Brave New World Ch. 13.1: Lenina’s Meltdown and John’s Confusion | Banned Books Podcast

Lenina is quietly falling apart and John is loudly falling in love. Chapter 13.1 puts two people raised in two completely different emotional universes into the same room… and the results are chaotic, awkward, and very funny.

Banned Camp is a comedy podcast where we read banned books chapter by chapter, discovering the story right along with you.

Things To Listen For:

• Dan and Jennifer try to decode “jim-jams” and why Henry Foster prescribes doctors like candy
• Lenina is so lovesick she causes a fatal embryo-processing mistake
• Fannie tells Lenina to just “go take him,” Brave New World style
• John declares his love with Shakespeare and panic, while Lenina is ready for… something else entirely
• The Savage spirals into noble quests and mountain lions, confusing Lenina into new levels of frustration
• A disastrous romantic collision that ends with a mental flashback to that awful feely, “Three Weeks in a Helicopter”

Why was Brave New World banned?

This chapter dives straight into the reasons: state-sanctioned drug use, state-sanctioned sex, and the complete erasure of emotional autonomy. Books that question government control of pleasure and feelings tend to freak censors out.

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Featured Clips

This episode includes short clips from Seinfeld – The Comeback.
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Disclaimer

Banned Camp features readings and discussions of banned books for the purpose of criticism, commentary, education, and entertainment, in accordance with fair use guidelines.

The material used from Brave New World by Aldous Huxley is shared under these principles, with the intent of provoking thought and discussion about literature, censorship, and societal issues. The original work remains fully owned by its copyright holders, and we strongly encourage listeners to purchase a copy here
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Topics Covered:

Brave New World, Aldous Huxley, Chapter 13, Lenina, John the Savage, Henry Foster, Fannie, Hemholtz, Soma, conditioning, love, emotional control, dystopia, Seinfeld, banned books, banned books podcast, book banning, censorship, literary analysis, comedy podcast