Season 4, Episode 2
October 6, 2025
Today’s book: BeyondMagenta: Transgender and Nonbinary Teens Speak Out by Susan Kuklin (2014)
Banned Books Conversations: Where Radical ReadersDiscuss Prohibited Prose
Banned books are works that have been removed from alibrary shelf or school curriculum. Over the course of Banned Books Week, thisseries covers seven different books, the reasons they were banned, and thevalue in reading them.
Guest Links:
Oksana Marafioti
https://www.oksana-marafioti.com/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/oksanamarafioti/
Ria Carrogan
Femme On: https://www.femmeon.show/
https://www.instagram.com/femmeoncollective/
The Romantasy Coven
https://romantasycoven.transistor.fm/
https://www.instagram.com/theromantasycoven/
Tony Holt Jr.
https://linktr.ee/tonyholtjr
Previous collaborations:
The Birth of a Nation (1915) W/ Co-host Spider-Dan andguests Tony Holt Jr. & Fly
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yL7gXeIBxD0
Banned Books Conversations (Season 3) - Invisible Manby Ralph Ellison (1952) with guests Tony Holt Jr., Fly, and Spider-Dan
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eTdFuragMug
She-Hulk Podcast at Large, Ep 6: Just Jen with co-hostSpider-Dan and guests Tony Holt Jr, Ada McCartney, and Maff
https://open.spotify.com/episode/5pVJsszZ0IWujgMOah7uEa?si=meVL32B7S8yTmwQBjwX2Kw
Nosferatu: A Symphony Of Horror (1922) W/ Co-hostSpider-Dan and guests Ria Carrogan & Veronica Klash
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LQBOPhNCx1s
Banned Books Conversations (Season 1) - Gender Queerby Maia Kobabe with guests Ria Carrogan, Gregory Kompes, and Blake Byles
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D5aSsuSR3CQ
Banned Books Conversations (Season 2) - The KiteRunner by Khaled Hosseini with guests Ria Carrogan, Amanda Skenandore, andSherry Rosenthal
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lvX6NFKNxO8
Banned Books Conversations (Season 3) - And TangoMakes Three by Justin Richardson & Peter Parnell (2005) with guests RiaCarrogan, Diamond Larson, and Kevin M. Gallagher, Jr.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o4EjDzDoauM
Femme on Film: Grease 2
Femme on Film: Pride and Prejudice (2005)
Banned Books Conversations (Season 1) - Front Desk byKelly Yang with guests Oksana Marafioti, Michelle Yang, and Veronica Klash
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zn4JoY8Kc4I
Banned Books Conversations (Season 3) - Parable of theSower by Octavia Butler (1993) with guests Oksana Marafioti, Gregory A. Kompes,and Jennia D'Lima
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Di9G5vtMx-g
The 52 Love Podcast with Host Tonya Todd - Episode 49(Cuddle naked with your partner)
https://youtu.be/Mr4ZUy0cvmg?si=Oa6plArwscFfFORG
Resources:
https://www.marshall.edu/library/bannedbooks/
https://www.authorsagainstbookbans.com/
Host: Tonya Todd
Video Producer: JP Butler
Audio Producer: RiaCarrogan
Graphics: Mike Burton
Catch the video versionat https://youtu.be/GTlqcO5_tO4