Christine tells Jessica about Fahrenheit 451 the Musical...oh, wait, no, that's just what she invented on the spot. This is about the 1953 novel by Ray Bradbury, a staple of high school and college classrooms that eerily predicts our own ban-happy, screen-happy times. Come for the discussion of one of a canonical banned book, stay for Christine's extemporaneous show tunes--the musical idea is actually pretty great!

And special thanks to friend of the podcast, Keenya, for our first listener question! You can join the conversation for free on Patreon, or support our work for just $3 a month. In addition to joining the Banned Geeks Book Club, your $3 helps us stay the course by highlighting banned works and bringing you these conversations each week. Thank you for your support! The success of this podcast depends on you!

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Join us next week as Christine and Jessica have a fascinating discussion with Courtney Gore from Granbury ISD--here's a sneak peek in the ProPublica feature about her, "She Campaigned for a Texas School Board Seat as a GOP Hard-Liner. Now She’s Rejecting Her Party’s Extremism."

Episode 5 Links:

• More about Ray Bradbury
• More about Fahrenheit 451
• More about the Bal-Hi edition
• Buy a copy of the novel about the Book People from...BookPeople.

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