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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.
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Monday May 05, 2025
Monday May 05, 2025
We're doing something a little different this week as we invite producer Allyson Rice to join us as we discuss her new documentary Banned Together. The film is a look at the in book bans and challenges in the United States in recent years, particularly under the hand of the Republican Party. We talk about the film, the weaponization of language, and how things are likely to get worse before they get better.
Watched Banned Together here: https://watch.eventive.org/bannedtogether/play/680946b470d7a15f473ad676
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Tuesday Apr 01, 2025
Tuesday Apr 01, 2025
It's movie night at 'Banned Things' headquarters so Todd and Peter decided to check out what is almost certainly the funniest movie about fascism that's ever graced the silver screen, Charlie Chaplin's The Great Dictator. This film, which was released before the United States had joined World War II, satirized Adolph Hitler's rule over Germany at a time when few people were giving the man a second thought.
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Tuesday Mar 18, 2025
Tuesday Mar 18, 2025
Todd and Pete wrap up their look at 'The Chocolate War', the controversial 1974 young adult novel by Robert Cormier, in which a catholic school's annual chocolate sale becomes a battleground for freedom. Do we dare disturb the universe? Well, we do, but you may have to make up your own mind.
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Monday Feb 10, 2025
Monday Feb 10, 2025
Todd and Pete glide through the second half of Robert Cormer's The Chocolate War to reach the controversial ending, as well as the true answer to the question "Do I dare disturb the universe?" And no, you probably don't want to know what the answer is.
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Wednesday Feb 05, 2025
Wednesday Feb 05, 2025
After some delays, we're BACK (we hope) to a more regular release schedule starting with this episode, part one of our look at Robert Cormier's The Chocolate War. This 1974 young adult novel sees what should have been a standard high school fundraising chocolate sale turned on its head when one student asks the question, "Do I dare disturb the universe?" The answer might surprise you! Or maybe it won't! You could probably google that answer.
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Monday Jan 13, 2025
Monday Jan 13, 2025
Holy crap it's our 75th episode and we're celebrating by covering a video game! Actually, we already did that when we livestreamed us playing Postal 2 while we talked about it! You can find that on YouTube if you want to watch (and honestly, it's probably the optimum way to experience this episode). But if for some reason you don't want to do that, we've whittled that episode down to a pretty spry 25 minutes of us talking about the game with a smattering of game sound effects in the background. Also, some of the early audio is not ideal. Look, just go watch the YouTube version, okay?
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Monday Nov 11, 2024
Monday Nov 11, 2024
Todd and Pete head back to the 17th century courtesy of Ken Russel's The Devils, a notoriously controversial film that is next to impossible to see. But somehow we got our hands on it! And we're here to talk about it!
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Tuesday Oct 29, 2024
Tuesday Oct 29, 2024
It might be autumn, but it's time to finish up our summer of Sex, Drugs, and Rock and Roll with the Rolling Stones controversial concert film Cocksucker Blues, a movie with plenty of rock and roll. And also some sex. And some drugs. Honestly, this movie could have been dedicated to all three things. It's a hard movie to find, but Pete and Todd tracked it down on archive.org to experience in all its low-res, digitized from video tape glory, and they're more than happy to tell you what they thought about the film.
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Sunday Oct 06, 2024
Sunday Oct 06, 2024
It might have felt like the longest short book they ever read, but Todd and Pete made it through the end of William S. Burroughs' 'Naked Lunch'. It was a meal consisting of sex, drugs, the black meat, homosexuality, jism, protoplasm, and, of course, ectoplasm, and so clearly not for everyone's tastes. But you'll have to listen in to this live episode to know how Pete and Todd landed with their thoughts on this one.
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Sunday Sep 15, 2024
Sunday Sep 15, 2024
Todd and Pete finish up their final bites of William S. Burroughs' Naked Lunch, and though they enjoyed the meal overall, they probably couldn't tell you what it tasted like. Maybe the black meat? It's a strange journey that feels impossible to talk about, but they try.
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