Blocked and Reported
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
Episodes
Thanks to everyone who joined my live chat with Benoit Denizet-Lewis. Discussed: ex gays, ex trans, sex addiction, meditation, personal transformation, and more. Check out Benoit’s new book here.
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This week on Blocked and Reported, Jesse and Katie discuss a viral New York Times video of Hasan Piker and Jia Tolentino making the case for “microlooting.” Plus, a romance novelist discovers she has referenced H***y P****r in print and must now atone, JK Rowling gets…
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This week on Blocked and Reported, Jesse and Katie discuss a new Atlantic exposé, journalistic norms, FBI Director Kash Patel’s (alleged) blowouts at the Poodle Room and his long history of suing journalists. And losing.
Kash Patel’s Erratic Behavior Could Cost Him His Job - The Atlantic
Kakistocracy: Why Populism Ends in Disaster
A Big-time Neuroscientist Threatened to Sue Me -- Science of Us
This week on Blocked and Reported, Katie is joined by Chronicle of Higher Ed reporter Emma Pettit to discuss an internal civil war at Pomona College, where the literature department spiraled into years of accusations, investigations, and a whole lot of angry emails. Plus, we revisit New College of Florida, and discuss what Emma got wrong in 2020 and what she’s learned since.
Some Scholars Have Long Talked About Abolishing the Police...
This week on the Primo show, Jesse and Katie discuss homesteader influencers Hannah and Daniel Neeleman of Ballerina Farm and their raw milk problems. Plus, dogs in the city.
Meet the queen of the ‘trad wives’ (and her eight children)
The Woman Behind Ballerina Farm, Hannah Neeleman, Makes Her Own Path - The New York Ti…
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This week on the Primo show, Jesse and Katie discuss a series of viral videos from Canada’s cringiest. Plus, has the death of wokeness been widely exaggerated?
Trans Issues Are No Conspiracy - Jesse Singal - The Dispatch
Opinion | Did Wokeness Leave Us Worse Off? - The New York Times
Brock Colyar on Pronouns, Identifying as Nonbinary
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This week on the Primo show, Jesse and Katie discuss the non-verbal novelist Woody Brown, the return of facilitated communication, and the reporters who apparently forgot to google it.
Is Controversy Helping Lindy West Sell Books? Not as well as you might think.
The Strange Case of Anna Stubblefield - The New York Times
Doctors Believed Woody Brown Would …
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This week on Blocked and Reported, Jesse and Katie discuss a string of recent AI scandals in publishing: the Shy Girl debacle, Matt Goodwin's hallucinated data, Alex Preston's plagiarized book review, and more. Plus, controversy ensues when Washington Post columnist Megan McArdle admits to (gasp) using AI in her process.
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This week on Blocked and Reported, Jesse and Katie discuss American icon Afroman and the defamation trial that briefly broke the Lindyverse. Plus, a California court puts internet addiction on trial.
Social media trial: Meta and Google found negligent : NPR
Jury sides wtih Afroman in defamation trial w/ Ohio deputies
The episode you’re about to hear is the first in a new series from our friends at Longview Investigations, the podcast company run by Matt Boll and Andy Mills, both familiar voices if you’ve been listening to our show for a while.
The series is called Strange Bedfellows, and when Andy first asked if we’d be interested in sharing it with our listeners, I said absolutely not because I’m still bitter that the Moose likes Andy better th...
This week on the Primo show, Jesse and Katie discuss the continuing fallout from Lindy West’s throuple memoir. Featuring: Aham’s very angry email.
Note for Puget Sound listeners: The April BAR Pod meet-up will be in the Port Townsend area on April 25th. If you would like to attend, please email blockedandreportedpodcast@gmail…
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This week on Blocked and Reported, Jesse is joined by Wall Street Journal Writer-at-Large Pamela Paul to discuss the disappearing male therapist, the politicization of the literary world, that Andrea Long Chu essay, and more.
Pamela stayed on after the free show to answer questions submitted by our Primo subscribers. To hear the full episode, join us.
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This week on the Primo show, Jesse and Katie discuss a good old-fashioned internet pile-on, this time targeting New York Times columnist Jamelle Bouie on Bluesky. Plus, a tad more L***y W**t.
Lindy West’s marriage was broken. Did polyamory fix it?
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This week on Blocked and Reported, Jesse and Katie discuss the intersection of politics, social media, and mental health and debate the question: Why are young libs so depressed? Plus: Jake Lang’s anti-Muslim protest, Zohran Mamdani’s very bad tweet, and Bluesky’s CEO steps down.
Conservative Influencer Chased From Minneapolis Streets by Counterprotesters - The New York Times
Thanks to everyone who joined our live chat this afternoon. ’Twas great fun, and yes, Jesse was in a fancy bathroom.
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This week on Blocked and Reported, Jesse and Katie discuss an international incident surrounding a Finnish beauty queen and an allegedly racist photo. Plus, updates on Lindy West, Chuck Johnson, CHOP/CHAZ, and Bryan Johnson.
Lindy West Thought She Couldn’t Handle Polyamory. She Was Wrong. - The New York Times
Abolish the Police? Those Who Survived the Chaos in Seattle Aren’t So Sure - The New York Times
This week on the Primo show, Jesse and Katie discuss the online reaction to the bombardment of Iran and what happened when beauty influencer Huda Kattan dropped some controversial takes.
Iranians’ Political Preferences in 2024” – Gamaan
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This week on Blocked and Reported, Katie is joined by Helen Lewis to revisit 2010s online feminism and discuss Lindy West’s new throuple memoir, Adult Braces: Driving Myself Sane. Plus, the BAFTAs slur and shocking allegations from Rupert Lowe’s rape inquiry.
Influencers With Tourette’s Find a Niche …
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This week on the Primo show, Jesse and Katie discuss trans shooters, the medical association pivot, and bathroom backlash.
What a Trans Shooter Doesn’t Mean - Jesse Singal - The Dispatch
HRC Foundation | The Epidemic of Violence Against the Transgender and…
Gender Identity: The Career of a Category | Theory and Social Inquiry
Position Statement on Gender S…
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This week on Blocked and Reported, Jesse and Katie discuss a major scandal in the sphinx cat subreddit.
rest in peace Sweet Pound Cake
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