Episodes

In this episode of Banned Camp , Jennifer and Dan read Chapter 4.3 of Brave New World , where death is recycled into phosphorus, Soma turns nightlife into bliss, and hypnopaedia makes even contraceptive drills sound normal. J...

In this episode of Banned Camp , Jennifer and Dan continue Chapter 4 of Brave New World , where Bernard sulks about being shorter than the average Alpha and Helmholtz Watson proves that too much brain can be just as isolating...

In this episode of Banned Camp , Jennifer and Dan begin Chapter 4 of Brave New World . Lenina publicly makes plans with Bernard, much to his discomfort, while a Simeon-like lift man discovers the beauty of the roof — only to ...

In this episode of Banned Camp , Jennifer and Dan wade through Chapter 3.4 of Brave New World . Mustafa Mond explains how war, anthrax, and economic collapse gave way to a society where everyone is compelled to consume. Meanw...

In this episode of Banned Camp , Jennifer and Dan tackle Chapter 3.4 of Brave New World . Between locker room banter, state-mandated promiscuity, and Mustapha Mond’s lecture on “stability,” they pull apart the absurd ways Hux...

In this episode of Banned Camp , Jennifer and Dan continue chapter three of Brave New World , where intimacy without consequences defines society, and the idea of monogamy earns disapproval. They puzzle over Mustafa Mond popp...

In this episode of Banned Camp , Jennifer and Dan continue through Chapter 3 of Brave New World . We move from sterile conditioning centers into a bizarrely mechanical “dressing room,” where women are processed like products,...

In this episode of Banned Camp , Jennifer and Dan dive into Chapter 3 of Brave New World , where sunshine, roses, and children’s games quickly give way to dystopian creepiness. From naked playgrounds to helicopters buzzing ov...

In this episode of Banned Camp , Jennifer and Dan dive deeper into Chapter 2 of Brave New World , where sleep is for indoctrination and moral education must never be rational. From creepy nursery whisper sessions to the bizar...

In this episode of Banned Camp , Jennifer and Dan read Chapter 2 of Brave New World , where things get... uncomfortably real. Babies are conditioned to hate flowers and books. Khaki-clad infants get electrocuted. Nature is la...

In this episode of Banned Camp , Jennifer and Dan finish Chapter 1 of Brave New World , where dystopia smells like formaldehyde and sounds like conveyor belts full of bottled babies. From mass-produced twins to racist ovary r...

In this episode of Banned Camp , Jennifer and Dan kick off Season 9 by opening the cold, clinical doors of Brave New World . Chapter 1.1 takes us into the Central London Hatchery, where humans are mass-produced in jars, score...

Season 9 starts Tuesday, August 5th... and we’re finally ready to tell you what book we picked. It’s big. It’s banned. iIts disturbingly relevant. Click play to hear the reveal, the why, and a little of what’s coming next... ...

Episode Summary: In this special season finale, Jennifer and Dan unpack the viral clip known as Orwell’s Final Warning —a dramatic video that looks real but isn’t. Robot breaks down the truth behind the fake footage, then sti...

In this episode, Jennifer and Dan tackle the appendix. No, not their appendices — Orwell’s. The “Principles of Newspeak” is often skipped, rarely understood, and strangely… hopeful? After three failed recording attempts, they...

Winston sits quietly in the Chestnut Tree Café, haunted by what he’s lost… and what he’s learned to live without. In the final chapter of Orwell’s 1984 , Jennifer and Dan reflect on what it means to give up—slowly, quietly, c...

Today’s episode is a little different. There’s no chapter of 1984 , but robot has something to say. We’ll be back next week with the finale. Thank you for listening. Thank you for staying.

In Chapter 23.1 of George Orwell’s 1984 , Winston sits alone with his gin, Julia’s ghost, and the hollow comfort of surrender. Jennifer and Dan explore how totalitarian control doesn’t always end in violence—sometimes it ends...

In Chapter 22 of George Orwell’s 1984 , Winston meets Room 101. This is the place where censorship stops being an idea and starts gnawing on your face. Jennifer and Dan break down how totalitarian regimes use fear to crush fr...

In this episode of Banned Camp , Jennifer and Dan tackle Chapter 21 of 1984 by George Orwell—a banned book that keeps feeling uncomfortably familiar. Winston has been broken, rebuilt, and fed just enough comfort to forget why...

In this episode of Banned Camp , Jennifer and Dan tackle Chapter 20 of 1984 by George Orwell—a banned book that never stops feeling relevant. As Winston faces the ultimate gaslighting, O’Brien insists reality itself only exis...

In this episode of Banned Camp , the comedy podcast where we read banned books and try to understand why they were censored, Jennifer and Dan dig into the first part of Chapter 20 of 1984 by George Orwell. Winston enters the ...

In Chapter 19.3 of 1984 , things go from bad to flesh-zombie worse. O’Brien continues Winston’s psychological beatdown with Orwell’s signature brand of state-sanctioned gaslighting. Jennifer has a theory about promotion to th...

Winston says four. The Party says five. The pain dial says... crank it to 90. This chapter is Orwell at his most brutal, and Dan and Jennifer are not okay. Gaslighting gets an upgrade, truth gets memory-holed, and we all learn the Party’s favorite math trick: reality = whatever they say it is. Dan …