Welcome to Florida

Episode 194: Book Bans

March 05, 2024 Chadd Scott Season 5 Episode 194
Episode 194: Book Bans
Welcome to Florida
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Welcome to Florida
Episode 194: Book Bans
Mar 05, 2024 Season 5 Episode 194
Chadd Scott

The Florida legislature is attempting to solve climate change by ignoring it.

Florida is the epicenter of right wing efforts nationally to ban books, discriminatory efforts targeting books with LGBTQ+ as well as Black and brown characters. Katie Blankenship is the Director of PEN America Florida, a new outreach effort to combat the government suppression of free expression here.

More information on PEN America's Free to be Florida Network can be found here.

Katie's favorite banned books:
"And Tango Makes Three"
Toni Morrison's "Beloved"
"All Boys Aren't Blue"

Ripley's free book giveaway.

Thanks again to all of our supporters at Patreon.com/WelcometoFlorida!

Birds of a Feather Talk Together

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The Florida legislature is attempting to solve climate change by ignoring it.

Florida is the epicenter of right wing efforts nationally to ban books, discriminatory efforts targeting books with LGBTQ+ as well as Black and brown characters. Katie Blankenship is the Director of PEN America Florida, a new outreach effort to combat the government suppression of free expression here.

More information on PEN America's Free to be Florida Network can be found here.

Katie's favorite banned books:
"And Tango Makes Three"
Toni Morrison's "Beloved"
"All Boys Aren't Blue"

Ripley's free book giveaway.

Thanks again to all of our supporters at Patreon.com/WelcometoFlorida!

Birds of a Feather Talk Together

A podcast all about birds. Two bird experts, John Bates and Shannon Hackett, educate...

Listen on: Apple Podcasts   Spotify