<p>Season 4, Episode 5 </p><p>October 9, 2025</p><p>Today’s book: <em>TheHandmaid&#39;s Tale </em>by Margaret Atwood (1985)</p><p>Banned Books Conversations: Where Radical ReadersDiscuss Prohibited Prose</p><p>Banned books are works that have been removed from alibrary shelf or school curriculum. Over the course of Banned Books Week, thisseries covers seven different books, the reasons they were banned, and thevalue in reading them. </p><p> </p><p>Guest Links: </p><p>Wendy Wimmer         </p><p>Entry Level - <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/60557291-entry-level">https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/60557291-entry-level</a></p><p>Website: <a href="http://www.wendywimmer.com/">http://www.wendywimmer.com/</a></p><p>Threads: <a href="https://www.threads.com/@wendy_wimmer">https://www.threads.com/@wendy_wimmer</a></p><p>Instagram: <a href="https://www.instagram.com/wendy_wimmer/">https://www.instagram.com/wendy_wimmer/</a></p><p>Facebook: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/wmwimmer">https://www.facebook.com/wmwimmer</a></p><p> </p><p>Katherine Cunningham          </p><p>Instagram: <a href="https://www.instagram.com/asiankittkat/">https://www.instagram.com/asiankittkat/</a></p><p>Critical Care Comics: <a href="https://www.criticalcarecomics.org/">https://www.criticalcarecomics.org/</a></p><p> </p><p>Spider-Dan</p><p>Spider-Dan And The Secret Bores:https://pod.link/danbores</p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJaU3qUYU3SidyaywcPE4Zg">https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJaU3qUYU3SidyaywcPE4Zg</a></p><p> </p><p>Previous collaborations:</p><p> </p><p>Banned Movies withSpider-Dan:</p><p>Slender Man</p><p><a href="https://youtu.be/WyUW3fyxEkQ?si=xkxPG8ybq4adHOt9">https://youtu.be/WyUW3fyxEkQ?si=xkxPG8ybq4adHOt9</a></p><p>Birth Of A Nation</p><p><a href="https://youtu.be/yL7gXeIBxD0?si=gGkoLTIgbY7--XxG">https://youtu.be/yL7gXeIBxD0?si=gGkoLTIgbY7--XxG</a></p><p>Barbie</p><p><a href="https://youtu.be/cgbJpFWblZw?si=_UwqoazZqHwRlcXl">https://youtu.be/cgbJpFWblZw?si=_UwqoazZqHwRlcXl</a></p><p>Nosferatu</p><p><a href="https://youtu.be/LQBOPhNCx1s?si=WWXE541bAuJqNaW1">https://youtu.be/LQBOPhNCx1s?si=WWXE541bAuJqNaW1</a></p><p> </p><p>Banned BooksConversations (Season 2) - Charlotte&#39;s Web by E.B. White with guests WendyWimmer, Spider-Dan, and Ada McCartney</p><p><a href="https://youtu.be/N65AMQ-89cE?si=oS-T3KaSG6xHHzrB">https://youtu.be/N65AMQ-89cE?si=oS-T3KaSG6xHHzrB</a></p><p> </p><p>Banned BooksConversations (Season 3) - Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro (2005) with guestsWendy Wimmer, Brandon Mead, and Kat Fieler</p><p><a href="https://youtu.be/6P_Xlm4Iyzw?si=LykdWVmzlR6oBff9">https://youtu.be/6P_Xlm4Iyzw?si=LykdWVmzlR6oBff9</a></p><p> </p><p>Banned BooksConversations (Season 3) - Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison (1952) with guestsSpider-Dan, Tony Holt Jr., Fly, and Tony Holt Jr.</p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eTdFuragMug">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eTdFuragMug</a></p><p> </p><p>The 52 Love Podcast withTonya Todd - Episode 3 (Hold hands with your partner)</p><p><a href="https://youtu.be/YrlLXAzZN4Y?si=qqi5xHVIuS9kqwc0">https://youtu.be/YrlLXAzZN4Y?si=qqi5xHVIuS9kqwc0</a></p><p> </p><p>The Batman</p><p><a href="https://pod.link/danbores/episode/M2NjNDFhNzAtOGMwOC00ZTQ0LTk2MDQtNTY0YWEyMmY4Nzhj">https://pod.link/danbores/episode/M2NjNDFhNzAtOGMwOC00ZTQ0LTk2MDQtNTY0YWEyMmY4Nzhj</a></p><p>Deadly Friend</p><p><a href="https://pod.link/danbores/episode/M2NjNDFhNzAtOGMwOC00ZTQ0LTk2MDQtNTY0YWEyMmY4Nzhj">https://pod.link/danbores/episode/M2NjNDFhNzAtOGMwOC00ZTQ0LTk2MDQtNTY0YWEyMmY4Nzhj</a></p><p>Byzantium V Only LoversLeft Alive</p><p><a href="https://pod.link/danbores/episode/NTQ0NWVkOTAtMDZiYy00MzNjLWI2ODktZTEzMmJmMDFlZjIz">https://pod.link/danbores/episode/NTQ0NWVkOTAtMDZiYy00MzNjLWI2ODktZTEzMmJmMDFlZjIz</a></p><p>Batman Returns</p><p><a href="https://pod.link/danbores/episode/MWZjMDMyZjMtZmI4NS00YzVhLWJmN2YtNDdlODhmYTMxYzZk">https://pod.link/danbores/episode/MWZjMDMyZjMtZmI4NS00YzVhLWJmN2YtNDdlODhmYTMxYzZk</a></p><p>The Crow</p><p><a href="https://pod.link/danbores/episode/ZTEyZGRhYTMtODU0NC00NzcwLTg0MmQtMzJmODFiYzU1MzQ2">https://pod.link/danbores/episode/ZTEyZGRhYTMtODU0NC00NzcwLTg0MmQtMzJmODFiYzU1MzQ2</a></p><p>Coffy V Foxy Brown</p><p><a href="https://pod.link/danbores/episode/YzljNmUxMzEtMGE0NS00OGYxLThlNTUtYzRiNmMzYWQzYzg">https://pod.link/danbores/episode/YzljNmUxMzEtMGE0NS00OGYxLThlNTUtYzRiNmMzYWQzYzg</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Resources: </p><p><a href="https://www.ala.org/bbooks">https://www.ala.org/bbooks</a></p><p><a href="https://bannedbooksweek.org/">https://bannedbooksweek.org/</a></p><p><a href="https://www.marshall.edu/library/bannedbooks/">https://www.marshall.edu/library/bannedbooks/</a></p><p><a href="https://www.authorsagainstbookbans.com/">https://www.authorsagainstbookbans.com/</a></p><p><a href="https://www.booksnotbans.org/">https://www.booksnotbans.org/</a></p><p> </p><p>Host: Tonya Todd</p><p>Video Producer: JP Butler</p><p>Audio Producer: Ria Carrogan</p><p>Graphics: Mike Burton</p><p> </p><p>Catch the video versionat <a href="https://youtu.be/BbZ5qkp1PTw">https://youtu.be/BbZ5qkp1PTw</a></p><p></p>