The podcast that just won’t die has finally returned to the land of the living — When Banned Things Happen To Good People is BACK after a hiatus of more than six months, with a new book, a new co-host, and…well, pretty much everything else is still the same. This…
Episode 50 – An Anniversary Celebration!
They say it’s better late than never, and in that spirit, here is the recorded version of our 50th episode live celebration, finally posted two months after the original stream. Hosts Todd Sullivan and Oren Barter look back on the first 50 episodes of When Banned Things Happen to Good…
Episode 49 – Maus: My Father Bleeds History (Live)
Todd Sullivan and Dave Coalmine wrap up their look at the first volume of Art Spiegelman’s Maus: My Father Bleeds History. We share our thoughts on the graphic novel, what age groups we think it’s appropriate for, and whether the banning was reasonable. Also, we talk about butt aliens for some…
Episode 48 – Maus (Part Two)
Todd Sullivan is once again joined by Dave Coalmine to finish up their look at the first volume of Art Spiegelman’s Maus, subtitled My Father Bleeds History. The story of Spiegelman’s father Vladek get substantially darker as Germans begin to intensify their assaults against the Jews of Poland. Email: bannedthingshappen@gmail.com Facebook: https://facebook.com/bannedthingshappen Web: https://blahblahblahmedia.com Patreon: https://patreon.com/blahblahblahmedia…
Episode 47 – Maus (Part One)
Well, it took us a bit longer than usual to get out our first proper episode of 2022 after first losing our permanent recording of a live episode, and then losing half of the audio recorded for this episode, requiring us to start from scratch again, but here we are…
Episode 46 – Silent Night, Deadly Night
It’s late, but we hope you enjoy this Boxing Day edition of When Banned Things Happen to Good People, where we look at the controversial Christmas film Silent Night, Deadly Night. This episode, Todd is joined by guest host Jason Hewlett of the Paranormal Network, and they break down this very weird…
Episode 45 – Of Mice and Men (Part Two)
Todd is once again joined by guest Dave Coalmine to wrap-up their discussion of John Steinbeck’s Of Mice and Men, a book that does indeed contain both mice and men, as well as copious amounts of bleakness, despair, desperation, and frustration. But does it contain a mention of pornographic magazines? That…
Episode 44 – Of Mice and Men (Part One)
Todd is joined on this episode by Dave Coalmine to begin their look at John Steinbeck’s Of Mice and Men, a book filled with dread almost from page one. This novella has been frequently banned or challenged over the years and was the 28th most banned or challenged book from 2010…
Episode 43 – This Book is Anti-Racist (Live)
Todd Sullivan and guest host Carlo Sia (Half-Cut Conspiracies) wrap up their look at This Book is Anti-Racist in this recording of their live episode. They discuss the important differences between being not racist and being anti-racist, why one is probably better than the other, and tackle the question of why…
Episode 42 – This Book is Anti-Racist (Part Two)
This episode Todd and guest host Carlo Sia (Half-Cut Conspiracies) explore the second half of the controversial This Book is Anti-Racist which was led to a crackdown on certain books in the Southlake Texas school curriculum. This portion of the book is primarily focused on what you can do to be…