When Banned Things Happen To Good People - Podcast

11/02/2025

Todd and Pete glide through the second half of Robert Cormer's The Chocolate War to reach the controversial ending, as well as the true answer to the question "Do I dare disturb the universe?" And no, you probably don't want to know what the answer is.
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06/02/2025

After some delays, we're BACK (we hope) to a more regular release schedule starting with this episode, part one of our look at Robert Cormier's The Chocolate War. This 1974 young adult novel sees what should have been a standard high school fundraising chocolate sale turned on its head when one student asks the question, "Do I dare disturb the universe?" The answer might surprise you! Or maybe it won't! You could probably google that answer.
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14/01/2025

Holy crap it's our 75th episode and we're celebrating by covering a video game! Actually, we already did that when we livestreamed us playing Postal 2 while we talked about it! You can find that on YouTube if you want to watch (and honestly, it's probably the optimum way to experience this episode). But if for some reason you don't want to do that, we've whittled that episode down to a pretty spry 25 minutes of us talking about the game with a smattering of game sound effects in the background. Also, some of the early audio is not ideal. Look, just go watch the YouTube version, okay?
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29/12/2024

Holy crap, we're BACK! Yes, we know it's been awhile, but trust us, it's not because we haven't been working. Well some of it probably is, but not all, because we HAVE been working, getting this first ever video episode created, edited, and ready to go. And here it is! Postal 2! Enjoy! Audio only version coming in the next few days for the regular podcast channels.

This episode we cover our very first banned video game, the 2003 release Postal 2. And to honour that event, we also produced our very first video episode! W...

17/11/2024

We're getting ready to go live on YouTube at 3pm (barring any technical difficulties) to livestream our first video game episode featuring the 2003 first person shooter Postal 2.

Sorry for the giant face. That's the thumbnail that youtube autogenerated.

Welcome to the first ever live video broadcast for When Banned Things Happen to Good People featuring a live playalong of the controversial game Postal 2. Th...

17/11/2024

Hey Banned-Mates! We're trying something fun for our 75th episode tomorrow. We'll be broadcasting a live VIDEO on Youtube as we play the controversial 2003 first person shooter video game POSTAL 2. Pete will be handling most of the gameplay, as he hasn't played it before, and will be going in blind to experience it first hand for the first time. Todd will be sharing fun facts about the game and just generally providing colour commentary. Come hang out at 3pm! Link will be shared tomorrow.

12/11/2024

Todd and Pete head back to the 17th century courtesy of Ken Russel's The Devils, a notoriously controversial film that is next to impossible to see. But somehow we got our hands on it! And we're here to talk about it!
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29/10/2024

It might be autumn, but it's time to finish up our summer of S*x, Drugs, and Rock and Roll with the Rolling Stones controversial concert film Co******er Blues, a movie with plenty of rock and roll. And also some s*x. And some drugs. Honestly, this movie could have been dedicated to all three things. It's a hard movie to find, but Pete and Todd tracked it down on archive.org to experience in all its low-res, digitized from video tape glory, and they're more than happy to tell you what they thought about the film.
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07/10/2024

It might have felt like the longest short book they ever read, but Todd and Pete made it through the end of William S. Burroughs' 'Naked Lunch'. It was a meal consisting of s*x, drugs, the black meat, homos*xuality, j**m, protoplasm, and, of course, ectoplasm, and so clearly not for everyone's tastes. But you'll have to listen in to this live episode to know how Pete and Todd landed with their thoughts on this one.
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29/09/2024

Hey, we're about to go live to discuss our final thoughts on Naked Lunch by William S. Burroughs. Join us if you want! Do not that you'll need to connect using the Podbean app if you want to call us, and we hope you will!

It’s been months since we started this book, but we’re finally going live to share our final thoughts on William S. Burroughs ’Naked Lunch’. It’s weird. It’s gross. It has a lot of j**m and ectoplasm. And did we like it? We’ll tell you!

24/09/2024

Yesterday marked the start of Banned Books Week here in Canada, and unfortunately we don't have an episode to show for it. We did intend to go live yesterday for our wrap-up on William S. Burroughs' Naked Lunch, but unfortunately Todd came down with the Covid and didn't want to infect Pete, so that's now coming next Sunday.

Until then, why not tell us some of your favourite banned books! Especially if it's something you'd like to see us talk about!

16/09/2024

Todd and Pete finish up their final bites of William S. Burroughs' Naked Lunch, and though they enjoyed the meal overall, they probably couldn't tell you what it tasted like. Maybe the black meat? It's a strange journey that feels impossible to talk about, but they try.
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01/08/2024

We're back! After some unscheduled away time from the podcast, Todd and Pete return just in time to strip down and enjoy a tasty Naked Lunch, courtesy of author William S. Burroughs. It's beautiful! It's weird! We can't tell what's going on! It's all part of the ride. (NOTE: Due to technical difficulties, Pete's audio quality drops substantially about halfway through this episode. We suspect he was recording from the Interzone, while trying to source more of the black meat)
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17/06/2024

We celebrate our 69th episode with a look at S*X! No, not the act, but the coffee table book by Madonna from 1992. Also, yes, it was entirely an accident that this turned out to be the 69th episode, but we're gonna lean into it like it was intentional. Heck yeah. Let's talk about s*x!
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10/06/2024

This LIVE episode features Todd and Pete wrapping up their look at Beloved by Toni Morrison, the Pulitzer Prize winning novel on the horrors of slavery, and how far a mother might go to save her children from those horrors.
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09/06/2024

This is a surprise LIVE episode for our discussion of the book 'S*X' by Madonna. Discussion starts at 3:30 p.m. so come hang with us.

Experience Madonna’s ’S*x’ coffee table book through the eyes of our CIS-gendered, straight, white hosts, Todd and Pete, the perfect POV for this early pride month podcast.