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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 ReportedEpisode 88: As Proof That Existence Is Meaningless And Without Value, Here's Our Cotton Ceiling Segment
Katie’s previous life is uncovered, an update is provided on the Loudoun County situation is provided, the cotton ceiling is discussed, Jesse becomes…
Blocked and ReportedEpisode 87: HE'S GOT A WEAPON!
In the wake of some important new information, Jesse and Katie follow up on last week’s Loudoun County rape scandal segment. Then they talk about Nikole…
Blocked and ReportedEpisode 86: More Dave Chappelle Fallout And An Astonishing Scandal In Loudoun County, Virginia
Katie and Jesse follow up with just a bit more KidneyGate discussion, then talk about Netflix employees’ reactions to Dave Chappelle’s special. The second half…
Blocked and ReportedEpisode 85: We Have A Big Announcement And We're Celebrating With A Book Burning (With Kat Rosenfield)
In the intro, Jesse makes a strong pro-Karen case. Then Jesse tells Katie about an amazing story from the frozen, mystical land of Kahn-a-da involving a very…
Blocked and ReportedEpisode 84: Frederick Joseph, As Himself, In: The McKaren Park Karen, And An Interview With Paige Harden About Genetics
Frederick Joseph is the unluckiest man in New York City: After dealing with a Satanic AirBnB host, a racist woman on the street, and racist editors and…
Blocked and ReportedEpisode 83: Historically, The Anatomy And Physiology Of Bodies With Vaginas Has Been Neglected (early access, ad-free)
(Apologies -- initially uploaded this with the wrong episode number/URL, so here's a corrected redo.) An update on Katie's face, Catie's Correction Corner, the…
Blocked and ReportedEpisode 82: Dear Prudence, Help! I Can't Stop Pretending To Be A Texas Abortion Bounty Hunter Online
The Prudie fakester: https://www.gawker.com/media/dear-prudie-it-was-me-all-along Help! My Friend Thinks I Am Stealing Vaccines From African-American…
Blocked and ReportedEpisode 81: Judith Butler's Gender Bubbles
Show notes/Links: Jesse's review of Trans: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/09/07/books/review/trans-helen-joyce.html Wi spa incident…
Blocked and ReportedEpisode 80: Because God Hates Us Or Is Dead, Here's A Whole Episode About Noah Berlatsky And Pedophilia
An urgent investigation. Show notes/Links: Ben Burgis: “He’s one the most consistently and maliciously dishonest writers alive.”…
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…
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…
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…
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…
Blocked and ReportedEpisode 75: How To Deal With Transphobic Alters, How To Survive Your Newsroom's Awokening, And How To Get Ousted From The Screenwriting Industry
After Katie tells Jesse about a very problematic alter, the hosts respond to an email from a young journalist who feels trapped by the would-be revolutionaries…
Blocked and ReportedEpisode 74: The DID Influencers Of TikTok And The Decline Of Formerly-Science-Based Medicine
The hosts issue a major boob-related correction, talk about TikTok influencers who (appear to) have dissociative identity disorder, and discuss the recent…
Blocked and ReportedEpisode 73: Jesse Goes On Rogan, A Racial Nichols Incident, And Drama On Lolita Twitter
Jesse regales Katie with tales of meeting Joe Rogan, not meeting Alex Jones, and being scared of guns (while shooting them). Then Katie provides an antiracist…
Blocked and ReportedEpisode 72: Transphobic Puppets Wreak Havoc And Greg Lukianoff Walks Us Through All These Anti-'CRT' Bills
After the hosts discuss a controversy involving a less-than-affirming puppet show, Greg Lukianoff joins them to talk about the anti-critical-race-theory laws…
Blocked and ReportedEpisode 71: Katie and Barclays Give Unsolicited Advice, And An Update To A Story About A Story About Identifying As An Attack Helicopter
After Katie and Jesse discuss their July 4th plans, the hosts talk about Nikole Hannah-Jones winning her tenure battle, Barclays' cringeworthy contribution to…
Blocked and ReportedEpisode 70: Why Did NPR's "Code Switch" Join The Pileon Against An Innocent Palestinian-American Businessman?
After Katie describes how she and Jesse had their First Amendment rights literally murdered by an NYC venue and Jesse provides a weird update to last week's…
Blocked and ReportedEpisode 69: AND DURING PRIDE
After Jesse offers a mass amnesty to the individuals he wrongly (?) blocked, Katie, in a surprising move, comes out in favor of murdering adorable innocent…
Blocked and ReportedEpisode 68: Whiteness Whiteness Whiteness Whiteness Whiteness
Katie (white) and Jesse (white) talk about the perils of Whiteness, a situation in which one's soul is colonized by a mayonnaise-devouring demon who makes you…
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…
Blocked and ReportedJesse Interviews Ben Burgis About "Canceling Comedians While the World Burns: A Critique Of The Contemporary Left" (extended cut)
Self-explanatory! Enjoy. Lotsa links below about Ben's work and the stuff discussed in this interview. We'll be back with a new K+J episode soon. -latest book…
Blocked and ReportedEpisode 66: It Is A Bad Idea To Try To Shout Down Detransitioners
After Jesse discusses his imminent Upstate death, the hosts turn toward a 60 Minutes segment on detransitioners and the rather unhinged response to it. Then…
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…
Blocked and ReportedEpisode 64: Calling Female Journalists Dumb Knocked-Up B*****s With Ugly Husbands, For Feminism
After a heated debate over Slack and hummus/Hamas, Jesse and Katie announce a repivoting of the podcast. Then they discuss a gas shortage that almost stranded…
Blocked and ReportedEpisode 63: Jesse Makes A Friend, A Racist-Albeit-Dead Dog, A Basecamp Meltdown, And An Invitation For Chase Strangio
Jesse has a new best friend and wants to shout his name to the rooftops. Also, Jesse is not-mad-per-se-but-rather-disappointed at Chase Strangio and would like…
Blocked and ReportedEpisode 62: A Sad One
No show notes this week. https://www.legacy.com/obituaries/bostonglobe/obituary.aspx?n=sydney-altman&pid=198401366&fhid=5816…
Blocked and ReportedEpisode 61: The Literally Violent Inquisition Against Richard Dawkins And The Case Against Making Everything About Race All The Time
Richard Dawkins did an oppression with his tweets -- what should be done??? Also, new research suggests, shockingly, that making each and every issue about…
Blocked and ReportedEpisode 60: Andrew Yang Hates Dogs Almost As Much As Lindsay Ellis Hates Asian Culture
After Katie provides an update about her elderly Trump-and-guns-loving neighbor, the hosts discuss a canine controversy Andrew Yang got himself into that…
Blocked and ReportedEpisode 60: Jesse's Leaving The Podcast Right This Instant, Puberty Blockers, And A Very Crazy, Very Expensive Campus Controversy
After Jesse makes a shocking announcement (he's leaving the podcast in pursuit of greater glory), the hosts talk about a spate of bad GOP bills seeking to ban…
Blocked and ReportedBONUS: JFC I Guess We Are Talking More About Graham Linehan Innit
Soul too dead to provide any notes for this one tbh (plus we have notes for the episode we're discussing here). This is a public episode. If you'd like to…
Blocked and ReportedEpisode 58: We Hope Buying Jesse's Book Provides An Opportunity For Introspection And Growth
After Katie opens up about a gruesome injury and Jesse tells a story about a listener's travails at an upscale New York City climbing gym, the hosts discuss…
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…
Blocked and ReportedEpisode 56: Yes We Have Receipts But No You Cannot See Them
After reflecting on the podcast turning one whole year old next week, Jesse and Katie talk about the massive online uproar over his (and others') continuing…
Blocked and ReportedEpisode 55: Neera Tanden, Jacobinghazi, Brueniggate, Alligatorghazi, Centrist Corncobs, And The Legacy Of The 2016-2021 Brocialist Twitter-Woke Twitter Wars (Early-Access, Ad-Free)
After responding to some reader feedback about their last couple episodes, the hosts revisit one of the fiercer left-of-center Twitter controversies of the…
Blocked and ReportedBonus Interview: Youth-Gender Clinician Dr. Erica Anderson
In a bonus interview episode, Jesse interviews Dr. Erica Anderson, a trans woman and Bay-Area-based gender clinician with years of experience working with…
Blocked and ReportedEpisode 54: That Sinking, Racist Feeling When You've Lost The Newsroom (Early Access, Ad-Free)
Let's put a bow on this Donald McNeil Jr. story. McNeil has fired back with a 20,000-word opus about his travails trying to wrangle a group of young…
Blocked and ReportedEpisode 53: Reply All And Mike Pesca And Smith College And Race And Race And Race
The liberal landscape is littered with race-related meltdowns. After a correction and an update to last week's Reply All episode, Katie and Jesse discuss Mike…
Blocked and ReportedEpisode 52: Reply All Is Melting Down Like Some Sort Of Delectable Queso Dip Appropriated By A White Bon Appetit Editor
Hoooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo boy. Reply All, an excellent podcast, is melting down. What happened? What does it have to…
Blocked and ReportedEpisode 51: [Yoda Voice:] Cancelled, You Are
Should Gina Carano have been fired from her job on the hit Star Wars show "A Candalabra" for being a dumb conservative with Boomerlike posting tendencies? The…
Blocked and ReportedBONUS: Two More New York Times Departures Raise Some Troubling Questions About Disrespect Of Peruvian Shamans
Jesse and Katie talk about a disturbing bit of listener feedback and the recent departures from the Times, under questionable circumstances, of Andy Mills and…
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…
Blocked and ReportedEpisode 49: It's Unbelievable That Glenn Greenwald Fired A New York Times Editor Just For Getting The Chills
After Katie tells Jesse about a very disturbing dream she had about him, the hosts perform some valuable service journalism by explaining to listeners the…
Blocked and ReportedEpisode 48: Ethan Watters On The Latest Skirmish In The Never-Ending Memory Wars
Katie and Jesse bring on Ethan Watters, an author and freelance journalist who helped debunk the recovered-memory craze back in the 1990s, to discuss the most…
Blocked and ReportedEpisode 47: Should Ben Shapiro Be Deplatformed? Andy Ngo Way!
After Jesse addresses the totally baseless rumor that he went to Yale Law School, the best law school in the country, where (in this false scenario) he got…
Blocked and ReportedEpisode 46: The Trumpsurrection Knocks Bean Dad From The Headlines
After discussing whether Blocked and Reported led directly to the siege on the Capitol, the hosts discuss that strange, terrifying event. They debate whether…
Blocked and ReportedEpisode 45: Two White Podcasters Resolve The Issues Of Racial Slurs And The Controversy Over Alec Baldwin's Esposa Latina
After reflecting on what a great year 2020 was, except for the many serious hardships Katie endured, the hosts start 2021 with a bang: specifically, a bang…
Blocked and ReportedEpisode 44 - Let's Talk About Sex (And Hanukkah And Bad Journalism), Baby (feat. @Aella_Girl)
In a very special holiday episode, Jesse relates the story of Hanukkah to Katie, his ignorant Gentile friend, with stunning 100% accuracy. Then Jesse makes a…
Blocked and ReportedEpisode 43: On Mental Health, Youth Gender Dysphoria, And Our Own (Arguable) Fallibility
In a true sign that anything is possible in this crazy universe of ours, the hosts note that there were some errors in the previous episode and explain exactly…
Blocked and ReportedPatrons Only: In 1939, TERFs Invaded Poland, Sparking World War II
For thousands of years, a small cabal of middle-aged lesbians known as 'TERFs' has been quietly pulling the strings behind the scenes, dictating the outcomes…
Blocked and ReportedEpisode 42: What In The Everloving Name Of Diversity, Equity, And Inclusion Is Going On At Google? (with Jon Stokes)
A major blowup at at Google led to the firing or resignation (depending on who you ask) of Timnit Gebru and accusations that the company's social-justice…
Blocked and ReportedEpisode 41: Inside The Vicious, Deranged, Literally, Metaphorically Violent World Of Young Adult Twitter
One would not expect an online community devoted to discussion of dragons, vampires, and teenage heroes to be a cesspool of almost unimaginable toxicity. And…
Blocked and ReportedEpisode 40: Jordan Peterson Causes Tears, And Suzanne Moore Could Use Some Beers
After a very tense intro during which Jesse berates Katie for not being there when he needed her most, the hosts discuss a Vice News story about staffers at…
Blocked and ReportedEpisode 39: Are Monkeys Inherently Racist?, Is College-Obama A Creep?, And Other Pressing Matters
After the hosts celebrate a major achievement and Jesse goes on a little rant that is Super Political, Katie and Jesse delve into three stories of profound…
Blocked and ReportedEpisode 38: Bari Weiss Is Right, Part II: Philosophy Schmosiphy
After Katie talks about her new dog-testicles-centered newsletter, the hosts discuss the latest events in the ongoing saga of Helen Lewis's voice getting…
Blocked and ReportedEpisode 37: Democracy Is For Stupid Jerks
In a very special episode, Katie and Jesse discuss a long, stupid week in which democracy had its way with the American people, vigorously and repeatedly. What…
Blocked and ReportedEpisode 36: Glenn Greenwald Leaves The Intercept And The Section 230 Saber-Rattling Continues
After Jesse tells Katie a harrowing story about his recent journey into the heart of 'Manhattan,' the hosts discuss Glenn Greenwald's departure from The…
Blocked and ReportedEpisode 35: The Problem With "Involuntary Conservatives" And With Accidentally Taking Your Dick Out At Work
Lotta dicks this week. After addressing some reader reactions to their The 1619 Project segment last week, Katie and Jesse critique the idea of "involuntary…
Blocked and ReportedPatrons Only: Is Ken Bone Right That Liberals Are Meaner Than Conservatives?
Well? Is he? Katie and Jesse discuss The Bone Man's recent, controversial tweet, revisit his glorious recent internet-history, talk about their own experiences…