Because of the Triangles: Discussing Sworn to Silence and An Amish Murder
May 11, 2022
This is not a Footloose Scenario: Discussing the Amish episodes of Family Guy and Futurama
May 04, 2022
Inappropriate, Pungent, Congealed: Tasting Various Jello Salads
Apr 20, 2022
Amish Magic (Braucherei): Discussing the Movie Amish Witches, the "True" Story of Holmes County
Apr 13, 2022
Existential Gumdrop Crisis: Discussing a variety of Amish-themed Children's books
Apr 06, 2022
All the Maiden Ladies (of Lancaster County): A Discussion with Joe Springer of the Mennonite Historical Library
Mar 23, 2022
Comb Overs and Gutter Balls: A Discussion on Kingpin
Mar 16, 2022
The Meatloaf is Spicy: A Book Discussion on An Amish Flower Farm
Mar 09, 2022
The MennoBrarians Quiz Show and Season 3 Intro
Mar 02, 2022
Bonnets & Bloopers: Season 2 Wrap Up
Dec 22, 2021
Bishop Better: A Discussion on Amish Christmas Baby Gone
Dec 15, 2021
The First Christmas Episode on Three Books Named Amish Second Christmas
Dec 08, 2021
Mennonite Miscellany 2: Listener Questions, Jokes, and Root Vegetables
Nov 30, 2021
Round-Roofed Worldliness: A Discussion on Harvest of Fire
Nov 17, 2021
Rage Against the Amish Romance Bot Machine: A Discussion on Amish Country Treasure
Nov 10, 2021
A Non-Euphemistic Barn Raising: A Discussion on Forbidden Rumspringa
Nov 03, 2021
Finally, an Amish Author: A Book Discussion of Banished, by Linda Byler
Oct 20, 2021
Mules, Parsons, and Hell, Ja Ja! A Discussion on the Electric Amish
Oct 13, 2021
Your Pig has a Problem: A Book Discussion on Lethal Licorice
Oct 06, 2021
Not at all Tipsy: An Interview with The Drunken Mennonite (aka S. L. Klassen)
Sep 22, 2021
Dysentery of the Heart: A Discussion on The Shunning
Sep 15, 2021
Surprisingly Nice Ice Baby: A Discussion on Vanilla Ice Goes Amish
Sep 08, 2021
Romancing the Amish Lumberjack: A Discussion on Love Finds You in Charm
Sep 01, 2021
The Masquerading of a Psychic Mennonite: A Discussion on 3 Early Amish Romance Novels
Aug 18, 2021
Are you my cousin? Discussing the Mennonite Game
Aug 11, 2021
We've agreed, We don't like Ted: A Book Discussion on Narrow Path
Aug 04, 2021
Not in the Proper Spirit of Rumspringa: Discussing the Amish Episodes of Grey's Anatomy & Bones
Jul 21, 2021
The Pacifist Vampire Soul Dilemma: Three Books about Amish Vampires & Mennonite Assassins
Jul 14, 2021
Wherefore Art Thou... Jonathan? A Discussion of Adoring Addie, an Amish Retelling of Romeo and Juliet
Jul 07, 2021
We're Back! (Almost)
Jun 30, 2021
Rants & Reflections: A Season One Wrap Up
May 19, 2021
A Beastly Read: A Book Discussion on Belle, an Amish Retelling of Beauty and the Beast
May 12, 2021
Kevin and Anita Sing: A Conversation with Andrew Unger
May 05, 2021
Finally, a Mennonite: A Book Discussion on Too Many Crooks Spoil The Broth
Apr 21, 2021
The Longest Sunrise: A Discussion on Silent Light
Apr 14, 2021
Gendered Burping: A Book Discussion on An Amish Husband for Tillie
Apr 07, 2021
Provocative Churning: A Discussion on Amish Paradise
Mar 31, 2021
Corrupting Prudence: A Discussion on the Amish Episodes of Schitt's Creek & 3rd Rock from the Sun
Mar 24, 2021
The Thrill of the Chat: A Conversation with Valerie Weaver-Zercher
Mar 17, 2021
Some Mennonite Miscellany
Mar 10, 2021
A Cozy Amish Podcast Episode: A book discussion on True Confections
Mar 03, 2021
A Pointless Barn-raising: A discussion on Witness
Feb 24, 2021
Kissing in Buggies: A book discussion on A Sister's Wish
Feb 17, 2021
Surprise Tornados and Amish Taxis: A book discussion on An Unlikely Amish Match
Feb 10, 2021
Haystacks and Rumspringa: A book discussion on Minding the Amish Baby
Feb 03, 2021
Let's Get Rebellious: A book discussion on The Mennonite Queen
Jan 27, 2021
Just Plain Wrong: Q & A Episode
Jan 20, 2021
Cow dung or Ordnung! A discussion on For Richer or Poorer
Jan 13, 2021
Camels?!? A book discussion on His Pretend Amish Bride
Jan 06, 2021
Intro to Just Plain Wrong
Dec 23, 2020