Special preview: Season 2 of “Velshi Banned Book Club”

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News, Society & Culture

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🗓️ 12 September 2024

⏱️ 4 minutes

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MSNBC's Ali Velshi gives a special preview of the second season of the “Velshi Banned Book Club.” Book banning is happening more and more. Removing literature from library shelves, school syllabi, and summer reading lists isn’t just blatant censorship; it is the tip of the sword that threatens American democracy itself. In this preview, Ali reflects on why this issues is so personal for him and his family. Listen to the first two episodes now and follow the series: https://link.chtbl.com/vbbcs2_fdlw.    Subscribe to MSNBC Premium on Apple podcasts for access to episodes one week early, plus ad-free listening, and bonus content from this and other shows.

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0:00.0	Hi, I'm Ali Velshi. I'm excited to tell you that my podcast, Belshi Band Book Club, is back for a second season.
0:08.0	Book bands continue to surge targeting libraries, schools, and communities across the nation.
0:14.0	On Velshe Band Book Club, I speak with authors of banned books to explore their work and what
0:19.2	is causing the staggering rise in book banning. This season features new literature and
0:24.8	authors including Tim O'Brien, Jacqueline Woodson, Roxanne Gay, Lois Lowry,
0:30.9	Stephen Chbosky, and more.
0:33.4	You can stay right here and listen to a preview of the first episode
0:36.4	and search for Velsheban Book Club now
0:39.0	to follow the podcast and listen to the first two episodes.
0:43.0	Plus you can subscribe to MS NBC Premium on Apple Podcasts
0:47.0	to listen to all of season one and season two,
0:50.0	ad free.
0:51.0	With MS NBC Premium, you'll also get early access to this season's
0:54.8	episodes one week before they drop. Subscribe to MS NBC Premium on Apple
1:00.1	Podcasts. Thanks for listening.
1:04.0	There is one part of the book that I want to bring up to you that makes it particularly relevant to the
1:09.1	Velshi Band Book Club and it's that your parents didn't know what a public library was until they left South Africa.
1:15.0	So I want to read a quick passage here.
1:17.6	Socially and culturally, my parents lived in a small community, maybe 3,500 people,
1:22.4	one large extended family of Indians.
1:25.0	That was the life.
1:25.8	You were stuck in the tiny ghetto with no swimming pools, no parks, no libraries.
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