When Banned Things Happen To Good People

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 the table a lot when he talks, which can make for annoying audio hiccups.

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!