Author Ryan Estrada joins Lexi and Ben to discuss his experience working on Banned Book Club with his wife, Kim Hyun Sook, about her life and education during South Korea’s Fifth Republic, a military regime that entrenched its power through censorship, torture, and the murder of protesters.
We also talk infrastructure, censorship, banned books, hate speech, comics and our usual range of tangenitals.
FURTHER DORKSCUSSION:
Huge thank you to Ryan Estrada for taking time out to talk with us. Here's where you can find Ryan:
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Our pejorative use of the word "crazy" count for this episode: 3. We've donated $30.00 to the Canadian Mental Health Association. Receipt can be viewed on our instagram account.
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"Do they ban books because they see danger in their authors, or because they see themselves in their villains?” -Kim Hyun Sook