In Bed with the Elephant is a podcast for people who crave debate and conversation and are passionate about ideas.
It’s a show with grit that goes deep and wide.
Each episode I interview a single guest with critical and nuanced perspectives.
The aim: to enlighten, educate, edify and entertain.
From politics to history to science,
From cinema to music to sport.
We’ll talk about books, economics, technology, climate, and the law.
We’ll talk about land grabs and annexation.
We’ll discuss things that matter to all of us.
And things you may not have thought mattered at all.
In Bed with the Elephant will transport you to distant lands and bring you back home again.
On In Bed with the Elephant we want to disrupt preconceptions and challenge convention.
We’ll ask big uncomfortable questions and wrestle with taboos.
Satisfy your curiosity with a weekly dose of In Bed with The Elephant.
A podcast that always addresses the elephant in the room.
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In Bed with the Elephant is a podcast for people who crave debate and conversation and are passionate about ideas.
It’s a show with grit that goes deep and wide.
Each episode I interview a single guest with critical and nuanced perspectives.
The aim: to enlighten, educate, edify and entertain.
From politics to history to science,
From cinema to music to sport.
We’ll talk about books, economics, technology, climate, and the law.
We’ll talk about land grabs and annexation.
We’ll discuss things that matter to all of us.
And things you may not have thought mattered at all.
In Bed with the Elephant will transport you to distant lands and bring you back home again.
On In Bed with the Elephant we want to disrupt preconceptions and challenge convention.
We’ll ask big uncomfortable questions and wrestle with taboos.
Satisfy your curiosity with a weekly dose of In Bed with The Elephant.
A podcast that always addresses the elephant in the room.
Ira Wells - On Book Banning: The New Censorship Consensus
In Bed with the Elephant
33 minutes
2 weeks ago
Ira Wells - On Book Banning: The New Censorship Consensus
Ira Wells, wants to live in a world without book bans.
A world bathed in literature… with more conversation, more civic engagement, and lesscensorship.
Ira Wells is a critic, essayist and professor of English literature at the University of Toronto.
He is also the President of PEN Canada. His latest book is called On Book Banning: or How the New Censorship Consensus Trivializes Art and Undermines Democracy
In Bed with the Elephant
In Bed with the Elephant is a podcast for people who crave debate and conversation and are passionate about ideas.
It’s a show with grit that goes deep and wide.
Each episode I interview a single guest with critical and nuanced perspectives.
The aim: to enlighten, educate, edify and entertain.
From politics to history to science,
From cinema to music to sport.
We’ll talk about books, economics, technology, climate, and the law.
We’ll talk about land grabs and annexation.
We’ll discuss things that matter to all of us.
And things you may not have thought mattered at all.
In Bed with the Elephant will transport you to distant lands and bring you back home again.
On In Bed with the Elephant we want to disrupt preconceptions and challenge convention.
We’ll ask big uncomfortable questions and wrestle with taboos.
Satisfy your curiosity with a weekly dose of In Bed with The Elephant.
A podcast that always addresses the elephant in the room.
