BONUS: “Velshi Banned Book Club”

Deadline: White House

Nicolle Wallace, MS NOW

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4.5 • 6.4K Ratings

🗓️ 24 August 2023

⏱️ 38 minutes

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Summary

As a bonus for listeners, we’re sharing the first episode of a new MSNBC podcast, “Velshi Banned Book Club,” an act of resistance against the epidemic of book banning. In each episode, a different author of a banned book joins Ali Velshi—including Margaret Atwood, Nikole Hannah-Jones, Laurie Halse Anderson and more—to talk about why their work is being targeted and about the literature itself. “Velshi Banned Book Club” is a series rooted in literary and cultural analysis and in the notion of reading as resistance. Listen to the first two episodes now and follow the series: https://link.chtbl.com/vbbc_fdlw

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0:00.0	Hi, MSNBC's Ali Velshi here, and I've got great news.
0:04.4	We're launching a new podcast called Velshi Band Book Club.
0:08.2	By now I'm sure you've heard all about the book banning epidemics weeping the nation
0:12.8	with some 1500 titles banned last year alone.
0:17.8	But do you know the specific stories that have been banned?
0:20.9	The Velshi Band Book Club transcends news coverage of the bands themselves to focus on the
0:26.3	literature and the authors who've been targeted.
0:29.5	Stay right here to listen to the first episode featuring my conversation with two crucial authors.
0:34.8	David Levithan on his bestseller, Two Boys Kissing, and Gerard Conley on his award-winning
0:40.7	book, Boy Erased.
0:42.8	You can also search for Velshi Band Book Club wherever you're listening right now and
0:46.6	follow the series.
0:48.2	In the weeks ahead we'll dive into even more important literature and conversations with
0:51.9	authors.
0:52.9	But for now, here's episode one.
0:54.8	Thanks for listening.
0:59.5	Welcome to the first meeting of the Velshi Band Book Club.
1:10.8	I'm Ali Velshi.
1:12.8	Pick a school district in any state, red or blue, and more likely than not, the teachers,
1:17.4	librarians, parents, and administration there have been embroiled in a furious debate
1:22.6	over a book during a Tuesday night school board meeting.
1:27.1	This is not good material.
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