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Episode 194: Book Bans

March 05, 2024 • Chadd Scott • Season 5 • Episode 194

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!

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