I’m With the Banned https://jarrettdapier.podbean.com I'm With the Banned is hosted by librarian and author Jarrett Dapier and is dedicated to examining censorship in American culture through stories, commentary, and conversations with writers, librarians, and other folks whose careers and lives have been affected by it.

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]]> Tue, 26 May 2026 09:09:45 -0500 https://podbean.com/?v=5.5 en Copyright 2026 All rights reserved. Society & Culture 1440 episodic On this episode, Jarrett is joined by Randi Pink, author of 5 YA books, including Angel of Greenwood, a beautiful historical fiction novel suffused with warmth, elegance, and fire about two Black teenagers falling in love in the days that lead up to the Tulsa Race Massacre of 1921. Angel of Greenwood was banned from the 9th grade English curriculum by the school board of Pine Richland High School outside Pittsburgh, PA in January 2025, despite ongoing protests from many students, parents, and educators at the school who embraced the book. Randi discusses her own high school experiences, the ”brilliant” teens she met when she visited Pine Richland after the ban came down, and how writing keeps her from ”breaking her good dishes.” Host: Jarrett Dapier Music Break: ”Elated” by Rain Garden Logo: Thomas J. Quinn Theme music: ”The Reckoning” by Joe Dapier JarrettDapier JarrettDapier No true https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/image-logo/22208451/IWTBLogo1800wHost.png I’m With the Banned https://jarrettdapier.podbean.com 144 144 Rex Ogle and Fruitcake Rex Ogle and Fruitcake https://jarrettdapier.podbean.com/e/rex-ogle-and-fruitcake/ https://jarrettdapier.podbean.com/e/rex-ogle-and-fruitcake/#comments Tue, 26 May 2026 09:09:45 -0500 jarrettdapier.podbean.com/a1385969-f849-39c8-9adc-be7c74ef0f1b In this episode, Jarrett talks with Rex Ogle, aka Rey Terciero, author of over 100 books for kids and teens. Rex's popular graphic novel adaptation of "Little Women," titled "Meg, Jo, Beth, and Amy," has been repeatedly challenged and banned in school districts across the country since 2020 for its LGBTQ+ representation. Hear Rex talk about the importance of vulnerability in writing and in life, his love of graphic novels, and why writing intensely personal stories for young people is a personal calling.

Host: Jarrett Dapier

Music Break and Coda: "Superconductive" by Dovetail Joint off their latest album, The Rock and Roll Conservancy

I'm With the Banned Logo by Thomas J. Quinn

I'm With the Banned theme music: "The Reckoning" performed and recorded by Joe Dapier

]]> In this episode, Jarrett talks with Rex Ogle, aka Rey Terciero, author of over 100 books for kids and teens. Rex's popular graphic novel adaptation of "Little Women," titled "Meg, Jo, Beth, and Amy," has been repeatedly challenged and banned in school districts across the country since 2020 for its LGBTQ+ representation. Hear Rex talk about the importance of vulnerability in writing and in life, his love of graphic novels, and why writing intensely personal stories for young people is a personal calling.

Host: Jarrett Dapier

Music Break and Coda: "Superconductive" by Dovetail Joint off their latest album, The Rock and Roll Conservancy

I'm With the Banned Logo by Thomas J. Quinn

I'm With the Banned theme music: "The Reckoning" performed and recorded by Joe Dapier

]]> JarrettDapier true No 3772 4 full Randi Pink and Angel of Greenwood Randi Pink and Angel of Greenwood https://jarrettdapier.podbean.com/e/randi-pink-and-angel-of-greenwood/ https://jarrettdapier.podbean.com/e/randi-pink-and-angel-of-greenwood/#comments Fri, 22 May 2026 16:49:49 -0500 jarrettdapier.podbean.com/99682c0e-625d-3a88-977b-7b157bc13dfa On this episode, Jarrett is joined by Randi Pink, author of 5 YA books, including Angel of Greenwood, a beautiful historical fiction novel suffused with warmth, elegance, and fire about two Black teenagers falling in love in the days that lead up to the Tulsa Race Massacre of 1921. Angel of Greenwood was banned from the 9th grade English curriculum by the school board of Pine Richland High School outside Pittsburgh, PA in January 2025, despite ongoing protests from many students, parents, and educators at the school who embraced the book. Randi discusses her own high school experiences, the "brilliant" teens she met when she visited Pine Richland after the ban came down, and how writing keeps her from "breaking her good dishes."

Host: Jarrett Dapier

Music Break: "Elated" by Rain Garden

Logo: Thomas J. Quinn

Theme music: "The Reckoning" by Joe Dapier

]]> On this episode, Jarrett is joined by Randi Pink, author of 5 YA books, including Angel of Greenwood, a beautiful historical fiction novel suffused with warmth, elegance, and fire about two Black teenagers falling in love in the days that lead up to the Tulsa Race Massacre of 1921. Angel of Greenwood was banned from the 9th grade English curriculum by the school board of Pine Richland High School outside Pittsburgh, PA in January 2025, despite ongoing protests from many students, parents, and educators at the school who embraced the book. Randi discusses her own high school experiences, the "brilliant" teens she met when she visited Pine Richland after the ban came down, and how writing keeps her from "breaking her good dishes."

Host: Jarrett Dapier

Music Break: "Elated" by Rain Garden

Logo: Thomas J. Quinn

Theme music: "The Reckoning" by Joe Dapier

]]> JarrettDapier true No 3969 3 full Jessie Foley and The Carnival at Bray Jessie Foley and The Carnival at Bray https://jarrettdapier.podbean.com/e/jessie-foley-and-the-carnival-at-bray-1779484645/ https://jarrettdapier.podbean.com/e/jessie-foley-and-the-carnival-at-bray-1779484645/#comments Fri, 22 May 2026 16:17:25 -0500 jarrettdapier.podbean.com/5b65d53b-1543-330e-910a-4efd3331d274 In this first episode, Jarrett speaks with author Jessie Ann Foley. Jessie is the award-winning author of books for kids and teens, including You Know I'm No Good, about one girl's fight to survive and escape the "troubled teen industry," Sorry For Your Loss, Agatha May and the Angler Fish, Severe and Unusual Weather, and Breda's Island. Her Printz Honor-winning debut novel, The Carnival at Bray, has been censored and banned in countless schools across the country since 2020 for reasons related to language, sexuality, and references to drugs. Jarrett and Jessie discuss the disingenuousness of book challenges, the power of reading, and how each of us contains multitudes that can't be erased.

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