When Banned Things Happen To Good People is a podcast about censorship and the arts. Hosts Todd Sullivan and Peter Aman examine books, films, and more that have been banned or challenged in the past.
Todd and Peter wrap up their look at The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank with this live episode, discussing the challenges the book faced on its way to publication, the different versions of the book that were published over the years, and the controversies around its inclusion in school libraries and curriculums. It is perhaps because of the power of the story that it has seen as much controversy as it has, because, as our hosts agree, it's a story that's as valuable today as ever, if not even moreso.
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8 Sept 2026
Episode 94 - The Diary of a Young Girl (Part 3)
Todd and Peter dig into the final 100 pages of The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank, and ultimately the final weeks and months of her life. Hope still lingers in these pages, even as we know what is waiting for them at the end.
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11 Jul 2026
Episode 93 - The Diary of a Young Girl (Part Two)
We enter the second year of living in the Annex with Anne and her family as World War II continues around them. Hope is diminished but not gone and Anne struggles with complicated adolescent feelings -- whether frustration with the elders around her or budding feelings of love for Peter -- in this difficult and confined space. These entries cover a period from mid‑1943 to early‑1944.
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