I'm Natalie Moore. I fell in love with soap operas when I was just five years old, and I still

watch them. Their television's longest scripted series and have zero reruns. Now let me tell you,

soap operas aren't just some silly art form. They are significant. In this season of making,

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Hey there, it's Greta today.

I am very excited to share with you an episode from the podcast Missing Pages.

This is the award-winning show produced by the podglomerate and hosted by literary critic and friend of nerd at Bethann Patrick.

Missing Pages investigates the publishing industry's biggest hot button topics, including

the Insta fame of Colleen Hoover and questions around who owns what in fan fiction.

Today's episode is part one of a two-part series on book bans and violence in the literary world.

In this first episode, Bethann gets the full perspective on America's history of banning books,

going all the way back to the late 19th century. So without giving

anything more away, here's the full episode. Please note that today's episode includes sexual

references. The new culture war raging across America is over books.

According to the New York Times, the pace at which groups of parents and officials and lawmakers are challenging books in school libraries has reached a speed that many haven't seen in decades.

330 book challenges nationwide.

Parents and school officials banning books at an unprecedented rate.

There are hundreds of people out there that would like to see those books before we burn

them.

According to Penn America, bans are up 33% across the country.

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