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
This week on Blocked and Reported, Jesse and Katie discuss the very online response to the capture and extradition of Nicolás Maduro. Plus, Cea Weaver’s bad old tweets.
Meet the tenant advocate shaping Mamdani’s housing agenda | FOX 5 New York
NYC Dem: Mamdani aide’s radical views prevented her appointment to city commission | Fox News
This week on the Primo show, Jesse and Katie discuss the strange disappearance of Team Fortress 2 YouTuber Sketchek. Plus, Bluesky’s furious furries.
Katelyn Burns Fabricated Several Exchanges With Me That Never Occurred
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This week on Blocked and Reported, Jesse and Katie explore the strange world of adult My Little Pony fans, aka bronies, and the attempted takedown of YouTube star Saberspark. Plus, the Clavicular moment.
Pup Tank’s giant balls (NSFW!!!)
Death of a Kinkster - The Stranger
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This week on the Primo show, Jesse and Katie discuss dark romance, Morning Glory Milking Farm, and a scandal at the 2025 dark rom con Sinners and Stardust. Plus, an FDB beef update.
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Thanks to everyone who joined Brad Polumbo and me on Substack Live, where we discussed right-wing infighting, the Turning Point USA reality TV conference, drama at CBS News, and more. (Just for the record, that thumbnail is not AI. We really look like that.)
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This week, Saint Helen Lewis joins us to discuss Jesse’s shortcomings, the state of publishing, the state of social media, the Riyadh Comedy Festival, the Olivia Nuzzi scandal, and more. Plus, our annual end-of-year extremely online pub quiz. Note: This is our last free episode of the year. Primos have more coming, but for everyone else, see you next year.
This week on Blocked and Reported, Jesse and Katie discuss the fallout from chess world champ Vladimir Kramnik’s obsessive campaign against alleged cheaters, including grandmaster Danya Naroditsky. Plus, AI comes for podcasters.
Washington Post’s AI-generated podcasts rife with errors, fictional quotes | Semafor
Hikaru hits out at grandmaster Kramnik over cheating accusations | indy100
This week on the Primo show, Jesse and Katie discuss Turning Point USA’s attempts to get a University of Oklahoma instructor canceled over claims of anti-Christian discrimination. Plus, Candace Owens’s ongoing investigation into who really killed Charlie Kirk (bees).
Inside Candace Owens’ media empire and the Macron lawsuit threaten…
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This week on Blocked and Reported, Jesse and Katie discuss the politics of poetry and a controversy surrounding an indie lit magazine. Plus, a Chuck Johnson update.
Investor sues Chuck Johnson for “falsely presenting ... as intelligence agent” | Semafor
Where Wokeness Went Wrong | Susan Neiman | The New York Review of Books
A MeToo Mob Tried to Destroy My Life as a Poet. This Is How I Survived
This week on the Primo show, Jesse and Katie discuss the latest revelations from Ryan Lizza about Vanity Fair’s new West Coast editor and his personal ex-girlfriend, Olivia Nuzzi. Plus, a rigorous debate on the definition of “felching.” (We forgot to do a content w…
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This week on Blocked and Reported, Jesse and Katie break down a DoorDasher’s viral sexual assault that turned out to be a little more complicated. Meanwhile, a MAGA aide survives a brutal attack.
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HENDERSON PRESS RELEASE | DocumentCloud
United States of America V. NATALIE GREENE
Lawmaker’s former staffer staged violent political attack, police sa
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This week on the Primo show, Jesse and Katie discuss AI friends and lovers. Plus, Jesse reads some sexts.
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This week on Blocked and Reported, Katie is joined by our fantastic researcher Jessica the ‘80s Baby to discuss the rise and fall of one of the UK’s most notorious forums.
BBC Audio | File on 4 | Me and my Trolls
Caroline Flack: ‘Be kind,’ social-media users urge
The full story of how the operator of gossip site Tattle Life was unmasked in an Irish court
The internet’s nastiest gossipmonger has been exposed and guess ...
Thanks to everyone who joined our live chat today. Discussed: Olivia Nuzzi, Ryan Lizza, and Jesse and Katie play a round of Cancel Culture vs Consequence Culture: Dasha Nekrasova Edition.
Olivia Nuzzi on the Scandal With RFK Jr. that Upended Her Career - The New York Times
The Long, Thorny Path to Dasha Nekrasova’s Hollywood Shunning
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This week on Blocked and Reported, Jesse and Katie discuss a new report on intellectual capture at the BBC. Plus, antisemitism in NYC.
The Office for the Prevention of Hate Crimes 2024 Annual Report
In NYC, Jews targeted in hate crimes more than all other groups combined in 2024
Vandals Splash Graffiti on Home of Jewish Director of Brooklyn Museum
Apparent Gaza activists hurl paint at homes of Brooklyn Museum leaders, including Jewish...
This week on the Primo show, Jesse and Katie discuss #stickergate, LGB vs T, and Brianna Wu’s latest arc.
“The Growing Divide in the Rainbow Coalition” (WSJ)
“What Is a Woman?” (New Yorker)
“Feminism’s Toxic Twitter Wars” (The Nation)
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This week on Blocked and Reported, Jesse and Katie revisit the case of Kate Clanchy, a British author who was canceled over accusations of -isms in 2022. Plus, Teen Vogue, Lauren Duca, firings at Condé Nast, the New York mayoral race, and announcing the BARPod Book Club.
Unshrunk: A Story of Psychiatric Treatment Resistance (Indie Books)
Unshrunk: A Story of Psychiatric Treatment Resistance (Amazon)
We’re still on hiatus from the free show (back next week) but this week on the Primo episode, Jesse and Katie discuss The Will Stancil Show and what the hell brought us to this point. Plus, a Graham Platner update.
How CNN found the Reddit user behi…
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Thanks to Brad Polumbo and everyone who joined our live chat this afternoon. Discussed: Nick Fuentes, Tucker Carlson, and the war for the soul of the American right.
NORMAL GAYS with Brad Polumbo & Clarkson Lawson
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Thank you to everyone who joined me and Dr. Joe Volipelli recently to discuss addiction medicine and why we treat alcoholism the way we do. Here’s a recording of that conversation. (Before you ask, these Lives are not a replacement for normal free or Primo episodes. Don’t worry.)
https://www.drinkyourwaysober.com/
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