Banned Books Conversations: The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood

Season 4, Episode 5

October 9, 2025

Today’s book: TheHandmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood (1985)

Banned Books Conversations: Where Radical ReadersDiscuss Prohibited Prose

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.

Guest Links:

Wendy Wimmer        

Entry Level - https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/60557291-entry-level

Website: http://www.wendywimmer.com/

Threads: https://www.threads.com/@wendy_wimmer

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/wendy_wimmer/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/wmwimmer

Katherine Cunningham         

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/asiankittkat/

Critical Care Comics: https://www.criticalcarecomics.org/

Spider-Dan

Spider-Dan And The Secret Bores:https://pod.link/danbores

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJaU3qUYU3SidyaywcPE4Zg

Previous collaborations:

Banned Movies withSpider-Dan:

Slender Man

https://youtu.be/WyUW3fyxEkQ?si=xkxPG8ybq4adHOt9

Birth Of A Nation

https://youtu.be/yL7gXeIBxD0?si=gGkoLTIgbY7--XxG

Barbie

https://youtu.be/cgbJpFWblZw?si=_UwqoazZqHwRlcXl

Nosferatu

https://youtu.be/LQBOPhNCx1s?si=WWXE541bAuJqNaW1

Banned BooksConversations (Season 2) - Charlotte's Web by E.B. White with guests WendyWimmer, Spider-Dan, and Ada McCartney

https://youtu.be/N65AMQ-89cE?si=oS-T3KaSG6xHHzrB

Banned BooksConversations (Season 3) - Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro (2005) with guestsWendy Wimmer, Brandon Mead, and Kat Fieler

https://youtu.be/6P_Xlm4Iyzw?si=LykdWVmzlR6oBff9

Banned BooksConversations (Season 3) - Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison (1952) with guestsSpider-Dan, Tony Holt Jr., Fly, and Tony Holt Jr.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eTdFuragMug

The 52 Love Podcast withTonya Todd - Episode 3 (Hold hands with your partner)

https://youtu.be/YrlLXAzZN4Y?si=qqi5xHVIuS9kqwc0

The Batman

https://pod.link/danbores/episode/M2NjNDFhNzAtOGMwOC00ZTQ0LTk2MDQtNTY0YWEyMmY4Nzhj

Deadly Friend

https://pod.link/danbores/episode/M2NjNDFhNzAtOGMwOC00ZTQ0LTk2MDQtNTY0YWEyMmY4Nzhj

Byzantium V Only LoversLeft Alive

https://pod.link/danbores/episode/NTQ0NWVkOTAtMDZiYy00MzNjLWI2ODktZTEzMmJmMDFlZjIz

Batman Returns

https://pod.link/danbores/episode/MWZjMDMyZjMtZmI4NS00YzVhLWJmN2YtNDdlODhmYTMxYzZk

The Crow

https://pod.link/danbores/episode/ZTEyZGRhYTMtODU0NC00NzcwLTg0MmQtMzJmODFiYzU1MzQ2

Coffy V Foxy Brown

https://pod.link/danbores/episode/YzljNmUxMzEtMGE0NS00OGYxLThlNTUtYzRiNmMzYWQzYzg

Resources:

https://www.ala.org/bbooks

https://bannedbooksweek.org/

https://www.marshall.edu/library/bannedbooks/

https://www.authorsagainstbookbans.com/

https://www.booksnotbans.org/

Host: Tonya Todd

Video Producer: JP Butler

Audio Producer: Ria Carrogan

Graphics: Mike Burton

Catch the video versionat https://youtu.be/BbZ5qkp1PTw