Podcasts & Radio

Quote on NPR’s All Things Considered (December 14, 2023): https://www.npr.org/2023/12/14/1219428691/librarians-will-be-watching-when-illinois-anti-book-ban-law-goes-into-effect

Guest on Brooklyn Public Library’s Borrowed & Banned podcast (November 9, 2023): https://www.bklynlibrary.org/podcasts/battle-classics

Guest on WGN’s John Williams Show (September 15, 2023): https://wgnradio.com/john-williams/who-should-have-a-say-over-what-is-in-a-library-collection/

Guest on Circulating Ideas (September 5, 2023): https://circulatingideas.com/2023/09/05/246-book-banning-in-21st-century-america-with-emily-j-m-knox/

Guest on WLS’s John Howell Show (November 3, 2022): https://omny.fm/shows/the-john-howell-show/john-howell-essential-cuts-11-03-the-supreme-court?t=9m29s

Guest on WILL’s the 21st (October 17, 2022): https://will.illinois.edu/21stshow/story/librarian-check-in

Book Banning highlighted on the Book Riot All the Backlist! Podcast (July 29, 2022): https://bookriot.com/listen/all-the-backlist-july-29-2022/

Guest on WRHU (Hofstra University) Morning Wake-Up Call (April 28, 2022): https://www.hofstra.edu/wrhu/morning-wake-up-call.html

Guest on WPFW’s We the People with David Whetstone (April 27, 2022): https://archive.wpfwfm.org/mp3/wpfw_220427_110000comcomc.mp3

Guest on What I Want to Know with Kevin P. Chavous (March 23, 2022) : https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/whats-behind-the-push-to-ban-books/id1561682450?i=1000554965122

Guest on KPFA’s Sunday Show (February 20, 2022): https://kpfa.org/episode/sunday-show-february-20-2022/

Interview on WEHC’s Red, White, and Confused Podcast (February 11, 2022): https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/book-banning-isnt-new-the-1974-kanawha-county-west/id1593929648?i=1000550701819

Panelist on WILL’s the 21st (February 10, 2022): https://will.illinois.edu/21stshow/story/whats-behind-a-recent-wave-of-censorship-in-schools

Guest on WPCT AM 820 in Chicago’s The Big Picture with Edwin Eisendrath (February 5, 2022 – Time marker 1:44): https://soundcloud.com/wcpt820/the-big-picture-with-edwibn-eisendrath-020522?utm_source=heartlandsignal.com&utm_campaign=wtshare&utm_medium=widget&utm_content=https%253A%252F%252Fsoundcloud.com%252Fwcpt820%252Fthe-big-picture-with-edwibn-eisendrath-020522

Interview on WBEZ’s Nerdette Podcast (February 4, 2022): https://www.wbez.org/stories/money-is-a-5-letter-word/7295ddfb-9f3e-45dd-8c30-5a7d329716d5

Panelist on WHYY’s Radio Times (February 4, 2022): https://whyy.org/episodes/the-rise-in-book-banning/

NPR interview by Nomin Ujiyediin on NPR Morning Edition (December 6, 2021) https://www.npr.org/2021/12/06/1061727091/pressure-grows-to-ban-books-at-schools

Interview by Nomin Ujiyediinm on NPR affiliate KCUR (December 2, 2021)

Guest on WBEZ’s Recast with Sasha-Ann Simons (November 29, 2021) https://www.wbez.org/stories/a-look-at-the-push-to-ban-gender-queer-book/1c63e4c9-fca6-4f07-8906-57f250d00cf8

Panel on local NPR Affiliate WILL (November 17, 2021) https://will.illinois.edu/21stshow/story/critical-race-theory?&utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social-media&utm_campaign=addtoany

Podcast – Busting Myths about Banning Books on Examining Ethics (September 28, 2018) http://examiningethics.org/2018/09/32-busting-myths-banning-books-emily-j-knox/