Banned Camp: Banned Books, Comedy, and Free Speech vs. Censorship

The Handmaid’s Tale Ch. 5: Freedom To and Freedom From | Banned Books Podcast

18 Jun 2026

Contributed by Lukas

The handmaid walks through a neighborhood that looks like an architecture magazine came to life, except there are no children and no people. The store...

The Handmaid’s Tale Ch. 4: She Still Has One Power Left | Banned Books Comedy

16 Jun 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Chapter 4 takes the Handmaid outside the house for the first time — past a winking guardian washing a car, through checkpoints guarded by boys with ...

The Handmaid’s Tale Ch. 3: Everything Looks Normal From a Distance | Banned Books Comedy

11 Jun 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Chapter three of The Handmaid's Tale introduces Serena Joy — the Commander's wife — and she is not happy to see the handmaid. She has a garden, a ...

The Handmaid’s Tale Ch. 1-2: Welcome to Gilead, It’s Worse Than You Think | Banned Books Comedy

09 Jun 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Margaret Atwood opens with a gymnasium that smells like bubblegum and decades of girls who passed through it — and within three pages, you understan...

Catcher in the Crosshairs: When a Banned Book Gets Blamed for Murder | Banned Books Podcast

02 Jun 2026

Contributed by Lukas

🎉 Season 11 begins Tuesday, June 9th — The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood. Three high-profile crimes. One banned book. Mark David Chap...

The Catcher in the Rye Ch. 26: Don’t Ever Tell Anybody Anything | Banned Books Podcast

28 May 2026

Contributed by Lukas

🎉 Season 11 begins Tuesday, June 9th — The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood. The final chapter is half a page long. It takes about two minutes ...

The Catcher in the Rye Ch. 25.3: If They Fall Off, They Fall Off | Banned Books Comedy

26 May 2026

Contributed by Lukas

🎉 Season 11 begins Tuesday, June 9th — we're reading The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood. Robot has been promoted to official composer. Phoebe...

The Catcher in the Rye | Ch. 25.2: She Showed Up With a Suitcase | Banned Books Podcast

21 May 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Holden goes back to Phoebe's school and sees something on the wall that drives him crazy. Then he sees it again. And again. He visits the museum, play...

The Catcher in the Rye Ch. 25.1: The Kid Who Asked a Ghost for Permission to Keep Existing | Banned Books Comedy

19 May 2026

Contributed by Lukas

🎉 SEASON 11 ANNOUNCED: Banned Camp will be reading The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood, starting June 9th. The scary book people have spoken. Ho...

The Catcher in the Rye Ch. 24.2: Then Something Happened | Banned Books Comedy

14 May 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Old Mr. Antolini finishes his speech about the size of your mind, makes up the couch, and calls Holden "handsome." Then something happens that readers...

Banned Camp Season 11 Book Vote: You Pick What We Read Next | Banned Books Comedy Podcast

12 May 2026

Contributed by Lukas

We're handing the show over to you. The scary book people have nominated the books they want us to read for season 11, and we've narrowed it down to f...

The Catcher in the Rye Ch. 24.1: Holden Flunks the Art of Staying on Topic | Banned Books Podcast

07 May 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Holden shows up at Mr. Antolini's swanky apartment in the middle of the night to find his old teacher in a bathrobe with a highball, his wife heading ...

The Catcher in the Rye Ch. 23: The Safest Place He’s Ever Been | Banned Books

05 May 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Holden dances with Phoebe in the dark with the radio turned low — maybe the only moment in the entire book where he's truly happy. Then the parents ...

The Catcher in the Rye Ch. 22: James Castle, the Sweater, and the Cliff | Banned Books Podcast

30 Apr 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Phoebe asks Holden to name one thing he likes about anything in the world. He can't do it. His mind drifts to a boy named James Castle who was brutali...

The Catcher in the Rye Ch. 21: Holden Sneaks Home to Phoebe | Banned Books Podcast

28 Apr 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Holden finally goes home... but he has to break in like a burglar to do it. Fake name, fake bad leg, holding his breath past his parents' door. When h...

The Catcher in the Rye Ch. 20: Drunk Dials, Broken Records & Central Park at 1AM | Banned Books Podcast

23 Apr 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Holden closes out one of the longest nights of his life alone at a bar, drunk-dials Sally Hayes at 1 AM to ask if he can trim her Christmas tree, and ...

Banned Camp Presents: They Came After the Librarian

21 Apr 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Martha Hickson is a school librarian featured prominently in the PBS documentary "The Librarians." She's also a Banned Camp fan. On National Library W...

The Catcher in the Rye Ch. 19: The Loneliest Kid at the Bar | Banned Books Comedy

16 Apr 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Holden heads to the Wicker Bar to meet Carl Luce, an older former student advisor from his Wooten days who knows a suspicious amount about everyone's ...

The Catcher in the Rye Ch. 18: The War Behind Every Page | Banned Books Comedy

14 Apr 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Holden kills time before a bar date by going to Radio City, where he watches the Rockettes, debates whether a roller-skating comedian is a little pers...

The Catcher in the Rye Ch. 17.2: The Date That Was Already Over Before It Started | Banned Books Comedy

09 Apr 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Holden and Sally hit the ice at Rockefeller Center, where Sally rents a "little blue butttwitcher of a dress" and Holden discovers he's the worst skat...

The Catcher in the Rye | Ch. 17: Girl Watching, Phonies, and the Love You Don’t Mean

07 Apr 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Holden arrives early to meet Sally Hayes, watches girls in the lobby, and realizes he wants to marry her the second she walks in — even though he do...

The Catcher in the Rye Ch. 16.2: The Museum That Never Changes | Banned Books Podcast

02 Apr 2026

Contributed by Lukas

The Catcher in the Rye Ch. 16.2 | Banned Books Comedy Podcast Holden goes to Central Park looking for Phoebe, helps a little girl tighten her skate, w...

The Catcher in the Rye Ch. 16.1: If a Body Catch a Body Coming Through the Rye | Banned Books Comedy

31 Mar 2026

Contributed by Lukas

The Catcher in the Rye Ch. 16.1 Holden walks through New York on a Sunday morning still haunted by the nuns, buys a record for his little sister that ...

The Catcher in the Rye Ch. 15.2: Holden Talks Romeo and Juliet with a Nun | Banned Books Podcast

26 Mar 2026

Contributed by Lukas

The Catcher in the Rye Ch. 15.2 | Banned Books Comedy Podcast Holden finishes his conversation with the two nuns at the lunch counter, gives them ten ...

The Catcher in the Rye Ch. 15.1: Holden Meets Two Nuns at Grand Central | Banned Books Podcast

24 Mar 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Holden finally sleeps, checks out of the hotel (while avoiding the pimp who punched him), and calls the one girl he doesn't actually want to talk to i...

The Catcher in the Rye Ch. 14: Maurice Returns and Holden Gets Hit | Banned Books Podcast

19 Mar 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Holden Caulfield starts this chapter talking to his dead brother Allie in an empty hotel room at dawn, and it only gets heavier from there. Maurice th...

The Catcher in the Rye Ch. 13.2: Holden Meets a Prostitute Named Sunny | Banned Books Podcast

17 Mar 2026

Contributed by Lukas

The Catcher in the Rye Ch. 13.2 | Banned Books Comedy Podcast The prostitute finally shows up, and Holden Caulfield does the most Holden Caulfield thi...

The Catcher in the Rye Ch. 13.1: Holden Calls Himself Yellow | Banned Books Podcast

12 Mar 2026

Contributed by Lukas

The Catcher in the Rye Ch. 13.1 | Banned Books Comedy Podcast Holden Caulfield walks 41 blocks back to his hotel in the freezing cold calling h...

The Catcher in the Rye Ch. 12: Holden's 2 AM Cab Ride & the Duck Debate | Banned Books Podcast

10 Mar 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Holden Caulfield climbs into a late-night cab that smells like vomit and strikes up a conversation with his driver, Horwitz — who has very strong op...

The Catcher in the Rye Chapter 11: Jane Gallagher and the Checkerboard Tear | Banned Books Podcast

05 Mar 2026

Contributed by Lukas

The Catcher in the Rye Ch. 11 | Banned Books Comedy Podcast Holden can't sleep. He's sitting in a vomit-looking chair in the hotel lobby th...

The Catcher in the Rye Ch. 10 Part 2: You Just Missed Him + Book Banning News

03 Mar 2026

Contributed by Lukas

The Catcher in the Rye Ch. 10 Part 2 | Banned Books Comedy Podcast Holden Caulfield dances with all three women from Seattle, buys them drinks he can...

The Catcher in the Rye Ch. 10 Part 1: What Is Holden So Afraid Of? | Why Books Get Banned

26 Feb 2026

Contributed by Lukas

The Catcher in the Rye Ch. 10 Part 1 | Banned Books Comedy Podcast Holden Caulfield can't sleep, so he does what any reasonable teenager would do — ...

The Catcher in the Rye Ch. 9: Holden Checks Into the Edmont Hotel | Banned Books Podcast

24 Feb 2026

Contributed by Lukas

The Catcher in the Rye Ch. 9 | Banned Books Comedy Podcast Holden Caulfield arrives in New York City in the middle of the night with cash in his pocke...

The Catcher in the Rye Ch. 8: The Most Honest Liar on the Train | Banned Books Comedy

19 Feb 2026

Contributed by Lukas

The Catcher in the Rye Ch. 8 | Banned Books Comedy Podcast Holden Caulfield hates phonies. He's been cataloguing them for seven  chapters. So why doe...

The Catcher in the Rye Ch. 7: Holden Leaves Pencey in the Middle of the Night | Banned Books Podcast

17 Feb 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Holden can't sleep. He's lying in Ackley's stinky room, torturing himself thinking about Jane and Stradlater in that car. So he does the only logical ...

The Catcher in the Rye Ch. 6: Blood on the Floor and He Still Won't Shut Up | Banned Books Comedy

12 Feb 2026

Contributed by Lukas

The Catcher in the Rye Ch. 6 | Banned Books Comedy Podcast Stradlater comes back from his date with Jane and rejects Holden's composition about his de...

The Catcher in the Rye Ch. 5: The Brother He Couldn't Save | Banned Books Comedy

10 Feb 2026

Contributed by Lukas

The Catcher in the Rye Ch. 5 | Banned Books Comedy Podcast Holden writes a homework assignment about the one thing that matters most to him—his dead...

The Catcher in the Rye Ch. 4.2: Caring Too Much While He Cares Too Little

05 Feb 2026

Contributed by Lukas

The Catcher in the Rye Ch. 4.2 | Banned Books Comedy Podcast Stradlater's date is Jane Gallagher—Holden's childhood friend and crush. Holden nearly ...

The Catcher in the Rye Ch. 4.1: Friendly But Friendless | Banned Books Comedy

03 Feb 2026

Contributed by Lukas

The Catcher in the Rye Ch. 4.1  Holden hangs out in the steamy bathroom while Stradlater shaves with his disgusting rusty razor (secret slob). Stradl...

The Catcher in the Rye Ch. 3.2: Why Ban a Book That Shows People Are Complicated? | Why Books Get Banned

29 Jan 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Ackley barges into Holden's room and proceeds to do everything wrong: picks up personal items, clips his toenails on the floor after being asked 50 ti...

The Catcher in the Rye Ch. 3.1: Holden Calls Out Phony Bastards | Banned Books Podcast

27 Jan 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Holden admits he's "the most terrific liar you ever saw," then proceeds to spend the entire chapter calling out every phony around him. Meet Ossenburg...

The Catcher in the Rye Ch. 2.2: Holden Shoots the Bull While Thinking About Ducks | Banned Books Podcast

22 Jan 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Holden wrote a kind note at the bottom of his failing essay so Mr. Spencer wouldn't feel bad about flunking him. Spencer repaid this kindness by readi...

The Catcher in the Rye Ch. 2: Why Do Good Kids Get Punished? | Why Books Get Banned

20 Jan 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Holden Caulfield climbs a freezing hill to say goodbye to his sick 70-year-old teacher, Mr. Spencer. What does he get for his kindness? A lecture, a h...

The Catcher in the Rye Ch. 1: Why Did This Depressed Teen Scare America for 21 Years?

15 Jan 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Holden Caulfield got kicked out of his fourth prep school and refuses to tell us his whole "David Copperfield kind of crap" autobiography. Instead, he...

Season 10 Book Reveal: The Catcher in the Rye | Starts Jan 15

13 Jan 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Season 10 Book Reveal: The Catcher in the Rye | Banned Books Comedy Podcast The votes are in, scary book people. After a nail-biting finish where Kite...

Brave New World Ch. 18.3: The Final Chapter - How the Book Ends | Banned Books Podcast

08 Jan 2026

Contributed by Lukas

The season finale is here. John has retreated to his lighthouse seeking solitude, but solitude isn't what he finds. A filmmaker captures his self...

Brave New World Ch. 18.2: John's Lighthouse Self-Punishment | Banned Books Podcast

06 Jan 2026

Contributed by Lukas

John has finally escaped to his lighthouse—complete freedom, everything he wanted. So naturally, he spends his time making weapons, planning a garde...

New Year's Special: Reviews, Rants & VOTE for What We Read Next | Banned Books Comedy

01 Jan 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Happy New Year! Dan's sick, 2025 can go straight to hell, and we're taking a break from Brave New World to read your reviews—the good, th...

Brave New World Ch. 18.a: Is Suffering the Price of Being Human? | Why Books Get Banned

30 Dec 2025

Contributed by Lukas

We start the final chapter of Brave New World and John immediately decides civilization has poisoned him… so he purifies himself the old-school way....

2025 Banned Camp Christmas

25 Dec 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In this festive holiday episode, Jennifer and Dan celebrate Christmas Banned Camp style. The episode’s highlight is a surprise guest reading ofa spe...

Brave New World Ch. 17.2: The Right to Be Unhappy | Banned Books Podcast

23 Dec 2025

Contributed by Lukas

John and Mustapha Mond go head-to-head over the weirdest argument of all, whether a “perfect” life is worth the price of your soul, your freedom, ...

Brave New World Ch. 17.1: Why would a 'perfect' society ban God? | Why Books Get Banned

18 Dec 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Mustapha Mond opens his literal vault of “smut”… and it’s the Bible, William James, and a bunch of old religious philosophy that the World Sta...

Brave New World Ch 16.2: The Cost of Stability | Banned Books Comedy

16 Dec 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In Chapter 16.2 of Brave New World, the World Controller finally explains the system without euphemisms. Truth is dangerous. Science has to be restrai...

Brave New World Ch. 16.1: Why Ban Shakespeare? | Banned Books Podcast

11 Dec 2025

Contributed by Lukas

The Controller finally steps into the room, and everything shifts. John speaks his mind, Bernard panics, and Mustafa Mond lays out the tradeoffs that ...

Brave New World Ch. 15.2: John’s Revolt at the Hospital | Banned Books Podcast

09 Dec 2025

Contributed by Lukas

John the Savage storms into the hospital and starts a one-man revolution, flinging soma into the courtyard while screaming about freedom. The Deltas l...

Brave New World Ch. 15.1: John Confronts the Soma Mob | Banned Books Podcast

04 Dec 2025

Contributed by Lukas

John leaves his mother’s deathbed only to walk straight into a crowd of Deltas lining up for their Soma ration. Surrounded by identical khaki-clad t...

Brave New World Ch. 14.2: Linda’s Death & Savage Grief | Banned Books Podcast

02 Dec 2025

Contributed by Lukas

John sits at his mother’s deathbed in a hospital designed to make dying as cheerful and efficient as possible. Linda drifts in and out under a haze ...

Brave New World Ch. 14.1: When Comfort Replaces Humanity | Banned Books Comedy

27 Nov 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In this chapter, John visits his dying mother in a 60-story hospital that looks more like a high-end spa than a place where anyone should be facing th...

Brave New World Ch. 13.2 : Purity Culture Meets Panic | Banned Books Comedy

25 Nov 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Lenina finally makes her move and John… absolutely implodes. What should’ve been a tender moment spirals into rage, Shakespeare, slapping, terror,...

Brave New World Ch. 13.1: Lenina’s Meltdown and John’s Confusion | Banned Books Podcast

20 Nov 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Lenina is quietly falling apart and John is loudly falling in love. Chapter 13.1 puts two people raised in two completely different emotional universe...

Brave New World Ch. 12.2: Bernard Spirals, Shakespeare Lands | Banned Books Podcast

18 Nov 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Bernard’s crash back to reality continues as jealousy, insecurity, and Shakespeare all collide. John and Hemholtz bond hard over forbidden ideas, Be...

The America That Raised Me is Gone

13 Nov 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Today’s episode is something different — an essay written and narrated by Jennifer. It’s about growing up believing America was the good guy, wa...

Brave New World | Ch. 12.1: The Party That Broke Bernard | Banned Books Podcast

11 Nov 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In this chapter of Brave New World, everything falls apart for Bernard. The Savage refuses to attend his party, Lenina wrestles with rejection, and th...

Brave New World | Ch. 11.2 - When Pleasure Feels Wrong | Banned Books Comedy

06 Nov 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Death gets candy, love gets awkward, and everyone gets soma.In Chapter 11, Lenina tries to connect with John after a night of “feelies,” while Ber...

Brave New World Ch. 11.1 : When Grief Meets a Soulless Society | Banned Books Comedy

04 Nov 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Linda returns to “civilization,” but comfort comes at a cost. While Bernard basks in sudden popularity, Linda disappears into her drug-induced haz...

Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark — Halloween Spooktacular ft. Liz Gotauco | Banned Books Podcast

31 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

It’s our third annual Halloween special, and this year we invited librarian, author, and cosbrarian extraordinaire Liz Gotauco to read two classics ...

Brave New World | Ch. 10: The Mother of All Scandals | Why Books Get Banned

30 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

The Director plans to humiliate Bernard in front of thousands of workers… until his own secret explodes in public. Meanwhile, Linda makes her shocki...

Brave New World Ch. 9: Love, Lust, and the Right to Say No | Banned Books Comedy

28 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Lenina crashes on a Soma holiday while Bernard hatches a plan... and John breaks into her room in a lovesick spiral that’s equal parts Shakespearean...

Brave New World | Ch. 8.3 – Alone, Bleeding, and Dreaming of a Better World

23 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In this emotional finale to Chapter 8, Jennifer and Dan follow John the Savage through the painful moment that defines him. Rejected by his tribe for ...

Brave New World | Ch. 8.2 – John Found Shakespeare (and a Knife)

21 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode of Banned Camp, Jennifer and Dan continue Chapter 8 of Brave New World, where John discovers a tattered copy of The Complete Works of ...

Bonus Catch-Up: Brave New World in Ten Minutes

20 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

hey scary book people — happy sunday. our hosting provider glitched last week, and a bunch of you didn’t get the full episode (or it cut out halfw...

Brave New World | Ch. 8 – The Boy Who Learned to Read from Pain

16 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode of Banned Camp, Jennifer and Dan unpack Chapter 8 of Brave New World, where John the Savage’s backstory finally comes to light. Rais...

Brave New World | Ch. 7.3 – Civilization Is Sterilization (and Other Lies We Tell)

14 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode of Banned Camp, Jennifer and Dan tackle Chapter 7.3 of Brave New World, where Bernard and Lenina finally meet Linda — the woman who ...

Brave New World | Ch. 7.2 – The Whipping, the Blonde, and the Big Reveal

09 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode of Banned Camp, Jennifer and Dan finish Chapter 7 of Brave New World—and things get weird fast. The reservation’s drums, dances, a...

Brave New World | Ch. 7.1 – Snakes, Smells, and Savage Reservations

07 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode of Banned Camp, Jennifer and Dan reach Chapter 7 of Brave New World, where Bernard and Lenina finally arrive at the Savage Reservation...

Brave New World | Ch. 6.4: Blockheads, Fences, and Fishnets

02 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In Chapter 6.4 of Brave New World, Bernard and Lenina finally make their way toward the Savage Reservation. Along the way, they meet a blockheaded war...

Brave New World | Ch. 6.3: Who’s Really Pulling the Strings?

30 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In Chapter 6.3 of Brave New World, Bernard gets more than he bargained for when the Director turns a routine permit request into a meltdown about secr...

Brave New World | Ch. 6.2 - Lost in New Mexico (and Maybe the Rapture)

25 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In Chapter 6.2 of Brave New World, Lenina insists she’s “awfully pneumatic,” Bernard tries to explain what passion means, and the Director revea...

How to Survive Fascists (Without Going Crazy)

23 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

This isn’t a normal Banned Camp episode. Instead of banned book chaos, Dan steps up to the mic with a personal essay: How to Survive Fascists (Witho...

Brave New World | Ch. 6.1 – Lenina Wants Fun, Bernard Wants Meaning

18 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode of Banned Camp, Jennifer and Dan read Chapter 6.1 of Brave New World, where Lenina weighs a holiday with Bernard against the North Pol...

Brave New World | Ch. 5.1 – Orgy-Porgy, Ford and Fun

16 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode of Banned Camp, Jennifer and Dan dive into Chapter 5.1 of Brave New World, where Bernard attends his dreaded Solidarity Service. Twelv...

Brave New World | Ch. 4.3 – Compost, Cabarets, and Contraceptive Belts

11 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode of Banned Camp, Jennifer and Dan read Chapter 4.3 of Brave New World, where death is recycled into phosphorus, Soma turns nightlife in...

Brave New World | Ch. 4.2 – Bernard’s Inches and Helmholtz’s Hunger

09 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode of Banned Camp, Jennifer and Dan continue Chapter 4 of Brave New World, where Bernard sulks about being shorter than the average Alpha...

Brave New World | Ch. 4.1 – The Lift Man Who Saw the Sky

04 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode of Banned Camp, Jennifer and Dan begin Chapter 4 of Brave New World. Lenina publicly makes plans with Bernard, much to his discomfort,...

Brave New World | Ch. 3.4 – Bandoliers of Condoms and the Conscription of Consumption

02 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode of Banned Camp, Jennifer and Dan wade through Chapter 3.4 of Brave New World. Mustafa Mond explains how war, anthrax, and economic col...

Brave New World | Ch. 3.4 – Locker Room Talk and Other Acts of War

28 Aug 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode of Banned Camp, Jennifer and Dan tackle Chapter 3.4 of Brave New World. Between locker room banter, state-mandated promiscuity, and Mu...

Brave New World | Ch. 3.3 – Everyone Belongs to Everyone Else

26 Aug 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode of Banned Camp, Jennifer and Dan continue chapter three of Brave New World, where intimacy without consequences defines society, and t...

Brave New World | Ch. 3.2: Vacuum Massages and Mar-a-Lago Face

21 Aug 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode of Banned Camp, Jennifer and Dan continue through Chapter 3 of Brave New World. We move from sterile conditioning centers into a bizar...

Brave New World | Ch. 3.1: History Is Bunk, Apparently So Are We

19 Aug 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode of Banned Camp, Jennifer and Dan dive into Chapter 3 of Brave New World, where sunshine, roses, and children’s games quickly give wa...

Brave New World | Ch. 2.2: Elementary Sex Ed and Sleep Obedience

14 Aug 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode of Banned Camp, Jennifer and Dan dive deeper into Chapter 2 of Brave New World, where sleep is for indoctrination and moral education ...

Brave New World | Ch. 2.1: Why the Babies Hate Books Now

12 Aug 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode of Banned Camp, Jennifer and Dan read Chapter 2 of Brave New World, where things get... uncomfortably real. Babies are conditioned to ...

Brave New World | Ch. 1.2: Genetically Engineered to Love Capitalism

07 Aug 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode of Banned Camp, Jennifer and Dan finish Chapter 1 of Brave New World, where dystopia smells like formaldehyde and sounds like conveyor...

Brave New World | Ch. 1.1: Twins, Test Tubes, and the Dystopia Next Door

05 Aug 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode of Banned Camp, Jennifer and Dan kick off Season 9 by opening the cold, clinical doors of Brave New World. Chapter 1.1 takes us into t...

Banned Camp Season 9 Preview. Welcome to the future.

31 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Season 9 starts Tuesday, August 5th... and we’re finally ready to tell you what book we picked.It’s big. It’s banned. iIts disturbingly relevant...

1984 | Special Episode – Orwell’s Final Warning

29 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Episode Summary: In this special season finale, Jennifer and Dan unpack the viral clip known as Orwell’s Final Warning—a dramatic video that looks...

1984 | Appendix - The Last Joke Orwell Ever Told

24 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode, Jennifer and Dan tackle the appendix. No, not their appendices — Orwell’s. The “Principles of Newspeak” is often skipped, rar...

1984 | Ch. 23.2 - You Don’t Even Notice You’ve Lost

22 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Winston sits quietly in the Chestnut Tree Café, haunted by what he’s lost… and what he’s learned to live without. In the final chapter of Orwel...

Robot will explain

17 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Today’s episode is a little different.There’s no chapter of 1984, but robot has something to say.We’ll be back next week with the finale.Thank y...

1984 | Ch. 23.1 - Broken People, Broken World

15 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In Chapter 23.1 of George Orwell’s 1984, Winston sits alone with his gin, Julia’s ghost, and the hollow comfort of surrender. Jennifer and Dan exp...

1984 | Ch. 22 - The Day Winston Chose Survival Over Love

10 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In Chapter 22 of George Orwell’s 1984, Winston meets Room 101. This is the place where censorship stops being an idea and starts gnawing on your fac...