Banned Library Podcast

Vonnegut dies to bring you news from the Pearly Gates, interviewing notable dead people about their lives and thoughts on current events.

A woman loses her husband and is not that broken up about it and that broke people up about it.

A small town holds a very special lottery and people were super mad about it.

A man trying to escape prison finds himself locked up in the worst way in this psychedelic novel about conformity, individuality, and sanity.

Peter, Susan, Edmund, and Lucy kinda saunter into the magical world of Narnia and tear stuff up. It's good to be the Sons of Adam and the Daughters of Eve.

Three out of five people dream of writing a book. Few follow through. What does it take to take that from dream to reality? In this special preview we hear as John August (Go, Big Fish, Charlie and The Chocolate Factory) takes his dream and turns it into a reality Will it be a successful? Subscribe to Launch today: www.wondery.fm/launch

A brat becomes an average kid with a strange family with this week's book.

A crazy, racist little fairy tale, Sambo learns to steal from bullies and eat hella pancakes.

Banned for language and moral/religious reasons, we get into the story of a little girl with family problems and the old man she thinks is taking her friend.

From the deep Depression-era south is a story of hope and hatred and one family's story.

The library delves into the Gospel of Matthew with this biblical translation that brought Jesus to the English masses and totally got the author murdered by the state.

The library is giving out flu shots, news, and we hear about Jerry meeting his fate on a lonesome highway.

A small New England town is rocked by the scandal of everyday life in one of the most forgotten popular books of the twentieth century.

What do Uzbekistan and Gone with the Wind have in common? And enjoy the story time and the fate of Jimmy the Helper.

Book bans in Mississippi and Florida, Children's Book Fair, and a tale of a creature from long ago.