Podcasts by The Forgotten Library

Episode 22 - Garden of Shadows from 2023-05-29T21:55:04

The prequel to the Dollanganger family series by V.C. Andrews. We're back with another gothic-y, incest-laden tale. This WAS the final installment but it looks like there are three more newi...

PSA - Help Fight Censorship from 2023-05-02T14:29:14

US libraries are facing more book bans and challenges than ever. Here are some ways you can help! Https://uniteagainstbookbans.org Https://shorturl.at/dyDI7 (ALA challenged book list)

Episode 21 - Baffling Mysteries from 2023-02-04T23:55:54

In addition to romance, war, and superheroes, there were also a lot of horror, suspense, and mystery comics published in the 1940s/50s. On this episode, we're going to look at a few from Bafflin...

Episode 20 - Holidays at Roselands from 2022-07-01T19:27:12

That's right - back with another full episode finally! If you thought we were done with priggish Elsie Dinsmore in the last full epi, you're thought wrong, sucka! Everyone's favorite milquetoast...

Bonus Mini Episode: The Woman Behind the Attic (the VC Andrews Story) from 2022-06-14T19:26:36

Or, the biography no one asked for. A very quick update via mobile about the recent VC Andrews biography/trainwreck and why it isn't worth your time.

Episode 19 - Elsie Dinsmore from 2022-02-28T02:42:05

Happy Belated New Year! It's been a long time, I know, so have a slightly longer episode - that's also part 1 of 2. We're discussing Elsie Dinsmore, a priggish, milquetoasty little gal who was t...

Episode 18 - Fascinating Womanhood from 2021-09-17T02:31:21

Women, are you having trouble with your partner? Perhaps this book from the 1960s showing you how you should act would help! (No, it won't. Please don't take advice from this). Are you ready to ...

Episode 17 - Atomic War! from 2021-07-27T22:52:48

On this episode, we're taking a look at Atomic War!, a four-issue comic set in a fictional World War III. Lots of nuclear warfare, planes, and tanks tanks tanks!

Transcripts and source li...

Episode 16 - The Good Housekeeping Marriage Book from 2021-05-23T21:11:29

On this episode, we're taking a look at the Good Housekeeping Marriage Book, which was published in 1938. Come for the insane price list, stay for the sexism and eugenics! 

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Episode 15 - Magic Bullets from 2021-02-27T18:00:20

What better way to celebrate the season of love with some misogyny? On this episode, we look at the world of pick-up artists, and one of their many manuals. Transcripts and source lists are alwa...

Episode 14 - Flaming Youth from 2021-01-31T19:45:48

Happy New Year! Take a ride in my time-machine and let's travel back to 1923, where the flapper craze was running high and parents clucked their tongues at the promiscuous youth. In fact, this b...

Episode 13 - What a Young Boy Ought to Know from 2020-12-07T01:30:02

For our final episode this year, let's uncover what sexual education might have looked like for a 19th century boy with a book by a Lutheran minister. 

I'd also like to extend a hear...

Episode 12 - Halloween and Satanism from 2020-10-13T01:49:23

It's spooky season, y'all, so how about this little gem that was published in the 1980s during the Satanic Panic by the same guy who said all your beloved toys are evil incarnate? That's right, ...

Voting PSA from 2020-10-08T14:42:46

Do your part, y'all. It's important!

Episode 11 - Seeds of Yesterday from 2020-08-30T02:33:23

Hello, my lovely listeners, I am BACK with another installment. We're looking at Seeds of Yesterday by V.C. Andrews, or as I like to call it, Get ON with it already!

As always, t...

Episode 10 - Andy and Ernie Comics from 2020-05-24T21:01:33

On this episode, I'm taking you through a brief run of teen comics that are tangentially connected to the romance comics that were previously discussed. Andy and Ernie are the same character, bu...

Biblio Bites 4 (Mini-sode) - Reading in the Time of COVID-19 from 2020-03-15T03:55:20

By now, you've been affected by the coronavirus (COVID-19) in some way. Some libraries are closed and others probably will follow suit. What if you can't get digital resources because EVERYONE i...

Episode 9 - If There Be Thorns from 2020-01-31T02:48:41

Happy New Year, my lovely listeners! It's still January as I upload this, so let's start the new year off right by delving back into the V.C. Andrews canon and the continuing saga of the Dolleng...

Biblio Bites 3 (Mini-sode) - Free is Free, Unless You're In Prison from 2019-11-30T17:12:34

In this episode of Biblio Bites, we take a look at prison libraries and their eclipse by predatory tech companies claiming to offer inmates a bunch of free books and multimedia - but are they Listen

Biblio Bites 2 (Mini-sode) - Of Fines and Fake News from 2019-11-07T12:00:44

In this episode of Biblio Bites, we take a look at two major library stories that are blowing up social media and beyond. First, a Michigan woman is facing possible jail time from overdue librar...

Minisode - The MacMillan Ebook Fracas from 2019-10-30T01:00:38

This is a special news bulletin. If you check out ebooks from your public library, you might wanna take a few minutes and listen to this mini-sode. MacMillan, one of the Big Five publishers, is ...

Episode 8 - Valley of the Dolls from 2019-10-20T17:31:18

In this episode, we are looking at Valley of the Dolls, a fictionalized account of the glitz and glamour of Hollywood heydays, and the people broken down by the strain. It's a pill-popp...

Episode 7 - Turmoil in the Toybox from 2019-09-08T22:29:09

If you were a child of the 80s, you likely played with He-Man, She-Ra, GI Joe, Smurfs, and so on. We had SO much fun, didn't we? But did you know that those toys were actually full of Satanic in...

Episode 6 - Petals on the Wind from 2019-08-02T11:47:27

A new episode appears! 

On this installment, we're looking at the sequel to Petals on the Wind, the best-selling sequel to Flowers in the Attic, and more ridiculous...

Episode 5, Part 2 - All Romances comics from 2019-07-12T11:33:43

As promised earlier this week, this is the continuation of our look at All Romances from Ace Magazines. I also talk a bit about my sources. 

Sources:

Nolan, M. (2008)...

Episode 5, Part 1 - All Romances comics from 2019-07-07T16:39:34

In this episode, we're going back to 1949 once again to take a look at some more Golden Age comics. The series was called All Romances and ran for a year. I also provide more history of the roma...

Episode 4 - Excessive Venery, Masturbation and Continence from 2019-06-18T11:46:01

On this episode, we're gonna take a deep dive into an old medical treatise from 1844, which basically states that if fall into the patterns of pleasure, you are headed for an early grave!

Episode 3 - All Love comics from 2019-06-03T01:55:40

In this episode, we're going to take a look at some genre comics from the 1940s - a series called All Love. These were ubiquitous during the post WWII era, and I'm dragging up a few gem...

Episode 2 - Flowers in the Attic from 2019-05-21T11:45:39

 WARNING: this episode contains mentions of rape and incest. Listener discretion is advised. <br><br>

On this episode, your librarian tour guide brings y...

Episode 1 - What a Young Girl Ought to Know from 2019-05-11T00:42:25

On this episode, we delve into What a Young Girl Ought to Know, by Dr. Mary Wood-Allen (1897), a "purity education" book that was purported to tell children about sex (but really didn't...

Episode 0 - Promo from 2019-05-05T03:16:51

Transcript: Imagine, if you will, an old library. You've been here quite a few times before, but now you notice there's a dark corner, in which you haven't quite seen everything...