When Banned Things Happen To Good People

Todd and Oren continue their look at A Clockwork Orange, digging through Part Two of the novel, which sees your humble narrator, Alex, succumb to the Ludovico Technique, which appears to have cured him of his tendency towards evil ... or at least made it painful and nauseating to contemplate doing evil. But has this robbed him of his ability to choose? If a man doesn't get a choice in doing good,...

Happy New Year! It's the first episode of 2021, and Todd and Oren discuss their viddying of the horrorshow novel A Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess. This episode covers Part One of the novel, and if someone of the words in this description made you scratch your head, you may want to listen in to learn more about Nadsat, the fictional language that Burgess created for the novel. Email: bannedthi...

In our final episode for 2020, we are visited not by Christmas ghosts but by Carlo Sia, co-host of another Blah Blah Blah Media production, Half-Cut Conspiracies . Carlo joins Todd and Oren to discuss the 1985 Jean Luc Godard film Hail Mary which turns out not be as religious as Todd was expecting it to be. Things also get kind of silly, but that's what happens when you get two guys together whose...

In this episode Oren and Todd tackle one of the most controversial books written in recent years — a story of ... learning to understand people who are different than you? Yes, we're looking at the 13th most banned or challenged book of the last decade, I Am Jazz, a book about the experiences of transgender youth Jazz Jennings. Come join us! Listen to Jazz Jennings read the book herself! Email: ba...

In this episode Todd and Oren wrap-up their look at Margret Atwood's bestselling work of feminist fiction, The Handmaid's Tale. There are also a few digressions into subjects like what not to do on a podcast as well as which version of Windows is the worst (the answer is obviously Windows ME). You'll also find announcements of what we'll be discussing through December and into January, so jump in...

This week we come to the end of our look at a terrifyingly plausible dystopia as we cover the final 100 pages of Margret Atwood's 1985 novel 'The Handmaid's Tale'. Also, is it true that when you make the world better, it's only ever better for some? Discuss among yourselves. Email: banndthingshappen@gmail.com Facebook: https://facebook.com/bannedthingshappen Patreon: https://patreon.com/blahblahbl...

We continue our decent into a dystopia that is, at least for now, still just a work of imagination. What's waiting for Offred inside the Commander's office? Will it be nefarious? Will it be dangerous? Will it be a board game? Find out! Email: bannedthingshappen@gmail.com Facebook: https://facebook.com/bannedthingshappen Patreon: https://patreon.com/blahblahblahmedia  

In honour of Amy Coney Barrett's nomination to the United States Supreme Court, Todd and Oren begin their look at Margaret Atwood's famous story of female oppression, "The Handmaid's Tale". Spoiler: Offred mostly goes shopping. Email: bannedthingshappen@gmail.com Facebook: https://facebook.com/banndthingshappen Support us on Patreon: https://patreon.com/blahblahblahmedia  

  It's Halloween so let's take a break from reading! This episode we watch and discuss the 2000 Japanese film Battle Royale with guest host Dave Coalmine. Surprise, surprise, there wasn't as much blood as we thought there would be!   EDIT: There were timing issues with the original version of this audio and it has now been replaced with a version that has been corrected.  

This was our live wrap-up event to complete our discussion of The Autobiography of Malcolm X, featuring some exciting announcements and live callers.

We wrap up our episodic look at The Autobiography of Malcolm X by talking about the Epilogue, which describes Alex Haley's experience interviewing Malcolm X and putting the book together. We also discuss Spike Lee's film adaptation from 1992. Also, Oren reveals something troubling about how he reads books.

This week we're talking about the final two chapters in the Autobiography of Malcolm X, covering the final period in his life following his visit to Mecca, just prior to his death. Oren and Todd also take a few minutes to talk about the raging dumpster fire that is life in 2020.

Oren and Todd return to their discussion of The Autobiography of Malcolm X. They also talk too much, which required this episode to be split into two. This week, it's a look at chapters 15, 16, and 17.

Todd and Oren take a break from their look at the Autobiography of Malcolm X to visit a film from the same era (a film mentioned early on in the Autobiography -- and not exactly raved about). Gone With The Wind features problematic portrayals of slavery, and was recently pulled from HBO Max to add some much needed context to those portrayals. They also discuss whether women should be allowed to tr...

Audio issues are overcome and the podcast is back on schedule with this week's episode, as Todd and Oren continue to look at Autobiography of Malcolm X -- which, for this week's chapters, reads a bit more like the Autobiography of the Nation of Islam.

Some unfortunate technical difficulties led to the delay of the episode, as well as some less-than-stellar audio, but we're back anyway, to continue our dive into The Autobiography of Malcolm X, covering chapters  six through 10.

This week Todd and Oren finally dig into their first book -- The Autobiography of Malcolm X -- covering chapters one through five, as well as the introduction. They also discuss the evolution of language from 1965 to 2020 while trying to keep their white male privilege in check. Yes, the conversation is a bit wild and unstructured this week, but that'll hopefully be fixed in future episodes.

This is it! The first official episode of When Banned Things Happen To Good People! Todd and Oren talk about why they care about the topics of censorship and free expression, and we tease the title of the first book we'll be reading (hint, it's not the one we mentioned in Episode 0). Things we learned in this episode: Todd needs to dial back his microphone's sensitivity a little bit. ALSO he taps...

Get a behind-the-scenes look at some of the brainstorming that went on in the creation of When Banned Things Happen To Good People. While testing our audio setup we chatted about the podcast itself, and this is what we ended up with! Hope you enjoy this peek behind the scenes!