Season 4, Episode 5
October 9, 2025
Today’s book: TheHandmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood (1985)
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:
Wendy Wimmer
Entry Level - https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/60557291-entry-level
Website: http://www.wendywimmer.com/
Threads: https://www.threads.com/@wendy_wimmer
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/wendy_wimmer/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/wmwimmer
Katherine Cunningham
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/asiankittkat/
Critical Care Comics: https://www.criticalcarecomics.org/
Spider-Dan
Spider-Dan And The Secret Bores:https://pod.link/danbores
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJaU3qUYU3SidyaywcPE4Zg
Previous collaborations:
Banned Movies withSpider-Dan:
Slender Man
https://youtu.be/WyUW3fyxEkQ?si=xkxPG8ybq4adHOt9
Birth Of A Nation
https://youtu.be/yL7gXeIBxD0?si=gGkoLTIgbY7--XxG
Barbie
https://youtu.be/cgbJpFWblZw?si=_UwqoazZqHwRlcXl
Nosferatu
https://youtu.be/LQBOPhNCx1s?si=WWXE541bAuJqNaW1
Banned BooksConversations (Season 2) - Charlotte's Web by E.B. White with guests WendyWimmer, Spider-Dan, and Ada McCartney
https://youtu.be/N65AMQ-89cE?si=oS-T3KaSG6xHHzrB
Banned BooksConversations (Season 3) - Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro (2005) with guestsWendy Wimmer, Brandon Mead, and Kat Fieler
https://youtu.be/6P_Xlm4Iyzw?si=LykdWVmzlR6oBff9
Banned BooksConversations (Season 3) - Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison (1952) with guestsSpider-Dan, Tony Holt Jr., Fly, and Tony Holt Jr.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eTdFuragMug
The 52 Love Podcast withTonya Todd - Episode 3 (Hold hands with your partner)
https://youtu.be/YrlLXAzZN4Y?si=qqi5xHVIuS9kqwc0
The Batman
https://pod.link/danbores/episode/M2NjNDFhNzAtOGMwOC00ZTQ0LTk2MDQtNTY0YWEyMmY4Nzhj
Deadly Friend
https://pod.link/danbores/episode/M2NjNDFhNzAtOGMwOC00ZTQ0LTk2MDQtNTY0YWEyMmY4Nzhj
Byzantium V Only LoversLeft Alive
https://pod.link/danbores/episode/NTQ0NWVkOTAtMDZiYy00MzNjLWI2ODktZTEzMmJmMDFlZjIz
Batman Returns
https://pod.link/danbores/episode/MWZjMDMyZjMtZmI4NS00YzVhLWJmN2YtNDdlODhmYTMxYzZk
The Crow
https://pod.link/danbores/episode/ZTEyZGRhYTMtODU0NC00NzcwLTg0MmQtMzJmODFiYzU1MzQ2
Coffy V Foxy Brown
https://pod.link/danbores/episode/YzljNmUxMzEtMGE0NS00OGYxLThlNTUtYzRiNmMzYWQzYzg
Resources:
https://www.marshall.edu/library/bannedbooks/
https://www.authorsagainstbookbans.com/
Host: Tonya Todd
Video Producer: JP Butler
Audio Producer: Ria Carrogan
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