There's been a wave of headlines recently about book bands. School boards and state governments are trying to outlaw the teaching of books that they find objectionable. This week on now and then, we're releasing the first episode of a three part series. The series will dive deep into past book panics, explore why public schools so often become ideological battle grounds and dissect the interplay between book bands and political bullying. Listen for free on apple cafe dot com or wherever you get your pod casts on.
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This episode was produced by Hady Mawajdeh, edited by Matt Collette, engineered by Efim Shapiro, fact-checked by Laura Bullard and hosted by Sean Rameswaram.
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