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Just Plain Wrong

The MennoBrarians

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

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33:11

We need a bigger spreadsheet: Wrapping up Season 7

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2025/08/20

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 trouble with a chain of restaurants, the rise of ebikes in Mount Hope, OH, and more. Additionally, here are some of the resources shared by Steve Nolt about the Old Order River Brethren including: A number of very informative books in the MHL, about Amish and other Plain groups, were written by an ...

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73:38

That's Very 2000 of You: Discussing Plain Truth by...

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2025/08/06

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 murder, a lying Amish teenager accused of the crime, a cutthroat but disillusioned big city lawyer, and a 28 year old ph.d. student studying ghosts that turns out to be the baby's father. We chat mysteries, plot twists, and what maybe didn't hold up so well 25 years after publication. We a...

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64:55

Better Than Jimmy Carter Cake: Discussing Mennonite...

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2025/07/23

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 Amy's research on Mennonite cookbooks, discuss our fave recipes and cookbooks, and much much more. Amy's websiteAmy's article on Russian Mennonite Community Cookbooks We always love hearing from listeners! You can reach us at plainwrongpod at gmail.com, or on Twitter, Instagram, and Faceboo...

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59:42

What is food? A Snake Draft of Published Mennonite...

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2025/07/09

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 SeasonAbby - More with LessTillie - Extending the TableTillie - Mennonite Community CookbookAbby - There’s always room at the table - Kaleb WyseErin - Peppernuts Plain and FancyErin - The Daily Feast - The Graber FamilyAbby - The Lost Art of Real Cooking: Rediscovering the Pleasure of...

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48:56

Laundering the Laundry: A conversation with Karen...

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2025/06/25

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 relying heavily on correspondence and interviews with members of Amish communities. We chat about her research, her friendships with Amish women, why there hasn't been much research published on Amish women and much more! We really enjoyed The Lives of Amish Women and recommend you add it to your...

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69:09

An Experience That Cannot Be Described: Discussing...

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2025/06/11

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 unknowingly dragged into a Hutterite colony by her boyfriend Peter who she is forced to marry, and then after Peter dies in a car accident days later, she must marry Zeke, Peter's 12-year old brother per the rules of the colony. If you think that's weird, just wait til you hear us break down the re...

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55:42

Joe Would Know: A Conversation with Eric Bradley

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2025/05/28

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 touch on MHL resources, Eric's faith journey, and much more. Some of the genealogy resources mentioned in this episode: Swiss Anabaptist Genealogical Association https://www.saga-omii.org/Grandma Online: https://grandmaonline.org/gmol-7/login.aspFamily Search: https://www.familysearch.or...

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53:59

Snowflake, Snowflake: A Snake Draft of Mennonite Poets

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2025/05/14

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 poetry, share the bios and snippets from our favorite poems, and chat about our own poetry phases - including Abby doing a special reading of a poem she wrote as a tween, Snowflake, Snowflake. Draft picks: 1. Patrick Friesen, "The Moon in the Streets" (Tillie) 2. Kate Baer, "Life a Wife"...

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57:51

Mushy Brains: Discussing the book Reconnected by...

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2025/04/30

This week, the MennoBrarians chat about Charlos 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, Carlos' experience with the Amish, which bits of his advice we liked, and much more. Carlos Whittaker is a christian social media influencer, speaker, author, and podcaster, who promotes ideas related to faith, politics, mental health and well being, and dialoguing with those that disagree ...

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44:10

Raising Sauerkraut: Discussing Only in America with...

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2025/04/16

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 18 of season 1, "Larry is Amish" in which Larry visits Milwaukee, WI, Amish Country, and the Houston Art Car parade. It turns out, Larry doesn't actually visit the Amish, he visits an Old Order River Brethren that makes sauerkraut. We chat cabbage, Brethren, redneck jokes, and much much more....

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70:40

Dolphin Telepathy and Mennonite Goths: Snake drafting...

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2025/04/02

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 picks to be a surprise! Final draft board: Round 1 Abby - I Can Make Peace: Stories and Songs for ChildrenErin - VeggieTalesTillie - The New Picture Book of Saints by Rev. Lawrence Lovasik https://archive.org/details/picturebookofsai0000unse Round 2 Tillie - Matilda B...

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54:37

Celery Fields and Tricycles: An Interview with JB Miller

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2025/03/19

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 life long Mennonite, who grew up in a variety of Conservative Mennonite denominations, and experienced life in the Pinecraft area as both a child and as an adult. We always love hearing from listeners! You can reach us at plainwrongpod at gmail.com, or on Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook. ...

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75:27

Only Whole Yoders: Discussing Rosanna of the Amish

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2025/03/05

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 propaganda, and how this book compares to other early Amish fiction we've covered on the podcast. We always love hearing from listeners! You can reach us at plainwrongpod at gmail.com, or on Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook. If you want to help support the podcast financially, please consi...

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48:40

The Anabaptist Power Couple: Discussing The Radicals

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2025/02/19

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 ending with each of them dying as martyrs for their Anabaptist beliefs. We chat about our experiences with this film growing up, characters we found interesting, and much more. You can watch The Radicals for free on a variety of platforms, including YouTube. We always love hea...

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47:41

Salty, Sweet, and A Few Pickles: A Snacky Snake Draft...

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2025/02/05

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 order discussed: Zelda, Breath of the Wild (yes, this came up a 2nd time!) for Nintendo SwitchSteve! The Steve Martin documentary, available on Apple TVDimension 20 Fantasy High, TV Show on the Dropout networkAbbot Elementary, TV show, ABC or HuluThe entirety of the Percy Jackson universe by Ri...

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52:31

Delights and Dice Games: Discussing our Faves from 2024

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2024/12/18

This week we are back with our second of two Christmas episodes, chatting about some of our favorite media from 2024. We talk about the podcasts, video games, TV shows and books that got us through the year. We will next be back in Feburary with the official launch of Season 7! Some of our faves of 2024: John Green tells sports stories - https://youtu.be/DTqgth5aZOM?si=AsR7RZSPTvTiuXKCGreat British Bake Off Collection 12 on Netflix - https://www.netflix.com/search?q=great%20briths&a...

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58:10

Failure to Pie: Discussing Christmas at the Amish Bakery

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2024/12/04

This week, the MennoBrarians are back to discuss the latest movie in the Amish Hallmark(esque) Cinematic Universe: Christmas at the Amish Bakery. You can find the movie on Prime, with a free trial of the Up, Faith and Family add-on. The movie centers on Sarah, a young Chicagoan working in cookbook publishing, who is sent home to her Amish family as her boss thinks an Amish cookbook sounds like a unique and exciting publishing opportunity. We chat family recipes, pie making, bad costuming, and...

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38:41

A Variety of Bananas: Wrapping up Season 6, featuring...

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2024/09/04

This week, Tillie returns! We chat with Tillie about Season 6, her experience leading SST (Study Service Term) in Ecuador, and what the best things are to take to a potluck. We also do our usual season wrap up reflections and stats, and share our preliminary thoughts on Season 7. We plan to be back for one or two holiday-themed episodes during December, with Season 7 officially launching sometime in early 2025. Follow us on social media or join our Patreon for updates. We always lov...

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54:04

Haystack Enthusiast: A Conversation with Addie...

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2024/08/21

This week, Abby and Erin chat with Addie Liechty Kogan (they/them), a therapist, writer, and musician, about activism, social justice, burn out and much more. Content warning: Nothing is discussed graphically or in detail, but we do touch on topics that listeners may find difficult such as Gaza/Palestine, anti-semitism, and intergenerational trauma. Follow Addie: instragram: adzlk84Addie's websiteTwo of Addie's writings on Israel - Palestine and generational trauma: https://addiekogan.s...

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More food talk: A conversation with Marlene Epp,...

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2024/08/07

This week, Erin and Abby chat with Marlene Epp, about her new book, Eating Like A Mennonite: Food and Community across Borders. Epp's book dives into how Mennonites cook and eat around the world, gendered expectations (and opportunities) around food, the impact of food trauma on Mennonites, and much more - we highly recommend you add it to your to-read list. We chat with Marlene about haystacks (of course), foodways, the value of cookbooks, and whether "Mennonite food" is an actual thin...

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