Banned Book Club
Welcome to Banned Book Club where we believe that the most controversial books are often the best books. Join us as we dive into literature that has been good enough to raise the ire of governments, school-boards, and concerned parents all over the world. We hope that by the end of each episode you will agree with us on this point, if a book is banned its worth reading.
Episodes
24 episodes
Fight club - How the movie cheats the book
A double dip fight club episode about the unfortunate differences between the movie and its source material. In this episode Rafi is replaced by Thomas, who is a person that knows much about movies. We discuss David Fincher, China, Paradise Los...
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Season 3
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Episode 5
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54:17
Fight Club by Chuck Palahniuk - Book Review
In this episode, we discuss one of the most iconic and thought-provoking novels of the 20th century. "Fight Club" follows an unnamed narrator as he struggles with insomnia and an unfulfilling job, eventually leading him to create an underground...
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Season 3
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Episode 4
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50:45
The Elementary Particles by Michel Houellebecq _ Atomised - BOOK REVIEW
In this episode, we discuss Atomised by Michel Houellebecq, who’s been called among other things — France’s greatest literary export, Enfant terrible, provocateur, and a jerk. The story follows half brothers Michel and Bruno, whose lives are se...
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Season 3
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Episode 3
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45:29
The Hellbound Heart by Clive Barker - Book Review
In this spooky halloween episode we review “The Hellbound Heart”, a 1980’s horror novella by Clive Barker. Barker is a banned author/painter/playwright, who’s been described by Stephen King as “the future of horror”. The Hellbound Heart makes i...
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Season 3
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Episode 2
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24:40
Madame Bovary by Gustave Flaubert - Book Review
In this episode, we review “Madame Bovary” by Gustave Flaubert. Published in 1856 - the novel was deemed a threat to morality and caused Flaubert to face charges in the French court - because of the searingly detailed account it gives of ...
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Season 3
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Episode 1
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51:29
Factotum by Charles Bukowski - BOOK REVIEW
This episode centers around “Factotum”, written by the infamous and widely imitated Charles Bukowski. As the name implies, Factotum tells the story of a worker’s life, but Henry Chinaski (Bukowski’s self inspired antihero) is not your average w...
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Season 2
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Episode 12
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43:50
The Last Temptation Of Christ by Nikos Kazantzakis BOOK REVIEW
In this episode, we explore the expanded fictionalized version of Jesus’ life in Nikos Kazantakis “The Last Temptation of Christ”. This story follows the Bible loosely, using Kazantakis thoughts on what Christ must’ve felt before being crucifie...
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Season 2
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Episode 11
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52:51
How This Short Story Can Make You A Better Writer
In this episode, Nick takes you through Ernest Hemingway’s short story “Indian Camp” and explains how it can make you a better writer. The deceptively simple story embodies Hemingway’s iceberg theory - the idea that the weight of a good sentenc...
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Season 2
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Episode 10
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18:47
The Problem With Book Banning - Interview With Ryan Estrada | Co Author Of Banned Book Club
Get "Banned Book Club" by clicking the link below and support local book stores.https://bookshop.org/a/57229/9781945820427In this episode we're joined by Ryan Estrada - author of the Eisner nominated graphic novel “Banned Book Club”...
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Season 2
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Episode 9
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26:30
Banned Book Club: Tropic Of Cancer by Henry Miller BOOK REVIEW
Get "Tropic Of Cancer" by clicking the link below and support local book stores.https://bookshop.org/a/57229/9780802131782In this episode we tackle probably the most banned of the banned books we've covered so far - Henry Miller's i...
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Season 2
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Episode 8
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33:04
Banned Book Club: MAUS by Art Spiegelman - REVIEW
Get "MAUS" by clicking the link below and support local book stores.https://bookshop.org/a/57229/9780679406419In this episode we examine ‘Maus’, the recently banned Pulitzer Prize winning graphic novel by Art Spiegelman. It tells th...
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Season 2
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Episode 7
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24:02
Banned Book Club: The Stranger by Albert Camus - REVIEW
Get "The Stranger" by clicking the link below and support local book stores.https://bookshop.org/a/57229/9780679720201In this episode we investigate “The Stranger” - Albert Camus’ most famous and most controversial novel. The st...
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Season 2
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Episode 6
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43:33
Banned Book Club: The Inferno by Dante Alighieri - Review
Get "The Inferno" by clicking the link below and support local book stores.https://bookshop.org/a/57229/9780451531391In this episode we cover "The Inferno" by Dante Alighieri; inestimably influential, highly controversial since its ...
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Season 2
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Episode 5
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45:52
Banned Book Club: The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien - Review
Get "The Hobbit" by clicking the link below and support local book stores.
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Season 2
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Episode 4
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28:39
Banned Book Club: American Psycho by Bret Easton Ellis - Review
Get "American Psycho" by clicking the link below and support local book stores.https://bookshop.org/a/57229/9780679735779In this episode we ‘dissect’ American Psycho, a divisive novel from one of America’s most transgressive authors...
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Season 2
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Episode 3
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48:54
Banned Book Club: Dune by Frank Herbert
Get "Dune" by clicking the link below and support local book stores.https://bookshop.org/a/57229/9780441013593This episode covers Frank Herbert’s “Dune”, the seminal sci-fi novel that inspired Star Wars and shaped the genre as we kn...
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Season 2
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Episode 2
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22:40
BannedBookClub: Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov
Get "Lolita" by clicking the link bellow and support local book stores.https://bookshop.org/a/57229/9780679723165In this episode, we cover Vladimir Nabokov's infamous novel “Lolita”. According to Vanity Fair, this book is considered...
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Season 2
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Episode 1
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1:07:53
Banned Book Club: The Catcher in the Rye by J. D. Salinger
In this episode we discuss “The Catcher in the Rye” by J.D. Salinger, which tells the story of American literature’s most famous unreliable narrator Holden Caulfield. Is Holden just a whiny teenager? Or is he one of the most brilliant character...
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Season 1
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Episode 5
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54:11
Banned Book Club: Ham On Rye by Charles Bukowski
In this episode we discuss Ham on Rye by Charles Bukowski. This semi-autobiographical story centers around the childhood of Bukowski’s alter ego, Henry Chinaski. It is a coming of age story devoid of sunshine, rainbows, hugs, and moral platitud...
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Season 1
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Episode 4
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47:56
Banned Book Club (Bonus): The Rules Of Attraction by Bret Easton Ellis
What better way to celebrate Valentine’s Day than with a lovely novel about the death of all romance and meaning! Join us in this mini-sode, where we cover “The Rules of Attraction”, the second novel from one of America’s most controversial wri...
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32:46
Banned Book Club: Perfume by Patrick Suskind
In this episode we discuss Patrick Süskind's Perfume, a murder mystery told primarily through the sense of smell. Join us as we venture into the beautiful and disturbing world of scent, in this truly unique banned book.
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Season 1
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Episode 3
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35:55
Banned Book Club: Less than Zero by Bret Easton Ellis
In this episode we discuss 'less than zero' the debut novel from one of americas most controversial authors, Brett Easton Ellis. Join us as we stare into the abyss of the 80s L.A. party scene.
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Season 1
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Episode 2
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39:29
Banned Book Club: 1984 by George Orwell
In this episode we examine George Orwell’s relentlessly relevant 1984, the novel that defined the genre of dystopian fiction. In this story the machine of government is the ultimate power, capable of bending truths as fundamental as ‘2+2=4’. We...
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Season 1
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Episode 1
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