Activity Overview
Episode publication activity over the past year
The Power of Poetry
24 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This episode of the Velshi Banned Book Club will confront the barrier to entry that surrounds poetry...
Reading Rites of Passage
17 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
There is one thing that connects the disparate generations of Americans: books. This episode of the ...
Star-Crossed Lovers
10 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
At first glance, the two books that make-up this episode of the Velshi Banned Book Club have very li...
Memoir as a Medium
03 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
What is braver than sharing your own story with the world? Nothing. This episode of the Velshi Banne...
War in Literature
26 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Heralded as one of the most enduring and salient novels in American history, “The Things They Carr...
Coming to America
19 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The story of this country is told through the eyes of immigrants. This episode of the Velshi Banned ...
A Legacy of Advocacy
12 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
We are starting Season 2 of the "Velshi Banned Book Club" with a very special featured book: Ali Vel...
The Power of Dystopian Literature
12 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Good dystopian literature forces its readers to confront ideas of government, culture, community, an...
Introducing: Season 2 of “Velshi Banned Book Club”
05 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
MSNBC's Ali Velshi brings you a second season of the “Velshi Banned Book Club.” Book banning is ...
The Constitution of the United States: A Complete Reading
12 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Is there a work of writing more influential than the Constitution of the United States? Is there a w...
The Black Literary Canon
05 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Few authors have changed American culture more than the unparalleled Toni Morrison and the amazing Z...
BONUS: How to Win 2024: The “Kiddie Table” Debate
29 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Debate guru Ron Klain joins Claire McCaskill and Jennifer Palmieri on their new podcast “How to Wi...
Reclaiming “Chick-Lit”
28 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
There is a persistent and damaging sexist trope that books written by women and for women are frivol...
The Latino Identity in Literature
21 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Latino representation in the literary and publishing community is startlingly low -- a survey conduc...
Reexamining and Reframing U.S. History with Nikole Hannah-Jones
14 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
“The 1619 Project”, named for the year the first enslaved African people arrived on the shores o...
Using Literature to Grapple with School Shootings
07 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
School shootings can feel inescapable -- especially if you're an American. Authors Jodi Picoult and ...
The Prodigious Margaret Atwood
31 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Most everyone knows Margaret Atwood’s name for her seminal work “The Handmaid’s Tale”. “Th...
Coming of Age as a Black Teen in America
24 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
The stakes are high when you’re a Black teenager in America – they can be life or death. Both bo...
LGBTQ+ Coming of Age Stories
24 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Books that tell LGBTQ+ stories are banned at a disproportionately high rate. The first episode of Ve...
Introducing: Velshi Banned Book Club
15 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
MSNBC’s Ali Velshi brings you the “Velshi Banned Book Club,” an act of resistance against the ...