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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.
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Episodes
Blocked and ReportedPremium: The Age Of Radical Islamic Pronouns Is Upon Us
This week on the Primo show, the blue tsunami. Featuring: socialists versus normies, trans issues on the ballot, how the online right is coping, and how and…
Blocked and ReportedEpisode 330: Toxic Love
This week on Blocked and Reported, Jesse and Katie discuss how RuPaul made drag mainstream, the legend of problematic queen Sharon Needles, and the Pittsburgh…
Blocked and ReportedEpisode 329: An Attempted Trans Ratfracking In Texas
This week on Blocked and Reported, Jesse and Katie dig into Initiative-638, the Washington ballot initiative that would bar male athletes from girls’ sports…
Blocked and ReportedPremium: CHOP/CHAZ 2 (Electric Boogaloo)
This week on Blocked and Reported, Jesse and Katie head to Madison, Wisconsin, where a fatal police shooting in July sparked a protest encampment in the vein…
Blocked and ReportedEpisode 328: Fat Liberation at Harvard Medical School (with Brad Polumbo)
This week on Blocked and Reported, Katie is joined by Brad Polumbo to discuss a revelatory panel on fat liberation held at Harvard Medical School, featuring…
Blocked and ReportedBonus: Jesse’s Conversation With Talarico-Hoaxer Rhein Amacher
Jesse’s 70-minute conversation with the man who uncovered* James Talarico’s hidey hole in an Ohio psych ward. Note: Listen to the episode first! *Did not…
Blocked and ReportedPremium: A Truly Talafreaky MAGAsphere Meltdown
This week on Blocked and Reported, Jesse and Katie break down the viral rumor that Texas Senate candidate James Talarico was secretly being treated at an Ohio…
Blocked and ReportedEpisode 327: Rock Opera Revolts Over Caucasian Cornrows
This week on Blocked and Reported, Jesse and Katie go to Baltimore, Maryland, where the Baltimore Rock Opera Society fired its brand-new executive director…
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Episode 327: Rock Opera Revolts Over Caucasian Cornrows
This week on Blocked and Reported, Jesse and Katie go to Baltimore, Maryland, where the Baltimore Rock Opera Society fired its brand-new executive director…
Blocked and ReportedLive with Katie Herzog & Sarah Hepola
Thank you everyone who joined my live chat with Sarah Hepola about her new book, her old book, drinking, sex, consent, and more. The entire two-hour…
Blocked and ReportedEpisode 326: The Case That’s Shaking Cornell—and the Internet
This week on Blocked and Reported, Jesse and Katie discuss a former Cornell student’s claims that seven fraternity brothers drugged and raped her in 2024…
Blocked and ReportedPremium: The Erin Reed Story: It's Not Just About AI Plagiarism—It's About The Rich Tapestry of Human Connection In An Ever-Evolving Digital Landscape (And That's Truly Beautiful)
This week on Blocked and Reported, Jesse and Katie dig into a new report claiming that trans journalist and influencer Erin Reed has spent years passing off…
Blocked and ReportedPremium: Our Favorite Long-Covid Lesbian Bar Gets Famous
This week on Blocked and Reported, Jesse and Katie discuss the extremely viral Boston Globe story on the Last Ditch, our favorite long-Covid lesbian bar in…
Blocked and ReportedEpisode 325: What’s The Matter With Seattle?
This week on Blocked and Reported, Katie is joined by Blue City Blues co-hosts David Hyde and Sandeep Kaushik to discuss what the hell is going on in America’s…
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Episode 325: What’s The Matter With Seattle?
This week on Blocked and Reported, Katie is joined by Blue City Blues co-hosts David Hyde and Sandeep Kaushik to discuss what the hell is going on in America’s…
Blocked and ReportedEpisode 324: Free Speech, Free Palestine, Free Macklemore, Free Ed Sheeran, Free Hobo Johnson, Free Podcast
This week on Blocked and Reported, Jesse and Katie dig into the Macklemore mess. Plus, introducing a new segment, in which your intrepid co-host guesses Why'd…
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Episode 324: Free Speech, Free Palestine, Free Macklemore, Free Ed Sheeran, Free Hobo Johnson, Free Podcast
This week on Blocked and Reported, Jesse and Katie dig into the Macklemore mess. Plus, introducing a new segment, in which your intrepid co-host guesses Why'd…
Blocked and ReportedPremium: Last Ditch Bar And The Never-Ending Accountability Session
This week on Blocked and Reported, Jesse and Katie sit through a 3+ hour stuggle session at Last Ditch, the Greenfield, Mass., queer bar being torn apart by a…
Blocked and ReportedEpisode 323: The Social Justice Mayor Vs The Social Justice Non-Profit
This week on Blocked and Reported, Jesse and Katie discuss a legal battle between a radical California mayor and a progressive non-profit with a fascinating…
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Episode 323: The Social Justice Mayor Vs The Social Justice Non-Profit
This week on Blocked and Reported, Jesse and Katie discuss a legal battle between a radical California mayor and a progressive non-profit with a fascinating…
Blocked and ReportedPremium: AI Psychosis, But Affirming
This week on the Primo show, Jesse and Katie discuss the case for, and against, using AI as a gender therapist. Plus, Stuart Reges gets paid, Jason Arday vs…
Blocked and ReportedEpisode 322: The Love And Deepspace Controversies, Explained
This week on Blocked and Reported, Jesse and Katie dive into the world of otome (Japanese-style video games aimed at women) and the yearlong saga of Love and…
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Episode 322: The Love And Deepspace Controversies, Explained
This week on Blocked and Reported, Jesse and Katie dive into the world of otome (Japanese-style video games aimed at women) and the yearlong saga of Love and…
Blocked and ReportedEpisode 321: Losing The Plot (with Jon Ronson)
This week on Blocked and Reported, Katie is joined by journalist/author/podcaster/Welshman Jon Ronson to discuss his new book: The Castle: Adventures in a…
Blocked and ReportedPremium: Jessica Taylor’s Tattle Battle (Part 3)
The conclusion to our three-part Dr. Jessica Taylor (PhD) extravaganza, featuring TV cancelations, workplace allegations, a VERY menacing Zoom group, reports…
Blocked and ReportedPremium: Jessica Taylor’s Tattle Battle (Part 2)
This week on the Primo show, Part 2 of the Jessica Taylor (PhD) podcast extravaganza, featuring Taylor’s campaign against the website Tattle.Life and her new…
Blocked and ReportedEpisode 320: Jessica Taylor’s Tattle Battle (Part 1)
This week on Blocked and Reported, Jesse and Katie discuss Dr. Jessica Taylor, PhD, a UK-based entrepreneur and influencer who claims to be the target of a…
Blocked and ReportedEpisode 319: If You Haven’t Seen Woke 1, This Episode Won’t Make Much Sense To You
This week on Blocked and Reported, Jesse and Katie discuss AOC's Woke 1.0 revision. Plus, Tyler Austin Harper on being a token black professor, a trans…
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Episode 319: If You Haven’t Seen Woke 1, This Episode Won’t Make Much Sense To You
This week on Blocked and Reported, Jesse and Katie discuss AOC's Woke 1.0 revision. Plus, Tyler Austin Harper on being a token black professor, a trans…
Blocked and ReportedEpisode 318: Tick Talk
This week on Blocked and Reported: ticks. Where do they come from, and why is Bill Gates releasing them on the American public? Featuring the CIA, Pfizer, tick…
Blocked and ReportedPremium: The Literally True Story Of How Cambridge's Youngest Black Professor Was Really And Truly Victimized By A Racist One-Armed Invisible Man
This week on the Primo show, Jesse and Katie discuss the unbelievable life story of Cambridge professor Jason Arday. A Lot of the Attacks on Higher Ed Are…
Blocked and ReportedWNBA DRAMA with Katie Herzog & Ethan Strauss
Thanks to everyone who joined my live chat with Ethan Strauss. Discussed: Ethan’s journey to (editorial) freedom, Caitlin Clark, Sophie Cunningham, trans drama…
Blocked and ReportedPremium: The Strange Case Of The Legless Surgeon
This week on the Primo show, Jesse and Katie discuss the extremely bizarre story of Neil Hopper, an amputation surgeon who lost his own legs under…
Blocked and ReportedPremium: The Slow-Motion Implosion Of An Imagined Queer Utopia
This week on the Primo show, Jesse and Katie discuss the life and death of The Queery, a Brighton-based radical art gallery, bookshop, café, and community…
Blocked and ReportedEpisode 317: Literally Knitler (with Jessica the '80s Baby)
This week on Blocked and Reported, Katie is joined by Jessica the ‘80s Baby to discuss the latest saga to rock the knitting world when celebrity knitter…
Blocked and ReportedLive with Katie Herzog, Ben Westhoff, and Emily Dufton
Thanks to everyone who joined my conversation with Ben Westhoff and Emily Dufton. Discussed: drugs, drug treatments, why Nixon was good actually, and more…
Blocked and ReportedEpisode 316: Graham Cracker Crumbles
This week on Blocked and Reported, Jesse and Katie discuss the fast rise and faster fall of humble oyster man/alleged rapist Graham Platner. Plus, the trans…
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Episode 316: Graham Cracker Crumbles
This week on Blocked and Reported, Jesse and Katie discuss the fast rise and faster fall of humble oyster man/alleged rapist Graham Platner. Plus, the trans…
Blocked and ReportedEpisode 315: You Down With DAC?
This week on Blocked and Reported, Jesse and Katie discuss the milkshake-ducking of a New York coffee shop after the owner’s failed shaming of a congressman…
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Episode 315: You Down With DAC?
This week on Blocked and Reported, Jesse and Katie discuss the milkshake-ducking of a New York coffee shop after the owner’s failed shaming of a congressman…
Blocked and ReportedPremium: Marsha Marsha Marsha (Part 2)
This week on the Primo Show, Part 2 of our investigation into one of the most sacred stories in LGBTQ history: the night transgender icon Marsha P. Johnson…
Blocked and ReportedEpisode 314: Authentic Authenticity On A Silver Platner
This week on Blocked and Reported, (((Jesse))) and Katie dig into Graham Platner: the oyster farmer, Senate hopeful, and working-class rich kid whose Nazi…
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Episode 314: Authentic Authenticity On A Silver Platner
This week on Blocked and Reported, (((Jesse))) and Katie dig into Graham Platner: the oyster farmer, Senate hopeful, and working-class rich kid whose Nazi…
Blocked and ReportedPremium: Before The Brick (Part 1)
This week on Blocked and Reported, Part 1 of our two-part series on the Stonewall Riots and the mythology of Marsha P. Johnson. Plus, warring lesbian history…
Blocked and ReportedEpisode 313: How A Gay Jewish Boob-Hypnotherapist Built A Coalition With Burqa-Wearing Islamists
This week on Blocked and Reported, Jesse and Katie discuss Zack Polanski, the former hypnotherapist who turned a fringe environmentalist party into Britain's…
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Episode 313: How A Gay Jewish Boob-Hypnotherapist Built A Coalition With Burqa-Wearing Islamists
This week on Blocked and Reported, Jesse and Katie discuss Zack Polanski, the former hypnotherapist who turned a fringe environmentalist party into Britain's…
Blocked and ReportedEpisode 312: The Last Straight Woman (with Phoebe Maltz Bovy)
This week on Blocked and Reported, Katie is joined by author/columnist/podcaster Phoebe Maltz Bovy to discuss her new book, The Last Straight Woman: On…
Blocked and ReportedPremium: Patagonia v. Pattie Gonia
This week on the Primo show, Jesse and Katie discuss the legal battle between apparel company Patagonia and drag queen Pattie Gonia. Plus, HelloFresh hits…
Blocked and ReportedEpisode 311: The Ugliest American
This week on Blocked and Reported, Jesse and Katie discuss nuisance streamer Johnny Somali, the content creator and criminal pest who travels to foreign…
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Episode 311: The Ugliest American
This week on Blocked and Reported, Jesse and Katie discuss nuisance streamer Johnny Somali, the content creator and criminal pest who travels to foreign…
Blocked and ReportedPremium: Twink For Trump Seeks Revenge
This week on the Primo show, Jesse and Katie discuss Lucian Wintrich, the Twinks for Trump creator and Congressional hopeful who is being sued by his old…
Blocked and ReportedLive with Katie Herzog & Lisa Selin Davis
Thanks to Lisa Selin Davis and everyone who joined our chat about difficult personalities (specifically ours), the Park Slope Food Coop’s internal battle over…
Blocked and ReportedEpisode 310: Patrick Tomlinson Gets Paid
This week on Blocked and Reported, Jesse and Katie update the story of Patrick Tomlinson, the Milwaukee sci-fi author who has spent years locked in a deranged…
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Episode 310: Patrick Tomlinson Gets Paid
This week on Blocked and Reported, Jesse and Katie update the story of Patrick Tomlinson, the Milwaukee sci-fi author who has spent years locked in a deranged…
Blocked and ReportedDid Will Stancil Blow The Anti-ICE Honeypot Op?
This week on the Primo show, Jesse and Katie discuss the latest Will Stancil saga, in which the famed poster manages to piss off, then win over, then piss off…
Blocked and ReportedEpisode 309: The Banker Who Cried Brown Boy
This week on Blocked and Reported, Jesse and Katie discuss disturbing allegations of sexist and racist harassment made against an executive director at JP…
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Episode 309: The Banker Who Cried Brown Boy
This week on Blocked and Reported, Jesse and Katie discuss disturbing allegations of sexist and racist harassment made against an executive director at JP…
Blocked and ReportedEpisode 308: Wuthering Fights
This week on Blocked and Reported, Jesse and Katie discuss a race-based scandal at the Victorian Heritage Festival in Port Townsend, Wash. Plus, looking back…
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Episode 308: Wuthering Fights
This week on Blocked and Reported, Jesse and Katie discuss a race-based scandal at the Victorian Heritage Festival in Port Townsend, Wash. Plus, looking back…
Blocked and ReportedPremium: Dyke Drama
This week on the Primo show, Jesse and Katie discuss meltdowns at two of our nation’s remaining lesbian sapphic spaces: Marsha’s South Street in Philadelphia…