When Banned Things Happen To Good People - Podcast

17/06/2025

Todd and Pete dig into some media controversies ripped from the headlines, including the the arrest of Daddy's Little Toy author, Lauren Tesolin-Mastrosa, and Kanye West's release of the song Heil Hi**er. How much is too much, and do either of these works cross a line? Join us for the conversation.
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06/05/2025

We're doing something a little different this week as we invite producer Allyson Rice to join us as we discuss her new documentary Banned Together. The film is a look at the in book bans and challenges in the United States in recent years, particularly under the hand of the Republican Party. We talk about the film, the weaponization of language, and how things are likely to get worse before they get better.
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02/04/2025

It's movie night at 'Banned Things' headquarters so Todd and Peter decided to check out what is almost certainly the funniest movie about fascism that's ever graced the silver screen, Charlie Chaplin's The Great Dictator. This film, which was released before the United States had joined World War II, satirized Adolph Hi**er's rule over Germany at a time when few people were giving the man a second thought.
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18/03/2025

Todd and Pete wrap up their look at 'The Chocolate War', the controversial 1974 young adult novel by Robert Cormier, in which a catholic school's annual chocolate sale becomes a battleground for freedom. Do we dare disturb the universe? Well, we do, but you may have to make up your own mind.
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11/02/2025

Todd and Pete glide through the second half of Robert Cormer's The Chocolate War to reach the controversial ending, as well as the true answer to the question "Do I dare disturb the universe?" And no, you probably don't want to know what the answer is.
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06/02/2025

After some delays, we're BACK (we hope) to a more regular release schedule starting with this episode, part one of our look at Robert Cormier's The Chocolate War. This 1974 young adult novel sees what should have been a standard high school fundraising chocolate sale turned on its head when one student asks the question, "Do I dare disturb the universe?" The answer might surprise you! Or maybe it won't! You could probably google that answer.
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14/01/2025

Holy crap it's our 75th episode and we're celebrating by covering a video game! Actually, we already did that when we livestreamed us playing Postal 2 while we talked about it! You can find that on YouTube if you want to watch (and honestly, it's probably the optimum way to experience this episode). But if for some reason you don't want to do that, we've whittled that episode down to a pretty spry 25 minutes of us talking about the game with a smattering of game sound effects in the background. Also, some of the early audio is not ideal. Look, just go watch the YouTube version, okay?
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29/12/2024

Holy crap, we're BACK! Yes, we know it's been awhile, but trust us, it's not because we haven't been working. Well some of it probably is, but not all, because we HAVE been working, getting this first ever video episode created, edited, and ready to go. And here it is! Postal 2! Enjoy! Audio only version coming in the next few days for the regular podcast channels.

This episode we cover our very first banned video game, the 2003 release Postal 2. And to honour that event, we also produced our very first video episode! W...

17/11/2024

We're getting ready to go live on YouTube at 3pm (barring any technical difficulties) to livestream our first video game episode featuring the 2003 first person shooter Postal 2.

Sorry for the giant face. That's the thumbnail that youtube autogenerated.

Welcome to the first ever live video broadcast for When Banned Things Happen to Good People featuring a live playalong of the controversial game Postal 2. Th...

17/11/2024

Hey Banned-Mates! We're trying something fun for our 75th episode tomorrow. We'll be broadcasting a live VIDEO on Youtube as we play the controversial 2003 first person shooter video game POSTAL 2. Pete will be handling most of the gameplay, as he hasn't played it before, and will be going in blind to experience it first hand for the first time. Todd will be sharing fun facts about the game and just generally providing colour commentary. Come hang out at 3pm! Link will be shared tomorrow.

01/08/2024

We're back! After some unscheduled away time from the podcast, Todd and Pete return just in time to strip down and enjoy a tasty Naked Lunch, courtesy of author William S. Burroughs. It's beautiful! It's weird! We can't tell what's going on! It's all part of the ride. (NOTE: Due to technical difficulties, Pete's audio quality drops substantially about halfway through this episode. We suspect he was recording from the Interzone, while trying to source more of the black meat)
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17/06/2024

We celebrate our 69th episode with a look at S*X! No, not the act, but the coffee table book by Madonna from 1992. Also, yes, it was entirely an accident that this turned out to be the 69th episode, but we're gonna lean into it like it was intentional. Heck yeah. Let's talk about s*x!
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