Banned Library Podcast

Friday Night Lights by H. G. Bissinger 25.06.2019 18:05 ↓

A not-so-banned book describing a town obsessed with high school football.

Julie of the Wolves by Jean Craighead George 04.06.2019 22:51 ↓

A young girl befriends wolves and makes her way across the tundra looking for where she belongs.

Staying Fat for Sarah Byrnes by Chris Crutcher 30.05.2019 28:42 ↓

Moby navigates water and religion and abortion and all kinds of difficult topics that are way worse than the language for which it was challenged.

So Far From the Bamboo Grove by Yoko Kawashima Watkins 14.05.2019 40:02 ↓

An autobiographical tale of a young Japanese girl and her family escaping Korea and surviving after World War II.

The Upstairs Room by Johanna Reiss 07.05.2019 35:16 ↓

A young girl in Holland spends two years in an upstairs room hiding from Nazis during World War II.

A Prayer for Owen Meany: John's Mom Got It Going On, Part 3 30.04.2019 28:13 ↓

An overview of moving religions, John's mom at a baseball game, and a new man in the family.

A Prayer for Owen Meany: Instrumental History, Part 2 23.04.2019 11:25 ↓

A history of the town, religion, Owen, and John's mother and the fact that the rope weighed as much as little Owen.

A Prayer for Owen Meany by John Irving 23.04.2019 12:23 ↓

John Irving pens a book banned from within three states about a little boy with a big voice who really stinks at baseball.

Rainbow Boys, Coming of the Creeper, Part 5 19.04.2019 13:13 ↓

Kyle gives Jason a lift and Nelson gets super creepy on Kyle before they go to grandma's house.

Rainbow Boys, Meeting the Problem, Part 4 18.04.2019 11:11 ↓

Nelson and Kyle almost fight some dudes and are starting a club while Kyle is struggling to come out to his parents.

Rainbow Boys: Rain Coming Down, Part 3 17.04.2019 11:31 ↓

Nelson and Kyle run into a bump in the rain and Jason gets even more confused about his relationship with Debra.

Rainbow Boys: Coming Out, Part 2 16.04.2019 10:53 ↓

Jason runs from a meeting, Kyle tries to talk to Jason, and Nelson is kinda a scorned bully.

Rainbow Boys by Alex Sanchez 15.04.2019 12:40 ↓

A brief cover of the author and the banned book leads us to Jason meeting Kyle and Nelson at a meeting.

Death of a Salesman: What Sacrifices May Come, Part 5 12.04.2019 13:14 ↓

The state of Willy is revealed to his sons and everyone makes plans to do better despite themselves.

Death of a Salesman: Uncle Ben Comes, Part 4 11.04.2019 9:58 ↓

Back in the memory we learn where some problems started as Uncle Ben comes for a visit.

Death of a Salesman: What Dreams, Part 3 10.04.2019 11:17 ↓

The dreams become reality when we learn more about how things were back when for the Loman family.

Death of a Salesman: Father and Son Complaints, Part 2 09.04.2019 11:46 ↓

Willy and Linda talk about his problems and Biff while Biff and Happy make plans after waking up.

Death of a Salesman by Arthur Miller 08.04.2019 12:34 ↓

Arthur Miller's play examines the American Dream at its heart: the family. We talk about the author then why the play is banned and get into it a little.

Alice's Adventures in Wonderland: House Guest, Part 4 05.04.2019 11:02 ↓

Alice fights off animals trying to get in their house, hangs with a puppy, and converses with a caterpillar smoking a hookah

Alice's Adventures in Wonderland: Animal Tails, Part 3 04.04.2019 10:56 ↓

Alice hangs out with some animals and hears a sad tail then masquerades as a housekeeper and gets stuck in a house.

Alice's Adventures in Wonderland: Down the Hole, Part 2 03.04.2019 10:35 ↓

Alice falls down the rabbit hole and finds a room of doors and something to drink, just like we all did in college.

Alice's Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll, Part 1 02.04.2019 11:29 ↓

We cover Lewis Carroll and Alice falls down a hole into a mysterious world filled with nonsense and math problems.

Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Moby Dick Read-a-Long 01.04.2019 28:24 ↓

New for the library is a read-a-long series of two classic books featuring commentary! We hope you had a great day!

Paths of Glory (1957) 25.03.2019 36:50 ↓

Four men go on trial for cowardice in this Stanley Kubrick film that was not liked by anyone who thought the French Army was better than they were.

No Escape (2015) 19.03.2019 38:08 ↓

A random white family finds themselves in the middle of an Asian coup and have to get out before they are executed.