It's often said that the pen is mightier than the sword, and throughout history there are books that have been considered too dangerous to be read. 

In this episode, we'll take a look at the times when governments have banned books, the reasons for this, and ask ourselves what this tells us about society.

• What's the link between The Bible, William Shakespeare, Harry Potter, The Quotations of Chairman Mao and Mickey Mouse?
• What does "banning" actually mean?
• Correlation between banning books and restricting civil liberties
• “….where they burn books, they will also ultimately burn people.“ 
• The invention of the Gutenberg Printing Press
• Indulgences of the Catholic Church
• Growth of printing (and importance of censorship)
• Reasons for banning books: political, sexual, moral & religious
• The banning of Mein Kampf
• The trial of Lady Chatterley's Lover
• What banning books does for book sales
• The debate around The Catcher in the Rye
• Religious bans & The Satanic Verses
• Banning books in 2021

Full interactive transcript, subtitles and key vocabulary available on the website: https://www.leonardoenglish.com/podcasts/banned-books

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