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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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Blocked and ReportedEpisode 170: Mueller, She Lied
This week on Blocked and Reported, Jesse and Katie discuss #Resistence hero Mueller, She Wrote, the whistleblowing podcaster who killed Saddam Hussein while a…
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Episode 170: Mueller, She Lied
This week on Blocked and Reported, Jesse and Katie discuss #Resistence hero Mueller, She Wrote, the whistleblowing podcaster who killed Saddam Hussein while a…
Blocked and ReportedPremium: An Intersectional Pile-Up in Michigan
This week on the Primo edition of Blocked and Reported, Jesse and Katie discuss the banning of Pride flags on city property by an all-Muslim city council in…
Blocked and ReportedEpisode 169: The Pinkest Peacock
This week on Blocked and Reported, Katie tells Jesse about the rise and fall of the Pink Peacock, Glasgow’s attempt at an anarchist cafe. Plus, a new game…
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Episode 169: The Pinkest Peacock
This week on Blocked and Reported, Katie tells Jesse about the rise and fall of the Pink Peacock, Glasgow’s attempt at an anarchist cafe. Plus, a new game…
Blocked and ReportedEpisode 168: Just the Tip of the Circumcision Debate
Hold onto your hat (if you still have it) because this week on Blocked and Reported, Jesse and Katie discuss the science and religion of circumcision. Then, a…
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Episode 168: Just the Tip of the Circumcision Debate
Hold onto your hat (if you still have it) because this week on Blocked and Reported, Jesse and Katie discuss the science and religion of circumcision. Then, a…
Blocked and ReportedPremium: The Pride Episode
This 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…
Blocked and ReportedEpisode 167: A Robber, a Shoplifter, and a Thief Walk Into a Leggings Store
This week on Blocked and Reported, Jesse re-examines the case of the Citibike Karen who wasn’t. Or was she? Then, Katie tells Jesse about the outrage over two…
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Episode 167: A Robber, a Shoplifter, and a Thief Walk Into a Leggings Store
This week on Blocked and Reported, Jesse re-examines the case of the Citibike Karen who wasn’t. Or was she? Then, Katie tells Jesse about the outrage over two…
Blocked and ReportedPrimo: Ask Us Anything
On this Primo episode of Blocked and Reported, Jesse Singal and Katie Herzog answer questions submitted by their favorite listeners. To become a favorite…
Blocked and ReportedEpisode 166: Remember the Karens
This 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…
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Episode 166: Remember the Karens
This 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…
Blocked and ReportedPremium: Pedophiles Vs. Roblox Vs. Ruben Sim Vs. Furries
This 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…
Blocked and ReportedEpisode 165: 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 2)
In Part 2 of our series on the unhinged five-year harassment campaign against Patrick Tomlison, Katie and Jesse discuss the suspects. (Listen to Part 1 first.)…
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Episode 165: 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 2)
In Part 2 of our series on the unhinged five-year harassment campaign against Patrick Tomlison, Katie and Jesse discuss the suspects. (Listen to Part 1 first.)…
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…
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Episode 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…
Blocked and ReportedPremium: Laundering Liz's Laundry
This 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…
Blocked and ReportedEpisode 163: The Fox and the Clown
This 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…
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Episode 163: The Fox and the Clown
This 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…
Blocked and ReportedEpisode 162: We Challengeth The Honor Of Ed Yong And The Transgender Center
Halt, 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…
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Episode 162: We Challengeth The Honor Of Ed Yong And The Transgender Center
Halt, 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…
Blocked and ReportedEpisode 161: Detective Herzog And The Millionaire Kitty Cartel
It 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…
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Episode 161: Detective Herzog And The Millionaire Kitty Cartel
It 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…
Blocked and ReportedEpisode 160: Katie Comes Out Of The Closet (As A Dylan Mulvaney Fan)
After some NPR/Elon Talk, Diaper Talk, and Unitarian Talk, the hosts turn their attention to the most important news story in American history: Dylan Mulvaney…
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Episode 160: Katie Comes Out Of The Closet (As A Dylan Mulvaney Fan)
After some NPR/Elon Talk, Diaper Talk, and Unitarian Talk, the hosts turn their attention to the most important news story in American history: Dylan Mulvaney…
Blocked and ReportedPremium: Catching Up On The Rebekah Jones And Jamie Reed Controversies
After some initial ant talk and discussion of AntCon2023, Jesse and Katie catch up on the latest controversies surrounding two frequent BARPod subjects…
Blocked and ReportedEpisode 159: How The Unitarian Universalist Church Melted Down
After Jesse introduces an exciting new feature representing cutting-edge podcasting technology, and then engages in some Diaper Talk with Katie, Katie tells…
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Episode 159: How The Unitarian Universalist Church Melted Down
After Jesse introduces an exciting new feature representing cutting-edge podcasting technology, and then engages in some Diaper Talk with Katie, Katie tells…
Blocked and ReportedLet's Talk About Aja Romano, Chris Avellone's Accusers, And Other Dishonest Actors
Today’s episode is about people who say things that aren’t true. There should be a word for such people! First up: Aja Romano, who has a long history of both…
Blocked and ReportedEpisode 158: U MADIA, BRO?
Image via Getty After Jesse provides Katie with a Dead Dog Update, and Katie fills Jesse in on some important details about the female reproductive system…
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Episode 158: U MADIA, BRO?
Image via Getty After Jesse provides Katie with a Dead Dog Update, and Katie fills Jesse in on some important details about the female reproductive system…
Blocked and ReportedEpisode 157: BLEEP BLOOP I OBJECT YOUR HONOR BLEEP BLOOP
After 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…
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Episode 157: BLEEP BLOOP I OBJECT YOUR HONOR BLEEP BLOOP
After 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…
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…
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Episode 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…
Blocked and ReportedPremium: Jesse Is Super For Real Going To Jail This Time
After 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…
Blocked and ReportedEpisode 155: Hannah Barnes On The Collapse Of One Of The Most Important Youth Gender Clinics In The World
While Katie is stranded somewhere in flyover country, buried under 15 feet of snow inside her van with her wife and dog, Jesse interviews Hannah Barnes, the…
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Episode 155: Hannah Barnes On The Collapse Of One Of The Most Important Youth Gender Clinics In The World
While Katie is stranded somewhere in flyover country, buried under 15 feet of snow inside her van with her wife and dog, Jesse interviews Hannah Barnes, the…
Blocked and ReportedEpisode 154: Saddles And Sadness 🐎😭
In this week’s depressing episode… Sigh… * A journalist is spat on in a high-profile case. Is it time to tone down the rhetoric? It’s probably too late to…
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Episode 154: Saddles And Sadness 🐎😭
In this week’s depressing episode… Sigh… * A journalist is spat on in a high-profile case. Is it time to tone down the rhetoric? It’s probably too late to…
Blocked and ReportedEpisode 153: Times Wars, Episode IX: The Normies Strike Back
During 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…
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Episode 153: Times Wars, Episode IX: The Normies Strike Back
During 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…
Blocked and ReportedPremium: The Day Kale Got Roasted
Sing to us, o podcast, of a hero, of great height, from the land of bankers and of the goatherder from Lesbos who followed and did thus back him. Ships…
Blocked and ReportedEpisode 152: As Thinkers, We'd Like Journalists To Stop Being Cowardly Lemmings
This 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…
Blocked and ReportedEpisode 151: Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Online Harassment For A Virtuous Cause
Jesse 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…
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Episode 151: Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Online Harassment For A Virtuous Cause
Jesse 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…
Blocked and ReportedPremium: Hormones, Headlines, and ChatGPT: Unpacking the Controversy Surrounding the Trans Kids Study
I’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…
Blocked and ReportedEpisode 150: Katie Harbors A Pedophile, Gawker Dies Again, And Eliza Bleu's Big Lie
This 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…
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Episode 150: Katie Harbors A Pedophile, Gawker Dies Again, And Eliza Bleu's Big Lie
This 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…
Blocked and ReportedPremium: If The Daily Wire Loves Freedom So Much, Why Did It Try To Literally Enslave Steven Crowder?
Day 204 Life in the podcast mines is hell. From so far underground, I can no longer hear the pigeons, or Jesse running the food processor. I can’t even…
Blocked and ReportedEpisode 149: The NYT Restarts Trans Kids Discourse And A Dimes Square Movie Gets Canceled For Transphobia And Matt Gaetz Is G**
In this week’s record-shattering episode of Blocked & Reported: * The epidemic of white women transforming into Native Americans continues * Katie: “I love…
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Episode 149: The NYT Restarts Trans Kids Discourse And A Dimes Square Movie Gets Canceled For Transphobia And Matt Gaetz Is G**
In this week’s record-shattering episode of Blocked & Reported: * The epidemic of white women transforming into Native Americans continues * Katie: “I love…
Blocked and ReportedEpisode 148: Chris Rufo Takes Over New College Of Florida, Plus Adventures In Genealogy
This week, with Jesse Singal and Katie Herzog: * Jesse explains sissgendered people, People Of Kansas and the anti-incarcereal movement * A very important…
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Episode 148: Chris Rufo Takes Over New College Of Florida, Plus Adventures In Genealogy
This week, with Jesse Singal and Katie Herzog: * Jesse explains sissgendered people, People Of Kansas and the anti-incarcereal movement * A very important…
Blocked and ReportedEpisode 147: Scientists Unite Against Gas Stoves, Football, And The State Of Florida
First they banned gas stoves, because the science said they were harmful. Then the science said football was racist, so we banned that too. Then the nurses…
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Episode 147: Scientists Unite Against Gas Stoves, Football, And The State Of Florida
First they banned gas stoves, because the science said they were harmful. Then the science said football was racist, so we banned that too. Then the nurses…
Blocked and ReportedEpisode 146: >TFW Your Family Makes You Fake Your Own Death
>be writer for podcast >office is full of goats for some reason >working on episode about medievalist twitter drama and a weird publisher called RECEPTIO…
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Episode 146: >TFW Your Family Makes You Fake Your Own Death
>be writer for podcast >office is full of goats for some reason >working on episode about medievalist twitter drama and a weird publisher called RECEPTIO…