If you wanted the classic VC Andrews novel without all that pesky plot, this is the book for you. It has a teen girl who is so much better than any other high school kid but none of the death and drama of a normal VC book then I got great news for you! This book has a girl who gets the lead in her school play and like that is it. Well, that and a dad who is for sure making up some wild story to hide the fact that he totally cheated on his wife while she was in a coma.

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Today is a special Qanon Story Time with a story from Jesselyn Cook's book The Quiet Damage: Qanon and the Destruction of the American Family. Listen to this but also then go and buy the book because it is amazing and tragic and might help you learn more insight into what it is like to have a family member join a cult or fall into the spell of a cultic personality. 
Trigger: suicide and religious fanaticism

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If you know anything about America you know it has a very horrific and racist history. This story will still shock you. On May 31, 1921 a mob of white people gathered around the courthouse looking to get their hands on a teen accused of assualting a white girl. Despite the fact that the girl took back her accusation and the sheriff didn't really believe her in the first place, the mob wanted "justice". The people of Greenwood were not going to see a black man lynched in their town and went to try to defend him. What follows is a day of henious murder and destruction. By June 2nd, 300 black people were dead and over 1,000 homes were burnt to the ground. The once relatively well off people of Greenwood were now refugees in their own city. All this because white people are monsters.

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Vampires are more than just Twilight, did you know that? We did and now you get to learn about it. Listen to hear about the origins of vampire literature, the surprising amount of early lesbians and how homoerrotic Dracula really is.

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Steve Bannon is woke and cool? Nah. Today we are talking about the book written by Christopher Wylie about his experience as a whistleblower for Cambridge Analtyica and the work they did on the Trump presidential campaign and the Leave.EU campagins. It is a tale of only bad guys and the entire world has to deal with the conseqences of their actions. Yay us.

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It is not night at the museum, sorry! Today we are talking about The Animals at Lockwood Manor by Jane Healey (not the shoes) and all the spooky, sapphic and sexist drama of World War II. Don't worry, they are more than just gal pals.

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Zompires? Vambies? It's a mystery. If you think this is going to be an episode where we talk about zombies and a loving relationship between a man and his dog then you are so wrong. If you like germ theory, the possibility of vampire vaccines, and a man who pays for his crimes then this is going to be the episode for you. 

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It's a StoryTime & a book banning mini all in one! Today we give a quick update on the Pen America v Escambia County School District lawsuit and Florida's book banning laws in general which leads into a banned book story about a bunny who happens to be the grandson (?) of Mike Pence. Of course we also have a classic Grimms Fairytale that involves talking fish, solid gold children, and a witch who was in the right.

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If you think you have daddy issues just wait until you hear about this guy. Today we are taking a dip into true crime because we read If You Really Loved Me by Ann Rule. This book is about the horrific case of Cinnamon Brown and the murder of her stepmother, Linda Brown. It has a lot more Manson references than you would expect and a former member of a biker gang steals the show at trial but most importantly, David Brown dies in jail and his victims get to have a second chance at life.

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Why do conservatives want us to read about Mien Kamf so much??? Today's mini is a journey into the conservative version of Wikipeida, created apparently by homeschooled teenagers. We get to learn a lot about homophobia, the fetuses of the Titantic, and even more homophobia! Why are we talking about Conservapedia? Because Donald Trump got shot in the ear.

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