📚 15 Books mentioned in "Should Any Books Be Banned? | STUFF THEY DON'T WANT YOU TO KNOW" of Stuff They Don't Want You To Know

and then we can't read things you know like uh the script for Space Odyssey 2001 or 2001 A Space Odyssey

A host mentions '2001: A Space Odyssey' as an example of a book that might be banned by an AI.

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yeah I'm like same with like Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn

A host mentions 'Huckleberry Finn' in the context of debates around problematic language in classic literature.

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we got together and we looked up the first thing considered to be a book ever and generally right now the first thing considered to be a quote-unquote book is the Epic of Gilgamesh which is kind of old

The hosts mention The Epic of Gilgamesh as the first thing considered to be a book.

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but then also be able to read things like Beyond a pale horse or uh Behold a Pale Horse whatever that work was

A host mentions reading 'Behold a Pale Horse' at a young age.

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and then we can't read things like iRobot

A host mentions 'I, Robot' as an example of a book that might be banned by an AI.

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and I'm with you there Noel I uh I remember being baffled that I could read Stephen King's It at such a young age with no problems

A host mentions reading Stephen King's book 'It' at a young age.

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uh Stephen King removed from publication of his own accord uh the rage

A host mentions Stephen King removed his book 'Rage' from publication.

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Speaking of Collector's Editions the books stuff they don't want you to know has been banned

A host jokes that the podcast's own book, 'Stuff They Don't Want You To Know', has been banned.

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There's an example uh the absolutely true Diary of a Part-Time Indian written by an author named Sherman alexie

A host provides 'The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian' by Sherman Alexie as an example of a book attempts were made to ban due to language.

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yeah I'm like same with like Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn

A host mentions 'Tom Sawyer' in the context of debates around problematic language in classic literature.

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I mean I love that we're mentioning the Anarchist Cookbook

A host mentions 'The Anarchist Cookbook' and discusses its contents.

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so there's the Comstock law or the federal anti-obscenity act that banned a lot of stuff like the Canterbury Tales or the de Cameron

A host mentions 'The Canterbury Tales' as a book banned by the Comstock law.

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and one of the things that comes up pretty often is a very successful racist propaganda like mein comp for the protocols of the Elders of Zion

A host mentions 'The Protocols of the Elders of Zion' as an example of dangerous, racist propaganda.

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That's why the a simple children's chemistry book called The Golden Book of chemistry experiments was banned in

A host mentions 'The Golden Book of Chemistry Experiments' was banned because it contained instructions for making dangerous substances.

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His book new English Kaden was banned by the Puritan government of the area in modern day Massachusetts Quincy Massachusetts because they didn't like his take on Puritan customs and power structures

A host identifies Thomas Morton's book 'New English Canaan' as the first book banned in what is now the US.

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