- 26
- Episodes
- 15
- Transcribed
- 928
- Ratings
- 2023
- First episode
- 9B
- YouTube views
About Velshi Banned Book Club
Ali Velshi brings you “Velshi Banned Book Club,” an act of resistance against the book banning and censorship epidemic sweeping the nation. In each episode, a different author joins Ali to discuss why their work is being targeted and what is so crucial about the literature itself. “Velshi Banned Book Club” is a series rooted in literary and cultural analysis, in the notion that reading is resistance. Read along with Ali.
- Publisher
- MS NOW
- Category
- arts · society & culture
- Language
- en
- Explicit
- No
- First episode
- 15 Aug 2023
- Latest episode
- 5 Feb 2026
Latest episodes
15 of 26 episodes have a transcript.
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Reach and audience
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- YouTube views
- 8,878,956,433
- Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025
- Apple Podcasts (US)
- 4.7 / 5
- 849 ratings
- Spotify
- 4.6 / 5
- 79 ratings
Podcast Authority Score: 66 / 100
A composite of feed quality, social presence, YouTube performance and engagement. Read the methodology.
- Quality
- 55
- Social presence
- 0
- YouTube
- 93
- Engagement
- 99
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