Banned Books Week

Banned Book Club believes that the most controversial books are often the best books. Join them as they dive into literature that has been good enough to raise the ire of governments, school boards, and concerned parents all over the world.

Banned Voices preserves the stories of authors, editors, and publishers who have experienced censorship or persecution. They strive to be politically neutral, giving a platform for all kinds of thinkers from around the world and across the political spectrum to tell their own personal stories from their own perspectives. It's an official podcast of the Banned Books Museum, a museum in Tallinn, Estonia that preserves and exhibits banned, censored, and burned books from around the world.

The pearl clutching about “cancel culture” and “censorship” has become louder and more absurd while also getting more and more play in the media. Journalists Katelyn Burns and Oliver-Ash Kleine see this panic for what it is though: a grift. They take a closer look at these temper tantrums, dispelling myths, laughing at the most outrageous takes, and shedding light on which perspectives are actually being suppressed and left out of the conversation.

Since 2021, an unprecedented number of Young Adult books, especially ones with LGBTQ+ and BIPOC characters, have been removed from libraries across the country. In this podcast, we discuss YA books that have been banned in recent years. We discuss each selected book in two episodes. The first episode illuminates why the book has been banned and why we think it is worth reading. The second episode discusses the book's characters, themes, and significance in greater detail.

When Banned Things Happen To Good People is a podcast about censorship and the arts. Hosts Todd Sullivan and Peter Aman examine books, films, and more that have been banned or challenged in the past.