Join us as we chat about our July theme Banned Books, lot of banned books, some of the reasons why books have been banned throughout history and how science and scientists were involved.

Books Mentioned:

• The Martian by Andy Weir
• Rainbow History Class by Hannah McElhinney
• The Librarian Of Auschwitz by Antonia Iturbe
• Gender Queer: A Memoir by Maia Kobabe
• Lady Chatterley’s Lover by D H Lawrence
• Spy Catcher by Peter Wright
• Women’s Barracks by Tereska Torrès
• The Grapes Of Wrath by John Steinbeck
• The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood
• This Book Is Gay by Juno Dawson
• Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
• Black Beauty by Anna Sewell
• Alice’s Adventures In Wonderland by Lewis Carroll
• All Quiet On The Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque
• On The Origin Of Species by Charles Darwin
• The Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown
• Animal Farm by George Orwell
• 1984 by George Orwell 
• Brave New World by Aldous Huxley
• Lord Of The Flies by by William Golding
• To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee
• The Martian Chronicles by Ray Bradbury

 References:

• Rainbow History Class Podcast episode on book burnings (and more!) 
• Wine & Crime episode on banned books 
• Dita Kraus the librarian of Auschwitz 
• The destruction of libraries in Palestine 
• Most banned books 2022  
• Increase in transgender youth suicide rates in the UK 
• List of books banned by governments  
• The Scopes trial and teaching evolution 
• Ten major court cases about evolution and creationism 

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