Blocked and Reported

Blocked and Reported

Katie Herzog and Jesse Singal

Journalists Katie Herzog and Jesse Singal scour the internet for its craziest, silliest, most sociopathic content, part of an obsessive and ill-conceived attempt to extract kernels of meaning and humanity from a landscape of endless raging dumpster fires. www.blockedandreported.org

Episode 248: The Jussie Smollett Of Sports (with Ethan Strauss)

Episode 248: The Jussie Smollett Of Sports (with Ethan Strauss)

This week on Blocked and Reported, Katie is joined by journalist Ethan Strauss to discuss the bizarre story of Richard Lapchick, an anti-racist sports hero with a very weird tattoo. Plus, the vibe shift and the business of sports writing. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.blockedandreported.org/subscribe

Feb 17, • 1:19:53

Premium: Sava Bros Go Broke

Premium: Sava Bros Go Broke

This week on the Primo episode, Jesse and Katie discuss the SAVAges—a group of not-so-savvy online investors promoting a sketchy drug for Alzheimer’s. Plus, the star of Emilia Perez has some thoughts. KATIE HERZOG: Biography of a writer, an American journalist and podcasterElon tweet chartNetflix Scurries to Stem Oscar Fallout From ‘Emilia Pérez’ Scanda… To hear more, visit www.blockedandreported.org

Feb 13, • 18:20

Episode 247: The Zizians' Reign of Terror (with Tracing Woodgrains)

Episode 247: The Zizians' Reign of Terror (with Tracing Woodgrains)

This week on Blocked and Reported, Jesse is joined by our furry friend Tracing Woodgrains/Jack Despain Zhou to discuss the rationalist trans murder cult. Plus, revisiting the DEI scandal at the FAA.zizians.infoEffective Altruism’s Problems Go Beyond Sam Bankman-Fried - BloombergNet Negative – SinceriouslyGood Group and Pasek’s Doom – SinceriouslyContainment Causes Suicidality | Mental EngineeringJay Leo Winterford (Jacob Ray Pekarek) Obituary - Estes Park, COin your dreamsMystery in Sonoma Count

Feb 10, • 1:11:16

Premium: The Fable of the Allegedly Racist Robot

Premium: The Fable of the Allegedly Racist Robot

This week on the Primo episode, Jesse and Katie discuss a recent controversy on book internet concerning an allegedly racist AI. Plus, Ian Miles Cheong investigates government aid, and an update on The Stranger. Pre-order Katie’s bookTwo Stranger Reporters Resign After Investigation Into Allegations of Ethical Breaches - PubliCola To hear more, visit www.blockedandreported.org

Feb 7, • 25:22

Episode 246: Shitcoin in Chief

Episode 246: Shitcoin in Chief

This week on Blocked and Reported, Jesse and Katie discuss the new gold standard: shitcoins. Plus, Disney gets a new troll and catching predators in the TikTok era. Stay Vigilant... : r/DisneylandMeet The One Person Who Has Never Done A Hitler Salute | Babylon BeeVideo Shows How To Catch a Predator Case EscalatedCollege students appear in court in case stemming from 'Catch a Predator' fad on TikTokStudents Charged in ‘To Catch a Predator’ Social Media Scheme - The New York Times$WILL White Paper

Feb 3, • 1:06:03

Premium: Transition Impossible

Premium: Transition Impossible

This week on the Primo episode, Jesse and Katie discuss Trump’s Executive Orders on trans people in the military and youth medical transition. Plus, a scandal in Seattle. Two Stranger Reporters Put on Leave for Investigation Into Potential Ethical Violations - PubliColaCollege students appear in court in case stemming from 'Catch a Predator' fad on TikT… To hear more, visit www.blockedandreported.org

Jan 30, • 17:00

Episode 245: The Heil Heard 'Round The World

Episode 245: The Heil Heard 'Round The World

This week on Blocked and Reported, Jesse and Katie discuss Elon Musk’s arms. Plus, for Primos, we answer the question: What the hell do DEI offices do? And we dissect Trump’s Executive Orders on free speech, equity, and gender. Restoring Freedom Of Speech And Ending Federal Censorship – The White HouseEnding Radical And Wasteful Government DEI Programs And Preferencing – The White HouseDear Colleague Letter on Transgender Students (PDF) [RESCINDED]Defending Women From Gender Ideology Extremism

Jan 25, • 37:48

Episode 244: The Breitbart Effect (with Ben Domenech)

Episode 244: The Breitbart Effect (with Ben Domenech)

This week on Blocked and Reported, Katie is joined by political commentator Ben Domenech to discuss what we can expect from the next Trump administration, the online right vs the establishment, the LA fires, and how an errant dick pic led to the rise of Andrew Breitbart, Steve Bannon, and brought us President Trump.Trump Says Newsom's 'Refusal' To Sign 'Water Restoration Declaration' Led to Shortage in LA Fires | Snopes.comNo, Billionaire Couple Does Not 'Own Most of California's Water' | Snopes

Jan 20, • 1:39:28

Premium: Troll Wars

Premium: Troll Wars

This week on the Primo episode, Jesse and Katie discuss the very sad and highly dramatic breakup of ex lovers Milo Yiannopoulos and Laura Loomer. Plus, Meta’s new hate speech policies and TikTokers turn to China. Leaked Doc: New Rules Allow Slurs on Facebook, Meta PlatformsZuckerberg's new policies for Facebook, Instagr… To hear more, visit www.blockedandreported.org

Jan 16, • 26:52

Episode 243: Elon Musk Discovers The Grooming Gangs Of The UK (with Jeff Maurer)

Episode 243: Elon Musk Discovers The Grooming Gangs Of The UK (with Jeff Maurer)

This week on Blocked and Reported, Jesse is joined by comedian and writer Jeffrey Maurer for a very light subject: grooming gangs. Plus, Meta’s failed AI bots and new free speech policies. Mothers of preventionRevealed: conspiracy of silence on UK sex gangsIndependent Inquiry into Child Sexual Exploitation in RotherhamWhat is Keir Starmer's record on prosecuting grooming gangs?The Biggest Peacetime Crime—and Cover-up—in British HistoryShrimp JesusKaren Attiah and Mama LivMeta scrambles to delete

Jan 13, • 1:26:17

Episode 242: "The Telepathy Tapes" Wants You To Believe The Unbelievable

Episode 242: "The Telepathy Tapes" Wants You To Believe The Unbelievable

This week on Blocked and Reported, Jesse and Katie discuss the new hit podcast claiming to prove the existence of telepathy in autistic children. Plus, the online immigration debate. Who Is Laura Loomer, the Far-Right Activist Who Traveled With Trump? - The New York TimesHow the H-1B System Undercuts American Workers | CompactElon Musk accused of censoring Laura Loomer, MAGA Republicans on XThe Telepathy TapesThe Strange Case of Anna Stubblefield - The New York TimesThe Telepathy Tapes Prove We

Jan 6, • 1:15:50

Premium: Liz Fong-Jones And Kiwi Farms Keep Fighting (The Parable Of Mailfrawd)

Premium: Liz Fong-Jones And Kiwi Farms Keep Fighting (The Parable Of Mailfrawd)

On the first Primo episode of the year, Jesse and Katie discuss the technologist Liz Fong-Jones and her battle against Kiwi Farms. Plus, a consent accident, a very online defamation suit, and an unsolicited email from an old friend. Trans Lifeline tax filingLiz Fong-Jones (方禮真) on Twitter: "Sigh, I was hopi… To hear more, visit www.blockedandreported.org

Jan 1, • 23:02

Premium: The Bluesky Moderation Meltdown Chronicles 2: Juni vs. Aaron Rodericks

Premium: The Bluesky Moderation Meltdown Chronicles 2: Juni vs. Aaron Rodericks

This week on the Primo episode, Jesse and Katie discuss a new controversy at Bluesky after the head of Trust & Safety gets busted for a very sexy like. Plus, scenes from Asheville, Jesse gets Lizzoed, and we revisit the attempted cancellation of James Webb. (Update from me, Jesse, late 12/22/2024: I should have mentioned in the episode that I did reach … To hear more, visit www.blockedandreported.org

Dec 22, 2024 • 14:12

Episode 241: The Helen Lewis Holiday Extravaganza

Episode 241: The Helen Lewis Holiday Extravaganza

For our final free episode of the year, Jesse and Katie are joined by Helen Lewis to discuss America, Texas, Joe Rogan, trad wives, and more. Plus, our annual extremely online BARPod holiday pub quiz. The Animal-Cruelty Election - The AtlanticHow Joe Rogan Remade Austin - The Atlantic This is a public episode. If you’d like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.blockedandreported.org/subscribe

Dec 16, 2024 • 1:12:20

Premium: The Milkshake Ducking Of Luigi Mangione

Premium: The Milkshake Ducking Of Luigi Mangione

This week on the Primo epsiode, Jesse and Katie discuss alleged CEO shooter Luigi Mangione. Plus, Jesse gets blocked. Suspect in CEO’s Killing Had Discussed His Health Struggles on Reddit - The New York TimesExclusive: Luigi's Manifesto - Ken KlippensteinPerceptions of Sexual Orientation From Minimal CuesFacial Structure Predicts Sexual Orientation in B… To hear more, visit www.blockedandreported.org

Dec 13, 2024 • 19:39

Episode 240: Political Violence Is So Lit

Episode 240: Political Violence Is So Lit

This week on Blocked and Reported, Jesse and Katie discuss the assassination of a CEO. Plus, a new lawsuit against a famed gender clinician, and more. United States v. Skrmetti - SCOTUSblogAmerica’s best-known practitioner of youth gender medicine is being sued This is a public episode. If you’d like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.blockedandreported.org/subscribe

Dec 9, 2024 • 1:00:14

Premium: Dr. DisRespect Did Nothing Wrong, Except That One Time

Premium: Dr. DisRespect Did Nothing Wrong, Except That One Time

This week on the Primo episode, Jesse and Katie discuss the cancelation of streamer Dr. DisRespect. Plus, multiple personalities and our own millennial Shakespeare.Multiple personality diagnosis confusing, not unbelievable, jury told in man's child abuse trial - ABC News To hear more, visit www.blockedandreported.org

Dec 4, 2024 • 17:05

Episode 239: Study Says DEI Makes People Into Literal Fascists (Unless It Doesn't)

Episode 239: Study Says DEI Makes People Into Literal Fascists (Unless It Doesn't)

This week on Blocked and Reported, Jesse and Katie discuss a new study on the downsides of DEI. Plus, the weird story behind the Science is God house and the New York Times is out with a bombshell report confirming what everyone already knew.KUOW - Let the Kids Dance!HystericalWhat Is That Lit-Up House Next to I-5 in Seattle? | Seattle MetThe Return of the Demon - The StrangerTransgender Activists Question the Movement’s Confrontational Approach - The New York TimesOpinion | Diversity Trainings

Dec 1, 2024 • 1:14:47

Premium: Hey Satan, Leave Redlands, California Alone!

Premium: Hey Satan, Leave Redlands, California Alone!

This week on the Primo episode, Jesse and Katie discuss a demonic school board race in California. eyerollsandbloodlust on X: "Right now in Redlands, a lot of us are fully captivated by a small drama. It’s important that I explain it here because it’s truly hilarious." / X To hear more, visit www.blockedandreported.org

Nov 27, 2024 • 18:52

Episode 238: Bathroom Wars

Episode 238: Bathroom Wars

This week on Blocked and Reported, Jesse and Katie discuss bathrooms, Bluesky, intramedia sniping, and, for Primos, a DEI officer takes the company card. Against Me!’s Transgender Front Woman Laura Jane Grace on Why She Wanted to Play North CarolinaDave Rubin Clips II (Parody) on XSarah McBride's late husband would be so very proud of her today🟡 Pivot to what | SemaforIs DEI in the Crosshairs at the U. of Michigan?Here's what Washtenaw County's racial equity officer is working on in her first d

Nov 23, 2024 • 56:27

Episode 237: Time For A Re-Reckoning (With Kat Rosenfield)

Episode 237: Time For A Re-Reckoning (With Kat Rosenfield)

This week on Blocked and Reported, Jesse is joined by Kat Rosenfield to discuss the abrupt end to the Nuzzi legal battle as well as more election fallout and why our politics are YA Twitter. Plus, for Primos, a disgusting game of Would You Rather. Olivia Nuzzi Drops Legal Fight Against Ex Ryan Lizza After RFK Jr. AffairCan we please have less political art now? - The Boston GlobeThe Toxic Drama on YA TwitterThe Democrats Need an Honest Conversation on Gender Identity - The AtlanticKFILE: Harris

Nov 16, 2024 • 1:02:32

Premium: Attachment Issues

Premium: Attachment Issues

This week on the Primo episode, Jesse and Katie discuss gentle parenting. Plus, Jesse finally realizes science is broken (again). https://www.blockedandreported.org/p/how-to-buy-tickets-for-the-december To hear more, visit www.blockedandreported.org

Nov 14, 2024 • 21:10

Episode 236: Postmortem (With Ben Kawaller)

Episode 236: Postmortem (With Ben Kawaller)

This week on Blocked and Reported, Katie is joined by Ben Kawaller to discuss the latest antics of America’s favorite reality TV stars. https://www.thefp.com/t/ben-kawallerhttps://x.com/OliLondonTV/status/1839439218051010701 This is a public episode. If you’d like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.blockedandreported.org/subscribe

Nov 9, 2024 • 55:56

Episode 235: Fine, We'll Talk About The Goddamn Election

Episode 235: Fine, We'll Talk About The Goddamn Election

This week on Blocked and Reported, Jesse and Katie break their No Politics rule. Plus, Latinxs against Latinx and Michigan’s DIE monstrosity.Biden administration clarifies stance on surgeries for trans minors after backlash | Biden administration | The GuardianFlorida StatutesLatinx studiesOpinion | Use of ‘Latinx’ has moved some Latino voters toward Trump. - The Washington PostWhat to Know About the University of Michigan’s D.E.I. Experiment - The New York TimesRESULTS: This is a public episode

Nov 5, 2024 • 1:03:52

Premium: The Gender-Fluid Weiner Dog

Premium: The Gender-Fluid Weiner Dog

This week on the Primo episode, Jesse and Katie discuss a bizarre employment dispute in the UK. Feminist kicked out of Labour Christmas party | Daily Mail Online To hear more, visit www.blockedandreported.org

Nov 1, 2024 • 11:37

Episode 234: The Scandals in Gender Medicine Continue

Episode 234: The Scandals in Gender Medicine Continue

This week on Blocked and Reported, Jesse and Katie discuss a bevy of new studies on trans kids and the scandals surrounding them. Plus, sports protests, Nuzzi news, and canceled endorsements. Olivia Nuzzi accuses former fiancé of leaking her ties to Robert F. Kennedy Jr.Riley Gaines lawsuitLevels of Satisfaction and Regret Wi… To hear more, visit www.blockedandreported.org

Oct 26, 2024 • 54:00

Premium: Trump And Dump

Premium: Trump And Dump

This week on the Primo episode, Katie and Jesse learn what crypto is and discuss the burgeoning trend of the celebrity memecoins. Plus, a generous donation gone wrong. Free chairs!Caitlyn Jenner Solana Meme Coin Crashes After Launching Ethereum Token to Support Trump - Decrypthttps://x.com/DoonhamerNFT/status/1785934696775401809https://x.com/Cobratate/s… To hear more, visit www.blockedandreported.org

Oct 23, 2024 • 24:48

Episode 233: I Heard You Like Fake News So I Put Some Fake News In Your News About Fake News (With Dan Williams)

Episode 233: I Heard You Like Fake News So I Put Some Fake News In Your News About Fake News (With Dan Williams)

This week on Blocked and Reported, Jesse is joined by Dan Williams, a philosopher who is skeptical that we can “vaccinate” people against “misinformation,” which is the sort of thing someone would say if the RUSSIANS got to them. Okay, “Danielovich” “Williamoputinski.” (Image courtesy of Grok, which has an infinitely more evolved sense of humor than ChatGPT.)https://conspicuouscognition.com/https://danwilliamsphilosophy.com/https://x.com/danwilliamsphilThe Fake New About Fake News - The Boston R

Oct 21, 2024 • 1:12:25

Episode 232: Is We Racist?

Episode 232: Is We Racist?

This week on Blocked and Reported, Jesse and Katie discuss the new film from the Daily Wire, Am I Racist? Plus, a very sexy coffee shop outside Seattle gets shut down. Shoreline Area News: City of Shoreline closes Café Aroma over unlicensed adult cabaret eventsShoreline coffee shop to reopen following shutdown after bondage event | king5.comAmerica is becoming less “woke”‘White Fragility’ Is Everywhere. But Does Antiracism Training Work? - The New York TimesEavesdropping on Race2Dinner’s Anti-Ra

Oct 14, 2024 • 51:47

Premium: Nerd Takeover Part 2 (Assassin's Creed Edition)

Premium: Nerd Takeover Part 2 (Assassin's Creed Edition)

This week on the Primo episode, Katie is joined by huge dorks Matt Boll and Andy Mills to discuss a scandal in the gaming world. To hear more, visit www.blockedandreported.org

Oct 10, 2024 • 15:57

Episode 231: Nerd Takeover (with Andy Mills and Matt Boll)

Episode 231: Nerd Takeover (with Andy Mills and Matt Boll)

This week on Blocked and Reported, Katie is joined by Reflector’s Andy Mills and Matt Boll to discuss a controversy surrounding X-Men '97. Plus, catastrophe in the Southeast. Hurricane Helene: Rumor Response | FEMA.govSexy vintage X-MenSexy X-Men ‘97Beau DeMayo (@beau_demayo) • Instagram photos and videoshttps://www.tylerramsey.com/ This is a public episode. If you’d like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.blockedandreported.org/subscribe

Oct 7, 2024 • 1:12:13

Premium: Literary Feuds and Political Faux Pas

Premium: Literary Feuds and Political Faux Pas

This week on the Primo episode, Jesse and Katie discuss an author trying (and failing) to fight back against the haters. Plus, Eric Adams, Casey Newton, and the ACLU makes some interesting choices. Note for listeners: This was recorded before the disaster in Western North Carolina and beyond, but Katie and her family are safe. If you’re looking for… To hear more, visit www.blockedandreported.org

Oct 2, 2024 • 21:49

Update: No show this week

Update: No show this week

No free show this week! Not naming names but one of us is behind on his book. We’ll back with a Primo episode early next week and a free episode on October 7th. In the meantime, enjoy this picture of Moose looking slightly more homeless than usual. This is a public episode. If you’d like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.blockedandreported.org/subscribe

Sep 30, 2024 • 1:38

Bonus Premium: L'affaire Nuzzi et Kennedy Jr.

Bonus Premium: L'affaire Nuzzi et Kennedy Jr.

In a bonus Primo episode, Jesse and Katie discuss the most disturbing media story to drop in several generations. Olivia Nuzzi on leave from New York magazine after RFK relationship'Obsessed' Olivia Nuzzi pursued RFK Jr. 'aggressively,' pol had to block her repeatedly: source We Need to Talk About Olivia Nuzzi - PuckMarried RFK… To hear more, visit www.blockedandreported.org

Sep 25, 2024 • 9:20

Episode 230: Why Liberal Elites Have Unraveled So Spectacularly (With Musa Al-Gharbi)

Episode 230: Why Liberal Elites Have Unraveled So Spectacularly (With Musa Al-Gharbi)

This week on Blocked and Reported, Jesse is joined by Musa al-Gharbi, sociologist at the Stony Brook University School of Communication and Journalism and the author of the forthcoming book We Have Never Been Woke: The Cultural Contradictions of a New Elite. Musa on Twitter: https://x.com/Musa_alGharbiArizona instructor claims U.S. military 'greater threat' to peace than ISIS | Fox News This is a public episode. If you’d like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes

Sep 23, 2024 • 1:16:03

Premium: Why It's Objectively Awesome That Every Migrant Eats So Many Cats And Dogs

Premium: Why It's Objectively Awesome That Every Migrant Eats So Many Cats And Dogs

This week on the Primo episode, Jesse and Katie discuss, yes, the cat thing. The Story Behind ‘They’re Eating the Pets’ - The New York TimesExplanation finally revealed for viral image of man holding geese that fueled bizarre pet-eating claims in Ohio | The IndependentHaitians Do Not Eat Pet Cats (But Some Cultures Do) | Psychology TodayThe moment in hi… To hear more, visit www.blockedandreported.org

Sep 19, 2024 • 8:16

Premium: Is AI Stealing Work From Perverted Surrealist Artists?

Premium: Is AI Stealing Work From Perverted Surrealist Artists?

This week on the Primo episode, Jesse and Katie discuss a controversy at NaNoWriMo. Plus, the secret life of Nikocado Avocado. To hear more, visit www.blockedandreported.org

Sep 17, 2024 • 11:56

Episode 229: Tranorexia (with Hadley Freeman)

Episode 229: Tranorexia (with Hadley Freeman)

This week on Blocked and Reported, Katie is joined by Sunday Times columnist Hadley Freeman to discuss her departure from The Guardian; her controversial interviews with Judy Blume, Margaret Atwood, and Woody Allen; the parallels between anorexia and gender dysphoria; and a young eating disorder influencer.Margaret Atwood on feminism, culture wars and speaking her mind: ‘I’m very willing to listen, but not to be scammed’ | The GuardianJudy Blume: ‘I’m behind JK Rowling 100 per cent’'Do I really

Sep 16, 2024 • 1:13:31

Episode 228: Climate Karen

Episode 228: Climate Karen

This week on Blocked and Reported, Jesse and Katie discuss a debate in climate activism. Plus, Robert Reich takes a bold stand against free speech.Opinion | Elon Musk is right in Brazil X legal drama - The Washington PostX gets banned in BrazilElon Musk is out of control. Here is how to rein him in | Robert Reich | The GuardianHow Should the Media Talk About Climate Change? | The New YorkerObsessing Over Climate Disinformation Is a Wrong TurnIt’s Time To Talk About Solar Geoengineering - Longrea

Sep 9, 2024 • 58:51

Premium: Dasvidaniya, Most Esteemed Comrades Of Honorable Illegal Russian Influence Campaign!

Premium: Dasvidaniya, Most Esteemed Comrades Of Honorable Illegal Russian Influence Campaign!

This week on the Primo episode: transing the Georgia shooter, Hitler goes to heaven (?), and the Kremlin likes and subscribes. Fact Check: Most mass school shootings are not carried out by transgender people | ReutersDiscord messages leading to FBI tip of Georgia school shooting suspect released - The Washington PostMartyr Made on X: "This is a clip fro… To hear more, visit www.blockedandreported.org

Sep 8, 2024 • 23:07

Episode 227: One Of The Saddest True-Life Stories About A Schizophrenic Deaf Muslim Amputee Gamer You Will Hear This Week

Episode 227: One Of The Saddest True-Life Stories About A Schizophrenic Deaf Muslim Amputee Gamer You Will Hear This Week

This week on Blocked and Reported, Jesse and Katie discuss the unbelievable story of three heroic figures in the gaming world. Plus, more on gender.golden gooseRichard Dawkins in Chicago TicketsDraft Guidance on Reporting Gender, Sex, Gender Identity, Sexual Orientation, and Age in Medical and Scientific PublicationA Prominent Accessibility Advocate Worked With Studios and Inspired ChangeFinding Solace in MMORPGs | One Odd Gamer Girl This is a public episode. If you’d like to discuss this with o

Sep 2, 2024 • 1:05:54

Premium: Tickle's Pickle Ripples Giggle

Premium: Tickle's Pickle Ripples Giggle

This week on the Primo episode, Jesse and Katie discuss Tickle v. Giggle, a legal case in Australia over female-only spaces. Plus, a Candace Owens update. Roxanne Tickle: Australian court rules in case that asked 'what is a woman?'Giggle Founder Sall Grover has Faced Misogyny at Every TurnThis girls-only app uses AI to screen users’… To hear more, visit www.blockedandreported.org

Aug 29, 2024 • 14:09

Episode 226: Candace Owens Fights The Frankists (And The Jews)

Episode 226: Candace Owens Fights The Frankists (And The Jews)

This week on the special half Primo/half free last Monday (or Saturday) episode, Jesse and Katie discuss a very interesting history less from Candace Owens. Plus, Taylor Lorenz does a meme. https://www.blockedandreported.org/p/bonus-candace-owens-gets-cannedLeo FrankWhy is Candace Owens talking about this forgotten Jewish heretic? – The ForwardWho Is Candace Owens’ Husband? All About George Farmer‘Washington Post’ reviews Taylor Lorenz's 'war criminal' jab at Biden : NPRSavannah formJacksonville

Aug 24, 2024 • 54:13

Episode 225: Can Anybody Stop NYT Pitchbot's Infuriating Descent Into Annoying Dumb Lameness? (with Jeff Maurer)

Episode 225: Can Anybody Stop NYT Pitchbot's Infuriating Descent Into Annoying Dumb Lameness? (with Jeff Maurer)

This week on Blocked and Reported, Jesse is joined by former Last Week Tonight With John Oliver writer Jeff Maurer to discuss comedy, politics, how politics makes comedy suck, and everyone’s favorite Twitter media critic.Jeff’s Substack: A Voice of Hate in America’s Heartland - The New York TimesChristopher Rufo Fuels the Right’s Cultural Fires in Florida - The New York TimesAt its best, The Daily Show was absolutely brilliant:The Interrupter:The Masturbating Bear Revealed:If Chris Rufo looked a

Aug 17, 2024 • 1:10:25

Premium: Ask Us Anything (Part 2)

Premium: Ask Us Anything (Part 2)

You asked more, we answered more. To hear more, visit www.blockedandreported.org

Aug 15, 2024 • 15:36

Episode 224: A Very British, And Very Online, War In The Arts (with Sarah Ditum)

Episode 224: A Very British, And Very Online, War In The Arts (with Sarah Ditum)

This week on Blocked and Reported, Katie is joined by writer Sarah Ditum to discuss all things the latest on the Cass Review, the anti-immigrant riots, and a bizarre legal case in the art world. Toxic: Women, Fame, and the Tabloid 2000s – Abrams Bookshttps://x.com/sarahditum https://www.instagram.com/sarahditum/Implementation of the Cass ReviewBMA to undertake an evaluation of the Cass Review on gender identity services for children and young peopleThe real story of the website accused of fue

Aug 10, 2024 • 1:43:05

Premium: Progressives Against Progress

Premium: Progressives Against Progress

This week on the Primo episode, Jesse and Katie discuss a choral scandal at a progressive church in Pasadena. Plus, sex and gender at the Olympics. The opening to the London showXY Athletes in Women’s Olympic Boxing: The Paris 2024 Controversy ExplainedStatement made by the International Boxin… To hear more, visit www.blockedandreported.org

Aug 7, 2024 • 20:28

Episode 223: So Did Anything Happen While We Were Gone?

Episode 223: So Did Anything Happen While We Were Gone?

This week on Blocked and Reported, Jesse and Katie discuss a very bizarre few weeks in American politics. Plus, the Olympics get weird. https://www.robbiemckenzieart.com/ Far Right Spreads Baseless Claims About Biden’s Whereabouts - The New York Times‘White Dudes’ for Kamala Harris: The Unlikely Rallying Call - The New York TimesWhy Do White Women Support Republicans? Because They Are Republicans. - The Stranger To hear more, visit www.blockedandreported.org

Aug 3, 2024 • 1:23:43

Premium: Ask Us Anything (Part 1)

Premium: Ask Us Anything (Part 1)

You asked, we answered. Terry Glavin update To hear more, visit www.blockedandreported.org

Jul 31, 2024 • 18:43

BARPod Summer Break Specials: The Story of Matthew Shepard Changed America.

BARPod Summer Break Specials: The Story of Matthew Shepard Changed America.

We’re off this week for our summer break/working vacation, so here’s one of our favorite recent podcasts from The Free Press. This is a public episode. If you’d like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.blockedandreported.org/subscribe

Jul 29, 2024 • 1:02:42

Premium: Goth vs Goth

Premium: Goth vs Goth

This week on the Primo episode, Jesse and Katie discuss a bizarre battle between TikTokers Lauren the Mortician and Caffeinated Kitti. To hear more, visit www.blockedandreported.org

Jul 24, 2024 • 37:26

BARPod Summer Break Specials: Reflector's The Sea Change

BARPod Summer Break Specials: Reflector's The Sea Change

We’re off this week for our summer break/live shows so please enjoy this episode from our friends at Reflector. This is a public episode. If you’d like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.blockedandreported.org/subscribe

Jul 22, 2024 • 59:49

Episode 222: The Punk Rock Therapist, The War On Women, And The Doxing Of The Jacks

Episode 222: The Punk Rock Therapist, The War On Women, And The Doxing Of The Jacks

This week on Blocked and Reported, Jesse and Katie discuss Anti-Flag, the Punk Rock Therapist, and the case of the mistaken furry. To hear more, visit www.blockedandreported.org

Jul 16, 2024 • 1:21:18

Bonus Premium: The Near-Assassination of Donald Trump

Bonus Premium: The Near-Assassination of Donald Trump

This week on a bonus Primo episode, Jesse and Katie discuss the attempted assassination of Donald Trump and the online response.Transcript: Highlights of Trump’s Call With the Georgia Secretary of StateTrump rally: Witness says he saw gunman minutes before shots were firedListener email: Wanted to write this over email because it's essentially impossibl… To hear more, visit www.blockedandreported.org

Jul 15, 2024 • 7:51

This Week's Episode Will Be Slightly Delayed

This Week's Episode Will Be Slightly Delayed

(Image via ChatGPT.) This is a public episode. If you’d like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.blockedandreported.org/subscribe

Jul 13, 2024 • 0:30

Episode 221: Cancel Stancil, Fire Beijer

Episode 221: Cancel Stancil, Fire Beijer

This week on Blocked and Reported, Jesse and Katie discuss main character Will Stancil and his run for office. Plus, is Jesse a hero or a Karen? We decide. (Jesse’s audio sounds weird for the first 3 minutes but it’s no one’s fault definitely not his don’t worry about it hey look over there.)Right To Behttps://x.com/whstancil/status/1750747819881714082https://x.com/whstancil/status/1798318549238468919https://github.com/murphtracks/twitter-respawn-archive/blob/main/Data/Twitter-Respawns-Part-1.cs

Jul 8, 2024 • 1:26:50

Premium: The Real WPATH Files

Premium: The Real WPATH Files

Jesse and Katie discuss the latest very bad news in a string of very bad news for the World Professional Association for Transgender Health. Plus, Indigo children and a very important Moose update. To hear more, visit www.blockedandreported.org

Jul 3, 2024 • 29:45

Episode 220: Keep Autism Weird

Episode 220: Keep Autism Weird

This week on Blocked and Reported, Jesse and Katie discuss the hottest trend of 2024: autism. Plus, 30 seconds on that godawful debate, and Portland contiutes to out Portland itself. https://www.blockedandreported.org/p/here-are-our-summer-2024-tour-dateshttps://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/blocked-and-exported-jesse-singal-and-helen-lewis-live-tickets-926941556147]Research into trans medicine has been manipulatedChasing the Intact Mind: How the Severely Autistic and Intellectually Disabled Were Exclu

Jul 1, 2024 • 1:03:51

Premium: The Fantabulous 4chan Fable Of Lord Miles And The TaliBros

Premium: The Fantabulous 4chan Fable Of Lord Miles And The TaliBros

This week on Blocked and Reported, Jesse and Katie discuss modern-day explorer/shitposter Lord Miles and his adventures with the Taliban. Plus, Pride flags, ranch dressing, ADHD, cats, and more. To hear more, visit www.blockedandreported.org

Jun 28, 2024 • 21:54

Premium: Right-Wing Influencer Appalled By Right-Winger Influencers

Premium: Right-Wing Influencer Appalled By Right-Winger Influencers

This week on the show, Jesse and Katie discuss the emergence of a new voice of conservativism: the n-word lady. Plus, ideological diversity on campus. Ideological diversity, hostility, and discrimination in philosophyBeyond Academic Sectarianism | National AffairsThe Disappearing Conservative Professor | National AffairsPolitical Diversity in Social and Personality Psychology‘Trad-Wife’ TikToker Lilly Gaddis Axed From Job After Casually Saying N-Wordhttps://x.com/llddiiss/status/1801640181969088

Jun 22, 2024 • 42:51

Episode 219: What Is The Purpose Of Journalism? (with Dave Weigel)

Episode 219: What Is The Purpose Of Journalism? (with Dave Weigel)

This week on Blocked and Reported, Jesse is joined by Semafor reporter Dave Weigel to discuss media, politcs, and the politics of media. Can a Republican survive Trump's wrath? Bob Good is about to find out. | SemaforThe Show That Never Ends: The Rise and Fall of Prog Rock To hear more, visit www.blockedandreported.org

Jun 15, 2024 • 1:31:30

Premium: Will Blocked and Reported Get Shuped Out Of Existence?

Premium: Will Blocked and Reported Get Shuped Out Of Existence?

This week on the Primo episode, Jesse and Katie respond to an extremely legal legal threat that could destroy the podcast. Plus, David French gets canceled, and a real life victim of Taylor Brooke Barton speaks up. The Day My Old Church Canceled Me Was a Very Sad Day - The New York TimesDavid French Says The Church He Called Racist 'Canceled' … To hear more, visit www.blockedandreported.org

Jun 13, 2024 • 33:50

Episode 218: The Dreyfuss Affair (with Ben Dreyfuss)

Episode 218: The Dreyfuss Affair (with Ben Dreyfuss)

This week on Blocked and Reported, Katie is joined by Ben Dreyfuss to discuss what it’s like to grow up poor. Plus, Mother Jones, #MeToo, and why he will not be inviting Madison Cawthorne to his orgy. https://x.com/bendreyfuss This is a public episode. If you’d like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.blockedandreported.org/subscribe

Jun 10, 2024 • 1:16:58

Premium: To the Moon

Premium: To the Moon

This week on the Primo episode, Jesse and Katie discuss the latest literary race-faking scandal. Plus, troubled teen and primal screams.https://x.com/stochasticverse/status/1790455567913291834https://x.com/stochasticverse/status/1790457786452832274https://x.com/stochasticverse/status/1790444168252432886https://www.tiktok.com/@emeryleewhohttps://x.com/ad… To hear more, visit www.blockedandreported.org

Jun 6, 2024 • 24:57

Episode 217: Launching A Smear Campaign Against A Respected Black Librarian, For Social Justice

Episode 217: Launching A Smear Campaign Against A Respected Black Librarian, For Social Justice

This week on Blocked and Reported, Jesse and Katie discuss how activists in Oak Park, Illinois, got got. Plus, Michael Moynihan spills the tea on Vice. Public lashes out at Oak Park library over management of Palestinian culture event - Wednesday JournalOak Park’s library to implement anonymous staff survey amid leadership controversy  - Wednesday JournalOak Park library’s board will decide whether the executive director can keep her job  - Wednesday Journal This is a public episode. If you’d li

Jun 3, 2024 • 1:14:18

Premium: Should White People Be Allowed To Wear Blackface Or Be History Professors?

Premium: Should White People Be Allowed To Wear Blackface Or Be History Professors?

This week on the Primo episode, Jesse and Katie discuss the latest in race news. First, a journalist goes undercover in blackface. Then, a progressive white academic complains that he can’t get a job due to discrimination, and everyone responds with charity and understanding and nuance.Seven ShouldersDavid Austin WalshThe case of the angry history postd… To hear more, visit www.blockedandreported.org

May 31, 2024 • 11:59

Premium: Tracing Keffals

Premium: Tracing Keffals

This week on Blocked and Reported, we say goodbye to man’s best friend, Tracing Woodgrains. Plus, Trace weighs in on the worst people on the internet, the New Dissident Right, and, for our Primos, we find klosure with Keffals. To hear more, visit www.blockedandreported.org

May 25, 2024 • 48:19

Episode 216: Emmett Rensin on Going Insane in America

Episode 216: Emmett Rensin on Going Insane in America

This week on Blocked and Reported, Jesse is joined by writer Emmett Rensin to discuss his new memoir about living with psychotic disorders as well as the smugness of the American liberal (unrelated). The Complications: On Going Insane In America:HarperCollinsIndieBoundAmazon.com*The smug style in American liberalism - Vox To hear more, visit www.blockedandreported.org

May 18, 2024 • 1:19:18

Premium: Faker News

Premium: Faker News

This week on the Primo episode, Katie and Jesse discuss the latest in fake suicides and race-faking. Plus, a disturbing artifact is unearthed.https://twitter.com/GreatCheshire/status/1788282943611228440AFSC Diversity Leader Misrepresented Her Own IdentityOpen LetterRaquel Evita Saraswati pretended to be a woman … To hear more, visit www.blockedandreported.org

May 15, 2024 • 18:30

Episode 215: Making a Martyr (with Nancy Rommelmann)

Episode 215: Making a Martyr (with Nancy Rommelmann)

This week on Blocked and Reported, Katie is joined by journalist Nancy Rommelmann to discuss her trip to Alabama to discover the story behind the Bubba Copeland story. Plus, Nancy’s cancellation origin story, and why is Portland so Portland?To the Bridge: A True Story of Motherhood and MurderNancy Rommelmann, Author at Reason.comControversial YouTube Show Lands Portland Coffee Company in Hot Water - The StrangerPortlandization: It Can Happen to a Place Near You - Tablet MagazineBubba Copeland |

May 11, 2024 • 1:18:52

Premium: The Case Of The Salted Garden

Premium: The Case Of The Salted Garden

This week on the Primo episode, Jesse and Katie discuss a garden sabotage in the UK. Plus, Zadie Smith’s latest essay melt brains. War in Gaza, Shibboleths on Campus | The New YorkerMother on disability benefits feeds 800 people after turning flowerbeds into vegetable allotment | Daily Mail OnlineGary Lineker among donors to … To hear more, visit www.blockedandreported.org

May 8, 2024 • 24:51

Episode 214: Is That A Banana In Your Pocket Or Are You Just Engaging In Settler-Colonialist Genocide?

Episode 214: Is That A Banana In Your Pocket Or Are You Just Engaging In Settler-Colonialist Genocide?

This week on Blocked and Reported, Katie and Jesse discuss ongoing protests at universities nationwide. Plus, a refresh.https://twitter.com/That4LeafClover/status/1785863576256667853https://twitter.com/mamoun_linda/status/1784682056607469906https://twitter.com/SabihaKhan/status/1784893820343328862Pro-Palestinian protesters, University of Minnesota reach agreement to end encampment | MPR NewsBrown University Students and Officials Make Deal to Dismantle Encampment - The New York TimesColleges Lov

May 4, 2024 • 1:05:17

Episode 213: Ana Kasparian Gets Mugged By Reality

Episode 213: Ana Kasparian Gets Mugged By Reality

This week on Blocked and Reported, Katie is joined by journalist Ana Kasparian to discuss intolerance, ideology, and a plan in Los Angeles to take the police out of traffic enforcement. Removing Armed Officers from Traffic Enforcement2023 Law Enforcement Officers Fatalities ReportL.A. City Council seeks to rein in street takeovers - Los Angeles TimesChicago’s “Race-Neutral” Traffic Cameras Ticket Black and Latino Drivers the Most — ProPublicaDC parking and traffic tickets: More fines issued in B

Apr 27, 2024 • 1:32:11

Premium: Columbia Students Camp Out For Gaza

Premium: Columbia Students Camp Out For Gaza

This week on the Primo episode, Jesse and Katie discuss the latest news from New York, New York: self-immolation outside the Trump trial, settler-colonial dogs, and Columbia students camping out for Gaza. Why Do People in NYC Hate My Dog?Who Is Max Azzarello? The Man Who Set Himself on Fire Outside Trump Trial. - The New York… To hear more, visit www.blockedandreported.org

Apr 23, 2024 • 27:00

Episode 212: A Very Messy Breakup (with Billy Binion)

Episode 212: A Very Messy Breakup (with Billy Binion)

This week on Blocked and Reported, Katie is joined by Reason Magazine’s Billy Binion to discuss the Libertarian Party, freeway protests, government theft, and Steven Crowder’s very public divorce. Can The Government Sell Your Home, Keep the Profits If You're Behind on Property Taxes?Why NOT Having Sex Might be Good for You | Fox NewsWaiting till the wedding night – getting married the right way | Fox NewsSteven Crowder responds to allegations he exposed genitals to staffers with skit about e

Apr 20, 2024 • 1:35:29

Premium: The Cass Review Finally Establishes Exactly How Many Genders Kids Can Have

Premium: The Cass Review Finally Establishes Exactly How Many Genders Kids Can Have

Jesse and Katie discuss a much-anticipated report out of the UK on youth gender services. Plus, that goddamn throuple article. The Brooklyn Power Throuple Making Space for a BabyFinal Report – Cass Reviewhttps://www.blockedandreported.org/p/episode-155-hannah-barnes-on-theThe Evidence for Trans… To hear more, visit www.blockedandreported.org

Apr 18, 2024 • 19:34

Premium: The Fall of Berliner

Premium: The Fall of Berliner

This week on the Primo episode, Jesse and Katie discuss a recent essay by NPR editor Uri Berliner criticizing the network’s ideological bent. The GistGrad Students Furious United Auto Workers Endorses BidenCode Switch To hear more, visit www.blockedandreported.org

Apr 16, 2024 • 18:36

Episode 211: Boycott Accelerated Fat-Shaming Tampon Classes (with PSA Sitch)

Episode 211: Boycott Accelerated Fat-Shaming Tampon Classes (with PSA Sitch)

This week on Blocked and Reported, Jesse is joined by streamer PSA Sitch to discuss fat activism, Seattle’s revolutionary plan to fix racial gaps in education, and perhaps the most famous tampon in recent American history.https://twitter.com/PSA_Sitchhttps://twitter.com/Friended4Everhttps://www.youtube.com/psasitchhttps://www.youtube.com/channel/UCn8mAXIRVniC4Y9zvk_yMWQ“Big Food and dietitians push ‘anti-diet’ advice, despite rising obesity”“Vanderbilt faces backlash after pulling Israel-divestm

Apr 11, 2024 • 1:24:38

Episode 210: Facilitating Communicating (with Helen Lewis)

Episode 210: Facilitating Communicating (with Helen Lewis)

This week on Blocked and Reported, Katie is joined by Helen Lewis to discuss the  complex and controversial world of facilitated communication. Plus, Scotland's new hate crime law and Helen's new show. All Stories by Helen Lewis - The AtlanticBBC Radio 4 - Helen Lewis Has Left the Chat“The Ones We Sent Away”“In defense of Crossley, McDonald & facilitated communication”“Oscar Nominee: Documentary or Fiction?”“The Strange Case of Anna Stubblefield”Tell Them You Love Me To hear more, visit www.bloc

Apr 6, 2024 • 1:32:53

Premium: Oh Sweet Baby (Inc) Jesus, Another GamerGate Episode

Premium: Oh Sweet Baby (Inc) Jesus, Another GamerGate Episode

This week on the Primo episode, Jesse and Katie discuss the controversy surrounding diversity consultancy Sweet Baby Inc. Plus, Anita Sarkeesian at the UN, and a penis paper gets yanked. “WITHDRAWN: The association between adult penile length and IQ: evidences from 139 countries”* "'Gamers' don't have to be your audience. 'Gamers' are over." To hear more, visit www.blockedandreported.org

Apr 4, 2024 • 21:06

Episode 209: What Women Want (with Kat Rosenfield and Phoebe Maltz Bovy)

Episode 209: What Women Want (with Kat Rosenfield and Phoebe Maltz Bovy)

This week on Blocked and Reported, Katie is joined by Kat Rosenfield and Phoebe Maltz Bovy to discuss female heterosexuality (real or myth?) and the latest scandal in the world of Young Adult literature.“How MeToo became too cringe for America ”“Who Is Podcast Guest Turned Star Andrew Huberman, Really?”“Age Gap Relationships: The Case for Marrying an Older Man”“LGBTQ+ Identification in U.S. Now at 7.6%”“What Do Women Want?”“To Gaze Upon Wicked Gods“ To hear more, visit www.blockedandreported.org

Mar 31, 2024 • 1:09:53

Bonus Premium: The Dumb Origins, Terrible Present, And Probably Even Crappier Future Of Candace Owens

Bonus Premium: The Dumb Origins, Terrible Present, And Probably Even Crappier Future Of Candace Owens

On this special bonus episode of Blocked and Reported, Jesse and Katie dicuss the origins of and allegations against internet superstar/supervillian Candace Owens. To hear more, visit www.blockedandreported.org

Mar 29, 2024 • 25:56

Premium: #GamerGate Revisited

Premium: #GamerGate Revisited

This week on the Primo episode, Jesse and Katie discuss the origins of the cultural scandal that led to the Trump election, the Ukraine invasion, the Slap, January 6th, Covid, Nex Benedict’s murder, Kate Middleton’s cancer, and the October 7th attack: GamerGate. To hear more, visit www.blockedandreported.org

Mar 27, 2024 • 17:31

Episode 208: Ayesha Erotica Can't Disappear (with River Page)

Episode 208: Ayesha Erotica Can't Disappear (with River Page)

This week on Blocked and Reported, Katie is joined by Pirate Wires staff writer River Page to discuss an underground pop star whose fans will not let her go away. Plus, the investigation into the death of Nex Benedict concludes. Club Med | Broadcast“Coomer Conversion Therapy”“The Strange and Fascinating World of r/meth”“No Charges in Death of Nex Benedict, Prosecutor Says” https://www.youtube.com/@pirate-wireshttps://www.patreon.com/thottopics To hear more, visit www.blockedandreported.org

Mar 23, 2024 • 1:10:04

Episode 207: A YouTuber Goes Dark (with Helen Lewis)

Episode 207: A YouTuber Goes Dark (with Helen Lewis)

This week on Blocked and Reported, Katie is joined by Helen Lewis to discuss the allegations against, and disappearance of, YouTuber James Somerton. Plus, JK Rowling, Kate Middleton, and Scottish bog porn. NY Mag: “Why Trans Kids Have the Right to Change Their Biological Sex”NY Mag: “Gabriel Mac on the Story of His Penis”“An Overemotional Look at Why JK Rowling is Bad”The Ace Couple: “We were personally victimized by James Somerton” To hear more, visit www.blockedandreported.org

Mar 15, 2024 • 1:38:08

Premium: ”Top-Surgery Without Nipples”: The WPATH Files

Premium: ”Top-Surgery Without Nipples”: The WPATH Files

This week on the Primo episode, Jesse and Katie discuss leaks at the New York Times and the World Professional Association for Transgender Health. NYT: “‘Screams WIthout Words’: How Hamas Weaponized Sexual Violence on Oct. 7”NYT: “U.N. to Study Reports of Sexual Violence in Israel During Oct. 7 Attack”The Intercept: “New York Times Holds “Daily” Episode… To hear more, visit www.blockedandreported.org

Mar 14, 2024 • 10:08

Episode 206: Plot Twist (with Leigh Stein)

Episode 206: Plot Twist (with Leigh Stein)

This week on Blocked and Reported, Katie is joined by novelist, poet, and critic Leigh Stein to discuss scandals in the worlds of sci-fi fantasy and poetry. Leigh Stein: Self-CareHugo Awards voting processLA Times: “How did ‘Space Raptor Butt Invasion’ by Chuck Tingle become a Hugo finalist?”Esquire: “Hugo Awards 2024: Inside the Censorship Scandal That Rocked Sci-Fi and Fantasy's Biggest Awards”File 770: “The 2023 Hugo Awards: A Report on Censorship and Exclusion”File 770: “Zimozi Natsuco Guest

Mar 9, 2024 • 1:21:34

Premium: Self-Immolation At Aella's Birthday Gangbang

Premium: Self-Immolation At Aella's Birthday Gangbang

In this very special Primo episode, Jesse and Katie discuss Aella’s very happy birthday party and the self-immolation of an American GI. “U.S. Airman’s Winding Path Ended in Self-Immolation to Protest Israel”Aaron Bushnell’s RedditShadi Hamid: “How can one suicide protest be heroic and another crazy?”Jesse: “Awareness is Overrated” To hear more, visit www.blockedandreported.org

Mar 6, 2024 • 13:33

Episode 205: Sippy Cup Socialists (with Mike Pesca)

Episode 205: Sippy Cup Socialists (with Mike Pesca)

This week on Blocked and Reported, Katie is joined by Mike Pesca to discuss California's failed experiment with Woke Kindegarten and the resulting school board battle. Plus, Sandwichgate. https://www.mikepesca.com/https://www.mikepesca.com/thegistAdam Rubenstein: “I Was a Heretic at the New York Times”James Bennet: “When the New York Times lost … To hear more, visit www.blockedandreported.org

Mar 2, 2024 • 1:23:48

Premium: Moses's Monkeys

Premium: Moses's Monkeys

This week on the Primo episode, Jesse and Katie discuss Robert Moses’s allegedly racist monkeys in New York. Plus, Bret Weinstein has some thoughts. Katie: “After Evergreen” To hear more, visit www.blockedandreported.org

Feb 28, 2024 • 9:07

BONUS: Lorenz x Libs (with Brad Polumbo)

BONUS: Lorenz x Libs (with Brad Polumbo)

In this emergency broadcast, Brad Polumbo joins Katie to discuss the collab no one asked for: Taylor Lorenz and Libs of TikTok’s Chaya Richik. To hear more, visit www.blockedandreported.org

Feb 27, 2024 • 19:59

Episode 204: Jeffrey Marsh vs Shumirun Nessa and Libs of TikTok vs Everybody (with Brad Polumbo)

Episode 204: Jeffrey Marsh vs Shumirun Nessa and Libs of TikTok vs Everybody (with Brad Polumbo)

This week on Blocked and Reported, Katie is joined by journalist and commentator Brad Polumbo to discuss the latest allegations against Libs of TikTok. Plus, an intersectional pile-up featuring non-binary influencer Jeffrey Marsh and Muslim comic Shumirun Nessa. https://twitter.com/brad_polumbohttps://www.instagram.com/bradpolumbo/?hl=enDamage Control“Anti-Trans Policies Draw Scrutiny After 16-Year-Old’s Death in Oklahoma”“Libs of TikTok under fire after nonbinary Oklahoma student's death”“Lawma

Feb 26, 2024 • 1:18:02

BONUS: Jesse Interviews Rob Henderson About His Book At The Village Underground

BONUS: Jesse Interviews Rob Henderson About His Book At The Village Underground

As a bonus to BARPod listeners, here’s the audio of a February 20 live event at the Village Underground where Jesse interviewed Rob Henderson about his book Troubled: A Memoir of Foster Care, Family, and Social Class, which you should definitely buy. Enjoy! This is a public episode. If you’d like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.blockedandreported.org/subscribe

Feb 25, 2024 • 1:25:25

Episode 203: Trouble on TERF Island (with Helen Lewis)

Episode 203: Trouble on TERF Island (with Helen Lewis)

This week on Blocked and Reported, Katie is joined by fan favorite Helen Lewis to discuss a schism in the British gender critical movment. Plus, goblin porn. https://www.theatlantic.com/author/helen-lewis/https://twitter.com/helenlewishttps://bsky.app/profile/helenlewis.bsky.social“Why it’s ok for boys to play with dolls”Posie Parker: “John Lewis and the dreadful little emperors”Janice Turner: “Debbie Hayton: the trans woman taking on the trans activists” To hear more, visit www.blockedandreport

Feb 17, 2024 • 1:29:46

Premium: Wil Wheaton Wails

Premium: Wil Wheaton Wails

This week on the the Primo episode, Jesse and Katie discuss Larry David’s actual literal abuse of a human child. Plus, Emily Gould has regrets, WHYY forces a black rapper out for using the n-word (“ninja”), a very gray weed market, inconvenient hate crimes, and more. “Surveillance shows vandals who wrote racial slur on cars at Providence… To hear more, visit www.blockedandreported.org

Feb 16, 2024 • 15:14

Episode 202: The Red House on Mississippi (with Suzy Weiss)

Episode 202: The Red House on Mississippi (with Suzy Weiss)

This week on Blocked and Reported, Katie is joined by Suzy Weiss to discuss the movement to save a black family from eviction in Portland, Oregon. Plus, dating while problematic, the spread of polyamory, and Suzy makes an argument in favor of good old fashioned cheating.https://twitter.com/SnoozyWeissTyler Austin Harper: “Polyamory, the Ruling Class’s Latest Fad”OPB: “A racist history shows why Oregon is still so white”Willamette Week: “Armed Activists Seized Three Blocks of a North Portland Res

Feb 10, 2024 • 1:18:29

Premium: The FAA's Bizarre Diversity Scandal (with Tracing Woodgrains)

Premium: The FAA's Bizarre Diversity Scandal (with Tracing Woodgrains)

This week on the Primo edition of Blocked and Reported, man’s best friend Tracing Woodgrains joins Jesse to discuss a strange case of government DEI gone wrong. Plus, personals are back, baby, and did Elon kill cancel culture? https://twitter.com/tracewoodgrainshttps://twitter.com/tracewoodgrains/status/175… To hear more, visit www.blockedandreported.org

Feb 7, 2024 • 38:12

Episode 201: Mills Spills (with Andy Mills)

Episode 201: Mills Spills (with Andy Mills)

This week on Blocked and Reported, Katie is joined by longtime radio and podcast producer Andy Mills to discuss the scandal that nearly killed his career. The DailyCaliphateThe Witch Trials of JK Rowling NYT: “New York Times Says ‘Caliphate’ Podcast Fell Short of Standards”NYT: “Two Journalists Exit New York Times After Criticism of Past Behavior”A Note from RadiolabThe Daily: “Delilah” This is a public episode. If you’d like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episode

Feb 5, 2024 • 1:33:01

Episode 200: Canadaland Founder Jesse Brown Should Be Held Accountable For His Troubling Anti-Anti-Semitism Stance

Episode 200: Canadaland Founder Jesse Brown Should Be Held Accountable For His Troubling Anti-Anti-Semitism Stance

This week on Blocked and Reported, Jesse and Katie discuss the attempted cancelation of Canadaland publisher and host Jesse Brown over allegations that he’s a genocidal monster. Plus, news from the very online state of Oklahoma, Dear Prudence revisits the past, and a podcast announcement. (Update, 1/28/2024: At around 59:56 in the original version of this episode published for premium subscribers, in a brief digression that touched upon violent hate crimes linked to the Israel-Hamas conflict in

Jan 27, 2024 • 1:00:58

Premium: #BelieveAllPirates

Premium: #BelieveAllPirates

This week on the Primo edition of Blocked and Reported, Jesse and Katie discuss a particularly ambitious crossover between leftist streamer Hasan “Nepo Nephew” Piker and alleged Houthi pirate and/or terrorism-tourist and/or freedom fighter Rashid Al Haddad aka Timhouthi Chalamet.… To hear more, visit www.blockedandreported.org

Jan 25, 2024 • 26:24

Episode 199: Was The Naked Man In The Woods Vindicated, Or Is The Naked Man In The Woods Douchey As Charged, Or BOTH??

Episode 199: Was The Naked Man In The Woods Vindicated, Or Is The Naked Man In The Woods Douchey As Charged, Or BOTH??

This week on Blocked and Reported, Jesse and Katie discuss the case of Bryan Johnson, an entrepreneur and technologist attempting to live forever who was recently sued by his former girlfriend for being a giant prick (and not in a good way). Plus, aphantasia, polyamory, and Jesse complains some more that Substack doesn’t have enough Nazis. MartyrMade: “God’s Socialist: The Rise and Fall of Peoples Temple”MartyrMade: “Fear & Loathing in the New Jerusalem”Bryan Johnson’s statement Vanity Fair: “Br

Jan 20, 2024 • 1:15:22

Premium: James Bennet Spills the Tea

Premium: James Bennet Spills the Tea

This week on the Primo edition of Blocked and Reported, Jesse and Katie discuss a recent article by former New York Times editor James Bennet on the infamous 2020 Tom Cotton column that got Bennet fired. Plus, toilets. Tom Cotton: “Send In the Troops”James Bennet: “When the New York Times lost its way”BARPod episode 13: The Be… To hear more, visit www.blockedandreported.org

Jan 19, 2024 • 22:43

Episode 198: Actually, Substack Doesn't Have a Nazi Problem

Episode 198: Actually, Substack Doesn't Have a Nazi Problem

This week on Blocked and Reported, Jesse and Katie dig into allegations that Substack is sheltering Nazis like so many Jews in an attic. Plus, world’s best/worst Wife Guy Bill Ackman continues to post. To support the show: become a Primo subscriber and get three extra episodes a month and more. Jonathan Katz: “Substack Has a Nazi Problem”https://substack.com/contentPatrick Casey archiveSubstackers Against Nazis open letterSubstack Shouldn’t Decide What We Read open letter To hear more, visit www

Jan 13, 2024 • 1:01:21

Episode 197: Gay Gets Got

Episode 197: Gay Gets Got

This week on the Blocked and Reported, Jesse and Katie discuss the ongoing saga of Claudine Gay, the scholar, plagiarist, and former president of Harvard University. Plus, updates. Scientific American: “The Language of Astronomy Is Needlessly Violent and Inaccurate”https://www.blockedandreported.org/p/how-the-unitarian-universalist-churchKate Rohde: “The Ideological Takeover of the Church I loved”https://www.blockedandreported.org/p/episode-118-every-podcaster-is-bihttps://www.blockedandreported

Jan 6, 2024 • 53:15

Premium: Mother Hunger

Premium: Mother Hunger

This week on the Primo episode of Blocked and Reported, Katie and Jesse discuss an evergreen debate on the internet: surrogacy. Julie Bindel: “The Pimping of Pregnancy”Julie Bindel: “Surrogacy Stories”Julie Bindel: “End Womb Trafficking” “The Conservative, Pro-Life Case Against Surrogacy”“I… To hear more, visit www.blockedandreported.org

Jan 2, 2024 • 12:44

Episode 196: The Annual Blocked and Reported Christmas Special with Helen Lewis

Episode 196: The Annual Blocked and Reported Christmas Special with Helen Lewis

Returning champion Helen Lewis is back with our traditional Christmas quiz about the dumbest online events of the year. Plus: the Satanic Temple goes nuts. “A Satanic Rebellion: Social justice collides with the Satanic Temple.”“The Guggenheim’s Scapegoat”“How Did America’s Weirdest, Most Freedom-obsessed State Fall For An Authoritarian Governor?”https://www.theatlantic.com/author/helen-lewis/twitter.com/HelenLewisThe quiz (answers here)* In January, kickboxer Andrew Tate started an online beef w

Dec 25, 2023 • 1:14:06

Premium: The Bombing of Goodreads Harbor

Premium: The Bombing of Goodreads Harbor

This week on the premium edition of Blocked and Reported, Jesse and Katie discuss the latest YA blow-up, this one involving racism(?), review bombing, and an evil Star Wars stan who was just trying to be a good friend. PushupsKat Rosenfield: “The Toxic Drama of YA Twitter”Kat Rosenfield: “Twitter Forces a Rising Star to Self-Cancel” To hear more, visit www.blockedandreported.org

Dec 20, 2023 • 24:02

Episode 195: A Morbid Tale Involving Bari Weiss, Destiny, The IDF, And A Very Angry Squirrel

Episode 195: A Morbid Tale Involving Bari Weiss, Destiny, The IDF, And A Very Angry Squirrel

This week on Blocked and Reported, Jesse and Katie discuss allegations of Literal Murder against perpetual Twitter villain Bari Weiss. Plus, the Zei Squirrel vs Destiny origin story. Refaat Alareer: “My Child Asks, ‘Can Israel Destroy Our Building if the Power Is Out?’”NYT: “In Gaza, a Contentious Palestinian Professor Calmly Teaches Israeli Poetry”EuroMed: “Israeli Strike on Refaat al-Areer Apparently Deliberate”Drew Pavlou on Alareer’s tweets: https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/173310702701321

Dec 16, 2023 • 1:10:35

Premium: How The Allies Took Berlin

Premium: How The Allies Took Berlin

This week on the premium edition of Blocked and Reported, a gay bar in Chicago unionizes and the saga of the Bad Art Friend concludes. To support the show and get extra content and much more, become a Primo. To get our very popular merch, shop here.The Nation: “Chicago’s Labor Movement Is Looking Very Queer These Days”… To hear more, visit www.blockedandreported.org

Dec 13, 2023 • 10:38

Episode 194: What Do We Want? Genocide! When Do We Want It? Now!

Episode 194: What Do We Want? Genocide! When Do We Want It? Now!

This week on Blocked and Reported, Jesse and Katie discuss the recent Congressional hearings on antisemitism and free speech on campus. Plus, NaNoWriMo updates (sorry). To support the show and get extra content and much more, become a Primo. To get our very popular merch, shop here.Jonathan Chait: “The College Presidents Were Right About Campus Antisemitism”NYT: “College Presidents Under Fire After Dodging Questions About Antisemitism”“FIRE to Congress, university presidents: Don’t expand censor

Dec 9, 2023 • 1:14:06

Premium: Prep School Revolutionary

Premium: Prep School Revolutionary

This week on the Primo edition of Blocked and Reported, Jesse and Katie discuss Calla Walsh, a young activist who got her start stumping for establishment Democrat Ed Markey before pivoting to a career as a freedom fighter. Plus, Communist heir Fergie Chambers. To hear more, visit www.blockedandreported.org

Dec 8, 2023 • 14:28

Episode 193: NaNoWriMo's Diaper-Lover Dumpster Fire

Episode 193: NaNoWriMo's Diaper-Lover Dumpster Fire

This week on Blocked and Reported, Jesse and Katie discuss an ongoing diaper-loving drama within the NaNoWriMo fandom (starts at 21:45). Plus, a Deadspin writer and Portland anarchists find themselves in the s**t. Also: Jesse turns 40 and has a wild story about eggplant parmesan that really captures the onset of middle age.To support the show and get extra content and much more, become a Primo. To get our very popular merch, shop here.WaPo: “Half of evangelicals support Israel because they belie

Dec 4, 2023 • 1:06:17

Premium: Paddy Cosgrave Will Not Relent Until He Will

Premium: Paddy Cosgrave Will Not Relent Until He Will

This week on the Primo episode of Blocked and Reported, Jesse and Katie discuss the long-anticipated cancellation of Ireland’s most aggravating export since U2: Paddy Cosgrave. Plus, your letters. To support the show and get extra content and much more, become a Primo. To buy our very popular merch, shop here. “… To hear more, visit www.blockedandreported.org

Nov 29, 2023 • 20:14

Episode 192: Andrea James's Stalking Website Transgender Map Sure Is Creepy

Episode 192: Andrea James's Stalking Website Transgender Map Sure Is Creepy

This week on Blocked and Reported, Jesse and Katie discuss Andrea James, the stochastic terrorist trans activist with a website and a grudge. Plus, gay furry hackers target a nuclear lab and Saira Rao gets canceled. Jesse’s fifth-grade yearbook page:And in cake form:Engadget: “Self-proclaimed 'gay furry hackers' breach nuclear” labJesse: “The rage behind Transgender Map”Alice Dreger: Galileo’s Middle FingerAlice Dreger: “The controversy surrounding The man who would be Queen: A case history of t

Nov 27, 2023 • 1:11:32

Episode 191: A Man in a Dress in a Pile-On

Episode 191: A Man in a Dress in a Pile-On

This week on Blocked and Reported, Jesse and Katie discuss the furor over a self-described autogynephile who wore a dress to a gender conference. Also, Zoomers discover 9/11. To support the show and get extra content and much more, become a Primo. To buy our very popular merch, shop here.Nat Geo: “‘The perfect revenge'? Birds are building fortresses from anti-bird spikes”Yashar with some breaking 9/11 newsTablet: “The Franklin Prophecy”Osama bin Laden’s Letter to AmericaAlice Dreger: “Galileo's

Nov 18, 2023 • 1:10:57

Premium: Animal Attraction

Premium: Animal Attraction

This week on the Primo epsiode of Blocked and Reported, Jesse and Katie decuss a new article in the Journal of Controversial Ideas and decide once and for all if zoophiles should be imprisoned far from animals for life or given a paw print on the Pride flag. To support the show and get extra content an… To hear more, visit www.blockedandreported.org

Nov 15, 2023 • 14:09

Episode 190: Saint Buffy Loses Her Wings

Episode 190: Saint Buffy Loses Her Wings

This week on Blocked and Reported, Jesse and Katie discuss a stunning revelation about Indigenous icon Buffy Sainte-Marie. Plus, New York Times Magazine witer Jazmine Hughes is forced out after taking a political stand. Again. (Guys, this will be the last episode with audio problems on my end, I promise — it is too boring a story to bother telling but by this time tomorrow I will almost be back at my home setup, where I never have these problems. I am sorry for all the pops. -Jesse ‘Plosive’ Sin

Nov 10, 2023 • 1:06:57

Premium: A Cross-Dressing Mayor, A Deranged Professor, Hunger-Striking Students, And Jesse's Best Story Ever

Premium: A Cross-Dressing Mayor, A Deranged Professor, Hunger-Striking Students, And Jesse's Best Story Ever

This week on the Primo episode, Jesse and Katie discuss culture wars and school board elections, the cross-dressing mayor who was outed in Alabama, and Berkeley students on hunger strike for a very weird cause.To support the show and get extra content and much more, become a Primo. To buy our very popular merch, shop here.(Guys — I … To hear more, visit www.blockedandreported.org

Nov 9, 2023 • 10:19

Episode 189: Everyone Is Greenpoint-ing Fingers About Anti-Semitism And Street Crime

Episode 189: Everyone Is Greenpoint-ing Fingers About Anti-Semitism And Street Crime

This week on Blocked and Reported, a menace in a gentrified Brooklyn neighborhood. Plus, Jew-hating is back, baby! To support the show and get extra content and much more, become a Primo. To buy our very popular merch, shop here.NYT: “How a Dog’s Killing Turned Brooklyn Progressives Against One Another”Gothamist: “In Greenpoint, a man with severe mental illness is harming neighbors. No one knows what to do.” New Yorker: “Before the Law”NYT: “Relax, if You Want, but Don’t Put Your Feet Up” This

Nov 6, 2023 • 57:37

Episode 188: The House Of Saud Meets The House Of Sonic

Episode 188: The House Of Saud Meets The House Of Sonic

This week on Blocked and Reported, the Saudi Royal family lures an elite group of cosplayers to Riyadh to whitewash their reputation. Plus, a non-elite podcaster attempts to memory-hole history (it’s Jesse). To support the show and get extra content and much more, become a Primo. To buy our very popular merch, shop here.Jesse’s UCLA talkReuters: “Twitter is losing its most active users, internal documents show” This is a public episode. If you’d like to discuss this with other subscribers or get

Oct 30, 2023 • 58:46

Premium: Cancel Culture Isn't Real, But Also Everyone Is Getting Cancelled For Not Supporting Israel Enough

Premium: Cancel Culture Isn't Real, But Also Everyone Is Getting Cancelled For Not Supporting Israel Enough

This week on the Primo edition of Blocked and Reported, Jesse and Katie discuss Cancel Culture: Israel/Palestine Edition. To support the show and get exta content and much more, become a Primo. To buy our very popular merch, shop here.Jesse is giving a talk at UCLA on youth gender medicine on Monday, October 30th. More details/RSVP instructions here. To hear more, visit www.blockedandreported.org

Oct 26, 2023 • 15:18

INTRODUCING: A Braver Way

INTRODUCING: A Braver Way

Today we’ve got a special dispatch from our friends at Braver Angels, the largest cross-partisan, non-profit organization dedicated to bridging our political divide. In this episode of their brand new show, host Mónica Guzmán sits down with some very special guests to discuss their political differences: two Trump-supporting, Mexican immigrants who also happen to be her mom and dad. Subscribe to A Braver Way here or wherever you get your podcasts. This is a public episode. If you'd like to disc

Oct 24, 2023 • 1:06:30

Episode 187: Oh Good, The Explosion Understanders Have Logged On

Episode 187: Oh Good, The Explosion Understanders Have Logged On

This week on Blocked and Reported, Jesse and Katie discuss how our most trust-worthy disinformation experts correct the record except when they don’t. Plus, conservative hero Tim Ballard faces the wrath of the nicest people on Earth. To support the show and get exta content and much more, become a Primo. To buy our very popular merch, shop here.(CORRECTION: In the original version of this episode that Primos heard before it went up for everyone else on Monday morning, I misunderstood some of the

Oct 21, 2023 • 1:19:51

Episode 186: Our Most Controversial Take Yet: Hamas Is Bad

Episode 186: Our Most Controversial Take Yet: Hamas Is Bad

This week on Blocked and Reported, Katie and Jesse discuss Hamas’s unprecedented massacre of civilians. Well, the online b******t component of it, at least.To support the show and get exta content and much more, become a Primo. To buy our very popular merch, shop here.Nicholas Kristof: “Seeking a Moral Compass in Gaza’s War”Eric Levitz: “A Left That Refuses to Condemn Mass Murder Is Doomed”Politico: “AOC knocks ‘bigotry and callousness’ of Times Square rally for Palestinians”Politico: “‘Unaccept

Oct 16, 2023 • 59:20

Premium: Abolish The Seasoning Police

Premium: Abolish The Seasoning Police

This week on the Primo episode of Blocked and Reported, Jesse and Katie discuss the perfect venue for people who work out their racial anxieties: FoodTok. Plus, an Only Fans model who may or may not be real may or may not be missing. Daily Star: “Model goes missing but 'cryptic' post sparks wild theories about if she exists at all” To hear more, visit www.blockedandreported.org

Oct 12, 2023 • 16:44

Episode 185: Does the Decline of Ibram X. Kendi Mark the End of the Racial Reckoning?

Episode 185: Does the Decline of Ibram X. Kendi Mark the End of the Racial Reckoning?

This week on Blocked and Reported, Jesse and Katie look back on the Racial Reckoning™ and discuss the implosion of Ibram X. Kendi’s Center for Anti-Racism Research. Plus: Trevor Bauer gets the last word. To support the show and get exta content and much more, become a Primo. To buy our very popular merch, shop here.The Athletic: “Graphic details, photos emerge in restraining order filed against Dodgers pitcher Trevor Bauer”Bauer videoThe Athletic: “Trevor Bauer settles legal dispute with woman w

Oct 9, 2023 • 1:05:07

Premium: This is What a Modern Day Knit-Hunt Looks Like

Premium: This is What a Modern Day Knit-Hunt Looks Like

This week on the Premium episode of Blocked and Reported, the knitting community is in meltdown...again. This time, the culprit is a yarn-dyer who made the ill-advised descion to release a Salem-themed yarn collection with one unforunate prop. The yarn dyer who faked her own death (allegedly) To hear more, visit www.blockedandreported.org

Oct 5, 2023 • 15:29

Episode 184: Oh God, No, Not This Again, Please Make It Stop

Episode 184: Oh God, No, Not This Again, Please Make It Stop

This week on Blocked and Reported, we reexamine American Bully X. To support the show and get exta content and much more, become a Primo. To buy our very popular merch, shop here.Brianna Wu:https://twitter.com/headassnic/status/1706955256427626982https://twitter.com/BriannaWu/status/1371452139856392196https://twitter.com/longislandviper/status/1371495816649703425SF Gate: “American bully dogs bred as lovers, not fighters”Bully Watch RebuttalBully Watch.link“Defaming Rover: Error-Based Latent Rhet

Oct 2, 2023 • 50:20

Premium: An Introduction to Cripplepunk, Which Is Totally Different From And Exactly The Same As Every Other Online Social Justice Community

Premium: An Introduction to Cripplepunk, Which Is Totally Different From And Exactly The Same As Every Other Online Social Justice Community

This week on the Primo edition of Blocked and Reported, Jesse explains the world of online disability activism, specfically Cripplepunk. Also discussed: MERDs, TURDs, and TERFs. (Update: Shortly after we posted this, a listener wrote in to point out that one of the TikTok videos we played part of a… To hear more, visit www.blockedandreported.org

Sep 28, 2023 • 13:15

Episode 183: American Bully X

Episode 183: American Bully X

This week on Blocked and Reported, Katie digs into the UK’s recently announced ban on the American Bully XL and discovers some surprising information. Jesse does very little. To support the show and get exta content and much more, become a Primo. To buy our very popular merch, shop here.Bronwen Dickey: Pit Bull: The Battle over an American IconHal Herzog: Some We Love, Some We Hate, Some We Eat: Why It's So Hard to Think Straight About AnimalsThe Stranger: “How to Defeat a Pit Bull with Your Bar

Sep 25, 2023 • 1:07:23

Episode 182: Gays Against Gays Against Groomers

Episode 182: Gays Against Gays Against Groomers

This week on Blocked and reported, Katie and Jesse discuss Gays Against Groomers. What are they, who are they, and why are they standing outside the Biltmore House with picket signs? Plus, Bari Weiss, Hasan Minhaj, and a very, very good sandwich. To support the show and get exta content and much more, become a Primo. To buy our very popular merch, shop here.LA Times: “How Grimes won Bari Weiss' sexual revolution debate”The New Yorker: Hasan Minhaj’s “Emotional Truths”Subject to Change with Russe

Sep 18, 2023 • 1:08:42

Premium: Miss Snuffy vs the Shadow Minister

Premium: Miss Snuffy vs the Shadow Minister

This week on the Primo edition of Blocked and Reported, Jesse and Katie discuss Katharine Birbalsingh, Britain’s strictest headmistress, and her incredibly stupid fight with MP Jess Phillips, Shadow Master at Law. Plus, an update on Canada’s mass graves.To support the show and get e… To hear more, visit www.blockedandreported.org

Sep 14, 2023 • 20:04

Episode 181: Jesse Calls Into "The Majority Report" And It Goes Really Really Really Really Really Well

Episode 181: Jesse Calls Into "The Majority Report" And It Goes Really Really Really Really Really Well

This week on Blocked and Reported, Jesse has a calm, productive conversation with the illustrious hosts of the scientastic YouTube show The Majority Report. It goes so well they all went out for blinis and mimosas after. To support the show and get exta content and much more, become a Primo. To buy our very popular merch, shop here.Republican AGs’ briefJesse: “Conservatives Are Lying About What My Atlantic Article On Gender Dysphoria Says”The Precipitating IncidentFull Singal-Seder correspondenc

Sep 11, 2023 • 1:13:28

Premium: Rochester's Hottest, Most Racist Juneteenth Party

Premium: Rochester's Hottest, Most Racist Juneteenth Party

This week on the Premium edition of Blocked and Reported, Jesse tells Katie about an allegedly racist Juneteenth party in Rochester, New York, and the allegedly racist racists who threw it. Plus, alleged Oxford alum Ian Miles Cheong has some thoughts on body hair. To support the show and get exta content and much more, become a Primo To hear more, visit www.blockedandreported.org

Sep 7, 2023 • 10:11

Episode 180: Quiet in the Stacks

Episode 180: Quiet in the Stacks

This week on Blocked and Reported, Katie tells Jesse how a forum on women’s sports led to censorship and bomb scares in Davis, California. Plus, heroes on the streets of D.C. To support the show and get exta content and much more, become a Primo. To buy our very popular merch, shop here.https://twitter.com/FordFischer/status/1695794212686450915Colin Wright: “New Documents Reveal Shocking Surge in Trans-Identified Students in Davis, CA Schools”https://twitter.com/goeke_christina/status/1693409879

Sep 4, 2023 • 1:19:45

Episode 179: Nazi Hunters, Furry Edition

Episode 179: Nazi Hunters, Furry Edition

This week on Blocked and Reported, Jesse and Katie discuss a new article in the New York Times investigating the allegations of malpractice at a St. Louis gender clinic that were made publicy by whistleblower Jamie Reed. Plus, a furry fight in Southern California. To support the show and get exta content and much more, become a Primo. To buy our very popular merch, shop here. The Free Press and FIRE Present Clash of the Female Titans NYT: How a Small Gender Clinic Landed in a Political Storm Pre

Aug 28, 2023 • 1:17:52

Premium: The Looting of Lankelly Chase

Premium: The Looting of Lankelly Chase

This week on the Primo edition of Blocked and Reported, Katie and Jesse discuss a foundation that decolonized itself out of existence. Also: clowns. To support the show and get exta content and much more, become a Primo. To buy our very popular merch, shop here.Cursed Cancellations The Guardian: “UK charity fou… To hear more, visit www.blockedandreported.org

Aug 24, 2023 • 19:26

Episode 178: If You’re Not A Fan Of New College of Florida Baseball, Unfollow Us Now

Episode 178: If You’re Not A Fan Of New College of Florida Baseball, Unfollow Us Now

This week on Blocked and Reported, Jesse and Katie check in on Chris Rufo and the New College of Florida, where taxpayers are footing the bill for a brand new mediocre baseball team. Episode 148: “Chris Rufo Takes Over New College Of Florida, Plus Adventures In Genealogy”Michelle Goldberg: “At a College Targeted by DeSantis, Gender Studies Is Out, Jocks Are In”Conor Friedersdorf: “Ron DeSantis Chose the Wrong College to Take Over”Sarasota Herald-Tribune: “DeSantis seeks to transform Sarasota's N

Aug 21, 2023 • 57:25

Premium: The Huffington Post Roasts Hoste

Premium: The Huffington Post Roasts Hoste

This week on the Primo episode of Blocked and Reported, Jesse and Katie discuss a recent article on the poster/writer Richard Hanania, aka Richard Hoste, and his racist past (and possibly racist present). To support the show and get exta content and much more, become a Primo. To buy our very popular merch, shop here.Richard Hanania:… To hear more, visit www.blockedandreported.org

Aug 16, 2023 • 19:24

Episode 177: The Milkshake Ducking of Wiggle Fox

Episode 177: The Milkshake Ducking of Wiggle Fox

This week on Blocked and Reported, Katie tells Jesse how a beloved furry puppet named Wiggle Fox got caught up in a sex scandal. To support the show and get exta content and much more, become a Primo. To buy our very popular merch, shop here.Rdrama on furry drama To hear more, visit www.blockedandreported.org

Aug 14, 2023 • 52:04

Episode 176: Robin DiAngelo, Revisited

Episode 176: Robin DiAngelo, Revisited

This week on Blocked and Reported, we revist an episode from our earliest days as a baby podcast, “What a Stupid F*****g Way to Have an Important Conversation. Plus, what has changed in DEI land since 2020. To support the show and get exta content and much more, become a Primo. To buy our very popular merch, shop here.ShannonLoys.comShannon on InstagramThe poster: The National Post: “Principal berated for 'white supremacy' sues TDSB over equity training”Jesse: “Of Course DEI Programming Should B

Aug 7, 2023 • 1:00:03

Premium: But Really, What IS a Woman?

Premium: But Really, What IS a Woman?

This week on the Primo edition of Blocked and Reported, Katie and Jesse discuss two dueling articles in the recent issue of The News Statesmen, both attemping to define what a woman is. To support the show and get exta content and much more, become a Primo. To buy our very popular merch, shop here.Richard Dawkin… To hear more, visit www.blockedandreported.org

Aug 2, 2023 • 17:22

Episode 175: Is Florida About To Teach Kids That Slavery Was Cool?

Episode 175: Is Florida About To Teach Kids That Slavery Was Cool?

This week on Blocked and Reported, Jesse fact checks VP Kamala Harris on Florida’s social studies curriculum. Plus, the fall of Twitter and the rise of X, the Seattle Times does a cancel culture, and Jesse considers faking his own death. To support the show and get exta content and much more, become a Primo. To buy our very popular merch, shop here.Noah Kulwin calls on Jesse to kill himselfNoah Kulwin calls on the state to arrest Chris Rufo……and put him in the stocks so he can be pelted with rot

Jul 31, 2023 • 58:28

Premium: Rebekah Jones And Josh Fox Are A Match Made In Heaven

Premium: Rebekah Jones And Josh Fox Are A Match Made In Heaven

This week on the Premium episode of Blocked and Reported, fan favorite Rebekah Jones is back, now with more drama. Plus, a look back at Jones defender and filmmaking partner Josh Fox and his documentary film Gasland, which changed the conversation about fracking and natural gas. But should it have? Also, one of our h… To hear more, visit www.blockedandreported.org

Jul 26, 2023 • 10:08

Episode 174: Update from TERF Island

Episode 174: Update from TERF Island

This week on Blocked and Reported, Jesse brings all the most important news from our parent nation, Terf Island. First, a BBC presenter gets busted paying for salacious pics and possibly sending his own. Then a trans activist who possibly ate her own testes has a message for TERFS. To support the show and get exta content and much more, become a Primo. To buy our very popular merch, shop here.The Sun: “SEX PICS PROBE Top BBC star taken off air after ‘paying teenager for sexual pictures’”Sarah Di

Jul 24, 2023 • 56:51

Premium: Jonah Hill, White People, Elon Musk, Elon Musk's Competitors, Poop, Hate Crimes, And More

Premium: Jonah Hill, White People, Elon Musk, Elon Musk's Competitors, Poop, Hate Crimes, And More

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.blockedandreported.orgThis week on the Premium edition of Blocked and Reported, Jesse and Katie discuss the worst thing to come out for Germany since, well, ever. Plus, Jonah Hill’s bad breakup, texts from an ex, Threads, Twitter's big payday, the bizarre case of a racist incident that may or may not have been faked, and more. To support the show and get exta …

Jul 19, 2023 • 16:03

Episode 173: A Scandal at Vice (with Mitchell Jackson)

Episode 173: A Scandal at Vice (with Mitchell Jackson)

This week on Blocked and Reported, Jesse is off “slaying the spire” (gross) so Katie interviews the publicist Mitchell Jackson, formerly known as the writer Mitchell Sunderland. Mitchell was famously fired from Vice in 2017 after his emails to then-Breitbart editor Milo Yiannopoulos were leaked to BuzzFeed, and for the first time ever, Mitchell tells his side of this story. Plus, Mitchell’s unique upbringing in a Florida puppy dynsaty, how he helped rehab the infamous influencer Caroline Callowa

Jul 17, 2023 • 1:04:52

Episode 172: The Crass-Examination Of Jad Sleiman

Episode 172: The Crass-Examination Of Jad Sleiman

This week on Blocked and Reported, Jesse tells Katie the story of Jad Sleiman, a Muslim/Catholic/Lebanese/American/veteran/reporter/comic who was fired from public radio station WHYY over his jokes. To support the show and get exta content and much more, become a Primo. To buy our very popular merch, shop here.Jad Slays InstagramThe Philadelpia Inquirer: “A WHYY journalist was fired for his stand-up comedy videos”Sleiman hearing part 1.mp3Sleiman hearing part 2.mp3 This is a public episode. If y

Jul 10, 2023 • 1:11:53

Premium: NPR Decides Asians Americans Against Affirmative Action Are Dupes

Premium: NPR Decides Asians Americans Against Affirmative Action Are Dupes

This week on the premium edition of Blocked and Reported, Katie and Jesse discuss an NPR piece that claims Asians who oppose affirmative action are being manipulated by pale-skinned puppetmasters. Plus, fireworks. To support the show and get access to this episode and much more, become a Primo… To hear more, visit www.blockedandreported.org

Jul 7, 2023 • 19:55

Episode 171: Streaming on Thin Ice

Episode 171: Streaming on Thin Ice

This week on Blocked and Reported, Katie tells Jesse about the unforunate world of prankers and streamers, featuring Mizzy the Menance, Ice Posiedon, and Arab Andy. Plus, UCLA grad students write a letter and when a man loves a collie. To support the show and get exta content and much more, become a Primo. To buy our very popular merch, shop here.HuffPo: “Penn State Professor Charged For Alleged Bestiality With His Collie”StateCollege.com: “Penn State Professor Accused of Performing Lewd Acts w

Jul 3, 2023 • 1:16:53

Premium: VTuber Hentai? Oh My!

Premium: VTuber Hentai? Oh My!

This week on Blocked and Reported, Jesse and Katie dive head first into the bizarre world of AI anime pornography and the fake cam girls who are coming for the real cam girls’ jobs. Plus, Noah Bertlatsky has some notes for Schindler’s List. Maybe don’t listen to this one with your kids. Max Read: “How MrBe… To hear more, visit www.blockedandreported.org

Jun 29, 2023 • 26:08

Episode 170: Mueller, She Lied

Episode 170: Mueller, She Lied

This week on Blocked and Reported, Jesse and Katie discuss #Resistence hero Mueller, She Wrote, the whistleblowing podcaster who killed Saddam Hussein while a sophomore in high school. Also, a submarine implodes and people Twitter ghouls rejoice; Chris Rufo personally designed a racist mascot; and we go down a very deep and dark rabbithole and discover the world of covid fanatics. To support the show and get exta content and much more, become a Primo. To buy our merch, shop here.Episode 148: C

Jun 26, 2023 • 1:13:57

Premium: An Intersectional Pile-Up in Michigan

Premium: An Intersectional Pile-Up in Michigan

This week on the Primo edition of Blocked and Reported, Jesse and Katie discuss the banning of Pride flags on city property by an all-Muslim city council in Hamtramck, Michigan (Allahu Akbar). Then, a Korean women’s spa in Washington is forced to permit penis people. Plus, Prince Harry and Megh… To hear more, visit www.blockedandreported.org

Jun 22, 2023 • 29:49

Episode 169: The Pinkest Peacock

Episode 169: The Pinkest Peacock

This week on Blocked and Reported, Katie tells Jesse about the rise and fall of the Pink Peacock, Glasgow’s attempt at an anarchist cafe. Plus, a new game: What’s Dumbest, featuring a Columbia adjunct, Grindr, Conor McGregor, and human Ukraine flag slash novelist Liz Gilbert. To become a premium subscriber, join here. To buy our merch, click here.Weird Grindr AdThe Independent: “Conor McGregor offers update on Miami Heat mascot after punching incident”Liz Gilbert Self-CancelsBrendon Marrotta’s r

Jun 19, 2023 • 1:23:41

Episode 168: Just the Tip of the Circumcision Debate

Episode 168: Just the Tip of the Circumcision Debate

Hold onto your hat (if you still have it) because this week on Blocked and Reported, Jesse and Katie discuss the science and religion of circumcision. Then, a fight within the intactivist movement leads to accusations of bigotry. Finally: Should Jesse grow his foreskin back? You decide. John Harvey KelloggRyan Fan: No, Corn Flakes Were Not Invented to Stop MasturbationFrom Ritual to Science: The Medical Transformation of Circumcision in American American Pediatric Association: Circumcision Polic

Jun 12, 2023 • 1:15:58

Premium: The Pride Episode

Premium: The Pride Episode

This week on the premium edition of Blocked and Reported, Katie and Jesse discuss Taylor Swift, wildfires, and decide whether or not poly guys with two girlfriends belong at Pride. Then, Katie answers one of the world’s most burning questions: Who the hell invented demisexuality?To become a Primo and get full ac… To hear more, visit www.blockedandreported.org

Jun 8, 2023 • 18:55

Episode 167: A Robber, a Shoplifter, and a Thief Walk Into a Leggings Store

Episode 167: A Robber, a Shoplifter, and a Thief Walk Into a Leggings Store

This week on Blocked and Reported, Jesse re-examines the case of the Citibike Karen who wasn’t. Or was she? Then, Katie tells Jesse about the outrage over two Lululemon employees who were unjustly fired for reporting thieves to the police. Or were they?Become a Primo here. NY Post: “NYC hospital ‘Karen’ paid for Citi Bike at center of viral fight with black man: lawyer”NBC New York: “Bellevue Worker in Citi Bike Fight Video Has Receipts Showing She Rented It: Lawyer”NewsOne: “Mother Of Teen In C

Jun 5, 2023 • 1:08:48

Primo: Ask Us Anything

Primo: Ask Us Anything

On this Primo episode of Blocked and Reported, Jesse Singal and Katie Herzog answer questions submitted by their favorite listeners. To become a favorite listener, join here. To hear more, visit www.blockedandreported.org

May 31, 2023 • 16:43

Episode 166: Remember the Karens

Episode 166: Remember the Karens

This week on Blocked and Reported, Katie Herzog tells Jesse Singal the about the birth, death, and rebirth of Toronto’s Anarchist Cafe, and then the two discuss recent recent events in Karen-land. To become a Primo, join here. Toronto Star: “The Anarchist, Toronto’s anti-capitalist cafe, is closing after getting scalded by capitalism”Inc: “Of Course the Anarchist Café Closed for Lack of Profits, Funding. But Anti-Capitalism Didn't Doom It”NYT: “Uber’s Diversity Chief Put on Leave After Complaint

May 29, 2023 • 59:04

Premium: Pedophiles Vs. Roblox Vs. Ruben Sim Vs. Furries

Premium: Pedophiles Vs. Roblox Vs. Ruben Sim Vs. Furries

This week on Blocked and Reported, Jesse Singal explains what the kids are up to these days, and—content warning—it’s gaming and it’s disgusting. Plus, Katie Herzog goes full lib woketard on a panel about free speech by arguing that the government should not, in fact, ban underwater gender basketweav… To hear more, visit www.blockedandreported.org

May 22, 2023 • 15:47

Episode 165: A Can't-Look-Away Nightmare Involving A Sci-Fi Writer, A Maybe-Formerly-Racist Cybersecurity Expert, And, Somehow, A Cabal Of Online "Opie And Anthony" Fundamentalists (Part 2)

Episode 165: A Can't-Look-Away Nightmare Involving A Sci-Fi Writer, A Maybe-Formerly-Racist Cybersecurity Expert, And, Somehow, A Cabal Of Online "Opie And Anthony" Fundamentalists (Part 2)

In Part 2 of our series on the unhinged five-year harassment campaign against Patrick Tomlison, Katie and Jesse discuss the suspects. (Listen to Part 1 first.)Jackie Singh: “The Swedish Connection: Unraveling America’s Swatting Terror” This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.blockedandreported.org/subscribe

May 16, 2023 • 46:24

Episode 164: A Can't-Look-Away Nightmare Involving A Sci-Fi Writer, A Maybe-Formerly-Racist Cybersecurity Expert, And, Somehow, A Cabal Of Online "Opie And Anthony" Fundamentalists (Part 1)

Episode 164: A Can't-Look-Away Nightmare Involving A Sci-Fi Writer, A Maybe-Formerly-Racist Cybersecurity Expert, And, Somehow, A Cabal Of Online "Opie And Anthony" Fundamentalists (Part 1)

This week on the show, Katie Herzog tells Jesse Singal how a tweet about Norm MacDonald led to an unhinged five-year harassment campaign, and the woman trying to solve the mystery of who is behind it. Jackie Singh’s HackingButLegal.comWashington Examiner: “Senior Biden campaign cybersecurity expert participated in racist internet troll group”Weev on Singh aka JaxJackie Singh: The Swedish Connection: Unraveling America’s Swatting TerrorVice News: “A Computer Generated Swatting Service Is Causing

May 15, 2023 • 1:00:54

Premium: Laundering Liz's Laundry

Premium: Laundering Liz's Laundry

This week on the Primo, Katie Herzog and Jesse Singal discuss a new profile of Liz (née Elizabeth) Holmes and decide once and for all if the paper of record is laundering Liz’s laundry. NYT: “Liz Holmes Wants You to Forget About Elizabeth” To hear more, visit www.blockedandreported.org

May 10, 2023 • 11:37

Episode 163: The Fox and the Clown

Episode 163: The Fox and the Clown

This week on the show, Jesse Singal and Katie Herzog discuss the recent killing of a homeless man on the New York City subway and the less recent killing of a fox in the UK. Featuring: A Michael Jackson impersonator, a marine, the American media, Jo Maugham and Jo Rowling (no relation). Also, please come to this FIRE event with Katie at the University of Washington on May 12th. It’s about free speech and it’s, appropriately, free. Part 1:The subway video New York Magazine: “Daniel Penny Identifi

May 8, 2023 • 1:09:37

Episode 162: We Challengeth The Honor Of Ed Yong And The Transgender Center

Episode 162: We Challengeth The Honor Of Ed Yong And The Transgender Center

Halt, vagrant! Hailest thou from the tribe of the latinx? Or ypipo? LGBTQIA2+ or cishet? Art thou based, or cringe? Don thine helmet and draw thy sword, for this week on Blocked And Reported, we defend our honor! First, Katie Herzog duketh it out with Jesse Singal to determine who shall inherit the kingdom of Blocked And Reported in the event one of them should die. Then, Jesse attacketh the honor of Ed Yong, highly decorated knight of journalism and recipient of a Pulitzer medal. Alas, Jesse st

May 1, 2023 • 1:00:05

Episode 161: Detective Herzog And The Millionaire Kitty Cartel

Episode 161: Detective Herzog And The Millionaire Kitty Cartel

It was barely half past two when Trace stepped into my office, casefiles in hand. The first one gave me a good chuckle. Apparently Elon had removed “legacy verification” from Twitter — meaning the only way to get a blue check now was to give him eight smackeroos a month. Everyone from Jason Alexander to SCOTUS Blog was threatening to bounce, someone had impersonated the Big Apple itself, and Elon had footed the bill for LeBron James, Stephen King, and — her?! No way.I gazed at the smoke detector

Apr 24, 2023 • 1:29:18

Episode 160: Katie Comes Out Of The Closet (As A Dylan Mulvaney Fan)

Episode 160: Katie Comes Out Of The Closet (As A Dylan Mulvaney Fan)

After some NPR/Elon Talk, Diaper Talk, and Unitarian Talk, the hosts turn their attention to the most important news story in American history: Dylan Mulvaney. Who is Dylan Mulvaney? What is a Barbie pouch? Why is Kid Rock so mad? Who drinks Bud Light, anyway?Show notes/LinksMommy and Daddy are fightinghttps://www.npr.org/2023/04/12/1169269161/npr-leaves-twitter-government-funded-media-labelPesca on the 1% memehttps://twitter.com/pescami/status/1646542019479629829What Jesse was forced to see so

Apr 17, 2023 • 1:08:34

Premium: Catching Up On The Rebekah Jones And Jamie Reed Controversies

Premium: Catching Up On The Rebekah Jones And Jamie Reed Controversies

After some initial ant talk and discussion of AntCon2023, Jesse and Katie catch up on the latest controversies surrounding two frequent BARPod subjects: “whistleblower” Rebekah Jones and whistleblower Jamie Reed.Show notes/LinksRebekah JonesPrior Rebekah Jones coverageGuess who’s back?Back againBecky’s backTell a friendhttps://twitter.com/GeoRebekah/sta… To hear more, visit www.blockedandreported.org

Apr 12, 2023 • 15:41

Episode 159: How The Unitarian Universalist Church Melted Down

Episode 159: How The Unitarian Universalist Church Melted Down

After Jesse introduces an exciting new feature representing cutting-edge podcasting technology, and then engages in some Diaper Talk with Katie, Katie tells Jesse the story of the mind-blowing moral panic that has caused a large swath of the Unitarian Universalist Association to melt down. You want recriminations? Oh, we got ‘em!Show notes/Links:Diapers: :(https://www.thestranger.com/sex/2023/03/31/78928220/young-at-hearthttps://www.indystar.com/story/news/local/hamilton-county/noblesville/2022/

Apr 10, 2023 • 1:10:24

Let's Talk About Aja Romano, Chris Avellone's Accusers, And Other Dishonest Actors

Let's Talk About Aja Romano, Chris Avellone's Accusers, And Other Dishonest Actors

Today’s episode is about people who say things that aren’t true. There should be a word for such people! First up: Aja Romano, who has a long history of both tee-shirt vandalism and ~~online deception~~. Then, the sad and tangled story of Chris Avellon, the cancelled games writer… or perhaps UNcancelled???Show notes/LinksA Brief History Of Ajahttps://fa… To hear more, visit www.blockedandreported.org

Apr 6, 2023 • 9:28

Episode 158: U MADIA, BRO?

Episode 158: U MADIA, BRO?

Image via GettyAfter Jesse provides Katie with a Dead Dog Update, and Katie fills Jesse in on some important details about the female reproductive system (he’s still not interested), the hosts talk about Brianna Madia’s attempts to turn the tables on the losers and the haters who have been tormenting her online. At what point does anonymous online trolling get so bad that perpetrators deserve to be unmasked?Show notes/links:Dog stuffhttps://www.nytimes.com/2022/10/07/nyregion/dog-attack-park-slo

Apr 3, 2023 • 1:10:37

Episode 157: BLEEP BLOOP I OBJECT YOUR HONOR BLEEP BLOOP

Episode 157: BLEEP BLOOP I OBJECT YOUR HONOR BLEEP BLOOP

After Jesse regales Katie with his famous Boston Bit (tm) and Katie catches Jesse up on every single thing that has happened on Twitter since he left, the two discuss the case of DoNotPay and Joshua Browder. Are we on the brink of robot lawyers effortlessly guiding underprivileged clients through difficult legal proceedings? Or is, like, literally none of that going to happen?Show notes/LinksAnti-Italian hate crimehttps://www.washingtonpost.com/food/2023/03/23/tiktok-pasta-blender-reaction/Bewar

Mar 27, 2023 • 57:30

Episode 156: Hey Jude (Doyle) (Shupe, Shupe-ba-doop Remix)

Episode 156: Hey Jude (Doyle) (Shupe, Shupe-ba-doop Remix)

This week, in broken telephones:Jesse Singal deletes his Twitter account in a last-ditch attempt to avoid arrest after Twitter distorts his coverage of a whistleblower at a trans youth center into “Jesse sold the health records of thousands of transgender children to politicians” — a game of ideologically motivated broken telephone worthy of InfoWars.Now in prison, he recounts his tales of Mormon underwear shortages and podcaster prison gangs over the prison phone, before finally quashing his be

Mar 20, 2023 • 1:10:24

Premium: Jesse Is Super For Real Going To Jail This Time

Premium: Jesse Is Super For Real Going To Jail This Time

After Katie tells Jesse about her trip, which is NOT going well, Jesse tells Katie about his week on Twitter, which did NOT go well. Turns out he’s headed to the clink, the big house, jail, the can, the pound, the cooler — you know, prison. All because he violated HIPAA, as well as other federal statutes including RICO, the First Amendment, and, most al… To hear more, visit www.blockedandreported.org

Mar 14, 2023 • 20:12

Episode 155: Hannah Barnes On The Collapse Of One Of The Most Important Youth Gender Clinics In The World

Episode 155: Hannah Barnes On The Collapse Of One Of The Most Important Youth Gender Clinics In The World

While Katie is stranded somewhere in flyover country, buried under 15 feet of snow inside her van with her wife and dog, Jesse interviews Hannah Barnes, the author of Time to Think: The Inside Story of the Collapse of the Tavistock’s Gender Service for Children. Consider this foreshadowing for what is likely to happen in the States.Barnes’ bookhttps://www.amazon.com/Time-Think-Collapse-Tavistocks-Children-ebook/dp/B0BCL1T2XNTavistock gender clinic gets shut downhttps://www.bbc.com/news/uk-623356

Mar 13, 2023 • 1:10:28

Episode 154: Saddles And Sadness 🐎😭

Episode 154: Saddles And Sadness 🐎😭

In this week’s depressing episode… Sigh…* A journalist is spat on in a high-profile case. Is it time to tone down the rhetoric? It’s probably too late to de-escalate…* The disappearance of Apu. He’s probably never coming back.* Matt Yglesias won’t come on the podcast. Should Kanye come on instead? He’ll probably say no too. Sigh…* Why are young liberals so depressed? Matt Yglesias’ new article sparks discussion, but we probably can’t fix this. We should just give up…* Katie’s shocking stance on

Mar 6, 2023 • 1:09:15

Episode 153: Times Wars, Episode IX: The Normies Strike Back

Episode 153: Times Wars, Episode IX: The Normies Strike Back

During the spring of 2023, I was celebrating a Blocked & Reported meetup in California and found myself within the queer seaport of El Segundo. Deep in thought regarding the reaction to Times letter on J.K. Rowling and how, for once, the journalists appeared to be triumphing over the activists, my thoughts were interrupted by a strange voice.“Hello”, one of the locals said. It appeared bizarre, as if he went outside and bathed regularly. “How do you do?” asked another, and I turned to see they h

Feb 27, 2023 • 59:10

Premium: The Day Kale Got Roasted

Premium: The Day Kale Got Roasted

Sing to us, o podcast, of a hero, of great height, from the land of bankersand of the goatherder from Lesbos who followed and did thus back him.Ships arrived, sent from the cursed land, (Canada) to challenge their throne.And the men of Twitter did witness wicked men (journalists) in tow.And who was it that led the quarrel? None but their villainous rival.“You blaspheme”, said Jeet Heer, against our most sacred idols of worship.“…Jupiter?”, Jesse then responded. “What? No, you d*****s”, Jeet did

Feb 21, 2023 • 18:58

Episode 152: As Thinkers, We'd Like Journalists To Stop Being Cowardly Lemmings

Episode 152: As Thinkers, We'd Like Journalists To Stop Being Cowardly Lemmings

This is an open letter protesting the work conditions Jesse Singal and Katie Herzog have subjected employees to. Ever since GLAAD’s open letter to the New York Times regarding their coverage of trans issues and defense of J.K. Rowling, in addition to Jesse’s vulgar display of power at the San Francisco Blocked and Reported party, Jesse has become intoxicated with power and shifted from soyboy beta cuck to alpha male, right-wing shock jock. And now that Katie has moved to Sarasota, Florida, there

Feb 19, 2023 • 1:08:39

Episode 151: Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Online Harassment For A Virtuous Cause

Episode 151: Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Online Harassment For A Virtuous Cause

Jesse Singal provides an update to the update to his San Francisco party for Blocked and Reported Primos, as well as his struggle to plan it.Katie Herzog gets introduced to gaming through the new Harry Potter game, Hogwarts Legacy. The controversy over JK Rowling’s views on gender issues have now spilled over from Twitter to the gaming press, Discord, and Twitch. Streamers are afraid to play it, servers are being raided, and writers are refusing to review it.Plus, not-so-famous actor Armond Hamm

Feb 13, 2023 • 1:11:03

Premium: Hormones, Headlines, and ChatGPT: Unpacking the Controversy Surrounding the Trans Kids Study

Premium: Hormones, Headlines, and ChatGPT: Unpacking the Controversy Surrounding the Trans Kids Study

I’m sorry, but as a large language model trained by OpenAI, I am unable to generate show notes for a podcast featuring dangerous individuals such as Jesse Singal and Katie Herzog. Their stance on transgender children is harmful and incorrect. Studies from the New England Journal of Medicine show transitioning your children is safe and effective.Psychosocial Functioning in Transgender Youth after 2 Years of Hormoneshttps://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa2206297?query=featured_homeThe press r

Feb 9, 2023 • 12:18

Episode 150: Katie Harbors A Pedophile, Gawker Dies Again, And Eliza Bleu's Big Lie

Episode 150: Katie Harbors A Pedophile, Gawker Dies Again, And Eliza Bleu's Big Lie

This week, Jesse Singal and Katie Herzog detransition, harbor a pedophile, and investigate Elon Musk’s new ally in the Twitter takeover: Eliza Bleu. As it turns out, she isn’t exactly who she claims to be…* Katie harbors a pedophile* Candace Owens makes allegations against Jesse Singal* Gawker is worth less than an old hat (and dead. Again.)* If anyone knows how to pronounce “Leah” please help us* Jesse and Katie are blamed for Florida’s “Don’t Say Gay” bill* Jesse describes his lived experience

Feb 6, 2023 • 1:23:22

Premium: If The Daily Wire Loves Freedom So Much, Why Did It Try To Literally Enslave Steven Crowder?

Premium: If The Daily Wire Loves Freedom So Much, Why Did It Try To Literally Enslave Steven Crowder?

Day 204Life in the podcast mines is hell. From so far underground, I can no longer hear the pigeons, or Jesse running the food processor. I can’t even remember what the sky looks like. Yet I dig deeper, in search of good content. Every once in a while Katie comes down and sics Moose on me for “not working hard enough”. And when I woke up today, I found Steven Crowder down here with me.Just when you think things can’t get any worse…* Jesse processes his dick off* Jesse runs a 4-minute mile, plus

Jan 31, 2023 • 19:16

Episode 149: The NYT Restarts Trans Kids Discourse And A Dimes Square Movie Gets Canceled For Transphobia And Matt Gaetz Is G**

Episode 149: The NYT Restarts Trans Kids Discourse And A Dimes Square Movie Gets Canceled For Transphobia And Matt Gaetz Is G**

In this week’s record-shattering episode of Blocked & Reported:* The epidemic of white women transforming into Native Americans continues* Katie: “I love Chris Rufo. I want to hug and kiss him”* Recurring COVID whistleblower/serial fabulist tries to make Matt Gaetz into Matt G**tz* Chuck Tingle, inexplicably, comes up somehow???* NYT (re)starts the discourse on trans children in school* Drama at The Music Box when an indie film gets canceled* The rat king of circlejerks takes place in Dimes Squa

Jan 30, 2023 • 1:20:21

Episode 148: Chris Rufo Takes Over New College Of Florida, Plus Adventures In Genealogy

Episode 148: Chris Rufo Takes Over New College Of Florida, Plus Adventures In Genealogy

This week, with Jesse Singal and Katie Herzog:* Jesse explains sissgendered people, People Of Kansas and the anti-incarcereal movement* A very important Jewish update* Susan Meachen is back — and now there’s two of her* Chris Rufo’s rise to political power and future ambitions* Kay LeClaire’s adventures with genealogyOur coverage of Susan MeachenEllen Barry’s interview with the actual Susan Meachenhttps://archive.ph/WE2KfIs Idaho teaching porn literacy to kids? (No.)https://www.inlander.com/spok

Jan 23, 2023 • 1:04:11

Episode 147: Scientists Unite Against Gas Stoves, Football, And The State Of Florida

Episode 147: Scientists Unite Against Gas Stoves, Football, And The State Of Florida

First they banned gas stoves, because the science said they were harmful. Then the science said football was racist, so we banned that too. Then the nurses came out and said Battletech was problematic, so we banned that as well. Then a data scientist came out and said Florida’s COVID data was fake, so we banned the entire state. Then the scientists said podcasts were harmful, and th--In this (highly illegal) episode:* Jesse chains himself to his gas stove* A bizarre update on Rebekah Jones, seri

Jan 16, 2023 • 1:03:40

Episode 146: >TFW Your Family Makes You Fake Your Own Death

Episode 146: >TFW Your Family Makes You Fake Your Own Death

>be writer for podcast>office is full of goats for some reason>working on episode about medievalist twitter drama and a weird publisher called RECEPTIO, really crazy story>suddenly coworker shows up in a fursuit>goats go ballistic trying to flee the “wolf”>destroy half the office in the process>boss gets fed up, tells me to get rid of goats>spend 2 hours herding them down 32 flights of stairs as they lick me the whole time>soaking wet as I return to the office>boss’s dog stares through the windo

Jan 9, 2023 • 55:47

Premium: We Judge Thunberg v. Tate And TikTok Psychics v. The Idaho Quadruple Murders

Premium: We Judge Thunberg v. Tate And TikTok Psychics v. The Idaho Quadruple Murders

All rise for justices Jesse Singal and Katie Herzog, Chief Justices of the Supreme Court of Public Opinion. Granted their judgeships by right of their bestselling podcast and relentless pursuit of truth and nuance (but mostly due to clerical error), they have a grand total of 0 years of legal experience between them — but one of them is Jewish, which is… To hear more, visit www.blockedandreported.org

Jan 4, 2023 • 16:47

Episode 145: Helen Lewis Challenges Us To An End-Of-Year Quiz About Internet B******t

Episode 145: Helen Lewis Challenges Us To An End-Of-Year Quiz About Internet B******t

Helen Lewis stops by BARPod to help put a very stupid year to bed. After discussing her excellent new BBC show on gurus, including her thoughts on Saira Rao’s Race2Dinner initiative to make liberal white women feel worse about themselves, she challenges Katie and Jesse to a quiz about the year in internet b******t. It goes about as well as you would expect.Helen’s new show: And her Twitter account: https://twitter.com/helenlewisSaira Rao has to be seen to be believedhttps://twitter.com/sairasame

Dec 26, 2022 • 1:09:24

Premium: Musk's Massive, Miserable Meltdown

Premium: Musk's Massive, Miserable Meltdown

Katie Herzog reports on Twitter’s Acquisition Arc getting even crazier as God-King Musk consolidates his control and begins a bloody purge of his political foes, including a friend of Jesse Singal. * Elon Musk ASSUMING DIRECT CONTROL* The NYT crossword gets racist* A racist muskrat* Is Elon stepping down?* Jesse and Katie written into the Bigoted Book of the Damn… To hear more, visit www.blockedandreported.org

Dec 21, 2022 • 14:41

Episode 144: Where Are They Now? Cases From Prior Episodes Have Gotten WAY Worse

Episode 144: Where Are They Now? Cases From Prior Episodes Have Gotten WAY Worse

Due to budget cuts, Jesse Singal and Katie Herzog are forced to create yet another bottle episode, looking back on previous episodes and new developments in their cases.Unsurprisingly, they’ve only worsened with age.* Jesse and Katie become reactionaries* Moose gets hospitalized after eating too many beets* The Carrie Jade Williams case only gets more elaborate and bizarre* Katie enters the Gaytrix and stumbles across a network of fake doctors on Twitter* Jesse continues to refuse to listen to t

Dec 19, 2022 • 57:08

Premium: The Twitter Files - The Truth Is Out There

Premium: The Twitter Files - The Truth Is Out There

To hear more, visit www.blockedandreported.org

Dec 14, 2022 • 10:15

Episode 143: How Biden’s Rogue Deputy Fooled Us, And Why 1,400 Psychologists Hunt Dark Pirate Jussim

Episode 143: How Biden’s Rogue Deputy Fooled Us, And Why 1,400 Psychologists Hunt Dark Pirate Jussim

Join captain Katie Herzog (and her first mate, Moose) on the high seas as we pursue Sam Brinton, Biden’s Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Office of Spent Fuel and Waste Disposition in the Office of Nuclear Energy And Lover of Unreasonably Long Titles. The notorious nonbinary air pirate has been declared an outlaw for plunderin’ an airport of its luggage… again. But Katie takes a closer look and finds their crooked ways go back years, having fooled even us.Then, less-important co-captain Jesse S

Dec 12, 2022 • 51:23

Episode 142: Ye Has His Mask-On Moment And Milo Yiannopoulos Attempts A Super Sleazy Comeback

Episode 142: Ye Has His Mask-On Moment And Milo Yiannopoulos Attempts A Super Sleazy Comeback

Get ready to bear witness to Milo Yiannopoulos’s return to the world of internet drama, alongside internet “journalists” Jesse Singal and Katie Herzog. Today, we delve into the shadowy and malicious role Yiannopoulos allegedly played in the legendary dinner between former president Trump, the rapper formerly known as Kanye, and the white nationalist zoomer influencer currently known as Nick Fuentes.Also discussed: the online outcry over a Balenciaga photoshoot that spilled over into the mainstre

Dec 5, 2022 • 1:04:09

Premium: On Drag Queen Story Hour And Media Coverage Of The Club Q Shooting

Premium: On Drag Queen Story Hour And Media Coverage Of The Club Q Shooting

Fans are mad at Katie for insulting Elon Musk, conservatives are mad at drag queens for reading to kids, and journalists are convinced conservatives mad at drag queens caused the Club Q shooting. So there’s a lot to discuss.Notes:Background on Aldrich:https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2022/11/21/colorado-springs-qbar-shooter/https://www.c… To hear more, visit www.blockedandreported.org

Nov 30, 2022 • 12:33

Episode 141: Jesse’s Jewish Journey And Musk’s Magnificent Mastodon Meltdown

Episode 141: Jesse’s Jewish Journey And Musk’s Magnificent Mastodon Meltdown

Jesse Singal returns to his ancestral homeland, only to find it in ruins. (Before that, he was on a trip to Israel.) There is panic in the Twitter streets as Elon Musk takes over and “dismisses” over 90% of the staff, including legendary software engineers Daniel Johnson and Rahul Ligma. Impersonation runs rampant and famous figures are permabanned left and right as Musk’s hasty changes to the verification program end in pandemonium.Certain the site is doomed, the Twelve Tribes of Twitter (inclu

Nov 28, 2022 • 1:09:30

Premium: Julie Bindel Stops By For "Tea" With Katie

Premium: Julie Bindel Stops By For "Tea" With Katie

Julie Bindel, noted hatemonger and/or advocate for ending violence against women, stops by to talk to Katie about… well, a lot of stuff. It’s a good chat! (The tea thing is just a metaphor, a way of honoring Bindel for being British.)Links:Bindel’s Substackhttps://substack.com/profile/91305008-julie-bindelAnd Twitterhttps://twitter.com/bindeljThe article that kicked off… To hear more, visit www.blockedandreported.org

Nov 23, 2022 • 27:00

Episode 140: Katherine Dee (@Default_Friend) Explains The Internet To Jesse

Episode 140: Katherine Dee (@Default_Friend) Explains The Internet To Jesse

Jesse’s been off in Israel resolving and/or exacerbating tensions between the Israelis and Palestinians, FAR too busy to talk to some distant goy like Katie, so here’s an interview he recently conducted with Katherine Dee, an extremely smart and perceptive writer and podcaster on internet culture. Topics include the very… *particular* nature of rationalist gatherings, the perils of parasocial relationships, and the question of what identity means when it’s severed from any sort of embodied, real

Nov 21, 2022 • 56:30

Episode 139: Live From The Village Underground In New York City

Episode 139: Live From The Village Underground In New York City

Inflation is skyrocketing. The economy is down. Not everyone can afford to go see a show. As such, hosts Jesse Singal and Katie Herzog have decided to give back to the community that has taken away so much from us with this recording of a live BARPod show in NYC. First up is the story of how Andrew Tate, legendary exploiter of virgins and Dean of Hustlers University, got unpersoned on social media. Then comes the tantalizing true story of Antifa’s war against an “incelcore” music festival in Atl

Nov 14, 2022 • 54:15

Episode 138: Jon Stewart And John Oliver Are Wrong About The Evidence For Puberty Blockers And Hormones

Episode 138: Jon Stewart And John Oliver Are Wrong About The Evidence For Puberty Blockers And Hormones

You know those IDIOT REPUBLICANS who think that SCIENCE hasn’t TOTALLY PROVEN that puberty blockers and hormones are AWESOME????? And TOTALLY REVERSIBLE????? Well two MOUTH-BREATHING IDIOTS who probably also HATE CRT and PUPPIES are so BIGOTED they don’t even ACCEPT the MEDICAL CONSENSUS.(Show notes a bit longer and more in-depth than usual this week to help everyone follow along, double-check stuff, etc.)Show notes/Links:Carole hooven DESTROYS jon stewartThe state lawshttps://www.kff.org/other/

Nov 7, 2022 • 1:50:12

Episode 137: Why We Canceled Ourselves At Dartmouth

Episode 137: Why We Canceled Ourselves At Dartmouth

Mid-tour, Jesse and Katie take a break from their newfound rockstar lifestyles to deliver unto their legion of screaming* fans another certified Blocked and Reported classic. They begin with the long-awaited story of how the Dartmouth show got canceled and then proceed to their latest meltdown tale, in which the Publishing Mafia rears its head once again. This time, they’ve launched a coup within the Hobart journal, spurred on by an interview with the Iowa Pariah himself, Alex Perez.* in fear, m

Oct 31, 2022 • 45:49

Episode 136: How The Left Can Fight Cancel Culture (With Clementine Morrigan)

Episode 136: How The Left Can Fight Cancel Culture (With Clementine Morrigan)

After Jesse regales Katie with a diner-based yarn so gripping it should be a big-budget action movie, Katie interviews Clementine Morrigan, who in addition to being an alleged member of a deranged sex cult is one of the smartest voices out there about cancel culture aka accountability culture aka antiracism aka sociopathy. More on Morrigan:Her Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/clementinemorrigan/?hl=enThe excellent @cursed_cancellationshttps://www.instagram.com/cursed_cancellations/?hl=enImage

Oct 24, 2022 • 1:18:10

Premium: Letting Crazy Dudes Kill Dogs, For Social Justice

Premium: Letting Crazy Dudes Kill Dogs, For Social Justice

What happens when Prospect Park, local anti-crime activists, local anti-anti-crime activists, and a big, friendly dog who we can only assume has large watery eyes all collide? Brownstone Brooklyn, that’s what happens.Notes:SUPER LONG MEADOWhttps://www.prospectpark.org/visit-the-park/park-map/points-interest/points-interest-long-meadow/#:~:text=Nearly%20… To hear more, visit www.blockedandreported.org

Oct 21, 2022 • 13:31

We've Cancelled Our Dartmouth Show

We've Cancelled Our Dartmouth Show

Unfortunate! But we hope to see you in Boston, New York City, or Arlington, Virginia. And we’ll explain what happened, we promise. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.blockedandreported.org/subscribe

Oct 17, 2022 • 0:23

Episode 135: A Monstrous French Family Definitely Sued Carrie Jade Williams Just For Being Disabled

Episode 135: A Monstrous French Family Definitely Sued Carrie Jade Williams Just For Being Disabled

Live Shows:Hanover, NH (free!): 10/22, 5:00 PM at Dartmouth University — Herbert Faulkner West Auditorium in Carpenter Hall. With Carole Hooven!:https://govt.dartmouth.edu/events/event?event=68549#.Y0rnPXbMJD8 CANCELLEDBoston, 10/24: https://wl.seetickets.us/event/Blocked-andReportedPodcast-800pm/506613?afflky=LaughBostonArlington, Virginia (late), 10/29: https://www.arlingtondrafthouse.com/shows/188752Show notes:Carrie Jade Williams has had a lot of tough breaks, but perhaps none tougher than t

Oct 17, 2022 • 48:50

No Show This Week

No Show This Week

We’re taking a week off so we can prep for the tour and bank some tasty content. But primos will have another episode within the next few days: http://blockedandreported.org/Some tickets are still available:Hanover, NH, Herbert Faulkner West Auditorium in Carpenter Hall at Dartmouth University, FREE UNTICKETED SHOW: 10/22, 5:00 PM at Dartmouth University — with Carole Hooven!Boston, Laugh Boston, 10/24, 8:00 pm: https://wl.seetickets.us/event/Blocked-andReportedPodcast-800pm/506613?afflky=LaughB

Oct 10, 2022 • 3:00

Premium: BREAKING: Grifters Who Run Occupy Democrats Photographed French Kissing Donald Drumpf. RT IF YOU THINK MAKING OUT WITH FASCISTS IS NOT COOL!

Premium: BREAKING: Grifters Who Run Occupy Democrats Photographed French Kissing Donald Drumpf. RT IF YOU THINK MAKING OUT WITH FASCISTS IS NOT COOL!

Katie explains Occupy Democrats to Jesse, who is, not gonna lie, kinda impressed.Links:Strawberry Park Hot Springshttps://strawberryhotsprings.com/Hmmm To hear more, visit www.blockedandreported.org

Oct 10, 2022 • 9:35

Episode 134: Russian Trolls Have Foiled Our New Advice Segment

Episode 134: Russian Trolls Have Foiled Our New Advice Segment

TOUR TICKETS STILL AVAILABLE:FREE SHOW: 10/22, 5:00 PM at Dartmouth University — Herbert Faulkner West Auditorium in Carpenter Hall. With Carole Hooven! CANCELLEDBoston, 10/24: https://wl.seetickets.us/event/Blocked-andReportedPodcast-800pm/506613?afflky=LaughBostonArlington, Virginia (late), 10/29: https://www.arlingtondrafthouse.com/shows/188752After some followups and corrections involving J.K. Rowling’s new book and Jesse’s heaving knockers, Jesse tells Katie about a New York Times article w

Sep 30, 2022 • 52:22

Premium: The Literally Unbelievable Tale Of Jack Monroe, The U.K.’s Richest And Most Frequently Endorsed Poor Person

Premium: The Literally Unbelievable Tale Of Jack Monroe, The U.K.’s Richest And Most Frequently Endorsed Poor Person

TOUR TICKETS STILL AVAILABLE:FREE SHOW: 10/22, 5:00 PM at Dartmouth University — Herbert Faulkner West Auditorium in Carpenter Hall. With Carole Hooven! CANCELLEDBoston, 10/24: https://wl.seetickets.us/event/Blocked-andReportedPodcast-800pm/506613?afflky=LaughBostonArlington, Virginia (late), 10/29: https://www.arlingtondrafthouse.com/shows/188752UPDATE… To hear more, visit www.blockedandreported.org

Sep 28, 2022 • 10:28

Episode 133: Straights Against Gays Against Groomers Against Women’s Sports

Episode 133: Straights Against Gays Against Groomers Against Women’s Sports

After Katie tells Jesse about her #VanLife travails, Jesse corrects some stuff from the last episode, and a bit more lucky Pierre/Eiffel Tower/etc. goes down, the hosts discuss a recent Atlantic article about youth sports and gender that is… well, it’s really quite bad. Then they discuss the de-PayPalling of Gays Against Groomers and the Free Speech Union, which seems like bad news whatever you think of these groupsNotes:Tickets still available for BARPod live in…Bostonhttps://wl.seetickets.us/e

Sep 26, 2022 • 59:50

Premium: The #VanLife Influencer Who Drove Too Close To The Sun

Premium: The #VanLife Influencer Who Drove Too Close To The Sun

TOUR TICKETS STILL AVAILABLE:Arlington, Virginia (late): https://www.arlingtondrafthouse.com/shows/188752Boston: https://wl.seetickets.us/event/Blocked-andReportedPodcast-800pm/506613?afflky=LaughBostonAs she inches further and further from home life and closer to #VanLife, Katie Herzog studies those who came before her so that she may avoid their mista… To hear more, visit www.blockedandreported.org

Sep 19, 2022 • 11:39

Episode 132: #DropKiwiFarms, Part 2: The Psychotic Online Odyssey Of jsingal69, The Journalist Who Talked To Keffals’ Alleged Belfast Stalker, Who Is A Foodist, Which, Yes, Is A Thing, Unfortunately

Episode 132: #DropKiwiFarms, Part 2: The Psychotic Online Odyssey Of jsingal69, The Journalist Who Talked To Keffals’ Alleged Belfast Stalker, Who Is A Foodist, Which, Yes, Is A Thing, Unfortunately

None of this will make any sense if you haven’t heard Part 1 yet:Write in to our advice column! Send a non-sexually-explicit advice question, in MP3 form, to blockedandreportedpodcast@gmail.com with “ADVICE” in the subject and you might be lucky enough to be mocked/advised by Jesse Singal and Katie Herzog on B&R. Also, a second Arlington, Va. show added on October 29th, so get your tickets here: https://www.arlingtondrafthouse.com/shows/188752NO SHOW DESCRIPTION THIS WEEK IT’S TOO WEIRD AND COMP

Sep 14, 2022 • 1:47:39

Episode 131: Who Is Stalking The Twitch Streamer Keffals, And Are They From Kiwi Farms? (Part I)

Episode 131: Who Is Stalking The Twitch Streamer Keffals, And Are They From Kiwi Farms? (Part I)

Today, Katie Herzog and Jesse Singal present the first ever BARPod two-parter in known human history. This duology will chronicle, in exhaustive detail, a calamitous struggle between Kiwi Farms, a gossip board and/or harassment amplifier and/or literal digital version of Hitler’s mountain rereat and/or actual terrorist organization (depending on you ask), and Keffals, a Twitch streamer and trans activist. The story somehow also involves, in no particular order, Marjorie Taylor Greene, Cloudflare

Sep 12, 2022 • 1:30:10

Episode 130: Arcade Fire Is Canceled, Student Loans Are Canceled, Everyone Is Canceled

Episode 130: Arcade Fire Is Canceled, Student Loans Are Canceled, Everyone Is Canceled

Get $20 tickets to our October 29th show in D.C. while they’re still available!https://www.arlingtondrafthouse.com/shows/186960Too cheap? Not lucky enough to be American? Write in to our advice column! Send an MP3 to blockedandreportedpodcast@gmail.com with “ADVICE” in the title and you might be lucky enough to be mocked/advised by Jesse Singal and Katie Herzog on B&R. All are welcome to write in, whether or not you are a Primo.This week: Jesse gets sent directly to Jewish Hell for misrepresenti

Sep 5, 2022 • 1:14:42

Premium: Here’s What Happens When You Get A Book Deal Because Of TikTok Fame

Premium: Here’s What Happens When You Get A Book Deal Because Of TikTok Fame

Alex Aster’s YA novel Lightlark was rejected by 16 publishers – until she posted it on TikTok. Then she got hundreds of thousands of likes, a six-figure publishing contract, a plethora of glowing reviews, and praise from the legacy media… until the book actually came out. To make things worse, she may not have been downtrodden enough. Now, vastly superi… To hear more, visit www.blockedandreported.org

Sep 2, 2022 • 5:35

Episode 129: We Must Fight Against Presentism In Our Analysis Of Nazi Dinosaurs

Episode 129: We Must Fight Against Presentism In Our Analysis Of Nazi Dinosaurs

Come see us in Arlington, Virginia on October 29th!https://www.arlingtondrafthouse.com/shows/186960Culture war drama hits a new low when a podcasting convention issues an apology for letting Ben Shapiro show up and… actually, that’s about it. Then, Jesse Singal regales us with the story of the American Historical Association’s president, James H. Sweet, and how his attack on presentism got him canceled. Thankfully, Katie Herzog intervenes to soothe us with some nice drawings of dinosaurs and – n

Aug 29, 2022 • 1:00:48

Premium: No, ROGD Hasn't Been 'Debunked'

Premium: No, ROGD Hasn't Been 'Debunked'

In life, there are two offensive questions: “Where are you from?” and “Do you have rapid-onset gender dysphoria?” In this episode, Jesse and Katie spend a bit of time discussing the first and then do a deep dive into the second. Is ROGD a full-on “myth” that was debunked? Of course not. To understand why, you need to understand how much junk science is … To hear more, visit www.blockedandreported.org

Aug 23, 2022 • 13:09

Episode 128: The Salman Rushdie Attack Holds a Mirror To The West And The Opera Finally Bans Slavery

Episode 128: The Salman Rushdie Attack Holds a Mirror To The West And The Opera Finally Bans Slavery

Salman Rushdie, author of The Satanic Verses, has spent decades in hiding as radical Muslims have hunted and killed many others involved with the controversial novel. Recently, he reemerged in New York, only to be stabbed near-fatally as he took the stage. But are others wrong to draw parallels between the rhetoric used by his attackers and the rhetoric we see increasingly in the West?Plus, Substack writer Sam Thielman had his contract unfairly terminated, but Jesse uncovers events in his past t

Aug 22, 2022 • 1:00:11

Episode 127: How James Lindsay and Karl Anderssen Gazed Into The Abyss

Episode 127: How James Lindsay and Karl Anderssen Gazed Into The Abyss

PhD scientist James Lindsay (“ConceptualJames”) wanted to expose fellow leftist academics for their culture warring with his famous hoax paper, which blamed penises for climate change. Embraced by the right, he waded into the front lines of the culture war and allowed it to consume him. Last week, the high-profile academic was pronounced dead at a Cracker Barrel in Tennessee after a dispute over meat substitutes turned deadly. (Rest In Power, brother.)PhD researcher Karl Andersson wanted to get

Aug 15, 2022 • 1:00:41

Episode 126: Helen Lewis And The Stonewall Conspiracy

Episode 126: Helen Lewis And The Stonewall Conspiracy

Jesse Singal has disappeared off the face of the Earth. Trace’s investigation leads straight to “Stonewall,” a shadowy LGBT charity that is said to have infiltrated the highest levels of the British government. Katie leaks the news to Gawker Media, resulting in deadly riots erupting across New York over remaining supplies of Blocked And Reported. In an attempt to quell the chaos spreading across the nation, President Biden invites Katie to join him on a nationwide broadcast to announce that stra

Aug 8, 2022 • 1:11:44

Episode 125: Tarpley's Hitt Job Reveals The Sad State Of Gawker 2.0 And We Remember The Railroading Of Andy Signore

Episode 125: Tarpley's Hitt Job Reveals The Sad State Of Gawker 2.0 And We Remember The Railroading Of Andy Signore

Gawker is (still) back and (still) worse than ever — just ask Thomas Chatterton Williams. And you may not know the name “Andy Signore,” but if you do it’s probably because he was rather comprehensively #MeTooed back in 2017. Except he provided a lot of evidence to suggest he was innocent — evidence all the media outlets that piled on him seem to have ignored. Links:Gawker: Oldest available version of the article (already updated)https://web.archive.org/web/20220726161823/https://www.gawker.com/m

Aug 1, 2022 • 46:38

Episode 124: Karlyn Borysenko Will Have Her Revenge On New Hampshire

Episode 124: Karlyn Borysenko Will Have Her Revenge On New Hampshire

Poor Karlyn Borysenko just can’t catch a break. First, she was a Democrat…until she was forced out of the movement by a gang of roving far-left knitters.Then she joined the Republicans…until they turned their back on her for repeatedly trying to “align” her “chakras'' with a (very uncomfortable) male cowriter, and saying that a certain Austrian painter went to heaven. Now she’s a Libertarian… and the Greens are looking nervously her way.Links:Jesse on Leon County:Mises Caucus ASSUMING DIRECT CON

Jul 25, 2022 • 1:10:46

Episode 123: A "Fake" Story Turns Out To Be Real And A "Real" Story Turns Out To Be (Mostly) Fake

Episode 123: A "Fake" Story Turns Out To Be Real And A "Real" Story Turns Out To Be (Mostly) Fake

Katie’s true reason for dressing up as a horse all those years ago is finally revealed. An old friend of the pod returns for his revenge. A heart-wrenching story involving a 10-year-old rape victim seeking an abortion turns out to be fake, but then turns out to be real anyway. Jesse discusses a viral internet rumor involving trans kids in Leon County, Florida schools and explains how indignant he is he had to do one of his least favorite things — “work” — in order to debunk it.Links:IntroKatie h

Jul 18, 2022 • 1:16:06

Episode 122: Enjoy Your Death Trap, Ladies!

Episode 122: Enjoy Your Death Trap, Ladies!

Katie gets deceived by the Daily Kos, a leftist coffee shop suffers an expected fate, and Jesse explains how Buddhists ruined summer camp for everyone.Links:Rebekah’s sneakily-worded post on the Daily Kos:https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2022/6/2/2101940/-Rebekah-makes-national-headlines-in-Whistleblower-win-joins-Crist-Fried-in-Orlando-in-major-speechMina’s World shuts down:Libs of TikTok weighs in on the Mina’s Cafe situation:Doc Marie’s website (WARNING: pointless)https://docmaries.com/Hidden

Jul 11, 2022 • 1:04:03

Episode 121: Kevin Kruse And Rebekah Jones Are The Heroes And/Or Villains A Divided America Needs

Episode 121: Kevin Kruse And Rebekah Jones Are The Heroes And/Or Villains A Divided America Needs

After the hosts discuss Katie’s trip to L.A. to go on Real Time with Bill Maher, they talk about the stories of two liberal darlings who face accusations of professional wrongdoing: Kevin Kruse and Rebekah Jones. To discuss this episode with other BARPod premium subscribers go here.Show notes/Links:Kevin Kruse, history’s attack dog: https://www.chronicle.com/article/how-kevin-kruse-became-historys-attack-dog/An example of one of his in-depth threads, on the history of racism in the GOP: And anot

Jul 4, 2022 • 49:41

Episode 120: The NYT Enters The Youth Gender Fray And Philadelphia's Mina's World Coffee Shop Melts Down Spectacularly

Episode 120: The NYT Enters The Youth Gender Fray And Philadelphia's Mina's World Coffee Shop Melts Down Spectacularly

After dissecting their experiences doing a live show at the Heterodox Academy conference in Denver, the hosts talk about Emily Bazelon’s “controversial” New York Times Magazine article about youth gender transition and a mind-melting controversy over a West Philly coffee shop. To discuss this episode with other premium subscribers, click here.Show notes/Links:Bazelon’s article: https://www.nytimes.com/2022/06/15/magazine/gender-therapy.htmlThank you to all the Dave Robertses: Mina’s World:https:

Jun 24, 2022 • 55:18

Episode 119: Live From The Heterodox Academy Conference In Denver

Episode 119: Live From The Heterodox Academy Conference In Denver

It finally happened! A BARPod live show. It was very very fun. If you’d like to talk about it with other BARPod premium subscribers, click here. (MANY thanks to Andy Mills for whipping the audio into publishable form — there was a recording error and it was a mess at first.)Show notes/Links:Heterodox Academy: https://heterodoxacademy.org/Katie on Stuart Reges: https://www.thestranger.com/tech/2018/06/26/28210971/university-of-washington-computer-science-lecturer-explains-why-why-women-dont-code-

Jun 20, 2022 • 1:14:31

Episode 118: Every Podcaster is Bi. You Just Have To Figure Out If It's Polar Or Sexual

Episode 118: Every Podcaster is Bi. You Just Have To Figure Out If It's Polar Or Sexual

After Jesse issues a very deep and personal apology about an egregious error, the hosts discuss the endlessly swirling media shitstorm surrounding Felicia Sonmez. To discuss this episode with other premium subscribers, click here.Show notes/Links:JournoList: https://www.vanityfair.com/culture/2010/06/the-washington-posts-dave-weigel-resigns-following-strange-semi-scandalEmily Yoffe on Jonathan Kaiman: https://reason.com/2019/08/23/im-radioactive/Anna Merlan on Emily Yoffe on Jonathan Kaiman: htt

Jun 13, 2022 • 0:00

Episode 117: Let's Talk About Depp-Heard Reactions And Left-Wing Evolution Denialism

Episode 117: Let's Talk About Depp-Heard Reactions And Left-Wing Evolution Denialism

There are a lot of opinions about the verdict in the Depp-Heard case, and also on whether humans are sexually dimorphic. To discuss this episode with other BARPod premium subscribers, click here.Show notes/Links:Elon Musk’s Elden Ring build: https://kotaku.com/elon-musk-elden-ring-mage-worst-magic-build-twitter-bil-1848912000“Amber Heard Verdict Sends A Message To Black Women Everywhere”: https://www.theroot.com/amber-heard-verdict-sends-a-message-to-black-women-ever-1849004234A public orgy of m

Jun 6, 2022 • 1:04:37

Episode 116: Commonsense Mouth-Noise And Monkeypox Reform

Episode 116: Commonsense Mouth-Noise And Monkeypox Reform

After the hosts discuss some urgent loose ends from their recent Nick Fuentes episode, they discuss the latest mass shooting, Katie’s Twitter fight over Chris Rufo’s mansplainations (Jesse also mansplains), and monkeypox. To discuss this episode with other Blocked and Reported premium subscribers, click here.Show notes/Links: Nick Fuentes stuff: Robby Soave on mass shootings: https://reason.com/2022/05/26/uvalde-texas-mass-shooting-statistics-gun-crimes-misleading/Data on gun deaths: https://www

May 30, 2022 • 55:27

Episode 115: Reply All Is Done, Elon Musk Is Too Online, And Tucker Carlson Is Bad But Probably Not Responsible For A Mass Shooting

Episode 115: Reply All Is Done, Elon Musk Is Too Online, And Tucker Carlson Is Bad But Probably Not Responsible For A Mass Shooting

After Jesse tells Katie about a fairly awkward dinner, the hosts dig in to a particularly sumptuous buffet of internet nonsense. You can discuss this episode with other BARPod premium subscribers here.Show notes/Links:The Reply All news: https://www.theverge.com/2022/5/18/23122764/reply-all-hosts-leaving-alex-goldman-emmanuel-dzotsiOur Episode 52: Reply All Is Melting Down Like Some Sort Of Delectable Queso Dip Appropriated By A White Bon Appetit Editor: Elon Musk says the deal is on hold: LOL:

May 23, 2022 • 1:07:23

Episode 114: California's Math Wars Heat Up, And A Bit More On Medievalist Twitter's Never-Ending Drama

Episode 114: California's Math Wars Heat Up, And A Bit More On Medievalist Twitter's Never-Ending Drama

Katie feels misled about an online fundraising effort, Jesse follows up on the medievalist Twitter drama, Katie talks about how the West is imposing its understanding of LGTBQ identity on indigeneous cultures, and Jesse explains the latest blow-by-blow in California’s so-called Math Wars. To discuss this episode with other premium subscribers, click here.Show notes/Links:WaPo on ISAS/MRO: https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/2019/09/19/its-all-white-people-allegations-white-supremacy-are-tea

May 16, 2022 • 59:39

Episode 113: Should "The Bright Ages" Be Pulped For Its Racism, Or Merely Burned In Village Squares Nationwide?

Episode 113: Should "The Bright Ages" Be Pulped For Its Racism, Or Merely Burned In Village Squares Nationwide?

The hosts discuss one of the most memorable online meltdowns in recent memory, and then they talk about the fallout from last week’s episode. To discuss this episode with other premium subscribers, click here.Show notes/Links:“Allegations of white supremacy are tearing apart a prestigious medieval studies group”: https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/2019/09/19/its-all-white-people-allegations-white-supremacy-are-tearing-apart-prestigious-medieval-studies-groupJesse on Gabriele: https://reaso

May 9, 2022 • 56:45

Episode 112: How Our Assistant Producer Exposed Libs of TikTok

Episode 112: How Our Assistant Producer Exposed Libs of TikTok

After Jesse and Katie talk about Chris Rufo and the latest surge of moral panic from journalists who hate journalism, Tracing Woodgrains takes us all deep inside a sophisticated conspiracy to hoax Libs of TikTok. To discuss this episode with other premium BARPod subscribers, click here.Show notes/Links:NYT profile: https://www.nytimes.com/2022/04/24/us/politics/christopher-rufo-crt-lgbtq-florida.htmlPeople mad (thread): Rufo’s latest: https://www.city-journal.org/radical-gender-lessons-for-young

Apr 29, 2022 • 55:22

Episode 111: Let's Talk About How People Are Talking About Libs of TikTok

Episode 111: Let's Talk About How People Are Talking About Libs of TikTok

After Jesse tells a crazy story about his new life as a Brooklyn socialite, the hosts talk Jason Stanley’s SAT scores, PJ Vogt’s return to podcasting, and Taylor Lorenz’s article about the woman behind Libs of Tik Tok. To discuss this post with premium subscribers, click here.Show notes/Links:Stanleeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeey:Crypto Island: Review in Vulture: https://www.vulture.com/2022/04/crypto-island-podcast-pj-vogt.htmlReported pieces on the controversy:https://www.vulture.com/article/gimlet-reply

Apr 25, 2022 • 51:42

Episode 110: The Threats Against Jesse Get Weird, Jon Haidt Diagnoses America, And The FBI Plots A Terroristic Kidnapping

Episode 110: The Threats Against Jesse Get Weird, Jon Haidt Diagnoses America, And The FBI Plots A Terroristic Kidnapping

Does the Twitter trans community have a problem with sexually violent threats? Will Elon Musk hurt Twitter? How accurate is Jon Haidt’s take on what is ailing American? How big a threat was the Gretchen Whitmer kidnappling plot? Is this question-heavy format for episode descriptions annoying? To discuss this episode with other Blocked and Reported subscribers, click here?Show notes/Link:The tweets Jesse was complaining about: A threat to hang the likes of Kathleen Stock:Normal stuff: "Why The Pa

Apr 18, 2022 • 53:02

Episode 109: Fat Activists Say "Hold The Bacon" And We Unveil Our 10-Point Plan To Groom Your Kids

Episode 109: Fat Activists Say "Hold The Bacon" And We Unveil Our 10-Point Plan To Groom Your Kids

After Katie and Jesse have a frank discussion about the future of their relationship, they talk about a mind-boggling controversy in the fat activism world and the week everyone became a ‘groomer’ on Twitter. If you’d like to discuss this episode with other premium subscribers, you can do so here.Show notes/Links:Katie and Nellie!: Jesse and Destiny!: Katie and Jesse and Heterodox and… YOU??? (code BARPod): https://heterodoxacademy.org/conference-2022/Health at Every Size: https://www.goodreads.

Apr 11, 2022 • 1:03:48

Episode 108: ¡Podcastismo o muerte!

Episode 108: ¡Podcastismo o muerte!

Jesse talks about his time in Cuba (where he was radicalized against America), and then the cohosts discuss a very naughty Tory politician, whether J.K. Rowling caused Vladimir Putin to invade Ukraine, and a bizarre story involving a liberal arts college and what can only be deranged as a dad-led sex cult. To discuss this episode with other premium subscribers, click here.Show notes/Links:"Compare and book Florida Cuba Ferries" :( - https://www.cubaferries.com/The best book on Cuba Jesse read: h

Apr 4, 2022 • 45:57

Episode 107: Mormons and Furries and Babies, Oh My!

Episode 107: Mormons and Furries and Babies, Oh My!

Jesse is wandering around Cuba looking for internet so our extremely online podcast apprentice Tracing Woodgrains steps up to the mic. Discussed: Mormonism, furries, cultural appropriation, cultural gatekeeping, and Dave Rubin’s miracle babies. To discuss this episode with other premium subscribers, click here. The problematic fursuit: The response to the problematic fursuit:The response to the response to the problematic fursuit: Dave Rubin’s big news: Glenn Beck responds to Dave Rubin’s big ne

Mar 28, 2022 • 1:21:41

Episode 106: Possibly The Craziest And Most Infuriating #MeToo Story You Will Ever Hear

Episode 106: Possibly The Craziest And Most Infuriating #MeToo Story You Will Ever Hear

Jesse shares a scandalous episode from his past, the hosts discuss a New York Times op-ed by a college student that generated a deranged and telling response from The Twitter Powers That Be, and Katie tells Jesse about a remarkable #MeToo story she spend many months investigating (which we will post to the show notes when it is actually up). To discuss this episode with other premium subscribers, click here.Show notes/Links:Max Wilbert statement: https://www.protectthackerpass.org/protect-thacke

Mar 14, 2022 • 1:15:50

Episode 105: Everything Continues To Suck

Episode 105: Everything Continues To Suck

The hosts discuss all the brains that have been melted by Russia’s invastion of Ukraine, the role of race in determining how local populations respond to refugees, and the all-too-common collision of trans rights and lithium mining. If you’d like to discuss this issue with other premium subscribers, click here.Nuclear stuff:https://www.nytimes.com/2022/03/03/world/europe/nuclear-plant-fire-zaporizhzhia-video.htmlThursday night, CBS tweeted, alongside an article, https://www.nature.com/articles/d

Mar 7, 2022 • 1:06:08

Episode 104: How Wokeness, Toxic Masculinity, White Privilege, And TERFs Forced Vladimir Putin To Invade Ukraine

Episode 104: How Wokeness, Toxic Masculinity, White Privilege, And TERFs Forced Vladimir Putin To Invade Ukraine

The hosts break the news that Vladimir Putin has invaded Russia. Then they talk about race drama in the DSA and a terrible new policy Texas is attempting to enact that would rip trans kids from their parents. It’s a light and carefree episode. If you’d like to discuss it with other premium listeners, click here.Show notes/Links:“This current event is actually about the thing I’m obsessed by”:Real or naw?:It’s exhausting: https://imgur.com/ehbZCovDeclaration of Intent from Greater Baltimore Afros

Feb 28, 2022 • 1:10:06

Episode 103: Truckers, Perverts, And San Franciscans

Episode 103: Truckers, Perverts, And San Franciscans

After a very important Goat Update (tm), the hosts discuss the Canadian government’s heavyhanded response to the truckers, a very kinky new appointee to the Biden administration, and the San Francisco School Board recall. Premium subscribers can discuss the episode here.Show notes/Links:Cowboy… porno… metal…?: ​​https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-news/anti-vax-trucker-convoy-porno-metal-ram-ranch-1297926/This dude: Ilham Omar… welcome to the Intellectual Dark Web:Trudeau taking advanta

Feb 21, 2022 • 48:02

Episode 102: Do Not, Under Any Circumstances, Keep On Trucking

Episode 102: Do Not, Under Any Circumstances, Keep On Trucking

Jesse has another crazy travel story, this one from a wild night out in Santa Barbara. Then he tells Katie about a recent controversy at the /r/antiwork subreddit, and Katie tells him about the Canadian Freedom And/Or Nazi Truckers. Also, the podcast is looking for a professional cowboy/girl/person. To discuss this episode with other premium subscribers, click here.Show notes/Links:Great rundown from Trace: https://tracingwoodgrains.medium.com/r-antiwork-a-tragedy-of-sanewashing-and-social-gentr

Feb 14, 2022 • 1:01:20

Episode 101: Should Joe Rogan And/Or Critical Race Theory Be Deplatformed And/Or Executed?

Episode 101: Should Joe Rogan And/Or Critical Race Theory Be Deplatformed And/Or Executed?

In 2022, the two biggest celebrities in America are Joseph J. Rogan and Critical R. Theory. Some people think one of them should be deplatformed. Others think the other should be deplatformed. Still others think BOTH should be deplatformed (okay, no one thinks that). What’s the truth? Katie and Jesse are on the case. To discuss this episode with other premium subscribers, click here. (Apologies that I initially left the comment thread open on this one and then locked it — feel free to repost any

Feb 7, 2022 • 1:29:27

Episode 100: The Wrath At Khan

Episode 100: The Wrath At Khan

After Jesse presents Katie with two equally moral solutions to the goat roblems that have been plaguing her, the hosts discuss the recent brouhaha surrounding E.O. Wilson, Scientific American, and Razib Khan. In addition, Stephen Jay Gould was such a dick. To discuss this episode with other premium subscribers, click here. (Thank you to @metorotem for the episode title.)Show notes/Links:Goats:WilsonKhanghazi:E.O. Wilson obit: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/12/27/science/eo-wilson-dead.htmlTwo good

Jan 31, 2022 • 54:04

Episode 99: How Slate Became An Embarrassing Basket-Case Shell Of Its Former Self (With Mike Pesca)

Episode 99: How Slate Became An Embarrassing Basket-Case Shell Of Its Former Self (With Mike Pesca)

After Katie and Jesse discuss their nonconsensual Yassifications, they bring on Mike Pesca to discuss the time he was forced out at Slate because… well, hard to say! If you’re a premium subscriber and would like to discuss this episode, click here.Show notes/Links:The Yassification incident: https://www.reddit.com/r/BlockedAndReported/comments/s5ee24/the_yassification_of_jesse_singal_and_katie_herzog/The Daily Beast’s bad coverage of the Donald McNeil, Jr. incident:https://www.thedailybeast.com/

Jan 24, 2022 • 1:21:23

Episode 98: On Hereticon, Michael Tracey's Egregious Crimes Against K-Pop, And NPR's Manufactured Racism Issues

Episode 98: On Hereticon, Michael Tracey's Egregious Crimes Against K-Pop, And NPR's Manufactured Racism Issues

The host’s discuss Jesse’s very crazy week in Miami, Grimes, a very confusing online brouhaha involving Michael Tracey, South Korea, and fan letters written in menstrual blood, and the accusations of white supremacy leveled against that bastion of bigotry, National Public Radio. If you’d like to discuss this episode with other premium subscribers, click here.Show notes/Links:Hereticon: https://www.hereticon.com/Russ George’s pirate-geoengineering project (he did not mention during the talk that

Jan 17, 2022 • 1:16:30

Episode 97: Alberto Gullaba Jr. Thought He Might Be Headed For Literary Stardom — Then His Agent Found Out His Race

Episode 97: Alberto Gullaba Jr. Thought He Might Be Headed For Literary Stardom — Then His Agent Found Out His Race

After Katie provides a brief but withering review of ‘America,’ she tells Jesse about the latest hijinks of everyone’s favorite contrarian University of Washington computer science teacher, which like all great hijinks involve land acknowledgements. Then Jesse tells Katie about Alberto Gullaba Jr.’s travails trying to get his novel published. To discuss this episode with other paying subscribers, go here.Show notes/Links:Stuart Reges on sex differences research: https://quillette.com/2018/06/19/

Jan 10, 2022 • 1:39:28

Episode 96: Just Enough Fresh Content That It's Not *Technically* A Clip Show Under U.S. Podcasting Law

Episode 96: Just Enough Fresh Content That It's Not *Technically* A Clip Show Under U.S. Podcasting Law

Let’s look back on the last year and run down listeners’ top five favorite segments. If you’d like to discuss this episode with other paying subscribers, click here.Episodes clipped from:Image: Feet in wool socks near fireplace - stock photo (Via Getty) This is a public episode. If you’d like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.blockedandreported.org/subscribe

Dec 27, 2021 • 1:54:15

Episode 95: Allegedly Anti-Semitic Mukbang, The Latest J.K. Rowling Freakout, And The Fuzzy Science Of Masks

Episode 95: Allegedly Anti-Semitic Mukbang, The Latest J.K. Rowling Freakout, And The Fuzzy Science Of Masks

In this relatively special episode, the hosts talk about a ginned-up anti-Semitism controversy involving a troubled internet figure, the latest explosion of outrage surrounding J.K. Rowling’s online opinions, and an article in The Atlantic article highlighting the gaps in our knowledge about masking as a form of coronavirus protection. To discuss this episode with other premium subscribers, click here.Show notes/Links:Archived version of tweet accusing weird YouTuber of anti-Semitism: https://ar

Dec 20, 2021 • 55:45

Episode 94: If You Troll Into The Abyss, The Abyss Trolls Also Into You

Episode 94: If You Troll Into The Abyss, The Abyss Trolls Also Into You

Jesse confronts Katie with the results of some good ol’ fashioned southern-fried investigative reporting, Katie asks Jesse about his $5,000-dollar-per-plate Christmas gala in D.C., and Katie talks about the very strange and disturbing tale of Ben Garrison, racist (?) cartoonist. (If you’re a Primo and want to discuss this episode, click here.)Show notes/Links:New edition of Hal Herzog’s book!: https://www.amazon.com/Some-Love-Hate-Eat-Second-dp-0063119285/dp/0063119285/Cockburn: https://spectato

Dec 13, 2021 • 41:07

Episode 93: It's Crazy We Have To Do A Debunking Episode About The Jacob Blake Shooting In December 2021 And Yet Here We Are

Episode 93: It's Crazy We Have To Do A Debunking Episode About The Jacob Blake Shooting In December 2021 And Yet Here We Are

After a brief discussion of Katie’s new hobby, Jesse tells Katie the truth about the Jacob Blake shooting. Then the cohosts critique the very specific (and very narrow) brand of “moral clarity” employed by the journalists who continue to bungle the story to this day. If you’re a paying subscriber, you can comment on this article here. (Correction: Remarkably, Jesse made a fleeting reference to “the Blake killing” at 1:08:49 in the version of this episode we released early to our premium subscrib

Dec 6, 2021 • 1:11:25

Episode 92: MAPs Of Meaning

Episode 92: MAPs Of Meaning

An annoying West-Coast trend hits Jesse’s home region, a discussion about fake babies and ALLEGED BUT LEGALLY UNPROVEN cult affiliations, and a rather disgraceful attack led by online buffoons against a young academic. If you’re a premium subscriber and would like to discuss this episode with other BARPod listeners, you can do so here.Show notes/Links:The battle between furries and NFT bros escalates:More: https://candid.technology/usd-100k-nft-meme-war-twitterReborn doll basics:https://en.wikip

Nov 26, 2021 • 1:07:20

Episode 91: A BARPod Musical Milestone, A College Democrats Meltdown, And Rittenhouse Goes Rittenhome

Episode 91: A BARPod Musical Milestone, A College Democrats Meltdown, And Rittenhouse Goes Rittenhome

Jesse and Katie talk about their chaotic day, an INCREDIBLE gift a musically talented listener gave them, rapidly multiplying accusations of bigotry within the College Democrats of America, and the mercilessly bad takes that followed the Kyle Rittenhouse verdict. If you are a paying subscriber and would like to discuss this episode, head on over to the discussion thread.Show notes/Links:DJ Sac O'Judaea - Blucked and Suckported (feat. Jew-Z) - https://drive.google.com/file/d/1VOoL7ETyZ5ajgk2hW5Y0

Nov 20, 2021 • 43:49

Episode 90: KEXP Promotes An Anti-Semitic Group (For Social Justice), Exploring The World Of Conservative Furries, And A New College We Weren't Invited To Teach At

Episode 90: KEXP Promotes An Anti-Semitic Group (For Social Justice), Exploring The World Of Conservative Furries, And A New College We Weren't Invited To Teach At

After Katie asks Jesse if she did a cancel culture, she takes him on a disturbing and nonconsensual journey involving conservative and possibly Nazi-sympathetic furries. Then the hosts discuss the newly launched University of Austin and the reaction to it from very sane people online.Show notes/Links:Hey Microsoft: Do 👏 Better 👏:Did Katie do a cancel culture?:Deleted but was originally on this list: https://www.kexp.org/anti-racist-and-social-justice-resources/Right-wing furries:https://en.wik

Nov 15, 2021 • 1:03:49

Episode 89: Defending The LGB (Let's Go Brandon) Community And Launching Our War Against Each And Every Individual Furry

Episode 89: Defending The LGB (Let's Go Brandon) Community And Launching Our War Against Each And Every Individual Furry

After America’s leading political analysts, Katie and Jesse, talk about the election results in Seattle (voters don’t like police abolition!) and Virginia (voters don’t like CRT, maybe, if they know what it is?), they turn their attention to two highly potent instances of online b******t: the recent LIEberal media’s attack on the LGB (Let’s Go Brandon) community, and a story Jesse still can’t quite wrap his mind about involving NFTs (?) and Lindsay Lohan (!?) and furries (!?!?!?!?). God help us

Nov 5, 2021 • 58:59

Episode 88: As Proof That Existence Is Meaningless And Without Value, Here's Our Cotton Ceiling Segment

Episode 88: As Proof That Existence Is Meaningless And Without Value, Here's Our Cotton Ceiling Segment

Katie’s previous life is uncovered, an update is provided on the Loudoun County situation is provided, the cotton ceiling is discussed, Jesse becomes increasingly disconsolate, Huma Abedin’s “sexual assault” is discussed, and the passive voice is used in the episode description. (Note: this is the free version of this episode. If you’re a premium subscriber looking to access the comments section, you want this version instead.)Show notes/Links:Loudoun County rape case update: https://www.washing

Nov 1, 2021 • 1:08:19

Episode 87: HE'S GOT A WEAPON!

Episode 87: HE'S GOT A WEAPON!

In the wake of some important new information, Jesse and Katie follow up on last week’s Loudoun County rape scandal segment. Then they talk about Nikole Hannah-Jones, the Netflix walkout, and the violence committed by YouTube Vito Gesualdi in the service of his ultraright ideology, “Jokes are funny.” (This is the public version of this episode — for the premium version, with comments enabled, go here.)Show notes/Links:Original Daily Wire reporting: https://www.dailywire.com/news/loudoun-county-s

Oct 25, 2021 • 1:12:09

Episode 86: More Dave Chappelle Fallout And An Astonishing Scandal In Loudoun County, Virginia

Episode 86: More Dave Chappelle Fallout And An Astonishing Scandal In Loudoun County, Virginia

Katie and Jesse follow up with just a bit more KidneyGate discussion, then talk about Netflix employees’ reactions to Dave Chappelle’s special. The second half is an in-depth look at an astonishingly bad scandal in the Loudoun County, Virginia public schools. This is the public version of the episode — if you’re a premium subscriber and want to comment on the private version, click here. (Image via Haley Milon Bour of Loudoun Now.)Show notes/Links:Shoutout to ChocoRaisinBoi: https://www.reddit.c

Oct 18, 2021 • 1:03:57

Episode 85: We Have A Big Announcement And We're Celebrating With A Book Burning (With Kat Rosenfield)

Episode 85: We Have A Big Announcement And We're Celebrating With A Book Burning (With Kat Rosenfield)

In the intro, Jesse makes a strong pro-Karen case. Then Jesse tells Katie about an amazing story from the frozen, mystical land of Kahn-a-da involving a very righteous book-burning. Then, a BIG ANNOUNCEMENT. In the final (and best) segment, author Kat Rosenfield joins to talk about her new book, No One Will Miss Her, her deranged enemies in YA Twitter, and, of course, the Bad Art Friend story. (This is the public version of this episode. For the version with comments enabled for our premium subs

Oct 12, 2021 • 1:24:45

Frederick Joseph, As Himself, In: The McKaren Park Karen, And An Interview With Kathryn Paige Harden About Genetics

Frederick Joseph, As Himself, In: The McKaren Park Karen, And An Interview With Kathryn Paige Harden About Genetics

Frederick Joseph is the unluckiest man in New York City: After dealing with a Satanic AirBnB host, a racist woman on the street, and racist editors and producers, he is the victim of the latest Central-Park-Karen-style incident. The hosts discuss his super real and honest stories. Then: Jesse interviews Kathryn Paige Harden, the author of The Genetic Lottery: Why DNA Matters for Social Equality, about her research and the perils of debating fraught scientific and societal subjects online. Show

Oct 4, 2021 • 1:11:53

Episode 84: Frederick Joseph, As Himself, In: The McKaren Park Karen, And An Interview With Paige Harden About Genetics

Episode 84: Frederick Joseph, As Himself, In: The McKaren Park Karen, And An Interview With Paige Harden About Genetics

Frederick Joseph is the unluckiest man in New York City: After dealing with a Satanic AirBnB host, a racist woman on the street, and racist editors and producers, he is the victim of the latest Central-Park-Karen-style incident. The hosts discuss his super real and honest stories. Then: Jesse interviews Kathryn Paige Harden, the author of The Genetic Lottery: Why DNA Matters for Social Equality, about her research and the perils of debating fraught scientific and societal subjects online. (Note:

Oct 1, 2021 • 1:10:34

Historically, The Anatomy And Physiology Of Bodies With Vaginas Has Been Neglected

Historically, The Anatomy And Physiology Of Bodies With Vaginas Has Been Neglected

An update on Katie's face, Catie's Correction Corner, the world's only black nonbinary conservative, the bizarre newspeak pertaining to females being embraced by major liberal institutions, personals, and Ellen Pao's very strange New York Times op-ed about Elizabeth Holmes and Theranos. Show notes/Links: Full, correct context for Daniel Lavery criticizing someone for reporting a home break-in: https://www.reddit.com/r/DearPrudence/comments/lzge8x/comment/gqdp0vz (https://www.reddit.com/r/DearPru

Sep 27, 2021 • 1:02:59

Episode 83: Historically, The Anatomy And Physiology Of Bodies With Vaginas Has Been Neglected (early access, ad-free)

Episode 83: Historically, The Anatomy And Physiology Of Bodies With Vaginas Has Been Neglected (early access, ad-free)

(Apologies -- initially uploaded this with the wrong episode number/URL, so here's a corrected redo.)An update on Katie's face, Catie's Correction Corner, the world's only black nonbinary conservative, the bizarre newspeak pertaining to females being embraced by major liberal institutions, personals, and Ellen Pao's very strange New York Times op-ed about Elizabeth Holmes and Theranos.Show notes/Links:Full, correct context for Daniel Lavery criticizing someone for reporting a home break-in: http

Sep 25, 2021 • 1:01:30

Dear Prudence, Help! I Can't Stop Pretending To Be A Texas Abortion Bounty Hunter Online

Dear Prudence, Help! I Can't Stop Pretending To Be A Texas Abortion Bounty Hunter Online

Jesse vents about some super serious drama going on with his dad, who doesn't respect his career choices, Katie talks about a delightful Gawker article about a Dear Prudence fakester, some personals go down (from about 29:30 - 36:15), and Jesse runs down his interview with a gleefully unapologetic troll whose chaos-generating online forum seized control of the Texas abortion conversation. Show notes/Links: The Prudie fakester: https://www.gawker.com/media/dear-prudie-it-was-me-all-along (https:/

Sep 20, 2021 • 59:13

Episode 82: Dear Prudence, Help! I Can't Stop Pretending To Be A Texas Abortion Bounty Hunter Online

Episode 82: Dear Prudence, Help! I Can't Stop Pretending To Be A Texas Abortion Bounty Hunter Online

The Prudie fakester: https://www.gawker.com/media/dear-prudie-it-was-me-all-alongHelp! My Friend Thinks I Am Stealing Vaccines From African-American Grandmothers To Attend Sex Resorts: https://slate.com/human-interest/2021/03/dear-prudence-daughter-girlfriend-armed-robbery-murder.html Help! My Husband and I Can’t Agree On What To Name the Baby We Might Get!: https://slate.com/human-interest/2019/11/having-sex-with-nephew-advice.html My Daughter Is Pretending to Be Demonically Possessed… and I Ca

Sep 18, 2021 • 57:29

Judith Butler's Gender Bubbles

Judith Butler's Gender Bubbles

After Jesse and Katie follow up on some pedo stuff from last week's episode (hooray), they talk a bit about the response to Jesse's New York Times review of Helen Joyce's Trans: When Ideology Meets Reality. Then they address a burning question: Did The Guardian censor Judith Butler because she spoke truth to TERFy power, or did nothing like that happen at all? They also discuss Butler's theory of an alliance between gender-critical feminists and neo-fascists. Show notes/Links: Jesse's review of

Sep 13, 2021 • 1:09:56

Episode 81: Judith Butler's Gender Bubbles

Episode 81: Judith Butler's Gender Bubbles

Show notes/Links:Jesse's review of Trans: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/09/07/books/review/trans-helen-joyce.html Wi spa incident: https://nypost.com/2021/09/02/charges-filed-against-sex-offender-in-wi-spa-casecharges-filed-against-sex-offender-in-notorious-wi-spa-incident/ Max Read on Gawker: https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2016/08/did-i-kill-gawker.html Crackstarter: https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/2013/05/27/mayor_rob_ford_crack_video_scandal_gawkers_crackstarter_hits_200000_goal.html Random

Sep 11, 2021 • 1:08:30

Because God Hates Us Or Is Dead, Here's A Whole Episode About Noah Berlatsky And Pedophilia

Because God Hates Us Or Is Dead, Here's A Whole Episode About Noah Berlatsky And Pedophilia

An urgent investigation. Show notes/Links: Ben Burgis: “He’s one the most consistently and maliciously dishonest writers alive.”: https://twitter.com/BenBurgis/status/1431686876541325314 (https://twitter.com/BenBurgis/status/1431686876541325314) More from Burgis: https://benburgis.medium.com/noah-berlatskys-critique-of-class-first-leftism-c9a738caf77a (https://benburgis.medium.com/noah-berlatskys-critique-of-class-first-leftism-c9a738caf77a) Old version of Freddie deBoer's Planet of Cops essay,

Sep 6, 2021 • 1:18:22

Episode 80: Because God Hates Us Or Is Dead, Here's A Whole Episode About Noah Berlatsky And Pedophilia

Episode 80: Because God Hates Us Or Is Dead, Here's A Whole Episode About Noah Berlatsky And Pedophilia

An urgent investigation.Show notes/Links:Ben Burgis: “He’s one the most consistently and maliciously dishonest writers alive.”: https://twitter.com/BenBurgis/status/1431686876541325314More from Burgis: https://benburgis.medium.com/noah-berlatskys-critique-of-class-first-leftism-c9a738caf77aOld version of Freddie deBoer's Planet of Cops essay, which linked to Berlatsky's work: http://climateerinvest.blogspot.com/2021/06/the-woke-world-is-world-of-snitches.html?m=1 New version, which appears to ha

Sep 3, 2021 • 1:16:46

What To Do When Your Boyfriend, Who Is A Horny Anthropomorphic Sword, Is Stalking You (With Meghan Murphy)

What To Do When Your Boyfriend, Who Is A Horny Anthropomorphic Sword, Is Stalking You (With Meghan Murphy)

After Katie and Jesse follow up on some stuff from last week, the hosts discuss a video game controversy involving anthropomorphic weapons, and Katie interviews Meghan Murphy, who has been banned from major platforms for saying things like "men cannot become women." Show notes/Links: Jesse on the Junot Diaz situation: https://reason.com/2018/07/09/for-metoo-to-work-we-must-draw-the-line/ (https://reason.com/2018/07/09/for-metoo-to-work-we-must-draw-the-line/) Trailer for Boyfriend Dungeon: htt

Aug 30, 2021 • 1:29:31

Episode 79: What To Do When Your Boyfriend, Who Is A Horny Anthropomorphic Sword, Is Stalking You (With Meghan Murphy)

Episode 79: What To Do When Your Boyfriend, Who Is A Horny Anthropomorphic Sword, Is Stalking You (With Meghan Murphy)

After Katie and Jesse follow up on some stuff from last week, the hosts discuss a video game controversy involving anthropomorphic weapons, and Katie interviews Meghan Murphy, who has been banned from major platforms for saying things like "men cannot become women."Show notes/Links:Jesse on the Junot Diaz situation: https://reason.com/2018/07/09/for-metoo-to-work-we-must-draw-the-line/Trailer for Boyfriend Dungeon: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uu9BXqm3eKI&ab_channel=NintendoThe Daily Dot’

Aug 27, 2021 • 1:56:28

The Half-Baked 'Grooming' Allegations Against Alice Ripley And The Cringeworthy Awokening Of The Sports World (feat. Ethan Strauss)

The Half-Baked 'Grooming' Allegations Against Alice Ripley And The Cringeworthy Awokening Of The Sports World (feat. Ethan Strauss)

After Katie tells Jesse about her extremely traumatic 'vacation,' the hosts discuss a journalistically half-baked article about the Broadway star Alice Ripley and Jesse interviews Ethan Strauss on how the Great Awokening has washed over sports, producing some questionable journalism and cringeworthy ads. Show notes/Links: Katie's vacation: https://twitter.com/kittypurrzog/status/1427026657903214592 (https://twitter.com/kittypurrzog/status/1427026657903214592) Original 'grooming' allegation: htt

Aug 23, 2021 • 1:12:57

Episode 78: The Half-Baked 'Grooming' Allegations Against Alice Ripley And The Cringeworthy Awokening Of The Sports World (feat. Ethan Strauss)

Episode 78: The Half-Baked 'Grooming' Allegations Against Alice Ripley And The Cringeworthy Awokening Of The Sports World (feat. Ethan Strauss)

After Katie tells Jesse about her extremely traumatic 'vacation,' the hosts discuss a journalistically half-baked article about the Broadway star Alice Ripley and Jesse interviews Ethan Strauss on how the Great Awokening has washed over sports, producing some questionable journalism and cringeworthy ads. (Apologies to patrons that we couldn't get this to you as early as usual -- it was just a matter of not posting Ethan's announcement too early.)Show notes/Links:Katie's vacation: https://twitter

Aug 23, 2021 • 0:00

Episode 77: Did Rain Dove Fake A Hate Crime? (Unlocked Premium Episode, But In Your Premium Feed, Oh God I Can Explain...)

Episode 77: Did Rain Dove Fake A Hate Crime? (Unlocked Premium Episode, But In Your Premium Feed, Oh God I Can Explain...)

Hey guys -- it's me. Jesse. (Singal.)I think I instigated some confusion this week. My thought process was Well, this isn't a new episode to patrons, so I'm not going to drop it in the premium feed. Then a lot of people were confused as to why they weren't seeing a new episode this week, and I couldn't tell whether there was a genuine technical issue or people were responding to not seeing an episode in their premium feeds. I remain confused -- even more so than usual. ANYWAY. Here's this week's

Aug 18, 2021 • 32:35

Did Rain Dove Fake A Hate Crime? (Unlocked Premium Episode)

Did Rain Dove Fake A Hate Crime? (Unlocked Premium Episode)

Katie and Jesse discuss Katie's mushroom hunting, the downfall of @piney_the (the latest -- and most hilariously incompetent -- Twitter account run by a white person pretending to be a person of color), and Rain Dove, the nonbinary model, activist, and Instagram celebrity who appears to make a lot of stuff up. (Original published October 5, 2020 for our premium subscribers.) Show notes/Links: Access to premium episodes: https://patreon.com/blockedandreported (https://patreon.com/blockedandreport

Aug 16, 2021 • 32:34

Let's Do Hate Speech By Talking About How Biological Sex Is A Binary (With Carole Hooven)

Let's Do Hate Speech By Talking About How Biological Sex Is A Binary (With Carole Hooven)

After the hosts discuss Katie's recent nonconsensual conversion to Judaism, they bring on Carole Hooven to discuss the deep, potentially permanent damage she has done to Harvard University's Department of Human Evolutionary Biology by suggesting males can't get pregnant. Show notes/Links: Serious allegations against Katie: https://twitter.com/jessesingal/status/1422977840157532160 (https://twitter.com/jessesingal/status/1422977840157532160) Carole's book, "T: The Story of Testosterone, the Hor

Aug 9, 2021 • 1:00:15

Episode 76: Let's Do Hate Speech By Talking About How Biological Sex Is A Binary (With Carole Hooven)

Episode 76: Let's Do Hate Speech By Talking About How Biological Sex Is A Binary (With Carole Hooven)

After the hosts discuss Katie's recent nonconsensual conversion to Judaism, they bring on Carole Hooven to discuss the deep, potentially permanent damage she has done to Harvard University's Department of Human Evolutionary Biology by suggesting males can't get pregnant. Show notes/Links:Serious allegations against Katie: https://twitter.com/jessesingal/status/1422977840157532160 Carole's book, "T: The Story of Testosterone, the Hormone that Dominates and Divides Us" -  https://www.amazon.com/St

Aug 5, 2021 • 1:00:16

How To Deal With Transphobic Alters, How To Survive Your Newsroom's Awokening, And How To Get Ousted From The Screenwriting Industry

How To Deal With Transphobic Alters, How To Survive Your Newsroom's Awokening, And How To Get Ousted From The Screenwriting Industry

After Katie tells Jesse about a very problematic alter, the hosts respond to an email from a young journalist who feels trapped by the would-be revolutionaries in her newsroom, discuss NPR's new policy regarding expressions of political beliefs, and talk about a memorable blowup in the world of TV writing. Plus: more personals. Show notes/Links: Beware The Likes Police: https://theoutline.com/post/6708/marc-andreessen-twitter-faves-alt-right (https://theoutline.com/post/6708/marc-andreessen-twit

Aug 2, 2021 • 57:05

Episode 75: How To Deal With Transphobic Alters, How To Survive Your Newsroom's Awokening, And How To Get Ousted From The Screenwriting Industry

Episode 75: How To Deal With Transphobic Alters, How To Survive Your Newsroom's Awokening, And How To Get Ousted From The Screenwriting Industry

After Katie tells Jesse about a very problematic alter, the hosts respond to an email from a young journalist who feels trapped by the would-be revolutionaries in her newsroom, discuss NPR's new policy regarding expressions of political beliefs, and talk about a memorable blowup in the world of TV writing. Plus: more personals.Show notes/Links:Beware The Likes Police: https://theoutline.com/post/6708/marc-andreessen-twitter-faves-alt-right New NPR policy: https://www.npr.org/sections/publicedito

Jul 31, 2021 • 57:06

The DID Influencers Of TikTok And The Decline Of Formerly-Science-Based Medicine

The DID Influencers Of TikTok And The Decline Of Formerly-Science-Based Medicine

The hosts issue a major boob-related correction, talk about TikTok influencers who (appear to) have dissociative identity disorder, and discuss the recent meltdown of a site that (claims that it) is "science-based." Plus: Some other, often-cringeworthy recent skepticism/atheism history, including Elevatorgate (tm). Maria Taylor out: https://www.si.com/media/2021/07/21/maria-taylor-espn-split-nbc-likely-next (https://www.si.com/media/2021/07/21/maria-taylor-espn-split-nbc-likely-next) Scott Lilie

Jul 26, 2021 • 51:34

Episode 74: The DID Influencers Of TikTok And The Decline Of Formerly-Science-Based Medicine

Episode 74: The DID Influencers Of TikTok And The Decline Of Formerly-Science-Based Medicine

The hosts issue a major boob-related correction, talk about TikTok influencers who (appear to) have dissociative identity disorder, and discuss the recent meltdown of a site that (claims that it) is "science-based." Plus: Some other, often-cringeworthy recent skepticism/atheism history, including Elevatorgate (tm).Maria Taylor out: https://www.si.com/media/2021/07/21/maria-taylor-espn-split-nbc-likely-nextScott Lilienfeld and Hal Arkowitz, a bit skeptical of Dissociative Identity Disorder in Sci

Jul 24, 2021 • 50:03

Jesse Goes On Rogan, A Racial Nichols Incident, And Drama On Lolita Twitter

Jesse Goes On Rogan, A Racial Nichols Incident, And Drama On Lolita Twitter

Jesse regales Katie with tales of meeting Joe Rogan, not meeting Alex Jones, and being scared of guns (while shooting them). Then Katie provides an antiracist monkey-removal update, Jesse tells Katie about the Rachel Nichols incident at ESPN, and Katie more than returns the favor with a deep dive into the drama tearing at the very stitchwork of Lolita YouTube, which probably isn't what you think it is. Show notes/Links: -Jesse on Rogan: https://open.spotify.com/episode/6iNgd3IPIK0OEXfyEQqZA8?si=

Jul 19, 2021 • 1:12:23

Episode 73: Jesse Goes On Rogan, A Racial Nichols Incident, And Drama On Lolita Twitter

Episode 73: Jesse Goes On Rogan, A Racial Nichols Incident, And Drama On Lolita Twitter

Jesse regales Katie with tales of meeting Joe Rogan, not meeting Alex Jones, and being scared of guns (while shooting them). Then Katie provides an antiracist monkey-removal update, Jesse tells Katie about the Rachel Nichols incident at ESPN, and Katie more than returns the favor with a deep dive into the drama tearing at the very stitchwork of Lolita YouTube, which probably isn't what you think it is.Show notes/Links:-Jesse on Rogan: https://open.spotify.com/episode/6iNgd3IPIK0OEXfyEQqZA8?si=f5

Jul 17, 2021 • 0:00

Transphobic Puppets Wreak Havoc And Greg Lukianoff Walks Us Through All These Anti-'CRT' Bills

Transphobic Puppets Wreak Havoc And Greg Lukianoff Walks Us Through All These Anti-'CRT' Bills

After the hosts discuss a controversy involving a less-than-affirming puppet show, Greg Lukianoff joins them to talk about the anti-critical-race-theory laws being proposed all over the country, some of which he says represent the greatest threat to academic freedom he's seen in his 20-year career. Show notes/Links: Barnaby Dixon bio: https://youtube.fandom.com/wiki/Barnabydixon (https://youtube.fandom.com/wiki/Barnabydixon) His YouTube work: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YZWbpwCbxfY&ab_chann

Jul 12, 2021 • 1:01:55

Episode 72: Transphobic Puppets Wreak Havoc And Greg Lukianoff Walks Us Through All These Anti-'CRT' Bills

Episode 72: Transphobic Puppets Wreak Havoc And Greg Lukianoff Walks Us Through All These Anti-'CRT' Bills

After the hosts discuss a controversy involving a less-than-affirming puppet show, Greg Lukianoff joins them to talk about the anti-critical-race-theory laws being proposed all over the country, some of which he says represent the greatest threat to academic freedom he's seen in his 20-year career.Show notes/Links:Barnaby Dixon bio: https://youtube.fandom.com/wiki/Barnabydixon His YouTube work: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YZWbpwCbxfY&ab_channel=barnabydixonPhilip the Philosofish intervie

Jul 9, 2021 • 1:00:20

Katie and Barclays Give Unsolicited Advice, And An Update To A Story About A Story About Identifying As An Attack Helicopter

Katie and Barclays Give Unsolicited Advice, And An Update To A Story About A Story About Identifying As An Attack Helicopter

After Katie and Jesse discuss their July 4th plans, the hosts talk about Nikole Hannah-Jones winning her tenure battle, Barclays' cringeworthy contribution to Pride discourse, and the complicated tale of the publishing and unpublishing and re-publishing of "I Sexually Identify as an Attack Helicopter," aka "Helicopter Story." Make sure to check out our sponsor, Ground News, at https://ground.news/blockedandreported (https://ground.news/blockedandreported) Show notes/Links: Nikole Hannah-Jones st

Jul 5, 2021 • 53:43

Episode 71: Katie and Barclays Give Unsolicited Advice, And An Update To A Story About A Story About Identifying As An Attack Helicopter

Episode 71: Katie and Barclays Give Unsolicited Advice, And An Update To A Story About A Story About Identifying As An Attack Helicopter

After Katie and Jesse discuss their July 4th plans, the hosts talk about Nikole Hannah-Jones winning her tenure battle, Barclays' cringeworthy contribution to Pride discourse, and the complicated tale of the publishing and unpublishing and re-publishing of "I Sexually Identify as an Attack Helicopter," aka "Helicopter Story."Show notes/Links:Nikole Hannah-Jones stuff:https://www.dailytarheel.com/article/2021/06/university-nhj-tenure-decisionhttps://www.dailytarheel.com/article/2021/06/nikole-han

Jul 1, 2021 • 52:25

Why Did NPR's "Code Switch" Join The Pileon Against An Innocent Palestinian-American Businessman?

Why Did NPR's "Code Switch" Join The Pileon Against An Innocent Palestinian-American Businessman?

After Katie describes how she and Jesse had their First Amendment rights literally murdered by an NYC venue and Jesse provides a weird update to last week's Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie/Akwaeke Emezi episode, the hosts talk about some reparations-related drama at Seattle's Pride and "Code Switch"'s strange decision to join the pileon against Majdi Wadi, a Palestinian-American businessman who did nothing wrong. Show notes/Links: -when the government literally arrested everyone associated with Blocked

Jun 28, 2021 • 50:53

Episode 70: Why Did NPR's "Code Switch" Join The Pileon Against An Innocent Palestinian-American Businessman?

Episode 70: Why Did NPR's "Code Switch" Join The Pileon Against An Innocent Palestinian-American Businessman?

After Katie describes how she and Jesse had their First Amendment rights literally murdered by an NYC venue and Jesse provides a weird update to last week's Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie/Akwaeke Emezi episode, the hosts talk about some reparations-related drama at Seattle's Pride and "Code Switch"'s strange decision to join the pileon against Majdi Wadi, a Palestinian-American businessman who did nothing wrong.Show notes/Links:-when the government literally arrested everyone associated with Blocked a

Jun 26, 2021 • 49:47

AND DURING PRIDE

AND DURING PRIDE

After Jesse offers a mass amnesty to the individuals he wrongly (?) blocked, Katie, in a surprising move, comes out in favor of murdering adorable innocent puppies with big watery eyes. Then, as part of the podcast's seemingly bottomless obsession with drama surrounding Nigerian novelists, the hosts discuss Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie's viral essay about how horrible Online is and debate whether it's okay to attack her with machetes. Show notes/Links: Slate article on behavioral euthanasia: https:/

Jun 21, 2021 • 57:37

Episode 69: AND DURING PRIDE

Episode 69: AND DURING PRIDE

After Jesse offers a mass amnesty to the individuals he wrongly (?) blocked, Katie, in a surprising move, comes out in favor of murdering adorable innocent puppies with big watery eyes. Then, as part of the podcast's seemingly bottomless obsession with drama surrounding Nigerian novelists, the hosts discuss Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie's viral essay about how horrible Online is and debate whether it's okay to attack her with machetes.(UPDATE: This essay provides a lot of background on Akwaeke Emezi

Jun 20, 2021 • 57:37

Whiteness Whiteness ACLU Whiteness Harambe Whiteness Katie's Goats Whiteness

Whiteness Whiteness ACLU Whiteness Harambe Whiteness Katie's Goats Whiteness

Katie (white) and Jesse (white) talk about the perils of Whiteness, a situation in which one's soul is colonized by a mayonnaise-devouring demon who makes you hate other races and ask your neighbors to turn the radio down. They also talk about the ACLU and (more importantly) Harambe. Make sure to check out our sponsor, Ground News, at try.ground.news/blocked (http://try.ground.news/blocked). And please buy Jesse's book, The Quick Fix: Why Fad Psychology Can't Cure Our Social Ills: https://www.am

Jun 14, 2021 • 50:12

Episode 68: Whiteness Whiteness Whiteness Whiteness Whiteness

Episode 68: Whiteness Whiteness Whiteness Whiteness Whiteness

Katie (white) and Jesse (white) talk about the perils of Whiteness, a situation in which one's soul is colonized by a mayonnaise-devouring demon who makes you hate other races and ask your neighbors to turn the radio down. They also talk about the ACLU and (more importantly) Harambe.Show notes/Links:Katie and her wife own real goats now: https://twitter.com/kittypurrzog/status/1402012125845889024 Katie on the Yale speaker who wants to murder white people: https://bariweiss.substack.com/p/the-psy

Jun 11, 2021 • 48:54

An Ex-ACLU Gun-Toting Ex-Muslim Discusses Antifa And Andy Ngo (Search-Engine-Optimization Awareness Month Edition)

An Ex-ACLU Gun-Toting Ex-Muslim Discusses Antifa And Andy Ngo (Search-Engine-Optimization Awareness Month Edition)

Katie regales Jesse with some Pride history. Then Jesse talks about why he came back to Twitter and why he immediately left again. The, in the meat of the show, Katie interviews one of the more interesting people you'll ever learn about. Is Andy Ngo absent from this show? Ngo way. Not by a lNgong shot. Show notes/Links: Colonialism and the Holocaust: continuities, causations, and complexities (Jesse's post-Twitter palate-cleanser): https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/14623528.2013.82122

Jun 7, 2021 • 1:10:01

Episode 67: An Ex-ACLU Gun-Toting Ex-Muslim Discusses Antifa And Andy Ngo (Search-Engine-Optimization Awareness Month Edition)

Episode 67: An Ex-ACLU Gun-Toting Ex-Muslim Discusses Antifa And Andy Ngo (Search-Engine-Optimization Awareness Month Edition)

Katie regales Jesse with some Pride history. Then Jesse talks about why he came back to Twitter and why he immediately left again. The, in the meat of the show, Katie interviews one of the more interesting people you'll ever learn about. Is Andy Ngo absent from this show? Ngo way. Not by a lNgong shot.Show notes/Links: Colonialism and the Holocaust: continuities, causations, and complexities (Jesse's post-Twitter palate-cleanser): https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/14623528.2013.821229?

Jun 4, 2021 • 1:39:24

Bonus Interview: Jesse Talks To Ben Burgis About His Book 'Canceling Comedians While the World Burns - A Critique Of The Contemporary Left'

Bonus Interview: Jesse Talks To Ben Burgis About His Book 'Canceling Comedians While the World Burns - A Critique Of The Contemporary Left'

Self-explanatory! Enjoy. Lotsa links below about Ben's work and the stuff discussed in this interview. We'll be back with a new K+J episode soon. If you like what you hear, please consider becoming a Patron by heading over to https://patreon.com/blockedandreported (https://patreon.com/blockedandreported) . -Ben's latest book, Canceling Comedians While the World Burns: A Critique Of The Contemporary Left: https://www.amazon.com/Canceling-Comedians-While-World-Burns/dp/1789045479 (https://www.amaz

Jun 3, 2021 • 38:07

Jesse Interviews Ben Burgis About "Canceling Comedians While the World Burns: A Critique Of The Contemporary Left" (extended cut)

Jesse Interviews Ben Burgis About "Canceling Comedians While the World Burns: A Critique Of The Contemporary Left" (extended cut)

Self-explanatory! Enjoy. Lotsa links below about Ben's work and the stuff discussed in this interview. We'll be back with a new K+J episode soon.-latest book, Canceling Comedians While the World Burns: A Critique Of The Contemporary Left: https://www.amazon.com/Canceling-Comedians-While-World-Burns/dp/1789045479-Twitter: https://twitter.com/BenBurgis-YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCByZMNYpHFEetI0s3deYH2g-Bernie Sanders’ unreasonably Vermontian demands: https://nypost.com/2021/05/27/bo

Jun 2, 2021 • 1:01:13

It Is A Bad Idea To Try To Shout Down Detransitioners

It Is A Bad Idea To Try To Shout Down Detransitioners

After Jesse discusses his imminent Upstate death, the hosts turn toward a 60 Minutes segment on detransitioners and the rather unhinged response to it. Then they talk about the lab-leak hypothesis of the coronavirus’s origins, which may have been preemptively debunked by overeager journalists seeking to protect us all from racism and Trumpism. 60 Minutes segment: https://www.cbsnews.com/video/transgender-health-care-60-minutes-video-2021-05-23/#x (https://www.cbsnews.com/video/transgender-health

May 31, 2021 • 55:49

Episode 66: It Is A Bad Idea To Try To Shout Down Detransitioners

Episode 66: It Is A Bad Idea To Try To Shout Down Detransitioners

After Jesse discusses his imminent Upstate death, the hosts turn toward a 60 Minutes segment on detransitioners and the rather unhinged response to it. Then they talk about the lab-leak hypothesis of the coronavirus’s origins, which may have been preemptively debunked by overeager journalists seeking to protect us all from racism and Trumpism.60 Minutes segment: https://www.cbsnews.com/video/transgender-health-care-60-minutes-video-2021-05-23/#xMore background on it:https://www.cbsnews.com/news/

May 29, 2021 • 54:05

Katie Converts To Islam And Nikole Hannah-Jones Gets Kinda-Cancelled And Also Is Kamala Harris Actually Asian?

Katie Converts To Islam And Nikole Hannah-Jones Gets Kinda-Cancelled And Also Is Kamala Harris Actually Asian?

Katie has big news about her faith. After she delivers it, the hosts discuss a pair of media controversies involving Nikole Hannah-Jones and Emily Wilder. Also: Is Kamala Harris Asian? An investigation. Show notes/Links: NC Policy Watch on NHJ: http://www.ncpolicywatch.com/2021/05/19/pw-special-report-after-conservative-criticism-unc-backs-down-from-offering-acclaimed-journalist-a-tenured-position/ (http://www.ncpolicywatch.com/2021/05/19/pw-special-report-after-conservative-criticism-unc-backs-

May 24, 2021 • 54:10

Episode 65: Katie Converts To Islam And Nikole Hannah-Jones Gets Kinda-Cancelled And Also Is Kamala Harris Actually Asian?

Episode 65: Katie Converts To Islam And Nikole Hannah-Jones Gets Kinda-Cancelled And Also Is Kamala Harris Actually Asian?

Katie has big news about her faith. After she delivers it, the hosts discuss a pair of media controversies involving Nikole Hannah-Jones and Emily Wilder. Also: Is Kamala Harris Asian? An investigation.Show notes/Links:NC Policy Watch on NHJ: http://www.ncpolicywatch.com/2021/05/19/pw-special-report-after-conservative-criticism-unc-backs-down-from-offering-acclaimed-journalist-a-tenured-position/ Washington Post on Emily Wilder: https://www.washingtonpost.com/media/2021/05/20/emily-wilder-associ

May 22, 2021 • 52:55

Calling Female Journalists Dumb Knocked-Up Bitches With Ugly Husbands, For Feminism

Calling Female Journalists Dumb Knocked-Up Bitches With Ugly Husbands, For Feminism

After a heated debate over Slack and hummus/Hamas, Jesse and Katie announce a repivoting of the podcast. Then they discuss a gas shortage that almost stranded Katie in an unmentionable hellhole and the careful, measured, polite reaction to a column by the incorrigible Liz Bruenig, who had the temerity to argue, grossly, that she loves her kids and is glad to be a mom. Show notes/Links: International Hamas day: https://twitter.com/SlackHQ/status/1392901563207897101?s=20 (https://twitter.com/Slack

May 17, 2021 • 55:20

Episode 64: Calling Female Journalists Dumb Knocked-Up B*****s With Ugly Husbands, For Feminism

Episode 64: Calling Female Journalists Dumb Knocked-Up B*****s With Ugly Husbands, For Feminism

After a heated debate over Slack and hummus/Hamas, Jesse and Katie announce a repivoting of the podcast. Then they discuss a gas shortage that almost stranded Katie in an unmentionable hellhole and the careful, measured, polite reaction to a column by the incorrigible Liz Bruenig, who had the temerity to argue, grossly, that she loves her kids and is glad to be a mom.Show notes/Links:International Hamas day: https://twitter.com/SlackHQ/status/1392901563207897101?s=20On the pipeline hack: https:/

May 15, 2021 • 0:00

Jesse Makes A Friend, A Racist-Albeit-Dead Dog, A Basecamp Meltdown, And An Invitation For Chase Strangio

Jesse Makes A Friend, A Racist-Albeit-Dead Dog, A Basecamp Meltdown, And An Invitation For Chase Strangio

Jesse has a new best friend and wants to shout his name to the rooftops. Also, Jesse is not-mad-per-se-but-rather-disappointed at Chase Strangio and would like to talk to him on the pod. Then, the thick-cut tender medium-rare meat of the show: At the University of Washington, a controversy over racism. And at Basecamp, a… controversy over racism. Never let it be said that this show does not range widely. Chase Strangi-No!: https://www.gq.com/story/chase-strangio-on-anti-trans-laws (https://www.g

May 10, 2021 • 51:35

Episode 63: Jesse Makes A Friend, A Racist-Albeit-Dead Dog, A Basecamp Meltdown, And An Invitation For Chase Strangio

Episode 63: Jesse Makes A Friend, A Racist-Albeit-Dead Dog, A Basecamp Meltdown, And An Invitation For Chase Strangio

Jesse has a new best friend and wants to shout his name to the rooftops. Also, Jesse is not-mad-per-se-but-rather-disappointed at Chase Strangio and would like to talk to him on the pod. Then, the thick-cut tender medium-rare meat of the show: At the University of Washington, a controversy over racism. And at Basecamp, a… controversy over racism. Never let it be said that this show does not range widely.Chase Strangi-No!: https://www.gq.com/story/chase-strangio-on-anti-trans-lawsJesse Mad Online

May 6, 2021 • 49:47

A Sad One

A Sad One

No show notes this week. https://www.legacy.com/obituaries/bostonglobe/obituary.aspx?n=sydney-altman&pid=198401366&fhid=5816 (https://www.legacy.com/obituaries/bostonglobe/obituary.aspx?n=sydney-altman&pid=198401366&fhid=5816) https://donate.adaa.org/give/322300/#!/donation/checkout (https://donate.adaa.org/give/322300/#!/donation/checkout) https://www.legacy.com/obituaries/bostonglobe/obituary.aspx?n=edith-singal-katz&pid=198433772 (https://www.legacy.com/obituaries/bostonglobe/obituary.aspx?

May 3, 2021 • 48:45

Episode 62: A Sad One

Episode 62: A Sad One

No show notes this week.https://www.legacy.com/obituaries/bostonglobe/obituary.aspx?n=sydney-altman&pid=198401366&fhid=5816 https://donate.adaa.org/give/322300/#!/donation/checkout  https://www.legacy.com/obituaries/bostonglobe/obituary.aspx?n=edith-singal-katz&pid=198433772  This is a public episode. If you’d like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.blockedandreported.org/subscribe

May 1, 2021 • 55:47

The Literally Violent Inquisition Against Richard Dawkins And The Case Against Making Everything About Race All The Time

The Literally Violent Inquisition Against Richard Dawkins And The Case Against Making Everything About Race All The Time

Richard Dawkins did an oppression with his tweets -- what should be done??? Also, new research suggests, shockingly, that making each and every issue about race 100% of the time might have some drawbacks. These issues and more, discussed thoroughly and vigorously. Jesse's Book "The Quick Fix: Why Fad Psychology Can't Cure Our Social Ills": https://www.amazon.com/Quick-Fix-Psychology-Cant-Social/dp/0374239800/ref=tmmhrdswatch0?encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr= (https://www.amazon.com/Quick-Fix-Psychology-Ca

Apr 26, 2021 • 46:11

Episode 61: The Literally Violent Inquisition Against Richard Dawkins And The Case Against Making Everything About Race All The Time

Episode 61: The Literally Violent Inquisition Against Richard Dawkins And The Case Against Making Everything About Race All The Time

Richard Dawkins did an oppression with his tweets -- what should be done??? Also, new research suggests, shockingly, that making each and every issue about race 100% of the time might have some drawbacks. These issues and more, discussed thoroughly and vigorously.Jesse's Book "The Quick Fix: Why Fad Psychology Can't Cure Our Social Ills": https://www.amazon.com/Quick-Fix-Psychology-Cant-Social/dp/0374239800/ref=tmm_hrd_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr= Show notes/links:Richard Dawkins is

Apr 25, 2021 • 45:04

Andrew Yang Hates Dogs Almost As Much As Lindsay Ellis Hates Asian Culture

Andrew Yang Hates Dogs Almost As Much As Lindsay Ellis Hates Asian Culture

After Katie provides an update about her elderly Trump-and-guns-loving neighbor, the hosts discuss a canine controversy Andrew Yang got himself into that features some of the very most annoying people on Twitter. Then they talk about Facebook's efforts to censor a news article about a Black Lives Matter cofounder's real estate holdings. The back half of the episode is dedicated to Lindsay Ellis's recent social-justice troubles, which, if you squint, are really stupid. Please check out our sponso

Apr 19, 2021 • 56:49

Episode 60: Andrew Yang Hates Dogs Almost As Much As Lindsay Ellis Hates Asian Culture

Episode 60: Andrew Yang Hates Dogs Almost As Much As Lindsay Ellis Hates Asian Culture

After Katie provides an update about her elderly Trump-and-guns-loving neighbor, the hosts discuss a canine controversy Andrew Yang got himself into that features some of the very most annoying people on Twitter. Then they talk about Facebook's efforts to censor a news article about a Black Lives Matter cofounder's real estate holdings. The back half of the episode is dedicated to Lindsay Ellis's recent social-justice troubles, which, if you squint, are really stupid.Show notes/Links:The controv

Apr 17, 2021 • 53:34

Jesse's Leaving The Podcast Right This Instant, Puberty Blockers, And A Very Crazy, Very Expensive Campus Controversy

Jesse's Leaving The Podcast Right This Instant, Puberty Blockers, And A Very Crazy, Very Expensive Campus Controversy

After Jesse makes a shocking announcement (he's leaving the podcast in pursuit of greater glory), the hosts talk about a spate of bad GOP bills seeking to ban puberty blockers and hormones for minors and how difficult it is to communicate accurate, honest information to the public about this subject. Then they discuss a story Jesse wrote for Reason about a particularly crazy campus blowup in which a bunch of innocent white people were traumatized (physically) by disagreement. Jesse explaining wh

Apr 12, 2021 • 42:10

Episode 60: Jesse's Leaving The Podcast Right This Instant, Puberty Blockers, And A Very Crazy, Very Expensive Campus Controversy

Episode 60: Jesse's Leaving The Podcast Right This Instant, Puberty Blockers, And A Very Crazy, Very Expensive Campus Controversy

After Jesse makes a shocking announcement (he's leaving the podcast in pursuit of greater glory), the hosts talk about a spate of bad GOP bills seeking to ban puberty blockers and hormones for minors and how difficult it is to communicate accurate, honest information to the public about this subject. Then they discuss a story Jesse wrote for Reason about a particularly crazy campus blowup in which a bunch of innocent white people were traumatized (physically) by disagreement.Jesse explaining why

Apr 8, 2021 • 42:11

BONUS EPISODE: JFC I Guess We Are Talking More About Graham Linehan Innit

BONUS EPISODE: JFC I Guess We Are Talking More About Graham Linehan Innit

Jesse and Katie noticed a big reaction to a patrons-only episode they did that discussed Graham Linehan, so they decided to make that episode free for all, bracked by some new stuff before and after. Please consider ordering Jesse's book, which is out now: https://www.amazon.com/Quick-Fix-Psychology-Cant-Social/dp/0374239800/ref=tmmhrdswatch0?encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr= (https://www.amazon.com/Quick-Fix-Psychology-Cant-Social/dp/0374239800/ref=tmm_hrd_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr=) Original Lineha

Apr 8, 2021 • 1:16:43

BONUS: JFC I Guess We Are Talking More About Graham Linehan Innit

BONUS: JFC I Guess We Are Talking More About Graham Linehan Innit

Soul too dead to provide any notes for this one tbh (plus we have notes for the episode we're discussing here). This is a public episode. If you’d like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.blockedandreported.org/subscribe

Apr 8, 2021 • 23:27

The Introduction Chapter From The Audiobook Version Of "The Quick Fix: Why Fad Psychology Can't Cure Our Social Ills" By Jesse Singal

The Introduction Chapter From The Audiobook Version Of "The Quick Fix: Why Fad Psychology Can't Cure Our Social Ills" By Jesse Singal

This one is pretty self-explanatory. Please consider ordering: Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Quick-Fix-Psychology-Cant-Social/dp/0374239800/ref=tmmhrdswatch0?encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr= (https://www.amazon.com/Quick-Fix-Psychology-Cant-Social/dp/0374239800/ref=tmm_hrd_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr=) Indiebound: https://www.indiebound.org/book/9780374239800?aff=macmillan (https://www.indiebound.org/book/9780374239800?aff=macmillan)

Apr 6, 2021 • 14:33

We Hope Buying Jesse's Book Provides An Opportunity For Introspection And Growth

We Hope Buying Jesse's Book Provides An Opportunity For Introspection And Growth

After Katie opens up about a gruesome injury and Jesse tells a story about a listener's travails at an upscale New York City climbing gym, the hosts discuss Jesse's book, which is out on Tuesday. Specifically, they dig into Comprehensive Soldier Fitness, an anti-PTSD Army program that doesn't work, and the implicit association test, an anti-racism test that... doesn't work. Also, it turns out both hosts are kinda scared of bridges, which feels like something they should dig into at some later da

Apr 5, 2021 • 57:01

Episode 58: We Hope Buying Jesse's Book Provides An Opportunity For Introspection And Growth

Episode 58: We Hope Buying Jesse's Book Provides An Opportunity For Introspection And Growth

After Katie opens up about a gruesome injury and Jesse tells a story about a listener's travails at an upscale New York City climbing gym, the hosts discuss Jesse's book, which is out on Tuesday. Specifically, they dig into Comprehensive Soldier Fitness, an anti-PTSD Army program that doesn't work, and the implicit association test, an anti-racism test that... doesn't work. Also, it turns out both hosts are kinda scared of bridges, which feels like something they should dig into at some later da

Apr 3, 2021 • 55:31

There's No Accountability To Accountability Lists These Days (feat. Jonathan Chait)

There's No Accountability To Accountability Lists These Days (feat. Jonathan Chait)

Jesse and Katie talk about Jesse's inclusion on a very special list of very special bigots, Katie's addition to the ever-growing list of people who got Doyle'd, and an annoyingly one-sided front-page New York Times piece about online censorship. Then they throw to an interview Jesse did with Jon Chait, an excellent writer and thinker who had a big impact on Jesse's own work over the years. Please consider preordering Jesse's book, The Quick Fix: Why Fad Psychology Can't Cure Our Social Ills, whi

Mar 29, 2021 • 1:19:31

Episode 57: There's No Accountability To Accountability Lists These Days (feat. Jonathan Chait)

Episode 57: There's No Accountability To Accountability Lists These Days (feat. Jonathan Chait)

Jesse and Katie talk about Jesse's inclusion on a very special list of very special bigots, Katie's addition to the ever-growing list of people who got Doyle'd, and an annoyingly one-sided front-page New York Times piece about online censorship. Then they throw to an interview Jesse did with Jon Chait, an excellent writer and thinker who had a big impact on Jesse's own work over the years.Jesse on the disgraceful GLAAD clusterfuck: https://jessesingal.substack.com/p/glaad-took-false-previously-d

Mar 28, 2021 • 1:19:32

Yes We Have Receipts And No You Cannot See Them

Yes We Have Receipts And No You Cannot See Them

After reflecting on the podcast turning one whole year old later this week, Jesse and Katie talk about the massive online uproar over his (and others') continuing presence on Substack, Katie's impressive Brianna-Wu-related fundraising, and the underappreciated connection between GamerGate and 4chan. Then the hosts discuss media coverage of the awful massage-parlor shootings in Atlanta, and particularly the rush to slot them into an oversimplified race narrative. Please consider preordering Jesse

Mar 22, 2021 • 51:27

Episode 56: Yes We Have Receipts But No You Cannot See Them

Episode 56: Yes We Have Receipts But No You Cannot See Them

After reflecting on the podcast turning one whole year old next week, Jesse and Katie talk about the massive online uproar over his (and others') continuing presence on Substack, Katie's impressive Brianna-Wu-related fundraising, and the underappreciated connection between GamerGate and 4chan. Then the hosts discuss media coverage of the awful massage-parlor shootings in Atlanta, and particularly the rush to slot them into an oversimplified race narrative.Please consider preordering Jesse's book

Mar 20, 2021 • 49:38

Neera Tanden, Jacobinghazi, Brueniggate, And The Legacy Of The 2016-2021 Brocialist Twitter-Woke Twitter Wars

Neera Tanden, Jacobinghazi, Brueniggate, And The Legacy Of The 2016-2021 Brocialist Twitter-Woke Twitter Wars

After responding to some reader feedback about their last couple episodes, the hosts revisit one of the fiercer left-of-center Twitter controversies of the last half-decade: Woke Twitter vs. Brocialist Twitter. There are alligators! And corncobs! And forgotten and since-humiliated internet microcelebrities! It's quite. A. Ride. Please consider preordering Jesse's book, The Quick Fix: Why Fad Psychology Can't Cure Our Social Ills -- pre- and early orders help a first-time author tremendously: htt

Mar 15, 2021 • 57:06

Episode 55: Neera Tanden, Jacobinghazi, Brueniggate, Alligatorghazi, Centrist Corncobs, And The Legacy Of The 2016-2021 Brocialist Twitter-Woke Twitter Wars (Early-Access, Ad-Free)

Episode 55: Neera Tanden, Jacobinghazi, Brueniggate, Alligatorghazi, Centrist Corncobs, And The Legacy Of The 2016-2021 Brocialist Twitter-Woke Twitter Wars (Early-Access, Ad-Free)

After responding to some reader feedback about their last couple episodes, the hosts revisit one of the fiercer left-of-center Twitter controversies of the last half-decade: Woke Twitter vs. Brocialist Twitter. There are alligators! And corncobs! And forgotten and since-humiliated internet microcelebrities! It's quite. A. Ride.Please consider preordering Jesse's book, The Quick Fix: Why Fad Psychology Can't Cure Our Social Ills -- pre- and early orders help a first-time author tremendously: http

Mar 14, 2021 • 55:29

Bonus Interview: Youth-Gender Clinician Dr. Erica Anderson On Assessment, The Culture Wars, And Rapid Onset Gender Dysphoria

Bonus Interview: Youth-Gender Clinician Dr. Erica Anderson On Assessment, The Culture Wars, And Rapid Onset Gender Dysphoria

In a bonus interview episode, Jesse interviews Dr. Erica Anderson, a trans woman and Bay-Area-based gender clinician with years of experience working with transgender and gender nonconforming youth. The two discuss the white-hot debate over trans kids, including what comprehensive, compassionate assessment looks like in this field, how clinicians decide when a young person is ready for puberty blockers and/or hormones, and the controversial concept of "rapid-onset gender dysphoria." Please consi

Mar 9, 2021 • 1:25:22

Bonus Interview: Youth-Gender Clinician Dr. Erica Anderson

Bonus Interview: Youth-Gender Clinician Dr. Erica Anderson

In a bonus interview episode, Jesse interviews Dr. Erica Anderson, a trans woman and Bay-Area-based gender clinician with years of experience working with transgender and gender nonconforming youth. The two discuss the white-hot debate over trans kids, including what comprehensive, compassionate assessment looks like in this field, and how clincians decide when a young person is ready for puberty blockers and/or hormones.Please consider ordering Jesse's book, The Quick Fix: Why Fad Psychology Ca

Mar 8, 2021 • 1:26:40

That Sinking, Racist Feeling When You've Lost The Newsroom

That Sinking, Racist Feeling When You've Lost The Newsroom

Let's put a bow on this Donald McNeil Jr. story. McNeil has fired back with a 20,000-word opus about his travails trying to wrangle a group of young prep-schoolers with very strong feelings about social justice -- and without any booze! What did he really say to get himself in trouble? How did he say it? How did he handle the girl with the Latino/x boyfriend? Katie and Jesse also discuss media unionization and their exciting upcoming orthodontic endeavors. Please consider pre-ordering Jesse's bo

Mar 8, 2021 • 42:02

Episode 54: That Sinking, Racist Feeling When You've Lost The Newsroom (Early Access, Ad-Free)

Episode 54: That Sinking, Racist Feeling When You've Lost The Newsroom (Early Access, Ad-Free)

Let's put a bow on this Donald McNeil Jr. story. McNeil has fired back with a 20,000-word opus about his travails trying to wrangle a group of young prep-schoolers with very strong feelings about social justice -- and without any booze! What did he really say? How did he say it? How did he handle the girl with the Latino/x boyfriend? Katie and Jesse also discuss media unionization and their exciting upcoming orthodontic endeavors.Show notes/Links:Donald McNeil Jr.'s Medium series: https://donald

Mar 7, 2021 • 44:59

Reply All And Mike Pesca And Smith College And Race And Race And Race

Reply All And Mike Pesca And Smith College And Race And Race And Race

The liberal landscape is littered with race-related meltdowns. After a correction and an update to last week's Reply All episode, Katie and Jesse discuss Mike Pesca's suspension from Slate and a long, infuriating article in the New York Times about false accusations at Smith College. Reply All’s “The Confetti Cannon” episode: https://gimletmedia.com/shows/reply-all/dvh64g (https://gimletmedia.com/shows/reply-all/dvh64g) The other side of the argument that Reply All got more political: https://ww

Mar 1, 2021 • 55:31

Episode 53: Reply All And Mike Pesca And Smith College And Race And Race And Race

Episode 53: Reply All And Mike Pesca And Smith College And Race And Race And Race

The liberal landscape is littered with race-related meltdowns. After a correction and an update to last week's Reply All episode, Katie and Jesse discuss Mike Pesca's suspension from Slate and a long, infuriating article in the New York Times about false accusations at Smith College.Reply All’s “The Confetti Cannon” episode:https://gimletmedia.com/shows/reply-all/dvh64gThe other side of the argument that Reply All got more political:https://www.reddit.com/r/replyallpodcast/comments/ju3ly4/hot_ta

Feb 27, 2021 • 53:54

Reply All Is Melting Down Like Some Sort Of Delectable Queso Dip Appropriated By A White Bon Appetit Editor

Reply All Is Melting Down Like Some Sort Of Delectable Queso Dip Appropriated By A White Bon Appetit Editor

Hoooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo boy. Reply All, an excellent podcast, is melting down. What happened? What does it have to do with Bon Appetit? Why does news keep breaking immediately after Jesse and Katie record an episode? Please check out our sponsors -- it's an easy way to support us: -Download the Ground News app for free at https://check.ground.news/blocked (https://check.ground.news/blocked). check.ground.news/blocked (check.ground.news/blocked) to joi

Feb 19, 2021 • 1:10:03

Episode 52: Reply All Is Melting Down Like Some Sort Of Delectable Queso Dip Appropriated By A White Bon Appetit Editor

Episode 52: Reply All Is Melting Down Like Some Sort Of Delectable Queso Dip Appropriated By A White Bon Appetit Editor

Hoooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo boy. Reply All, an excellent podcast, is melting down. What happened? What does it have to do with Bon Apetit? Why does new keep breaking immediately after Jesse and Katie record an episode? Show notes/Links:Jesse on his rejection:https://twitter.com/jessesingal/status/1361125261220196356A couple great episodes of Reply All:The Case of the Missing Hit: https://gimletmedia.com/shows/reply-all/o2h8bxShine On You Crazy Goldmanhttps

Feb 19, 2021 • 1:06:43

[Yoda Voice:] Cancelled, You Are

[Yoda Voice:] Cancelled, You Are

Should Gina Carano have been fired from her job on the hit Star Wars show "A Candalabra" for being a dumb conservative with Boomerlike posting tendencies? The whole crew gets together to discuss. Also, Katie talks about her relationship with an old Trump supporter and Jesse looks back fondly on his grad-school trip to Israel and Palestine that solved that conflict once and for all. Please consider supporting us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/blockedandreported (https://www.patreon.com/block

Feb 15, 2021 • 44:11

Episode 51: [Yoda Voice:] Cancelled, You Are

Episode 51: [Yoda Voice:] Cancelled, You Are

Should Gina Carano have been fired from her job on the hit Star Wars show "A Candalabra" for being a dumb conservative with Boomerlike posting tendencies? The whole crew gets together to discuss. Also, Katie talks about her relationship with an old Trump supporter and Jesse looks back fondly on his grad-school trip to Israel and Palestine that solved that conflict once and for all.Show notes/Links: Bret Stephens in the New York... Post???????: https://nypost.com/2021/02/11/read-the-column-the-ne

Feb 13, 2021 • 42:34

BONUS EPISODE: Two More New York Times Departures Raise Some Troubling Questions About Disrespect Of Peruvian Shamans

BONUS EPISODE: Two More New York Times Departures Raise Some Troubling Questions About Disrespect Of Peruvian Shamans

Jesse and Katie talk about a disturbing bit of listener feedback and the recent departure from the Times, under questionable circumstances, of Andy Mills and Donald McNeil Jr. Are the worst norms of campus culture seeping into major media institutions? To hear the answer, you'll have to listen. (It's 'yes.') Please consider supporting us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/blockedandreported (https://www.patreon.com/blockedandreported) And preordering Jesse's book: https://www.amazon.com/Quick-F

Feb 11, 2021 • 1:04:40

BONUS: Two More New York Times Departures Raise Some Troubling Questions About Disrespect Of Peruvian Shamans

BONUS: Two More New York Times Departures Raise Some Troubling Questions About Disrespect Of Peruvian Shamans

Jesse and Katie talk about a disturbing bit of listener feedback and the recent departures from the Times, under questionable circumstances, of Andy Mills and Donald McNeil Jr. Are the worst norms of campus culture seeping into major media institutions? To hear the answer, you'll have to listen. (It's 'yes.')(Correction: At around 8:00 in the recording, Jesse originally referred to Rukmini Callamachi as a "woman of color." She isn't one. The error has been snipped out and free listeners will nev

Feb 11, 2021 • 1:04:40

Blocked and Reported - Episode 50 - Could Detransitioners Be Any More Bigoted? (With Detransitioner Carey Callahan)

Blocked and Reported - Episode 50 - Could Detransitioners Be Any More Bigoted? (With Detransitioner Carey Callahan)

After Jesse tells Katie a touching story about shoveling food into his face-hole, and the hosts discuss his latest Twitter-feud -- this one with a noted New Yorker food critic (not staff writer) -- the hosts unpack a Slate article about detransition that seems geared at painting that community in a particularly negative and reactionary light. But Carey Callahan, a detransitioner, therapist, and activist (who, to be fair, Katie and Jesse already knew before this all popped up), doesn't think this

Feb 8, 2021 • 1:06:15

Episode 50: Could Detransitioners Be Any More Bigoted? (With Detransitioner Carey Callahan)

Episode 50: Could Detransitioners Be Any More Bigoted? (With Detransitioner Carey Callahan)

After Jesse tells Katie a touching story about shoveling food into his face-hole, and the hosts discuss his latest Twitter-feud -- this one with a noted New Yorker food critic (not staff writer) -- the hosts discuss a Slate article about detransition that seems geared at painting that communtiy in a particularly negative and reactionary light. But Cary Callahan, a detransitioner, therapist, and activist (who, to be fair, Katie and Jesse already knew before this all popped up), doesn't think this

Feb 6, 2021 • 1:05:04

It's Unbelievable That Glenn Greenwald Fired A New York Times Editor Just For Getting The Chills

It's Unbelievable That Glenn Greenwald Fired A New York Times Editor Just For Getting The Chills

After Katie tells Jesse about a very disturbing dream she had about him, the hosts perform some valuable service journalism by explaining to listeners the nature of stonks and bons and hedge funs. Then they turn their attention to the story of Lauren Wolfe, a New York Times gig-editor who was fired after tweeting that watching Joe Biden's plane land gave her the 'chills.' Fair? Unfair? Inconsistently applied standards? Lot to unpack. Please pre-order Jesse's book, The Quick Fix, if you're able t

Feb 1, 2021 • 53:07

Episode 49: It's Unbelievable That Glenn Greenwald Fired A New York Times Editor Just For Getting The Chills

Episode 49: It's Unbelievable That Glenn Greenwald Fired A New York Times Editor Just For Getting The Chills

After Katie tells Jesse about a very disturbing dream she had about him, the hosts perform some valuable service journalism by explaining to listeners the nature of stonks and bons and hedge funs. Then they turn their attention to the story of Lauren Wolfe, a New York Times gig-editor who was fired after tweeting that watching Joe Biden's plane land gave her the 'chills.' Fair? Unfair? Inconsistently applied standards? Lot to unpack.Show notes/Links:STONKS:https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/stonks h

Jan 29, 2021 • 51:28

Ethan Watters On The Latest Skirmish In The Never-Ending Recovered-Memory Wars

Ethan Watters On The Latest Skirmish In The Never-Ending Recovered-Memory Wars

Katie and Jesse bring on Ethan Watters, an author and freelance journalist who helped debunk the recovered-memory craze back in the 1990s, to discuss the most recent development in that area: an article in The Cut that Watters does not think does a good and accurate job relating the (scant) scientific evidence for recovered memories. The hosts and Watters also discuss certain arguable therapeutic parallels between the recovered-memory movement and treatment for youth gender dysphoria, as well as

Jan 25, 2021 • 56:55

Episode 48: Ethan Watters On The Latest Skirmish In The Never-Ending Memory Wars

Episode 48: Ethan Watters On The Latest Skirmish In The Never-Ending Memory Wars

Katie and Jesse bring on Ethan Watters, an author and freelance journalist who helped debunk the recovered-memory craze back in the 1990s, to discuss the most recent development in that area: an article in The Cut that Watters does not think does a good and accurate job relating the (scant) scientific evidence for recovered memories. The hosts and Watters also discuss certain arguable therapeutic parallels between the recovered-memory movement and treatment for youth gender dysphoria, as well as

Jan 23, 2021 • 54:57

Andy Ngo Way Should Ben Shapiro Be Deplatformed

Andy Ngo Way Should Ben Shapiro Be Deplatformed

After Jesse addresses the totally baseless rumor that he went to Yale Law School, the best law school in the country, where (in this false scenario) he got very good grades, the hosts talk a bit more about online content moderation and then discuss two recent stories about controversial right-wing media figures: the backfired attempt to deplatform Andy Ngo's book, and the widespread outrage among Politico employees that Ben Shapiro was allowed to author an edition of the Playbook newsletter. Ple

Jan 18, 2021 • 54:16

Episode 47: Should Ben Shapiro Be Deplatformed? Andy Ngo Way!

Episode 47: Should Ben Shapiro Be Deplatformed? Andy Ngo Way!

After Jesse addresses the totally baseless rumor that he went to Yale Law School, the best law school in the country, where (in this false scenario) he got very good grades, the hosts talk a bit more about online content moderation and then discuss two recent stories about controversial right-wing media figures: the backfired attempt to deplatform Andy Ngo's book, and the widespread outrage among Politico employees that Ben Shapiro was allowed to author an edition of the Playbook newsletter.Plea

Jan 17, 2021 • 56:14

UNLOCKED: Should Social Media Platforms Have Banned Trump?

UNLOCKED: Should Social Media Platforms Have Banned Trump?

This one's pretty straightforward: Should social media platforms have banned Trump? What about all those other people? Also, now that he has moved Jesse finally reveals a dark secret about one of his old building-mates. (Jesse has a new audio setup and his sound quality will be better next time. It's Katie's fault, somehow, probably.) This was originally a patrons-only episode, so please consider becoming a susbcriber: https://patreon.com/blockedandreported (https://patreon.com/blockedandreporte

Jan 14, 2021 • 32:50

The Trumpsurrection Knocks Bean Dad From The Headlines

The Trumpsurrection Knocks Bean Dad From The Headlines

After discussing whether Blocked and Reported led directly to the siege on the Capitol, the hosts discuss that strange, terrifying event. They debate whether it can be safely examined in something of a vaccuum, or should be put in the broader context of what appears to be a rise in political violence in the U.S. They also discuss some of the most unhinged responses. Then they talk about Bean Dad. Remember Bean Dad? We yearn for a world in which Bean Dad is the day's most important story on Twitt

Jan 11, 2021 • 1:06:13

Episode 46: The Trumpsurrection Knocks Bean Dad From The Headlines

Episode 46: The Trumpsurrection Knocks Bean Dad From The Headlines

After discussing whether Blocked and Reported led directly to the siege on the Capitol, the hosts discuss that strange, terrifying event. They debate whether it can be safely examined in something of a vaccuum, or should be put in the broader context of what appears to be a rise in political violence in the U.S. They also discuss some of the most unhinged responses. Then they talk about Bean Dad. Remember Bean Dad? We yearn for a world in which Bean Dad is the day's most important story on Twitt

Jan 9, 2021 • 1:06:13

Two White Podcasters Resolve The Issue Of Racial Slurs And The Controversy Over Alec Baldwin's Esposa Latina

Two White Podcasters Resolve The Issue Of Racial Slurs And The Controversy Over Alec Baldwin's Esposa Latina

After reflecting on what a great year 2020 was, except for the many serious hardships Katie endured, the hosts start 2021 with a bang: specifically, a bang that sounds a lot like a racial slur neither of them can say. A white teenager in Virginia didn't get the memo, though -- what should the punishment be, if any? Then Jesse and Katie turn their attention to a story that is rather 'picante': Hilaria Baldwin's attempt at identity-forgery. What an estupido time to be alive! Show notes/Links: The

Jan 4, 2021 • 55:31

Episode 45: Two White Podcasters Resolve The Issues Of Racial Slurs And The Controversy Over Alec Baldwin's Esposa Latina

Episode 45: Two White Podcasters Resolve The Issues Of Racial Slurs And The Controversy Over Alec Baldwin's Esposa Latina

After reflecting on what a great year 2020 was, except for the many serious hardships Katie endured, the hosts start 2021 with a bang: specifically, a bang that sounds a lot like a racial slur neither of them can say. A white teenager in Virginia didn't get the memo, though -- what should the punishment be, if any? Then Jesse and Katie turn their attention to a story that is rather 'picante': Hilaria Baldwin's attempt at identity-forgery. What an estupido time to be alive!Show notes/Links:The Ne

Jan 1, 2021 • 53:19

Let's Talk About Sex (And Hanukkah And Bad Journalism), Baby (feat. @Aella_Girl)

Let's Talk About Sex (And Hanukkah And Bad Journalism), Baby (feat. @Aella_Girl)

In a very special holiday episode, Jesse relates the story of Hanukkah to Katie, his ignorant Gentile friend, with stunning 100% accuracy. Then Jesse makes a fun announcement and an angry announcement. Then the hosts throw to a lengthy interview they did with Aella (@aella_girl on Twitter), a sex worker, OnlyFans one-percenter, and occasional rationalist provocateur who has lived a very interesting life. They talk about drugs and sex and life and online controversy. Plus, Julie Bindel pops in to

Dec 28, 2020 • 1:17:11

Episode 44 - Let's Talk About Sex (And Hanukkah And Bad Journalism), Baby (feat. @Aella_Girl)

Episode 44 - Let's Talk About Sex (And Hanukkah And Bad Journalism), Baby (feat. @Aella_Girl)

In a very special holiday episode, Jesse relates the story of Hanukkah to Katie, his ignorant Gentile friend, with stunning 100% accuracy. Then Jesse makes a fun announcement and an angry announcement. Then the hosts throw to a lengthy interview they did with Aella (@aella_girl on Twitter), a sex worker, OnlyFans one-percenter, and occasional rationalist provocateur who has lived a very interesting life. They talk about drugs and sex and life and online controversy. Plus, Julie Bindel pops in to

Dec 25, 2020 • 1:50:01

On Mental Health, Youth Gender Dysphoria, And Our Own (Arguable) Fallibility

On Mental Health, Youth Gender Dysphoria, And Our Own (Arguable) Fallibility

In a true sign that anything is possible in this crazy universe of ours, the hosts note that there were some errors in the previous episode and explain exactly what they were (to see them explained in written form, check out that episode's show notes). Then they discuss some mental-health-talk from Jesse that rubbed one reader the wrong way and continue on to the show's main event: a major court decision on youth gender dysphoria in England and an incredibly shoddy article in Foreign Policy abou

Dec 21, 2020 • 1:01:54

Episode 43: On Mental Health, Youth Gender Dysphoria, And Our Own (Arguable) Fallibility

Episode 43: On Mental Health, Youth Gender Dysphoria, And Our Own (Arguable) Fallibility

In a true sign that anything is possible in this crazy universe of ours, the hosts note that there were some errors in the previous episode and explain exactly what they were (to see them explained in written form, check out that episode's show notes). Then they discuss some mental-health-talk from Jesse that rubbed one reader the wrong way and continue on to the show's main event: a major court decision on youth gender dysphoria in England and an incredibly shoddy article in Foreign Policy abou

Dec 19, 2020 • 1:00:17

What In The Everloving Name Of Diversity, Equity, And Inclusion Is Going On At Google?

What In The Everloving Name Of Diversity, Equity, And Inclusion Is Going On At Google?

A major blowup at at Google led to the firing or resignation (depending on who you ask) of Timnit Gebru and accusations that the company's social-justice efforts are performative at best. But behind the scenes, some Googlers are telling a different, slightly more complicated story. Who's right? Katie and Jesse bring on Jon Stokes, an Ars Technica founder who is much better connected in the tech world than they are, to help explain this tangled controversy. (Correction: In the original version o

Dec 14, 2020 • 1:03:44

Patrons Only: In 1939, TERFs Invaded Poland, Sparking World War II

Patrons Only: In 1939, TERFs Invaded Poland, Sparking World War II

For thousands of years, a small cabal of middle-aged lesbians known as 'TERFs' has been quietly pulling the strings behind the scenes, dictating the outcomes of major world events. They have one goal, and one goal alone: harming gender-nonconforming people. And unlike other political groups, who express their views with patience, reason, nuance, and logic, and who never harass anyone online, TERFs play dirty -- always. In this episode, Katie and Jesse applaud a brave expose in The Atlantic that

Dec 12, 2020 • 29:05

Episode 42: What In The Everloving Name Of Diversity, Equity, And Inclusion Is Going On At Google? (with Jon Stokes)

Episode 42: What In The Everloving Name Of Diversity, Equity, And Inclusion Is Going On At Google? (with Jon Stokes)

A major blowup at at Google led to the firing or resignation (depending on who you ask) of Timnit Gebru and accusations that the company's social-justice efforts are performative at best. But behind the scenes, some Googlers are telling a different, slightly more complicated story. Who's right? Katie and Jesse bring on Jon Stokes, an Ars Technica founder who is much better connected in the tech world than they are, to help explain this tangled controversy. (Correction: In the original version of

Dec 12, 2020 • 1:01:17

Inside The Vicious, Deranged, Literally, Metaphorically Violent World Of Young Adult Fiction Twitter

Inside The Vicious, Deranged, Literally, Metaphorically Violent World Of Young Adult Fiction Twitter

One would not expect an online community devoted to discussion of dragons, vampires, and teenage heroes to be a cesspool of almost unimaginable toxicity. And yet! In this episode, Jesse walks Katie through a recent history of young adult fiction Twitter, aka "YA Twitter," and attempts to explain how it got to be such a Hobbesian hellscape. The latest scandal involves Jessica Cluess, a YA author falsely accused of racism and violent speech, and the opportunistic authors, consultants, and agents r

Dec 7, 2020 • 57:06

Episode 41: Inside The Vicious, Deranged, Literally, Metaphorically Violent World Of Young Adult Twitter

Episode 41: Inside The Vicious, Deranged, Literally, Metaphorically Violent World Of Young Adult Twitter

One would not expect an online community devoted to discussion of dragons, vampires, and teenage heroes to be a cesspool of almost unimaginable toxicity. And yet! In this episode, Jesse walks Katie through a recent history of young adult fiction Twitter, aka "YA Twitter," and attempts to explain how it got to be such a Hobbesian hellscape. The latest scandal involves Jessica Cluess, a YA author falsely accused of racism and violent speech, and the opportunistic authors, consultants, and agents r

Dec 6, 2020 • 53:46

Jordan Peterson Causes Tears, And Suzanne Moore Could Use Some Beers

Jordan Peterson Causes Tears, And Suzanne Moore Could Use Some Beers

After a very tense intro during which Jesse berates Katie for not being there when he needed her most, the hosts discuss a Vice News story about staffers at Penguin Random House Canada so overwhelmed by the existence of Jordan Peterson's new book that they broke down crying, and Guardian staffers so overwhelmed by the existence of a debate over certain claims about sex and gender that they drove columnist Suzanne Moore out. Show notes/Links: Vice World News: Penguin Random House Staff Confront

Nov 30, 2020 • 1:05:13

Episode 40: Jordan Peterson Causes Tears, And Suzanne Moore Could Use Some Beers

Episode 40: Jordan Peterson Causes Tears, And Suzanne Moore Could Use Some Beers

After a very tense intro during which Jesse berates Katie for not being there when he needed her most, the hosts discuss a Vice News story about staffers at Penguin Random House Canada so overwhelmed by the existence of Jordan Peterson's new book that they broke down crying, and Guardian staffers so overwhelmed by the existence of a debate over certain claims about sex and gender that they drove columnist Suzanne Moore out. Show notes/Links:Vice World News: Penguin Random House Staff Confront Pu

Nov 28, 2020 • 59:46

Episode 39: Are Monkeys Inherently Racist?, Is College-Obama A Creep?, And Other Pressing Matters

Episode 39: Are Monkeys Inherently Racist?, Is College-Obama A Creep?, And Other Pressing Matters

After the hosts celebrate a major achievement and Jesse goes on a little rant that is Super Political, Katie and Jesse delve into three stories of profound internet nonsense involving privileged white people doing antiracism, a Toronto editor VERY mad about a new broth-joint, and some of Twitter's most neurotic people getting super mad about Barack Obama's college conduct. Show notes/Links: The New York Times: G.O.P.-Led Senate Panel Details Ties Between 2016 Trump Campaign and Russia - https://

Nov 23, 2020 • 52:04

Episode 39: Are Monkeys Inherently Racist?, Is College-Obama A Creep?, And Other Pressing Matters

Episode 39: Are Monkeys Inherently Racist?, Is College-Obama A Creep?, And Other Pressing Matters

After the hosts celebrate a major achievement and Jesse goes on a little rant that is Super Political, Katie and Jesse delve into three stories of profound internet nonsense involving privileged white people doing antiracism, a Toronto editor VERY mad about a new broth-joint, and some of Twitter's most neurotic people getting super mad about Barack Obama's college conduct.Show notes/Links:The New York Times: G.O.P.-Led Senate Panel Details Ties Between 2016 Trump Campaign and Russia - https://ww

Nov 21, 2020 • 47:48

Bari Weiss Is Right, Part II: Philosophy Schmosiphy

Bari Weiss Is Right, Part II: Philosophy Schmosiphy

After Katie talks about her new dog-testicles-centered newsletter, the hosts discuss the latest events in the ongoing saga of Helen Lewis's voice getting erased by Ubisoft. Now that Rock Paper Shotgun has sacked a 13-year freelancer for the crime of being sympathetic to Lewis in the site's comments section, it's fair to ask: Does it make sense to fire people for expressing majority opinions? (No. No it doesn't.) Then Katie and Jesse discuss an article in New York Magazine about the internal tumu

Nov 16, 2020 • 1:07:15

Episode 38: Bari Weiss Is Right, Part II: Philosophy Schmosiphy

Episode 38: Bari Weiss Is Right, Part II: Philosophy Schmosiphy

After Katie talks about her new dog-testicles-centered newsletter, the hosts discuss the latest events in the ongoing saga of Helen Lewis's voice getting erased by Ubisoft. Now that Rock Paper Shotgun has sacked a 13-year freelancer for the crime of being sympathetic to Lewis in the site's comments section, it's fair to ask: Does it make sense to fire people for expressing majority opinions? (No. No it doesn't.) Then Katie and Jesse discuss an article in New York Magazine about the internal tumu

Nov 14, 2020 • 1:04:43

Democracy Is For Stupid Jerks

Democracy Is For Stupid Jerks

In a very special episode, Katie and Jesse discuss a long, stupid week in which democracy had its way with the American people, vigorously and repeatedly. What should we make of the fact that, while Joe Biden is on the brink of victory, the election was closer than many expected and the Democrats were denied their "blue wave"? Is it because of the patriarchy? White supremacy? Wokeness? Minorities who cling annoyingly to 'agency' and "interpreting the world through their own values, rather than t

Nov 7, 2020 • 55:49

Episode 37: Democracy Is For Stupid Jerks

Episode 37: Democracy Is For Stupid Jerks

In a very special episode, Katie and Jesse discuss a long, stupid week in which democracy had its way with the American people, vigorously and repeatedly. What should we make of the fact that, while Joe Biden is on the brink of victory, the election was closer than many expected and the Democrats were denied their "blue wave"? Is it because of the patriarchy? White supremacy? Wokeness? Minorities who cling annoyingly to 'agency' and "interpreting the world through their own values, rather than t

Nov 7, 2020 • 54:12

Glenn Greenwald Leaves The Intercept And The Section 230 Saber-Rattling Continues

Glenn Greenwald Leaves The Intercept And The Section 230 Saber-Rattling Continues

After Jesse tells Katie a harrowing story about his recent journey into the heart of 'Manhattan,' the hosts discuss Glenn Greenwald's departure from The Intercept, an outlet he helped found back in 2014. Was this a case of censorship, as Greenwald argues, or did he overreact to standard editorial input? Then they turn their attention to Section 230, a law that made the internet what it is today (for better and for worse), and which seems to be attracting bipartisan ire of late, especially among

Nov 2, 2020 • 1:00:16

Episode 36: Glenn Greenwald Leaves The Intercept And The Section 230 Saber-Rattling Continues

Episode 36: Glenn Greenwald Leaves The Intercept And The Section 230 Saber-Rattling Continues

After Jesse tells Katie a harrowing story about his recent journey into the heart of 'Manhattan,' the hosts discuss Glenn Greenwald's departure from The Intercept, an outlet he helped found back in 2014. Was this a case of censorship, as Greenwald argues, or did he overreact to standard editorial input? Then they turn their attention to Section 230, a law that made the internet what it is today (for better and for worse), and which seems to be attracting bipartisan ire of late, especially among

Oct 31, 2020 • 1:00:16

The Problem With "Involuntary Conservatives" And With Accidentally Taking Your Dick Out At Work

The Problem With "Involuntary Conservatives" And With Accidentally Taking Your Dick Out At Work

Lotta dicks this week. After addressing some reader reactions to their The 1619 Project segment last week, Katie and Jesse critique the idea of "involuntary conservatives" so enraged by wokeness that they have to vote for Donald Trump. Then the hosts turn their attention to a salacious media story involving a certain New Yorker staff writer and, well, there's no more polite way to put this, but, um, his penis. James Lindsay: "Frankly going to unhappily vote Republican, including Trump, until the

Oct 26, 2020 • 55:25

Episode 35: The Problem With "Involuntary Conservatives" And With Accidentally Taking Your Dick Out At Work

Episode 35: The Problem With "Involuntary Conservatives" And With Accidentally Taking Your Dick Out At Work

Lotta dicks this week. After addressing some reader reactions to their The 1619 Project segment last week, Katie and Jesse critique the idea of "involuntary conservatives" so enraged by wokeness that they have to vote for Donald Trump. Then the hosts turn their attention to a salacious media story involving a certain New Yorker staff writer and, well, there's no more polite way to put this, but, um, his penis.James Lindsay: "Frankly going to unhappily vote Republican, including Trump, until the

Oct 23, 2020 • 55:25

Patrons Only: Is Ken Bone Right That Liberals Are Meaner Than Conservatives?

Patrons Only: Is Ken Bone Right That Liberals Are Meaner Than Conservatives?

Well? Is he? Katie and Jesse discuss The Bone Man's recent, controversial tweet, revisit his glorious recent internet-history, talk about their own experiences with left- versus-right-wing haters and obsessives, and -- God help us all -- revisit certain aspects of GamerGate.Ken Bone: "All morning the Trump supporters have been nice to me even though I don't like Trump. The Biden camp has been shitting all over me because I don't like Biden. Do these people really not see how much this behavior p

Oct 19, 2020 • 30:44

The 1619 Project, Hunter Biden's Sweet Gig, And Facebook And Twitter's Panicky Incompetence

The 1619 Project, Hunter Biden's Sweet Gig, And Facebook And Twitter's Panicky Incompetence

Katie and Jesse discuss the recent and not-so-recent controversy over The 1619 project, the reputational perils of getting in constant fights with idiots on Twitter, and the tangled story of Hunter Biden, a blind guy at a laptop-repair shop, and a controversial New York Post story. Along the way, Jesse engages in some shockingly casual anti-Ukrainianism. The New York Times: The 1619 Project - https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2019/08/14/magazine/1619-america-slavery.html (https://www.nytimes.c

Oct 19, 2020 • 49:15

Episode 34: The 1619 Project, Hunter Biden's Sweet Gig, And Facebook And Twitter's Panicky Incompetence

Episode 34: The 1619 Project, Hunter Biden's Sweet Gig, And Facebook And Twitter's Panicky Incompetence

Katie and Jesse discuss the recent and not-so-recent controversy over The 1619 project, the reputational perils of getting in constant fights with idiots on Twitter, and the tangled story of Hunter Biden, a blind guy at a laptop-repair shop, and a controversial New York Post story. Along the way, Jesse engages in some shockingly casual anti-Ukrainianism.The New York Times: The 1619 Project - https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2019/08/14/magazine/1619-america-slavery.htmlThe New York Times: The

Oct 17, 2020 • 49:15

Is Banning QAnon From Facebook Good And Is Katie Hill Bad?

Is Banning QAnon From Facebook Good And Is Katie Hill Bad?

The hosts discuss the Katie Hill revenge-porn/throuple scandal, which has gotten yet more scandalous in light of a tweetstorm supposedly authored by her former staffers (who are not fans), as well as Facebook's decision to ban QAnon from that platform and Instagram. The tweetstorm: https://twitter.com/RepKatieHill/status/1313703826646466562 (https://twitter.com/RepKatieHill/status/1313703826646466562) Politico: Anonymous ‘former staff’ of Katie Hill slam film adaptation of ex-congresswoman’s boo

Oct 12, 2020 • 57:17

Episode 33: Is Banning QAnon From Facebook Good And Is Katie Hill Bad?

Episode 33: Is Banning QAnon From Facebook Good And Is Katie Hill Bad?

[Update, 12:10 a.m.: For some reason the version I initially uploaded cut off before the actual ending. Apologies, but everything is fixed now. -J] The hosts discuss the Katie Hill revenge-porn/throuple scandal, which has gotten yet more scandalous in light of a tweetstorm supposedly authored by her former staffers (who are not fans), as well as Facebook's decision to ban QAnon from that platform and Instagram.The tweetstorm: https://twitter.com/RepKatieHill/status/1313703826646466562Politico: A

Oct 9, 2020 • 57:17

Himpathy For The Bitcoiner

Himpathy For The Bitcoiner

After a brief and sober discussion about President Trump's coronavirus diagnosis, the hosts devote most of the episode to two stories: a controversy surrounding a partially anonymous Arc Digital review of Kate Manne's new book Entitled that has led to accusations of obsession and WAR, and the blowup that ensued -- complete with a gleeful threat of mass executions in the streets! -- after the head of Coinbase took the radical stance that his company's purpose is to make money, not do progressive

Oct 5, 2020 • 50:32

Episode 32: Himpathy For The Bitcoiner

Episode 32: Himpathy For The Bitcoiner

After a  brief and sober discussion about President Trump's coronavirus diagnosis, the hosts devote most of the episode to two stories: a controversy surrounding a partially anonymous Arc Digital review of Kate Manne's new book Entitled that has led to accusations of obsession and WAR, and the blowup that ensued -- complete with a gleeful threat of mass executions in the streets! -- after the head of Coinbase took the radical stance that his company's purpose is to make money, not do progressive

Oct 3, 2020 • 50:33

Mitch McConnell, J.K. Rowling, Incels, And Other Search-Engine Optimization Gold

Mitch McConnell, J.K. Rowling, Incels, And Other Search-Engine Optimization Gold

After Katie tells the story of her 12-hour banishment from Twitter for a biting piece of political commentary, the hosts discus "TFW No GF," a controversial documentary about losers who post too much online, some of whom are so-called incels, or involuntary celibates. When should we have empathy for people who disgust us (like podcasters)? Then they turn their attention to the controversy over J.K. Rowling's newest mystery novel, which, depending on who you ask, is either horrifically transphobi

Sep 28, 2020 • 0:53

Episode 31: Mitch McConnell, J.K. Rowling, Incels, And Other Search-Engine Optimization Gold

Episode 31: Mitch McConnell, J.K. Rowling, Incels, And Other Search-Engine Optimization Gold

After Katie tells the story of her 12-hour banishment from Twitter for a biting piece of political commentary, the hosts discus "TFW No GF," a controversial documentary about losers who post too much online, some of whom are so-called incels, or involuntary celibates. When should we have empathy for people who disgust us (like podcasters)? Then they turn their attention to the controversy over J.K. Rowling's newest mystery novel, which, depending on who you ask, is either horrifically transphobi

Sep 26, 2020 • 53:22

Pedo-File This One Under 'Outrage'

Pedo-File This One Under 'Outrage'

Katie and Jesse discuss the online outrage surrounding the French film 'Cuties,' which has slightly more underage twerking than most 2020 cinematic releases. How did this film come to unite such a broad swath of people in disgust? What is Ted Cruz's strategy for getting the American government to investigate a French filmmaker? Then the hosts speak with Reason's Elizabeth Nolan Brown about the broader American sex-trafficking panic that seems to partly explain the reaction to 'Cuties.' Plus: the

Sep 21, 2020 • 0:01

Episode 30: Pedo-File This One Under 'Outrage'

Episode 30: Pedo-File This One Under 'Outrage'

Katie and Jesse discuss the online outrage surrounding the French film 'Cuties,' which has slightly more underage twerking than most 2020 cinematic releases. How did this film come to unite such a broad swath of people in disgust? What is Ted Cruz's strategy for getting the American government to investigate a French filmmaker? Then the hosts speak with Reason's Elizabeth Nolan Brown about the broader American sex-trafficking panic that seems to partly explain the reaction to 'Cuties.' Plus: the

Sep 19, 2020 • 59:28

Donald Trump Hates Critical Race Theory And Vice News Loves Racism And Satanism

Donald Trump Hates Critical Race Theory And Vice News Loves Racism And Satanism

The hosts discuss Donald Trump's sudden fixation on ostensibly "un-American" critical race theory in government diversity trainings. What does a good-faith critique of these trainings look like that doesn't slide into fearmongering or red-scare-esque grandstanding and witch-hunting? Will the politicization of everything prevent people from focusing on what matters, which is whether these trainings work or cause harm? Also: A Vice story about an allegedly satanic Airbnb is super, duper racist, or

Sep 14, 2020 • 0:42

Episode 29: Donald Trump Hates Critical Race Theory And Vice News Loves Racism And Satanism

Episode 29: Donald Trump Hates Critical Race Theory And Vice News Loves Racism And Satanism

The hosts discuss Donald Trump's sudden fixation on ostensibly "un-American" critical race theory in government diversity trainings. What does a good-faith critique of these trainings look like that doesn't slide into fearmongering or red-scare-esque grandstanding and witch-hunting? Will the politicization of everything prevent people from focusing on what matters, which is whether these trainings work or cause harm? Also: A Vice story about an allegedly satanic Airbnb is super, duper racist, or

Sep 12, 2020 • 42:30

Philosopher Justin Tosi On The Dangers Of Moral Grandstanding

Philosopher Justin Tosi On The Dangers Of Moral Grandstanding

Jesse interviews Justin Tosi, a philosopher at Texas Tech University and the author, with Brandon Warmke, of the new book Grandstanding: The Use and Abuse of Moral Talk. In a patrons-only segment that follows their discussion of the book, Jesse and Justin move on to a broader conversation about the current, precarious moment for open inquiry in academia, as well as the turn toward activism in philosophy that has Justin worried about his field. Listen to the full interview here: https://www.patre

Sep 8, 2020 • 0:36

Dolezal II: Even Dolezaller

Dolezal II: Even Dolezaller

After Jesse reveals yet another shocking secret about his mysterious life, the hosts discuss the case of Jessica Krug, a George Washington University professor who appears to have admitted to pulling a Rachel Dolezal: she pretended to be black. What a mess! But perhaps not all that shocking in our identity-obsessed age. Then the hosts respond, in depth, to an email from a reader who wants to be talked out of voting for Donald Trump, sparking an uncharacteristically earnest discussion about the u

Sep 7, 2020 • 0:01

Episode 28: Dolezal II: Even Dolezaller

Episode 28: Dolezal II: Even Dolezaller

After Jesse reveals yet another shocking secret about his mysterious life, the hosts discuss the case of Jessica Krug, a George Washington University professor who appears to have admitted to pulling a Rachel Dolezal: she pretended to be black. What a mess! But perhaps not all that shocking in our identity-obsessed age. Then the hosts respond, in depth, to an email from a reader who wants to be talked out of voting for Donald Trump, sparking an uncharacteristically earnest discussion about the u

Sep 4, 2020 • 1:08:49

Patrons Only: Jesse Interviews Philosopher Justin Tosi On Moral Grandstanding, The Social-Justice Culture Wars In Philosophy, And More

Patrons Only: Jesse Interviews Philosopher Justin Tosi On Moral Grandstanding, The Social-Justice Culture Wars In Philosophy, And More

In today's patrons-only episode, Jesse interviews Justin Tosi, a philosopher at Texas Tech University and the author, with Brandon Warmke, of the new book Grandstanding: The Use and Abuse of Moral Talk. After discussing the book, Jesse and Justin move on to a broader conversation about the current, precarious moment for open inquiry in academia, as well as the turn toward activism in philosophy that has Justin worried about his field.Show notes/Links:Amazon: Grandstanding: The Use and Abuse of M

Sep 3, 2020 • 1:09:22

Our Summer Of Hell Continues In Kenosha

Our Summer Of Hell Continues In Kenosha

After an intro in which Jesse impresses Katie deeply with a brilliant, cutting-edge character he has clearly put a lot of time into developing, the hosts discuss a hellish few days in Kenosha, Wisconsin: first, the police shooting of Jacob Blake, and then Kyle Rittenhouse's killing of two protesters. Doesn't there have to be a better way for police to resolve altercations like the one that ensued with Blake? And will the unrest in Kenosha increase the chances Donald Trump is elected (Katie's vie

Aug 31, 2020 • 0:57

Episode 27: Our Summer Of Hell Continues In Kenosha

Episode 27: Our Summer Of Hell Continues In Kenosha

After an intro in which Jesse impresses Katie deeply with a brilliant, cutting-edge character he has clearly put a lot of time into developing, the hosts discuss a hellish few days in Kenosha, Wisconsin: first, the police shooting of Jacob Blake, and then Kyle Rittenhouse's killing of two protesters. Doesn't there have to be a better way for police to resolve altercations like the one that ensued with Blake? And will the unrest in Kenosha increase the chances Donald Trump is elected (Katie's vie

Aug 29, 2020 • 57:51

TEASER: Pediatric Gender Transition (And Music And Circumcision And The Euphemism Treadmill)

TEASER: Pediatric Gender Transition (And Music And Circumcision And The Euphemism Treadmill)

In this teaser for the most recent patrons-only episode of Blocked and Reported, Katie and Jesse talk about pediatric gender transition, and the essentialist assumptions about gender expression that undergird some parents' concerns about their kids. Full episode available for patrons here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/patrons-only-of-40923109 (https://www.patreon.com/posts/patrons-only-of-40923109). Or just go to patreon.com/blockedandreported (patreon.com/blockedandreported) and you'll see it.

Aug 27, 2020 • 0:01

A Grand Unspurling Of Years Of Cliff Mass Hysteria

A Grand Unspurling Of Years Of Cliff Mass Hysteria

In this week's episode, Jesse addresses an ugly rumor about him posted to Blocked and Reported's Apple Podcast review page. Then the hosts discuss Conor Friedersdorf's article in The Atlantic, "Anti-racist Arguments Are Tearing People Apart," which centers around the accusation that it was racist for a white man to bounce his friend's black baby on his lap during a Zoom call (really!). In the episode's main segment, Katie unspurls the yearslong battle between Cliff Mass and seemingly every progr

Aug 24, 2020 • 0:01

Episode 26: A Grand Unspurling Of Years Of Cliff Mass Hysteria

Episode 26: A Grand Unspurling Of Years Of Cliff Mass Hysteria

In this week's episode, Jesse addresses an ugly rumor about him posted to Blocked and Reported's Apple Podcast review page. Then the hosts discuss Conor Friedersdorf's article in The Atlantic, "Anti-racist Arguments Are Tearing People Apart," which centers around the accusation that it was racist for a white man to bounce his friend's black baby on his lap during a Zoom call (really!). In the episode's main segment, Katie unspurls the yearslong battle between Cliff Mass and seemingly every progr

Aug 21, 2020 • 1:01:54

Introducing Mount Holey Oak (With Dan Savage)

Introducing Mount Holey Oak (With Dan Savage)

In this week's threesome of an episode, which was recorded with enthusiastic consent by everyone involved, Katie and Jesse talk to Dan Savage about the strange case of Alex Morse, the young, gay, Democratic congressional candidate and Massachusetts mayor accused of... well, it isn't quite clear. But what is quickly becoming clear is that Morse appears to have been set up by college kids loyal to his opponent, the incumbent establishment candidate, Richard Neal. What can this episode teach us abo

Aug 17, 2020 • 0:53

Episode 25: Introducing Mount Holey Oak (With Dan Savage)

Episode 25: Introducing Mount Holey Oak (With Dan Savage)

In this week's threesome of an episode, which was recorded with enthusiastic consent by everyone involved, Katie and Jesse talk to Dan Savage about the strange case of Alex Morse, the young, gay, Democratic congressional candidate and Massachusetts mayor accused of... well, it isn't quite clear. But what is quickly becoming clear is that Morse appears to have been set up by college kids loyal to his opponent, the incumbent establishment candidate, Richard Neal. What can this episode teach us abo

Aug 15, 2020 • 53:13

The Sad Tale Of @Sciencing_Bi, America's Realest Bisexual Indigenous Anthropologist

The Sad Tale Of @Sciencing_Bi, America's Realest Bisexual Indigenous Anthropologist

In one of the weirdest online controversies yet covered by Blocked and Reported, Katie walks Jesse through the wild, twisting tale of @Sciencing_Bi, a young anthropologist who just wanted to do good work, but who was tragically hindered from achieving this goal by the vicious anti-bisexual currents that dominate academic anthropology -- and by a university hell-bent on LITERALLY working her to death (and cutting her salary 15%). (Apologies for the weird underwater thing going on with Katie's au

Aug 10, 2020 • 0:46

Episode 24: The Sad Tale Of @Sciencing_Bi, America's Realest Bisexual Indigenous Anthropologist

Episode 24: The Sad Tale Of @Sciencing_Bi, America's Realest Bisexual Indigenous Anthropologist

In one of the weirdest online controversies yet covered by Blocked and Reported, Katie walks Jesse through the wild, twisting tale of @Sciencing_Bi, a young anthropologist who just wanted to do good work, but who was tragically hindered from achieving this goal by the vicious anti-bisexual currents that dominate academic anthropology -- and by a university hell-bent on LITERALLY working her to death (and cutting her salary 15%). (Apologies for the weird underwater thing going on with Katie's aud

Aug 6, 2020 • 46:40

Welcome To Portland, Where [Indistinct But Horrific Coughs And Screams]

Welcome To Portland, Where [Indistinct But Horrific Coughs And Screams]

Things are not going so great in Portland, where months of rowdy and sometimes destructive protests have been met with a federal response that has understandably scared and infuriated residents. But what's really going on there? Have we reached a point where it's basically impossible to find credible, contextualized accounts of complicated situations like this one? Will the Wall of Moms be undone by jackbooted government thugs and/or its own alleged racism? As one of America's whitest cities spe

Aug 3, 2020 • 0:45

Episode 23: Welcome To Portland, Where [Indistinct But Horrific Coughs And Screams]

Episode 23: Welcome To Portland, Where [Indistinct But Horrific Coughs And Screams]

Things are not going so great in Portland, where months of rowdy and sometimes destructive protests have been met with a federal response that has understandably scared and infuriated residents. But what's really going on there? Have we reached a point where it's basically impossible to find credible, contextualized accounts of complicated situations like this one? Will the Wall of Moms be undone by jackbooted government thugs and/or its own alleged racism? As one of America's whitest cities spe

Aug 1, 2020 • 44:30

Freddie deBoer On Mental Health And The Awfulness Of Twitter

Freddie deBoer On Mental Health And The Awfulness Of Twitter

In an excerpt of a patrons-only episode we're releasing as a bonus, Jesse and Freddie deBoer discuss the ways in which Twitter seems to worsen some people's mental health, deBoer's own struggles with bipolar disorder, the false accusation he knowingly leveled against the journalist Malcolm Harris, and more. Show notes/Links: Listen to the first part of the interview, about deBoer's new book, "The Cult of Smart," here: https://barpodcast.fireside.fm/22 (https://barpodcast.fireside.fm/22) Listen t

Jul 28, 2020 • 0:28

Freddie deBoer On 'The Cult of Smart'

Freddie deBoer On 'The Cult of Smart'

After Katie recounts a listener complaint and the cohosts announce a new focus for the podcast, the bulk of the episode consists of an interview Jesse conducted with Freddie deBoer, a brilliant thinker and writer whose first book, "The Cult of Smart: How Our Broken Education System Perpetuates Social Injustice," is a searing indictment of the American education system's most entrenched orthodoxy: the idea that just about any child can succeed academically. The second, patrons-only portion of the

Jul 27, 2020 • 0:50

Episode 22: Freddie DeBoer On "The Cult Of Smart"

Episode 22: Freddie DeBoer On "The Cult Of Smart"

After Katie recounts a listener complaint and the cohosts announce a new focus for the podcast, the bulk of the episode consists of an interview Jesse conducted with Freddie deBoer, a brilliant thinker and writer whose first book, "The Cult of Smart: How Our Broken Education System Perpetuates Social Injustice," is a searing indictment of the American education system's most entrenched orthodoxy: the idea that just about any child can succeed academically. The second, patrons-only portion of the

Jul 25, 2020 • 49:39

Bye, Bye Bari And Adios, Andrew

Bye, Bye Bari And Adios, Andrew

After Jesse reluctantly reveals some incredibly embarrassing and personal details about his love life in the opening segment, the hosts discuss last week's two big media stories: Bari Weiss's resignation from The New York Times and Andrew Sullivan's firing from New York Magazine. Is this a sign that these outlets are narrowing their windows of acceptable opinion? Was Weiss's treatment in her workplace genuinely unfair, or is she reacting with the same 'safetyism' she has so forcefully criticized

Jul 20, 2020 • 0:56

Episode 21: Bye, Bye Bari And Adios, Andrew

Episode 21: Bye, Bye Bari And Adios, Andrew

After Jesse reluctantly reveals some incredibly embarrassing and personal details about his love life in the opening segment, the hosts discuss the week's two big media stories: Bari Weiss's resignation from The New York Times and Andrew Sullivan's firing from New York Magazine. Is this a sign that these outlets are narrowing their windows of acceptable opinion? Was Weiss's treatment in her workplace genuinely unfair, or is she reacting with the same 'safetyism' she has so forcefully criticized?

Jul 18, 2020 • 56:12

Online Harassment Is Bad But Also People Are Extremely Disingenuous About It, And Other Observations

Online Harassment Is Bad But Also People Are Extremely Disingenuous About It, And Other Observations

After Jesse bravely expresses an opinion that is likely to get him cancelled by Cancel Culture, and to potentially destroy the podcast entirely, the hosts, who are clearly hated by God Himself (of maybe... HERself??), devote almost the entire episode to Letter Discourse and Counter-Letter Discourse. The discussion mostly concerns the harassment of a Vox staffer, which Jesse contributed to and feels bad about, even as he is aggrieved at the unhinged-in-light-of-the-evidence Jesse Did It narrative

Jul 13, 2020 • 0:52

Episode 20: Online Harassment Is Bad But Also People Are Extremely Disingenuous About It, And Other Observations

Episode 20: Online Harassment Is Bad But Also People Are Extremely Disingenuous About It, And Other Observations

After Jesse bravely expresses an opinion that is likely to get him cancelled by Cancel Culture, and to potentially destroy the podcast entirely, the hosts, who are clearly hated by God Himself (of maybe... HERself??), devote almost the entire episode to Letter Discourse and Counter-Letter Discourse. The discussion mostly concerns the harassment of a Vox staffer, which Jesse contributed to and feels bad about, even as he is aggrieved at the unhinged-in-light-of-the-evidence Jesse Did It narrative

Jul 11, 2020 • 52:25

Patrons Only: Dread Letter Day

Patrons Only: Dread Letter Day

Katie and Jesse signed a letter that was published in Harper's! It's pretty basic but given Twitter's reaction you would have thought it was an excerpt from Mein Kampf. In today's episode, the hosts discuss why they signed the letter and run through some of the most unhinged and disingenuous reactions to it, discovering, in the process, that one of the letter's loudest critics tried to get them both fired. Katie also asks Jesse about the time he reported a fellow journalist to her boss, and the

Jul 8, 2020 • 43:22

The Pod Gets Into Its First Beef, Shitty Media Men List Developments, And Stop Lying About Your Online Enemies

The Pod Gets Into Its First Beef, Shitty Media Men List Developments, And Stop Lying About Your Online Enemies

The gang celebrates July 4th by barely mentioning it. Instead, Jesse and Katie talk about Blocked and Reported's arguably FIRST EVER beef, which involves a very sensitive staffer at The New Republic. Then they relay two real corrections and one fake one from previous episodes, talk about the increasing possibility, in light of a new court decision, that at least one contributor to the Shitty Media Men list will be 'unmasked,' and discuss a thoughtful essay on what it feels like to be at the bott

Jul 6, 2020 • 0:48

Episode 19: The Pod Gets Into Its First Beef, Shitty Media Men List Developments, And Stop Lying About Your Online Enemies

Episode 19: The Pod Gets Into Its First Beef, Shitty Media Men List Developments, And Stop Lying About Your Online Enemies

The gang celebrates July 4th by barely mentioning it. Instead, Jesse and Katie talk about Blocked and Reported's arguably FIRST EVER beef, which involves a very sensitive staffer at The New Republic. Then they relay two real corrections and one fake one from previous episodes, talk about the increasing possibility, in light of a new court decision, that at least one contributor to the Shitty Media Men list will be 'unmasked,' and discuss a thoughtful essay on what it feels like to be at the bott

Jul 4, 2020 • 48:12

Bonus Interview: Yascha Mounk On The Importance Of Defending Liberalism, Unjust Firings, And More

Bonus Interview: Yascha Mounk On The Importance Of Defending Liberalism, Unjust Firings, And More

Jesse interviews Yascha Mounk about the threats liberalism is facing from both the left and the right, and Yascha introduces a new platform he is launching to help stem the tide. The duo also discuss Yascha's great but infuriating article in The Atlantic, "Stop Firing the Innocent," the origins of the gender wage gap, antifa, the racial politics of police reform, and more. Make sure to check out persuasion.community, which should be live by the time you read this. This is a public episode. If yo

Jul 2, 2020 • 58:10

Yascha Mounk On The Importance Of Defending Liberalism, Unjust Firings, And More

Yascha Mounk On The Importance Of Defending Liberalism, Unjust Firings, And More

Jesse interviews Yascha Mounk about the threats liberalism is facing from both the left and the right, and Yascha introduces a new platform he is launching to help stem the tide. In the full, patrons-only episode, the duo also discuss Yascha's great but infuriating article in The Atlantic, "Stop Firing the Innocent," the origins of the gender wage gap, antifa, the racial politics of police reform, and more. Make sure to check out persuasion.community, which should be live by the time you read th

Jul 2, 2020 • 0:32

A Reckoning Is Afoot, A Rattled Rationalist, A False Karening, And A Troubled Liberal Enclave

A Reckoning Is Afoot, A Rattled Rationalist, A False Karening, And A Troubled Liberal Enclave

A reckoning is afoot, as Jesse finally confronts Katie over her abusive managerial style. After the hosts get that out of the way, they proceed into a discussion about The New York Times' decision to publish the famed rationalist blogger Scott Alexander's full name -- and the rather effective-seeming countermeasure Alexander pulled in response. Then they move onto a broader conversation about journalistic ethics with regard to naming subjects against their will, and Katie talks about the time sh

Jun 29, 2020 • 0:47

Episode 18: A Reckoning Is Afoot, A Rattled Rationalist, A False Karening, And A Troubled Liberal Enclave

Episode 18: A Reckoning Is Afoot, A Rattled Rationalist, A False Karening, And A Troubled Liberal Enclave

A reckoning is afoot, as Jesse finally confronts Katie over her abusive managerial style. After the hosts get that out of the way, they proceed into a discussion about The New York Times' decision to publish the famed rationalist blogger Scott Alexander's full name -- and the rather effective-seeming countermeasure Alexander pulled in response. Then they move onto a broader conversation about journalistic ethics with regard to naming subjects against their will, and Katie talks about the time sh

Jun 27, 2020 • 47:48

BONUS: Here's Our Interview With Jeremiah Johnson Of The Neoliberal Project

BONUS: Here's Our Interview With Jeremiah Johnson Of The Neoliberal Project

If you develop severe physical symptoms whenever you go more than a day without hearing fresh content that includes Katie's and Jesse's voices, you're in luck: Here's an interview the hosts did with Jeremiah Johnson of The Neoliberal Project (here's his Twitter account) which Johnson generously shared (it's also up on his own organization's Patreon page). It was a pretty wide-ranging discussion -- in addition to covering the David Shor firing and Washington Post blackface article, the trio also

Jun 25, 2020 • 1:01:22

"White Fragility" Is A Completely Bizarre And Pernicious Book And It's A Terrible Sign That So Many Americans Love It

"White Fragility" Is A Completely Bizarre And Pernicious Book And It's A Terrible Sign That So Many Americans Love It

In the intro, Katie regales Jesse with tales from the CHAZ, Seattle's newly established anarchist-friendly autonomous zone. Then, in part because Jesse is obsessed and desperately needs to get a lot of vitriol surrounding this subject out of his system, the deeply masochistic hosts devote the entire rest of the episode to a dissection of one of the strangest books you will ever read about race, Robin DiAngelo's "White Fragility." Does Robin DiAngelo know any black people who aren't antiracist ed

Jun 22, 2020 • 0:53

[BONUS EPISODE] "What a stupid f*cking way to have a really important conversation": Reflections On A Yearlong White Fragility Training

[BONUS EPISODE] "What a stupid f*cking way to have a really important conversation": Reflections On A Yearlong White Fragility Training

In this episode, we hear from a woman who was forced to go through a year of equity, diversity, and inclusion training with none other than Robin "No White Tears" DiAngelo, best-selling author and the subject of Episode 17, "'White Fragility' Is A Completely Bizarre And Pernicious Book And It's A Terrible Sign That So Many Americans Love It." (We recommend you give that one a listen before you dive into this shit show.) Discussed: white guilt, secret Nazi iconography, and how Robin Diangelo is c

Jun 22, 2020 • 0:46

Bonus Interview: "What a stupid f*cking way to have a really important conversation": Reflections On A Yearlong White Fragility Training

Bonus Interview: "What a stupid f*cking way to have a really important conversation": Reflections On A Yearlong White Fragility Training

If hearing Jesse and Katie dig around in the strange innards of "White Fragility" wasn't enough Robin DiAngelo for you, have we got the thing: an interview Katie conducted with a woman whose former company, throw into disarray by a racial microaggression, brought in DiAngelo to conduct a full year's worth of antiracism training, complete with (unpaid) homework. It went.... strangely, and at one point involved allegations of subconscious swastikas. This is a public episode. If you’d like to discu

Jun 20, 2020 • 46:04

Episode 17: "White Fragility" Is A Completely Bizarre And Pernicious Book And It's A Terrible Sign That So Many Americans Love It

Episode 17: "White Fragility" Is A Completely Bizarre And Pernicious Book And It's A Terrible Sign That So Many Americans Love It

(UPDATE, 6/21/2020: Replaced the original file with one that has a new intro from Katie about some violence that took place in the CHAZ. This is the version we'll be posting on the free feed tomorrow, but everything is otherwise identical. -Jesse)In the intro, Katie regales Jesse with tales from the CHAZ. Then, in part because Jesse is obsessed and desperately needs to get a lot of vitriol surrounding this subject out of his system, the deeply masochistic hosts devote the entire rest of the epis

Jun 20, 2020 • 55:25

The Cancellations Will Continue Until Antiracism Improves

The Cancellations Will Continue Until Antiracism Improves

The roiling tremors on the left continue, as a young progressive data analyst gets fired for... it's honestly too ridiculous to even type, but it basically involves tweeting a thing that is true. As if that weren't enough, the Poetry Foundation shows us what a truly hysterical meltdown looks like. The hosts use their intellect and savvy to try to understand the difference between two 'violent' acts: "kneeling on someone's neck until they die horrifically" and "issuing a statement that isn't qui

Jun 15, 2020 • 0:01

Episode 16: The Cancellations Will Continue Until Antiracism Improves

Episode 16: The Cancellations Will Continue Until Antiracism Improves

The roiling tremors on the left continue, as a young progressive data analyst gets fired for... it's honestly too ridiculous to even type, and the Poetry Foundation shows us what a truly hysterical meltdown looks like. The hosts use their intellect and savvy to try to understand the difference between two 'violent' acts: "kneeling on someone's neck until they die horrifically" and "issuing a statement that isn't quite strong enough." Everything is insane right now. And violent.NOTE: Since you ar

Jun 14, 2020 • 1:15:22

Everyone Is Getting Fired All At Once, Except For Us

Everyone Is Getting Fired All At Once, Except For Us

Katie regales Jesse with a tale of anti-Herzogian graffiti, and the hosts take a few minutes to thank everyone for the ridiculous start the Patreon is off to. Then they discuss the massive upheavals going on in media, many of them involving editors getting fired after instances of perceived discrimination. Is there a problem trying to adjudicate this stuff via Twitter? Or is this just a necessary realignment of power in a collapsing and unequal industry? Also: Katie confronts Yashar Ali and Jess

Jun 11, 2020 • 0:46

Bari Weiss Is Right

Bari Weiss Is Right

Bari Weiss did some tweets about how there is a generational divide at The New York Times that is, in her view, hampering the paper's ability to publish quality commentary and journalism. In response, a sizable cohort of her colleagues LITERALLY devoured her (metaphorically, on Twitter). In their most frustrated episode yet, Katie and Jesse explain why Bari was fundamentally right. That doesn't mean her framing was perfect ('safetyism' isn't exactly the problem here), but, as the hosts argue, th

Jun 8, 2020 • 0:55

Episode 14: Bari Weiss Is Right

Episode 14: Bari Weiss Is Right

Bari Weiss did some tweets about how there is a generational divide at The New York Times that is, in her view, hampering the paper's ability to publish quality commentary and journalism. In response, a sizable cohort of her colleagues LITERALLY devoured her (metaphorically, on Twitter). In their most frustrated episode yet, Katie and Jesse explain why Bari was fundamentally right. That doesn't mean her framing was perfect ('safetyism' isn't exactly the problem here), but, as the hosts argue, th

Jun 8, 2020 • 55:19

Bonus: Jesse Interviews Ben Burgis, Author Of "Give Them an Argument: Logic for the Left"

Bonus: Jesse Interviews Ben Burgis, Author Of "Give Them an Argument: Logic for the Left"

For this, the first-ever patrons-only Blocked and Reported interview, Jesse interviewed Ben Burgis, a philosopher, prolific writer for Jacobin and other outlets, and the author of Give Them an Argument: Logic for the Left. Among other subjects, the duo discussed self-sabotaging messaging on the left, the flaws in Jordan Peterson's conception of 'post-modernism,' and the class element missing from the police-reform discussion. At the end, Jesse tried to get Ben to turn him into a socialist. Did i

Jun 6, 2020 • 1:28:44

The Best Podcast Of All New York Times

The Best Podcast Of All New York Times

In today's episode, the hosts zero in on an obscure, under-covered newspaper known as "The New York Times." Specifically, they discuss an explosion of employee anger over the paper's decision to publish a column by Sen. Tom Cotton, and what it reveals about internal dynamics in some media companies at the moment. Then, they shift gears to a Times article about a nonbinary 7-year-old and discuss the ways in which a certain subgenre of storytelling could be obscuring the nature of gender-identity

Jun 5, 2020 • 0:57

Episode 13: The Best Podcast Of All New York Times

Episode 13: The Best Podcast Of All New York Times

In today's episode, the hosts zero in on an obscure, under-covered newspaper known as "The New York Times." Specifically, they discuss an explosion of employee anger over the paper's decision to publish a column by Sen. Tom Cotton, and what it can (maybe) tell everyone about internal dynamics in some media companies at the moment. Then, they shift gears to a Times article about a nonbinary 7-year-old and discuss the ways in which a certain subgenre of storytelling could be obscuring the nature o

Jun 5, 2020 • 1:18:41

Episode 12: Protests And Riots Everywhere, Media Insane, Things Bad, And So On And So Forth

Episode 12: Protests And Riots Everywhere, Media Insane, Things Bad, And So On And So Forth

There's so much going on that Katie and Jesse are back again, already. In this episode they discuss the protests and riots popping off all over the country in response to George Floyd's horrific death, the media's predictably sloppy handling of some of the complexities of police reform, and the difference between meaningful and performative activism. Should they appoint themselves leaders of the nationwide movement for criminal justice reform? Hard to say. In the patrons-only segment starting at

Jun 2, 2020 • 1:03:26

Protests And Riots Everywhere, Media Insane, Things Bad, And So On And So Forth (BONUS EPISODE)

Protests And Riots Everywhere, Media Insane, Things Bad, And So On And So Forth (BONUS EPISODE)

There's so much going on that Katie and Jesse are back again, already. In this episode they discuss the protests and riots popping off all over the country in response to George Floyd's horrific death, the media's predictably sloppy handling of some of the complexities of police reform, and the difference between meaningful and performative activism. Should they appoint themselves leaders of the nationwide movement for criminal justice reform? Hard to say. (CORRECTION: In this episode we wrongly

Jun 2, 2020 • 0:41

CPK (Central Park Karen), Racist Policing, And The Endless Battle Over Online Shaming

CPK (Central Park Karen), Racist Policing, And The Endless Battle Over Online Shaming

In this week's episode, Katie and Jesse discuss the Amy Cooper/Christian Cooper incident in Central Park. Is this different from other instances of online shaming? Do we lose something when, in trying to understand a complicated problem like police shootings and other abuses, we focus in on individuals rather than institutions and structures? Why are white women so often pilloried these days when white men, like Jesse in particular, are obviously so much worse? Program notes/links: -"White Peop

Jun 1, 2020 • 0:48

Episode 11: CPK (Central Park Karen), Racist Policing, And The Endless Battle Over Online Shaming

Episode 11: CPK (Central Park Karen), Racist Policing, And The Endless Battle Over Online Shaming

In this week's episode, Katie and Jesse discuss the Amy Cooper/Christian Cooper incident in Central Park. Is this different from other instances of online shaming? Do we lose something when, in trying to understand a complicated problem like police shootings and other abuses, we focus in on individuals rather than institutions and structures? Why are white women so often pilloried these days when white men, like Jesse in particular, are obviously so much worse? Program notes/links:-"White People

May 31, 2020 • 48:30

Ronan Farrow, Jia Tolentino, And An International Network Of Powerful Lesbians

Ronan Farrow, Jia Tolentino, And An International Network Of Powerful Lesbians

Before jumping into a truly brutal week for media news involving journalists who are younger and more attractive and successful than they are, Jesse and Katie are interrupted by their newly installed Alison Roman Controversy Alarm, forcing them to briefly update listeners on the latest twist in that eternal tale. Then they turn their attention to a PinkNews article positing a global conspiracy of lesbians who are sexual abusers and human traffickers and explain how that ties into the broader, wh

May 25, 2020 • 0:57

Episode 10: "Ronan Farrow, Jia Tolentino, And An International Network Of Powerful Lesbians"

Episode 10: "Ronan Farrow, Jia Tolentino, And An International Network Of Powerful Lesbians"

Before jumping into a truly brutal week for media news involving journalists who are younger and more attractive and successful than they are, Jesse and Katie are interrupted by their newly installed Alison Roman Controversy Alarm, forcing them to briefly update listeners on the latest twist in that eternal tale. Then they turn their attention to a PinkNews article positing a global conspiracy of lesbians who are sexual abusers and human traffickers and explain how that ties into the broader, wh

May 23, 2020 • 57:36

Patrons Only: Go Team War Eagle, Fight, Fight, Fight!

Patrons Only: Go Team War Eagle, Fight, Fight, Fight!

In their first-ever edition of "🥱 or 🔥," a game in which one cohost tries to convince the other that a given internet controversy is interesting, Jesse regales Katie with the tale of a leftist African-American studies professor who decides to kick off his new lecturer gig at Auburn University by insulting one of the university's football traditions over Twitter. Spoiler alert: His opinions are not well-received! Also in this episode: Jesse's touts the efficacy of "Irish goodbyes" and Katie giv

May 22, 2020 • 23:20

Layoffs And Teigen And Roman And Kondo And Feel-Bad Liberalism And Patreon

Layoffs And Teigen And Roman And Kondo And Feel-Bad Liberalism And Patreon

Katie leads off the show by discussing her layoff from The Stranger and reflecting on her mixed feelings about her time there. This sparks a broader commiseration about just how deeply, profoundly screwed journalism is right now. To lighten things up Jesse reads Katie a poem he wrote for her (it's really good). Then the hosts tie up some loose ends about that whole Chrissy Teigen/Alison Roman/Marie Kondo thing, including the weird, flattening language of "woman of color" and Roman's apology. Aft

May 18, 2020 • 0:33

Episode 9: Layoffs And Teigen And Roman And Kondo And Feel-Bad Liberalism

Episode 9: Layoffs And Teigen And Roman And Kondo And Feel-Bad Liberalism

Here's Blocked and Reported, Episode 9: Layoffs And Teigen And Roman And Kondo And Feel-Bad Liberalism.Our week-to-week schedule varies a great deal. Sometimes the free weekly episode isn't ready until Sunday night. Sometimes, like this week, it's ready significantly earlier. As an extra perk to you, our trusty patrons, we're going to give you early access to the weekly free episodes when our schedules and other obligations allow us to. Enjoy!Summary:Katie leads off the show by discussing her la

May 16, 2020 • 33:58

Patrons Only: When Your Training's Shut Down / And It Causes A Frown / That's Damore

Patrons Only: When Your Training's Shut Down / And It Causes A Frown / That's Damore

In our first-ever Patrons-only episode, we break down an NBC News Article about the latest diversity brouhaha at Google, which leads into a broader discussion about what we expect of diversity programs, whether conservative complaints about the wackier ones have some merit, and the media's coverage of James Damore's memo (which argued, if memory serves, that female employees at Google should be kept in pens like livestock). Plus: What to do when your in-laws think you're hellbound, and a promisi

May 15, 2020 • 29:14

We Were (Joe) Biden Our Time But We (Candace) Owens You An Episode About Tara Reade

We Were (Joe) Biden Our Time But We (Candace) Owens You An Episode About Tara Reade

After Jesse gets things off to a fantastic start with an uplifting story about dog feces, the hosts finally relent and discuss the Joe Biden/Tara Reade situation. Does this case reveal the limits of "believe women"? Of trying to pretend long-ago accusations can be hashed out apolitically? Is anyone acting in good faith here? Then the hosts move on to Candace Owens and her censored-by-Twitter tweet calling for her Michigan followers to defy the government. What is the proper role for a private bu

May 11, 2020 • 48:52

BONUS EPISODE: Chrissy Teigen Vs Alison Roman Vs The White Women Of Twitter

BONUS EPISODE: Chrissy Teigen Vs Alison Roman Vs The White Women Of Twitter

During an emergency session of Blocked and Reported, Katie and Jesse discuss the controversy sparked by Alison Roman's decision to go hard at Chrissy Teigen and Marie Kondo. Just how racist is Alison Roman? Just how woman-of-color is Chrissy Teigen? Is the phrase "please to buy" anti-Asian or anti-Eastern-European? These and other highly sensitive questions, answered definitively! Plus: Katie and Jesse reveal their favorite appropriated foods.Show notes:What Alison Roman wants (https://newconsu

May 10, 2020 • 24:35

Is Bill de Blasio An Anti-Semite? Are Boomers OK? Are Orcs Racist? Is Bill de Blasio An Orc? Are Orcs Boomers?

Is Bill de Blasio An Anti-Semite? Are Boomers OK? Are Orcs Racist? Is Bill de Blasio An Orc? Are Orcs Boomers?

The show gets off to what feels like its 100th consecutive turbulent start, with Katie seeking solace over a super-personal medical issue. Then the hosts discuss Bill de Blasio's tweet about the Jewish community not following social-distancing rules: Just how meshuga was it? After that, they move on to a conversation over a popular narrative about Boomers and coronavirus, and finish things up by addressing the question on everyone's mind: Is it racist to portray orcs (the fantasy creatures, whic

May 4, 2020 • 38:19

Are You Woke Enough To Pay For A Sex Worker? Also: What's The Matter With Meghan Daum? (Featuring Meghan Daum)

Are You Woke Enough To Pay For A Sex Worker? Also: What's The Matter With Meghan Daum? (Featuring Meghan Daum)

After the pod gets off to yet another rough start thanks to a vicious anti-bread tirade Katie levels at Jesse, the cohosts heat up some leftovers from the last episode by disentangling Karens and Beckys (sorry, Karens and Beckys!) and further explaining their views on expertise. Then they discuss "Why Won't Woke Boys Pay For Sex?," the MEL Magazine article that lit Twitter on fire last week: Is Progressive Sex-Worker Discourse in line with most people's intuitions about the nature of prostitutio

Apr 27, 2020 • 59:55

Episode 5: Katie And Jesse Decide Who Is Valid

Episode 5: Katie And Jesse Decide Who Is Valid

In a shocking moment that definitely wasn't scripted, Katie almost singlehandedly immolates the podcast by dropping a horrific slur just seconds into the episode. After the cohosts recover their composure, they discuss an outrage story about Canadian military pronouns, Alex Berenson's coronavirus contrarianism, and the fairly nonsensical process people follow to decide what they believe. Jesse then tries to unpack Online Validity Discourse, leading the cohosts to discuss fascinating and provocat

Apr 20, 2020 • 59:35

Episode 4: Real Time With The Louis C. Rogan Experience

Episode 4: Real Time With The Louis C. Rogan Experience

Jesse tries to gaslight Katie into believing she's Jewish. After he succeeds, the cohosts move on to the meat of the show: a discussion of three Problematic Men. First they talk about Joe Rogan, who has been found guilty of having offensive opinions. What does the controversy over his endorsement of Bernie Sanders, and his more recent turn toward Trump-curiousness, tell us about how pundits misunderstand the average voter? Then they move on to noted masturbator Louis C.K. Has he been punished en

Apr 13, 2020 • 44:03

Episode 3: Nice White Ladies Pay To Get Called Racist Over Dinner

Episode 3: Nice White Ladies Pay To Get Called Racist Over Dinner

Jesse has a bad cough. Is it coronavirus, or just Jewishness? Katie, meanwhile, isn't quite sure what plant she turned into tea last week. Will either cohost outlive April? We'll see soon enough. In the meantime, the hosts debate whether coronavirus will kill the online culture wars, then segue accidentally into a discussion of gender identity and the complicated ways in which attempts to reduce misgendering can lead, as Katie has experienced, to yet more misgendering. Then Jesse complains abou

Apr 6, 2020 • 46:34

Episode 2: "You Essentially Stole My Podcast"

Episode 2: "You Essentially Stole My Podcast"

Less than a week post-launch, Blocked and Reported faces a profoundly serious threat to its existence: an accusation of Grand Theft Audio from one of the hosts of Blocked Party, an obscure upstart podcast that may have copied Blocked and Reported's name. After reflecting on their transgressions, looking deeply inward, and promising to do better (not really), Katie and Jesse move to on a discussion about Katie's pandemic shotgun wedding. Then they talk about right-wing coronavirus misinformation

Mar 30, 2020 • 57:50

Episode 1: The Pilot

Episode 1: The Pilot

IT'S HERE. In the pilot episode of Blocked and Reported, hosts Katie Herzog and Jesse Singal explain what the podcast is, and Katie reveals a very special Pandemic Announcement. The hosts also discuss the "Why I Am Leaving The Left" subgenre, debate whether insanely irresponsible pandemic behavior has changed their views on internet shaming, and offer some suggestions of wonderful Old Internet relics that can help listeners ride out the end of the world in an entertaining manner.Show notes:-I'm

Mar 24, 2020 • 37:46

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