<p>This week on Blocked and Reported, Jesse and Katie discuss Tyler Austin Harper’s recent <em>Atlantic</em> piece on the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, an $8 billion behemoth whose grantmaking now plays an outsized role in the humanities. Plus, more Epstein (sorry).</p><p><a target="_blank" href="https://www.thestranger.com/crime/2019/07/15/40768104/jeffrey-epstein-is-a-horrifying-person-but-that-doesnt-mean-hes-a-pedophile">Jeffrey Epstein Is a Horrifying Person, But That Doesn’t Mean He’s a Pedophile - The Stranger</a></p><p><a target="_blank" href="https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/02/ama-asps-gender-surgery-minors/685961/">The Tide Goes Out on Youth Gender Medicine - The Atlantic</a></p><p><a target="_blank" href="https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/2026/03/mellon-foundation-humanities-research-funding/685733/">What Is the Mellon Foundation Doing to Higher Education? - The Atlantic</a></p><p><a target="_blank" href="https://www.bostonglobe.com/2023/06/02/opinion/wrong-kind-of-black-professor/">I am the wrong kind of Black professor - The Boston Globe</a></p><p><a target="_blank" href="https://www.theatlantic.com/culture/2026/01/minneapolis-second-amendment-tyranny/685749/">No Freedom Without the Second Amendment - The Atlantic</a></p> <br/><br/>This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit <a href="https://www.blockedandreported.org/subscribe?utm_medium=podcast&#38;utm_campaign=CTA_2">www.blockedandreported.org/subscribe</a>