SMNTY Classics: Banned Books

As more and more and people turn to things like Ozempic for weight loss, questions and anxiety mount.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. 

Bridget Todd joins us to break down the ongoing drama around the book Shy Girl and the accusations that it was written with AI, the ramification and implications of the backlash and how it happened in the first place. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. 

Banning books from classrooms and school libraries is nothing new, but it's recently become a topic of considerable political debate. How should parents react to this news, and to the books their children are reading? In this episode of NPR's It's Been A Minute senior editor Barr ...  Show more

If you want to control the masses, control what they read. After all, books are seeds that germinate new points of view. As a result, the struggle against banning books is contentious and continual. Learn more about banning books in this classic episode.

What’s so dangerous about some words? Exploring what books are banned, how they get banned, what it means for the authors in question, and what we can to keep information accessible to all. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices 

Books are being banned from schools and public libraries at alarming rates, and stories from LGBTQIA+ and BIPOC authors are disproportionately being pulled from shelves. How do book bans harm learning and access to information? What do these challenges say about the American educ ...  Show more