The Beautiful and Banned

About The Beautiful and Banned

A weekly conversational podcast with Christine Renee Miller and Jessica Goudeau about banned books, plays, and films now and throughout history--with occasional guests.

Publisher

Christine Renee Miller and Jessica Goudeau

Category

arts · history · society & culture

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

15 Feb 2024

Latest episode

7 May 2026

Latest episodes

63 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   7 May 2026

   S4, E2: Texas Librarians

   In a special episode, Jessica interviews Kalyn Gensic and Kate Stover, who both work in her hometown of Abilene, Texas. Come for the in-depth conversation about what is happening on the ground right now in one corner of Texas; stay for the beautiful discussion about the teachers and librarians who have changed our lives. You'll want to send this to a teacher or librarian in your own life--we're so grateful to the people who often face insurmountable odds (including personal threats!) to make ...

2. 

   31 Mar 2026

   S4, E1: Heated Rivalry with Special Guest Nisha Sharma

   We're back and we have missed you! Is it even a podcast if we haven't talked about Heated Rivalry? In the first episode of Season 4, we are joined by special guest Nisha Sharma: a lawyer, award-wining writer, former corporate culture executive, scholar and author of over ten published books for teens and adults--and, more importantly for us, our dear colleague at Wilkes University! We're delighted to have one of the smartest women we know join us to talk all things Heated Rivalry, i...

3. 

   1 Jul 2025

   S3, E9: 1984 by George Orwell, Season Finale

   Hosts Christine and Jessica analyze George Orwell's *1984*, exploring its themes of totalitarianism and eerily accurate predictions about AI's role in erasing the past, in this season finale.

Reach and audience

Public platform figures. Ratings count people who left a rating, not total listeners.

Apple Podcasts (US)

5.0 / 5

22 ratings

Spotify

5.0 / 5

12 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 35 / 100

A composite of feed quality, social presence, YouTube performance and engagement. Read the methodology.

Quality

31

Social presence

94

YouTube

0

Engagement

51

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Guest appearances

Does not typically book guests

Based on episode analysis; this does not confirm that the show is currently accepting guests.