Category: When Banned Things Happen to Good People

Todd and Oren continue their look at A Clockwork Orange, digging through Part Two of the novel, which sees your humble narrator, Alex, succumb to the Ludovico Technique, which appears to have cured him of his tendency towards evil … or at least made it painful and nauseating to...

Happy New Year! It’s the first episode of 2021, and Todd and Oren discuss their viddying of the horrorshow novel A Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess. This episode covers Part One of the novel, and if someone of the words in this description made you scratch your head, you may...

In our final episode for 2020, we are visited not by Christmas ghosts but by Carlo Sia, co-host of another Blah Blah Blah Media production, Half-Cut Conspiracies. Carlo joins Todd and Oren to discuss the 1985 Jean Luc Godard film Hail Mary which turns out not be as religious as...

In this episode Oren and Todd tackle one of the most controversial books written in recent years — a story of … learning to understand people who are different than you? Yes, we’re looking at the 13th most banned or challenged book of the last decade, I Am Jazz,...

In this episode Todd and Oren wrap-up their look at Margret Atwood’s bestselling work of feminist fiction, The Handmaid’s Tale. There are also a few digressions into subjects like what not to do on a podcast as well as which version of Windows is the worst (the answer is...

This week we come to the end of our look at a terrifyingly plausible dystopia as we cover the final 100 pages of Margret Atwood’s 1985 novel ‘The Handmaid’s Tale’. Also, is it true that when you make the world better, it’s only ever better for some? Discuss among...

We continue our decent into a dystopia that is, at least for now, still just a work of imagination. What’s waiting for Offred inside the Commander’s office? Will it be nefarious? Will it be dangerous? Will it be a board game? Find out! Email: bannedthingshappen@gmail.com Facebook: https://facebook.com/bannedthingshappen Patreon: https://patreon.com/blahblahblahmedia...

In honour of Amy Coney Barrett’s nomination to the United States Supreme Court, Todd and Oren begin their look at Margaret Atwood’s famous story of female oppression, “The Handmaid’s Tale”. Spoiler: Offred mostly goes shopping. Email: bannedthingshappen@gmail.com Facebook: https://facebook.com/banndthingshappen Support us on Patreon: https://patreon.com/blahblahblahmedia...

It’s Halloween so let’s take a break from reading! This episode we watch and discuss the 2000 Japanese film Battle Royale with guest host Dave Coalmine. Surprise, surprise, there wasn’t as much blood as we thought there would be! EDIT: There were timing issues with the original version of...

This was our live wrap-up event to complete our discussion of The Autobiography of Malcolm X, featuring some exciting announcements and live callers....