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When Banned Things Happen To Good People
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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Episode 86 - Brazil
We're adjacent to 1984 this episode as Todd and Peter take a look at the Terry Gilliam film Brazil, which also features a dystopian society, fascistic...
Episode 85 - 1984 (Live)
We've made it to the end of 1984, experiencing life in Oceania, and learning what Room 101 contains, and now it's time to finish things up with our fi...
Episode 84 - 1984 (Part Three)
In this look at Part Three of George Orwell's 1984 we finally see the inside of the Ministry of Love, and eventually even get a look at room 101. But...
Episode 83 - 1984 (Part Two)
In the second part of our look at George Orwell's 1984, love, or something like it, blooms in the grey-dusted despair of Oceania as Winston meets and...
Episode 82 - 1984 (Part One)
It's time to get a little dystopian up in here as Todd and Peter begin their look at George Orwell's 1949 novel 1984. As we gaze at the news south of...
Episode 81 - Current Events (Daddy's Little Toy & Heil Hitler)
Todd and Pete dig into some media controversies ripped from the headlines, including the the arrest of Daddy's Little Toy author, Lauren Tesolin-Mastr...
Episode 80 - Banned Together (with Allyson Rice)
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. Th...
Episode 79 - The Great Dictator
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...
Episode 78 - The Chocolate War (Live)
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 annu...
Episode 77 - The Chocolate War (Part Two)
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...
Episode 76 - The Chocolate War (Part One)
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 Ch...
Episode 75 - Postal 2
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...
Episode 74 - The Devils
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. B...
Episode 73 - Cocksucker Blues
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 Cocksuck...
Episode 72 - Naked Lunch (Live)
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 wa...
Episode 71 - Naked Lunch (Part Two)
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...
Episode 70 - Naked Lunch (Part One)
We're back! After some unscheduled away time from the podcast, Todd and Pete return just in time to strip down and enjoy a tasty Naked Lunch, courtesy...
Episode 69 - Sex (Live)
We celebrate our 69th episode with a look at SEX! No, not the act, but the coffee table book by Madonna from 1992. Also, yes, it was entirely an accid...
Episode 68 - Beloved (Live)
This LIVE episode features Todd and Pete wrapping up their look at Beloved by Toni Morrison, the Pulitzer Prize winning novel on the horrors of slaver...
Episode 67 - Beloved (Part Three)
Todd and Pete push through the sometimes confusing, sometimes confounding, and always engaging final section of Toni Morrison's Pulitzer Prize winning...
Episode 66 - Beloved (Part Two)
Todd and Pete continue their journey through Toni Morrison's Pulitzer Prize winning Beloved, which leads them to such questions as what the age of con...
Episode 65 - Beloved (Part One)
Peter and Todd step through the doors of 124 to begin their examination of the Pulitzer Prize winning Beloved by Toni Morrison. It's a beautiful, conf...
Episode 64 - Slaughter-House Five (Live)
Well it had happen eventually -- not just because every book ends up with a wrap-up episode, but also because it's all already happened, every moment...
Episode 63 - Slaughter-House Five (Part Two)
It took until the end of January to finish up the book we were supposed to read in November, but Todd and Pete finally made it through Kurt Vonnegut J...
Episode 62 - Slaughterhouse-Five (Part One)
Peter and Todd begin their look at Kurt Vonnegut's Slaughterhouse-Five with an episode covering roughly half the short novel, featuring the first few...
Episode 61 - The Exorcist
One of the best horror films of all time has also occasionally felt the pressures of rating boards who have prevented the film from being released in...
Episode 60 - Heartstopper (Live)
Our crew gathered around their microphones for a LIVE episode to wrap up their thoughts on Heartstopper by Alice Oseman. Though technical difficulties...
Episode 59 - Heartstopper (Part Three)
And we're off to FRANCE! Well, not us, unfortunately, but the cast of Heartstoppers are, in Volume Three of Heartstopper by Alice Oseman. Todd, Pete a...
Episode 58 - Heartstopper (Part Two)
Summer break has taken its toll on the podcast, as vacations and long weekends have made it hard to get Todd and Pete in the same room together, but w...
Episode 57 - Heartstopper (Part One)
Todd and Pete tone things down this episode with the first look at a slightly different high-school set story in Alice Oseman's Heartstopper. This que...
Episode 56 - Rage (Live)
Todd and Peter take the podcast live to share their final thoughts on the Stephen King / Richard Bachman novel Rage -- a book so controversial that Ki...
Episode 55 - Rage (Part Two)
Todd and Peter make it through the second of half of the early Stephen King novel Rage, a book that is definitely short, and maybe a little bit sweet?...
Episode 54 - Rage (Part One)
This week Todd and Peter get it on with the short novel Rage by Richard Bachman, an author better known as Stephen King. Rage is a unique case of self...
Brave New World (Live)
Todd and Peter reflect back on their time with Aldous Huxley's Brave New World and consider whether it was as good as a grams of SOMA or instead somet...
Episode 52 - Brand New World (Part Two)
Todd Sullivan and Peter Aman finish up their visit to futuristic London, shake the soma out of their system, get their libidos back in check, and chat...
Episode 51 - Brave New World (Part One)
The podcast that just won't die has finally returned to the land of the living -- When Banned Things Happen To Good People is BACK after a hiatus of m...
Episode 50 - An Anniversary Celebration!
They say it's better late than never, and in that spirit, here is the recorded version of our 50th episode live celebration, finally posted two months...
Episode 49 - Maus: My Father Bleeds History (Live)
Todd Sullivan and Dave Coalmine wrap up their look at the first volume of Art Spiegelman's Maus: My Father Bleeds History. We share our thoughts on th...
Episode 48 - Maus (Part Two)
Todd Sullivan is once again joined by Dave Coalmine to finish up their look at the first volume of Art Spiegelman's Maus, subtitled My Father Bleeds H...
Episode 47 - Maus (Part One)
Well, it took us a bit longer than usual to get out our first proper episode of 2022 after first losing our permanent recording of a live episode, and...