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Ep 586 - Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, by Roald Dahl

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The Roll Dahl Controversy

There was a reporter who contacted us after seeing on Reddit that we read the Goosebumps books and talked about it. A lot of those were removing specific references to the 32-bit game system. Just some of the 90s-est stuff from those books was taken out. I'm wondering, though, if some of the reasons why the doll changes are more extensive is because Roldal hates fat people with an intense intensity. It's really...

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