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The Catcher in the Rye Ch. 2: Why Do Good Kids Get Punished? | Why Books Get Banned
Episode 2
Holden Caulfield climbs a freezing hill to say goodbye to his sick 70-year-old teacher, Mr. Spencer. What does he get for his kindness? A lecture, a …
8 months, 2 weeks ago
The Catcher in the Rye Ch. 1: Why Did This Depressed Teen Scare America for 21 Years?
Episode 1
Holden Caulfield got kicked out of his fourth prep school and refuses to tell us his whole "David Copperfield kind of crap" autobiography. Instead, h…
8 months, 3 weeks ago
Season 10 Book Reveal: The Catcher in the Rye | Starts Jan 15
Episode 51
Season 10 Book Reveal: The Catcher in the Rye | Banned Books Comedy Podcast
The votes are in, scary book people. After a nail-biting finish where Kit…
8 months, 3 weeks ago
Brave New World Ch. 18.3: The Final Chapter - How the Book Ends | Banned Books Podcast
Episode 44
The season finale is here. John has retreated to his lighthouse seeking solitude, but solitude isn't what he finds. A filmmaker captures his self-fla…
9 months ago
Brave New World Ch. 18.2: John’s Lighthouse Self-Punishment | Banned Books Podcast
Episode 43
John has finally escaped to his lighthouse—complete freedom, everything he wanted. So naturally, he spends his time making weapons, planning a garden…
9 months ago
New Year’s Special: Reviews, Rants & VOTE for What We Read Next | Banned Books Comedy
Happy New Year! Dan's sick, 2025 can go straight to hell, and we're taking a break from Brave New World to read your reviews—the good, the bad, and t…
9 months, 1 week ago
Brave New World Ch. 18.1: Is Suffering the Price of Being Human? | Why Books Get Banned
Episode 42
We start the final chapter of Brave New World and John immediately decides civilization has poisoned him… so he purifies himself the old-school way. …
9 months, 1 week ago
2025 Banned Camp Christmas
In this festive holiday episode, Jennifer and Dan celebrate Christmas Banned Camp style. The episode’s highlight is a surprise guest reading ofa spec…
9 months, 2 weeks ago
Brave New World Ch. 17.2: The Right to Be Unhappy | Banned Books Podcast
Episode 41
John and Mustapha Mond go head-to-head over the weirdest argument of all, whether a “perfect” life is worth the price of your soul, your freedom, and…
9 months, 2 weeks ago
Brave New World Ch. 17.1: Why would a ’perfect’ society ban God? | Why Books Get Banned
Episode 40
Mustapha Mond opens his literal vault of “smut”… and it’s the Bible, William James, and a bunch of old religious philosophy that the World State trea…
9 months, 3 weeks ago