logo
episode-header-image
Jun 2019
12h 17m

To Kill a Mockingbird

Heisenbook
About this episode
'Shoot all the bluejays you want, if you can hit 'em, but remember it's a sin to kill a mockingbird.' A lawyer's advice to his children as he defends the real mockingbird of Harper Lee's classic novel - a black man charged with the rape of a white girl. Through the young eyes of Scout and Jem Finch, Harper Lee explores with exuberant humour the irrational ... Show More
Up next
Feb 2025
The Red Pyramid The Kane Chronicles, Book 1 (Unabridged)
Since their mother's death, Carter and Sadie have become near strangers. While Sadie has lived with her grandparents in London, her brother has traveled the world with their father, the brilliant Egyptologist, Dr. Julius Kane. One night, Dr. Kane brings the siblings together for ... Show More
14h 32m
Feb 2025
The Chalice of the Gods, Percy Jackson Book 6
After saving the world multiple times, Percy Jackson is hoping to have a normal senior year. Unfortunately, the gods aren’t quite done with him. Percy will have to fulfill three quests in order to get the necessary three letters of recommendation from Mount Olympus for college. T ... Show More
7h 5m
Feb 2025
The Last Olympian Percy Jackson, Book 5 (Unabridged)
All year the half-bloods have been preparing for battle against the Titans, knowing the odds of victory are grim. Kronos's army is stronger than ever, and with every god and half-blood he recruits, the evil Titan's power only grows.While the Olympians struggle to contain the ramp ... Show More
11h 1m
Recommended Episodes
Dec 2023
Great American Authors | Harper Lee: Mockingbird | 6
In 1949, aspiring writer Nelle Harper Lee moved from her home in small-town Alabama to New York City. She was following in the footsteps of her childhood friend, author Truman Capote. Within a few years she had penned a novel of her own, and called it To Kill a Mockingbird.To Kil ... Show More
40m 33s
Aug 2022
Dad SUES Daughter's School Over Woke Curriculum w/ Jerome Eisenberg
Jerome Eisenberg is suing a $50,000 per year private school in Los Angeles that kicked his daughter out after he complained about their “racially divisive” curriculum. In the wake of the George Floyd uprisings, the school replaced classics like “Lord of the Flies” and “To Kill a ... Show More
14m 28s
Jun 2019
Bringing agency to the black man at the heart of ‘To Kill a Mockingbird’
Amber Phillips dissects the first Democratic primary debates. Actor Gbenga Akinnagbe on the toll of playing Tom Robinson in Broadway’s “To Kill a Mockingbird.” And Joy Harjo on her role as the first Native American poet laureate of the U.S. 
30m 21s
Oct 2023
Episode 127 | Part 2: An impactful book you read📕
Join for FULL exercises! https://www.youtube.com/c/IELTSRyan/join Get the free newsletter! https://www.ieltsielts.com/ Describe a book that had a significant impact on you. Please say: -What the book was about -When and where you read it -Why it had a significant impact on you -A ... Show More
6m 57s
Sep 2023
To Kill a Mockingbird vs A Time to Kill: Part 2
We’re back in the courtroom dock to watch another gripping trial and this time it’s in 1996’s A Time to Kill. In Mississippi, a daring young lawyer defends a black man accused of murdering two white men who raped his ten-year-old daughter. It’s got McConaughey, L.Jackson and Bull ... Show More
1h 4m
Aug 2023
Coming of Age as a Black Teen in America
The stakes are high when you’re a Black teenager in America – they can be life or death. Both books featured on this episode of Velshi Banned Book Club couple pulled-from-the-headlines urgency with the emotional depth of good fiction. “All American Boys”, co-authored by Jason Rey ... Show More
25m 3s
Dec 2021
Take a Look, it's in a (Banned) Book
Jerry Craft’s graphic novel New Kid has won multiple awards, made the New York Times Best Sellers List, and is beloved by children across the country.But this year, New Kid made headlines for a different reason when a Texas school district pulled the book from its shelves after a ... Show More
31m 29s
Oct 2021
Anne of Green Gables, Chapter I: Mrs. Rachel Lynde Is Surprised
Anne of Green Gables is a classic novel for readers of all ages, by Canadian author Lucy Maud Montgomery, first published in 1908.   Full text: https://gutenberg.org/ebooks/45 Video version: https://youtu.be/x0JxCtayj-o 
15m 23s
Jul 2020
The Untold Story Of Lyndie B. Hawkins
In 2019, a novel by a new author, Gail Shepherd, arrived in bookstores. The True History of Lyndie B. Hawkins tells the story of a young white girl growing up in the South. The book has been well received, but it is not the book Shepherd intended to write. In her original drafts, ... Show More
50m 4s
Nov 2016
The End of School | Zachary Slayback
The End Of School is a book by Zachary Slayback. The book discusses the huge problems in our school systems. Slayback also offers a new vision for education-- a variety of choices to replace our outdated schools. AJ Hoge, host of The Effortless English Show discusses "The End of ... Show More
32m 16s