Burn This Book: A Banned Books Book Club

By Nicolle Okoren & Eden WenSociety & Culture Arts Books

Burn This Book: A Banned Books Book Club episodes

April 15 Nineteen Minutes, by Jodi Picoult (2007)
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51 min
April 01 Bonus: Everyone Poops, by Taro Gomi (1977) feat. Oh Crap! Mike and Brittany Sherman
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* https://www.theparisreview.org/blog/2014/11/17/banned-books/
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36 min
March 04 Slaughterhouse-Five, by Kurt Vonnegut (1969) feat. Micah Clemence
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1 hr 7 min
January 22 Rekindling: Persepolis, by Marjane Satrapi (2003)
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40 min
January 07 A Clockwork Orange, by Anthony Burgess (1962) feat. Joe Skelley
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1 hr 5 min
December 24, 2025 Go Ask Alice, by Beatrice Sparks (1971) feat. Helen Anderson & Carrie Poulsen
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* https://www.instagram.com/helenandersoncomedy/
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1 hr 21 min
December 10, 2025 Forever..., by Judy Blume (1975) feat. Alyanna Padilla
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1 hr 4 min
November 26, 2025 Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic, by Alison Bechdel (2006) feat. Kendra Larsen
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59 min
November 12, 2025 A Court of Thorns and Roses, by Sarah J. Maas (2015) feat. Hattie Woods
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1 hr 11 min
October 29, 2025 The Kite Runner, by Khaled Hosseini (2003)
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31 min

About Burn This Book: A Banned Books Book Club

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Enter the controversial pages of banned and challenged books, of censorship and culture wars. Join Nicolle Okoren and Eden Wen twice a month as they read, discuss and understand the books and authors…