Banned Camp: Banned Books, Comedy, and Free Speech vs. Censorship
A podcast by Jennifer Davis and Dan Schulz – satirical storytellers, critics of book bans, and irreverent humorists exploring banned literature, challenged books, and other cultural controversies.
222 Episodes
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Huckleberry Finn | Chapter 22 & 23 - The Great Shakespearean Scam!
Published: 1/4/2024 -
Huckleberry Finn | Chapter 21 - Huck's Encounter with Theatrics and Tragedy!
Published: 1/2/2024 -
Huckleberry Finn | Chapter 20 - Huck, Jim, and the Art of the Scam!
Published: 12/28/2023 -
Huck Finn | Chapter 19 - Huck Meets the Con Kings: River Shenanigans!
Published: 12/26/2023 -
Huckleberry Finn | Chapter 18 (pt 2) - Love, Loss, and Lessons in a Bitter Feud!
Published: 12/21/2023 -
Huckleberry Finn | Chapter 18 (pt 1) - Feuding and Mysterious Messages!
Published: 12/19/2023 -
Huckleberry Finn | Chapter 17 - Huck And The Grangerford Goth!
Published: 12/14/2023 -
Huckleberry Finn | Chapter 16 - A River of Doubts and Decisions!
Published: 12/12/2023 -
Huckleberry Finn | Chapters 14 & 15 - Treasure Troves and Foggy Nights!
Published: 12/7/2023 -
Huckleberry Finn | Chapter 13 - Ferryman's Fable: Huck's Heroic Hoax!
Published: 12/5/2023 -
Huckleberry Finn | Chapter 12 - Huck's Daring Steamboat Adventure: The Night of Narrow Escapes!
Published: 11/30/2023 -
Huckleberry Finn | Chapter 11 - Huck's High-Stakes Masquerade: The Island Escape!
Published: 11/28/2023 -
Huckleberry Finn | Chapters 9 & 10 - A Deadly Snake Prank and Riverfront Real Estate Dreams!
Published: 11/23/2023 -
Huckleberry Finn | Chapter 8 - Huck's Island Discovery: The Quicksilver Quest!
Published: 11/21/2023 -
Huckleberry Finn | Chapter 7 - Huck's Ingenious Escape: The Great River Ruse!
Published: 11/16/2023 -
Huckleberry Finn | Chapters 5 -6 - Pap's Back, Huck's Escape, and the Drunken Chaos
Published: 11/14/2023 -
Huckleberry Finn | Chapters 3-4 - Pap's Return & The Magic Hairball!
Published: 11/9/2023 -
Huckleberry Finn | Chapters 1-2 - Huck's Freedom & Tom's Band of Robbers!
Published: 11/7/2023 -
Halloween: Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark with Derek Hayes and David Flora!
Published: 10/31/2023 -
The Outsiders | Chapter 12: After the Verdict: Pony's Next Odyssey
Published: 10/19/2023
Love banned books? Hate censorship?Same. You’re our kind of people.Banned Camp is a comedy podcast where we read banned books and try to figure out why they were banned in the first place.Each season, we tackle a new banned book, reading it chapter by chapter and asking: What made someone clutch their pearls and scream, "BAN IT!"? (Spoiler: It’s rarely what you’d expect.) One thing is clear—the people banning these books often haven’t read them. While we uncover some eyebrow-raising moments, nothing truly justifies censorship.Join us—and our listeners, "The Scary Book People"—as we explore the strange, hilarious, and sometimes baffling world of banned books.Past seasons have featured classics like To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee, Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury, The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain, A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L’Engle, Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe by Benjamin Alire Sáenz, and Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut.This season, we’re diving into 1984 by George Orwell—a dystopian warning that feels eerily real today. From thought control to banned books, its message is more relevant than ever, and that’s exactly why it remains one of the most challenged books of all time.By reading these books, we ask big questions: Why are banned books important? What does “banned” mean? What does “challenged” mean? How do book bans affect students? Are book bans constitutional?Come hang out with us and have some laughs while we dig into the drama behind banned books—you might even learn something cool along the way!