Banned Camp: Banned Books, Comedy, and Free Speech vs. Censorship

Jennifer Davis and Dan Schulz – culture war censorship critics, satirical storytellers, banned books defenders, and irreverent humorists exploring challenged literature and book bans

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About Banned Camp: Banned Books, Comedy, and Free Speech vs. Censorship

If you think banning books is stupid, so do we.Banned Camp is a comedy podcast where we read banned books and try to figure out why they were banned in the first place.If you’re new here, don’t sweat it. You can start anywhere. We’ll get you oriented fast (and if you get confused, there’s a good chance we’re confused too).Here’s what makes us different: we actually read the book out loud, every chapter, cover to cover, and we’ve never read it before. So you hear us stumble through the text, mispronounce names, miss obvious foreshadowing, and slowly piece together what freaks Moms for Liberty and the pudding-fingered politicians out.Our listeners are called The Scary Book People. You’ll fit right in.Past seasons: To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee, Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury, The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain, A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L’Engle, Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe by Benjamin Alire Sáenz, Slaught...

Language: English
Type: podcast

Episodes(50)

1
The Handmaid’s Tale Ch. 28.2: The Day Her Money Stopped Working | Banned Books Comedy
31 Aug39m
2
The Handmaid’s Tale Ch. 28.1: This Number’s Not Valid | Banned Books Comedy
31 Aug33m
3
The Handmaid’s Tale Chapter 27: Two Women, One Whispered ”Neither Do I” | Banned Books Comedy
31 Aug33m
4
The Handmaid’s Tale Chapter 26: Why Didn’t Gilead Just Use IVF? | Banned Books Podcast
19 Aug31m
5
The Handmaid’s Tale Ch. 25: For Him, She’s Only a Whim | Banned Books Comedy
19 Aug40m
6
The Handmaid’s Tale Ch. 24: The Mistress Who Said He Was Not a Monster | Banned Books Podcast
19 Aug30m
7
The Handmaid’s Tale | Ch. 23: Not Like That, As If You Meant It
7 Aug38m
8
The Handmaid’s Tale | Ch. 22: Lava Beneath the Crust of Daily Life | Why Books Get Banned
7 Aug32m

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About Banned Camp: Banned Books, Comedy, and Free Speech vs. Censorship

Language: English
Type: podcast

Episodes(50)

The Handmaid’s Tale Ch. 28.2: The Day Her Money Stopped Working | Banned Books Comedy

31 Aug39m

The Handmaid’s Tale Ch. 28.1: This Number’s Not Valid | Banned Books Comedy

31 Aug33m

The Handmaid’s Tale Chapter 27: Two Women, One Whispered ”Neither Do I” | Banned Books Comedy

31 Aug33m

The Handmaid’s Tale Chapter 26: Why Didn’t Gilead Just Use IVF? | Banned Books Podcast

19 Aug31m

The Handmaid’s Tale Ch. 25: For Him, She’s Only a Whim | Banned Books Comedy

19 Aug40m

The Handmaid’s Tale Ch. 24: The Mistress Who Said He Was Not a Monster | Banned Books Podcast

19 Aug30m

The Handmaid’s Tale | Ch. 23: Not Like That, As If You Meant It

7 Aug38m

The Handmaid’s Tale | Ch. 22: Lava Beneath the Crust of Daily Life | Why Books Get Banned

7 Aug32m

+42 more — listen on the platforms above