
The Beautiful and Banned
A weekly conversational podcast with Christine Renee Miller and Jessica Goudeau about banned books, plays, and films now and throughout history--with occasional guests.
Podcasting since 2024 • 42 episodes
The Beautiful and Banned
Latest Episodes
S3, E8: Red, White, and Royal Blue by Casey McQuiston
Christine and Jessica discuss Red, White, and Royal Blue, one of the most banned books in recent history: a royal romp with political overtones and a heart of gold. Jessica's life goal of getting Christine to read contemporary romance ...
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S3, E7: Notes of a Native Son by James Baldwin
For the first time on this podcast, we're reading a book that is not banned: Notes of a Native Son by James Baldwin is controversial and challenging, but not challenged--at least not yet. But it's such a seminal book for understanding ...
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55:05

S3 Interlude
In this short interlude, Jessica talks about why there's not an episode this week, what next week's episode will hold as we discuss our first book that has NOT been banned, and what's happening at the Library of Congress in the one of the most ...
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S3, E6: A Court of Thorns and Roses, with Special Guest Alyssa Morris
To talk about ACOTAR, Jessica is joined this week by special guest Alyssa Morris, whose popular Romancing the Phone newsletter demystifies into BookTok trends and digs into the publishing industry. Alyssa and Jessica talk about the phenomenon o...
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S3, E5: Pride and Book Comes Home, with Special Guest Rob Sanders
Read, Review, and Recommend! These are the suggestions by today's guest, children's book author, Rob Sanders, about how to support writers of challenged and banned books. Join us for this delightful conversation about the cutest book we will ev...
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