Episodes

Winston’s in the Ministry of Love now—where the lights never turn off, the telescreens scream at your pockets, and your cellmate might be a footnote from Rudyard Kipling. Jennifer tracks the collapse of Winston’s thoughts as ...

Winston and Julia thought they had a secret — a room, a routine, a bit of freedom. But the telescreen was listening the whole time. In this brutal end to Chapter 17, Orwell rips away the last illusion of safety. Dan and Jenni...

In this episode of Banned Camp , Jennifer and Dan read the next section of Goldstein’s manifesto—and it gets bleak. Orwell explains how the Party rewrites reality so often that people forget they ever believed anything else. ...

Jennifer and Dan return to Orwell’s nightmare to decode the Party’s obsession with eternal control. This chapter dives into the rigid social hierarchy, the myth of Big Brother, and the dark genius of “protective stupidity.” A...

Dr. Carla Hayden—America’s first Black woman Librarian of Congress—was just fired by Trump’s goons. So we called Jon Scieszka. Yes, that Jon Scieszka—author of The Stinky Cheese Man and the first national ambassador for young people’s literature. What followed was funny, furious, and full of heart.…

In this episode, Jennifer and Dan continue rteading Goldstein’s Manifesto and wrestle with the mind-melting logic of 1984’s most infamous slogan: "War is peace." Jennifer proposes Big Brother might be AI (terrifying but plaus...

In this episode of Banned Camp , Jennifer and Dan dive into Chapter 17.3 of Orwell’s 1984 , where Goldstein’s manifesto outlines how perpetual war preserves power, not peace. From floating fortresses that serve no purpose to ...

In this episode of Banned Camp , Jennifer and Dan read more of Emmanuel Goldstein’s forbidden manifesto. Enjoy (?) Orwell’s vision of endless war, oligarchical control, and labor as a weapon. From laughing at Greenland’s fut...

On this episode of Banned Camp , Jennifer and Dan wade into the madness of Chapter 17 of 1984 —where Hate Week hits its sweaty, propaganda-drenched climax. Winston works 90 hours in five days, people rewrite history in real-t...

n this episode of Banned Camp , Jennifer and Dan dive into Chapter 16.2 of 1984 by George Orwell. O’Brien lays out the grim reality of resistance, reminding Winston and Julia that their fight is destined to be futile—and dead...

In this episode of Banned Camp, Jennifer and Dan dive into Chapter 16 of George Orwell's 1984. O’Brien welcomes Winston and Julia into his inner sanctum, leading to tense revelations about the Brotherhood. Winston’s hopes for resistance are tested as O’Brien asks shocking, morally twisted questions…

Winston remembers the moment he stole chocolate from his starving little sister—and the moment she disappeared. Jennifer calls it one of the darkest scenes in the book. Dan agrees, then spirals. Julia calls him a swine. Somewhere between the guilt and the memory, something sticks… and it might be t…

Winston realizes the past has been erased—and the future might be, too. Jennifer wonders if anything even matters anymore. Dan points out that Project 2025 might not take 30 years... more like 30 months. Also: O’Brien makes a...

In this episode of Banned Camp , Jennifer and Dan read Chapter 13 of George Orwell’s 1984 . Winston watches friends vanish, propaganda ignite, and a world of fear tighten its grip. Jennifer and Dan unpack Hate Week's full-blo...

In this episode of Banned Camp , Winston and Julia’s secret love nest gets less romantic and more... rodent-infested. Jennifer and Dan wade through Orwell’s sensual rebellion: contraband jam, lipstick resistance, and an entir...

In this episode of Banned Camp , Jennifer and Dan dig into Chapter 11.2 of 1984 , where Winston and Julia lean fully into their doomed rebellion—with jam, real sugar, and a mattress that probably has bedbugs. As they debate w...

In this special episode of Banned Camp , Jennifer and Dan set aside Orwell for a moment to unveil a four-part framework designed to help you stand up to groups like Moms for Liberty. From showing up at school board meetings t...

In Chapter 11.1 of 1984 , Winston and Julia’s rebellion gets complicated. Their secret meetups involve shoelace codes, bird-scented hideouts, and dodging telescreens like Olympic sprinters. Meanwhile, Julia drops a few bombsh...

In this episode of Banned Camp , Jennifer and Dan unpack Chapter 10 of Orwell’s 1984 , where Winston and Julia’s secret relationship takes a physical and emotional leap. From bluebells and black market butter to the political...

In this episode of Banned Camp , Jennifer and Dan dive into Chapter 9 of Orwell's 1984 (also known as Part Two). Sparks fly—literally and figuratively—as Winston receives a handwritten note in a government bathroom and tries ...

In this special episode of Banned Camp , Jennifer and Dan take a break from 1984 to talk with Lindsay Schultz, owner of The Spine Bookshop in Smyrna, Tennessee. Lindsay isn’t just selling banned books—she’s giving them away f...

In this episode of Banned Camp , Jennifer and Dan explore Chapter 8.3 of 1984 , where Winston returns to the junk shop and stumbles upon relics of a forgotten world. From an antique paperweight to a banned nursery rhyme, beau...

In this episode of Banned Camp , Winston ventures into a pub hoping to unearth truth from the lips of a prole old enough to remember the world before the Party. Instead, he gets vague memories, bladder complaints, and a pint ...

In Chapter 8 of 1984 , Winston skips out on mandatory fun and wanders into the “prole” section of London, where the smell of real coffee gives way to rocket bombs, severed limbs, and prole drama over lottery numbers that prob...