Season 7

Send us a text In this special crossover episode, Jennifer and Dan from Banned Camp team up with Joe and Allison from Queer Cinema Catch-Up to compare the Slaughterhouse-Five novel with its 1972 film adaptation. Is this a fai...

Send us a text This is it—Jennifer and Dan reach the final chapter of Slaughterhouse-Five , and they’re not alone! Special guest Beowulf Rochlen , host of Good News for Lefties , joins the discussion as they navigate Vonnegut...

Send us a text Billy Pilgrim sneaks out of bed rest and takes an impromptu trip to New York City—because of course he does. His itinerary? Wandering into a seedy Times Square bookstore, buying a Kilgore Trout novel, dodging a...

Send us a text In this episode of Banned Camp , Jennifer and Dan explore the poignant and chaotic events of Chapter 9.2 in Slaughterhouse-Five . Billy Pilgrim wakes up in a hospital, reflects on his past, and takes a heartbre...

Send us a text This special episode of Banned Camp marks International Holocaust Memorial Day, a somber reflection on one of humanity’s darkest chapters. Dan and Jennifer explore the historical significance of this day and co...

Send us a text In this episode, Jennifer and Dan dive into Chapter 9 of Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut, where Valencia’s catastrophic final car ride steals the show—complete with mufflers falling off and a fateful hospi...

Send us a text Today on Banned Camp , we dive into Chapter 8.3 of Slaughterhouse-Five , where Billy Pilgrim—our favorite emotionally unstable time-traveling optometrist—falls apart over a barbershop quartet. Why? Because noth...

Send us a text In this episode of Banned Camp , Jennifer and Dan continue reading, chapter 8 about that awkward world of Kilgore Trout, Billy Pilgrim’s favorite sci-fi writer. From delivering newspapers to mingling at Billy’s...

Send us a text In this episode, Jennifer and Dan tackle Chapter 8 of Kurt Vonnegut’s Slaughterhouse-Five , where absurdity and tragedy collide. They delve into the unsettling introduction of Howard W. Campbell Jr., an America...

Send us a text On today's episode of Banned Camp , we read Chapter 7 of Slaughterhouse-Five , where Billy Pilgrim survives a plane crash he knew was coming. (Spoiler: He said nothing. Thanks, Billy.) We also meet a barbershop...

Send us a text War has never looked so absurd. In chapter six of Slaughterhouse-Five , Billy Pilgrim stumbles through fate’s cruel wardrobe department, emerging as a tragicomic figure draped in azure curtains, muff-clad hands...

Send us a text Jennifer and Dan are back, and this time, they’re wrapping up Chapter 5 of Kurt Vonnegut’s Slaughterhouse-Five . Get ready for Howard W. Campbell Jr.’s scorching takedown of America’s wealth obsession, Billy Pi...

Send us a text In this episode of Banned Camp , Jennifer and Dan continue chapter 5 of Slaughterhouse-Five , where time travel is real, PTSD gets metaphorical, and barbed wire proves surprisingly good at teaching Billy Pilgri...

Send us a text In this episode of Banned Camp , Jennifer and Dan explore Chapter 5.5 of Slaughterhouse-Five . From alien zoos with woke Tralfamadorians to Billy Pilgrim’s existential tunnel vision and rusty hinge romance, thi...

Send us a text In this episode of Banned Camp , Jennifer and Dan dig into Slaughterhouse-Five ’s Chapter 5.4, where Billy Pilgrim’s life reaches peak absurdity. Picture this: he’s naked in an alien zoo, under a dome of cyanid...

Send us a text Why listen to this episode? Because where else will you find a discussion that careens from Billy Pilgrim’s mental unraveling to the mystical fourth dimension, with a pit stop to clarify that William Blake did ...

Send us a text Strap in, scary book people—things get absurd (and flammable) in Chapter 5.2 of Slaughterhouse-Five . Billy Pilgrim stumbles into a series of surreal scenarios, from setting himself on fire (casually, of course...

Send us a text In this episode, Jennifer and Dan take a wild ride through time and space, exploring the mind-bending philosophy of the Tralfamadorians. And let's not forget Dan's own personal tale of wartime trauma - apparent...

Send us a text In this episode of Banned Camp, Jennifer and Dan dive into Chapter 4.2 of Slaughterhouse-Five , where Billy Pilgrim’s strange and surreal journey continues. From a frozen "coat" that looks more like a three-cor...

Send us a text In this episode of Banned Camp , Jennifer and Dan read part 1 of Chapter 4 of Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut. Billy Pilgrim’s strange journey takes a cosmic turn as he prepares to be kidnapped by a flying...

Send us a text In this episode of Banned Camp , we’re diving into Chapter 3.2 of Slaughterhouse-Five . Picture this: Billy Pilgrim, a time-traveling optometrist, just trying to get through his day, napping on a bed with a vib...

Send us a text Ever stare into a pair of boots and find yourself thinking about Adam and Eve? No? Well, that’s just another day in the life of Billy Pilgrim. In this episode, we dive into Chapter 3.1 of Slaughterhouse-Five , ...

Send us a text Hey, Scary Book People! In this episode, we’re reading Chapter 2.3 of Slaughterhouse-Five . Billy Pilgrim is back with more time-traveling chaos, drifting from near-death moments in the woods to hallucinations ...

Send us a text This one’s got it all—awkward trench buddies, a filthy flamingo, and a history lesson on torture devices you didn’t ask for (but can’t look away from). Billy Pilgrim is still stuck in the chaos of war, dodging ...