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Rogue Librarians

Rogue Librarians

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Since 2021, an unprecedented number of Young Adult books, especially ones with LGBTQ+ and BIPOC characters, have been removed from libraries across the country. In this podcast, our mission is to provide clarity and context during this period of record-breaking book challenges by discussing banned books. Please join us for our conversations! Books are meant to be read.
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Goodpods has curated a list of the 10 best Rogue Librarians episodes, ranked by the number of listens and likes each episode have garnered from our listeners. If you are listening to Rogue Librarians for the first time, there's no better place to start than with one of these standout episodes. If you are a fan of the show, vote for your favorite Rogue Librarians episode by adding your comments to the episode page.

Rogue Librarians - 3. The Hate U Give (Part 1: Why It's Banned)
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11/15/22 • 54 min

We discuss The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas, which was the fifth most frequently challenged book in America in 2021. First published in 2017, the book was a New York Times bestseller and the recipient of several awards, including the Michael L. Printz Award and the William C. Morris Award.

In this episode, we discuss why Thomas's novel has been banned recently. We also offer our assessment of its pros and cons. Please listen to our fourth episode for a close reading of the book's characters, themes, and significance.

If you would like to join our conversation, please visit www.theroguelibrarians.com or follow us on Instagram or Facebook @roguelibrarianspod or on Twitter @RLibrarians. Please consider helping us by giving us a rating and review on Apple Podcasts (or a rating on Spotify or Audible) and/or supporting our podcast on Patreon. We appreciate your support!

For more information on the Black Lives Matter movement and police shootings, please visit:

Some of the sources mentioned in this episode:

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Rogue Librarians - 5. Maus (Part 1: Why It's Banned)
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12/13/22 • 57 min

We discuss The Complete Maus: A Survivor's Tale by Art Spiegelman. First serialized from 1980-1991, Maus recently made the news after a Tennessee school board voted to prevent it from being taught in the district’s classrooms in January 2022. Maus has won several awards, including the Pulitzer Prize, the Harvey Award, and the Eisner Award.

In this episode, we discuss why Spiegelman's graphic memoir has been banned recently. We also offer our assessment of its pros and cons. Please listen to our sixth episode for a close reading of the book's characters, themes, and significance.

For more information on antisemitism (also written as anti-Semitism) and the Holocaust, please visit:

Some of the sources mentioned in this episode:

If you would like to join our conversation, please visit theroguelibrarians.com or follow us on social media. Please consider supporting our podcast on Patreon. We appreciate your support!

Linktree: @roguelibrarianspod

Instagram: @roguelibrarianspod

Facebook: @roguelibrarianspod

Twitter: @RLibrarians

Patreon: patreon.com/roguelibrarians

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Rogue Librarians - 7. Drama (Part 1: Why It's Banned)
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01/17/23 • 53 min

We discuss Drama by Raina Telgemeier, which was the seventh-most-banned book between 2010 and 2019. First published in 2012, this graphic novel won the Stonewall Book Award in 2013, in addition to receiving many starred reviews and honors. Drama is notable because it was one of the first graphic novels to include gay characters.

In this episode, we discuss why Drama has been banned. We also offer our assessment of its pros and cons. Please listen to our eighth episode for a close reading of the book's characters, themes, and significance.

Some of the sources mentioned in this episode:

Thanks to Chris for our music and to Lizzie for our audio editing (for all of our episodes)! Please visit our website for a transcript of this episode.

If you would like to join our conversation, please visit theroguelibrarians.com or follow us on social media. Please consider supporting our podcast on Patreon. We appreciate your support!

Linktree: @roguelibrarianspod

Instagram: @roguelibrarianspod

Facebook: @roguelibrarianspod

Twitter: @RLibrarians

Patreon: patreon.com/roguelibrarians

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Rogue Librarians - Bonus: Election Episode

Bonus: Election Episode

Rogue Librarians

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10/22/24 • 24 min

In this episode of Rogue Librarians, we discuss the importance of voting to combat the ongoing issue of book banning in the United States. The conversation covers recent legislative developments, state-specific ballot measures affecting libraries, and the significance of local elections in combating censorship.

We provide information on the congressional resolution condemning book bans

Discuss several state specific issues on the ballot that we found through Libraries2024.org including: Utah’s Amendment A (Vote No), North Dakota’s Measure 4 (Vote No), Kentucky’s Constitutional Amendment 2 (Vote No), and California’s Proposition 5 (Vote Yes).

We tell you how to learn more about the governance behind libraries through the

ACLU’s - School Governance 101 page

We offer a variety of interactive web sites to help you find out about items on your local ballots, including issues around book banning and more. Here is the list:

Vote 411

AARP

Everylibrary.org

Ballotpedia.org

We also offer suggestions about how to stay abreast of what’s happening in Book Banning Politics at the following websites:

ALA.org-Office for Intellectual Freedom

ALA Banned & Challenged Books

ALA Book Résumés

Book Riot - Literary Activism Newsletter

Every Library: Political Activity

Unite Against Book Bans

Pen America

Here is the link to the episode of On The Media that we recommended in the Intro.

The segment on book banning is at timecode [39:36]

From their show notes: “Host Brooke Gladstone interviews Peter Parnell and Justin Richardson, whose children’s picture book, And Tango Makes Three, is among the long list of banned titles across the country. Hear why they’re suing in Florida to make their book — and others — accessible again.”

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Rogue Librarians - 8. Drama (Part 2: Close Reading)
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01/31/23 • 42 min

We do a close reading of Drama by Raina Telgemeier, which was the seventh-most-banned book between 2010 and 2019. Drama is notable because it was one of the first graphic novels to include gay characters.

We discuss our opinions of Drama's characters, themes, and significance. Please see Episode 7 for a discussion of why the book has been banned recently.

Thanks to Chris for our music and to Lizzie for our audio editing (for all of our episodes)! Please visit our website for a transcript of this episode.

If you would like to join our conversation, please visit theroguelibrarians.com or follow us on social media. Please consider supporting our podcast on Patreon. We appreciate your support!

Linktree: @roguelibrarianspod

Instagram: @roguelibrarianspod

Facebook: @roguelibrarianspod

Twitter: @RLibrarians

Patreon: patreon.com/roguelibrarians

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In this episode of the Rogue Librarians we discuss The Perks of Being a Wallflower, by Stephen Chbosky, along with special guest Simon. The book spent over a year on the bestseller list, and has continued to find readers decades after its publication in 1999.

We discuss favorite quotes, scenes, and ideas presented in the book, including the importance of community, the way mental health is viewed in our society, and what it means to be a coming of age novel. Please listen to our twenty-ninth episode for a discussion of why this book has been banned.

Materials referenced include:

The podcast: Material Girls Dopamine v Health Capitalism

The movie LadyBird

And, from the litreactor blog, “Yes, I Read The 111-Page Moms For Liberty Book Ban Document” by Peter Derk.

Thanks to Chris for our music, to Heather and Lizzie for their assistance, to Dorothy for our audio editing, and to our patrons for their financial support! Please visit our website for a⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠transcript⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠of this episode. If you would like to join our conversation, please visit ⁠⁠theroguelibrarians.com⁠⁠ or follow us on social media.

Linktree: ⁠⁠@roguelibrarianspod⁠⁠

Instagram: ⁠⁠@roguelibrarianspod⁠⁠

Facebook: ⁠⁠@roguelibrarianspod⁠⁠

Patreon: ⁠⁠patreon.com/roguelibrarians

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Rogue Librarians - 2. Gender Queer (Part 2: Close Reading)
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11/01/22 • 60 min

We do a close reading of Maia Kobabe's Gender Queer. We discuss our opinions of the graphic memoir's characterization, themes, and significance. Please see Episode 1 for a discussion of why the book has been banned recently.

Trigger warning: we mentioned the high suicide rate for trans teens again from 32:00 to 32:15.

A note: the quotation we mentioned from the Washington Post was from an Op-Ed by Maia Kobabe on October 29, 2021.

A few of the sources mentioned in this episode:

Thanks to Chris for our music and to Lizzie for our audio editing (for all of our episodes)! Please visit our website for a transcript of this episode.

If you would like to join our conversation, please visit theroguelibrarians.com or follow us on social media. Please consider supporting our podcast on Patreon. We appreciate your support!

Linktree: @roguelibrarianspod

Instagram: @roguelibrarianspod

Facebook: @roguelibrarianspod

Twitter: @RLibrarians

Patreon: patreon.com/roguelibrarians

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Rogue Librarians - Rogue Librarians Trailer

Rogue Librarians Trailer

Rogue Librarians

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10/17/22 • 1 min

Since 2021, an unprecedented number of Young Adult books, especially ones with LGBTQ+ and BIPOC characters, have been removed from libraries across the country.

In the Rogue Librarians podcast, three teacher-librarians discuss YA books that have been banned in recent years. They discuss each selected book in two episodes. The first episode illuminates why the book has been banned and why they think it is worth reading. The second episode discusses the book’s characters, themes, and significance in greater detail.

Books are meant to be read.

Thanks to Chris for our music and to Lizzie for our audio editing! Please visit our website for a transcript of this trailer.

If you would like to join our conversation, please visit theroguelibrarians.com or follow us on social media. Please consider supporting our podcast on Patreon. We appreciate your support!

Linktree: @roguelibrarianspod

Instagram: @roguelibrarianspod

Facebook: @roguelibrarianspod

Twitter: @RLibrarians

Patreon: patreon.com/roguelibrarians

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Rogue Librarians - 6. Maus (Part 2: Close Reading)
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01/03/23 • 61 min

We do a close reading of The Complete Maus: A Survivor's Tale by Art Spiegelman, which made the news after a Tennessee school board voted to remove it from the curriculum in January 2022. We discuss our opinions of the graphic memoir's characters, themes, and significance. Please see Episode 5 for a discussion of why the book has been banned recently.

Thanks to Chris for our music and to Lizzie for our audio editing (for all of our episodes)! Please visit our website for a transcript of this episode.

If you would like to join our conversation, please visit theroguelibrarians.com or follow us on social media. Please consider supporting our podcast on Patreon. We appreciate your support!

Linktree: @roguelibrarianspod

Instagram: @roguelibrarianspod

Facebook: @roguelibrarianspod

Twitter: @RLibrarians

Patreon: patreon.com/roguelibrarians

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Rogue Librarians - 17. Looking for Alaska (Part 1: Why It's Banned)
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07/25/23 • 38 min

We discuss ⁠⁠Looking for Alaska by John Green, which was the fifth-most-challenged book in 2022. First published in 2005, Green’s debut novel won the Michael L. Printz Award in 2006. A miniseries based on the book was released on Hulu in 2019.

In this episode, we discuss why Looking for Alaska has been banned. We also offer our assessment of its pros and cons. Please listen to our eighteenth episode for a close reading of the book's characters, themes, and significance.

Some of the sources mentioned in this episode:

Thanks to Chris for our music, Heather for running our Twitter page, and Lizzie for our audio editing! Please visit our website for a ⁠⁠transcript⁠⁠ of this episode.

If you would like to join our conversation, please visit ⁠⁠theroguelibrarians.com⁠⁠ or follow us on social media. Please consider supporting our podcast on ⁠⁠Patreon⁠⁠. We appreciate your support!

Linktree: ⁠⁠@roguelibrarianspod⁠⁠

Instagram: ⁠⁠@roguelibrarianspod⁠⁠

Facebook: ⁠⁠@roguelibrarianspod⁠⁠

Twitter: ⁠⁠@RLibrarians⁠⁠

Patreon: ⁠⁠patreon.com/roguelibrarians

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How many episodes does Rogue Librarians have?

Rogue Librarians currently has 55 episodes available.

What topics does Rogue Librarians cover?

The podcast is about Podcasts, Books and Arts.

What is the most popular episode on Rogue Librarians?

The episode title '3. The Hate U Give (Part 1: Why It's Banned)' is the most popular.

What is the average episode length on Rogue Librarians?

The average episode length on Rogue Librarians is 55 minutes.

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Episodes of Rogue Librarians are typically released every 14 days.

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The first episode of Rogue Librarians was released on Oct 17, 2022.

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