Blocked and Reported
Blocked and Reported

Blocked and Reported

Katie Herzog and Jesse Singal

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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

Recent Episodes

Premium: Columbia Students Camp Out For Gaza
APR 23, 2024
Premium: Columbia Students Camp Out For Gaza
<p></p><p>This week on the Primo episode, Jesse and Katie discuss the latest news from New York, New York: self-immolation outside the Trump trial, settler-colonial dogs, and Columbia students camping out for Gaza. </p><p><a target="_blank" href="https://www.thecut.com/article/dog-fights-strangers.html">Why Do People in NYC Hate My Dog?</a></p><p><a target="_blank" href="https://www.nytimes.com/2024/04/19/nyregion/max-azzarello-man-fire-trump.html">Who Is Max Azzarello? The Man Who Set Himself on Fire Outside Trump Trial. - The New York…</a></p> <br/><br/>To hear more, visit <a href="https://www.blockedandreported.org?utm_medium=podcast&#38;utm_campaign=show-notes-no-free-preview-language">www.blockedandreported.org</a>
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27 MIN
Episode 212: A Very Messy Breakup (with Billy Binion)
APR 20, 2024
Episode 212: A Very Messy Breakup (with Billy Binion)
<p>This week on Blocked and Reported, Katie is joined by Reason Magazine’s Billy Binion to discuss the Libertarian Party, freeway protests, government theft, and Steven Crowder’s very public divorce. </p><p><a target="_blank" href="https://reason.com/2023/01/17/they-fell-behind-on-their-property-taxes-so-the-government-sold-their-homes-and-kept-the-profits/">Can The Government Sell Your Home, Keep the Profits If You're Behind on Property Taxes?</a></p><p><a target="_blank" href="https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/why-not-having-sex-might-be-good-for-you">Why NOT Having Sex Might be Good for You | Fox News</a></p><p><a target="_blank" href="https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/waiting-till-the-wedding-night-getting-married-the-right-way">Waiting till the wedding night – getting married the right way | Fox News</a></p><p><a target="_blank" href="https://www.mediamatters.org/steven-crowder/steven-crowder-responds-allegations-he-exposed-genitals-staffers-skit-about-exposing">Steven Crowder responds to allegations he exposed genitals to staffers with skit about exposing genitals to staffer | Media Matters for America</a></p><p><a target="_blank" href="https://twitter.com/TheJaredMonroe/status/1772594355620270141">https://twitter.com/TheJaredMonroe/status/1772594355620270141</a></p><p><a target="_blank" href="https://twitter.com/LWCmugclub/status/1773046606541042049">https://twitter.com/LWCmugclub/status/1773046606541042049</a></p> <br/><br/>To hear more, visit <a href="https://www.blockedandreported.org?utm_medium=podcast&#38;utm_campaign=show-notes-no-free-preview-language">www.blockedandreported.org</a>
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95 MIN
Premium: The Cass Review Finally Establishes Exactly How Many Genders Kids Can Have
APR 18, 2024
Premium: The Cass Review Finally Establishes Exactly How Many Genders Kids Can Have
<p></p><p>Jesse and Katie discuss a much-anticipated report out of the UK on youth gender services. Plus, that goddamn throuple article. </p><p><a target="_blank" href="https://www.thecut.com/article/daniel-lavery-grace-lavery-lily-woodruff-brooklyn-interview.html">The Brooklyn Power Throuple Making Space for a Baby</a></p><p><a target="_blank" href="https://cass.independent-review.uk/home/publications/final-report/">Final Report – Cass Review</a></p><p><a target="_blank" href="https://www.blockedandreported.org/p/episode-155-hannah-barnes-on-the">https://www.blockedandreported.org/p/episode-155-hannah-barnes-on-the</a></p><p><a target="_blank" href="https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/political-minds/202201/the-evidence-trans-youth-gender-affirming-medical-care">The Evidence for Trans…</a></p> <br/><br/>To hear more, visit <a href="https://www.blockedandreported.org?utm_medium=podcast&#38;utm_campaign=show-notes-no-free-preview-language">www.blockedandreported.org</a>
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19 MIN
Premium: The Fall of Berliner
APR 16, 2024
Premium: The Fall of Berliner
<p></p><p>This week on the Primo episode, Jesse and Katie discuss a recent essay by NPR editor Uri Berliner criticizing the network’s ideological bent. </p><p><a target="_blank" href="https://www.mikepesca.com/thegist/episode/30939dec/public-radi-podcast-pounded">The Gist</a></p><p><a target="_blank" href="https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2024/02/grad-students-furious-united-auto-workers-endorses-biden.html">Grad Students Furious United Auto Workers Endorses Biden</a></p><p><a target="_blank" href="http://w notes. https://view.nl.npr.org/?qs=c1cd831479cb2340eea283a80a13dc5007451e4dc72b294eea6bde75abc6baa2e0d906a44328be4bd33906cbbc998bce4aaaa7f99622032f311d68ea8396670ea9fa2abb6c03b3cfe0632d642ecbaf5217d3fd933e8e1c61">Code Switch</a></p> <br/><br/>To hear more, visit <a href="https://www.blockedandreported.org?utm_medium=podcast&#38;utm_campaign=show-notes-no-free-preview-language">www.blockedandreported.org</a>
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18 MIN
Episode 211: Boycott Accelerated Fat-Shaming Tampon Classes (with PSA Sitch)
APR 11, 2024
Episode 211: Boycott Accelerated Fat-Shaming Tampon Classes (with PSA Sitch)
<p>This week on Blocked and Reported, Jesse is joined by streamer PSA Sitch to discuss fat activism, Seattle’s revolutionary plan to fix racial gaps in education, and perhaps the most famous tampon in recent American history.</p><p><a target="_blank" href="https://twitter.com/PSA_Sitch">https://twitter.com/PSA_Sitch</a></p><p><a target="_blank" href="https://twitter.com/Friended4Ever">https://twitter.com/Friended4Ever</a></p><p><a target="_blank" href="https://www.youtube.com/psasitch">https://www.youtube.com/psasitch</a></p><p><a target="_blank" href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCn8mAXIRVniC4Y9zvk_yMWQ">https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCn8mAXIRVniC4Y9zvk_yMWQ</a></p><p>“<a target="_blank" href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/wellness/2024/04/03/diet-culture-nutrition-influencers-general-mills-processed-food/">Big Food and dietitians push ‘anti-diet’ advice, despite rising obesity</a>”</p><p>“<a target="_blank" href="https://www.tennessean.com/story/news/education/2024/03/26/vanderbilt-university-faces-backlash-after-pulling-israel-divestment-student-vote/73109837007/">Vanderbilt faces backlash after pulling Israel-divestment student vote</a>”</p><p><a target="_blank" href="https://www.wkrn.com/news/local-news/nashville/vanderbilt-students-set-to-attend-disciplinary-hearing-after-protest/">“‘Very scared and frustrated’: Several Vanderbilt students set to attend disciplinary hearing after protest on school grounds”</a></p><p><a target="_blank" href="https://twitter.com/sfmcguire79/status/1772809758673629347">https://twitter.com/sfmcguire79/status/1772809758673629347</a></p><p><a target="_blank" href="https://twitter.com/sfmcguire79/status/1773425771782037719">https://twitter.com/sfmcguire79/status/1773425771782037719</a></p><p><a target="_blank" href="https://twitter.com/sfmcguire79/status/1773429192610160827">https://twitter.com/sfmcguire79/status/1773429192610160827</a></p> <br/><br/>To hear more, visit <a href="https://www.blockedandreported.org?utm_medium=podcast&#38;utm_campaign=show-notes-no-free-preview-language">www.blockedandreported.org</a>
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84 MIN