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Censored is a podcast for the filthy minded. Explore banned films, books, magazines, newspapers and cinema like a smut-obsessed censor.

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War is hell: Boell, 'And where were you, Adam?' (1951) Oct 22, 2020

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How did this subtle, refined war novel earn a ban? Perhaps faeces or war crimes were more offensive than barely-there sex.

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Unzipped!: Collins, 'The Stud' (1969) Oct 15, 2020

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The Stud is more silly than sexy and it's not the finest example of a bonkbuster. Why on earth would such a trashy, ridiculous book be banned when the censor ignored serious literary sex?

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Perverty Stuff: Salinger, 'The Catcher in the Rye' (1951) Oct 08, 2020

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Holden Caulfield's swearing and sex talk has offended many since 1951. Now a modern classic, what explains the enduring appeal of this poor little rich kid story?

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Such Badness: Hoult, 'There were no windows' (1944) Oct 01, 2020

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Hoult was banned more often than any other Irish woman writer. Only a censor's beady eye can find filth in a novel about loneliness and dementia

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Voluptuous Jazzing: McKay, 'Home to Harlem' (1928) Sep 24, 2020

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A love letter to Harlem and its music, this book offended all kinds of people. McKay's honesty about sex was brave and inflammatory

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Low and vulgar: Cross, 'The Tailor and Ansty' (1942) Sep 17, 2020

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A little book of folklore that became infamous. It was debated in parliament where nationalists denounced the elderly couple who were the subject of the book. But was the bull/cow story really that rude?

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There's something about Mary: Donleavy 'The Ginger Man' (1954) Aug 27, 2020

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I need to rant about Mary, one of many wronged women in 'The Ginger Man'. A confident woman with her own coalshed brought down by an abusive man.

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Filth and Faeces: Beckett, 'More Pricks than Kicks' (1934) Aug 20, 2020

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Even if the censors didn’t understand Beckett’s high-class smut, the lewd title was enough to get it banned. This short-story collection is stuffed with shit puns and blasphemy.

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Rapey Noir: Keene, 'Sleep with the Devil' (1954) Aug 13, 2020

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The censor hated Keene’s pulp noir, banning his work many times. This taut thriller was full of violence but it was also a morality tale.

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Queer Ireland: Broderick, 'The Pilgrimage' (1961) Aug 06, 2020

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Is it a book about a promiscuous wife, a pilgrimage or queer life in 1960s Ireland? Banned for indecency and blasphemy, Broderick's short novel is a multi-layered text.

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