Season 4, Episode 7
October 11, 2025
Today’s book: GoTell It on the Mountain by James Baldwin (1953)
Banned Books Conversations: Where Radical ReadersDiscuss Prohibited Prose
Banned books are works that have been removed from alibrary shelf or school curriculum. Over the course of Banned Books Week, thisseries covers seven different books, the reasons they were banned, and thevalue in reading them.
Guest Links:
Ty Allan Jackson
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ty_allan_jackson/
Website: https://tyallanjackson.com/
Books: https://tyallanjackson.com/shop/
Fly Messias
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/flyinhd/
Previous collaborations:
The Birth of a Nation(1915) W/ Co-host Spider-Dan and guests Fly & Tony Holt Jr.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yL7gXeIBxD0
Banned BooksConversations (Season 3) - Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison (1952) with guestsFly, Tony Holt Jr., and Spider-Dan
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eTdFuragMug
Resources:
https://www.marshall.edu/library/bannedbooks/
https://www.authorsagainstbookbans.com/
Host: Tonya Todd
Video Producer: JP Butler
Audio Producer: Ria Carrogan
Graphics: Mike Burton
Catch the video versionat
https://youtu.be/ZVnzPMr-T24
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