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Throughout the 24 lectures of Banned Books, Burned Books: Forbidden Literary Works, author and book critic Professor Maureen Corrigan of Georgetown University will take you on a tour of some of the most challenged and controversial works of literature, from the plays of Shakespeare to 21st-century best-sellers—even including the dictionary and classic fairy tales. You will trace the history, in the United States and Great Britain, of the challenges to books, the censoring of books, book bans, and even burnings.

Within days of taking office, President Donald J. Trump published or announced changes to immigration law and policy. Banned examines the tool of discretion, or the choice a government has to protect, detain, or deport immigrants, and describes how the Trump administration has wielded this tool in creating and executing its immigration policy. Banned offers a passionate reminder of the responsibility we all have to protect America's identity as a nation of immigrants.

A leaked draft Supreme Court opinion suggests the US Supreme Court is poised to overturn Roe versus Wade, ending the constitutional right to an abortion in the United States. How did we get here? This is Banned, a new narrative podcast that tells the story of how one Mississippi law could end the right to legal abortions in the United States — and overturn Roe v. Wade. Hosted by journalist Rosemary Westwood, Banned is a production of WWNO New Orleans Public Radio, WRKF Baton Rouge Public Radio and PRX.

"A most valuable book." —Christian Science Monitor For readers of The Monuments Men and The Hare with Amber Eyes, the story of the Nazis' systematic pillaging of Europe's libraries, and the small team of heroic librarians now working to return the stolen books to their rightful owners. While...

A lively history of the Watch and Ward Society - New England's notorious literary censor for over eighty years. Banned in Boston is the first-ever history of the Watch and Ward Society - once Boston's unofficial moral guardian. An influential watchdog organization, bankrolled by society's upper crust, it actively suppressed vices like gambling and prostitution, and oversaw the mass censorship of books and plays.

“BEST NONFICTION BOOK OF THE 20TH CENTURY.” —Time Volume 1 of the gripping epic masterpiece, Solzhenitsyn's chilling report of his arrest and interrogation, which exposed to the world the vast bureaucracy of secret police that haunted Soviet society. Features a new foreword by Anne...

Discover the stories behind the most shocking and infamous books ever published. Censorship of one form or another has existed almost as long as the written word, while definitions of what is 'acceptable' in published works have shifted over the centuries and from culture to culture. Packed with eye-opening insights into the history of the written word and the political and social climate during the period of suppression or censorship, this is a must-listen for anyone interested in literature, creative writing, politics, history or law.

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Welcome to the Shadow Banned Podcast! Join us as we explore the deepest parts of the rabbit hole, in search for lost, hidden, and suppressed truths about the nature of our reality. We invite you to take part in this journey of realization and discovery, to shatter any and all perceptions you may have about this realm. Nothing is off limits when you're in search of the truth. Now, open your minds, let go of your dogmas, and enjoy the Shadow Banned Podcast!

A podcast where me and caiden go into pros and cons into things that should be either banned or not

New podcast & blog, I’m just finding my way in the Entertainment & Political industry while navigating this f’ed up world with cancel culture and politically correct BS. Single father of four is a train wreck itself but add two podcasts & the industries I’m going into, and well, just come and listen to how many people get MAD at this show. Honestly, I want to find a way for everyone to be able to agree to disagree on the minor stuff but to agree the SYSTEM is RIGGED. We the people are the ones that run this and the next generations deserve to be left a better country than we were left ...

"Facebook Banned Gun Sales. So Why Is It Still 'Full of Them'?" is from the July 21, 2016 Technology section of The New York Times. It was written by Christopher Mele and narrated by Keith Sellon-Wright.

Bloomsbury presents That Librarian written and read by Amanda Jones. NATIONAL BESTSELLER “Amanda Jones started getting death threats, all for standing up for our right to read . . . but she’s not stopped fighting against book bans, or stopped advocating for access to diverse stories...