George Takei is an honorary chair of Banned Books Week, which runs Oct 5 - Oct 11. With censorship and bans on a steady rise, it's a good time to support local bookstores and to keep the stories alive!

George Takei to lead Banned Books Week, urging the fight against censorship (NBC News / AP, Sep 22, 2025)

Banned Books List 2025 (Lisa Tolin, PEN America, Oct 1, 2025)

Banned! The 20 books they didn't want you to read (Steven Poole, The Guardian, Aug 23, 2025)

5 Ways to Fight Book Bans (PEN America, accessed Oct 7, 2025)

Read Banned Books: Adult Books (Bookshop (dot) org, accessed Oct 7, 2025)

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*This episode was recorded in a cruise ship cabin.