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#172 – Banned Books Week: Censorship, Subjective Offense & The Freedom To Read With Tonya Todd

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Episode notes

September 18th–24th is Banned Books Week, so to celebrate, Tonya Todd is releasing one podcast a day focusing on 7 banned books and this conversation serves as an introduction to her new show and opens the door for talking about censorship in art.

In more detail, the conversation begins with Tonya explaining why she started the new podcast, how the idea came about, Tonya then confirms the 7 books she chose for the week and how she chose them. Tonya & Mike then discuss whether or not they believe it’s ever right to censor or ban a book, how the 7 books compare to each other, plus Harry Potter & The Hobbit are mentioned as is the collaborative side of Tonya’s podcast – the duo discuss all of these and more!

Tonya’s previous GCC appearances were episodes 97, 101, 114 & 141!

Find Tonya on social media @MsTonyaTodd  - Listen to the first episode of Tonya’s Banned Books on Youtube: https://youtu.be/sj3ZcXrSrRI

Tonya’s Other Podcast; The 52 Love Podcast, Spotify: https://spoti.fi/3pfhjxp - YouTube: https://youtube.com/c/The52LovePodcast - Tonya’s Site: http://mstonyatodd.com - @52LovePodcast on Twitter

Last week, the C word, language, poetry and all things literature ware the focus of GCC episode 173 where Mike is joined by Ada McCartney discussing her poems, Yoga, swear words, Naked Attraction, Shakespeare, book recommendations and much more!

Check out Mike’s Patreon, where he releases at least 1 episode of his & Megan’s “Afterthoughts” a week, plus there are unsplit full-length episodes of GCC and more, so if you want to support the show and get more content, check it out at http://patreon.com/genuinechitchat  

Outro read by BZ The Voice: http://www.bzthevoice.com   

Find Mike’s other show; Star Wars: Comics In Canon on Spotify & the other podcast apps on the feed of Comics In Motion or on GCC’s YouTube channel. Episodes are out every Saturday; episodes 0-108 are out now, in ep 108 Mike tackles the fourth batch of the Crimson Reign crossover comics, in 107 Mike delves into the first volume of Han Solo & Chewbacca comics and in 106 Mike delved into the third batch of Crimson Reign comics! Previous episodes include the War Of The Bounty Hunters crossover (all 34 tie-in issues), every other canon Star Wars comic by Marvel, the Journals of Old Ben Kenobi, full High Republic coverage (book reviews & comics) & much more – https://podfollow.com/comicsinmotion  

Mike’s guest spots:

Mike’s appearance on Marvel+ to talk about She-Hulk episode 3: https://pod.fo/e/13ccdc Mike & Megan both appeared on Femme On Film to talk Sofia Coppola’s Marie Antoinette: https://pod.fo/e/1381bf Mike & Megan discussed Jason Statham in Collateral on Back To The Filmography: https://pod.fo/e/1383ea Mike appeared on Spider-Dan & The Secret Bores to talk about Maximum & Absolute Carnage: https://pod.fo/e/13304a

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