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Blocked and ReportedEpisode 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/subscribe2025-02-171h 19
Blocked and ReportedPremium: Sava Bros Go BrokeThis 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.org2025-02-1318 min
Blocked and ReportedPremium: The Fable of the Allegedly Racist RobotThis 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.org2025-02-0725 min
Blocked and ReportedEpisode 246: Shitcoin in ChiefThis 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 Whit...2025-02-031h 06
Blocked and ReportedPremium: Transition ImpossibleThis 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.org2025-01-3017 min
Blocked and ReportedEpisode 245: The Heil Heard 'Round The WorldThis 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 And Restoring Biological Truth To The Federal Government – The White House...2025-01-2537 min
Blocked and ReportedEpisode 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.comClimate Change A Factor In Unprecedented LA Fires...2025-01-201h 39
Blocked and ReportedPremium: Troll WarsThis 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.org2025-01-1626 min
Blocked and ReportedEpisode 242: "The Telepathy Tapes" Wants You To Believe The UnbelievableThis 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 All Want to...2025-01-061h 15
Blocked and ReportedPremium: 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.org2025-01-0123 min
Blocked and ReportedPremium: Literary Feuds and Political Faux PasThis 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.org2024-10-0221 min
Blocked and ReportedPremium: Moses's MonkeysThis 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.org2024-02-2809 min
Blocked and ReportedEpisode 183: American Bully XThis 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 Bare...2023-09-251h 07
Blocked and ReportedPremium: The Pride EpisodeThis 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.org2023-06-0818 min
Blocked and ReportedPrimo: Ask Us AnythingOn 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.org2023-05-3116 min
Blocked and ReportedEpisode 166: Remember the KarensThis 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 Complaints of Insensitivity”NBC New York: “Video of NYC Hospital Worke...2023-05-2959 min
Blocked and ReportedPremium: Pedophiles Vs. Roblox Vs. Ruben Sim Vs. FurriesThis 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.org2023-05-2215 min
Blocked and ReportedEpisode 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 Havoc Across America”Encyclopedia Dramatica on Patrick TomlinsonDaily Beas...2023-05-151h 00
Blocked and ReportedPremium: Laundering Liz's LaundryThis 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.org2023-05-1011 min
Blocked and ReportedEpisode 163: The Fox and the ClownThis 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 Identified As the Man Wh...2023-05-081h 09
Blocked and ReportedEpisode 162: We Challengeth The Honor Of Ed Yong And The Transgender CenterHalt, 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 striketh at his most subpar front-page article for The Atlantic...2023-05-011h 00
Blocked and ReportedEpisode 161: Detective Herzog And The Millionaire Kitty CartelIt 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 above me, two rectangular holes where its batteries should be, and...2023-04-241h 29
Blocked and ReportedEpisode 159: How The Unitarian Universalist Church Melted DownAfter 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/2022/07/29/noblesville-killed-5-5m-development-deal-because-of-adult-baby-shop/65385426007/UUA:SkochkoRogues’ Galleryhttps://www.uua.org/uuagovernance/committees/mfc...2023-04-101h 10
Blocked and ReportedEpisode 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-slope-brooklyn.htmlhttps://abc7ny.com/dog-attack-prospect-park-victim-killed/12377255/Me...2023-04-031h 10
Blocked and ReportedEpisode 157: BLEEP BLOOP I OBJECT YOUR HONOR BLEEP BLOOPAfter 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/Beware The Hard R: “Chatbot lawyer overturns 160,000 parking tickets in London and New York” 2023-03-2757 min
Blocked and ReportedEpisode 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 beef with Jesus. Katie Herzog fills Jesse in on what he’s missed, including a hitpiece from Jude Doyle an...2023-03-201h 10
Blocked and ReportedPremium: Jesse Is Super For Real Going To Jail This TimeAfter 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.org2023-03-1420 min
Blocked and ReportedEpisode 153: Times Wars, Episode IX: The Normies Strike BackDuring 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 had me surrounded. Unnerved by these strange normies, I began to flee for...2023-02-2759 min
Blocked and ReportedEpisode 152: As Thinkers, We'd Like Journalists To Stop Being Cowardly LemmingsThis 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 is nobody else at Blocked And Reported HQ to rein him in. His cons...2023-02-191h 08
Blocked and ReportedEpisode 151: Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Online Harassment For A Virtuous CauseJesse 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 Hammer discusses tying up women, eating their ribs, and stealing their to...2023-02-131h 11
Blocked and ReportedPremium: Hormones, Headlines, and ChatGPT: Unpacking the Controversy Surrounding the Trans Kids StudyI’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 releasehttps://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/976601NBC: “Horm...2023-02-0912 min
Blocked and ReportedEpisode 150: Katie Harbors A Pedophile, Gawker Dies Again, And Eliza Bleu's Big LieThis 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 a...2023-02-061h 23
Blocked and ReportedEpisode 148: Chris Rufo Takes Over New College Of Florida, Plus Adventures In GenealogyThis 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.)2023-01-231h 04
Blocked and ReportedPremium: We Judge Thunberg v. Tate And TikTok Psychics v. The Idaho Quadruple MurdersAll 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.org2023-01-0416 min
Blocked and ReportedPremium: Musk's Massive, Miserable MeltdownKatie 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.org2022-12-2114 min
Blocked and ReportedEpisode 144: Where Are They Now? Cases From Prior Episodes Have Gotten WAY WorseDue 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 the X-files theme* Katie goes to...2022-12-1957 min
Blocked and ReportedEpisode 143: How Biden’s Rogue Deputy Fooled Us, And Why 1,400 Psychologists Hunt Dark Pirate JussimJoin 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 Singal investigates what happened when German psychologist Klaus Fiedler took the helm at the jo...2022-12-1251 min
Blocked and ReportedEpisode 142: Ye Has His Mask-On Moment And Milo Yiannopoulos Attempts A Super Sleazy ComebackGet 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 mainstream media, spurred on by YouTuber-cum-Twitter-influencer Shoe0nHead (June Lapine) and the bipartisan outcry that ensued… and why it’s all quite silly....2022-12-051h 04
Blocked and ReportedEpisode 141: Jesse’s Jewish Journey And Musk’s Magnificent Mastodon MeltdownJesse 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 (including Katie Herzog) set out in search of their fabled home: a previously obscure Twitter clone...2022-11-281h 09
Blocked and ReportedPremium: Julie Bindel Stops By For "Tea" With KatieJulie 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.org2022-11-2327 min
Blocked and ReportedEpisode 139: Live From The Village Underground In New York CityInflation 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 Atlanta, complete with PROBLEMATIC lyrics, attempted SWATtings, and songs about being...2022-11-1454 min
Blocked and ReportedEpisode 137: Why We Canceled Ourselves At DartmouthMid-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, mostlyThe Dartmouth DisturbanceDartmouth’s Political Economy Project, BAR’s would...2022-10-3145 min
Blocked and ReportedEpisode 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 source This is a public episode. If...2022-10-241h 18
Blocked and ReportedEpisode 134: Russian Trolls Have Foiled Our New Advice SegmentTOUR 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 which attempts to partially pin the blame for the travails experienced by the Women’s March — a super competent, super well-run organization that has never generated any contro...2022-09-3052 min
Blocked and ReportedPremium: The #VanLife Influencer Who Drove Too Close To The SunTOUR 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.org2022-09-1911 min
Blocked and ReportedEpisode 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, UnfortunatelyNone 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 COMPLICATED JUST LISTEN TO THE EPISODE(CORRECTIONS: In the o...2022-09-141h 47
Blocked and ReportedEpisode 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, the entire mainstream media, Northern Ireland, Destiny, The Ulster Volunteer Force, The Ulster KiwiFarms Force, “ChudLogic” (?), questionable grooming allegations, unquestionable helping-minors-get-hormones allegations, GoFundMe, mean c...2022-09-121h 30
Blocked and ReportedEpisode 130: Arcade Fire Is Canceled, Student Loans Are Canceled, Everyone Is CanceledGet $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 misrepresenting Judaism, Men’s Health becomes...2022-09-051h 14
Blocked and ReportedEpisode 129: We Must Fight Against Presentism In Our Analysis Of Nazi DinosaursCome 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 – no, nevermind, turns out there’s drama here, too: paleoartist and behavioral geneticist Emily Willoughby...2022-08-291h 00
Blocked and ReportedEpisode 126: Helen Lewis And The Stonewall ConspiracyJesse 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 strategic reserves of Blocked And Reported have been deployed. (He then forgot to show up.)Just when a...2022-08-081h 11
Blocked and ReportedEpisode 123: A "Fake" Story Turns Out To Be Real And A "Real" Story Turns Out To Be (Mostly) FakeKatie’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 has a crush on Jesse c...2022-07-181h 16
Blocked and ReportedEpisode 117: Let's Talk About Depp-Heard Reactions And Left-Wing Evolution DenialismThere 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 misogyny: https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2022/jun/01/amber-heard-johnny-depp-trial-metoo-backlashUh:We failed her: https://www.vice.com/en/article/m7vm3b/weve-all-failed-amber-heardHerz...2022-06-061h 04
Blocked and ReportedEpisode 116: Commonsense Mouth-Noise And Monkeypox ReformAfter 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.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2022/02/03/what-the-data-says-about-gun-deaths-in-the-u-s/Stokes in 2018: https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2018/04/28/gun-nuts-guide-to-gun-control-federal-semi-automatic-firearm-license-218072/David French on this shooting: Da...2022-05-3055 min
Blocked and ReportedEpisode 114: California's Math Wars Heat Up, And A Bit More On Medievalist Twitter's Never-Ending DramaKatie 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-tearing-apart-prestigious-medieval-studies-group/Stop LGBTQ colonizing!: https://www.newsweek.com/stop-imposing-western-lgbtq-identities-non-western-cultures-its-gender-colonialism-opinion-1705785Ruderman White Paper: https://rudermanfoundation.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/MediaStudy-PoliceDisability_final-final.pdfResponse: https://docs.go...2022-05-1659 min
Blocked and ReportedEpisode 109: Fat Activists Say "Hold The Bacon" And We Unveil Our 10-Point Plan To Groom Your KidsAfter 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.com/en/book/show/4937206-health-at-every-sizeCreative Funding: https...2022-04-111h 03
Blocked and ReportedEpisode 106: Possibly The Craziest And Most Infuriating #MeToo Story You Will Ever HearJesse 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-thacker-pass-responds-to-false-statements-made-by-media/I Came to College Eager to Debate. I Found Self-Censorship Instead: https...2022-03-141h 15
Blocked and ReportedEpisode 102: Do Not, Under Any Circumstances, Keep On TruckingJesse 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-gentrification-56298af1c1a7The subreddit: https://reddit.com/r/antiworkFAQ: https://web.archive.org/web/20220131104428/https...2022-02-141h 01
Blocked and ReportedEpisode 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/star-new-york-times-reporter-donald-mcneil-accused-of-using-n-word-making-other-racist-commentsLetter from NYT staffers suggesting this was no...2022-01-241h 21
Blocked and ReportedEpisode 97: Alberto Gullaba Jr. Thought He Might Be Headed For Literary Stardom — Then His Agent Found Out His RaceAfter 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/why-women-dont-code/Research on same: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/38061313_Men_and_Things_Women_and_People_A_Meta-Analysis_of_Sex_Differen...2022-01-101h 39
Blocked and ReportedEpisode 94: If You Troll Into The Abyss, The Abyss Trolls Also Into YouJesse 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://spectatorworld.com/life/cockburn-cruises-dc-christmas-party-scene-breitbart-reason-singal/Original spoofed cartoon: https://cdn.substack.com/image/fetch/f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep...2021-12-1341 min
Blocked and ReportedEpisode 93: It's Crazy We Have To Do A Debunking Episode About The Jacob Blake Shooting In December 2021 And Yet Here We AreAfter 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 subscribers. That’s now been snipped out. Thank you to the listener who flagged the error.)Show note...2021-12-061h 11
Blocked and ReportedEpisode 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 AtAfter 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.wikifur.com/wiki/Foxler_NightfireThe suspect armband:“The Furred R...2021-11-151h 03
Blocked and ReportedEpisode 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’s coverage: https://www.dailydot.com/unclick/boyfriend-dungeon-kitfox-games-content-warning/Kotaku Australia article running do...2021-08-271h 56
Blocked and ReportedEpisode 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.com/kittypurrzog/status/1427026657903214592 Original 'grooming' allegation: https://www.tiktok.com/@lovelyleobrie/video/6995546733497306373?lang=en&is_c...2021-08-2300 min
Blocked and ReportedEpisode 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 e...2021-08-1832 min
Blocked and ReportedEpisode 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/Story-Testosterone-Hormone-Dominates-Divides/dp/1250236061#:~:text=T%3A%20The%20Story%20of%20Testosterone,9781250236067%3A%20Amazon.com%3A%20Books Carole on Rogan: https://open.spotify.com/epis...2021-08-051h 00
Blocked and ReportedEpisode 73: Jesse Goes On Rogan, A Racial Nichols Incident, And Drama On Lolita TwitterJesse 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=f552ab61f07f4222&nd=1 -"Dead-enders" https://www.youtube.c...2021-07-1700 min
Blocked and ReportedEpisode 71: Katie and Barclays Give Unsolicited Advice, And An Update To A Story About A Story About Identifying As An Attack HelicopterAfter 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-hannah-jones-will-not-accept-position-without-tenurehttps://www.npr.org/2021/06/30/1011880598/after-contentious-debate-unc-grants-tenure-to-nikole-hannah-joneshttps://www.naacpldf.org/press-release/nikole-hannah-jones-issues-statement-on-unc-board-of-trustees-vote/https://twitter.com/nhannahjones/status/1410326615876378626?s=20Slate...2021-07-0252 min
Blocked and ReportedEpisode 68: Whiteness Whiteness Whiteness Whiteness WhitenessKatie (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-psychopathic-problem-of-the-white"On Having Whiteness": https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34039063/ ...2021-06-1148 min
Blocked and ReportedEpisode 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?journalCode=cjgr20 Robby Soave's debunking of a dumb Ngo rumor: https://reason.com/2019/09/03/andy-ngo-video-antifa-patriot-prayer-attack-media/ Ngo's sta...2021-06-041h 39
Blocked and ReportedEpisode 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-associated-press-palestine/https://www.washingtonpost.com/media/2021/05/20/emily-wilder-associated-press-palestine/ SFGate interview with her: https://www.sfgate.com/politics/article/Emily-Wilder-Associated-Press-Israel-Palestine-AP-16192391.php Politico on Kamala Harris's Asianinity: https://www.politico.com/news/2021/05/18/kamala-harris-asian-americans-489213 This is a...2021-05-2252 min
Blocked and ReportedEpisode 64: Calling Female Journalists Dumb Knocked-Up B*****s With Ugly Husbands, For FeminismAfter 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://krebsonsecurity.com/2021/05/a-closer-look-at-the-darkside-ransomware-gang/Subpar reporting on it: https://twitter...2021-05-1500 min
Blocked and ReportedEpisode 58: We Hope Buying Jesse's Book Provides An Opportunity For Introspection And GrowthAfter 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 date.Show notes/Links:THE BOOK: https://www.amazon.com/Quick-Fix-Psychology-Cant-Social/dp/0374239800...2021-04-0355 min
Blocked and ReportedEpisode 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-disproven Jon Chait - Not a Very P.C. Thing to Say: How the language police are p...2021-03-281h 19
Useful Idiots with Katie Halper and Aaron MatéJesse Singal & Katie Herzog On The Substack WarsJesse Singal and Katie Herzog, co-hosts of the podcast Blocked And Reported, join Useful Idiots to talk about the failed campaign to get Singal driven off of Substack and what, according to Herzog, some of Singal's most vocal critics have in common with QAnon. They also talk about how they met and why they started their podcast and how they're not exactly canceled. Singal discusses his new book "Quick Fix," about the dangers of fad psychology. And Matt and Katie discuss the indefensible hoarding of vaccine, and debate the important question: can robbing blind people ever be funny? ...2021-03-231h 14
Useful Idiots with Katie Halper and Aaron MatéUseful Idiots Podcast: Jesse Singal & Katie Herzog On The Substack WarsThis was a crazy one, even by Internet standards. As if it weren’t enough that reporters and editors are being purged at mainstream news organizations all over the world, from the New York Times to the Guardian to Teen Vogue, a new campaign has begun targeting writers already shunned by the regular press, working as independent contractors at Substack.Last week, a series of articles and Tweets, including a much-circulated piece by Jude Ellison Sady Doyle called “In Queers We Trust: All Others Pay Cash,” targeted this platform, home to thousands of writers covering a huge variet...2021-03-201h 17
Blocked and ReportedEpisode 56: Yes We Have Receipts But No You Cannot See ThemAfter 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 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= 2021-03-2049 min
Blocked and ReportedEpisode 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 is a fair assessment, so she joins the pod for a conversation about her own experiences and what...2021-02-061h 05
Blocked and ReportedEpisode 49: It's Unbelievable That Glenn Greenwald Fired A New York Times Editor Just For Getting The ChillsAfter 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 https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2021/01/the-complete-morons-guide-to-gamestops-stock-roller-coaster/Lauren Wolfe:2021-01-3051 min
Blocked and ReportedEpisode 45: Two White Podcasters Resolve The Issues Of Racial Slurs And The Controversy Over Alec Baldwin's Esposa LatinaAfter 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 New York Times: A Racial Slur, a Viral Video...2021-01-0153 min
Blocked and ReportedEpisode 38: Bari Weiss Is Right, Part II: Philosophy SchmosiphyAfter 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 tumult at The New York Times that, like everything else which happens in this crazy world of...2020-11-141h 04
Blocked and ReportedEpisode 37: Democracy Is For Stupid JerksIn 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 the media's?" Also: Jesse dissects Donald Trump's incredibly lazy, half-assed meltdown, and the hosts debate whether "...2020-11-0754 min
Blocked and ReportedEpisode 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: Anonymous ‘former staff’ of Katie Hill slam film adaptation of ex-congresswoman’s book - https://www.politico.com/news/20...2020-10-0957 min
Blocked and ReportedEpisode 27: Our Summer Of Hell Continues In KenoshaAfter 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 view), or is there not yet much evidence to suggest it will (Jesse's)? Plus: You will...2020-08-2957 min
Blocked and ReportedEpisode 26: A Grand Unspurling Of Years Of Cliff Mass HysteriaIn 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 progressive in the Seattle metro area, which recently culminated in his media-gig firing after he made an..................... unfortunate comparison on...2020-08-221h 01
Blocked and ReportedEpisode 24: The Sad Tale Of @Sciencing_Bi, America's Realest Bisexual Indigenous AnthropologistIn 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 audio for part of the episode -- it was a hardware issue and [probably] won't happen again.)S...2020-08-0646 min
Blocked and ReportedPatrons Only: Dread Letter DayKatie 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 two hosts work through whether this is different from the behavior they...2020-07-0843 min
Blocked and ReportedEpisode 19: The Pod Gets Into Its First Beef, Shitty Media Men List Developments, And Stop Lying About Your Online EnemiesThe 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 bottom of a Twitter pileon. Plus: Jesse finally addresses the rumors that have...2020-07-0448 min
Blocked and ReportedEpisode 18: A Reckoning Is Afoot, A Rattled Rationalist, A False Karening, And A Troubled Liberal EnclaveA 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 she was publicly shamed for trying to defend someone against a public shaming. In the second segment, the hosts discuss a...2020-06-2847 min
Blocked and ReportedBonus Interview: "What a stupid f*cking way to have a really important conversation": Reflections On A Yearlong White Fragility TrainingIf 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 discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.blockedandreported.org/subscribe2020-06-2046 min
Blocked and ReportedEpisode 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 episode to a dissection of one of the strangest books you will...2020-06-2055 min
Blocked and ReportedEpisode 14: Bari Weiss Is RightBari 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, the fact that so many journalists think Bari is making this up is pretty insane given the rampant evidence for...2020-06-0855 min
Blocked and ReportedPatrons 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 gives an update about her island hideaway. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with o...2020-05-2223 min
Blocked and ReportedEpisode 9: Layoffs And Teigen And Roman And Kondo And Feel-Bad LiberalismHere'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 layoff from The Stranger and reflecting on her mixed feelings about her time...2020-05-1733 min
Blocked and ReportedBONUS EPISODE: Chrissy Teigen Vs Alison Roman Vs The White Women Of TwitterDuring 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://newconsumer.com/2020/05/alison-roman-interview/) (The New Consumer)-You can email the hosts at blockedandreportedpodcast@gmail.com (mailto:blockedandreportedpodcast@gmail.com), or follow the show on...2020-05-1024 min
Blocked and ReportedAre 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 prostitution? Is it politically problematic to not want to pay your friends for sex? In the final segment, the...2020-04-2759 min
Blocked and ReportedEpisode 5: Katie And Jesse Decide Who Is ValidIn 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 provocative questions like "What does it even mean to be valid?," "How many people can you have sex with before you're not asexual anymore?," and "Would Jesse dress better if...2020-04-2059 min
Blocked and ReportedEpisode 3: Nice White Ladies Pay To Get Called Racist Over DinnerJesse 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 about the Twitter cops who came at Jill Filipovic for her perfectly accurate tweet about the Spanish Legion (being hot), and...2020-04-0646 min
Blocked and ReportedEpisode 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 on social media and debate whether networks should stop airing Donald Trump's press conferences live. During the show's final two segments, they respond...2020-03-3057 min
Blocked and ReportedEpisode 1: The PilotIT'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 A Lesbian Woman & I'm Leaving The INSANE "Progressive" Left (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mzYHBPTfXCI) (YouTube)2020-03-2437 min