Banned Library Podcast

The Giving Tree by Shel Silverstein 26.01.2021 21:27 ↓

A kid loves this tree and the tree loves the kid back. Then the kid grows up, and the tree gets hacked to pieces.

The Sissy Duckling by Harvey Fierstein and Henry Cole (Illus.) 20.01.2021 20:37 ↓

A small duck named Elmer does not fit in until a killing spree shows how special he really is.

Goodnight Moon by Margaret Wise Brown and Clement Hurd (illus.) 12.01.2021 29:56 ↓

A rabbit says goodnight and outlasts the librarian who hated it.

Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See? by Bill Martin Jr and Eric Carle (illus.) 05.01.2021 28:07 ↓

We learn colors and animals and that Texas looks before they leap unless by reading this book you are an activated sleeper agent.

Bad Kitty for President by Nick Bruel 15.12.2020 18:01 ↓

Bad Kitty runs for neighborhood president and learns a lot along the way including some ways to not say swear words.

Prince & Knight by Daniel Haack and Stevie Lewis (illus.) 02.12.2020 25:13 ↓

A story of a brutal monarch who kills a dragon, but is also a very sweet LGBT+ love story.

Skippyjon Jones series by Judy Schachner 25.11.2020 ↓

A small cat decides he is a Mexican superhero and kills a bumblebee.

A Day in the Life of Marlon Bundo by Marlon Bundo and Jill Twiss, EG Keller (illus.) 17.11.2020 43:44 ↓

Marlon Bundo, the BOTUS, lives a lonely life until he meets Wesley. Can their love remain when the stink bug decides same sex marriage is still allowed?

How to Eat Fried Worms by Thomas Rockwell 13.10.2020 52:18 ↓

When a boy is bet he can't eat worms, he does despite his friends not being his friends through the pure evil that is the male ego.

This Day in June by Gayle E Pitman and Kristyna Litten 29.10.2019 ↓

It's a parade in June that celebrates a great subculture as well as provides amazing information! Plus a pigeon.

Scarlet Street (1945) 16.10.2019 27:57 ↓

When a painter gets involved with some criminals, things take a super dark turn in this gritty noir.

Monty Python's Life of Brian (1979) 14.10.2019 26:09 ↓

A movie so funny they banned it in Norway, we're covering the life story of a man who got super killed.

Dirty Harry (1971) 01.10.2019 39:44 ↓

There's a crazy madman running around San Francisco, and he's chasing a serial killer.

Fifty Shades of Grey (2015) 24.09.2019 34:14 ↓

For Banned Books Week 2019, we revisit a story of a deranged relationship born from the world of fanfiction and now a multimillion dollar movie.

The Devil and Tom Walker by Washington Irving 18.09.2019 23:57 ↓

A miserly couple has a run in with a man in the woods with an ax and it goes about like you would expect.

Martian Chronicles by Ray Bradbury 17.09.2019 27:42 ↓

A collection of tales about humans making it to Mars and being pretty disappointed for the most part.

Color Out of Space by HP Lovecraft 17.09.2019 26:43 ↓

A surveyor hears the story of a meteor blighting the land of a small New England farm and destroying a family.

Guts by Chuck Palahniuk 04.09.2019 25:34 ↓

A young man tells us all about his adventure in a swimming pool.

I Saw Esau by Iona and Peter Opie 22.08.2019 31:00 ↓

What happens when some folklorists gather together all the children's rhymes and have them illustrated by a master children's illustrator?

The Yellow Wallpaper by Charlotte Perkins Gilman 14.08.2019 32:54 ↓

A woman told to rest for her own good goes slowly insane in a room with yellow wallpaper… or does she? She totally does.

The Boy Who Lost His Face by Louis Sachar 06.08.2019 36:56 ↓

David did a bad thing and gets cursed by an old lady while figuring out who his friends are and what middle fingers are for.

The House of the Spirits by Isabel Allende 30.07.2019 28:30 ↓

We follow the ups and downs and rapes of a Chilean family for several mystical generations.

Grendel by John Gardner 24.07.2019 37:26 ↓

We learn that a monster known to be a crazy bloodthirsty tornado of violence is really just a bit of a thinker. With claws.

Voicemails (2019) 12.07.2019 20:05 ↓

A librarian gets in trouble when he agrees to transcribe the voicemails of an older patron.

Shade's Children by Garth Nix 02.07.2019 40:13 ↓

When all the adults have vanished and overlords have taken over, a bunch of superpowered kids have sex and save the planet.