Todd and Peter reflect back on their time with Aldous Huxley’s Brave New World and consider whether it was as good as a grams of SOMA or instead something to inspire a return to the wilderness. And, perhaps most importantly, exactly whom, if anyone, should read this thing (hint, you probably…
Episode 52 – Brand New World (Part Two)
Todd Sullivan and Peter Aman finish up their visit to futuristic London, shake the soma out of their system, get their libidos back in check, and chat about the experience. Did the second half of Brave New World live up to the expectations from the first half? (Hint: Not entirely)….
Episode 51 – Brave New World (Part One)
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 29 – The Royal Family
In this episode join lower class peasants, Carlo and Todd, as they uncover scandalous conspiracies within of the Royal Family. Did Princess Diana know of Prince Charles’ plan for that fateful night? Is Meghan Markle a sleeper agent for the US government? Was Queen Elizabeth I actually a farm boy…
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 28 – Chemtrails
In this episode join Carlo and Todd as they look to the sky for some answers about chemtrails. Is this how the government is controlling the weather in your neighbourhood or even on the other side of the world? Are those weird vapours making you sterile? Did we even write…
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 27 – Covid Catch Up (Live Recording)
In this live episode, join Carlo and Todd as they dose out a booster of the Covid conspiracies. Take a stroll down memory lane as they look back at where it all started, then listen to some conversations with real people who thought it would be fun to call in…