Thanks to everyone who joined Brad Polumbo and me on Substack Live, where we discussed right-wing infighting, the Turning Point USA reality TV conference, drama at CBS News, and more. (Just for the record, that thumbnail is not AI. We really look like that.) To hear more, visit www.blockedandreported.org

This week, Saint Helen Lewis joins us to discuss Jesse’s shortcomings, the state of publishing, the state of social media, the Riyadh Comedy Festival, the Olivia Nuzzi scandal, and more. Plus, our annual end-of-year extremely online pub quiz. Note: This is our last free episode of the year. Primos have more coming, but for everyone else, see you next year.Helen’s book Katie’s bookJesse’s Austin eventKatie’s Duke eventOpinion | The Shifting Politics of Transgender Rights - The New York TimesI Watched Stand-Up in Saudi Arabia - The AtlanticOlivia Nuzzi’s Tell-Nothing Memoir - The Atlantic This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.blockedandreported.org/subscribe

This week on Blocked and Reported, Jesse and Katie discuss the fallout from chess world champ Vladimir Kramnik’s obsessive campaign against alleged cheaters, including grandmaster Danya Naroditsky. Plus, AI comes for podcasters.Washington Post’s AI-generated podcasts rife with errors, fictional quotes | SemaforHikaru hits out at grandmaster Kramnik over cheating accusations | indy100Chess GM Vladimir Kramnik suspended for impersonating another player - DexertoKramnik’s Controversial Cheating Allegations in Titled Tuesdays: | NSS.czFair Play Report Estimates Low Cheating Rate In Titled Tuesday, New Public Closure Policy - Chess.comVladimir Kramnik’s YouTube channelMartínez beats Kramnik in controversial match | ChessBaseDanya’s YouTube channelChess: Fide to ‘discipline’ Kramnik over Naroditsky cheating allegations | Chess | The Guardian This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.blockedandreported.org/subscribe

This week on the Primo show, Jesse and Katie discuss Turning Point USA’s attempts to get a University of Oklahoma instructor canceled over claims of anti-Christian discrimination. Plus, Candace Owens’s ongoing investigation into who really killed Charlie Kirk (bees). Candace Owens on beesInside Candace Owens’ media empire and the Macron lawsuit threaten… To hear more, visit www.blockedandreported.org

This week on Blocked and Reported, Jesse and Katie discuss the politics of poetry and a controversy surrounding an indie lit magazine. Plus, a Chuck Johnson update. Katie’s Duke eventJesse’s Austin eventInvestor sues Chuck Johnson for “falsely presenting ... as intelligence agent” | SemaforWhere Wokeness Went Wrong | Susan Neiman | The New York Review of BooksA MeToo Mob Tried to Destroy My Life as a Poet. This Is How I SurvivedOpen Letter to Open-Minded ProgressivesInside the New Right, Where Peter Thiel Is Placing His Biggest BetsCurtis Yarvin’s Plot Against America‘The Interview’: Curtis Yarvin Says Democracy is Done - The New York TimesSpectra PoetsGroup ThinkFor William and KristineA Close Reading of Curtis Yarvin This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.blockedandreported.org/subscribe

This week on the Primo show, Jesse and Katie discuss the latest revelations from Ryan Lizza about Vanity Fair’s new West Coast editor and his personal ex-girlfriend, Olivia Nuzzi. Plus, a rigorous debate on the definition of “felching.” (We forgot to do a content w… To hear more, visit www.blockedandreported.org

This week on Blocked and Reported, Jesse and Katie break down a DoorDasher’s viral sexual assault that turned out to be a little more complicated. Meanwhile, a MAGA aide survives a brutal attack. Austin event: https://forms.gle/Dq5RPDR6yz5XpwVJ8HENDERSON PRESS RELEASE | DocumentCloudUnited States of America V. NATALIE GREENE Lawmaker’s former staffer staged violent political attack, police sa This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.blockedandreported.org/subscribe

This week on the Primo show, Jesse and Katie discuss AI friends and lovers. Plus, Jesse reads some sexts.Friend.com To hear more, visit www.blockedandreported.org

This week on Blocked and Reported, Katie is joined by our fantastic researcher Jessica the ‘80s Baby to discuss the rise and fall of one of the UK’s most notorious forums.MumsnetTattle LifeBBC Audio | File on 4 | Me and my TrollsCaroline Flack: ‘Be kind,’ social-media users urgeThe full story of how the operator of gossip site Tattle Life was unmasked in an Irish courtThe internet’s nastiest gossipmonger has been exposed and guess what – he wants his privacy | Marina Hyde | The Guardian This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.blockedandreported.org/subscribe

Thanks to everyone who joined our live chat today. Discussed: Olivia Nuzzi, Ryan Lizza, and Jesse and Katie play a round of Cancel Culture vs Consequence Culture: Dasha Nekrasova Edition. Olivia Nuzzi on the Scandal With RFK Jr. that Upended Her Career - The New York TimesThe Long, Thorny Path to Dasha Nekrasova’s Hollywood Shunning To hear more, visit www.blockedandreported.org

This week on Blocked and Reported, Jesse and Katie discuss a new report on intellectual capture at the BBC. Plus, antisemitism in NYC. The Office for the Prevention of Hate Crimes 2024 Annual ReportIn NYC, Jews targeted in hate crimes more than all other groups combined in 2024Vandals Splash Graffiti on Home of Jewish Director of Brooklyn MuseumApparent Gaza activists hurl paint at homes of Brooklyn Museum leaders, including Jewish director | AP NewsThree Charged with Hate Crimes Related to Defacing and Vandalizing Homes of the Brooklyn Museum’s Director and Board Members – The Brooklyn District Attorney’s OfficeStatement on the “Hate Crime” Charges Against NYC Journalist Samuel Seligson — WRITERS AGAINST THE WAR ON GAZAJournalist Charged With Hate Crime for Covering Gaza ProtestDoes Trump have a defamation case against the BBC? | ReutersBBC director general Tim Davie and News CEO Deborah Turness resign over Trump documentary editWhen the BBC’s disinformation correspondent lied on her CV - The New WorldCar insurance quotes higher in ethnically diverse areasResearch into trans medicine has been manipulatedInternet replaces TV as UK’s most popular news source for first time | Media | The GuardianBBC apologises to Trump over Panorama edit but refuses to pay compensation This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.blockedandreported.org/subscribe

This week on the Primo show, Jesse and Katie discuss #stickergate, LGB vs T, and Brianna Wu’s latest arc. Rachel Doodles and More Grumpy Greetings Co“The Growing Divide in the Rainbow Coalition” (WSJ)“What Is a Woman?” (New Yorker)“Feminism’s Toxic Twitter Wars” (The Nation) To hear more, visit www.blockedandreported.org

This week on Blocked and Reported, Jesse and Katie revisit the case of Kate Clanchy, a British author who was canceled over accusations of -isms in 2022. Plus, Teen Vogue, Lauren Duca, firings at Condé Nast, the New York mayoral race, and announcing the BARPod Book Club.Buy Katie’s bookUnshrunk: A Story of Psychiatric Treatment Resistance (Indie Books)Unshrunk: A Story of Psychiatric Treatment Resistance (Amazon)Condé Nast abruptly fires 4 staffers after HR confrontation | SemaforWatch the Video of Condé Nast Employees Confronting HR Over Teen Vogue Layoffs | ExclusiveAnal Sex: Safety, How tos, Tips, and More | Teen VogueWe Should Probably Talk About Lauren DucaPlease Accept My Apology - The StrangerThe girl who killed ‘Teen Vogue’ - UnHerdKate Clanchy to rewrite memoir amid criticism of ‘racist and ableist tropes’ | Kate Clanchy | The GuardianCall for Picador to reach out ‘beyond publishing’ for Clanchy rewriteOstracised, disinvited, rescinded: what it’s like to get cancelledHow sensitivity readers corrupt literature - UnHerdKate Clanchy: I was cancelled. It made me contemplate suicidePublisher apologises for ‘the hurt’ it caused Kate Clanchy over controversy This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.blockedandreported.org/subscribe

We’re still on hiatus from the free show (back next week) but this week on the Primo episode, Jesse and Katie discuss The Will Stancil Show and what the hell brought us to this point. Plus, a Graham Platner update. Graham Platner’s claims that he didn’t know tattoo was Nazi-linked undercut by new evidence | CNN PoliticsHow CNN found the Reddit user behi… To hear more, visit www.blockedandreported.org

Thanks to Brad Polumbo and everyone who joined our live chat this afternoon. Discussed: Nick Fuentes, Tucker Carlson, and the war for the soul of the American right. Brad vs EveryoneNORMAL GAYS with Brad Polumbo & Clarkson LawsonBuy Katie’s book To hear more, visit www.blockedandreported.org

Thank you to everyone who joined me and Dr. Joe Volipelli recently to discuss addiction medicine and why we treat alcoholism the way we do. Here’s a recording of that conversation. (Before you ask, these Lives are not a replacement for normal free or Primo episodes. Don’t worry.)https://www.drinkyourwaysober.com/ To hear more, visit www.blockedandreported.org

This week on the Primo show, Jesse and Katie discuss Waffles-gate, a very stupid controversy over Bluesky CEO Jay Graber’s refusal to ban Jesse. Plus… surprise! Turns out trans identification is down afterall. : https://bsky.jazco.dev/stats To hear more, visit www.blockedandreported.org

This week on Blocked and Reported, Jesse and Katie discuss the long life and quick death of Manhattan’s storied feminist bookstore, Bluestockings. Plus, a new report claims trans identities are on the wane… but is it true? Buy Katie’s book (please)Why are fewer young people identifying as trans? - UnHerdJacob Eliason - Methodological issues in Kaufmann’s analysis of FIRE gender identity dataNEIGHBORHOOD REPORT: URBAN STUDIES/REGROUPING; Radical Not-Too-Chic - The New York TimesThe Creator of the Shitty Media Men List Isn’t DoneExclusive | Woke NYC bookstore lures hordes of strung-out junkiesBluestockings Is Facing Eviction for Handing Out NarcanWoke NYC bookstore that lured strung-out junkies with freebies faces possible evictionLower East Side bookstore is raising money to buy books - GothamistEV Grieve: Worker-stewards push back after Bluestockings’ abrupt closure This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.blockedandreported.org/subscribe

This week on Blocked and Reported, Katie is joined by Frannie Block to discuss the movement to claim the 2024 election for Kamala Harris. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.blockedandreported.org/subscribe

This week on the Primo show: Bari Weiss, the Free Press, CBS, and a very questionable dog collar (unrelated). https://x.com/KiwiFarmsDotNet/status/1975694694370975903https://x.com/Tectone/status/1975770333413318938https://x.com/Tectone/status/1975724182995448054https://x.com/Grummz/status/197572397407… To hear more, visit www.blockedandreported.org

This week on Blocked and Reported: Katie’s new book. Plus, a conversation with Sarah Hepola and Nancy Rommelmann, Slam Frank, and Jesse gets canceled in Portland.Get the bookSlam Frank: A New Musical - Asylum NYC This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.blockedandreported.org/subscribe

Today, a special bonus episode from our friends Andy Mills and Matt Boll, who just released the first two episodes of their new podcast series about AI, The Last Invention. Enjoy. Longview Investigations This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.blockedandreported.org/subscribe

This week on the Primo show, Jesse and Katie discuss AI psychosis. Is it real, and how worried should we be?Order Katie’s bookThe Earthquake That Will Devastate the Pacific Northwest | The New YorkerChatbots Can Go Into a Delusional Spiral. Here’s How It Happens. - The New York TimesA Troubled Man, His Chatbot and a Murder-Suicide in Old Greenwich - WSJ… To hear more, visit www.blockedandreported.org

This week on Blocked and Reported, Katie and Jesse discuss the viral TikTok saga about a woman who claims her psychiatrist manipulated her into falling in love with him. Plus, more free speech fallout and the week’s dumbest news.Buy Katie’s book This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.blockedandreported.org/subscribe

This afternoon, I joined Mike Pesca to discuss my forthcoming book as well as podcasting and journalism. Plus, cameos by both Moose and Mochi. You can watch our discussion here.Pre-order my bookSubscribe to The Gist This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.blockedandreported.org/subscribe

This week on Blocked and Reported, Katie is joined by internet ethnographer Katherine Dee to discuss the evolution of online communities, from furries and sissy hypno to nihilistic extremists. Plus: the online life of Tyler Robinson, Charlie Kirk’s killer, and raising kids offline. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.blockedandreported.org/subscribe

This week on the Primo show, Jesse and Katie discuss the firings of former Washington Post columnist Karen Attiah and other Charlie Kirk critics. Fired By The PostTexas teachers' union criticizes TEA investigating teachers over Charlie Kirk social media posts | FOX 4 Dallas-Fort WorthCharlie Kirk once said prominent Black women didn't have 'brain proces… To hear more, visit www.blockedandreported.org

This week on Blocked and Reported: Charlie Kirk. Opinion | Charlie Kirk Was Practicing Politics the Right Way - The New York TimesCharlie Kirk’s alleged killer scratched bullets with a Helldivers combo and a furry sex meme | The VergeNotices Bulge / OwO What's This? | Know Your Meme This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.blockedandreported.org/subscribe

This week on the Primo episode, Jesse and Katie return to the subject of Taylor Lorenz and the ethics of journafluencing. The theme: Taylor vs. Chorus.Banning smartphones in classrooms helps studentsA Dark Money Group Is Secretly Funding High-Profile Democratic Influencers | WIREDWired and Business Insider remove 'AI-written' freelance articles - Press … To hear more, visit www.blockedandreported.org

This week on Blocked and Reported, Jesse and Katie discuss the story of author John Boyne and the Polari Prize. Plus…[big sigh] Graham Linehan. Katie’s book'The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas' Set Holocaust Education Back by Decades. Now It's Getting a Sequel. – Kveller'I was the devil incarnate': An interview with John Boyne | The SpectatorJohn Boyne hits back at critics of transgender novel | John Boyne | The GuardianJohn Boyne: Why I support trans rights but reject the word ‘cis’ – The Irish TimesJohn Boyne: ‘Only a fool or an incurable optimist would think you can solve the world’s problems in 280 characters’ | Irish IndependentSinger Róisín Murphy Faces Backlash—And Praise From Anti-Trans Activists—For Criticizing Puberty BlockersFighting on Twitter? In the UK, You Could Be Arrested for That. - The StrangerTrans woman feared vigilante violence after Graham Linehan’s social media posts, court told | The IndependentWould Graham Linehan's "If All Else Fails, Punch Him in the Balls" Be Protected Under U.S. Law? - Reason.comPolari: The code language gay men used to survivePolari Prize organisers cancel book prize over trans controversy This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.blockedandreported.org/subscribe

This week on the Primo show, Jesse and Katie discuss Taylor Lorenz, ethics in journalism, the ad that wasn’t an ad, and the ongoing debate about kids and cell phones. To hear more, visit www.blockedandreported.org

This week on Blocked and Reported, Jesse and Katie discuss the attempted cancellation of Cracker Barrel and the company’s long history as a target of activist campaigns. Plus: Taylor Swift’s engagement, the latest Gaylor conspiracies, and her deafening silence on Gaza.Jesse's movie debutCracker Barrel’s New Modern Logo and Aesthetic Become a Political Rorschach Test - The New York TimesRobby Starbuck videoOld Cracker Barrel websiteOpinion | Look What We Made Taylor Swift Do - The New York Times This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.blockedandreported.org/subscribe

Thanks to everyone who tuned in, asked questions, and stepped in when Jesse needed a drink. To hear more, visit www.blockedandreported.org

This week on the Primo show, Jesse and Katie discuss an update from the trans-rationalist cult, a firing at the National Park Service, a new liberal publication, and Laverne Cox’s atonement for dating a conservative white cop.Federal Prosecutors Seek Death Penalty in Fatal Shooting of Border Patrol Agent - The New York TimesPark ranger fired after helpi… To hear more, visit www.blockedandreported.org

This week on Blocked and Reported, Katie is joined by Brad Polumbo to discuss Chris Rufo’s campaign against New Yorker critic Doreen St. Felix over offensive tweets. Plus, conservative snowflakes and the Venn diagram of maskers and queers. Brad vs EveryoneWhy are so many of the young people I still see wearing masks queer? : r/NoStupidQuestionshttps://x.com/Acyn/status/1956137743727387112https://x.com/KaivanShroff/status/1953586970598240441The Banal Provocation of Sydney Sweeney’s Jeans | The New Yorker To hear more, visit www.blockedandreported.org

This week on Blocked and Reported, Jesse and Katie discuss two cases of alleged cyberbullying-related suicides: comics artist Ed Piskor and fox rescuer Mikayla Raines.Ed Piskor exhibition postponed over sexual misconduct allegations | Visual Art | Pittsburgh | Pittsburgh City PaperEd Piskor's show postponed over sexual misconduct accusations'Lesbian goth foxes,' the story of Esmae and Mala | MPR NewsEd Piskor, ‘Hip Hop Family Tree’ Comic Book Artist, Dies at 41 - TheWrap'Lesbian goth foxes,' the story of Esmae and Mala | MPR NewsThey Bullied Her to Death--And Reddit Let it Happen | POPTOPIC This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.blockedandreported.org/subscribe

This week on the Primo show, Jesse and Katie discuss Joseph Awuah-Darko, a Ghanaian artist and influencer who announced his intention to seek assisted suicide, and invited people to dine with him in his last months.Joseph on InstagramJoseph Awuah-Darko's spreadsheet of emotion: 'Bipolar, colour and me’Can Artist Kehinde Wiley Survive Sexual Assault Accu… To hear more, visit www.blockedandreported.org

This week on Blocked and Reported, Jesse and Katie discuss a schism in the anti-feminist right, featuring influencers Sarah Stock, Pearl Davis, Emily Wilson, Morgen Ariel, and one little engagement ring. Pre-order Katie’s book: https://www.drinkyourwaysober.com/The engagment photoDeranged MAGA Civil War Erupts Over Engagement Ring Size This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.blockedandreported.org/subscribe

This week on the Primo show, Jesse and Katie wade into the melodramatic world of Harry Potter fan fiction, the early-2000s cancellation of fan fic star Cassandra Claire/Clare, and a more recent controversy in the booming subgenre of Potter–inspired romance known as “Dramione.”Meet The College Junior Behind The Longest Fan Fiction EverBBC NEWS | Rowling … To hear more, visit www.blockedandreported.org

This week on Blocked and Reported, Jesse and Katie discuss the case of Terry Williams, a black dogwalker in San Francisco who was the victim of a bizarre hate crime. Plus, Sydney Sweeney’s good genesjeans.Buy Katie’s book (please and thank you)Meghan Daum + Lionel Shriver in NYC (use code BARPOD18)Woman stands firm on Blue Angels cat death lawsuitSydney Sweeney’s American Eagle Jeans Ad Is Just Her Latest Controversial Project - The New York TimesThe Discourse Is Broken - The AtlanticNYT Journalist Cried Because 'None of His Friends Wanted To Talk to Him' After Tom Cotton Op-Ed ScandalThe Macaca Heard Round the WorldRacist doll and noose left on doorstep investigated as hate crimeKKK flag, racist printout left at Black man's door near Alamo SquareAfter weeks of racist threats, a Black dog walker's home was set on fire in San FranciscoAfter racist attacks, peace rally brings Fillmore togetherCops hunt woman suspected of leaving threats at Alamo Square dog walker’s homeSuspect in anti-Black threats against Alamo Square dog walker is a Black woman, SFPD saysDog walker says family stole $230K from house fire fundraiserSeveral nooses found on trees at Lake Merritt prompt hate crime investigation, Oakland Mayor Libby Schaaf says - ABC7 Los Angeles This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.blockedandreported.org/subscribe

This week on the Primo episode, Jesse and Katie are once again joined by Richard Hanania to discuss his racist past and anti-racist present, his experience in a Mexican boot camp, Trump’s Epstein problem, how Democrats can win over young white men, posting while parenting, and more.Right-Wing Writer Richard Hanania's Racist Past Expos… To hear more, visit www.blockedandreported.org

This week on Blocked and Reported, Jesse and Katie are joined by Richard Hanania to discuss the case of Charles C. “Chuck” Johnson: entrepreneur, internet activist, Turkish restaurant technologist, possible government asset, and his own very bad legal counsel.About (Charles C. Johnson’s personal site, via Wayback Machine)What Is Chuck Johnson, and Why the Web’s Worst Journalist Matters (Gawker)Wait, Did Clowntroll Blogger Chuck Johnson S**t on the Floor? (Deadspin/The Concourse)Media conservatives won't claim derisive blogger Charles Johnson (Washington Examiner)The Constructs: Is Sheryl Sandberg an Israeli Agent of Influence?The Joe Lonsdale Hustle Needs To Be Shut Down By The FedsYes, He's a Traitor: Elon Musk, The Mormons, Bibi & MeNo, You're Just A Criminal: Marc Andreessen's Foreign-Backed Techno-Mormon Grift Is DangerousIs Open AI a Netanyahu-Backed Cult?State of the Union guest list includes controversial figure Charles Johnson (The Guardian)Alt-Right in the White House (Politico)Meet The Troll Who Claims He’s Helping Trump’s Transition Team (Forbes)Facial Recognition Technology in Clearview AI Raises Privacy Concerns (New York Times)The Secretive Company That Might End Privacy as We Know It (New York Times Magazine)PDF court document in Johnson v. Clearview AI (Sanity.io)An Open Invitation to Our National Conversation (Charles Johnson's Substack)Johnson v. Clearview AI Inc. – Docket (CourtListener)Victory in Fort Worth Amid a $71 Million Conspiracy This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.blockedandreported.org/subscribe

Thanks to Amanda Knox for joining me to discuss her imprisonment and exoneration, making peace with trauma, how to be a responsible journalist, getting things wrong, and more. Check out Amanda’s newsletter and podcast, her new book, and her Atlantic article on Jens Söring. To hear more, visit www.blockedandreported.org

This week on Blocked and Reported, Jesse and Katie discuss the ongoing civil war in MAGA-land over the Epstein Files — or lack thereof.What is a Creemee: Vermont's Unique Twist on Soft-Serve Ice CreamThe Shocking Rise of One of the Tech Right’s Favorite Posters – Mother JonesJeffrey Epstein: Filthy Rich | Netflix Official SitePerversion of Justice: Jeffrey Epstein | Miami HeraldJeffrey Epstein plea deal: Justice Dept. faults Alex Acosta for 'poor judgment' but finds no misconduct - The Washington PostAcosta to Resign as Labor Secretary Over Jeffrey Epstein Plea Deal - The New York TimesVirginia Giuffre, one of Jeffrey Epstein's most prominent abuse survivors, dies by suicideOpinion | The Epstein Story Is Both Conspiracy Theory and Genuine Scandal - The New York TimesIncoherent Conspiracy Suggests Ghislaine Maxwell Is a Powerful RedditorExclusive | Jeffrey Epstein’s Friends Sent Him Bawdy Letters for a 50th Birthday Album. One Was From Donald Trump. - WSJTrump sues Murdoch over Epstein birthday letter article by WSJDemocrat demands House vote on ‘FULL Epstein files’ release This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.blockedandreported.org/subscribe

This week on Blocked and Reported, Jesse and Katie discuss the death of Aubreigh Wyatt, a 13-year-old girl from Ocean Springs, Mississippi, and her mother Heather’s quest for vengeance. Plus, more Nickelback. To hear more, visit www.blockedandreported.org

This week on Blocked and Reported, conspiracy theories and rumor-mongering in the aftermath of a disaster in Texas; Grok goes mask-off; and Zohran Mamdani’s college application gets hacked.The Un "Fudge" America Tour Gets "Fudged" From Within (The Gist)Mamdani Identified as Asian and African American on College Application - The New York TimesMamdani Once Claimed to Be Asian and African American. Should It Matter? - The New York TimesMahmood Mamdani | Department of AnthropologyTimes pushed ahead to avoid being scooped on Mamdani Columbia story | SemaforThread by @patrickhealynyt on Thread Reader App – Thread Reader AppOpinion | It’s Time to Let Go of ‘African American’ - The New York TimesThe sad, sad state of the New York Times | Press WatchFormer Houston mayoral appointee rages at flooded Texas girls camp for being 'white-only'Houston pediatrician speaks out after her flood victims post sparked outrageTrump’s NOAA pick stands by budget cuts, calls staffing ‘a top priority’ - The Washington PostWhite House pushes back on criticism of weather service around Texas flooding - ABC NewsDeadly floods could be new normal as Trump guts federal agencies, experts warn | Texas floods 2025 | The GuardianNOAA scrambles to fill forecasting jobs as hurricane season looms - The Washington PostCodeREDSome Texas flood alerts were delayed as officials waited for authorization, former Kerr County official says - CBS NewsFormer Kerr County leader: siren system would have saved lives : NPRNew data reveals the inadequacy of FEMA flood maps : NPRxAI updated Grok to be more ‘politically incorrect’ | The Verge This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.blockedandreported.org/subscribe

This week on the Primo episode: Part 2 of our series on VR wunderkind Palmer Luckey—his fall from grace, his rebirth as a defense contractor, and his years-long feud with angel investor and podcast bro Jason Calacanis.The History of the Future - Blake J. HarrisWhy Did Facebook Fire a Top Executive? Hint: It Ha… This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.blockedandreported.org/subscribe

On a special bonus episode of Blocked and Reported, Jesse debates his work and the research on youth gender dysphoria with YouTuber Lance from The Serfs. (For Primos, Post-mortem begins around 1:44.)Lance tweetsZoom recording (NOTE: The thing Jesse says at the end about the two of them having both agreed to donate to charity was a misunderstanding on Je… To hear more, visit www.blockedandreported.org

This week on Blocked and Reported, Jesse and Katie discuss the rise and fall of Palmer Luckey, the VR wunderkind who was ousted from Facebook under murky circumstances. (This is the first episode in a two-part series. Up next: Palmer Luckey vs. Jason Calacanis.)How many migrants has Trump sent to Guantánamo so far? | NPRTIME Magazine The Surprising Joy of Virtual Reality | TIMEPalmer Luckey cosplays as Metal Gear’s Quiet in Japan | PolygonPalmer Luckey: The Facebook billionaire secretly funding Trump’s meme machine | The Daily BeastThe billboardWho Is Palmer Luckey and What Is Nimble America? | NY MagWho is Palmer Luckey, and why is he funding pro-Trump trolls? | The GuardianThis is How Fake News Happens: The Reporting of Palmer Luckey and Nimble AmericaThe History of the Future - Blake J. Harris This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.blockedandreported.org/subscribe

This week on Blocked and Reported, a deeper dive into the recent Supreme Court decision on youth gender medicine and its aftermath. Plus, the Washington Post’s unconventional plan to make a few bucks. Note: After we recorded this episode, Mark Joseph Stern sent Jesse an email laying out his views and responding to Jesse’s b******g on Twitter. That email is below and we’ll discuss it, plus any further correspondence those two have, at the top of the next free episode.Hi Jesse,Although I'm not on Twitter anymore, a friend flagged your tweet about my coverage of Skrmetti and your question about sex discrimination. I would like to help explain why SB1 does, indeed, discriminate on the basis of sex in a way that triggers heightened scrutiny under the equal protection clause.First, I'll note that while the term "sex discrimination" is more common in media coverage, the more accurate legal standard is "sex classification." (The court's canonical cases, like Reed v. Reed and U.S. v. Virginia, favor this term.) The two can be used interchangeably, but I think "classification" is a little clearer for the purposes of addressing your arguments.You, and the Skrmetti majority, are undoubtedly correct that SB1 classifies on the basis of medical condition. But to do so, at least under many circumstances, it must also classify on the basis of sex. I see that you're suspicious of one way I've been explaining this: a cis boy can receive testosterone to develop more male features, while a trans boy cannot. I still think that example works as a legal matter, even if such treatment for a cis boy is uncommon in real life. (Although—is it? Don’t doctors prescribe testosterone to cis boys with delayed puberty to jump-start secondary sex characteristics that are fundamentally cosmetic, like facial hair?) So set it aside.Consider instead an adolescent cis boy who experiences gynecomastia, unwanted but harmless growth of breast tissue. Under SB1, he may still receive testosterone therapy to reduce his breasts. Not because the excessive growth of tissue is medically harmful, but because he does not wish to appear to have breasts, as they are incongruent with his gender identity. But an adolescent trans boy may not, under SB1, receive the same treatment to achieve the same effect—reduction of breasts that are incongruent with his gender identity. Why?I take it you would say: Because the trans boy seeks the treatment for gender dysphoria, whereas the cis boy seeks it for gynecomastia. True enough, but irrelevant for the purpose of deciding whether the law classifies on the basis of sex. That's because, in addition to classifying on the basis of medical condition, the law classifies on the basis of sex to determine who may receive the same treatment to achieve the same outcome. An adolescent's access to testosterone to reduce breast growth turns on the sex they were assigned at birth. Those assigned male can get testosterone; those assigned female cannot. Thus, the law classifies patients on the basis of sex, and triggers heightened scrutiny under the equal protection clause. Put differently, to determine the medical condition—gender dysphoria or gynecomastia—a doctor must consider the patient's sex assigned at birth. That consideration, under longstanding precedent, compels heightened scrutiny.It is not uncommon for laws that classify on the basis of sex to classify on other bases as well. For instance, in Morales-Santana, the law at issue classified on the basis of a parent's physical presence in the United States. That, all agree, was permissible. But the law also classified on the basis of the parent's sex. And that, the court held, created a "gender line" that triggered heightened scrutiny. There is a similar dynamic at play in Skrmetti. Yes, the law dictates what treatments a minor may receive based on their medical condition. But to do so, it must classify minors on the basis of sex. And that, under the court's precedents, should be enough to trigger heightened scrutiny.I will note that, as you know, the question of whether a law classifies on the basis of sex is only the first step of the analysis. If the answer is yes, the next step is to apply heightened scrutiny by asking whether the law serves important governmental interests and is substantially related to the achievement of those interests. I think your objections probably lie in this second step; to return to my example, you may think the government has a strong interest in preventing minors with gender dysphoria from altering their bodies, and you believe SB1's restrictions are sensibly drawn to encompass those cases while allowing cis minors to receive the same treatments. But even if that is correct (and I won't opine on it here), SB1 still classifies on the basis of sex, requiring the application of heightened scrutiny to survive constitutional muster. And in my view, the Skrmetti majority erred in denying that reality.Best,MarkThe Washington Post Will Ask Some Sources to Annotate Its Stories - The New York TimesUnited States v. Skrmetti‘Trans rights’ has never been a civil rights issue | The SpectatorOpinion | How the Gay Rights Movement Radicalized, and Lost Its Way - The New York TimesOpinion | Author explains anonymity behind a pediatric gender medicine report - The Washington PostA Precocious Puberty Case: I Went Through Puberty at Age 2The conservative defense of Kenosha shooter Kyle Rittenhouse is nonsense.Skrmetti: John Roberts' anti-trans opinion isn't just cruel. It's incomprehensible.Massive Ordnance Penetrator - Political Gabfest - Apple Podcasts (Bazelon argument starts at 44:00) To hear more, visit www.blockedandreported.org

This week on the Primo episode, Jesse and Katie discuss an attempted racial reckoning at the Upright Citizens Brigade’s Juneteenth show. Plus, a betrayal in the lesbian community, and shipping fake gays. Gov. Youngkin calls out Fairfax County's Steve Descano for not prosecuting VA sex offenderWho is JoJo Siwa and why is she so controversial? The ‘Karma’… To hear more, visit www.blockedandreported.org

Thanks to everyone who joined Katie and Billy Binion for a live chat today. It appears that the email notification didn’t go out to everyone, so apologies if you missed it. We’re trying to figure out what went wrong so it won’t happen again. You can view the video here or listen wherever you get your podcasts.The Karen Read case is a story about police … To hear more, visit www.blockedandreported.org

This week on Blocked and Reported, Katie is joined by writer, podcaster, and feminist activist Julie Bindel to discuss the rapid decline of the trans movement, the UK’s new abortion law, the “grooming gang” scandal, and Julie’s new book, Lesbians: Where Are We Now?What to Know About United States v. Skrmetti - The New York TimesU.S. v. Skrmetti: How the Transgender Rights Movement Bet on the Supreme Court and Lost - The New York TimesMPs vote to decriminalise abortion for women in England and WalesThe grooming gang scandal isn’t over - UnHerd This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.blockedandreported.org/subscribe

This week on the Primo show, Jesse and Katie discuss The Protocol, the recently released New York Times series on youth gender medicine. Plus, both literal and figurative dicks in the women’s spa.WiSpa Suspect Found Not Guilty on All Charges (LA Mag)Women-Only Naked Spa Lacks Constitutional Right to Exclude Transgender Patrons With Penises (Reason)Intro… To hear more, visit www.blockedandreported.org

This week on Blocked and Reported, Jesse and Katie discuss two alleged hate crimes: an acid attack in Philadelphia and the murder of Jonathan Joss. Plus, protests, riots, and a big beautiful breakup. Pre-order Katie's bookCan Jesse Singal save liberalism? - UnHerdWhere immigrants pay the most taxesThe Girls Are Fighting | Know Your MemeTrans woman in Philadelphia suffers burns after police say children threw acid on herJonathan Joss, 'King of the Hill' Voice Actor, Killed in ShootingPolice now say they are investigating shooting of actor Jonathan Joss as possible hate crime | US television | The GuardianJonathan Joss Death: Final Moments Witnessed by Neighbor | Us WeeklyJonathan Joss’ husband reveals King of the Hill actor’s final moments and repeats ‘hate crime’ claim | The IndependentThe wedding photo This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.blockedandreported.org/subscribe

This week on the Primo episode, Jesse and Katie discuss the story of Chris Helali and Zipporah Legarde, two revolutionaries who meet and immediately decide to have a baby—with disastrous results. To hear more, visit www.blockedandreported.org

This week on Blocked and Reported, Jesse and Katie discuss an attack on the manarchy at an anarchist book fair in Montreal. Plus, AI infiltrates Reddit, the sensitivity reader vs. the computer science professor, and Rebekah Jones has a thought.Keep Punching Manarchists zineResearchers Secretly Ran a Massive, Unauthorized AI Persuasi… To hear more, visit www.blockedandreported.org

Thanks to everyone who joined us for our live chat tonight. We had some great questions and also a few about basketball. For folks who missed it, or those who just want to relive the magic, you can check out the recording here. To hear more, visit www.blockedandreported.org

This week on Blocked and Reported: more clashes at Columbia, and the University of Austin strays from its mission. And for Primos: sovereign citizenry and the anatomy of a right-wing rumor.ChatGPT said:Report of the Task Force on Antisemitism (Columbia University) To hear more, visit www.blockedandreported.org

This week on the Primo episode, Jesse and Katie discuss an ongoing feud between gaming journalist/vore aficionado Ana Valens and VTuber Kirsche Verstahl.acvalens.netKirsche on TwitchThese VTubers Want You in Their Lewd Game. You Might Want to Pass (VICE) To hear more, visit www.blockedandreported.org

This week on Blocked and Reported, Jesse and Katie discuss the tragic death of a crypto king. Plus, the Trump administration’s report on youth gender medicine, Jason Stanley moves to Canada, and Stephen King makes a joke. Transgender Youth and the HHS Report (The Dispatch)Report to the President on Protecting Children From Surgical and Chemical Mutilation – Executive Summary (The White House)Trump’s Gender-Affirming Care Review Sparks Backlash (CNN)Researchers Slam HHS Report on Gender-Affirming Care for Youth (Science)Yale, Canada, and the Fascism Trap (The New York Times)Jeffy Yu on Legacoins, Part 1 Announcing $LLJEFFY, Part 2 Zerebro Creator Jeffy Yu Found Alive After Faking Death (Decrypt)How a San Francisco Meme Artist Faked His Death (SF Standard)Transgender Youth and the HHS Report (The Dispatch)Report to the President on Protecting Children From Surgical and Chemical Mutilation – Executive Summary (The White House)Trump’s Gender-Affirming Care Review Sparks Backlash (CNN)Researchers Slam HHS Report on Gender-Affirming Care for Youth (Science)Yale, Canada, and the Fascism Trap (The New York Times)Jeffy Yu on Legacoins, Part 1 Announcing $LLJEFFY, Part 2 Zerebro Creator Jeffy Yu Found Alive After Faking Death (Decrypt)How a San Francisco Meme Artist Faked His Death (SF Standard) This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.blockedandreported.org/subscribe

This week on Blocked and Reported, Katie is joined by fan favorite Helen Lewis to discuss her new book, The Genius Myth: A Curious History of a Dangerous Idea. Plus, updates from TERF Island, Joe Rogan, and the strange and sometimes dark world of high IQ societies. Pre-order Helen’s book Britain Rules on What a Woman Is - The AtlanticTrump Administration Releases Report on Youth Gender Dysphoria - The DispatchFinally, Someone Said It to Joe Rogan’s Face - The AtlanticThe group chats that changed America - SemaforHelen Lewis Has Left the Chat - The BBC This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.blockedandreported.org/subscribe

This week on the Primo episode, Jesse and Katie discuss the story of Daniel Greene, a BookTuber who faced allegations of coercion, manipulation, and assault. Plus, drama at the Montreal Anarchist Book Fair. To hear more, visit www.blockedandreported.org

This week on Blocked and Reported, Jesse and Katie discuss Gen Z influencer Dean Withers and the undoing of the Unf*ck America Tour. Plus, a playground racist makes bank, and a fight over public masturbation in Seattle. Neighbors report masturbation in Seattle park where children play (The Independent)Who was the anonymous donor behind the controversial kid playground at Seattle's Denny Blaine? (KUOW)Seattle Wants to Put a Playground Next to a Historically Queer Nude Beach (The Stranger)City Hall Is Back on Denny Blaine (The Stranger)The Photos Denny Blaine Donor Stuart Sloan Sent to Seattle Mayor Bruce Harrell (The Stranger)https://jessesingal.substack.com/eventsThe Studies Show LIVE with Jesse Singal (Eventbrite)How Breitbart Is Fueling the Milo Yiannopoulos Campus Outrage Outrage Cycle (New York Magazine)Professor Watchlist (Turning Point USA)Hasan Piker Is Building a Media Empire on Twitch and YouTube (The New York Times) This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.blockedandreported.org/subscribe

This week on the Primo episode, Jesse and Katie decide which podcasters are blame for… all this. Plus, an ABDL medical supply store/sex shop goes to court. Young at Heart (The Stranger)The Anti-Woke's Inner Circle (New York Magazine / Intelligencer)The Dissident Right’s Next Move (The New York Times) To hear more, visit www.blockedandreported.org

This week on Blocked and Reported, Jesse and Katie discuss RFK Jr’s plan to find the cause of autism. Plus, Elon shadowbans his enemies, revisiting “Hinds Hall,” and Slam Frank, the musical. DIRECTIONS ON LOCKING IN THE CURRENT PRIMO PRICE HEREColumbia Campus Occupation Could Have Ended Without Police, Report Says (New York Times)The Sundial Report, 3.31.2025 (Columbia University Senate)Columbia Hamilton Hall Protests (New York Times)Police and University Officials Release Report of 13 Non-Affiliates Arrested in Hamilton Hall, Protesters Disagree (Columbia News Service)They Criticized Musk on X. Then Their Reach Collapsed. (New York Times)Trans Wikipedia Activists control the "facts" on Youth Gender Medicine (LGB Courage Coalition Substack)Research into trans medicine has been manipulated (The Economist)RFK Jr. and the Autism-Vaccine Debate (New York Times)Autism Data & Statistics (CDC)Telepathy Tapes: Families, Autism, KY Dickens (The Cut)Chasing the Intact Mind (Oxford University Press)RFK Was Right: Severe Autism Can Be (Persuasion Community)The Problematic Obsession With Curing Autism (The Cut) To hear more, visit www.blockedandreported.org

This week on Blocked and Reported, Jesse and Katie look back at the anti-Israel protests at Columbia University and how that conflict intersects with the Trump administration’s fight against free speech. Columbia University Israel-Hamas Protests (The New York Times)General Studies student allegedly assaulted in front of Butler Library, suspe… To hear more, visit www.blockedandreported.org

This week on Blocked and Reported, Katie is joined by writer Leigh Stein to discuss her new book, the personal essay boom and bust, the ethics of deletion, "The Vanishing White Male Writer,” and a race-based hoax in the poetry world. If You're Seeing This, It's Meant for You by Leigh Stein (Penguin Random House)The Diana Tarot : Handmade ProductsJennifer May Reiland artFired from RichualControl, Alt, Delete (Splicetoday.com)Call Me the 21st-Century Ern Malley (How I Fooled the Poetry World) Echolalia Review: An Anti-Poetry CollectionThe Best American Poetry Controversy (The Best American Poetry Blog)The Vanishing White Male Writer (Compact Magazine) This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.blockedandreported.org/subscribe

This week on Blocked and Reported, Jesse and Katie discuss the right’s very online reaction to Trumpnomics™. Plus, NaNoWriMo closes shop, and only slightly more vore. Vore fan art (Do not click this link at work, at the library, on an NSA server, or anywhere near your children and/or parents. You have been warned.)‘Nowhere on Earth is safe’: Trump imposes tariffs on uninhabited islands near Antarctica | Trump tariffs | The GuardianPresident Trump’s Tariff Formula Makes No Economic Sense. It’s Also Based on an Error. | American Enterprise Institute - AEIThe Puzzle of the All-American BBQ ScrubberBill Ackman’s main fund drops 15% this year as trade war hits holdingsPeter Navarro Invented an Expert for His Books, Based on Himself - The New York TimesElon Musk dies to tutorial boss in Path of Exile 2 livestream | The VergeTrump brags in Oval Office that his billionaire pals made a killing in stocks after he pulled the plug on tariffs | The Independent This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.blockedandreported.org/subscribe

This week on the Primo episode, Katie and Jesse discuss the phenomenon of online pseudocide and Munchausen by Internet, including the case of legendary gamer/mercenary the Dark Id, who tragically did not die of cancer.This American LifeYour Guide to Faking a Life and Death OnlineWarrior Eli Hoax Group – Finding The Fakers One At A TimeThe Long, Fake Lif… To hear more, visit www.blockedandreported.org

This week on Blocked and Reported, Jesse and Katie discuss the untimely death of VTuber Amiaryllis Bloo. Plus, defunding NPR and introducing… Notes. https://www.drinkyourwaysober.com/https://jessesingal.substack.com/eventsThe Gist Aslo The Gist This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.blockedandreported.org/subscribe

This week on Blocked and Reported, Jesse is joined by Norwegian journalist Espen Goffeng to discuss the remarkable story of one woman’s heroic actions after a terror attack in Oslo. (Quick note from Jesse: If you’re interested in the April 28th Village Underground event I’m doing with David Zweig about his book An Abundance of Caution American Schools, the Virus, and a Story of Bad Decisions, please buy tickets right away. I know it’s almost a month away but I really really need to get the book preorder in because it takes forever. Tickets are just under $33 and come with a copy of the book, which lists for $40! Tickets here. Thank you.)Iranian-born Norwegian man gets 30 years for Oslo Pride shootings | LGBTQ News | Al JazeeraHow gang violence took hold of Sweden – in five charts | Sweden | The Guardian5 facts about the Muslim population in EuropeNorway is in denial about the threat of far-right violence | Sindre Bangstad | The GuardianImmigration to Scandinavia: Will Norwegian and Swedish Social Democrats follow the tough Danish line?Oslo shooting near gay bar investigated as terrorism, as Pride parade is canceled | CNNJeg har muslimsk bakgrunn, en funksjonshemning, og jeg er skeiv | Nikita Amber AbbasSalamNorge (@salamnorge) • Instagram photos and videosLøgnhistorier som medier ukritisk publiserer | Human Rights Service»Nu följer ilskan mot medias ansvarslöshet«Meninger: Ingen er fri før alle er fri!Begard Reza, Salam | Vi kan ikke bare feie oppdiktede historier under teppet25. juni-angrepet, Nikita Amber Abbas | Dømt til fengsel for falsk forklaringDømt til fengsel for falsk forklaring | Human Rights Service This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.blockedandreported.org/subscribe

This week on the Primo episode, Jesse and Katie discuss the past and future of Jack Posobiec, an industrious young journalist and travel companion of Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth. Plus, the MAHA wars get coked. Opinion | Don’t Defund Youth Gender Research. Reform It. - The New York TimesNick SortorHegseth team invites far-right activist Jack Posobiec … To hear more, visit www.blockedandreported.org

This week on Blocked and Reported, Katie and Jesse discuss a very hungry city council appointee in Lynnwood, Washington. Plus, the war on our nation’s cybertrucks, and online Nazi’s father speaks out. Jesse's eventsThe PilotThe disappointed father‘The Interview’: Curtis Yarvin Says Democracy is Done - The New York TimesDriver cuts off, harasses Tesla owner in Lynnwood | FOX 13 SeattleAaron Rupar: "Fox News is now talking about people getting the death penalty for attacking Teslas" — Bluesky‘Dogequest’ Site Claims to Dox Tesla Owners Across the U.S.Ana Valens respondsCannibalism, sexual assault, and murder: The alleged fantasies of newly appointed council member - Lynnwood TimesAfter latest appointee withdraws, Lynnwood City Council discusses next steps | HeraldNet.com This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.blockedandreported.org/subscribe

(Sorry to anyone who gets this email twice. We had some issues getting the unlocked version to actually show up in podcast feeds.)This week on the Primo episode, a deep dive into the years-long custody battle over a trans-identified minor stuck between two parents. ‘Mommy says I’m a girl’: Dad fights to save 7-year-old son from gender 'transition' - LifeSiteLuka Macias ShowThe battle over Luna Younger, a 7-year-old trans girl in Texas, explained | VoxGov. Greg Abbott investigates James Younger custody case dividing family over transgender transition - The Washington Post This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.blockedandreported.org/subscribe

This week on Blocked and Reported, Katie is joined by Tangle News founder Isaac Saul to discuss the state of the media and the world. Plus, what happened when the world's most prolific troll got caughtTangle NewsFrom Troll To Terrorist: Joshua Goldberg And How Ideology Corrupts Online MediaCriminal complaintJoshua Goldberg – MediumNote: After this episode was released for Primos, Joshua Goldberg clarified that he is not the founder for r/PhilosophyofRape. “Rest assured that I am not now, nor have I ever been (and nor will I ever be) a rapist. Troll, yes. Rapist, no. Of all of the bottom-feeding plankton that I am surrounded by in prison, the sexual predators are the ones that I despise the most.” Apologies to Joshua. The episode has been corrected. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.blockedandreported.org/subscribe

This week on the Primo episode, Jesse and Katie discuss the unmasking of an influential right-wing Twitter herpe. Plus, updates on Carrie Jade Williams and Dave Garda. Serial fraudster jailed for three years for ‘deliberate fraud’ over protracted period – The Irish TimesThe great University Challenge 'Dave Garda' hoax: The truth behind this surreal stor… To hear more, visit www.blockedandreported.org

This week on Blocked and Reported, Katie tells Jesse about the Lucy Letby saga and the subsequent legal battle between two Letby obsessives. A British Nurse Was Found Guilty of Killing Seven Babies. Did She Do It? | The New YorkerPrivate Eye Online | The Lessons of the Lucy Letby CaseLucy Letby did not murder babies, claim medical expertsHow Reddit armchair detectives threatened to derail Lucy Letby’s trialCalifornia Judge Orders Removal of Reddit Criticism of Scientist/Consultant Who Publicly Criticized English Lucy Letby Murder TrialCourt Order Requiring Removal of Reddit Criticism of Scientist/Consultant Vacated This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.blockedandreported.org/subscribe

This week on Blocked and Reported, Katie and Jesse discuss Chris Rufo's exposé on the polyamorous piss fetishists and transgender gangbangers in the NSA. Plus, Aella at home, the death of the hipster, Trump rescues plastic straws, bad stats, and more.Aella, the Internet’s Favorite Sex Researcher - The AtlanticCalifornia Considers $1,000 Fine for Waiters Offering Unsolicited Plastic StrawsIs the Life Expectancy of Trans Women in the U.S. Just 35? No. - The StrangerTransgender People Twice As Likely To Die As Cisgender People, Study FindsThe fishy claim that ‘100,000 children’ in the United States are in the sex trade - The Washington PostThe NSA’s Secret Sex ChatsGabbard Says More Than 100 Intelligence Officers Fired for Chat Messages - The New York TimesGabbard fires intelligence workers over explicit chats - The Washington PostWhistleblower: There’s a Trans Cult Inside the NSANote: After this episode was released early for Primos, our diligent subscribers pointed out two errors: One, Helen Lewis did, in fact, mention that Aella showered on 24 days in 2024. And two, New York City does, in fact, have a ban on single-use plastic bags, as does Washington state. The episode has been corrected. Apologies to Helen Lewis and plastic bag bans everywhere. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.blockedandreported.org/subscribe

This week on the Primo episode, updates on fan favorites: Carrie Jade Williams, the Pink Peacock, Jamie/Elisa Rae Shupe, and the so-called Podesta Pool, featuring Anderson Cooper. Plus, Jeff Bezos steers the Washington Post rightward.Jeff Bezos revamps Washington Post opinion section, leading editor to quit : NPR David Shipley named Editorial Page Edito… To hear more, visit www.blockedandreported.org

This week on Blocked and Reported, a quiz show icon disappears. Plus, Germany, free speech, and an update on the Zizians.Pre-order Katie’s book To hear more, visit www.blockedandreported.org

This week on Blocked and Reported, Katie is joined by journalist Ethan Strauss to discuss the bizarre story of Richard Lapchick, an anti-racist sports hero with a very weird tattoo. Plus, the vibe shift and the business of sports writing. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.blockedandreported.org/subscribe

This week on the Primo episode, Jesse and Katie discuss the SAVAges—a group of not-so-savvy online investors promoting a sketchy drug for Alzheimer’s. Plus, the star of Emilia Perez has some thoughts. KATIE HERZOG: Biography of a writer, an American journalist and podcasterElon tweet chartNetflix Scurries to Stem Oscar Fallout From ‘Emilia Pérez’ Scanda… To hear more, visit www.blockedandreported.org

This week on Blocked and Reported, Jesse is joined by our furry friend Tracing Woodgrains/Jack Despain Zhou to discuss the rationalist trans murder cult. Plus, revisiting the DEI scandal at the FAA.zizians.infoEffective Altruism’s Problems Go Beyond Sam Bankman-Fried - BloombergNet Negative – SinceriouslyGood Group and Pasek’s Doom – SinceriouslyContainment Causes Suicidality | Mental EngineeringJay Leo Winterford (Jacob Ray Pekarek) Obituary - Estes Park, COin your dreamsMystery in Sonoma County after arrests of protesters in Guy Fawkes masks and robesA community alert about Ziz. Police investigations, violence, and… | by SefaShapiro | MediumJack LaSota Obituary (2022) - Fairbanks, AK - Daily News-MinerGWEN DANIELSON, et al., Plaintiffs, v. COUNTY OF SONOMA, CALIFORNIATwo Alleged Squatters Charged In Vallejo Death of Friend and Sword Attack on LandlordSuspects in killings of Vallejo witness, Vermont border patrol agent connected by marriage license, extreme ideologyChester Heights Murder: Pennsylvania State Police say Delaware County couple homicide was not 'random act of violence' - 6abc PhiladelphiaPLUM OF DISCORD — I Became a Full-time Internet Pest and May Not... This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.blockedandreported.org/subscribe

This week on the Primo episode, Jesse and Katie discuss a recent controversy on book internet concerning an allegedly racist AI. Plus, Ian Miles Cheong investigates government aid, and an update on The Stranger. Pre-order Katie’s bookTwo Stranger Reporters Resign After Investigation Into Allegations of Ethical Breaches - PubliCola To hear more, visit www.blockedandreported.org

This week on Blocked and Reported, Jesse and Katie discuss the new gold standard: shitcoins. Plus, Disney gets a new troll and catching predators in the TikTok era. Stay Vigilant... : r/DisneylandMeet The One Person Who Has Never Done A Hitler Salute | Babylon BeeVideo Shows How To Catch a Predator Case EscalatedCollege students appear in court in case stemming from 'Catch a Predator' fad on TikTokStudents Charged in ‘To Catch a Predator’ Social Media Scheme - The New York Times$WILL White Paper: The Token for Meme ArtisansOptimusDelta on X: "NO WAY 😭😭 A dev launched a token called no hands can’t rug…guess what happens next 😂 https://t.co/Atw9skg2Ku" / XCrypto’s Big Bet Is Paying Off - The New York TimesTron founder Justin Sun and his many escapesPump.fun livestreams plunge into chaos with suicides, homicides, drugs and animal abuse This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.blockedandreported.org/subscribe

This week on the Primo episode, Jesse and Katie discuss Trump’s Executive Orders on trans people in the military and youth medical transition. Plus, a scandal in Seattle. Two Stranger Reporters Put on Leave for Investigation Into Potential Ethical Violations - PubliColaCollege students appear in court in case stemming from 'Catch a Predator' fad on TikT… To hear more, visit www.blockedandreported.org

This week on Blocked and Reported, Jesse and Katie discuss Elon Musk’s arms. Plus, for Primos, we answer the question: What the hell do DEI offices do? And we dissect Trump’s Executive Orders on free speech, equity, and gender. Restoring Freedom Of Speech And Ending Federal Censorship – The White HouseEnding Radical And Wasteful Government DEI Programs And Preferencing – The White HouseDear Colleague Letter on Transgender Students (PDF) [RESCINDED]Defending Women From Gender Ideology Extremism And Restoring Biological Truth To The Federal Government – The White House To hear more, visit www.blockedandreported.org

This week on Blocked and Reported, Katie is joined by political commentator Ben Domenech to discuss what we can expect from the next Trump administration, the online right vs the establishment, the LA fires, and how an errant dick pic led to the rise of Andrew Breitbart, Steve Bannon, and brought us President Trump.Trump Says Newsom's 'Refusal' To Sign 'Water Restoration Declaration' Led to Shortage in LA Fires | Snopes.comNo, Billionaire Couple Does Not 'Own Most of California's Water' | Snopes.comClimate Change A Factor In Unprecedented LA FiresThe Weekend Interview With Andrew Breitbart: Taking On the 'Democrat-Media Complex' - WSJAnthony Weiner files papers for City Council run This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.blockedandreported.org/subscribe

This week on the Primo episode, Jesse and Katie discuss the very sad and highly dramatic breakup of ex lovers Milo Yiannopoulos and Laura Loomer. Plus, Meta’s new hate speech policies and TikTokers turn to China. Leaked Doc: New Rules Allow Slurs on Facebook, Meta PlatformsZuckerberg's new policies for Facebook, Instagr… To hear more, visit www.blockedandreported.org

This week on Blocked and Reported, Jesse is joined by comedian and writer Jeffrey Maurer for a very light subject: grooming gangs. Plus, Meta’s failed AI bots and new free speech policies. Mothers of preventionRevealed: conspiracy of silence on UK sex gangsIndependent Inquiry into Child Sexual Exploitation in RotherhamWhat is Keir Starmer's record on prosecuting grooming gangs?The Biggest Peacetime Crime—and Cover-up—in British HistoryShrimp JesusKaren Attiah and Mama LivMeta scrambles to delete its own AI accounts after backlash intensifies | CNN BusinessZuckerberg announcementMark Zuckerberg’s Political Evolution, From Apologies to No More Apologies - The New York Times This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.blockedandreported.org/subscribe

This week on Blocked and Reported, Jesse and Katie discuss the new hit podcast claiming to prove the existence of telepathy in autistic children. Plus, the online immigration debate. Who Is Laura Loomer, the Far-Right Activist Who Traveled With Trump? - The New York TimesHow the H-1B System Undercuts American Workers | CompactElon Musk accused of censoring Laura Loomer, MAGA Republicans on XThe Telepathy TapesThe Strange Case of Anna Stubblefield - The New York TimesThe Telepathy Tapes Prove We All Want to Believe | Office for Science and Society - McGill UniversityA Dog That Seems to Know When His Owner Is Coming Home: Videotaped Experiments and ObservationsThe ‘Psychic Pet’ Phenomenon: A reply to Rupert Sheldrake This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.blockedandreported.org/subscribe

On the first Primo episode of the year, Jesse and Katie discuss the technologist Liz Fong-Jones and her battle against Kiwi Farms. Plus, a consent accident, a very online defamation suit, and an unsolicited email from an old friend. Trans Lifeline tax filingLiz Fong-Jones (方禮真) on Twitter: "Sigh, I was hoping not to have to do this, but now that the oth… To hear more, visit www.blockedandreported.org

This week on the Primo episode, Jesse and Katie discuss a new controversy at Bluesky after the head of Trust & Safety gets busted for a very sexy like. Plus, scenes from Asheville, Jesse gets Lizzoed, and we revisit the attempted cancellation of James Webb. (Update from me, Jesse, late 12/22/2024: I should have mentioned in the episode that I did reach … To hear more, visit www.blockedandreported.org

For our final free episode of the year, Jesse and Katie are joined by Helen Lewis to discuss America, Texas, Joe Rogan, trad wives, and more. Plus, our annual extremely online BARPod holiday pub quiz. The Animal-Cruelty Election - The AtlanticHow Joe Rogan Remade Austin - The Atlantic This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.blockedandreported.org/subscribe

This week on the Primo epsiode, Jesse and Katie discuss alleged CEO shooter Luigi Mangione. Plus, Jesse gets blocked. Suspect in CEO’s Killing Had Discussed His Health Struggles on Reddit - The New York TimesExclusive: Luigi's Manifesto - Ken KlippensteinPerceptions of Sexual Orientation From Minimal CuesFacial Structure Predicts Sexual Orientation in B… To hear more, visit www.blockedandreported.org

This week on Blocked and Reported, Jesse and Katie discuss the assassination of a CEO. Plus, a new lawsuit against a famed gender clinician, and more. United States v. Skrmetti - SCOTUSblogAmerica’s best-known practitioner of youth gender medicine is being sued This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.blockedandreported.org/subscribe

This week on the Primo episode, Jesse and Katie discuss the cancelation of streamer Dr. DisRespect. Plus, multiple personalities and our own millennial Shakespeare.Multiple personality diagnosis confusing, not unbelievable, jury told in man's child abuse trial - ABC News To hear more, visit www.blockedandreported.org

This week on Blocked and Reported, Jesse and Katie discuss a new study on the downsides of DEI. Plus, the weird story behind the Science is God house and the New York Times is out with a bombshell report confirming what everyone already knew.KUOW - Let the Kids Dance!HystericalWhat Is That Lit-Up House Next to I-5 in Seattle? | Seattle MetThe Return of the Demon - The StrangerTransgender Activists Question the Movement’s Confrontational Approach - The New York TimesOpinion | Diversity Trainings Don’t Work. Here’s What Could. - The New York TimesINSTRUCTING ANIMOSITY: How DEI Pedagogy Produces the Hostile Attribution Bias - Network Contagion Research Institute This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.blockedandreported.org/subscribe

This week on the Primo episode, Jesse and Katie discuss a demonic school board race in California. eyerollsandbloodlust on X: "Right now in Redlands, a lot of us are fully captivated by a small drama. It’s important that I explain it here because it’s truly hilarious." / X To hear more, visit www.blockedandreported.org

This week on Blocked and Reported, Jesse and Katie discuss bathrooms, Bluesky, intramedia sniping, and, for Primos, a DEI officer takes the company card. Against Me!’s Transgender Front Woman Laura Jane Grace on Why She Wanted to Play North CarolinaDave Rubin Clips II (Parody) on XSarah McBride's late husband would be so very proud of her today🟡 Pivot to what | SemaforIs DEI in the Crosshairs at the U. of Michigan?Here's what Washtenaw County's racial equity officer is working on in her first days on the job8 Questions with Alize Asberry Payne — What's Left YpsiRacial equity officer forms Washtenaw County COVID-19 task force for people of color - mlive.comAlize Asberry Payne Slept (Ate and Ubered) Here: County DEI Dir. Charged $115K to County Credit Card – The Ann Arbor IndependentCounty DEI Director Fabricated Work, Education and Business Experience; She Got Hired and Makes $147K – The Ann Arbor Independent To hear more, visit www.blockedandreported.org

This week on Blocked and Reported, Jesse is joined by Kat Rosenfield to discuss the abrupt end to the Nuzzi legal battle as well as more election fallout and why our politics are YA Twitter. Plus, for Primos, a disgusting game of Would You Rather. Olivia Nuzzi Drops Legal Fight Against Ex Ryan Lizza After RFK Jr. AffairCan we please have less political art now? - The Boston GlobeThe Toxic Drama on YA TwitterThe Democrats Need an Honest Conversation on Gender Identity - The AtlanticKFILE: Harris pledged support in 2019 to cut ICE funding and provide transgender surgery to detained migrants | CNN PoliticsKamala Harris highlights her LGBTQ+ allyship ad To hear more, visit www.blockedandreported.org

This week on the Primo episode, Jesse and Katie discuss gentle parenting. Plus, Jesse finally realizes science is broken (again). https://www.blockedandreported.org/p/how-to-buy-tickets-for-the-december To hear more, visit www.blockedandreported.org

This week on Blocked and Reported, Katie is joined by Ben Kawaller to discuss the latest antics of America’s favorite reality TV stars. https://www.thefp.com/t/ben-kawallerhttps://x.com/OliLondonTV/status/1839439218051010701 This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.blockedandreported.org/subscribe

This week on Blocked and Reported, Jesse and Katie break their No Politics rule. Plus, Latinxs against Latinx and Michigan’s DIE monstrosity.Biden administration clarifies stance on surgeries for trans minors after backlash | Biden administration | The GuardianFlorida StatutesLatinx studiesOpinion | Use of ‘Latinx’ has moved some Latino voters toward Trump. - The Washington PostWhat to Know About the University of Michigan’s D.E.I. Experiment - The New York TimesRESULTS: This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.blockedandreported.org/subscribe

This week on the Primo episode, Jesse and Katie discuss a bizarre employment dispute in the UK. Feminist kicked out of Labour Christmas party | Daily Mail Online To hear more, visit www.blockedandreported.org

This week on Blocked and Reported, Jesse and Katie discuss a bevy of new studies on trans kids and the scandals surrounding them. Plus, sports protests, Nuzzi news, and canceled endorsements. Olivia Nuzzi accuses former fiancé of leaking her ties to Robert F. Kennedy Jr.Riley Gaines lawsuitLevels of Satisfaction and Regret Wi… To hear more, visit www.blockedandreported.org

This week on the Primo episode, Katie and Jesse learn what crypto is and discuss the burgeoning trend of the celebrity memecoins. Plus, a generous donation gone wrong. Free chairs!Caitlyn Jenner Solana Meme Coin Crashes After Launching Ethereum Token to Support Trump - Decrypthttps://x.com/DoonhamerNFT/status/1785934696775401809https://x.com/Cobratate/s… To hear more, visit www.blockedandreported.org

This week on Blocked and Reported, Jesse is joined by Dan Williams, a philosopher who is skeptical that we can “vaccinate” people against “misinformation,” which is the sort of thing someone would say if the RUSSIANS got to them. Okay, “Danielovich” “Williamoputinski.” (Image courtesy of Grok, which has an infinitely more evolved sense of humor than ChatGPT.)https://conspicuouscognition.com/https://danwilliamsphilosophy.com/https://x.com/danwilliamsphilThe Fake New About Fake News - The Boston ReviewI’m Running Out of Ways to Explain How Bad This Is - The Atlantic This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.blockedandreported.org/subscribe

This week on Blocked and Reported, Jesse and Katie discuss the new film from the Daily Wire, Am I Racist? Plus, a very sexy coffee shop outside Seattle gets shut down. Shoreline Area News: City of Shoreline closes Café Aroma over unlicensed adult cabaret eventsShoreline coffee shop to reopen following shutdown after bondage event | king5.comAmerica is becoming less “woke”‘White Fragility’ Is Everywhere. But Does Antiracism Training Work? - The New York TimesEavesdropping on Race2Dinner’s Anti-Racist Dinner PartiesThe Fight to Redefine Racism | The New YorkerOpinion | Diversity Trainings Don’t Work. Here’s What Could. - The New York TimesHow the right is taking culture war to culture itselfOpinion | Matt Walsh ‘Am I Racist?’ film produces many awkward moments - The Washington PostUnteachable Moment - This American Life This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.blockedandreported.org/subscribe

This week on the Primo episode, Katie is joined by huge dorks Matt Boll and Andy Mills to discuss a scandal in the gaming world. To hear more, visit www.blockedandreported.org

This week on Blocked and Reported, Katie is joined by Reflector’s Andy Mills and Matt Boll to discuss a controversy surrounding X-Men '97. Plus, catastrophe in the Southeast. Hurricane Helene: Rumor Response | FEMA.govSexy vintage X-MenSexy X-Men ‘97Beau DeMayo (@beau_demayo) • Instagram photos and videoshttps://www.tylerramsey.com/ This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.blockedandreported.org/subscribe

This week on the Primo episode, Jesse and Katie discuss an author trying (and failing) to fight back against the haters. Plus, Eric Adams, Casey Newton, and the ACLU makes some interesting choices. Note for listeners: This was recorded before the disaster in Western North Carolina and beyond, but Katie and her family are safe. If you’re looking for… To hear more, visit www.blockedandreported.org

No free show this week! Not naming names but one of us is behind on his book. We’ll back with a Primo episode early next week and a free episode on October 7th. In the meantime, enjoy this picture of Moose looking slightly more homeless than usual. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.blockedandreported.org/subscribe

In a bonus Primo episode, Jesse and Katie discuss the most disturbing media story to drop in several generations. Olivia Nuzzi on leave from New York magazine after RFK relationship'Obsessed' Olivia Nuzzi pursued RFK Jr. 'aggressively,' pol had to block her repeatedly: source We Need to Talk About Olivia Nuzzi - PuckMarried RFK… To hear more, visit www.blockedandreported.org

This week on Blocked and Reported, Jesse is joined by Musa al-Gharbi, sociologist at the Stony Brook University School of Communication and Journalism and the author of the forthcoming book We Have Never Been Woke: The Cultural Contradictions of a New Elite. Musa on Twitter: https://x.com/Musa_alGharbiArizona instructor claims U.S. military 'greater threat' to peace than ISIS | Fox News This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.blockedandreported.org/subscribe

This week on the Primo episode, Jesse and Katie discuss, yes, the cat thing. The Story Behind ‘They’re Eating the Pets’ - The New York TimesExplanation finally revealed for viral image of man holding geese that fueled bizarre pet-eating claims in Ohio | The IndependentHaitians Do Not Eat Pet Cats (But Some Cultures Do) | Psychology TodayThe moment in hi… To hear more, visit www.blockedandreported.org

This week on the Primo episode, Jesse and Katie discuss a controversy at NaNoWriMo. Plus, the secret life of Nikocado Avocado. To hear more, visit www.blockedandreported.org

This week on Blocked and Reported, Katie is joined by Sunday Times columnist Hadley Freeman to discuss her departure from The Guardian; her controversial interviews with Judy Blume, Margaret Atwood, and Woody Allen; the parallels between anorexia and gender dysphoria; and a young eating disorder influencer.Margaret Atwood on feminism, culture wars and speaking her mind: ‘I’m very willing to listen, but not to be scammed’ | The GuardianJudy Blume: ‘I’m behind JK Rowling 100 per cent’'Do I really care?' Woody Allen comes out fighting | The GuardianActors are lining up to condemn Woody Allen. Why now? | The Guardian This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.blockedandreported.org/subscribe

This week on Blocked and Reported, Jesse and Katie discuss a debate in climate activism. Plus, Robert Reich takes a bold stand against free speech.Opinion | Elon Musk is right in Brazil X legal drama - The Washington PostX gets banned in BrazilElon Musk is out of control. Here is how to rein him in | Robert Reich | The GuardianHow Should the Media Talk About Climate Change? | The New YorkerObsessing Over Climate Disinformation Is a Wrong TurnIt’s Time To Talk About Solar Geoengineering - Longreads This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.blockedandreported.org/subscribe

This week on the Primo episode: transing the Georgia shooter, Hitler goes to heaven (?), and the Kremlin likes and subscribes. Fact Check: Most mass school shootings are not carried out by transgender people | ReutersDiscord messages leading to FBI tip of Georgia school shooting suspect released - The Washington PostMartyr Made on X: "This is a clip fro… To hear more, visit www.blockedandreported.org

This week on Blocked and Reported, Jesse and Katie discuss the unbelievable story of three heroic figures in the gaming world. Plus, more on gender.golden gooseRichard Dawkins in Chicago TicketsDraft Guidance on Reporting Gender, Sex, Gender Identity, Sexual Orientation, and Age in Medical and Scientific PublicationA Prominent Accessibility Advocate Worked With Studios and Inspired ChangeFinding Solace in MMORPGs | One Odd Gamer Girl This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.blockedandreported.org/subscribe

This week on the Primo episode, Jesse and Katie discuss Tickle v. Giggle, a legal case in Australia over female-only spaces. Plus, a Candace Owens update. Roxanne Tickle: Australian court rules in case that asked 'what is a woman?'Giggle Founder Sall Grover has Faced Misogyny at Every TurnThis girls-only app uses AI to screen users’… To hear more, visit www.blockedandreported.org

This week on the special half Primo/half free last Monday (or Saturday) episode, Jesse and Katie discuss a very interesting history less from Candace Owens. Plus, Taylor Lorenz does a meme. https://www.blockedandreported.org/p/bonus-candace-owens-gets-cannedLeo FrankWhy is Candace Owens talking about this forgotten Jewish heretic? – The ForwardWho Is Candace Owens’ Husband? All About George Farmer‘Washington Post’ reviews Taylor Lorenz's 'war criminal' jab at Biden : NPRSavannah formJacksonville form To hear more, visit www.blockedandreported.org

This week on Blocked and Reported, Jesse is joined by former Last Week Tonight With John Oliver writer Jeff Maurer to discuss comedy, politics, how politics makes comedy suck, and everyone’s favorite Twitter media critic.Jeff’s Substack: A Voice of Hate in America’s Heartland - The New York TimesChristopher Rufo Fuels the Right’s Cultural Fires in Florida - The New York TimesAt its best, The Daily Show was absolutely brilliant:The Interrupter:The Masturbating Bear Revealed:If Chris Rufo looked any cooler in this photo he’d just be a block of ice: To hear more, visit www.blockedandreported.org

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This week on Blocked and Reported, Katie is joined by writer Sarah Ditum to discuss all things the latest on the Cass Review, the anti-immigrant riots, and a bizarre legal case in the art world. Toxic: Women, Fame, and the Tabloid 2000s – Abrams Bookshttps://x.com/sarahditum https://www.instagram.com/sarahditum/Implementation of the Cass ReviewBMA to undertake an evaluation of the Cass Review on gender identity services for children and young peopleThe real story of the website accused of fuelling Southport riotsBritain's disturbing underbelly hijacking the Southport tragedy: How far-right groups have organised violent riots on streets across the country - as footage emerges of one protester proudly showing off a Nazi tattoo | Daily Mail Online F**k face by Jake and Dinos ChapmanF*****g Hell | Pinault Collection Art gallery criticised over neo-Nazi artwork and hosting racist speakers | UK news | The GuardianMiller and Power v Turner To hear more, visit www.blockedandreported.org

This week on the Primo episode, Jesse and Katie discuss a choral scandal at a progressive church in Pasadena. Plus, sex and gender at the Olympics. The opening to the London showXY Athletes in Women’s Olympic Boxing: The Paris 2024 Controversy ExplainedStatement made by the International Boxin… To hear more, visit www.blockedandreported.org

This week on Blocked and Reported, Jesse and Katie discuss a very bizarre few weeks in American politics. Plus, the Olympics get weird. https://www.robbiemckenzieart.com/ Far Right Spreads Baseless Claims About Biden’s Whereabouts - The New York Times‘White Dudes’ for Kamala Harris: The Unlikely Rallying Call - The New York TimesWhy Do White Women Support Republicans? Because They Are Republicans. - The Stranger To hear more, visit www.blockedandreported.org

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We’re off this week for our summer break/working vacation, so here’s one of our favorite recent podcasts from The Free Press. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.blockedandreported.org/subscribe

This week on the Primo episode, Jesse and Katie discuss a bizarre battle between TikTokers Lauren the Mortician and Caffeinated Kitti. To hear more, visit www.blockedandreported.org

We’re off this week for our summer break/live shows so please enjoy this episode from our friends at Reflector. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.blockedandreported.org/subscribe

This week on Blocked and Reported, Jesse and Katie discuss Anti-Flag, the Punk Rock Therapist, and the case of the mistaken furry. To hear more, visit www.blockedandreported.org

This week on a bonus Primo episode, Jesse and Katie discuss the attempted assassination of Donald Trump and the online response.Transcript: Highlights of Trump’s Call With the Georgia Secretary of StateTrump rally: Witness says he saw gunman minutes before shots were firedListener email: Wanted to write this over email because it's essentially impossibl… To hear more, visit www.blockedandreported.org

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This week on Blocked and Reported, Jesse and Katie discuss main character Will Stancil and his run for office. Plus, is Jesse a hero or a Karen? We decide. (Jesse’s audio sounds weird for the first 3 minutes but it’s no one’s fault definitely not his don’t worry about it hey look over there.)NOTE: This show has been updated as of March 2025. For more info, listen here. Right To Behttps://x.com/whstancil/status/1750747819881714082https://x.com/whstancil/status/1798318549238468919https://github.com/murphtracks/twitter-respawn-archive/blob/main/Data/Twitter-Respawns-Part-1.csv This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.blockedandreported.org/subscribe

Jesse and Katie discuss the latest very bad news in a string of very bad news for the World Professional Association for Transgender Health. Plus, Indigo children and a very important Moose update. To hear more, visit www.blockedandreported.org

This week on Blocked and Reported, Jesse and Katie discuss the hottest trend of 2024: autism. Plus, 30 seconds on that godawful debate, and Portland contiutes to out Portland itself. https://www.blockedandreported.org/p/here-are-our-summer-2024-tour-dateshttps://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/blocked-and-exported-jesse-singal-and-helen-lewis-live-tickets-926941556147]Research into trans medicine has been manipulatedChasing the Intact Mind: How the Severely Autistic and Intellectually Disabled Were Excluded from the Debates That Affect Them Mosthttps://www.linkedin.com/posts/pete-wharmby-58a2131b2_things-that-make-me-an-autistic-adult-activity-6977684128057982976-FOuP?trk=public_profile_like_view This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.blockedandreported.org/subscribe

This week on Blocked and Reported, Jesse and Katie discuss modern-day explorer/shitposter Lord Miles and his adventures with the Taliban. Plus, Pride flags, ranch dressing, ADHD, cats, and more. To hear more, visit www.blockedandreported.org

This week on the show, Jesse and Katie discuss the emergence of a new voice of conservativism: the n-word lady. Plus, ideological diversity on campus. Ideological diversity, hostility, and discrimination in philosophyBeyond Academic Sectarianism | National AffairsThe Disappearing Conservative Professor | National AffairsPolitical Diversity in Social and Personality Psychology‘Trad-Wife’ TikToker Lilly Gaddis Axed From Job After Casually Saying N-Wordhttps://x.com/llddiiss/status/1801640181969088677https://twitter.com/llddiiss/status/1801685544046338126?https://x.com/llddiiss/status/1802801846152565160 To hear more, visit www.blockedandreported.org

This week on Blocked and Reported, Jesse is joined by Semafor reporter Dave Weigel to discuss media, politcs, and the politics of media. Can a Republican survive Trump's wrath? Bob Good is about to find out. | SemaforThe Show That Never Ends: The Rise and Fall of Prog Rock To hear more, visit www.blockedandreported.org

This week on the Primo episode, Jesse and Katie respond to an extremely legal legal threat that could destroy the podcast. Plus, David French gets canceled, and a real life victim of Taylor Brooke Barton speaks up. The Day My Old Church Canceled Me Was a Very Sad Day - The New York TimesDavid French Says The Church He Called Racist 'Canceled' … To hear more, visit www.blockedandreported.org

This week on Blocked and Reported, Katie is joined by Ben Dreyfuss to discuss what it’s like to grow up poor. Plus, Mother Jones, #MeToo, and why he will not be inviting Madison Cawthorne to his orgy. https://x.com/bendreyfuss This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.blockedandreported.org/subscribe

This week on the Primo episode, Jesse and Katie discuss the latest literary race-faking scandal. Plus, troubled teen and primal screams.https://x.com/stochasticverse/status/1790455567913291834https://x.com/stochasticverse/status/1790457786452832274https://x.com/stochasticverse/status/1790444168252432886https://www.tiktok.com/@emeryleewhohttps://x.com/ad… To hear more, visit www.blockedandreported.org

This week on Blocked and Reported, Jesse and Katie discuss how activists in Oak Park, Illinois, got got. Plus, Michael Moynihan spills the tea on Vice. Public lashes out at Oak Park library over management of Palestinian culture event - Wednesday JournalOak Park’s library to implement anonymous staff survey amid leadership controversy  - Wednesday JournalOak Park library’s board will decide whether the executive director can keep her job  - Wednesday Journal This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.blockedandreported.org/subscribe

This week on the Primo episode, Jesse and Katie discuss the latest in race news. First, a journalist goes undercover in blackface. Then, a progressive white academic complains that he can’t get a job due to discrimination, and everyone responds with charity and understanding and nuance.Seven ShouldersDavid Austin WalshThe case of the angry history postd… To hear more, visit www.blockedandreported.org

This week on Blocked and Reported, we say goodbye to man’s best friend, Tracing Woodgrains. Plus, Trace weighs in on the worst people on the internet, the New Dissident Right, and, for our Primos, we find klosure with Keffals. To hear more, visit www.blockedandreported.org

This week on Blocked and Reported, Jesse is joined by writer Emmett Rensin to discuss his new memoir about living with psychotic disorders as well as the smugness of the American liberal (unrelated). The Complications: On Going Insane In America:HarperCollinsIndieBoundAmazon.com*The smug style in American liberalism - Vox To hear more, visit www.blockedandreported.org

This week on the Primo episode, Katie and Jesse discuss the latest in fake suicides and race-faking. Plus, a disturbing artifact is unearthed.https://twitter.com/GreatCheshire/status/1788282943611228440AFSC Diversity Leader Misrepresented Her Own IdentityOpen LetterRaquel Evita Saraswati pretended to be a woman … To hear more, visit www.blockedandreported.org

This week on Blocked and Reported, Katie is joined by journalist Nancy Rommelmann to discuss her trip to Alabama to discover the story behind the Bubba Copeland story. Plus, Nancy’s cancellation origin story, and why is Portland so Portland?To the Bridge: A True Story of Motherhood and MurderNancy Rommelmann, Author at Reason.comControversial YouTube Show Lands Portland Coffee Company in Hot Water - The StrangerPortlandization: It Can Happen to a Place Near You - Tablet MagazineBubba Copeland | 1819 NewsAmerica's tragic war on LGBTQ+ people extends its collateral damage - Los Angeles TimesAlabama Mayor Bubba Copeland Kills Self After Right-Wing 1819 News Outs His Cross-DressingBubba Copeland Death: How His Outing and Right-Wing Media Brought Tragedy To hear more, visit www.blockedandreported.org

This week on the Primo episode, Jesse and Katie discuss a garden sabotage in the UK. Plus, Zadie Smith’s latest essay melt brains. War in Gaza, Shibboleths on Campus | The New YorkerMother on disability benefits feeds 800 people after turning flowerbeds into vegetable allotment | Daily Mail OnlineGary Lineker among donors to … To hear more, visit www.blockedandreported.org

This week on Blocked and Reported, Katie and Jesse discuss ongoing protests at universities nationwide. Plus, a refresh.https://twitter.com/That4LeafClover/status/1785863576256667853https://twitter.com/mamoun_linda/status/1784682056607469906https://twitter.com/SabihaKhan/status/1784893820343328862Pro-Palestinian protesters, University of Minnesota reach agreement to end encampment | MPR NewsBrown University Students and Officials Make Deal to Dismantle Encampment - The New York TimesColleges Love Protests—When They’re in the Past - The AtlanticHouse passes bill to expand definition of antisemitism amid growing campus protests over Gaza war | AP NewsWhat is antisemitism?The House Antisemitism Bill Is Bad for the Jews To hear more, visit www.blockedandreported.org

This week on Blocked and Reported, Katie is joined by journalist Ana Kasparian to discuss intolerance, ideology, and a plan in Los Angeles to take the police out of traffic enforcement. Removing Armed Officers from Traffic Enforcement2023 Law Enforcement Officers Fatalities ReportL.A. City Council seeks to rein in street takeovers - Los Angeles TimesChicago’s “Race-Neutral” Traffic Cameras Ticket Black and Latino Drivers the Most — ProPublicaDC parking and traffic tickets: More fines issued in Black neighborhoods than White - The Washington Post To hear more, visit www.blockedandreported.org

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. Why Do People in NYC Hate My Dog?Who Is Max Azzarello? The Man Who Set Himself on Fire Outside Trump Trial. - The New York… To hear more, visit www.blockedandreported.org

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. Can The Government Sell Your Home, Keep the Profits If You're Behind on Property Taxes?Why NOT Having Sex Might be Good for You | Fox NewsWaiting till the wedding night – getting married the right way | Fox NewsSteven Crowder responds to allegations he exposed genitals to staffers with skit about exposing genitals to staffer | Media Matters for Americahttps://twitter.com/TheJaredMonroe/status/1772594355620270141https://twitter.com/LWCmugclub/status/1773046606541042049 To hear more, visit www.blockedandreported.org

Jesse and Katie discuss a much-anticipated report out of the UK on youth gender services. Plus, that goddamn throuple article. The Brooklyn Power Throuple Making Space for a BabyFinal Report – Cass Reviewhttps://www.blockedandreported.org/p/episode-155-hannah-barnes-on-theThe Evidence for Trans… To hear more, visit www.blockedandreported.org

This week on the Primo episode, Jesse and Katie discuss a recent essay by NPR editor Uri Berliner criticizing the network’s ideological bent. The GistGrad Students Furious United Auto Workers Endorses BidenCode Switch To hear more, visit www.blockedandreported.org

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.https://twitter.com/PSA_Sitchhttps://twitter.com/Friended4Everhttps://www.youtube.com/psasitchhttps://www.youtube.com/channel/UCn8mAXIRVniC4Y9zvk_yMWQ“Big Food and dietitians push ‘anti-diet’ advice, despite rising obesity”“Vanderbilt faces backlash after pulling Israel-divestment student vote”“‘Very scared and frustrated’: Several Vanderbilt students set to attend disciplinary hearing after protest on school grounds”https://twitter.com/sfmcguire79/status/1772809758673629347https://twitter.com/sfmcguire79/status/1773425771782037719https://twitter.com/sfmcguire79/status/1773429192610160827 To hear more, visit www.blockedandreported.org

This week on Blocked and Reported, Katie is joined by Helen Lewis to discuss the  complex and controversial world of facilitated communication. Plus, Scotland's new hate crime law and Helen's new show. All Stories by Helen Lewis - The AtlanticBBC Radio 4 - Helen Lewis Has Left the Chat“The Ones We Sent Away”“In defense of Crossley, McDonald & facilitated communication”“Oscar Nominee: Documentary or Fiction?”“The Strange Case of Anna Stubblefield”Tell Them You Love Me To hear more, visit www.blockedandreported.org

This week on the Primo episode, Jesse and Katie discuss the controversy surrounding diversity consultancy Sweet Baby Inc. Plus, Anita Sarkeesian at the UN, and a penis paper gets yanked. “WITHDRAWN: The association between adult penile length and IQ: evidences from 139 countries”* "'Gamers' don't have to be your audience. 'Gamers' are over." Leigh Alexa… To hear more, visit www.blockedandreported.org

This week on Blocked and Reported, Katie is joined by Kat Rosenfield and Phoebe Maltz Bovy to discuss female heterosexuality (real or myth?) and the latest scandal in the world of Young Adult literature.“How MeToo became too cringe for America ”“Who Is Podcast Guest Turned Star Andrew Huberman, Really?”“Age Gap Relationships: The Case for Marrying an Older Man”“LGBTQ+ Identification in U.S. Now at 7.6%”“What Do Women Want?”“To Gaze Upon Wicked Gods“ To hear more, visit www.blockedandreported.org

On this special bonus episode of Blocked and Reported, Jesse and Katie dicuss the origins of and allegations against internet superstar/supervillian Candace Owens. To hear more, visit www.blockedandreported.org

This week on the Primo episode, Jesse and Katie discuss the origins of the cultural scandal that led to the Trump election, the Ukraine invasion, the Slap, January 6th, Covid, Nex Benedict’s murder, Kate Middleton’s cancer, and the October 7th attack: GamerGate. “The Zoe Post”https://slatestarcodex.com/2015/01/01/untitled/”The State of Online Haras… To hear more, visit www.blockedandreported.org

This week on Blocked and Reported, Katie is joined by Pirate Wires staff writer River Page to discuss an underground pop star whose fans will not let her go away. Plus, the investigation into the death of Nex Benedict concludes. Club Med | Broadcast“Coomer Conversion Therapy”“The Strange and Fascinating World of r/meth”“No Charges in Death of Nex Benedict, Prosecutor Says” https://www.youtube.com/@pirate-wireshttps://www.patreon.com/thottopics To hear more, visit www.blockedandreported.org

This week on Blocked and Reported, Katie is joined by Helen Lewis to discuss the allegations against, and disappearance of, YouTuber James Somerton. Plus, JK Rowling, Kate Middleton, and Scottish bog porn. NY Mag: “Why Trans Kids Have the Right to Change Their Biological Sex”NY Mag: “Gabriel Mac on the Story of His Penis”“An Overemotional Look at Why JK Rowling is Bad”The Ace Couple: “We were personally victimized by James Somerton” To hear more, visit www.blockedandreported.org

This week on the Primo episode, Jesse and Katie discuss leaks at the New York Times and the World Professional Association for Transgender Health. NYT: “‘Screams WIthout Words’: How Hamas Weaponized Sexual Violence on Oct. 7”NYT: “U.N. to Study Reports of Sexual Violence in Israel During Oct. 7 Attack”The Intercept: “New York Times Holds “Daily” Episode… To hear more, visit www.blockedandreported.org

This week on Blocked and Reported, Katie is joined by novelist, poet, and critic Leigh Stein to discuss scandals in the worlds of sci-fi fantasy and poetry. Leigh Stein: Self-CareHugo Awards voting processLA Times: “How did ‘Space Raptor Butt Invasion’ by Chuck Tingle become a Hugo finalist?”Esquire: “Hugo Awards 2024: Inside the Censorship Scandal That Rocked Sci-Fi and Fantasy's Biggest Awards”File 770: “The 2023 Hugo Awards: A Report on Censorship and Exclusion”File 770: “Zimozi Natsuco Guest Post: The Hugo Awards’ Evil Fall is a Watered-Down Affair, and Certain Issues To Watch Out For”https://www.moonslake.com/Alex Reisner on AI and booksLillian-Yvonne Bertram: A BLACK STORY MAY CONTAIN SENSITIVE CONTENT To hear more, visit www.blockedandreported.org

In this very special Primo episode, Jesse and Katie discuss Aella’s very happy birthday party and the self-immolation of an American GI. “U.S. Airman’s Winding Path Ended in Self-Immolation to Protest Israel”Aaron Bushnell’s RedditShadi Hamid: “How can one suicide protest be heroic and another crazy?”Jesse: “Awareness is Overrated” To hear more, visit www.blockedandreported.org

This week on Blocked and Reported, Katie is joined by Mike Pesca to discuss California's failed experiment with Woke Kindegarten and the resulting school board battle. Plus, Sandwichgate. https://www.mikepesca.com/https://www.mikepesca.com/thegistAdam Rubenstein: “I Was a Heretic at the New York Times”James Bennet: “When the New York Times lost its way”… To hear more, visit www.blockedandreported.org

This week on the Primo episode, Jesse and Katie discuss Robert Moses’s allegedly racist monkeys in New York. Plus, Bret Weinstein has some thoughts. Katie: “After Evergreen” To hear more, visit www.blockedandreported.org

In this emergency broadcast, Brad Polumbo joins Katie to discuss the collab no one asked for: Taylor Lorenz and Libs of TikTok’s Chaya Richik. To hear more, visit www.blockedandreported.org

This week on Blocked and Reported, Katie is joined by journalist and commentator Brad Polumbo to discuss the latest allegations against Libs of TikTok. Plus, an intersectional pile-up featuring non-binary influencer Jeffrey Marsh and Muslim comic Shumirun Nessa. https://twitter.com/brad_polumbohttps://www.instagram.com/bradpolumbo/?hl=enDamage Control“Anti-Trans Policies Draw Scrutiny After 16-Year-Old’s Death in Oklahoma”“Libs of TikTok under fire after nonbinary Oklahoma student's death”“Lawmaker accuses education board and Libs of TikTok of having blood on their hands over Nex Benedict death”“Family member shares messages sent by 16-year-old Owasso student day before death”“No, There’s No ‘Epidemic’ of Anti-Transgender Violence” This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.blockedandreported.org/subscribe

As a bonus to BARPod listeners, here’s the audio of a February 20 live event at the Village Underground where Jesse interviewed Rob Henderson about his book Troubled: A Memoir of Foster Care, Family, and Social Class, which you should definitely buy. Enjoy! This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.blockedandreported.org/subscribe

This week on Blocked and Reported, Katie is joined by fan favorite Helen Lewis to discuss a schism in the British gender critical movment. Plus, goblin porn. https://www.theatlantic.com/author/helen-lewis/https://twitter.com/helenlewishttps://bsky.app/profile/helenlewis.bsky.social“Why it’s ok for boys to play with dolls”Posie Parker: “John Lewis and the dreadful little emperors”Janice Turner: “Debbie Hayton: the trans woman taking on the trans activists” To hear more, visit www.blockedandreported.org

This week on the the Primo episode, Jesse and Katie discuss Larry David’s actual literal abuse of a human child. Plus, Emily Gould has regrets, WHYY forces a black rapper out for using the n-word (“ninja”), a very gray weed market, inconvenient hate crimes, and more. “Surveillance shows vandals who wrote racial slur on cars at Providence College”“Police… To hear more, visit www.blockedandreported.org

This week on Blocked and Reported, Katie is joined by Suzy Weiss to discuss the movement to save a black family from eviction in Portland, Oregon. Plus, dating while problematic, the spread of polyamory, and Suzy makes an argument in favor of good old fashioned cheating.https://twitter.com/SnoozyWeissTyler Austin Harper: “Polyamory, the Ruling Class’s Latest Fad”OPB: “A racist history shows why Oregon is still so white”Willamette Week: “Armed Activists Seized Three Blocks of a North Portland Residential Neighborhood. Here’s What It Was Like Inside the Encampment.”The Oregonian: “Portland family’s path to ‘red house’ foreclosure was long, filled with bizarre twists”OPB: “Editors’ note: On the Red House, we got one wrong”The Oregonian: “Sovereign citizen ideology embraced by Kinney son, mother in ‘red house’ legal fight: ‘This case is a political case’” To hear more, visit www.blockedandreported.org

This week on the Primo edition of Blocked and Reported, man’s best friend Tracing Woodgrains joins Jesse to discuss a strange case of government DEI gone wrong. Plus, personals are back, baby, and did Elon kill cancel culture? https://twitter.com/tracewoodgrainshttps://twitter.com/tracewoodgrains/status/175… To hear more, visit www.blockedandreported.org

This week on Blocked and Reported, Katie is joined by longtime radio and podcast producer Andy Mills to discuss the scandal that nearly killed his career. The DailyCaliphateThe Witch Trials of JK Rowling NYT: “New York Times Says ‘Caliphate’ Podcast Fell Short of Standards”NYT: “Two Journalists Exit New York Times After Criticism of Past Behavior”A Note from RadiolabThe Daily: “Delilah” This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.blockedandreported.org/subscribe

This week on Blocked and Reported, Jesse and Katie discuss the attempted cancelation of Canadaland publisher and host Jesse Brown over allegations that he’s a genocidal monster. Plus, news from the very online state of Oklahoma, Dear Prudence revisits the past, and a podcast announcement. (Update, 1/28/2024: At around 59:56 in the original version of this episode published for premium subscribers, in a brief digression that touched upon violent hate crimes linked to the Israel-Hamas conflict in the United States rather than Canada, we mentioned the Palestinians shot in Vermont. As it turns out, at the moment there’s little evidence to support the idea that this was a hate crime; the alleged perpetrator seemed to struggle with mental illness, had a violent past, and his politics were all over the place, including, based on his social media posts, sympathy for the Palestinian cause. Since the segment in question was about Canada rather than the U.S. anyway, we’ve simply snipped the whole brief mention out, and the free version of the episode won’t contain it. -Jesse)The Oklahoman: “Oklahoma bill would require 'furries' be picked up from school by parents, animal control”Rep. Justin Humphrey on the furry problemPrudie on PrudieToronto Star: “Journalist Jesse Brown is quick to expose the failures of Canadian media. But what about his own?”Jesse Brown: “The time I “faked” a CBC scene”Mark Bourrie: “Jesse Brown and Canadaland should be removed from the NewsMedia Council”Canadaland: “Duffy, as Senator, Paid Journalists”Mark Bourrie respondsJesse Brown’s TwitterCanadaland: “Jessica Yaniv, Transphobic Fever Dream.”Canadaland: “Is Jesse a Zionist?”Canadaland: “Burning Down the Jewish Deli is not Kosher”Canadaland statementCanadaland Union statementNOTE: After this episode went out for Primos, Jesse Brown requested we clarify that the pilot in which he fabricated a scene for the CBC was never published (it was killed after he told the executive producer about the re-creation, as he explained in an interview). He also requested that we update the episode with additional context about Mark Bourrie, who Jesse claims has a personal vendetta against him because Canadaland published allegations that Bourrie took money from embattled politician MIke Duffy. (You can read Canadaland’s piece here and Bourrie’s response here.) The episode has been updated and I apologize to Jesse and the listeners for missing that context. KH To hear more, visit www.blockedandreported.org

This week on the Primo edition of Blocked and Reported, Jesse and Katie discuss a particularly ambitious crossover between leftist streamer Hasan “Nepo Nephew” Piker and alleged Houthi pirate and/or terrorism-tourist and/or freedom fighter Rashid Al Haddad aka Timhouthi Chalamet.… To hear more, visit www.blockedandreported.org

This week on Blocked and Reported, Jesse and Katie discuss the case of Bryan Johnson, an entrepreneur and technologist attempting to live forever who was recently sued by his former girlfriend for being a giant prick (and not in a good way). Plus, aphantasia, polyamory, and Jesse complains some more that Substack doesn’t have enough Nazis. MartyrMade: “God’s Socialist: The Rise and Fall of Peoples Temple”MartyrMade: “Fear & Loathing in the New Jerusalem”Bryan Johnson’s statement Vanity Fair: “Bryan Johnson’s Antiaging Quest Has Made Headlines. But There’s More to His Story”Trace’s threadBryan’s response This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.blockedandreported.org/subscribe

This week on the Primo edition of Blocked and Reported, Jesse and Katie discuss a recent article by former New York Times editor James Bennet on the infamous 2020 Tom Cotton column that got Bennet fired. Plus, toilets. Tom Cotton: “Send In the Troops”James Bennet: “When the New York Times lost its way”BARPod episode 13: The Be… To hear more, visit www.blockedandreported.org

This week on Blocked and Reported, Jesse and Katie dig into allegations that Substack is sheltering Nazis like so many Jews in an attic. Plus, world’s best/worst Wife Guy Bill Ackman continues to post. To support the show: become a Primo subscriber and get three extra episodes a month and more. Jonathan Katz: “Substack Has a Nazi Problem”https://substack.com/contentPatrick Casey archiveSubstackers Against Nazis open letterSubstack Shouldn’t Decide What We Read open letter To hear more, visit www.blockedandreported.org

This week on the Blocked and Reported, Jesse and Katie discuss the ongoing saga of Claudine Gay, the scholar, plagiarist, and former president of Harvard University. Plus, updates. Scientific American: “The Language of Astronomy Is Needlessly Violent and Inaccurate”https://www.blockedandreported.org/p/how-the-unitarian-universalist-churchKate Rohde: “The Ideological Takeover of the Church I loved”https://www.blockedandreported.org/p/episode-118-every-podcaster-is-bihttps://www.blockedandreported.org/p/episode-172Philly Mag: “WHYY Ordered to Give Fired Comedian Jad Sleiman His Job Back”WaPo: “The plagiarism allegations against ex-Harvard president Claudine Gay, explained”Washington Free Beacon: “'This is Definitely Plagiarism': Harvard University President Claudine Gay Copied Entire Paragraphs From Others’ Academic Work and Claimed Them as Her Own”https://x.com/realchrisrufo/status/1737209215738069232?s=20https://nitter.net/drvolts/status/1742296213628788970 To hear more, visit www.blockedandreported.org

This week on the Primo episode of Blocked and Reported, Katie and Jesse discuss an evergreen debate on the internet: surrogacy. Julie Bindel: “The Pimping of Pregnancy”Julie Bindel: “Surrogacy Stories”Julie Bindel: “End Womb Trafficking” “The Conservative, Pro-Life Case Against Surrogacy”“I… To hear more, visit www.blockedandreported.org

Returning champion Helen Lewis is back with our traditional Christmas quiz about the dumbest online events of the year. Plus: the Satanic Temple goes nuts. “A Satanic Rebellion: Social justice collides with the Satanic Temple.”“The Guggenheim’s Scapegoat”“How Did America’s Weirdest, Most Freedom-obsessed State Fall For An Authoritarian Governor?”https://www.theatlantic.com/author/helen-lewis/twitter.com/HelenLewisThe quiz (answers here)* In January, kickboxer Andrew Tate started an online beef with climate change elf Greta Thunberg. On what email address did she suggest that he contact her to tell her more about his 33 cars, including a Bugatti? * suckmydick@biteme.com * savethewhales@aol.com * dressinggowntwat@housearrest.org * smalldickenergy@getalife.com* From which Covid-cautious journalist’s book on online life is this a real quote? “Building on the Digitour experiment, Magcon had reset the equation.” * Susan Meachem wrote books including “Losing Him and Finding You,” “Chance Encounter,” and “Finding Faith.” Then what did she do for two years? * Jack Monroe’s cookbook, Thrifty Kitchen, was branded dangerous because it suggested various questionable kitchen hacks. Which of these is NOT one of her suggestions:* Glue a ring-pull to your handbag to secure your sunglasses * Using the fluff from your navel to make firelighters * using a frozen glass bottles filled with water as a rolling pin* Using a large clean square of cotton to drain rice and pasta* In 2021, Bennett Madison claimed to have written two dozen fake letters to Slate’s Dear Prudence advice column, written by Daniel Lavery. Which is NOT one of the letters Bennett claimed to have written?* Help! My Friend Thinks I Am Stealing Vaccines From African-American Grandmothers To Attend Sex Resorts* I Wonder If My Wife Likes Her Girlfriend More Than She Likes Me* My Mother Is Trying To Convince the Guests At My Gay Wedding To Come Dressed As Disney Characters* Help! My Husband Won’t Remove His Mask, Even For Sex!* WHO AM I? I graduated from Kansas State University in 2011 with a Bachelor of Science degree in nuclear engineering and vocal music. I claim to have been subjected to conversion therapy as a child. I enjoyed brightly coloured clothing, sometimes of African origin. * How much money was conservative personality Steven Crowder offered by the Daily Wire, an amount he described as a “slave contract”? * In March, Jordan Peterson posted a clip with the caption: “Such fun in unbelievable techno-nightmare CCP hell.” What did it actually show? * On Dylan Mulvaney’s 75th day of girlhood, she described her journey of adventure finding out about tampons. What topical phrase did she use to refer to a vagina? * To which of your rival podcast hosts did Spotify’s Bill Simmons refer to this year as “f*****g grifters”?* Thanks to a lawsuit, who was revealed this year to have texted a colleague about a video of a protester getting beaten up, saying: “It’s not how white men fight.” * Which fox-bothering legal eagle told a journalist this year: “I identify with the great protesters in history, people like Gandhi and Martin Luther King.” * “I’m done, I’m dead, you don’t understand, I do it to blow off steam,” a Penn State professor told cops in June this year after being arrested for bestiality with his dog. What breed was the dog? * What is the name of the magazine I used to work for, which ran competing articles on “what is a woman,” which you pronounced wrong in your episode on the subject?* Everyone was welcome at the Pink Peacock, a “a queer, yiddish, anarchist café & infoshop in glasgow’s southside” except two groups of people. Who were they? * In 2009, under the pen name Richard Hoste, who wrote the following in the comments section of a blog: “What is interesting to me is whether there are a lot of high IQ people who simply CAN’T do manual labor. “As a teenager I tried working at a pizza place and MacDonalds [sic]. I was the worst employee there. I actually felt sympathy for low IQ kids, knowing that this is what they must’ve felt like in school.” * What did the same pundit describe this year as the “trans of traffic”? * In the glorious socialist future, what did leftie Malcolm Harris say would not be available to people in Columbus, Ohio? * Here are four redacted tweets about a popular internet personality. To whom are they referring? You get more points the quicker you guess the right answer, starting at four points and dropping to one.* “I have a theory that X scratches the same “my favorite bloviator” itch for a certain type of resistance liberal culture warrior as Rush Limbaugh did for a certain type of perpetually-affronted conservative”. * “The only person I know blocks me is X and I only know that because he uses a burner account to check my tweets and complain about them and then when his idiot followers start tweeting at me I can’t see the original thread (until I go into my burner account lol)”. * “the biggest thing I learned from this episode is that X has been HOLDING HIS MIC THIS WHOLE TIME???? this information makes me feel deranged”. * “Thomas Hobbes died in 1679 and I would trust his medical opinions more than those of X.” * In November, Bryan West, a 35-year-old from Arizona, secured perhaps the best/worst job in journalism. What was it? * What solution did Yale professor Yusuke Narita propose to Japan’s ageing population? * Which phrase did the AP warn this year was “dehumanising”, along with “the poor” and “the mentally ill” because it used “the” at the start?* Which friend of the podcast and extremely reliable source for the SPLC once wrote to sex researcher Anne Lawrence “I readily admit to my own autogynephilia”? * In December, the journalist Sarah Jeong wrote a piece for the Verge arguing that Twitter was a “harassment machine” which had tried to get her fired from the New York Times in 2018 for being “the reverse racist lady, the Asian who hates white people”. Which of these is not a real remark she made on Twitter? * “Are white people genetically predisposed to burn faster in the sun, thus logically being only fit to live underground like groveling goblins?”* “speak for yourself, i literally want to kill all the men literally”* “d*****s f*****g white people marking up the internet with their opinions like dogs pissing on fire hydrants”* “white people smell like unseasoned chicken and they don’t wash their legs in the shower”* In November, the feminist website Jezebel, home of the seminal takedown “What’s Jesse Singal’s f*****g deal?” closed down for good. But which of these is NOT a real Jezebel headline by the intrepid writer who did that piece, Harron Walker?* Mitch McConnell is A Big Poopy Head* Remembering Rudolf the Red Nosed Reindeer, Who Died in 1818 * Just Gimme A F*****g Caesar Salad* Jason Momoa Bad, Naked Mole Rat Queen Good PRONUNCIATION BEESommelierWorcestershire Loughborough CaiomheLeahCornichonBerkshire This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.blockedandreported.org/subscribe

This week on the premium edition of Blocked and Reported, Jesse and Katie discuss the latest YA blow-up, this one involving racism(?), review bombing, and an evil Star Wars stan who was just trying to be a good friend. PushupsKat Rosenfield: “The Toxic Drama of YA Twitter”Kat Rosenfield: “Twitter Forces a Rising Star to Self-Cancel” To hear more, visit www.blockedandreported.org

This week on Blocked and Reported, Jesse and Katie discuss allegations of Literal Murder against perpetual Twitter villain Bari Weiss. Plus, the Zei Squirrel vs Destiny origin story. Refaat Alareer: “My Child Asks, ‘Can Israel Destroy Our Building if the Power Is Out?’”NYT: “In Gaza, a Contentious Palestinian Professor Calmly Teaches Israeli Poetry”EuroMed: “Israeli Strike on Refaat al-Areer Apparently Deliberate”Drew Pavlou on Alareer’s tweets: https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1733107027013210553.htmlHaaretz on false claims undermining true claims: https://archive.is/nqIHM#selection-5725.0-5733.396Jesse on Monica Foy: https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2015/09/victim-of-a-scary-web-shaming-speaks-out.htmlBBC on Alareer’s death: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-67656787Ryan Grim on progressive infighting: https://theintercept.com/2022/06/13/progressive-organizing-infighting-callout-culture/ To hear more, visit www.blockedandreported.org

This week on the premium edition of Blocked and Reported, a gay bar in Chicago unionizes and the saga of the Bad Art Friend concludes. To support the show and get extra content and much more, become a Primo. To get our very popular merch, shop here.The Nation: “Chicago’s Labor Movement Is Looking Very Queer These Days”… To hear more, visit www.blockedandreported.org

This week on Blocked and Reported, Jesse and Katie discuss the recent Congressional hearings on antisemitism and free speech on campus. Plus, NaNoWriMo updates (sorry). To support the show and get extra content and much more, become a Primo. To get our very popular merch, shop here.Jonathan Chait: “The College Presidents Were Right About Campus Antisemitism”NYT: “College Presidents Under Fire After Dodging Questions About Antisemitism”“FIRE to Congress, university presidents: Don’t expand censorship. End it.”Jesse cosplays as an Ivy president: Representative Stefanik, our conduct codes attempt to balance free speech, which is an important value to our university, with the safety and well-being of students. Because of this balance, which can be tricky, there might be instances in which truly grotesque statements — statements that I, as the president of the university, denounce unequivocally — fall beyond the scope of what we can punish. In certain instances, yes, that could even include calls for genocide. Our conduct codes are written in a manner in which a student or student group could be punished for these statements if they targeted individual students or student groups in a pervasive manner, or if they constituted a true threat or incitement to violence, but it really is context dependent. I know that’s an unsatisfactory answer, but it’s the only answer I can give you as a representative of my university. As an individual, of course I find calls for genocide against any group, and particular a group like Jews that have faced genocide in recent history, unbelievably offensive. But that’s a different question from what powers I have to punish these statements without running afoul of our own conduct code, which could lead to legal trouble for my university.Shadi Hamid thread: https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1732419156828463382.htmlLee Kovarsky, UTexas law prof, thread: https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1732423346380521593.html To hear more, visit www.blockedandreported.org

This week on the Primo edition of Blocked and Reported, Jesse and Katie discuss Calla Walsh, a young activist who got her start stumping for establishment Democrat Ed Markey before pivoting to a career as a freedom fighter. Plus, Communist heir Fergie Chambers. To hear more, visit www.blockedandreported.org

This week on Blocked and Reported, Jesse and Katie discuss an ongoing diaper-loving drama within the NaNoWriMo fandom (starts at 21:45). Plus, a Deadspin writer and Portland anarchists find themselves in the s**t. Also: Jesse turns 40 and has a wild story about eggplant parmesan that really captures the onset of middle age.To support the show and get extra content and much more, become a Primo. To get our very popular merch, shop here.WaPo: “Half of evangelicals support Israel because they believe it is important for fulfilling end-times prophecy”Deadspin: “The NFL needs to speak out against the Kansas City Chiefs fan in Black face, Native headdress”NaNoWriMo Forums https://cinnamonfridge.tumblr.com/https://twitter.com/Arumi_kai/status/1722007756058574916https://speak-out.carrd.co/https://nanowrimo.org/board-response This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.blockedandreported.org/subscribe

This week on the Primo episode of Blocked and Reported, Jesse and Katie discuss the long-anticipated cancellation of Ireland’s most aggravating export since U2: Paddy Cosgrave. Plus, your letters. To support the show and get extra content and much more, become a Primo. To buy our very popular merch, shop here. “Is Paddy Cosgrave the biggest w****r in Ir… To hear more, visit www.blockedandreported.org

This week on Blocked and Reported, Jesse and Katie discuss Andrea James, the stochastic terrorist trans activist with a website and a grudge. Plus, gay furry hackers target a nuclear lab and Saira Rao gets canceled. Jesse’s fifth-grade yearbook page:And in cake form:Engadget: “Self-proclaimed 'gay furry hackers' breach nuclear” labJesse: “The rage behind Transgender Map”Alice Dreger: Galileo’s Middle FingerAlice Dreger: “The controversy surrounding The man who would be Queen: A case history of the politics of science, identity, and sex in the Internet age”Benedict Carey: “Criticism of a Gender Theory, and a Scientist Under Siege”Jesse: “When Children Say They’re Trans”Axios: “Exclusive: Using data to track transphobia in media”Kickstarter: “This Is What Transphobia in the Media Looks Like”Journalism.co.uk: “Transphobia Project uses data visualisation to zoom in on outlets that spread biased transgender content”Nieman Lab: “The Transphobia Project uses data visualization to “zoom in on outlets that spread biased transgender content”Google: December 2022 link spam update releasing for Google SearchGoogle: A new tool to disavow linksSuper specific information about the image we used: We got the photo of Andrea James from her Wikipedia page. The image includes the following “Permission details” (screenshot below): This work is free and may be used by anyone for any purpose. If you wish to use this content, you do not need to request permission as long as you follow any licensing requirements mentioned on this page.The Wikimedia Foundation has received an e-mail confirming that the copyright holder has approved publication under the terms mentioned on this page. This correspondence has been reviewed by a Volunteer Response Team (VRT) member and stored in our permission archive. The correspondence is available to trusted volunteers as ticket #2016051210001768.If you have questions about the archived correspondence, please use the VRT noticeboard. Ticket link: https://ticket.wikimedia.org/otrs/index.pl?Action=AgentTicketZoom&TicketNumber=2016051210001768On the off chance this becomes an issue, it could not be clearer that Andrea James has given permission for this photo to “be used by anyone for any purpose.” Under Creative Commons, according to the image page, we “must give appropriate credit, provide a link to the license, and indicate if changes were made. You may do so in any reasonable manner, but not in any way that suggests the licensor endorses you or your use.” We are following all those requirements: credit goes to Andrea James, a link to the license is contained in this language quoted directly from the photo’s page — “This file is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International license” (click the link and you’ll see that commercial use is explicitly allowed) — and no changes were made, with the possible exception of the photo getting cropped by Substack for the web preview. And obviously we have no reason to believe the licensor endorses us or our use of this image. Thank you, and God bless. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.blockedandreported.org/subscribe

This week on Blocked and Reported, Jesse and Katie discuss the furor over a self-described autogynephile who wore a dress to a gender conference. Also, Zoomers discover 9/11. To support the show and get extra content and much more, become a Primo. To buy our very popular merch, shop here.Nat Geo: “‘The perfect revenge'? Birds are building fortresses from anti-bird spikes”Yashar with some breaking 9/11 newsTablet: “The Franklin Prophecy”Osama bin Laden’s Letter to AmericaAlice Dreger: “Galileo's Middle Finger: Heretics, Activists, and One Scholar's Search for Justice”Genspect: The SplitPhil sent Jesse the following as part of a longer email, which we’re going to include for completion’s sake:Good-Vibe CertificationI'm not surprised that you and others felt no weird vibes from me, as even hardened GCs who have prejudice toward autogynephilic males also agreed that my vibes were fine. In addition to your three examples, I also submit five more:From Heather Heying's piece about this:The night before the conference began, many of us were in the vicinity of the hotel bar, and I saw a man walking around in a dress. I would later learn that this was Phil. I did a double-take. I asked the woman sitting next to me—am I seeing this correctly? She looked, nodded. Yep. I was unnerved. What did I not know? Did this person believe himself to be a woman, or not? Why did the answer to that question matter to me?The next night Phil approached my table, offered me a copy of his book, which I accepted, and we talked for a bit. I came away with some answers and intuitions: No, he does not think that he is actually a woman. And no, he does not seem like a creep. None of my hackles were raised. I detected no malice, no glint in the eye, no smirk, outer or inner, that he was having one over on all of us. Of course I could be wrong about these things, as anyone’s intuition can mislead them. One of the despicable truths about gender ideology is that women are being told to stop trusting the very intuitions that we have always relied on, when walking alone, when entering a bathroom or a locker room or a parking garage, when approached by a person we do not know. It is not bigoted to cross the street if you feel a tingle at the base of your skull as you see a man approaching you. It is smart. I have traveled far and wide, often exploring places alone that women are expected not to explore alone, and I have honed my intuition, although I am well aware that I can and do make mistakes. Nothing about Phil alarmed me.Lisa Jones, who I talked with a while one of the nights, officially awarded me zero points on a 10-point scale of creepiness:Now, some people online are accusing Phil of being a creepy AGP because he wore dresses at Genspect.On the AGP creepiness scale, I award my doorstep AGP five out of ten stars for moderate creepiness. Phil, by contrast, wins zero stars. I felt no creepiness from Phil Illy.Laura Becker, the detrans woman who was next to me in the photo that kicked of the controversy, also felt safe around me:I’m the young female detransitioner in the photo. I have CPTSD from male abuse. I have vulnerabilities, but I never felt vulnerable around Phil. In fact, we had a strong connection discussing sexuality and gender.How is it that a traumatized young woman like myself can find value in the sexual theory and research of this man’s book, but Genspect gets called unsafe as an organization for allowing him to have discussions about it?That’s far too broad a brush.Leslie Elliot, a centrist YoutTuber, also said my vibes were fine:From the same video, therapist Pamela Garfield-Jaeger, also weighed in. We hung out for a few hours and also shared a ride to the airport. She said that even though she admittedly had some prejudgement about me because I was a man in a dress, she also said I wasn't being creepy at all:I'm sure there are more examples of people saying my behavior was fine, but I think the point is made: my vibes were officially acceptable. To hear more, visit www.blockedandreported.org

This week on the Primo epsiode of Blocked and Reported, Jesse and Katie decuss a new article in the Journal of Controversial Ideas and decide once and for all if zoophiles should be imprisoned far from animals for life or given a paw print on the Pride flag. To support the show and get extra content an… To hear more, visit www.blockedandreported.org

This week on Blocked and Reported, Jesse and Katie discuss a stunning revelation about Indigenous icon Buffy Sainte-Marie. Plus, New York Times Magazine witer Jazmine Hughes is forced out after taking a political stand. Again. (Guys, this will be the last episode with audio problems on my end, I promise — it is too boring a story to bother telling but by this time tomorrow I will almost be back at my home setup, where I never have these problems. I am sorry for all the pops. -Jesse ‘Plosive’ Singal)To support the show and get extra content and much more, become a Primo. To buy our very popular merch, shop here.NYT: “New York Times Writer Resigns After Signing Letter Protesting the Israel-Gaza War”Jesse: “Why Did “On The Media” Stoke The Moral Panic Against Innocent New York Times Journalists Rather Than Investigate It?”CBC: “Who Is the Real Buffy Sainte-Marie?”Buffy Saint-Marie responds on FacebookBSM responds on TwitterSekwan Wabasca on birth certificates Jesse: “The Internet Accused Alice Goffman of Faking Details in Her Study of a Black Neighborhood. I Went to Philadelphia to Check.”www.karendian.com To hear more, visit www.blockedandreported.org

This week on the Primo episode, Jesse and Katie discuss culture wars and school board elections, the cross-dressing mayor who was outed in Alabama, and Berkeley students on hunger strike for a very weird cause.To support the show and get extra content and much more, become a Primo. To buy our very popular merch, shop here.(Guys — I … To hear more, visit www.blockedandreported.org

This week on Blocked and Reported, a menace in a gentrified Brooklyn neighborhood. Plus, Jew-hating is back, baby! To support the show and get extra content and much more, become a Primo. To buy our very popular merch, shop here.NYT: “How a Dog’s Killing Turned Brooklyn Progressives Against One Another”Gothamist: “In Greenpoint, a man with severe mental illness is harming neighbors. No one knows what to do.” New Yorker: “Before the Law” NYT: “Relax, if You Want, but Don’t Put Your Feet Up” This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.blockedandreported.org/subscribe

This week on Blocked and Reported, the Saudi Royal family lures an elite group of cosplayers to Riyadh to whitewash their reputation. Plus, a non-elite podcaster attempts to memory-hole history (it’s Jesse). To support the show and get extra content and much more, become a Primo. To buy our very popular merch, shop here.Jesse’s UCLA talkReuters: “Twitter is losing its most active users, internal documents show” This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.blockedandreported.org/subscribe

This week on the Primo edition of Blocked and Reported, Jesse and Katie discuss Cancel Culture: Israel/Palestine Edition. To support the show and get exta content and much more, become a Primo. To buy our very popular merch, shop here.Jesse is giving a talk at UCLA on youth gender medicine on Monday, October 30th. More details/RSVP instructions here.Tim… To hear more, visit www.blockedandreported.org

Today we’ve got a special dispatch from our friends at Braver Angels, the largest cross-partisan, non-profit organization dedicated to bridging our political divide. In this episode of their brand new show, host Mónica Guzmán sits down with some very special guests to discuss their political differences: two Trump-supporting, Mexican immigrants who also happen to be her mom and dad. Subscribe to A Braver Way here or wherever you get your podcasts. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.blockedandreported.org/subscribe

This week on Blocked and Reported, Jesse and Katie discuss how our most trust-worthy disinformation experts correct the record except when they don’t. Plus, conservative hero Tim Ballard faces the wrath of the nicest people on Earth. To support the show and get exta content and much more, become a Primo. To buy our very popular merch, shop here.(CORRECTION: In the original version of this episode that Primos heard before it went up for everyone else on Monday morning, I misunderstood some of the evidence suggesting Israel wasn’t responsible for the attack on the Gazan hospital. I’ve now re-recorded that bit with the below corrections, and if you scroll down to the tweet from Marc Garlasco, you’ll see my mistake: He was talking about the width of the crater, not its depth. Many thanks to the listener who wrote in to point this out, and I apologize for the error. -JesseCorrected version, with old, false material struck through and new, correct material in bold:~9:56: "And you can see an impact crater which is only about one meter 30 centimeters deep wide or so. And he basically said, and again, this is a guy who is highly qualified on these issues, that this could not have been caused by Israeli weaponry, because that weaponry tends to leave nine-meter-deep  wide craters, and there's a big difference between one meter 30 centimeters and nine meters.")NYT: “The Killing of Shireen Abu Akleh: Tracing a Bullet to an Israeli Convoy”https://twitter.com/marcgarlasco/status/1714590544620408909https://twitter.com/EmmaVigeland/status/1714336863740104879https://twitter.com/GileadIni/status/1714652254832140636Robby Soave: “Disinformation Reporter Ben Collins Failed To Correct the Gaza Hospital Story”Better NBC News coverage of sameGlenn Kessler: “Human trafficking statistics: Politicians love them though they remain imprecise”Meg Conley: “Called by God: In 2014, I went on a vigilante raid to “save” kids sold for sex. What we did haunts me now.”ViceBlaze News: “What really happened with Tim Ballard and Operation Underground Railroad?” To hear more, visit www.blockedandreported.org

This week on Blocked and Reported, Katie and Jesse discuss Hamas’s unprecedented massacre of civilians. Well, the online b******t component of it, at least.To support the show and get exta content and much more, become a Primo. To buy our very popular merch, shop here.Nicholas Kristof: “Seeking a Moral Compass in Gaza’s War”Eric Levitz: “A Left That Refuses to Condemn Mass Murder Is Doomed”Politico: “AOC knocks ‘bigotry and callousness’ of Times Square rally for Palestinians”Politico: “‘Unacceptably devoid of empathy': DSA is facing an internal reckoning on Israel”NYT: “At Harvard, a Battle Over What Should Be Said About the Hamas Attacks”Harvard Crimson: “As Students Face Retaliation for Israel Statement, a ‘Doxxing Truck’ Displaying Students’ Faces Comes to Harvard’s Campus”NYT: “N.Y.U. Law Student Sends Anti-Israel Message and Loses a Job Offer”Image: Supporters of Israel (L) face people rallying in support of Palestinians in Times Square in New York on October 8, 2023 after the Palestinian militant group Hamas launched an attack on Israel. Israel, reeling from the deadliest attack on its territory in half a century, formally declared war on Hamas Sunday as the conflict's death toll surged close to 1,000 after the Palestinian militant group launched a massive surprise assault from Gaza. (Photo by Bryan R. Smith / AFP) (Photo by BRYAN R. SMITH/AFP via Getty Images) This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.blockedandreported.org/subscribe

This week on the Primo episode of Blocked and Reported, Jesse and Katie discuss the perfect venue for people who work out their racial anxieties: FoodTok. Plus, an Only Fans model who may or may not be real may or may not be missing. Daily Star: “Model goes missing but 'cryptic' post sparks wild theories about if she exists at all” To hear more, visit www.blockedandreported.org

This week on Blocked and Reported, Jesse and Katie look back on the Racial Reckoning™ and discuss the implosion of Ibram X. Kendi’s Center for Anti-Racism Research. Plus: Trevor Bauer gets the last word. To support the show and get exta content and much more, become a Primo. To buy our very popular merch, shop here.The Athletic: “Graphic details, photos emerge in restraining order filed against Dodgers pitcher Trevor Bauer”Bauer videoThe Athletic: “Trevor Bauer settles legal dispute with woman who accused him of sexual assault”Lindsey Hill on The BlazeBU Daily Free Press: “Amid mass layoffs, BU Center for Antiracist Research accused of mismanagement of funds, disorganization”New York: “The BLM Mystery Where did the money go?”Michelle Goldberg: “Ibram X. Kendi and the Problem of Celebrity Fund-Raising”John McWhorter: “Don’t Call Ibram X. Kendi a Grifter”Free Beacon: “Boston University Loaned $600K to a Mysterious Trust Run by Ibram Kendi’s Brother-In-Law” This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.blockedandreported.org/subscribe

This week on the Premium episode of Blocked and Reported, the knitting community is in meltdown...again. This time, the culprit is a yarn-dyer who made the ill-advised descion to release a Salem-themed yarn collection with one unforunate prop. The yarn dyer who faked her own death (allegedly)r/craftsnark To hear more, visit www.blockedandreported.org

This week on Blocked and Reported, we reexamine American Bully X. To support the show and get exta content and much more, become a Primo. To buy our very popular merch, shop here.Brianna Wu:https://twitter.com/headassnic/status/1706955256427626982https://twitter.com/BriannaWu/status/1371452139856392196https://twitter.com/longislandviper/status/1371495816649703425SF Gate: “American bully dogs bred as lovers, not fighters”Bully Watch RebuttalBully Watch.link“Defaming Rover: Error-Based Latent Rhetoric in the Medical Literature on Dog Bites”“English hospital episode data analysis (1998–2018) reveal that the rise in dog bite hospital admissions is driven by adult cases”“Visual Breed Identification: A Literature Review”Note: An earlier version of this episode contained a math error. I said “nine out of 15” when I should have said "11 out of 15.” Still somehow Jesse’s fault. It has been updated.—KH This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.blockedandreported.org/subscribe

This week on the Primo edition of Blocked and Reported, Jesse explains the world of online disability activism, specfically Cripplepunk. Also discussed: MERDs, TURDs, and TERFs. (Update: Shortly after we posted this, a listener wrote in to point out that one of the TikTok videos we played part of and discussed was published by a 17-year-old. This was my… To hear more, visit www.blockedandreported.org

This week on Blocked and Reported, Katie digs into the UK’s recently announced ban on the American Bully XL and discovers some surprising information. Jesse does very little. To support the show and get exta content and much more, become a Primo. To buy our very popular merch, shop here.Bronwen Dickey: Pit Bull: The Battle over an American IconHal Herzog: Some We Love, Some We Hate, Some We Eat: Why It's So Hard to Think Straight About AnimalsThe Stranger: “How to Defeat a Pit Bull with Your Bare Hands”Joe Bernstein: “Inside The Most Vicious Conflict On The Internet”The Guardian: “American XL bully dog will be banned, says Rishi Sunak”Bully WatchThe Telegraph: “Half of all XL Bully dogs in Britain descend from 'Killer Kimbo'“The Sun: “BULLY BREEDER'S BLAST: I bred XL Bully Kimbo who half UK’s animals can be traced to – they only become killers when people give them steroids”Malcolm Gladwell: “Troublemakers”NOTE: This episode has been updated. On initial verision that went out to Primos, Jesse said something like, “So American Bully breeders say, if a dog is aggressive, it can’t be an American Bully,” and I said, “Yes, exactly.” I thought it was obvious this referred to registration, but apparently not, and I have updated the episode to clarify: an aggressive American Bully would still be an American Bully because breed isn’t determined by behavior but by lineage, but it would be disqualified for registration in the American Bully Kennel Club or any other legitmate kennel club. Apologies for the confusion.” —KH This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.blockedandreported.org/subscribe

This week on Blocked and reported, Katie and Jesse discuss Gays Against Groomers. What are they, who are they, and why are they standing outside the Biltmore House with picket signs? Plus, Bari Weiss, Hasan Minhaj, and a very, very good sandwich.To support the show and get exta content and much more, become a Primo. To buy our very popular merch, shop here.LA Times: “How Grimes won Bari Weiss' sexual revolution debate”The New Yorker: Hasan Minhaj’s “Emotional Truths”Subject to Change with Russell HoggMichael Moynihan: “When the Tea Party Began”GAG: “In The Wake of ‘Sound of Freedom’: The Parallels Between LGBTQ+ Activism and The Pedophile Doctrine”The Advocate: “Gays Against Groomers Strike West Hollywood with Vandalism and Anti Trans Messaging”Karyln Borysenko: “Yet ANOTHER member publicly quits Gays Against Groomers and blames CEO Jaimee Michell”Weird Ron DeSantis video To hear more, visit www.blockedandreported.org

This week on the Primo edition of Blocked and Reported, Jesse and Katie discuss Katharine Birbalsingh, Britain’s strictest headmistress, and her incredibly stupid fight with MP Jess Phillips, Shadow Master at Law. Plus, an update on Canada’s mass graves.To support the show and get e… To hear more, visit www.blockedandreported.org

This week on Blocked and Reported, Jesse has a calm, productive conversation with the illustrious hosts of the scientastic YouTube show The Majority Report. It goes so well they all went out for blinis and mimosas after. To support the show and get exta content and much more, become a Primo. To buy our very popular merch, shop here.Republican AGs’ briefJesse: “Conservatives Are Lying About What My Atlantic Article On Gender Dysphoria Says”The Precipitating IncidentFull Singal-Seder correspondence showing the issue was very clearly laid out to SederThey keep talking s**t and keep repeating the claimJesse: “On Rashida Tlaib And Chase Strangio’s Ridiculous, Bad-Faith Attack On The New York Times”NYT: “How a Small Gender Clinic Landed in a Political Storm”Jamie Reed Affidavit I identify as an attack mushroomJesse calls in This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.blockedandreported.org/subscribe

This week on the Premium edition of Blocked and Reported, Jesse tells Katie about an allegedly racist Juneteenth party in Rochester, New York, and the allegedly racist racists who threw it. Plus, alleged Oxford alum Ian Miles Cheong has some thoughts on body hair. To support the show and get exta content and much more, become a Primo To hear more, visit www.blockedandreported.org

This week on Blocked and Reported, Katie tells Jesse how a forum on women’s sports led to censorship and bomb scares in Davis, California. Plus, heroes on the streets of D.C. To support the show and get exta content and much more, become a Primo. To buy our very popular merch, shop here.https://twitter.com/FordFischer/status/1695794212686450915Colin Wright: “New Documents Reveal Shocking Surge in Trans-Identified Students in Davis, CA Schools”https://twitter.com/goeke_christina/status/1693409879946588244?s=20https://twitter.com/JZachreson/status/1693492646852059525?s=20https://twitter.com/goeke_christina/status/1693410016706121771?s=20The Davis Enterprise: “We have to let each other talk”https://twitter.com/Riley_Gaines_/status/1693608550373728448?s=20 This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.blockedandreported.org/subscribe

This week on Blocked and Reported, Jesse and Katie discuss a new article in the New York Times investigating the allegations of malpractice at a St. Louis gender clinic that were made publicy by whistleblower Jamie Reed. Plus, a furry fight in Southern California. To support the show and get exta content and much more, become a Primo. To buy our very popular merch, shop here. The Free Press and FIRE Present Clash of the Female Titans NYT: How a Small Gender Clinic Landed in a Political Storm Premium: Hormones, Headlines, and ChatGPTEpisode 162: We Challengeth The Honor Of Ed Yong And The Transgender CenterPremium: Catching Up On The Rebekah Jones And Jamie Reed ControversiesEpisode 155: Hannah Barnes On The Collapse Of One Of The Most Important Youth Gender Clinics In The WorldJesse: “A Response To Zack Ford’s Dishonest ThinkProgress Article, ‘Atlantic cover story is a loud dog whistle for anti-transgender parents’” OutKick: “Furry Fight: Chaos Erupts At California Beach ‘Furmeet’ As Pirate Furry Drills ‘Chud’ With Megaphone”TMZ: “Man Attacked By Furry At Huntington Beach Meetup, Wild Video Shows”NY Post: “Furious furries fight back after busting man filming them on beach”Daily Mail: “Bizarre moment man is attacked by FURRY after he’s caught filming fetish group in Huntington Beach“Dogpatch Press: “Furry beach-off: The truth about a fight with a megaphone at a California meet”Episode 90: KEXP Promotes An Anti-Semitic Group (For Social Justice), Exploring The World Of Conservative Furries, And A New College We Weren't Invited To Teach At This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.blockedandreported.org/subscribe

This week on the Primo edition of Blocked and Reported, Katie and Jesse discuss a foundation that decolonized itself out of existence. Also: clowns. To support the show and get exta content and much more, become a Primo. To buy our very popular merch, shop here.Cursed Cancellations The Guardian: “UK charity fou… To hear more, visit www.blockedandreported.org

This week on Blocked and Reported, Jesse and Katie check in on Chris Rufo and the New College of Florida, where taxpayers are footing the bill for a brand new mediocre baseball team. Episode 148: “Chris Rufo Takes Over New College Of Florida, Plus Adventures In Genealogy”Michelle Goldberg: “At a College Targeted by DeSantis, Gender Studies Is Out, Jocks Are In”Conor Friedersdorf: “Ron DeSantis Chose the Wrong College to Take Over”Sarasota Herald-Tribune: “DeSantis seeks to transform Sarasota's New College with conservative board takeover”Tampa Bay Times: “New College of Florida culture shifts again by adding new sports”Chronicle of Higher Ed: “New College Says It’s Giving Staff Higher Pay for Hitting Enrollment Goals. Is That Illegal?”Chris Rufo: “D.E.I. Programs Are Getting in the Way of Liberal Education” This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.blockedandreported.org/subscribe

This week on the Primo episode of Blocked and Reported, Jesse and Katie discuss a recent article on the poster/writer Richard Hanania, aka Richard Hoste, and his racist past (and possibly racist present). To support the show and get exta content and much more, become a Primo. To buy our very popular merch, shop here.Richard Hanania:… To hear more, visit www.blockedandreported.org

This week on Blocked and Reported, Katie tells Jesse how a beloved furry puppet named Wiggle Fox got caught up in a sex scandal. To support the show and get exta content and much more, become a Primo. To buy our very popular merch, shop here.Rdrama on furry drama To hear more, visit www.blockedandreported.org

This week on Blocked and Reported, we revist an episode from our earliest days as a baby podcast, “What a Stupid F*****g Way to Have an Important Conversation. Plus, what has changed in DEI land since 2020. To support the show and get exta content and much more, become a Primo. To buy our very popular merch, shop here.ShannonLoys.comShannon on InstagramThe National Post: “Principal berated for 'white supremacy' sues TDSB over equity training”Jesse: “Of Course DEI Programming Should Be Seen As Psychological Interventions And Held To The Appropriate Standards”Wall St. Journal: “The Rise and Fall of the Chief Diversity Officer”Toronto Star: “A Toronto principal’s suicide was wrongly linked to anti-racism training. Here’s what was really said” This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.blockedandreported.org/subscribe

This week on the Primo edition of Blocked and Reported, Katie and Jesse discuss two dueling articles in the recent issue of The News Statesmen, both attemping to define what a woman is. To support the show and get exta content and much more, become a Primo. To buy our very popular merch, shop here.Richard Dawkins: “Why biological sex matters”Jacqueline … To hear more, visit www.blockedandreported.org

This week on Blocked and Reported, Jesse fact checks VP Kamala Harris on Florida’s social studies curriculum. Plus, the fall of Twitter and the rise of X, the Seattle Times does a cancel culture, and Jesse considers faking his own death. To support the show and get exta content and much more, become a Primo. To buy our very popular merch, shop here.Noah Kulwin calls on Jesse to kill himselfNoah Kulwin calls on the state to arrest Chris Rufo……and put him in the stocks so he can be pelted with rotten fruit“Why So Many People Told Me To Kill Myself This Weekend” by JesseDavid Josef Volodzko: “My Family Was Hunted by Nazis. But I Was Fired For ‘Defending Hitler’”Tablet: “Hitler and The Seattle Times”David Josef Volozko on Substack Axios: “Inside Musk's plan for an "everything app" to replace Twitter”Jesse: “Mainstream Media Outlets Keep Botching Their Coverage Of The Critical Race Theory Debate“Scientific American: “Anti–Critical Race Theory Movement Will Profoundly Affect Public Education”NBC News: “Kamala Harris to travel to Florida and speak out against state's new Black history standardsNYT: DeSantis Faces Swell of Criticism Over Florida’s New Standards for Black HistoryFlorida’s State Academic Standards—Social Studies, 2023Charles Cooke: “Kamala Harris Is Brazenly Lying about Florida’s Slavery Curriculum”Heather Cox RichardsonJosh Marshall: About That Florida CurriculumHistory Boomer: The Distorted Story of Florida's African American History Curriculum This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.blockedandreported.org/subscribe

This week on the Premium episode of Blocked and Reported, fan favorite Rebekah Jones is back, now with more drama. Plus, a look back at Jones defender and filmmaking partner Josh Fox and his documentary film Gasland, which changed the conversation about fracking and natural gas. But should it have? Also, one of our hosts makes a confession. To support t… To hear more, visit www.blockedandreported.org

This week on Blocked and Reported, Jesse brings all the most important news from our parent nation, Terf Island. First, a BBC presenter gets busted paying for salacious pics and possibly sending his own. Then a trans activist who possibly ate her own testes has a message for TERFS. To support the show and get exta content and much more, become a Primo. To buy our very popular merch, shop here.The Sun: “SEX PICS PROBE Top BBC star taken off air after ‘paying teenager for sexual pictures’”Sarah Ditum: “Should Huw Edwards have been named?”BBC: 'Nothing inappropriate' in BBC presenter row - young person's lawyerThe Sun: “'CREEPY' MESSAGES BBC ‘sex pics scandal’ presenter started Instagram chat with teenage follower, 17, using love hearts & kisses”Janice Turner: BBC scandal made us face our own voyeurismBBC: Huw Edwards: How Sun story about BBC presenter developedThe Telegraph: Arrest after activist told crowd at London Trans Pride to ‘punch Terfs in the face’ This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.blockedandreported.org/subscribe

This week on Blocked and Reported, Jesse is off “slaying the spire” (gross) so Katie interviews the publicist Mitchell Jackson, formerly known as the writer Mitchell Sunderland. Mitchell was famously fired from Vice in 2017 after his emails to then-Breitbart editor Milo Yiannopoulos were leaked to BuzzFeed, and for the first time ever, Mitchell tells his side of this story. Plus, Mitchell’s unique upbringing in a Florida puppy dynsaty, how he helped rehab the infamous influencer Caroline Calloway, and what to do—and what not to do—when facing cancelation. To support the show and get exta content and much more, become a Primo. To buy our very popular merch, shop here.Vice: My Family’s War with Animal ActivistsVice: In Rachel Dolezal’s SkinVice: Welcome to the Sausage Castle, Home to Florida's Most Free-Spirited FreaksVice: Ann Coulter Is a Human BeingVice: “Cambridge's Most Controversial Instagram Celebrity Gets the Last Laugh”BuzzFeed: “Here's How Breitbart And Milo Smuggled White Nationalism Into The Mainstream”New York: “I Was Caroline Calloway”BuzzFeed: “People Said This Instagram Influencer's "Tour" Was Fyre Fest 2. Here's Her Side Of The Story.”BCC Communications BCC Communications NewsletterMitchell on Twitter This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.blockedandreported.org/subscribe

This week on Blocked and Reported, Jesse tells Katie the story of Jad Sleiman, a Muslim/Catholic/Lebanese/American/veteran/reporter/comic who was fired from public radio station WHYY over his jokes. To support the show and get exta content and much more, become a Primo. To buy our very popular merch, shop here.Jad Slays InstagramThe Philadelpia Inquirer: “A WHYY journalist was fired for his stand-up comedy videos”Sleiman hearing part 1.mp3Sleiman hearing part 2.mp3 This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.blockedandreported.org/subscribe

This week on the premium edition of Blocked and Reported, Katie and Jesse discuss an NPR piece that claims Asians who oppose affirmative action are being manipulated by pale-skinned puppetmasters. Plus, fireworks. To support the show and get access to this episode and much more, become a Primo… To hear more, visit www.blockedandreported.org

This week on Blocked and Reported, Katie tells Jesse about the unfortunate world of prankers and streamers, featuring Mizzy the Menance, Ice Posiedon, and Arab Andy. Plus, UCLA grad students write a letter and when a man loves a collie. To support the show and get exta content and much more, become a Primo. To buy our very popular merch, shop here.HuffPo: “Penn State Professor Charged For Alleged Bestiality With His Collie”StateCollege.com: “Penn State Professor Accused of Performing Lewd Acts with Dog in State Forest”Two Psychologists Four Beers: Episodes 15 and 92Very Bad Wizards: Free YoelThe Chronicle of Higher Ed: “Are Diversity Statements Illegal?”The open letterThe New Yorker: “Ice Poseidon’s Lucrative, Stressful Life as a Live Streamer”Ice Poseidon statement on crypto scam allegations This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.blockedandreported.org/subscribe

This week on Blocked and Reported, Jesse and Katie dive head first into the bizarre world of AI anime pornography and the fake cam girls who are coming for the real cam girls’ jobs. Plus, Noah Bertlatsky has some notes for Schindler’s List. Maybe don’t listen to this one with your kids. Max Read: “How MrBeast Became the Willy Wonka of YouTube”Noah Berla… To hear more, visit www.blockedandreported.org

This week on Blocked and Reported, Jesse and Katie discuss #Resistence hero Mueller, She Wrote, the whistleblowing podcaster who killed Saddam Hussein while a sophomore in high school. Also, a submarine implodes and people Twitter ghouls rejoice; Chris Rufo personally designed a racist mascot; and we go down a very deep and dark rabbithole and discover the world of covid fanatics. To support the show and get exta content and much more, become a Primo. To buy our merch, shop here.Episode 148: Chris Rufo Takes Over New College Of Florida, Plus Adventures In GenealogyThe Florida Standard: “New College Board Member Chris Rufo Mocks Teacher’s Accusation About Racist Mascot”Man fights Covid by living in his garageMueller, She Wrote Politico: “How a veteran’s secret podcast put her in the Trump administration’s crosshairs”Fraudian_Slip ExposeForbes: “A Disabled Veteran Had Over $72,000 In Student Loans—Under The Biden Administration, Her Debt Was Forgiven”Note: In an earlier verision of this podcast, I said Allison Gill did not go to the White House. As an astute listener pointed out, she did, in fact, go to the White House. Apologies for the error. The episode has been corrected. —KH This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.blockedandreported.org/subscribe

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 Hamtramck, Michigan (Allahu Akbar). Then, a Korean women’s spa in Washington is forced to permit penis people. Plus, Prince Harry and Megh… To hear more, visit www.blockedandreported.org

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: What’s Dumbest, featuring a Columbia adjunct, Grindr, Conor McGregor, and human Ukraine flag slash novelist Liz Gilbert. To become a premium subscriber, join here. To buy our merch, click here.Weird Grindr AdThe Independent: “Conor McGregor offers update on Miami Heat mascot after punching incident”Liz Gilbert Self-CancelsBrendon Marrotta’s response to Episode 168Brendon’s audio clips: PressureMovement.mp3 - In this clip, Eliyahu describes asking intactivists to disavow Clopper and myself. When he does get his way, he turns to journalists to "have pressure come from the outside." (last line of clip) This shows a behavior of publishing hit pieces on the movement to get them to do what he want.NeverSaid.mp3 - In this clip, Eliyahu concludes from a single "offhand comment" that I do not recall ever saying, that I am a "white nationalist." He also acknowledges that I have never said anything white nationalist outside his false claim. This also confirms the pattern I discuss in my response audio that Eliyahu deliberately makes his claims unfalsifiable.TopEschelon.mp3 - In this clip, Eliyahu confirms that he had secret meetings with the "top echelon" of the intactivist movement in which he slandered me and wanted them to attack me and my film on his behalf.TolerantofRacism.mp3 - In this clip, Eliyahu claims that the American intactivist movement is "tolerant of racism" because they would not disavow and publicly attack me based on a single false claim by him. He then suggests that he met with European activists who were more receptive. I have had at least one European activist confirm that they did not support my film due to his campaign.TheirOnlineForums.mp3 - In this clip, Eliyahu claims I "was a member of the alt right," had an account on "their online forums," and suggests that liking online meme culture is evidence of white nationalism. I'd love to know exactly which online forums he is making a factual claim I have an account on.The Pink PeacockJ Weekly: Glasgow’s queer Yiddish anarchist cafe aims to spark a Jewish revolution in ScotlandThe National: Pink Peacock staff burn Harry Potter book in Glasgow streetChips and Donner This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.blockedandreported.org/subscribe

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 fight within the intactivist movement leads to accusations of bigotry. Finally: Should Jesse grow his foreskin back? You decide. John Harvey KelloggRyan Fan: No, Corn Flakes Were Not Invented to Stop MasturbationFrom Ritual to Science: The Medical Transformation of Circumcision in American American Pediatric Association: Circumcision Policy Statement Study on circumcision and HIV transmission in AfricaBrian Earp: The Unbearable Asymmetry of B******tCDC: Trends in Circumcision for Male Newborns in U.S. Hospitals: 1979–2010https://www.nyc.gov/site/doh/health/health-topics/safe-bris.pageJohn Colapinto: “The True Story of John/Joan”Alex Bryne: The Origin of “Gender Identity” Mother Jones: Holy Scalpels, Foreskin Man!Eliyahu Ungar-Sargon: Interview With the Creator of Foreskin ManHarvard Crimson: Harvard ‘Reviewing’ Employee’s Nude, Anti-Semitic Rant in Sanders TheatreForegenCut: Slicing Through the Myths about CircumcisionBruchim OnlineEliyahu Ungar-Sargon: On The Impermissibility of Infant Male Circumcision Eliyahu Ungar-Sargon: How to Deradicalize a MovementBeyond the Bris: Standing Against Anti-SemitismAmerican Circumcision Brendon Marotta: The Path to Childrens’ JusticeBeyond the Bris: Undermining the Cause of Genital Autonomy through Jewish Scapegoating & Antisemitic TropesBrendon Marotta: Bruchim's Founders Have Been Engaged In A Slander Campaign Against Me This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.blockedandreported.org/subscribe

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 girlfriends belong at Pride. Then, Katie answers one of the world’s most burning questions: Who the hell invented demisexuality?To become a Primo and get full ac… To hear more, visit www.blockedandreported.org

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 Lululemon employees who were unjustly fired for reporting thieves to the police. Or were they?Become a Primo here. NY Post: “NYC hospital ‘Karen’ paid for Citi Bike at center of viral fight with black man: lawyer”NBC New York: “Bellevue Worker in Citi Bike Fight Video Has Receipts Showing She Rented It: Lawyer”NewsOne: “Mother Of Teen In Citi Bike Video Speaks Out: ‘No One Bothered To Ask Him What Happened’”The Guardian: “Billion-dollar Lululemon under fire for promoting 'resist capitalism' event”National Review: “Lululemon Fires Atlanta Employees for Calling Police During Robbery”Business Insider: “Ex-Lululemon staffers say they were fired for reporting robbery to police”Sky New Australia: “'Absolute insanity’: Lululemon staff fired for calling cops to report robbery”Free Beacon: “Lululemon Fires Two Employees Who Called Police on Masked Robbers”11 Alive News: “Lululemon employees fired after robbery for breaking policy, they say”Daily Mail: “Lululemon is slammed for FIRING staff who confronted masked thieves as they brazenly ransacked Georgia store and dashed out with armfuls of pricey yoga gear - because they 'broke employee policy'” This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.blockedandreported.org/subscribe

On this Primo episode of Blocked and Reported, Jesse Singal and Katie Herzog answer questions submitted by their favorite listeners. To become a favorite listener, join here. To hear more, visit www.blockedandreported.org

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 discuss recent recent events in Karen-land. To become a Primo, join here. Toronto Star: “The Anarchist, Toronto’s anti-capitalist cafe, is closing after getting scalded by capitalism”Inc: “Of Course the Anarchist Café Closed for Lack of Profits, Funding. But Anti-Capitalism Didn't Doom It”NYT: “Uber’s Diversity Chief Put on Leave After Complaints of Insensitivity”NBC New York: “Video of NYC Hospital Worker's Citi Bike Confrontation Under Review, Bellevue Says”NY Post: “NYC hospital ‘Karen’ paid for Citi Bike at center of viral fight with black man: lawyer”NBC New York: “Bellevue Worker in Citi Bike Fight Video Has Receipts Showing She Rented It: Lawyer”NewsOne: “Mother Of Teen In Citi Bike Video Speaks Out: ‘No One Bothered To Ask Him What Happened’” This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.blockedandreported.org/subscribe

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 Herzog goes full lib woketard on a panel about free speech by arguing that the government should not, in fact, ban underwater gender basketweaving studies.[Correction from Jesse: At 43:00 in the or… To hear more, visit www.blockedandreported.org

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.)Jackie Singh: “The Swedish Connection: Unraveling America’s Swatting Terror” This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.blockedandreported.org/subscribe

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 to solve the mystery of who is behind it.Jackie Singh’s HackingButLegal.comWashington Examiner: “Senior Biden campaign cybersecurity expert participated in racist internet troll group”Weev on Singh aka JaxJackie Singh: The Swedish Connection: Unraveling America’s Swatting TerrorVice News: “A Computer Generated Swatting Service Is Causing Havoc Across America”Encyclopedia Dramatica on Patrick TomlinsonDaily Beast:  “Internet Trolls Have Tormented This Sci-Fi Writer for Years—and He Can’t Stop Them”Patrick Tomlinson: “How Trolls Hack Twitter to Silence the Rest of Us” This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.blockedandreported.org/subscribe

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 laundering Liz’s laundry. NYT: “Liz Holmes Wants You to Forget About Elizabeth”Jezebel: “Cute! New York Times Helps Elizabeth Holmes Launder Her Reputation Before Prison”Jesse… To hear more, visit www.blockedandreported.org

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 fox in the UK. Featuring: A Michael Jackson impersonator, a marine, the American media, Jo Maugham and Jo Rowling (no relation). Also, please come to this FIRE event with Katie at the University of Washington on May 12th. It’s about free speech and it’s, appropriately, free. Part 1:The subway video New York Magazine: “Daniel Penny Identified As the Man Who Choked Jordan Neely to Death”CNN: "Man dies after being put in a chokehold by another rider on New York City subway, officials say. The DA is investigating”NBC News: "Video shows NYC subway confrontation end with fatal chokehold"NYT: "No Arrest in New York Subway Chokehold Death, and Many Want to Know Why"Roxanne Gay: “Making People Uncomfortable Can Now Get You Killed”Jonathan Rosen: “American Madness”Part 2: Jolyon’s windmillJolyon's recordJolyon’s partyJolyon’s ProjectThe LGB AllianceThe Critic Magazine: Taking the clown seriouslyThe Daily Mail: Is Jolyon the fox-killing Brexit-loathing barrister with a penchant for silk kimonos the most ludicrous man in Britain?The Spectator: Jolyon Maugham’s opening sentence might be the worst of all time This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.blockedandreported.org/subscribe

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 this week on Blocked And Reported, we defend our honor! First, Katie Herzog duketh it out with Jesse Singal to determine who shall inherit the kingdom of Blocked And Reported in the event one of them should die. Then, Jesse attacketh the honor of Ed Yong, highly decorated knight of journalism and recipient of a Pulitzer medal. Alas, Jesse striketh at his most subpar front-page article for The Atlantic, laying bare its inaccuracy for all to see. Then, the denizens of Twitter come after Jesse Singal for his coverage of the St. Louis Transgender Center. After Jamie Reed laid bare its most dishonorable treatment of trans children, it attempteth to repair its honor by investigating itself and finding itself innocent! But by doing so, our intrepid duo expose even more of its dishonest acts…And finally, TikToker @jackielabonita is mocked at a baseball game, leading the dezinens of the ‘net to come to the defense of the poor maiden’s honor — including none other than legendary bard Cardius of B. But why hath honor culture suddenly returned to America of all places? What if it were white women who hath mocked a black woman? Do Jewish gamers have honor culture? Listen in as our brave knights don their philologist hats and investigate!Also there are bears f*****g for some reason???The links Katie clickedhttps://twitter.com/WallStreetSilv/status/1651039681407078400https://twitter.com/nypost/status/1651279526310166549New York Post: “Conor Skelding loses battle with cancer”https://nypost.com/2023/04/23/new-york-post-reporter-conor-skelding-loses-battle-with-cancer/The episode of ours that led to the viewer responsesThe Ed Yong DebunkingThe Atlantic’s story on 1/5 healthcare workers quitting due to COVIDhttp://web.archive.org/web/20211117011521/https://www.theatlantic.com/The survey citedhttps://morningconsult.com/2021/10/04/health-care-workers-series-part-2-workforce/A debunking of this claimhttps://www.beckershospitalreview.com/workforce/if-1-in-5-healthcare-workers-have-quit-where-have-they-gone.htmlJesse Singal & Bari Weiss EXPOSEDThe callouthttps://twitter.com/ryanlcooper/status/1649784774603468800The article they’re citing, accidentally proving Jesse righthttps://www.kansascity.com/news/politics-government/article274573836.htmlNBC News article on the casehttps://www.nbcnews.com/nbc-out/out-news/st-louis-gender-clinic-accusations-unsubstantiated-internal-investigat-rcna81233Jesse’s articles on the Transgender CenterDefining “reasonable care”https://www.lauensteinlaw.com/news/2017/06/19/defining-reasonable-care-and-negligence/Why you shouldn’t trust the right-wingers’ investigations, eitherhttps://ballotpedia.org/Andrew_Bailey_(Missouri)Missouri restricting transition care for adultshttps://www.nytimes.com/2023/04/14/us/missouri-transgender-health-care.htmlThe new emergency regulationshttps://ago.mo.gov/docs/default-source/press-releases/2023-04-13---emergency-reg.pdfKatie’s leaked yearbook photohttps://www.reddit.com/r/BlockedAndReported/comments/12woca6/guess_who_in_high_school/TikTokThe “girl-on-girl action” at a baseball game that started it allhttps://www.tiktok.com/@jackielabonita/video/7224738861270715690Twitter’s massive reactionhttps://twitter.com/cupid4joon/status/1649920143290519552Even Cardi B gets involvedhttps://twitter.com/iamcardib/status/1649972293093715969Cultures of honorhttps://social.psych.iastate.edu/about-my-research/research-on-culture-of-honor/The Insider article on the blowuphttps://www.insider.com/jackie-labonita-mocked-women-doxxing-backlash-tiktok-2023-4Other commentators weigh inhttps://www.tiktok.com/@t514grl/video/7224989934271122731?q=stitch%20%40jackielabonita&t=1682340093109Freddie DeBoer on online shaminghttps://freddiedeboer.substack.com/p/perhaps-a-wave-has-crested This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.blockedandreported.org/subscribe

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 verification” from Twitter — meaning the only way to get a blue check now was to give him eight smackeroos a month. Everyone from Jason Alexander to SCOTUS Blog was threatening to bounce, someone had impersonated the Big Apple itself, and Elon had footed the bill for LeBron James, Stephen King, and — her?! No way.I gazed at the smoke detector above me, two rectangular holes where its batteries should be, and flipped to File #2. A writer for The Atlantic named Ed Yong had crossed the line from “journalist” to “activist”, going after everyone questioning the narrative on “long COVID”. Something about the evidence he used smelled fishy as hell. I put it to the side — this was one for Jesse to handle.The last file was something else entirely. I took a drag of my cigarette, watching the smoke curl lazily towards the ceiling as I kept reading. An old grandma gets raided by the DEA for traffickin’ human growth hormone. No charges. Turns out what she was pushin’…wasn’t exactly intended for human consumption. Then the FDA busts a lady importing “beauty products” from Hong Kong. Confiscate her cars, her mansions. A spreadsheet she kept shows she moved a whopping $10 million worth of product.“You think they’re connected?”“A listener tipped us off. Said her cat needed meds, but they’re illegal. The dame says her vet pointed her towards a Facebook group that could hook her up under the table. I think they’re the missing link. Real secretive, though. Won’t talk to anyone who’s not a buyer, so I sent them an invite, pretending to be —"Suddenly, the phone rang. A booming voice on the other end spoke. “Your invitation to join FIP Warriors® 5.0 has been accepted.”I stood up and brushed the flakes of weed off my trenchcoat as Trace unholstered his trusty snubnose revolver and adjusted his fedora.“Start the car, Trace. Looks like we’re going undercover.”Blue ChecksThe results of the legacy checkmark removalhttps://twitter.com/goldengateblond/status/1649162600826167296https://twitter.com/thatfrood/status/1649179696226000897?s=20https://twitter.com/realrickpaulas/status/1649136628915380226?s=20Musk buys Twitter Blue for Stephen Kinghttps://twitter.com/StephenKing/status/1649147510525423626Long COVIDEd Yong’s article on Long COVIDhttps://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2023/04/long-covid-symptoms-invisible-disability-chronic-illness/673773/The CDC on Long COVIDhttps://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/long-term-effects/index.htmlEvidence is mixed as to whether vaccines reduce the chances or severity of long COVIDhttps://www.kff.org/policy-watch/long-covid-what-do-latest-data-show/Household Pulse survey on Long COVIDhttps://www.cdc.gov/nchs/covid19/pulse/long-covid.htmFederal Reserve report on Long COVIDhttps://www.federalreserve.gov/econres/notes/feds-notes/long-covid-cognitive-impairment-and-the-stalled-decline-in-disability-rates-20220805.htmlSurvey about discrimination against those with long COVIDhttps://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0277317Jesse’s response to the articleThe New Republic: We Might Have Long Covid All Wronghttps://newrepublic.com/article/168965/might-long-covid-wrongStuart Ritchie: Does Long Covid really exist?https://unherd.com/2021/06/does-long-covid-really-exist/Ed Yong’s first article on Long COVIDhttps://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2020/06/covid-19-coronavirus-longterm-symptoms-months/612679/The Kitty CartelThe Atlantic’s 2020 piece on black-market cat remdesivirhttps://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2020/05/remdesivir-cats/611341/Business Insider’s articlehttps://www.businessinsider.com/coronavirus-treatment-cats-fip-sold-10k-black-market-2020-6?r=US&IR=TRobin says she doesn’t get kickbackshttps://www.reddit.com/r/cureFIP/comments/11qv50c/proof_that_robin_has_previously_claimed_they_dont/OneZero: Inside a Facebook ‘Dallas Buyers Club’ for Cat Drugshttps://onezero.medium.com/desperate-cat-owners-are-buying-illegal-cat-drugs-on-facebooks-black-market-cd40bfe90997Cure FIP exposes FIP Warriorshttps://www.curefip.com/post/drama-fip-telenovelasFIP Warriorshttps://www.facebook.com/groups/804374446995270FIP Global Catshttps://www.facebook.com/groups/595916822107282Zen By Cathttps://www.zenbycat.org/ This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.blockedandreported.org/subscribe

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. Who is Dylan Mulvaney? What is a Barbie pouch? Why is Kid Rock so mad? Who drinks Bud Light, anyway?Show notes/LinksMommy and Daddy are fightinghttps://www.npr.org/2023/04/12/1169269161/npr-leaves-twitter-government-funded-media-labelPesca on the 1% memehttps://twitter.com/pescami/status/1646542019479629829What Jesse was forced to see so now you have to as wellhttps://cdn11.bigcommerce.com/s-el0gde4gbz/images/stencil/2560w/products/5896/10122/Alpaca-PUL-Pants-5687-Amazon__76119.1680190884.jpg?c=2Mulvaney TikToksDrew Barrymore momentMatt Walsh sure is madhttps://twitter.com/MattWalshBlog/status/1625617441219813409But like what literally even ARE sporps??Kid Rock most affectedhttps://twitter.com/KidRock/status/1643090302410936323Bud Light VPLeft and right both fall for, spread confusionhttps://www.thepinknews.com/2023/04/11/bud-light-dylan-mulvaney-alissa-heinerscheid/https://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2023/04/10/bud_light_vp_defends_dylan_mulvaney_can_my_job_was_to_take_a_brand_in_decline_and_attract_young_drinkers.htmlEveryone is keeping it classyhttps://dailycaller.com/2023/04/11/alissa-gordon-heinerscheid-leaked-social-media-pictures-bud-light-ad-executive-slammed-fratty-culture-seen-partying-drinking-isis-club/Image: NEW YORK, NEW YORK - MARCH 13: Dylan Mulvaney attends her Day 365 Live! at The Rainbow Room on March 13, 2023 in New York City. (Photo by Roy Rochlin/Getty Images) This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.blockedandreported.org/subscribe

After some initial ant talk and discussion of AntCon2023, Jesse and Katie catch up on the latest controversies surrounding two frequent BARPod subjects: “whistleblower” Rebekah Jones and whistleblower Jamie Reed.Show notes/LinksRebekah JonesPrior Rebekah Jones coverageGuess who’s back?Back againBecky’s backTell a friendhttps://twitter.com/GeoRebekah/sta… To hear more, visit www.blockedandreported.org

After Jesse introduces an exciting new feature representing cutting-edge podcasting technology, and then engages in some Diaper Talk with Katie, Katie tells Jesse the story of the mind-blowing moral panic that has caused a large swath of the Unitarian Universalist Association to melt down. You want recriminations? Oh, we got ‘em!Show notes/Links:Diapers: :(https://www.thestranger.com/sex/2023/03/31/78928220/young-at-hearthttps://www.indystar.com/story/news/local/hamilton-county/noblesville/2022/07/29/noblesville-killed-5-5m-development-deal-because-of-adult-baby-shop/65385426007/UUA:SkochkoRogues’ Galleryhttps://www.uua.org/uuagovernance/committees/mfc/clergy-misconduct-investigationsRohde’s GoFundMehttps://www.gofundme.com/f/Make-the-UUA-accountableIs Your Child Practicing Gadflyism?Book formhttps://www.amazon.com/Gadfly-Papers-Inconvenient-Essays-Minister/dp/1070524484https://www.amazon.com/Gadfly-Affair-Heretics-Excommunication-Americas/dp/B091WJ6Q5CCORRECTION: In an earlier verision of this podcast I said Kate Rohde lost her ”pension.” This was incorrect. She lost access to various funds but not her pension. It has been updated. Apologies for the error. —KHImage: BARRE, VERMONT, USA - FEBRUARY, 21, 2020: Winter time city view. Universalist Church via Getty This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.blockedandreported.org/subscribe

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 tee-shirt vandalism and ~~online deception~~. Then, the sad and tangled story of Chris Avellon, the cancelled games writer… or perhaps UNcancelled???Show notes/LinksA Brief History Of Ajahttps://fa… To hear more, visit www.blockedandreported.org

Image via GettyAfter Jesse provides Katie with a Dead Dog Update, and Katie fills Jesse in on some important details about the female reproductive system (he’s still not interested), the hosts talk about Brianna Madia’s attempts to turn the tables on the losers and the haters who have been tormenting her online. At what point does anonymous online trolling get so bad that perpetrators deserve to be unmasked?Show notes/links:Dog stuffhttps://www.nytimes.com/2022/10/07/nyregion/dog-attack-park-slope-brooklyn.htmlhttps://abc7ny.com/dog-attack-prospect-park-victim-killed/12377255/Mediclit :(www.twitter.com/mediclitHistory of targetingIf you look in a mirror and say “A TERF Literally Fingered a Corpse to ‘Prove’ a Transphobic Point About Genitals” three times God sends you straight to hell, and deservedly sohttps://www.intomore.com/the-internet/wtf/a-terf-literally-fingered-a-corpse-to-prove-a-transphobic-point-about-genitals/Our last episode about MadiaMadia’s 40-minute videoThis one’s darkhttps://www.theguardian.com/society/2023/mar/18/my-mother-troll-of-madeleine-mccann-parentsNOTE 1: On the first verision of this episode that went out to Primos only, I said that Brianna posted the names, locations, and *employers* of her haters, rather than the *jobs* of her haters. It has been updated as of 11 AM PT on April 1. Apologies for the error. It was, as always, Jesse’s fault. —KHNOTE 2: The corrected file I uploaded (see Note 1) did not include our jaunty theme song. This too was Jesse’s fault. Apologies for the error. —KH This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.blockedandreported.org/subscribe

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 discuss the case of DoNotPay and Joshua Browder. Are we on the brink of robot lawyers effortlessly guiding underprivileged clients through difficult legal proceedings? Or is, like, literally none of that going to happen?https://www.washingtonpost.com/food/2023/03/23/tiktok-pasta-blender-reaction/https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2016/jun/28/chatbot-ai-lawyer-donotpay-parking-tickets-london-new-yorkhttps://abovethelaw.com/legal-innovation-center/2018/10/12/donotpay-is-the-latest-legal-tech-darling-but-some-are-saying-do-not-click/https://www.theverge.com/2022/12/13/23505873/donotpay-negotiate-bills-ai-chatbothttps://www.techdirt.com/2023/01/17/ai-creator-offers-1-million-hell-never-have-to-pay-to-anyone-willing-to-let-his-lawbot-argue-their-supreme-court-case/https://www.npr.org/2023/01/25/1151435033/a-robot-was-scheduled-to-argue-in-court-then-came-the-jail-threatshttps://blog.simplejustice.us/2023/01/22/a-i-for-the-defense/https://reason.com/volokh/2023/01/26/bar-associations-threaten-pro-se-litigant-aided-by-ai-with-upl-suitshttps://www.latimes.com/california/story/2023-02-04/thousands-gather-to-attend-p-22-celebration-of-life-at-greek-theater This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.blockedandreported.org/subscribe

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 whistleblower at a trans youth center into “Jesse sold the health records of thousands of transgender children to politicians” — a game of ideologically motivated broken telephone worthy of InfoWars.Now in prison, he recounts his tales of Mormon underwear shortages and podcaster prison gangs over the prison phone, before finally quashing his beef with Jesus. Katie Herzog fills Jesse in on what he’s missed, including a hitpiece from Jude Doyle and triple agent Elisa/James Shupe. Finally, she tries to convince Jesse to hand over his Twitter password before it is lost forever once his execution date arrives.Help Jesse buy one last pizza from the prison canteen:https://shop.gutentogltd.com/collections/barpodThe tweet that landed Jesse in prisonhttps://twitter.com/BradfordPearson/status/1635808050903756802Whatever you do, DO NOT read Jesse’s coverage of Jamie Reed, the whistleblower at a St. Louis transgender center, and the resulting dramahttps://jessesingal.substack.com/p/journalists-are-exhibiting-far-toohttps://jessesingal.substack.com/p/gender-clinic-whistleblower-jamiehttps://jessesingal.substack.com/p/they-will-never-ever-stop-lying-abouthttps://jessesingal.substack.com/p/that-might-have-been-the-strangestShupe: I Was America’s First ‘Nonbinary’ Person. It Was All a Sham.https://www.dailysignal.com/2019/03/10/i-was-americas-first-non-binary-person-it-was-all-a-sham/Shupe: My New Life After Transgender Despairhttps://www.dailysignal.com/2020/02/10/my-new-life-after-transgender-despair/Shupe’s autogynephilia essay has been removed and excluded from archives, unfortunatelyhttps://web.archive.org/web/20230000000000*/https://autogynephilia.substack.com/p/autogynephilia-in-search-of-my-cureShupe’s pinned tweethttps://twitter.com/NotableDesister/status/1224656942888628226?s=20Jude Doyle’s piece, with emails leaked by Shupehttps://xtramagazine.com/power/detransition-terf-movement-elisa-shupe-247592The Mother Jones articlehttps://www.motherjones.com/politics/2023/03/anti-trans-transgender-health-care-ban-legislation-bill-minors-children-lgbtq/ This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.blockedandreported.org/subscribe

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 the clink, the big house, jail, the can, the pound, the cooler — you know, prison. All because he violated HIPAA, as well as other federal statutes including RICO, the First Amendment, and, most al… To hear more, visit www.blockedandreported.org

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 author of Time to Think: The Inside Story of the Collapse of the Tavistock’s Gender Service for Children. Consider this foreshadowing for what is likely to happen in the States.Barnes’ bookhttps://www.amazon.com/Time-Think-Collapse-Tavistocks-Children-ebook/dp/B0BCL1T2XNTavistock gender clinic gets shut downhttps://www.bbc.com/news/uk-62335665Singal’s very nerdy work on DSM-V criteriahttps://jessesingal.substack.com/p/how-science-vs-made-two-gender-dysphoriahttps://jessesingal.substack.com/p/how-science-vs-accidentally-inventedI Thought I Was Saving Trans Kids. Now I’m Blowing the Whistle.https://www.thefp.com/p/i-thought-i-was-saving-trans-kidsTavistock puberty blocker study published after nine yearshttps://www.bbc.com/news/uk-55282113Jamie Reed’s sworn affidavithttps://www.stltoday.com/online/jamie-reed-affidavit-released-by-missouri-attorney-general/pdf_48d5bafa-46f0-5312-aa42-409ad88bd2e7.htmlJesse explains how self-reported studies are quite weakhttps://jessesingal.substack.com/p/science-vs-cited-seven-studies-tohttps://jessesingal.substack.com/p/the-new-study-on-rapid-onset-genderCass interim reporthttps://cass.independent-review.uk/publications/interim-report/The UK’s new guidelineshttps://www.reuters.com/world/uk/exclusive-nhs-drafts-stricter-oversight-trans-youth-care-2022-10-14/Mermaids is controversial!https://www.theguardian.com/society/2022/nov/17/mermaids-why-has-the-trans-charity-been-in-the-newsBBC: Children's gender identity clinic concerns go back 15 yearshttps://www.bbc.com/news/uk-54374165Tavistock trust whistleblower David Bell: ‘I believed I was doing the right thing’https://www.theguardian.com/society/2021/may/02/tavistock-trust-whistleblower-david-bell-transgender-children-gids This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.blockedandreported.org/subscribe

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 de-escalate…* The disappearance of Apu. He’s probably never coming back.* Matt Yglesias won’t come on the podcast. Should Kanye come on instead? He’ll probably say no too. Sigh…* Why are young liberals so depressed? Matt Yglesias’ new article sparks discussion, but we probably can’t fix this. We should just give up…* Katie’s shocking stance on solar power. We’ll never be able to transition to renewables, will we?* Journalists really messed up with the Tenacious Unicorn Ranch story… Kiwi Farms did the media’s job better than the media did… Not again…* 28 TERFS PULLING UP IN BLACK FORD RAPTOR TRUCKS. HELICOPTERS LANDED. UNICORN RANCH IS UNDER SIEGE! UNDER LOCKDOWN!DepressionYglesias’ article on why everyone is suddenly so depressedhttps://www.slowboring.com/p/why-are-young-liberals-so-depressedUh… here’s the study: “The politics of depression: Diverging trends in internalizing symptoms among US adolescents by political beliefs”https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666560321000438The Tenacious Unicorn RanchThe Advocate: Trans Anarchists, Alpacas, and the Beauty of Tenacious Unicorn Ranchhttps://www.advocate.com/exclusives/2021/9/23/trans-anarchists-alpacas-and-beauty-tenacious-unicorn-ranchThe Governor Whitmer kidnapping plot glows harder than Chernobyl in 1986https://www.nytimes.com/2022/01/24/us/whitmer-kidnapping-trial.htmlBusiness Insider: How the trans alpaca ranchers of Custer County, Colorado, are forging a new frontierhttps://www.businessinsider.com/custer-county-trans-alpaca-ranchers-are-forging-a-new-frontier-2022-8UNICORN RANCH IS UNDER ATTACK. UNDER SIEGE.https://twitter.com/TenaciousRanch/status/1368996977959047168?s=20Unicorn Ranch is “nothing more than a glorified cult”, a 17-part epichttps://twitter.com/EntrancingStars/status/1607478562378088448?s=20The remaining Ranchers respondhttps://twitter.com/TenaciousRanch/status/1608176135187365888/photo/2The "journey of recontextualization"https://twitter.com/EntrancingStars/status/1608270263287939073Kiwi Farms is accused of sending police to the ranchhttps://twitter.com/TenaciousRanch/status/1608907406452588544The current Wikipedia page on the ranchhttps://web.archive.org/web/20230304174335/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tenacious_Unicorn_RanchAlpacas and goats are relocatedhttps://twitter.com/EntrancingStars/status/1617697699633192961#mThe Ranch is... scuffed to say the leasthttps://twitter.com/EntrancingStars/status/1630804146227142661?s=20Bonnie's "IRS Report"https://docs.google.com/document/d/19tS4uxqpwOoIf8-PkDTVUvhUsYyoQ4NzT9FLXlG-XJ4/editKindness's statementhttps://docs.google.com/document/d/1gBdNSPs0vhV1Qw3eCSb5INrBaOhdwvMF/editFurther ReadingDenver Post: How an anarchist commune for queer people grew a haven in conservative rural Coloradohttps://www.denverpost.com/2021/04/18/tenacious-unicorn-ranch-queer-haven-rural-colorado/High Country News: Meet the gun-toting ‘Tenacious Unicorns’ in rural Coloradohttps://www.hcn.org/issues/53.2/south-communities-meet-the-gun-toting-tenacious-unicorns-in-rural-coloradoNPR: A Would-Be Trans And Queer Haven In Rural Colorado Just Wants To Be Left Alonehttps://www.npr.org/2021/06/01/999929259/a-would-be-trans-and-queer-haven-in-rural-colorado-just-wants-to-be-left-alonePBS: Southern Colorado alpaca ranch a safe haven for LGBTQ+ communityhttps://archive.li/PpGIO#selection-689.13-689.77Pink News: Meet the brilliant trans folk who built a community of armed, anti-fascist alpaca farmershttps://www.thepinknews.com/2021/01/17/tenacious-unicorn-ranch-trans-anti-fascism-alpaca-farm-penny-logue/“human behavior is basically a meme” ~ Katie Herzog This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.blockedandreported.org/subscribe

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 regarding the reaction to Times letter on J.K. Rowling and how, for once, the journalists appeared to be triumphing over the activists, my thoughts were interrupted by a strange voice.“Hello”, one of the locals said. It appeared bizarre, as if he went outside and bathed regularly. “How do you do?” asked another, and I turned to see they had me surrounded. Unnerved by these strange normies, I began to flee for my life, but fell flat on my face. “Estás bien?” one called out in a strange, eldritch tongue as I sprinted to my car, only to realize to my horror that my keys were gone.I turned to see the normie advancing, my keys in hand. Within a window, I spotted a tome with the word “recetas” and realized the horrifying truth — this town was occupied by Great Reset cultists! No doubt they attempted to ambush me and inject me with their foul mRNA vaccines. I pushed over another normie as I fled on foot, sweat and blood dripping down my face. In an attempt to flee my pursuers, I made three left turns in a row, only to find myself face to face with the same townsfolk — how had they found me so quickly? Now surrounded by a crowd of normies staring at me, I jumped into the sea and began to swim away.This is a warning to the rest of humanity: pay heed to the good Doctor Peterson’s warnings, or the same fate may befall us all.Updates and ErrataKatie amplifying Asyakhamsin’s posthttps://twitter.com/kittypurrzog/status/1628480063502000128?s=20Sam Brinton’s appearance in courthttps://www.washingtonexaminer.com/policy/courts/nonbinary-former-nuclear-official-in-court-for-theft-chargesWhat’s Making Teen Girls So Unhappy?Ross Douthat: American Teens Are Really Miserable. Why?https://www.nytimes.com/2023/02/18/opinion/depression-teen-social.html15-Minute Cities: Walkable Neighborhoods or Fascism?Oxford’s experiment with low-traffic neighborhoodshttps://oxfordshireguardian.co.uk/oxford-15-minute-city-low-traffic-neighbourhood-ltn/Vision News: Oxfordshire County Council Pass Climate Lockdown 'trial' to Begin in 2024https://archive.md/PTxp7#selection-467.0-467.73The WEF on the Great Resethttps://www.weforum.org/great-reset/Jordan Peterson weighs in on 15-minute citieshttps://twitter.com/jordanbpeterson/status/1609255646993457153Keith Olbermann’s response, astute as everhttps://twitter.com/KeithOlbermann/status/1609369456785899520Nigel Farage compares them to climate lockdownshttps://twitter.com/Nigel_Farage/status/1600161018721685509Katie Hopkins on TikTok, speaking on 15-minute citieshttps://www.tiktok.com/discover/Katie-Hopkins-Official-15-minute-cities?lang=enThe right’s response to Greta Thunberg “destroys the dystopian reality of 15-min cities”https://twitter.com/hugh_mankind/status/1627071168921604099?s=20Back To The TimesVanity Fair on the drama between the Times and the staff unionhttps://www.vanityfair.com/news/2023/02/new-york-times-journalists-letter-guild“Ex-NYT Staffer Describes ‘Crying’ and ‘Bloodthirsty’ Colleagues Seeking Vengeance for Cotton Op-Ed”https://www.mediaite.com/print/i-was-so-fcking-freaked-out-ex-nyt-staffer-describes-crying-and-bloodthirsty-colleagues-seeking-vengeance-for-cotton-op-ed/Jesse on the latest developments in The Times Warshttps://jessesingal.substack.com/p/you-should-think-through-the-positionsJesse asks Mirkinson for an example, to no availhttps://twitter.com/jessesingal/status/1628522054399184897 This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.blockedandreported.org/subscribe

Sing to us, o podcast, of a hero, of great height, from the land of bankersand of the goatherder from Lesbos who followed and did thus back him.Ships arrived, sent from the cursed land, (Canada) to challenge their throne.And the men of Twitter did witness wicked men (journalists) in tow.And who was it that led the quarrel? None but their villainous rival.“You blaspheme”, said Jeet Heer, against our most sacred idols of worship.“…Jupiter?”, Jesse then responded. “What? No, you d*****s”, Jeet did say.“For trans kids!” said Kale Edmiston, and fired a hail of @mentions on them.Our heroes charged into the discourse, deftly blocked (and muted) each strikefor Kale was no fighter, but a fraud, and in truth, akin to Bardiya.Soon the two, keyboards raised, gave a cry — for they had won the battle.Doctor Kale had fled them, dejected. Our heroes cheered when they read it:"These tweets are protected."NPR’s article on gender-affirming care for trans youthhttps://www.npr.org/2023/02/20/1157493433/florida-bans-gender-affirming-care-trans-kidsJesse’s Substack article on the situationhttps://jessesingal.substack.com/p/that-might-have-been-the-strangest To hear more, visit www.blockedandreported.org

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 Times regarding their coverage of trans issues and defense of J.K. Rowling, in addition to Jesse’s vulgar display of power at the San Francisco Blocked and Reported party, Jesse has become intoxicated with power and shifted from soyboy beta cuck to alpha male, right-wing shock jock. And now that Katie has moved to Sarasota, Florida, there is nobody else at Blocked And Reported HQ to rein him in. His constant flexing and proclamations of “do you even lift?” and “I’m alpha as f**k, bro” create a hostile, intimidating work environment.Furthermore, the company Slack stores the invoices for my wages as “Bill For Lexer” and Jesse frequently quips “I haven’t seen a deal this good since 1862!” before paying it, something he never does to the white employees. The leaking of the podcast’s financial statements have only made this worse. It’s not fair that Jesse and Katie are podcast millionaires who get away with paying us barely six figures for the dozens of hours of hard work we put in.The only way to make this right is to give us a 200% raise and at least 60 weeks of PTO yearly. Unless our demands are met, we will stage a mass walkout on the 30th in protest.Signed by:**** Lexer*****Updates & ErrataThe post speculating on BAR’s earningshttps://www.reddit.com/r/BlockedAndReported/comments/1141mcr/i_knew_they_were_bigdidnt_realize_they_were_this/Jesse’s responsehttps://www.reddit.com/r/BlockedAndReported/comments/1141mcr/i_knew_they_were_bigdidnt_realize_they_were_this/j8vn4d3/The new president of the New College of Florida discusses his views on friendshiphttps://www.sarasotamagazine.com/news-and-profiles/2023/02/new-college-board-of-trustees-gives-new-president-lucrative-contractNYT DramaGLAAD’s NYT Sign-On Letterhttps://www.glaad.org/new-york-times-sign-on-letter-from-lgtbq-allied-leaders-and-organizationsSlate: Dan Savage Revolutionized Sex. Then the Revolution Came for Him.https://slate.com/human-interest/2021/09/dan-savage-advice-savage-love-criticism-interview.htmlThe NYT open letter’s webpagehttps://nytletter.com/Panic! At the Gender Clinic w/ Jules Gill-Peterson and Charlie Markbreiter (06/23/22)https://soundcloud.com/deathpanel/panic-at-the-gender-clinic-w-jules-gill-peterson-and-charlie-markbreiter-062322?Nebraska Legislature: Human and Health Services Committee Hearing (afternoon) 2-8-23https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TYekckkVcC0&t=6920sThe NYT’s responseA list of NYT coverage on transgender issueshttps://www.nytimes.com/topic/subject/transgenderNYT column “In Defense of JK Rowling”, published shortly thereafterhttps://www.nytimes.com/2023/02/16/opinion/jk-rowling-transphobia.htmlThe Witch Trials of J.K. Rowlinghttps://www.thefp.com/p/the-witch-trials-of-jk-rowling This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.blockedandreported.org/subscribe

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 introduced to gaming through the new Harry Potter game, Hogwarts Legacy. The controversy over JK Rowling’s views on gender issues have now spilled over from Twitter to the gaming press, Discord, and Twitch. Streamers are afraid to play it, servers are being raided, and writers are refusing to review it.Plus, not-so-famous actor Armond Hammer discusses tying up women, eating their ribs, and stealing their toes, which then gets turned into an NFT.And here’s the link to the Blocked & Reported store, for those who asked:https://shop.gutentogltd.com/collections/barpodSF PartySan Francisco party updateUpdate to the updateHogwarts LegacyHogwarts Legacy on Steamhttps://store.steampowered.com/app/990080/Hogwarts_Legacy/Rowling’s “middle-aged moment”https://inews.co.uk/news/uk/jk-rowling-liked-transphobic-tweet-in-middle-aged-moment-137860Rowling’s essay on why she speaks out on sex and gender issueshttps://www.jkrowling.com/opinions/j-k-rowling-writes-about-her-reasons-for-speaking-out-on-sex-and-gender-issues/American polling on transgender issueshttps://www.pewresearch.org/social-trends/2022/06/28/americans-complex-views-on-gender-identity-and-transgender-issues/British polling on transgender issueshttps://yougov.co.uk/topics/society/articles-reports/2022/07/20/where-does-british-public-stand-transgender-rightsAja Romano on Rowling’s “people who menstruate” tweethttps://www.vox.com/culture/21285396/jk-rowling-transphobic-backlash-harry-potterAxios: “Hogwarts Legacy game launch becomes referendum on J.K. Rowling”https://www.axios.com/2023/02/06/hogwarts-legacy-jk-rowling-launchPatrick Klepek, writer for Vice’s Waypoint, on the coverage of Hogwarts LegacyThe Gamer refuses to review Hogwarts Legacyhttps://www.thegamer.com/thegamer-stance-hogwarts-legacy-harry-potter/Morgan Park of PC Gamer is “haunted by JK Rowling”https://www.pcgamer.com/hogwarts-legacy-review/Hasan Piker (HasanAbi) on being afraid to play the gamehttps://livestreamfails.com/clip/150055Twitch chat harasses a woman (Shelby of Girlfriend Reviews) to tears for playing Hogwarts Legacyhttps://www.dexerto.com/hogwarts-legacy/twitch-chat-berates-streamer-to-tears-for-playing-hogwarts-legacy-on-launch-day-2053952/Dexerto reports on a site featuring a tracker to see if streamers have played the gameThe official Hogwarts Legacy Discord server was put on a 5-minute chat timer after large-scale raidingArmie Hammer Breaks His Silencehttps://airmail.news/issues/2023-2-4/armie-hammer-breaks-his-silence“The Fall of Armie Hammer: A Family Saga of Sex, Money, Drugs, and Betrayal”https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2021/03/the-fall-of-armie-hammer-a-family-saga-of-sex-money-drugs-and-betrayalPage Six: “Armie Hammer’s DMs call into question the timeline of his suicide story”https://pagesix.com/2023/02/08/armie-hammers-dms-call-into-question-timeline-of-suicide-story/ This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.blockedandreported.org/subscribe

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 Singal and Katie Herzog. Their stance on transgender children is harmful and incorrect. Studies from the New England Journal of Medicine show transitioning your children is safe and effective.Psychosocial Functioning in Transgender Youth after 2 Years of Hormoneshttps://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa2206297?query=featured_homeThe press releasehttps://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/976601NBC: “Hormone therapy improves mental health for transgender youths, a new study finds”https://www.nbcnews.com/nbc-out/out-health-and-wellness/hormone-therapy-improves-mental-health-transgender-youths-new-study-fi-rcna66306Stat News: “Mental health benefits of gender-affirming hormones for teens persist for two years in new study”https://www.statnews.com/2023/01/18/mental-health-benefits-of-gender-affirming-hormones-for-teens-persist-two-years/SELF: “Yet Another Study Shows That Trans and Nonbinary Teens Benefit From Gender-Affirming Care”https://www.self.com/story/gender-affirming-hormones-teenagers-mental-healthThe Salt Lake Tribune on Utah’s moratorium on youth transitionhttps://www.sltrib.com/opinion/commentary/2023/02/01/kevin-m-korous-systematic-review/Leon Sapir’s tweetstorm on the topichttps://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1618582382034161664.htmlThe 2013 paper mentionedhttps://www.karger.com/Article/FullText/355235The AAP’s activism-filled 2018 statementhttps://www.aap.org/en/news-room/news-releases/aap/2018/aap-policy-statement-urges-support-and-care-of-transgender-and-gender-diverse-children-and-adolescents/ To hear more, visit www.blockedandreported.org

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 turns out, she isn’t exactly who she claims to be…* Katie harbors a pedophile* Candace Owens makes allegations against Jesse Singal* Gawker is worth less than an old hat (and dead. Again.)* If anyone knows how to pronounce “Leah” please help us* Jesse and Katie are blamed for Florida’s “Don’t Say Gay” bill* Jesse describes his lived experience as a detransitionerThe Owens UpdateCandace Owens’ beef with Steven Crowderhttps://www.mediaite.com/news/pray-for-him-candace-owens-takes-steven-crowder-beef-to-slimy-new-depth-warning-she-has-information-on-him/Jesse’s piece on Owens (it always comes back to GamerGate, doesn’t it)https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2016/04/how-social-autopsy-fell-for-gamergate-trutherism.htmlOwens’ unhinged, allegation-packed email to Jessehttps://twitter.com/jessesingal/status/1621555606552199171Variety: Gawker Is Shutting Down (Again)https://variety.com/2023/digital/news/gawker-shutting-down-1235509262/Bustle: My Partner Wants Me To Wear A Diaper During Sex. Help!https://www.bustle.com/wellness/diaper-play-sexThe New York Times on Gawker’s relaunchhttps://www.nytimes.com/2021/09/05/business/media/leah-finnegan-gawker.htmlNu-Gawker: “I couldn’t stop writing fake Dear Prudence letters that got published”https://www.gawker.com/media/dear-prudie-it-was-me-all-alongNu-Gawker: “Failure to Cope ‘Under Capitalism’”https://www.gawker.com/culture/failure-to-cope-under-capitalismLeah Finnegan mourns Nu-Gawker’s demisehttps://twitter.com/leahfinnegan/status/1620785743139590144Is Jesse a detransitioner? (Yes.)https://www.reddit.com/r/BlockedAndReported/comments/10mvzb9/why_did_i_think_that_jesse_was_a_detransitioned/Eliza BleuBleu’s story on MySpacehttps://mcrumorcontrol.livejournal.com/67332.htmlThe Daily Beast: Eliza Bleu’s Own Friends Aren’t Buying Her Trafficking Storyhttps://web.archive.org/web/20230201124439/https://www.thedailybeast.com/eliza-bleus-own-friends-arent-buying-her-trafficking-storyEliza Knows: I Refused A Booking Request To Have Sex For $150,000https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8JnfQAPsf58Eliza Bleu tweets about Satanic pedophile ringshttps://twitter.com/Stew27774095/status/1602078059699769344NBC: On Musk's Twitter, users looking to sell and trade child sex abuse material are still easily foundhttps://www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-news/musk-twitter-elon-child-abuse-material-rcna63621Bleu claims nonconsensual photos of her have been posted online (currently private)https://twitter.com/elizableu/status/1616629662511161344What happens when you try to link to the Eliza Bleu music video on TwitterElla Irwin: “we can’t give specific details”https://twitter.com/ellagirwin/status/1619740363622866944?RedState’s now-removed article on Bleuhttps://web.archive.org/web/20230128015015/https://redstate.com/brutalbrittany/2023/01/27/activist-eliza-bleu-cancels-creators-appears-to-ramp-up-twitter-censorship-n694751 This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.blockedandreported.org/subscribe

Day 204Life 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 remember what the sky looks like. Yet I dig deeper, in search of good content. Every once in a while Katie comes down and sics Moose on me for “not working hard enough”. And when I woke up today, I found Steven Crowder down here with me.Just when you think things can’t get any worse…* Jesse processes his dick off* Jesse runs a 4-minute mile, plus or minus 3 minutes* Steven Crowder gets enslaved by The Daily Wire* Primo shoutoutsCrowder: "It's time to stop..."https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eTcq4UCTZ-YCrowder: "I didn't want to do this..."https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nG9BFUEoy1IJacobin: “Right-Wingers Like Steven Crowder Need Billionaire Funders Because Their Ideas Are So Bad”https://jacobin.com/2023/01/steven-crowder-billionaire-funds-media-anti-worker-employment-contracts To hear more, visit www.blockedandreported.org

In this week’s record-shattering episode of Blocked & Reported:* The epidemic of white women transforming into Native Americans continues* Katie: “I love Chris Rufo. I want to hug and kiss him”* Recurring COVID whistleblower/serial fabulist tries to make Matt Gaetz into Matt G**tz* Chuck Tingle, inexplicably, comes up somehow???* NYT (re)starts the discourse on trans children in school* Drama at The Music Box when an indie film gets canceled* The rat king of circlejerks takes place in Dimes SquareThe NYT’s “When Students Change Gender Identity, and Parents Don’t Know”https://www.nytimes.com/2023/01/22/us/gender-identity-students-parents.htmlThe Road to Terfdomhttps://lux-magazine.com/article/the-road-to-terfdom/A representative tweet from close personal friend of the podcast Jeet Heerhttps://twitter.com/HeerJeet/status/1617208577919254529NYT Opinion: “Trans Kids Deserve Private Lives, Too”https://www.nytimes.com/2023/01/23/opinion/trans-kids-privacy-gender-identity.htmlAn Instagram post from Chase Strangiohttps://www.instagram.com/p/Cn0PIPkASUh/What is Dimes Square?https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/subcultures/dimes-squarePeter Thiel’s “anti-woke” film festivalhttps://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/josephbernstein/peter-thiel-anti-woke-film-festival-trevor-bazileA privated twitter account says something about the movie, IDKhttps://twitter.com/kryandwhisper/status/1612870613047119875?Air Mail’s Downtown Sethttps://airmail.news/issues/2022-11-19/the-downtown-set*I never bothered to check if this true but it sounds convincing, and that’s what matters. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.blockedandreported.org/subscribe

This week, with Jesse Singal and Katie Herzog:* Jesse explains sissgendered people, People Of Kansas and the anti-incarcereal movement* A very important Jewish update* Susan Meachen is back — and now there’s two of her* Chris Rufo’s rise to political power and future ambitions* Kay LeClaire’s adventures with genealogyOur coverage of Susan MeachenEllen Barry’s interview with the actual Susan Meachenhttps://archive.ph/WE2KfIs Idaho teaching porn literacy to kids? (No.)https://www.inlander.com/spokane/no-idaho-schools-are-not-teaching-porn-literacy/Content?oid=24569006Media outlets can’t stop botching the CRT debateRufo: “We are recapturing higher education”https://twitter.com/realchrisrufo/status/1611406507815636993The Chronicle of Higher Ed describes an attempt to take over the University of North Carolina in the early 1900shttps://archive.ph/l9VnV#selection-2039.16-2043.1Is Hobbes lying or just dumb?https://twitter.com/jessesingal/status/1615501756498153472Tone Madison’s coveragehttps://web.archive.org/web/20220707041301/https://tonemadison.com/articles/east-side-venues-name-change-decision-follows-months-of-quiet-pressure/LeClare’s followup in Our Liveshttps://web.archive.org/web/20211028174035/https://ourliveswisconsin.com/article/not-yours-to-use/The New Age Fraud websitehttp://www.newagefraud.org/about.htmlAdvancedSmite’s post with over 50,000 viewshttp://www.newagefraud.org/smf/index.php?topic=5635.0“Madison Indigenous arts leader, activist revealed as white”https://madison365.com/indigenous-arts-leader-activist-revealed-as-white/Kay LeClaire vs. Kay LeClaireHow white is Madison City?https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/fact/table/madisoncitywisconsin/LND110210An unearthed post of hers from 2017Further reading on the casehttps://www.wpr.org/node/2051776https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11599353/Race-fakers-two-year-transformation-white-woman-Indigenous-two-spirit.htmlhttps://www.jsonline.com/story/news/local/wisconsin/2023/01/11/madison-pretendian-kay-leclaire-resigns-wisconsin-residency-amid-accusations/69778164007/https://nypost.com/2023/01/04/native-american-faker-kay-leclaire-made-up-stories-about-visions/https://madison365.com/indigenous-community-looks-to-heal-weeks-after-a-pretendian-is-exposed/ This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.blockedandreported.org/subscribe

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 came out and said Battletech was problematic, so we banned that as well. Then a data scientist came out and said Florida’s COVID data was fake, so we banned the entire state. Then the scientists said podcasts were harmful, and th--In this (highly illegal) episode:* Jesse chains himself to his gas stove* A bizarre update on Rebekah Jones, serial grifter and former (?) media darling* Is football racist?* Drama within the Battletech community* Jesse threatens to shoot KatieErrata & UpdatesThe Paula Curtis thread mentionedhttps://twitter.com/paularcurtis/status/1608146988511690753“Whistleblower Rebekah Jones wins dismissal- at a price.”https://www.mynwfl.com/post/rebekahjonescasedismissedIs Football Racist?The closest thing we could find to a video of the collapse on YouTubeDaniel Engber’s article on the topichttps://slate.com/culture/2015/12/the-truth-about-will-smiths-concussion-and-bennet-omalu.htmlTracy Canada: “Damar Hamlin’s Collapse Highlights the Violence Black Men Experience in Football”https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/damar-hamlins-collapse-highlights-the-violence-black-men-experience-in-football/NFL players aren’t as rich as you’d think!https://www.espn.com/blog/nflnation/post/_/id/207780/current-and-former-nfl-players-in-the-drivers-seat-after-completing-mba-programThe movie about the NFL concussion scandalhttps://www.imdb.com/title/tt3322364/“Colin Kaepernick in Netflix series likens NFL draft to slavery”https://www.nbcnews.com/news/sports/colin-kaepernick-netflix-series-likens-nfl-draft-slavery-no-dignity-rcna4312Foolball players wanted to play during the pandemichttps://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/24/sports/ncaafootball/coronavirus-pac-12-restart.htmlhttps://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/16/sports/ncaafootball/covid-big-ten-football-season.htmlNCAA: “All student-athletes must be allowed to opt out of participation due to concerns about contracting COVID-19”https://www.wibw.com/2020/08/05/new-ncaa-guidelines-to-protect-student-athlete-well-being-scholarships-and-eligibility/?outputType=ampFootball players were allowed to maintain their scholarships, even if they refused to playhttps://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/02/sports/ncaafootball/coronavirus-college-football-pac-12.htmlScientific American: “the term ‘JEDI’ is problematic”https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/why-the-term-jedi-is-problematic-for-describing-programs-that-promote-justice-equity-diversity-and-inclusion/Laura Helmuth’s appointment to EIC at Scientific Americanhttps://www.scientificamerican.com/pressroom/pr/scientific-american-appoints-laura-helmuth-editor-in-chief/Her reaction to the article’s pushbackhttps://twitter.com/laurahelmuth/status/1611877742298939394Former NFL player’s reaction to the articlehttps://twitter.com/TonyDungy/status/1611551363212922881BattletechFaith introduces herselfhttp://acekaller.blogspot.com/2020/06/finding-your-faith.html?m=1Faith finds Battletechhttp://acekaller.blogspot.com/2020/12/faith-finds-battletech-it-dawned-on-me.html?m=1Faith is going to be a motherhttp://acekaller.blogspot.com/2021/04/musings-going-forward.html?m=1The truth about “Faith McClosky”https://blainepardoe.wordpress.com/2021/07/08/the-truth-about-faith-mcclosky/“Blaine Pardoe is a f****** Liar...”https://web.archive.org/web/20210728204225/https://faithmccarron.blogspot.com/2021/07/blaine-pardoe-is-f-liar.htmlAce denies being J, while surprisingly defending him for some reasonhttp://acekaller.blogspot.com/2021/07/no-you-dont-get-to-lie-and-inflate.html?m=1“My Publisher Canceled Me in Favor of an Activist Who Threatened My Life”https://amgreatness.com/2022/07/29/my-publisher-canceled-me-in-favor-of-an-activist-who-threatened-my-life/Statement Regarding Blaine Lee Pardoehttps://bg.battletech.com/forums/general-discussion/statement-regarding-blaine-lee-pardoe/msg1853777/?boardseen#newFaith No Morehttps://acekaller.blogspot.com/2022/12/faith-no-more.htmlPardoe’s responsehttps://blainepardoe.wordpress.com/2023/01/01/faithless/ This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.blockedandreported.org/subscribe

>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, really crazy story>suddenly coworker shows up in a fursuit>goats go ballistic trying to flee the “wolf”>destroy half the office in the process>boss gets fed up, tells me to get rid of goats>spend 2 hours herding them down 32 flights of stairs as they lick me the whole time>soaking wet as I return to the office>boss’s dog stares through the window, sad the goats are gone>”actually, bring the goats back, Anon”>call up other cohost for help>”sorry bro I’m busy doing mushrooms on a gay beach with Andrew Sullivan”>spend 4 hours tracking goats down and herding them back into the office alone>worstdayever.jpeg>at least I managed to land that interview with Susan Meachen>check email>she killed herselfThe tweet Katie was sentAella’s tweetMeachen’s Special Deliveryhttps://www.goodreads.com/book/show/36458042-special-deliveryThe anthology dedicated to Susan MeachenThe RECEPTIO AffairPeter Kidd’s website and twitterhttp://manuscripts.org.uk/https://twitter.com/mssprovenanceKidd’s blogposts on the affairhttps://mssprovenance.blogspot.com/2022/12/nobody-cares-about-your-blog.htmlhttps://mssprovenance.blogspot.com/2022/12/the-receptio-rossi-affair-part-i-staff.htmlhttps://mssprovenance.blogspot.com/2022/12/the-receptio-rossi-affair-part-ii.htmlCarla Rossi, the director of RECEPTIOhttps://www.carlarossi.info/RECEPTIO’s board members are fake as well!As well as their legal advisor:When people start catching on, RECEPTIO starts pulling the imagesMore #receptiogate researchhttps://twitter.com/hashtag/ReceptiogateSome involved with RECEPTIO actually are real, but listed without permissionMore plagiarismRECEPTIO posts a response video to YouTube of all thingshttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FI_H140rgcw This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.blockedandreported.org/subscribe

All rise for justices Jesse Singal and Katie Herzog, Chief Justices of the Supreme Court of Public Opinion. Granted their judgeships by right of their bestselling podcast and relentless pursuit of truth and nuance (but mostly due to clerical error), they have a grand total of 0 years of legal experience between them — but one of them is Jewish, which is… To hear more, visit www.blockedandreported.org

Helen Lewis stops by BARPod to help put a very stupid year to bed. After discussing her excellent new BBC show on gurus, including her thoughts on Saira Rao’s Race2Dinner initiative to make liberal white women feel worse about themselves, she challenges Katie and Jesse to a quiz about the year in internet b******t. It goes about as well as you would expect.Helen’s new show: And her Twitter account: https://twitter.com/helenlewisSaira Rao has to be seen to be believedhttps://twitter.com/sairasameeraraoImage: CAMBRIDGE, CAMBRIDGESHIRE - NOVEMBER 02: Jordan Peterson addresses students at The Cambridge Union on November 02, 2018 in Cambridge, Cambridgeshire. (Photo by Chris Williamson/Getty Images) This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.blockedandreported.org/subscribe

Katie Herzog reports on Twitter’s Acquisition Arc getting even crazier as God-King Musk consolidates his control and begins a bloody purge of his political foes, including a friend of Jesse Singal. * Elon Musk ASSUMING DIRECT CONTROL* The NYT crossword gets racist* A racist muskrat* Is Elon stepping down?* Jesse and Katie written into the Bigoted Book of the Damn… To hear more, visit www.blockedandreported.org

Due to budget cuts, Jesse Singal and Katie Herzog are forced to create yet another bottle episode, looking back on previous episodes and new developments in their cases.Unsurprisingly, they’ve only worsened with age.* Jesse and Katie become reactionaries* Moose gets hospitalized after eating too many beets* The Carrie Jade Williams case only gets more elaborate and bizarre* Katie enters the Gaytrix and stumbles across a network of fake doctors on Twitter* Jesse continues to refuse to listen to the X-files theme* Katie goes to see the clownselor* The insane, upsetting misconduct that made the Loudoun County case possible* The Basecamp insanity gets… saner?BARPod merch is back!http://barpodmerch.com/The latest saga in the world of psychologyhttps://www.blockedandreported.org/p/episode-143-how-bidens-rogue-deputyThe Carrie Jade Williams sagahttps://www.blockedandreported.org/p/episode-135-a-monstrous-french-familyDr. Robert Honeymanhttps://twitter.com/kittypurrzog/status/1602552409079054337Our episode on The Twitter Fileshttps://www.blockedandreported.org/p/premium-the-twitter-files-the-truthThe Loudoun County casehttps://www.blockedandreported.org/p/episode-86-more-dave-chappelle-fallout-afbThe meatier episode on the Loudoun County casehttps://www.blockedandreported.org/p/episode-87-hes-got-a-weaponThe Washington Post article Jesse mentionshttps://www.washingtonpost.com/education/2022/12/07/loudoun-superintendent-scott-ziegler-fired/The grand jury proceedingshttps://www.loudoun.gov/specialgrandjuryThe email regarding the school district’s actions regarding aforesaid sexual assault (WARNING: graphic)The Washington Post article Jesse mentionedhttps://www.washingtonpost.com/local/public-safety/loudoun-schools-sexual-assault-cases/2021/11/15/6502e79a-461e-11ec-95dc-5f2a96e00fa3_story.htmlThe indictementshttps://www.washingtonpost.com/local/3-trials-to-be-held-against-loudoun-school-administrators/2022/12/13/d0288c82-7b42-11ed-bb97-f47d47466b9a_story.htmlThe Basecamp episodehttps://www.blockedandreported.org/p/jesse-makes-a-friend-a-racist-albeit-12cThe ADL’s pyramid of hatehttps://www.adl.org/sites/default/files/documents/pyramid-of-hate.pdfImage: A normal day for the average subject and/or creator of an internet drama podcast (Getty) This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.blockedandreported.org/subscribe

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Join captain Katie Herzog (and her first mate, Moose) on the high seas as we pursue Sam Brinton, Biden’s Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Office of Spent Fuel and Waste Disposition in the Office of Nuclear Energy And Lover of Unreasonably Long Titles. The notorious nonbinary air pirate has been declared an outlaw for plunderin’ an airport of its luggage… again. But Katie takes a closer look and finds their crooked ways go back years, having fooled even us.Then, less-important co-captain Jesse Singal investigates what happened when German psychologist Klaus Fiedler took the helm at the journal Perspectives on Psychological Science — and how his quartermaster’s criticism of its race obsession led its American crew to mutiny. Doing so, he crosses paths with the notorious Dark Pirate Jussim and his evil steed, a racist mule whose mere mention is said to bring a ship a thousand years of bad luck.Turns out Jesse’s not the only Jewish heterodox psychology writer on the high seas of Twitter…ARRataThe piece referred to in #103 regarding Brinton’s torture in gay conversion therapy came from LGBT Nation, not LGBT News. Here it is:https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2011/08/survivor-mit-grad-student-samuel-brinton-remembers-ex-gay-therapy/Caught Rad-HandedOur coverage of Sam Brinton:A picture from the Brinton 2019 Midwest Bisexual Lesbian Gay Transgender Asexual College Conference With An Unreasonably Long TitleNYPost: Sam claims to have stolen the bag by accidenthttps://nypost.com/2022/11/28/non-binary-biden-nuclear-official-charged-with-stealing-womans-luggage-at-airport/LGBTQ Nation: “Has Sam Brinton’s story always been too good to be true?”https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2022/12/sam-brintons-story-always-good-true/Brinton is on leave due to charges of grand larceny (region-locked article for whatever reason)https://www.8newsnow.com/investigators/energy-department-official-accused-of-stealing-luggage-from-las-vegas-airport/Dark Pirate Jussim Sails AgainThe article in questionhttps://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/1745691620927709Figures from the articleJussim’s Twitterhttps://twitter.com/PsychRabbleOn the correspondence with Robertshttps://www.chronicle.com/article/i-am-the-victim-a-journal-editor-is-under-fire-after-a-diversity-debate-is-derailedThe PsyArxiv of the emailshttps://psyarxiv.com/xk4yuTwitter responds to the article exactly how you’d expect it toThe open letter to the Association for Psychological Science, denigrating it for “racism, general editorial incompetence, and abuse of power”https://docs.google.com/document/d/1O212esQJDYVuiuvN3OQLg7YOD58PbhlmFjfYV3nREU4/editThe counter-letter from Europe: “An expression of grave concern”https://docs.google.com/document/d/1fxcdNhzuikb4S2OHFTTNP8s2KPqhbxKAlIB_q_XVpjk/editThe email Fielder got from the APS, requesting his resignation:Image description: Brinton flashes the victory sign to their crew after successfully capturing the USS Trevor and her precious cargo of over 500 designer suitcasesThis text has been edited for minor grammatical tweaks. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.blockedandreported.org/subscribe

Get ready to bear witness to Milo Yiannopoulos’s return to the world of internet drama, alongside internet “journalists” Jesse Singal and Katie Herzog. Today, we delve into the shadowy and malicious role Yiannopoulos allegedly played in the legendary dinner between former president Trump, the rapper formerly known as Kanye, and the white nationalist zoomer influencer currently known as Nick Fuentes.Also discussed: the online outcry over a Balenciaga photoshoot that spilled over into the mainstream media, spurred on by YouTuber-cum-Twitter-influencer Shoe0nHead (June Lapine) and the bipartisan outcry that ensued… and why it’s all quite silly.Et tu, Milo?Links:ErrataUPDATE: Balenciaga has since dropped the suithttps://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-12-02/kering-s-balenciaga-drops-lawsuit-over-ad-referencing-child-pornographyGeorge Takei’s Mastodonhttps://universeodon.com/@georgetakeiThe BalenCIAga ConspiracyThe document in question: Scalia’s opinion from United States vs. Williamshttps://supreme.justia.com/cases/federal/us/553/285/#tab-opinion-1962658Note the dates on the chart and teddy bear (bottom-left)Note the Borremans book on the deskThe closest I can get you to Borremans’ Fire From the Sun without hotlinking an image (obviously NSFW)https://www.google.com/search?q=fire+from+the+sun+michaelThis diploma either reads “John Phillip Fischer” or “L is real 2401”Fischer’s sex crime convictionOli London’s tweet, accusing Balenciaga’s owner of profiting from CPThe sculpture in question, controversially being auctioned by the company that is owned by the company that also owns Balenciaga (NSFW)https://www.christies.com/en/lot/lot-5335329Fox’s indictment of Balenciagahttps://www.foxnews.com/video/6316362543112Slate: “Oh, Dear: Fox News Kind of Has a Point About Those Balenciaga Ads”https://slate.com/human-interest/2022/11/balenciaga-scandal-child-teddy-bears-fox-news.htmlNBC: “TikTok users protest Balenciaga's holiday campaign by destroying bags and shoes”https://www.nbcnews.com/pop-culture/viral/balenciaga-backlash-tiktok-users-destroying-products-rcna59672The Calvin Klein ad from the 90’sAllegedly, it angered even President Clinton!https://www.vogue.com/article/calvin-klein-jeans-90s-ads-kate-moss-mark-wahlberg-controversyI Miss The Old KanyeRecap: Kanye goes “Death Con 3” on the Jewshttps://www.timesofisrael.com/kanye-west-says-hell-go-to-death-con-3-on-jewish-people-after-instagram-ban/The ADL on Fuenteshttps://www.adl.org/resources/blog/nicholas-j-fuentes-five-things-knowAxios: “Trump talks with white nationalist Nick Fuentes at Mar-a-Lago dinner”https://www.adl.org/resources/blog/nicholas-j-fuentes-five-things-knowWATCH: GOP leaders condemn Trump-Fuentes dinnerHe said, Ye said: Ben Shapiro, Kanye West clash over Trump dinner with Holocaust denierhttps://www.jns.org/he-said-ye-said-ben-shapiro-kanye-west-clash-over-trump-dinner-with-holocaust-denier/Fuentes announces he’s taking a break from his stream to join Ye’s campaignhttps://cozy.tv/nick/replays/2022-11-26The Guardian: “Milo Yiannopoulos claims he set up Fuentes dinner ‘to make Trump’s life miserable’”https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/nov/30/milo-yiannopoulos-nick-fuentes-donald-trump-dinnerTheWrap: “Milo Yiannopoulos’ Rise and Fall, From GamerGate to Pedophilia Comments”https://www.thewrap.com/milo-yiannopoulos-timeline-rise-fall-gamergate-pedophilia-breitbart/Milo once owned Dangerous.com!https://www.dailydot.com/layer8/milo-yiannopoulos-sold-website-dangerous/Jesse in NY Mag: “How Breitbart Is Milking the Milo Yiannopoulos Campus-Outrage Outrage Cycle”https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2016/04/how-breitbart-is-milking-the-milo-yiannopoulos-campus-outrage-outrage-cycle.htmlJesse on his newsletter: “No-Platforming Didn’t Wreck Milo — *Milo* Wrecked Milo”Milo, rocking the most heterosexual haircut I’ve ever seenKanye storms out of TimCast interviewRolling Stone’s coverage of the eventhttps://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/kanye-west-nick-fuentes-milo-yiannopoulos-tim-pool-podcast-1234637817/Politico: “Virulently antisemitic comments by Kanye West spark new GOP criticism”https://www.politico.com/news/2022/12/01/ye-antisemitism-republicans-hitler-00071695The mental health argumentUnHerd: “Don’t Punish Kanye West”https://unherd.com/2022/10/dont-punish-kanye-west/RAËLISMhttps://jalopnik.com/kanye-banned-twitter-symbol-ufo-sex-cult-racing-driver-1849847363Kanye got substantially more votes per dollar than even Biden!https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/kanye-west-presidential-run-analysis-9477968/Misc.BAP is not happy with any of the figures involved (WARNING: Slurs. A lot of them)https://t.me/BronzeAgePalaestra/685All involved with the dinner say Trump was impressed with Fuenteshttps://www.axios.com/2022/11/25/trump-nick-fuentes-ye-kanyeContrariwise, none were with Trump’s 2024 announcement speechhttps://web.archive.org/web/20221125044521/A heavily detailed TimCast piece on the whole affairhttps://timcast.com/news/exclusive-details-ye-brings-nick-fuentes-and-karen-giorno-to-dinner-with-trump/The Guardian: “Donald Trump ‘shied away from criticising Nick Fuentes’”https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/nov/28/donald-trump-shied-away-from-criticising-nick-fuentesGuess who got that article corrected?Patriots.win describes Fuentes as “a short hispanic homunculi that consorts with homosexuals”https://patriots.win/p/16ZWybOvmZ/i-for-one-want-to-welcome-nick-f/c/The alt-right describes Milo as a “paid Zionist operative”https://mainstreettribune.org/2022/11/ye-2024/ This is a public episode. 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Fans are mad at Katie for insulting Elon Musk, conservatives are mad at drag queens for reading to kids, and journalists are convinced conservatives mad at drag queens caused the Club Q shooting. So there’s a lot to discuss.Notes:Background on Aldrich:https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2022/11/21/colorado-springs-qbar-shooter/https://www.c… To hear more, visit www.blockedandreported.org

Jesse Singal returns to his ancestral homeland, only to find it in ruins. (Before that, he was on a trip to Israel.) There is panic in the Twitter streets as Elon Musk takes over and “dismisses” over 90% of the staff, including legendary software engineers Daniel Johnson and Rahul Ligma. Impersonation runs rampant and famous figures are permabanned left and right as Musk’s hasty changes to the verification program end in pandemonium.Certain the site is doomed, the Twelve Tribes of Twitter (including Katie Herzog) set out in search of their fabled home: a previously obscure Twitter clone known as Mastodon. But you know what they say: “out of the frying pan, into the fire…”Links:🔊 Musician With Regrets: KLEZMER INCELCORE (Feat. Jesse Forever Single)https://drive.google.com/file/d/1TeYfGbisefuZDgLLf99lbhquQMLz0Oum/viewIt’s insane a Michael Moynihan trip to Israel didn’t end with him narrowly escaping via an airlift off the top of the American EmbassyJesse witnesses Israel’s tragic alcoholism epidemic on his trip:WaPo: “When Eli Lilly’s share price sank 4 percent on Friday — in line with a drop in other health care stocks — many Twitter users credited the fake account”https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2022/11/14/twitter-fake-eli-lilly/November 17th: “it seems Musk is concerned that not enough employees are buying into his vision of an“extremely hardcore” Twitter” [sic]https://finance.yahoo.com/news/elon-musk-changes-twitters-remote-work-rules-again-225801061.htmlLiterally the next day: “Twitter sued over Elon Musk’s ‘hardcore’ work rules”https://www.independent.ie/business/world/twitter-sued-over-elon-musks-hardcore-work-rules-42153638.htmlMusk has dismissed “half of [Twitter]’s workforce and most of its executive suite”https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-11-10/musk-s-first-email-to-twitter-staff-ends-remote-workSemafor: “Eventually, there will be an issue that has to be addressed by SREs [...] the other issue is that there is basically no security team left.”https://www.semafor.com/newsletter/11/24/2022/black-friday-editionMusk: “Vox populi, vox dei”An assorted sampling of Musk’s shitposts:🤣🤣🤣 please help 🤣 make it stop  🤣🤣 i am in excruciating 🤣🤣 🤣 pain 🤣 lmao 🤣🤣🤣https://twitter.com/search?q=from%3Aelonmusk%20%F0%9F%A4%A3&src=typed_query&f=livePew: Twitter’s users are more left-wing than the general populationhttps://www.pewresearch.org/internet/2019/04/24/sizing-up-twitter-users/NYT: “Mr. Agrawal tweeted to rebut his claims. Mr. Musk responded with a poop emoji.”https://www.nytimes.com/2022/10/28/technology/twitter-changes.htmlCarabello: “Apple and Google need to seriously start exploring booting Twitter off the app store”Business Insider: “A Twitter engineer said he believed he was fired for criticizing Elon Musk on Slack.”https://www.businessinsider.com/elon-musk-fired-twitter-worker-jokes-slack-criticism-social-watercooler-2022-11?r=US&IR=TMusk: "New Twitter policy is freedom of speech, but not freedom of reach.”Musk: “I have no mercy for anyone who would use the deaths of children for gain, politics or fame.”DeBoer: “I Assure You, Writers Would Be Fine Without Twitter”Jeong for Vice: “Mastodon Is Like Twitter Without Nazis, So Why Are We Not Using It?”https://www.vice.com/en/article/783akg/mastodon-is-like-twitter-without-nazis-so-why-are-we-not-using-itWired: “Rochko learned that the software project he started building during his university days, called Mastodon, is running Donald Trump’s new Truth Social network.”https://www.wired.com/story/more-software-isnt-better-software/🔞 Matt Skala: Mastodon WTF timeline (ロリコン vs. 児童ポルノ)https://ansuz.sooke.bc.ca/entry/335The apotheosis of Adam Davidson:The journalists’ Mastodon instance:https://journa.host/exploreBernstein for The Times: “Mr. Davidson told him he had been suspended [from journa.host] for referring to Ms. Molloy as an ‘activist’”https://www.nytimes.com/2022/11/21/style/mastodon-twitter-adam-davidson.htmlImage: NEW YORK, NEW YORK - OCTOBER 31: Elon Musk attends Heidi Klum's 2022 Hallowe'en Party at Sake No Hana at Moxy LES on October 31, 2022 in New York City. (Photo by Taylor Hill/Getty Images) This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.blockedandreported.org/subscribe

Julie Bindel, noted hatemonger and/or advocate for ending violence against women, stops by to talk to Katie about… well, a lot of stuff. It’s a good chat! (The tea thing is just a metaphor, a way of honoring Bindel for being British.)Links:Bindel’s Substackhttps://substack.com/profile/91305008-julie-bindelAnd Twitterhttps://twitter.com/bindeljThe article that kicked off… To hear more, visit www.blockedandreported.org

Jesse’s been off in Israel resolving and/or exacerbating tensions between the Israelis and Palestinians, FAR too busy to talk to some distant goy like Katie, so here’s an interview he recently conducted with Katherine Dee, an extremely smart and perceptive writer and podcaster on internet culture. Topics include the very… *particular* nature of rationalist gatherings, the perils of parasocial relationships, and the question of what identity means when it’s severed from any sort of embodied, real-world existence.Links:Aella comes on BARPod: Some of Dee’s favorite articles that she has written:Tumblr Transformed American Politicshttps://theamericanconservative.com/tumblr-transformed-american-politics/ Mass Shootings and the World Liberalism Made Rise of the Female-to-Female Transsexual The Ghost of Adam Lanza, Pt. 1 The brief and wondrous life of a scene.The image is the ace pride flag: https://grpride.org/product/asexual-pride-flag/ This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.blockedandreported.org/subscribe

Inflation is skyrocketing. The economy is down. Not everyone can afford to go see a show. As such, hosts Jesse Singal and Katie Herzog have decided to give back to the community that has taken away so much from us with this recording of a live BARPod show in NYC. First up is the story of how Andrew Tate, legendary exploiter of virgins and Dean of Hustlers University, got unpersoned on social media. Then comes the tantalizing true story of Antifa’s war against an “incelcore” music festival in Atlanta, complete with PROBLEMATIC lyrics, attempted SWATtings, and songs about being watched by the FBI. Virgins just can’t catch a break, can they?Who The #*@#&$ Is Andrew Tate And Does His Existence Prove There Is No God?*Who’s the most famous man on the net?https://trends.google.com/trends/explore?geo=US&q=%2Fm%2F012ds47h,%2Fm%2F0261x8t,%2Fm%2F0c6qh,%2Fm%2F043p2f2The Andrew Tate Supercut (either a dead link, or it requires you to log in to see it. I’m not making a Vimeo account just to figure out which)Duty callshttps://xkcd.com/386/Upworthy on Andrew Tatehttps://www.upworthy.com/a-terrible-tweet-about-depression-has-the-internet-in-an-uproarThe Observer on Andrew Tate: “Inside the violent, misogynistic world of TikTok’s new star, Andrew Tate”https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2022/aug/06/andrew-tate-violent-misogynistic-world-of-tiktok-new-star VirginFestA livestream of the entire eventNegative XP himselfViral fan video of Negative XP’s “Scott Pilgrim vs. the World Ruined a Whole Generation of Women” Negative XP’s “I’m A Nazi”Negative XP’s Hitler tweetLyrics to Negative XP’s “I’m a Nazi”https://genius.com/Negative-xp-im-a-nazi-lyricsVirginFest poster for you to print off and hang up in your room for maximum incel credAtlanta Antifa’s Twitter thread on VirginFestHow the cop raid endedPhoto from the show comes courtesy of Jesse’s cousin, Elon Altman. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.blockedandreported.org/subscribe

You know those IDIOT REPUBLICANS who think that SCIENCE hasn’t TOTALLY PROVEN that puberty blockers and hormones are AWESOME????? And TOTALLY REVERSIBLE????? Well two MOUTH-BREATHING IDIOTS who probably also HATE CRT and PUPPIES are so BIGOTED they don’t even ACCEPT the MEDICAL CONSENSUS.(Show notes a bit longer and more in-depth than usual this week to help everyone follow along, double-check stuff, etc.)Show notes/Links:Carole hooven DESTROYS jon stewartThe state lawshttps://www.kff.org/other/issue-brief/youth-access-to-gender-affirming-care-the-federal-and-state-policy-landscape/Jesse on the state laws in 2020The vote went down after the episode was recorded, but Florida has now banned yuth gender medicine, with exceptions for those already receiving it and future research projectshttps://www.nytimes.com/2022/11/04/health/florida-gender-care-minors-medical-board.htmlThe full episode of Stewart’s show: https://tv.apple.com/us/episode/the-war-over-gender/umc.cmc.1jj39s607lehulo4k0iscsarp“I don’t send someone to a therapist when I’m going to start them on insulin.”https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2018/07/when-a-child-says-shes-trans/561749/“Historically, mental health professionals have been charged with ensuring ‘readiness’ [she puts that in scare quotes] for phenotypic transition, along with establishing a therapeutic relationship that will help young people navigate this very same transition. These 2 tasks are at odds with each other because establishing a therapeutic relationship entails honesty and a sense of safety that can be compromised if young people believe that what they need and deserve (potentially blockers, hormones, or surgery) can be denied them according to the information they provide to the therapist.” This excerpt strongly suggests she doesn’t believe in the traditional gatekeeping role a mental-health clinician might play in a situation like this, helping to determine if a young person will benefit from transitioning.https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamapediatrics/article-abstract/2504256Kids — sorry, sorry — “adolescents” — getting double mastectomies at 13 or 14https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/29507933/“Suicide Attempts among Transgender and Gender Non-Conforming Adults: Findings of the Naitonal Transgender Discrimination Survey.”https://williamsinstitute.law.ucla.edu/wp-content/uploads/Trans-GNC-Suicide-Attempts-Jan-2014.pdfn.b.: “Without such probes, we were unable to determine the extent to which the 41 percent of NTDS participants who reported ever attempting suicide may overestimate the actual prevalence of attempts in the sample.” And:Finally, it should be emphasized that the NTDS, like all similar surveys, captured information about suicide attempts, not completed suicide. Lacking any information about completed suicide among transgender people (due primarily to decedents not being identified by gender identity or transgender status), it may be tempting to consider suicide attempt data to be the best available proxy measure of suicide death. Data from the U.S. population at large, however, show clear demographic differences between suicide attempters and those who die by suicide. While almost 80 percent of all suicide deaths occur among males, about 75 percent of suicide attempts are made by females. Adolescents, who overall have a relatively low suicide rate of about 7 per 100,000 people, account for a substantial proportion of suicide attempts, making perhaps 100 or more attempts for every suicide death. 13 suicides per 100,000 in a GIDS samplehttps://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10508-022-02287-7Insanely high rate of 2.8% in a Belgian clinical samplehttps://biblio.ugent.be/publication/8706800/file/8707586.pdfT H E G U I D E L I N E SStewart: So these, the guidelines that you wrote, because you were responsible with the endocrine board for writing guidelines of care for endocrinology.Safer: The Endocrine Society, yesStewart: The endocrine society.Yes.Stewart: And that was based on, uh, research papers, data, the things that you saw. Intervening with gender affirming care which may be just being respectful or, as they get older some of these other things. You’ve seen that have a reduction in depression, a reduction in suicide — that’s what you’ve studied.Safer: Absolutely.Nothing about mental health improvement, lotta assessment-talk, “low evidence” at best https://academic.oup.com/jcem/article/102/11/3869/4157558?login=false#99603239The Ibuprofen System For Evidence Assessmenthttps://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK470778/table/app2.t2/Erica Anderson and Laura Edwards-Leeper take their concerns to the Washington Posthttps://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/2021/11/24/trans-kids-therapy-psychologist/Jesse’s interview with Anderson on BARPodRutledge: We don't have enough data, we don't have enough to show that these drugs are effective and that these children are better off. And that we should encourage…Stewart: You don't have enough, or it's not enough for you? I've got some bad news for ya. Parents with children who have gender dysphoria, have lost children, to suicide, and depression. Rutledge : They absolutely have.Stewart: —because it's acute. And so these mainstream medical organizations have developed guidelines through peer reviewed data, and studies. And through those guidelines, they've improved mental health outcomes.Rutledge’s read on the evidence is perfectly reasonableHere’s Sweden’s National Board of Health and Welfare:For adolescents with gender incongruence, the [National Board of Health and Welfare] deems that the risks of puberty suppressing treatment with GnRH-analogues and gender-affirming hormonal treatment currently outweigh the possible benefits, and that the treatments should be offered only in exceptional cases. … To minimize the risk that a young person with gender incongruence later will regret a gender-affirming treatment, the NBHW deems that the criteria for offering GnRH-analogue and gender-affirming hormones should link more closely to those used in the Dutch protocol, where the duration of gender incongruence over time is emphasized.https://www.socialstyrelsen.se/globalassets/sharepoint-dokument/artikelkatalog/kunskapsstod/2022-3-7799.pdfAnd here’s Finlands’ Council for Choices in Health Care, via an unofficial translationIn light of available evidence, gender reassignment of minors is an experimental practice. Based on studies examining gender identity in minors, hormonal interventions may be considered before reaching adulthood in those with firmly established transgender identities, but it must be done with a great deal of caution, and no irreversible treatment should be initiated. Information about the potential harms of hormone therapies is accumulating slowly and is not systematically reported. It is critical to obtain information on the benefits and risks of these treatments in rigorous research settings.https://segm.org/sites/default/files/Finnish_Guidelines_2020_Minors_Unofficial%20Translation.pdfNHS headed same wayhttps://www.engage.england.nhs.uk/specialised-commissioning/gender-dysphoria-services/user_uploads/b1937-ii-specialist-service-for-children-and-young-people-with-gender-dysphoria-1.pdfDutch stuffhttps://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/0092623X.2022.2121238https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/0092623X.2022.2046221Depression and suicidality linked to blockers, perhaps rarelyhttps://www.accessdata.fda.gov/drugsatfda_docs/label/2016/019732s042,020517s038lbl.pdfThttps://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3693622/“Testosterone Therapy is Associated With Depression, Suicidality, and Intentional Self-Harm: Analysis of a National Federated Database”https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S1743609522012449#:~:text=Testosterone%20use%20was%20independently%20associated,testosterone%20deficient%20sub%2Dgroup%20analysisThe book to read on Thttps://www.amazon.com/Story-Testosterone-Hormone-Dominates-Divides/dp/1250236061The desistane literature is by no means “debunked,” and if you actually read the studies, no, the clinicians who wrote them did not confuse a bunch of merely gender nonconforming kids for genuinely gender dysphoric onesThese studies aren’t perfect and come from different contexts, but they consistently tell the same storyhttp://www.sexologytoday.org/2016/01/do-trans-kids-stay-trans-when-they-grow_99.htmlThat story probably doesn’t apply to kids who socially transition at a young age https://www.nytimes.com/2022/05/04/health/transgender-children-identity.htmlhttps://publications.aap.org/pediatrics/article/150/2/e2021056082/186992/Gender-Identity-5-Years-After-Social-Transition?autologincheck=redirected%3fnfToken%3d00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000Even at the bigger clinics that do take a multidisciplinary approach, and where kids could theoretically get comprehensive, holistic care, that isn’t always happeninghttps://www.reuters.com/investigates/special-report/usa-transyouth-care/In interviews with Reuters, doctors and other staff at 18 gender clinics across the country described their processes for evaluating patients. None described anything like the months-long assessments de Vries and her colleagues adopted in their research. At most of the clinics, a team of professionals – typically a social worker, a psychologist and a doctor specializing in adolescent medicine or endocrinology – initially meets with the parents and child for two hours or more to get to know the family, their medical history and their goals for treatment. They also discuss the benefits and risks of treatment options. Seven of the clinics said that if they don’t see any red flags and the child and parents are in agreement, they are comfortable prescribing puberty blockers or hormones based on the first visit, depending on the age of the child. “For those kids, there’s not a value of stretching it out for six months to do assessments,” said Dr Eric Meininger, senior physician for the gender health program at Riley Hospital for Children in Indianapolis. “They’ve done their research, and they truly understand the risk.”2020 Finnish studyhttps://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31762394/Those who did well in terms of psychiatric symptoms and functioning before cross-sex hormones mainly did well during real-life. Those who had psychiatric treatment needs or problems in school, peer relationships and managing everyday matters outside of home continued to have problems during real-life. … Medical gender reassignment is not enough to improve functioning and relieve psychiatric comorbidities among adolescents with gender dysphoria. Appropriate interventions are warranted for psychiatric comorbidities and problems in adolescent development.Jack Turban misinterpreting it:https://archive.ph/wip/x6LGWGIDS study comparing a group of kids with serious mental health problems who were delayed access to youth gender medicine to a group of kids who were able to start sooner because their mental health was solid enoughhttps://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/26556015/Severely distorted UW study also found no improvement among kids who went on youth gender medicineYet another study out of GIDS, on kids from 12 to 15 years old who went on blockers, found no mental-health improvements, full-stophttps://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0243894Littman defends Littman’s research methodshttps://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10508-020-01631-zThat dumb chartWe also have chartshttps://www.newscientist.com/article/mg21929361-000-multiple-personalities-takedown-of-a-diagnosis/http://www.fmsfonline.org/?ginterest=RecoveredMemoriesInTheCourts“Another significant issue raised with us is one of diagnostic overshadowing – many of the children and young people presenting have complex needs, but once they are identified as having gender-related distress, other important healthcare issues that would normally be managed by local services can sometimes be overlooked.”https://cass.independent-review.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/Cass-Review-Interim-Report-Final-Web-Accessible.pdfNHS changes course on the safety/reversibility of blockers in 2020https://www.transgendertrend.com/nhs-no-longer-puberty-blockers-reversible/[Michael Hobbes got mad at me for posting this because he doesn’t like Transgender Trend, but holy hell is that stupid: They are simply summing up and putting into writing a change to the NHS website, and they’re citing a BBC report on the same subject. -Jesse]OLD LANGUAGE: The effects of treatment with GnRH analogues are considered to be fully reversible, so treatment can usually be stopped at any time after a discussion between you, your child and your [multidisciplinary team]NEW LANGUAGE: Little is known about the long-term side effects of hormone or puberty blockers in children with gender dysphoria. Although the Gender Identity Development Service (GIDS) advises this is a physically reversible treatment if stopped, it is not known what the psychological effects may be. It’s also not known whether hormone blockers affect the development of the teenage brain or children’s bones. Side effects may also include hot flushes, fatigue and mood alterations.Serious Lupron side effectshttps://www.statnews.com/2017/02/02/lupron-puberty-children-health-problems/For years, Sharissa Derricott, 30, had no idea why her body seemed to be failing. At 21, a surgeon replaced her deteriorated jaw joint. She’s been diagnosed with degenerative disc disease and fibromyalgia, a chronic pain condition. Her teeth are shedding enamel and cracking. None of it made sense to her until she discovered a community of women online who describe similar symptoms and have one thing in common: All had taken a drug called Lupron. Thousands of parents chose to inject their daughters with the drug, which was approved to shut down puberty in young girls but also is commonly used off-label to help short kids grow taller. The drug’s pediatric version comes with few warnings about long-term side effects. It is also used in adults to fight prostate cancer or relieve uterine pain and the Food and Drug Administration has warnings on the drug’s adult labels about a variety of side effects. More than 10,000 adverse event reports filed with the FDA reflect the experiences of women who’ve taken Lupron. The reports describe everything from brittle bones to faulty joints. In interviews and in online forums, women who took the drug as young girls or initiated a daughter’s treatment described harsh side effects that have been well-documented in adults.Caroline Jemsbyhttps://www.journalismfund.eu/journalists/carolina-jemsbyGULDSPADENhttps://archive.ph/wip/GFuryClip in questionhttps://drive.google.com/file/d/1bL4WWMCs46dCKweZzz0gBj1AqE62k3oj/view?usp=sharingFull unlocked interview with JesseGLAAD is glad journalists are falling in linehttps://www.glaad.org/blog/jon-stewart-sets-record-straight-gender-affirming-carehttps://www.glaad.org/blog/john-oliver-explains-why-gender-affirming-care-is-so-importantBut sometimes nothttps://www.glaad.org/gap/jesse-singalJesse’s response to the original version of his page (he hasn’t yet responded to the new one, which went up after this, because life is short): The TikTok Doc yeets some teetshttps://www.nytimes.com/2022/09/26/health/top-surgery-transgender-teenagers.htmlWhoops:Dr. Gallagher of Miami said that she follows up with patients for up to a year. “I can say this honestly: I don’t know of a single case of regret,” Dr. Gallagher said in May, adding that regret was much more common with cosmetic procedures. But one of her former top surgery patients, Grace Lidinsky-Smith, has been vocal about her detransition on social media and in news reports. “I slowly came to terms with the fact that it had been a mistake born out of a mental health crisis,” Ms. Lidinsky-Smith, 28, said in an interview.So basically, these clinicians are claiming top surgery has incredibly low regret rates, but they’re simply not bothering to keep in touch with their patients. And one year is not very long for followup on this — if you give a kid top surgery at 15 or 16, one of the questions is whether, as their peers sexually develop and start families, they’ll at some point wish they had breasts. It’s a totally natural, important question, and you can’t answer it if your patients are disappearing into the void just one year after you perform surgery on them.Age guidelineshttps://www.cdc.gov/hiv/policies/law/states/minors.htmlOliver: So the benefits of providing care are immense and the risks of withholding it are dire. A survey of around 28,000 trans people found that of those who wanted hormone therapy and didn't receive it 58% reported suicidal thoughts in a given year, which is why the three major professional associations of Child and Adolescent doctors, psychologists and psychiatrists have endorsed gender affirming care and condemned efforts to deny it. https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0261039This study is ridiculous and doesn’t even show any correlation between access to hormones and improvement on the more serious suicide measures anywayOliver: You may have seen or heard from a small subset of people who D transitioned but it is worth noting such cases are rare and highly individualized. Studies show an average of just 2% of people who transition expressed regret. And the vast majority of those who have opted to detransition did so not because of changes in their gender identity but due to external factors such as stigma and lack of social support. Supposedly 1% - 2% regret ratehttps://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8099405/Lost to follow datahttps://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1Yog0cUgVufxoTY64q-ll1wr7XcBhuqKD/edit?usp=sharing&ouid=102378063559486309340&rtpof=true&sd=trueOliver is relying not on a study of detransitioners, but on individuals who currently identify as transhttps://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8213007/Littman study of detransitionershttps://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34665380/Reasons for detransitioning were varied and included: experiencing discrimination (23.0%); becoming more comfortable identifying as their natal sex (60.0%); having concerns about potential medical complications from transitioning (49.0%); and coming to the view that their gender dysphoria was caused by something specific such as trauma, abuse, or a mental health condition (38.0%). Homophobia or difficulty accepting themselves as lesbian, gay, or bisexual was expressed by 23.0% as a reason for transition and subsequent detransition. The majority (55.0%) felt that they did not receive an adequate evaluation from a doctor or mental health professional before starting transition and only 24.0% of respondents informed their clinicians that they had detransitioned.  This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.blockedandreported.org/subscribe

Mid-tour, Jesse and Katie take a break from their newfound rockstar lifestyles to deliver unto their legion of screaming* fans another certified Blocked and Reported classic. They begin with the long-awaited story of how the Dartmouth show got canceled and then proceed to their latest meltdown tale, in which the Publishing Mafia rears its head once again. This time, they’ve launched a coup within the Hobart journal, spurred on by an interview with the Iowa Pariah himself, Alex Perez.* in fear, mostlyThe Dartmouth DisturbanceDartmouth’s Political Economy Project, BAR’s would-be hostshttps://pep.dartmouth.edu/There was an event here. It’s gone now.https://govt.dartmouth.edu/events/event?event=68549“We’ll hold [it] in the biggest venue you think you can fill”After asking why their event listing disappeared, Katie and Jesse got this with zero context: “this event will be open only to those with currently valid Dartmouth College ID’s”Brave Spaces Dartmouth isn’t real (though there is a broader Brave Spaces movement) — it was created to try and save the event (and the Political Economy Project from the stain of being associated with BARPod)https://www.google.com/search?q=%22BRAVE+SPACES%22+DARTMOUTHThe Hobart MeltdownThe journal itselfhttps://www.hobartpulp.com/The Alex Perez interview that started ithttps://www.hobartpulp.com/web_features/alex-perez-on-the-iowa-s-writers-workshop-baseball-and-growing-up-cuban-american-in-america🗄️ A Statement From The Resigning Editorshttps://web.archive.org/web/20221012225245/https://www.hobartpulp.com/preview/web_features/a-statement-from-the-resigning-editorsA LitHub article on the dramahttps://web.archive.org/web/20221012225245/https://www.hobartpulp.com/preview/web_features/a-statement-from-the-resigning-editorsEllen’s response to the dramahttps://www.hobartpulp.com/web_features/letter-from-the-editorWhat Ellen learned in 2014https://web.archive.org/web/20141219214331/https://www.hobartpulp.com/web_features/an-open-letter-to-the-internetHey, this reminds me of something… This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.blockedandreported.org/subscribe

After Jesse regales Katie with a diner-based yarn so gripping it should be a big-budget action movie, Katie interviews Clementine Morrigan, who in addition to being an alleged member of a deranged sex cult is one of the smartest voices out there about cancel culture aka accountability culture aka antiracism aka sociopathy. More on Morrigan:Her Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/clementinemorrigan/?hl=enThe excellent @cursed_cancellationshttps://www.instagram.com/cursed_cancellations/?hl=enImage source This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.blockedandreported.org/subscribe

What happens when Prospect Park, local anti-crime activists, local anti-anti-crime activists, and a big, friendly dog who we can only assume has large watery eyes all collide? Brownstone Brooklyn, that’s what happens.Notes:SUPER LONG MEADOWhttps://www.prospectpark.org/visit-the-park/park-map/points-interest/points-interest-long-meadow/#:~:text=Nearly%20… To hear more, visit www.blockedandreported.org

Unfortunate! But we hope to see you in Boston, New York City, or Arlington, Virginia. And we’ll explain what happened, we promise. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.blockedandreported.org/subscribe

Live Shows:Hanover, NH (free!): 10/22, 5:00 PM at Dartmouth University — Herbert Faulkner West Auditorium in Carpenter Hall. With Carole Hooven!:https://govt.dartmouth.edu/events/event?event=68549#.Y0rnPXbMJD8 CANCELLEDBoston, 10/24: https://wl.seetickets.us/event/Blocked-andReportedPodcast-800pm/506613?afflky=LaughBostonArlington, Virginia (late), 10/29: https://www.arlingtondrafthouse.com/shows/188752Show notes:Carrie Jade Williams has had a lot of tough breaks, but perhaps none tougher than the time a French family sued her for being disabled, demanding, as recompense for the discomfort of having slept under her roof, an utterly unreasonable number of weighted blankets. This is definitely a real lawsuit that actually happened, but if it wasn’t, wouldn’t that raise certain questions about Williams? And might those questions lead some interesting places? HMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM.Links:Keffals, ContinuedNBC’s (highly biased) coverage of the Keffals affairhttps://www.nbcnews.com/tech/internet/cloudflare-kiwi-farms-keffals-anti-trans-rcna44834BAR’s (far superior) true and honest coverage of the caseIf any of you are complete nerds with way too much time, the first three images were sent to Jesse, and they’re followed by the original 4chan postCarrie Jade WilliamsIndy100 article claims Williams was told to refund Airbnb guests who didn’t like her disabled doorbellhttps://www.indy100.com/viral/airbnb-disabled-host-doorbell-tiktokWilliams claims former guests, now backed by an unnamed lobbying group, are suing her for a “life-changing amount” in emotional damagesPetition: “Help me show a Judge that disabled people aren't scary”https://www.change.org/p/help-me-show-a-judge-that-disabled-people-aren-t-scaryWilliams: “it’s a ‘cancel culture’ situation”https://apartmentsapart.com/disabled-airbnb-host-sued-by-guests-traumatized-by-her-disability/Williams’ award-winning piece on her conditionhttps://www.ft.com/content/d4190c20-38a8-4179-8857-4b0d084d64af2022: She describes utilizing Braille and creating her own assistive tech to regain functionality after losing her ability to readhttps://www.radiokerry.ie/podcasts/kerry-today/carrie-jade-williams-how-a-terrible-diagnosis-inspired-me-to-live-my-best-life-march-8th-2022-2732602021: She demonstrates her legendary “hands-free Braille” technique2011: Liquid Jade avoids prison after stealing a couple’s life savings through an absurdly long and detailed conhttps://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/news/9325489.victims-surrogate-con-voice-anger-culprit-avoids-prison/Samantha Jade CookesCarrie Jade WilliamsWilliams: “anyone suggesting we are the same individual will face the full force of the law”https://www.1820things.com/statementImage: “Empty hospital patient room - stock photo” via Getty This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.blockedandreported.org/subscribe

We’re taking a week off so we can prep for the tour and bank some tasty content. But primos will have another episode within the next few days: http://blockedandreported.org/Some tickets are still available:Hanover, NH, Herbert Faulkner West Auditorium in Carpenter Hall at Dartmouth University, FREE UNTICKETED SHOW: 10/22, 5:00 PM at Dartmouth University — with Carole Hooven!Boston, Laugh Boston, 10/24, 8:00 pm: https://wl.seetickets.us/event/Blocked-andReportedPodcast-800pm/506613?afflky=LaughBostonNYC, Village Underground, 10/25, 6:00 pm, sold out but you can apparently get in line, though we don’t know how many seats will be available that way: https://www.comedycellar.com/reservation/?showid=1666735200 Arlington, VA, Arlington Cinema and Drafthouse, 10/29, 10:00 pm late show only: https://www.arlingtondrafthouse.com/shows/188752 This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.blockedandreported.org/subscribe

Katie explains Occupy Democrats to Jesse, who is, not gonna lie, kinda impressed.Links:Strawberry Park Hot Springshttps://strawberryhotsprings.com/Hmmm To hear more, visit www.blockedandreported.org

TOUR TICKETS STILL AVAILABLE:FREE SHOW: 10/22, 5:00 PM at Dartmouth University — Herbert Faulkner West Auditorium in Carpenter Hall. With Carole Hooven! CANCELLEDBoston, 10/24: https://wl.seetickets.us/event/Blocked-andReportedPodcast-800pm/506613?afflky=LaughBostonArlington, Virginia (late), 10/29: https://www.arlingtondrafthouse.com/shows/188752After some followups and corrections involving J.K. Rowling’s new book and Jesse’s heaving knockers, Jesse tells Katie about a New York Times article which attempts to partially pin the blame for the travails experienced by the Women’s March — a super competent, super well-run organization that has never generated any controversies — on *RUSSIAN TROLLS*. Then the hosts take listeners’ advice for the very first time. Few lessons are learned, other than that Jesse is extremely dumb.Links:How Russian Trolls Helped Keep the Women’s March Out of Lock Stephttps://www.nytimes.com/2022/09/18/us/womens-march-russia-trump.htmlJesse’s article on Louis Farrakhan and the Women’s Marchhttps://nymag.com/intelligencer/2018/03/is-it-so-hard-to-denounce-louis-farrakhans-anti-semitism.htmlCNN article also addressing this topichttps://edition.cnn.com/2018/02/28/politics/louis-farrakhan-speech/index.htmlWoman’s March co-chair Linda Sarsour discusses “waging jihad” against “white supremacists and Islamophobes reigning in the White House”https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2017/07/07/muslim-activist-linda-sarsours-reference-to-jihad-draws-conservative-wrath/Jesse != smartImage: Russian President Vladimir Putin gives a speech during a ceremony formally annexing four regions of Ukraine Russian troops occupy - Lugansk, Donetsk, Kherson and Zaporizhzhia, at the Kremlin in Moscow on September 30, 2022. (Photo by Grigory SYSOYEV / SPUTNIK / AFP) (Photo by GRIGORY SYSOYEV/SPUTNIK/AFP via Getty Images) This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.blockedandreported.org/subscribe

TOUR TICKETS STILL AVAILABLE:FREE SHOW: 10/22, 5:00 PM at Dartmouth University — Herbert Faulkner West Auditorium in Carpenter Hall. With Carole Hooven! CANCELLEDBoston, 10/24: https://wl.seetickets.us/event/Blocked-andReportedPodcast-800pm/506613?afflky=LaughBostonArlington, Virginia (late), 10/29: https://www.arlingtondrafthouse.com/shows/188752UPDATE… To hear more, visit www.blockedandreported.org

After Katie tells Jesse about her #VanLife travails, Jesse corrects some stuff from the last episode, and a bit more lucky Pierre/Eiffel Tower/etc. goes down, the hosts discuss a recent Atlantic article about youth sports and gender that is… well, it’s really quite bad. Then they discuss the de-PayPalling of Gays Against Groomers and the Free Speech Union, which seems like bad news whatever you think of these groupsNotes:Tickets still available for BARPod live in…Bostonhttps://wl.seetickets.us/event/Blocked-andReportedPodcast-800pm/506613?afflky=LaughBostonand Arlington, Va. (late show only)https://www.arlingtondrafthouse.com/shows/188752Jesse on Ginder/State stuff (thread)Eiffel Tower (NFSW)https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=eiffel%20towerAtlantic article:https://www.theatlantic.com/culture/archive/2022/09/sports-gender-sex-segregation-coed/671460Jesse on this whole nonsense genreSocial neuroendocrinology defined (longwindedly)https://www.queensu.ca/psychology/van-anders-lab/research.htmlNorway studyhttps://www.mdpi.com/2075-4663/10/4/50/htmMLS under-15 squad beats women’s national team, badly, in a scrimmage:https://www.cbssports.com/soccer/news/a-dallas-fc-under-15-boys-squad-beat-the-u-s-womens-national-team-in-a-scrimmage/Gays Against Groomershttps://www.gaysagainstgroomers.com/The Free Speech Unionhttps://freespeechunion.org/GAG announces PayPal ban:Advocate reports on (questionable) GMail accusationhttps://www.advocate.com/news/2022/9/21/google-bans-anti-trans-hate-group-gays-against-groomers-venmo-paypalFSUPayPal’s rather subjective acceptable Use Policy:https://www.paypal.com/us/legalhub/acceptableuse-full“Why You Can't Boycott Israel in Texas and Why It's Dangerous” by PSA SitchImage: LAS VEGAS, NEVADA - SEPTEMBER 20: (L-R) A'ja Wilson #22, Jackie Young #0 and Chelsea Gray #12 of the Las Vegas Aces look on during the team's WNBA championship victory parade and rally on the Las Vegas Strip on September 20, 2022 in Las Vegas, Nevada. The Aces defeated the Connecticut Sun on Sunday in Game Four of the 2022 WNBA Playoffs finals to win the 2022 title. (Photo by Ethan Miller/Getty Images) This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.blockedandreported.org/subscribe

TOUR TICKETS STILL AVAILABLE:Arlington, Virginia (late): https://www.arlingtondrafthouse.com/shows/188752Boston: https://wl.seetickets.us/event/Blocked-andReportedPodcast-800pm/506613?afflky=LaughBostonAs she inches further and further from home life and closer to #VanLife, Katie Herzog studies those who came before her so that she may avoid their mista… To hear more, visit www.blockedandreported.org

None of this will make any sense if you haven’t heard Part 1 yet:Write in to our advice column! Send a non-sexually-explicit advice question, in MP3 form, to blockedandreportedpodcast@gmail.com with “ADVICE” in the subject and you might be lucky enough to be mocked/advised by Jesse Singal and Katie Herzog on B&R. Also, a second Arlington, Va. show added on October 29th, so get your tickets here: https://www.arlingtondrafthouse.com/shows/188752NO SHOW DESCRIPTION THIS WEEK IT’S TOO WEIRD AND COMPLICATED JUST LISTEN TO THE EPISODE(CORRECTIONS: In the original version of this episode, Jesse said Keffals recently moved on from Ireland to Iceland. He has genuinely no idea why he thought this was the case and both mentions of this have been deleted from the live version of the episode. Jesse also misstated the amount of money Joshua Moon claimed David “Near” Ginder offered him to take down his Kiwi Farms page. It was $120,000, not $10,000. This too has been corrected in the live version. For transparency’s sake, the old, incorrect version of this episode’s audio file, labeled as such, can be heard here.)Links:“Jesse’s answer on Cloudflare was bad.”https://www.reddit.com/comments/xbapdc/_/io0fckk“Keffals on why she will not apologize for the false Destiny stealthing accusations”https://streamable.com/oy8johStatement from London’s Police Chief on what happenedhttps://www.londonpolice.ca/en/news/statement-from-police-chief-williams-august-2022.aspx Clara-fication on how guns were used during the raidhttps://www.vice.com/en/article/xgyagd/keffals-kiwi-farms🗄️ Keffals’ original GoFundMehttps://archive.ph/WA0XRUrbanDictionary defines “troon”https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=TroonInformation on Chloe Sagal, one of the suicide victimshttps://variety.com/2018/gaming/news/chloe-sagal-death-1202858068/Joshua Moon claims there isn’t real evidence David “Near” Ginder died, and that Ginder attempted to exploit him (might have to try a domain other than “.st” as Kiwi Farms jumps around trying to stay on the clearnet)https://kiwifarms.st/threads/my-response-regarding-byuu-near.93719/Moon links to this archive containing a great deal more information and controversyhttps://archive.ph/MfUhqMargaret Pless isn’t buying the conspiracy theory, pointing out that KF has incentive to muddy the waters here Her article on Kiwi Farms and its historyhttps://nymag.com/intelligencer/2016/07/kiwi-farms-the-webs-biggest-community-of-stalkers.htmlJesse Singal EXPOSEDPlagiarism Today explains the info required to file a DMCA requesthttps://www.plagiarismtoday.com/2009/04/15/personal-info-and-dmca-notices A minidoc on FoodistzenWhen Jesse was hanging out on one of Teddy’s servers, someone posted this bit of Foodist brillianceBackgroundhttps://www.sportskeeda.com/esports/why-internet-trolls-turning-jacksepticeye-dad-s-death-memes-understanding-bizarre-trendTeddy’s email to KeffalsKeffals’ UberEats is hacked BobPosting’s bathtub estrogenThe graphic threat made against KeffalsFellow KF user responds negatively not because it’s a disgusting post, but because it will help KeffalsAfter @LexerLux succeeds in his scouting expedition, Jesse enters the belly of the beast, under the deepest of coverThe Dumb and Dumber ThanksKilling “ass, gas, or grass?” scene Urban Dictionary explains the termhttps://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=ass%20gas%20or%20grassKeffals says she knows who is responsible for stalking her in Belfast on a Sept. 11th stream🔊 Keffals: “I know who this guy is”https://drive.google.com/file/d/1g76Ho-5eMUYSJlnLWUu__KSX3V0d5oAD/view Evidence Keffals was on to Teddy’s online hangouts by September 2ndJesse corresponds, on Discord, with someone who said he called the cops on Teddy and is himself a loyalist……some background on the flag thing (consider this unconfirmed scuttlebutt)…and solid proof that he in fact reported Teddy:AND THEN…A screenshot “from Keffals” threatening Teddy that coincidentally was sent literally the minute before he sent it to Jesse oh wow what a coincidence case closedAnother laughably dumb fake screenshoImage: The Queens waves to the crowds who had gathered to mark her official birthday, from the balcony of Buckingham Palace in London following the Trooping the Colour ceremony. The Queen is flanked by her husband, the Duke of Edinburgh, and the Princess Royal. (Photo by John Stillwell - PA Images/PA Images via Getty Images) This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.blockedandreported.org/subscribe

Today, Katie Herzog and Jesse Singal present the first ever BARPod two-parter in known human history. This duology will chronicle, in exhaustive detail, a calamitous struggle between Kiwi Farms, a gossip board and/or harassment amplifier and/or literal digital version of Hitler’s mountain rereat and/or actual terrorist organization (depending on you ask), and Keffals, a Twitch streamer and trans activist. The story somehow also involves, in no particular order, Marjorie Taylor Greene, Cloudflare, the entire mainstream media, Northern Ireland, Destiny, The Ulster Volunteer Force, The Ulster KiwiFarms Force, “ChudLogic” (?), questionable grooming allegations, unquestionable helping-minors-get-hormones allegations, GoFundMe, mean chat logs, even meaner chat logs, doxxing, harassing, stalking, Ethan Ralph, stealthing, screaming, swatting, and Reply All’s Alex Goldman. (Plus some more stuff in Part 2.)(CORRECTION VIA COMMENTER: “Small correction on the go fund me targets. The original goal was way lower (30k I think). Everytime the goal was reached, a new goal was set in 10k increments. This article shows the goal at 70k just after they passed 60k in donations. I'm sure the wayback machine will have the original page. https://www.sportskeeda.com/esports/twitch-streamer-keffals-left-traumatized-getting-swatted”) (Wayback does confirm this: https://archive.ph/WA0XR)(POSSIBLY OVER-CAUTIOUS CLARIFICATION FROM JESSE, 9/12/22: We’ll mention this in the next ep but I do want to be crystal clear that there were firearms present at Keffals’ arrest. The London, Ontario Police Chief’s statement noted, “In this case, firearms were displayed until it was determined a threat no longer existed. I acknowledge that for the average citizen, having heavily armed police officers attend your residence would be traumatic. I understand this was a traumatic and shocking experience for Ms. Sorrenti.” And here’s what Keffals told Vice: “They told me to put my hands up, and when I get to the door, there are three police officers,” Sorrenti said. “Two of them were standing up and one of them in the middle was crouched down behind a riot shield with an assault rifle perched on top of the shield.”)Notes:Keffals claims to be woken up to an assault rifle in her face, leading to the campaign against KiwiFarms This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.blockedandreported.org/subscribe

Get $20 tickets to our October 29th show in D.C. while they’re still available!https://www.arlingtondrafthouse.com/shows/186960Too cheap? Not lucky enough to be American? Write in to our advice column! Send an MP3 to blockedandreportedpodcast@gmail.com with “ADVICE” in the title and you might be lucky enough to be mocked/advised by Jesse Singal and Katie Herzog on B&R. All are welcome to write in, whether or not you are a Primo.This week: Jesse gets sent directly to Jewish Hell for misrepresenting Judaism, Men’s Health becomes the next to fall to ideological capture and publishes the worst advice column of all time, and Win Butler of Arcade Fire fame becomes the next to be canceled due to allegations of sexual misconduct. But as usual, there may be more to the story…Links:Nathan Robinson review WITH MAJOR SPOILERhttps://www.currentaffairs.org/2022/08/j-k-rowlings-new-novel-shows-why-having-an-editor-is-importantNPR on Rowling’s new bookhttps://www.npr.org/2022/08/31/1120299781/jk-rowling-new-book-the-ink-black-heartTrace’s article on Biden’s student loan cancellation programJudaism lore: on graven imageshttps://www.myjewishlearning.com/article/ask-the-expert-graven-images/Men’s Health publishes the worst advice column ever (a record soon to be shattered)https://www.menshealth.com/sex-women/a41018711/sexplain-it-vagina-fetish-sex-bisexual/Pitchfork breaks news of allegations against Win Butler of Arcade Fire famehttps://pitchfork.com/news/arcade-fires-win-butler-accused-of-sexual-misconduct-by-multiple-women-frontman-responds/Image: DUBLIN, IRELAND - AUGUST 30: Richard Reed Parry, Win Butler, Tim Kingsbury, Régine Chassagne and Sarah Neufeld of Arcade Fire perform at The 3Arena Dublin on August 30, 2022 in Dublin, Ireland. (Photo by Debbie Hickey/Getty Images) This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.blockedandreported.org/subscribe

Alex Aster’s YA novel Lightlark was rejected by 16 publishers – until she posted it on TikTok. Then she got hundreds of thousands of likes, a six-figure publishing contract, a plethora of glowing reviews, and praise from the legacy media… until the book actually came out. To make things worse, she may not have been downtrodden enough. Now, vastly superi… To hear more, visit www.blockedandreported.org

Come see us in Arlington, Virginia on October 29th!https://www.arlingtondrafthouse.com/shows/186960Culture war drama hits a new low when a podcasting convention issues an apology for letting Ben Shapiro show up and… actually, that’s about it. Then, Jesse Singal regales us with the story of the American Historical Association’s president, James H. Sweet, and how his attack on presentism got him canceled. Thankfully, Katie Herzog intervenes to soothe us with some nice drawings of dinosaurs and – no, nevermind, turns out there’s drama here, too: paleoartist and behavioral geneticist Emily Willoughby has been exposed for sending black elementary schoolers to jail. Somehow.IntroBen Shapiro causes a firestorm by standing, also breathingCoverage in Reasonhttps://reason.com/2022/08/25/ben-shapiro-podcast-movement-harm-done-twitter/PresentismSweet’s credentials (Jesse forgot to mention he’s the president of the AHA)https://history.wisc.edu/people/sweet-james/His article in questionhttps://www.historians.org/publications-and-directories/perspectives-on-history/september-2022/is-history-history-identity-politics-and-teleologies-of-the-presentThe AHA’s tweet of the article, which likely kicked things offTwitter doing what it does bestThe Tattooed Prof’s response to Sweet’s piecehttps://thetattooedprof.com/2022/08/19/on-presentism-and-history-or-were-doing-this-again-are-we/The World Socialist Web Site jumps inhttps://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2022/08/24/ogzj-a24.htmlPhil Magness also comes to the defense of Sweet’s essayhttps://www.realclearpolitics.com/2022/08/22/the_suicide_of_the_american_historical_association_577652.htmlNazi DinosaursSome paleo art, to cleanse the palatehttp://www.charlesrknight.com/Gallery/Knight/Prehistoric/AMNH/Leaping_Laelops.jpghttp://21essays.blogspot.com/2012/03/kongs-debt-to-charles-r-knight.htmlSurprise! Not even paleo art is free of dramahttps://www.vice.com/en/article/vvb8kj/why-paleontologists-get-riled-up-over-this-heretical-pterosaur-concept-artPaleo artist Emily Willoughby has some works on Amazonhttps://www.amazon.com/Gods-Word-Human-Reason-Perspective/dp/1629016381https://www.amazon.com/Drawing-Painting-Dinosaurs-Using-Science/dp/1785009559/She also has some on FurAffinity (SFW, astoundingly)https://www.furaffinity.net/view/3856285/https://www.furaffinity.net/view/5274416/Prehistorica_CM’s attack on WilloughbyZoologist Derren Nash’s subsequent disavowal of WilloughbyDinoDJ accuses Willougby of promoting eugenics and racismHistory illustrator Midiaou Diallo ties Willougby to the foundations of white supremacyWilloughby’s drawing for Everyone Draw Mohammed Dayhttps://media.discordapp.net/attachments/957957987673186344/1011361260463460432/unknown.pngPEN America Charlie Hebdo insanityhttps://pen.org/pen-receives-letter-from-members-about-charlie-hebdo-award/University of Washington trans study comes to bizarre conclusion, unsupported by its own datahttps://mynorthwest.com/3602854/rantz-despite-concerning-trans-study-uw-kept-quiet-because-of-positive-coverage/Jesse’s original article critiquing the studyImage: Tyrannosaurus rex dinosaur - stock illustration via Getty This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.blockedandreported.org/subscribe

In life, there are two offensive questions: “Where are you from?” and “Do you have rapid-onset gender dysphoria?” In this episode, Jesse and Katie spend a bit of time discussing the first and then do a deep dive into the second. Is ROGD a full-on “myth” that was debunked? Of course not. To understand why, you need to understand how much junk science is … To hear more, visit www.blockedandreported.org

Salman Rushdie, author of The Satanic Verses, has spent decades in hiding as radical Muslims have hunted and killed many others involved with the controversial novel. Recently, he reemerged in New York, only to be stabbed near-fatally as he took the stage. But are others wrong to draw parallels between the rhetoric used by his attackers and the rhetoric we see increasingly in the West?Plus, Substack writer Sam Thielman had his contract unfairly terminated, but Jesse uncovers events in his past that suggest he may not be quite as fair to others. Then, enjoy the chaos as internet insanity bleeds over into the opera scene once again, this time with an abolitionist twist.Salman RushdieThe attack on Rushdiehttps://www.cnn.com/2022/08/15/us/salman-rushdie-attack-monday/index.htmlBari Weiss’s history of the fatwa against himJesse’s review of Helen Joyce’s bookhttps://www.nytimes.com/2021/09/07/books/review/trans-helen-joyce.htmlThe MacLachlan assaulthttps://www.newstatesman.com/politics/2017/09/trans-rights-terfs-and-a-bruised-60-year-old-what-happened-at-speakers-cornerThe outcome of the casehttps://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5613057/Model-punched-feminist-smashed-120-camera-violent-brawl-walks-free-court.htmlThe Julie Bindel casehttps://www.scotsman.com/news/scottish-news/feminist-speaker-julie-bindel-attacked-transgender-person-edinburgh-university-after-talk-545841Sam ThielmanAckerman’s post mildly criticizing Substack (note Thielman credit)https://foreverwars.ghost.io/forever-wars-off-substack-on-ghost/Thielman details how Substack punished him for editing the posthttps://foreverwars.ghost.io/substack-retaliates-against-forever-wars-editor/Substack backpedalsOur episode on the Gist controversyPesca’s suspensionhttps://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/22/business/media/slate-mike-pesca-suspended.htmlThielman isn’t happy how things turned outJesse’s responseThielman digs himself deeper re: Donald MacNeil Jr.Sam’s devastating response, a masterpiece of polemics thoroughly discrediting Jesse and dishonoring his descendants for centuries to comeTheater BlowupPlaywrights Ensemble resigns collectivelyhttps://medium.com/@ofvictorygardensplaywrights/letter-from-the-playwrights-of-victory-gardens-theater-fcbd3e1d1840A list of demands for white american theater, invoking, of all things, the 13th Amendmenthttps://www.weseeyouwat.com/The results of the protest outside the theaterhttps://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/18/theater/ken-matt-martin-victory-gardens.htmlThe internal conflict at Victory Gardenshttps://www.nytimes.com/2022/08/01/theater/victory-gardens-theater-chicago.html?smtyp=curKen-Matt’s statementhttp://www.kenmatt.com/blog/2022/7/18/for-those-doing-the-work This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.blockedandreported.org/subscribe

PhD scientist James Lindsay (“ConceptualJames”) wanted to expose fellow leftist academics for their culture warring with his famous hoax paper, which blamed penises for climate change. Embraced by the right, he waded into the front lines of the culture war and allowed it to consume him. Last week, the high-profile academic was pronounced dead at a Cracker Barrel in Tennessee after a dispute over meat substitutes turned deadly. (Rest In Power, brother.)PhD researcher Karl Andersson wanted to get into the head of people who “like” little boys a little too much. He really, really wanted to get into their heads. So much that he – oh, thank God. They took it down. Noticing the right-wing backlash to his violation of social norms, the left instinctively jumps to his aid, opening another front in the culture wars…He who does battle with monsters…Fear and Loathing In Cracker Barrel“Where pork-based and plant-based sausage lovers can breakfast all day in harmony.”https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/retail/2022/08/04/cracker-barrel-menu-impossible-sausage-woke/10242596002/Jimmy ConceptsThe Conceptual Penis as a Social Construct: A Sokal-Style Hoax on Gender Studieshttps://www.skeptic.com/reading_room/conceptual-penis-social-contruct-sokal-style-hoax-on-gender-studies/Academic Grievance Studies and the Corruption of Scholarshiphttps://areomagazine.com/2018/10/02/academic-grievance-studies-and-the-corruption-of-scholarship/Is a Portland Professor Being Railroaded by His University for Criticizing Social-Justice Research?https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2019/01/is-peter-boghossian-getting-railroaded-for-his-hoax.htmlhttps://www.vice.com/en/article/xdpb7k/breaking-boy-news This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.blockedandreported.org/subscribe

Jesse Singal has disappeared off the face of the Earth. Trace’s investigation leads straight to “Stonewall,” a shadowy LGBT charity that is said to have infiltrated the highest levels of the British government. Katie leaks the news to Gawker Media, resulting in deadly riots erupting across New York over remaining supplies of Blocked And Reported. In an attempt to quell the chaos spreading across the nation, President Biden invites Katie to join him on a nationwide broadcast to announce that strategic reserves of Blocked And Reported have been deployed. (He then forgot to show up.)Just when all seems lost, an old friend of the pod makes a triumphant return. Can Helen Lewis provide the nation with its weekly dose of internet insanity before it’s too late? Or has the Pax Americana finally come to an end?Links:Helen Lewis:Lewis’ Difficult Women: A History of Feminism in 11 Fightshttps://www.amazon.com/Difficult-Women-History-Feminism-Fights-ebook/dp/B07WVXHFM9/https://www.amazon.co.uk/Difficult-Women-History-Feminism-Fights/dp/1784709735/Lewis on the TikTok Tourette’s epidemic:https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2022/02/social-media-illness-teen-girls/622916/We did an episode on this!More B&R lore: the time Watch Dogs: Legion got a little too meta and canceled Lewis both IRL and in-game:Her article ushering in Trans Issues Week:https://www.newstatesman.com/politics/2013/01/introducing-trans-issues-weekSarah Ditum on Laverne Cox: “A hot woman on a magazine cover” [ARCHIVE]:https://web.archive.org/web/20140629035908/https://sarahditum.com/2014/06/24/a-hot-woman-on-a-magazine-cover/Lewis’ article on trans women in prisons:https://www.newstatesman.com/politics/2016/01/deciding-which-jail-send-trans-prisoner-isn-t-always-clear-cut-and-accusationsWould you let your child change their gender?https://www.newstatesman.com/politics/uk-politics/2016/10/would-you-let-your-child-change-their-genderHelen Lewis vs. Jordan Peterson:https://www.gq-magazine.co.uk/article/helen-lewis-jordan-petersonWhat happened to Jordan Peterson?https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2021/04/what-happened-to-jordan-peterson/618082/The judgment in Allison Bailey’s case against Stonewall:https://www.judiciary.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/Bailey-judgment.pdfThe Cass Review’s interim report on treating trans children in England:https://cass.independent-review.uk/publications/interim-report/Just how much influence does Stonewall have in the UK?https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/p09yjp0d This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.blockedandreported.org/subscribe

Gawker is (still) back and (still) worse than ever — just ask Thomas Chatterton Williams. And you may not know the name “Andy Signore,” but if you do it’s probably because he was rather comprehensively #MeTooed back in 2017. Except he provided a lot of evidence to suggest he was innocent — evidence all the media outlets that piled on him seem to have ignored. Links:Gawker: Oldest available version of the article (already updated)https://web.archive.org/web/20220726161823/https://www.gawker.com/media/losers-pal-around-at-alex-jones-film-premiereThomas Chatterton Williams denies, claims he wasn’t even in the same city at the timeWhat remains of the article nowhttps://www.gawker.com/media/losers-pal-around-at-alex-jones-film-premiereWhat’s going on at Reveal?https://www.gawker.com/media/whats-going-on-at-revealFoot-dragging on a Jesse-related correction:https://www.gawker.com/media/oh-no-the-anti-trans-bigotry-we-loved-is-starting-to-feel-homophobicAndy Signore:The allegations against himhttps://www.nytimes.com/2017/11/04/business/sexual-harassment-whisper-network.htmlAndy’s subsequent firingApril Dawn’s public accusationsEmma Bowers’ allegationsAndy Signore’s video, giving his version of eventsThe texts released by SignoreOther articles — not the absence of exculpatory evidence once it was available:https://mashable.com/article/screen-junkies-andy-signore-sexual-harassmenthttps://www.nytimes.com/2017/11/04/business/sexual-harassment-whisper-network.htmlhttps://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/honest-trailers-creator-andy-signore-accused-sexual-abuse-1046574https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/honest-trailers-creator-andy-signore-fired-sexual-abuse-claims-1046756/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/business-news/honest-trailers-creator-andy-signore-sues-defy-media-reckless-firing-1136849/https://deadline.com/2017/10/defy-media-andy-signore-sexual-abuse-screen-junkies-honest-trailers-1202184634/https://deadline.com/2018/08/honest-trailers-creator-andy-signore-sues-defy-media-over-sexual-harassment-firing-1202450855/https://variety.com/2017/digital/news/honest-trailers-creator-andy-signore-fired-for-egregious-and-intolerable-sexual-behavior-1202583996/https://variety.com/2017/digital/features/sexual-harassment-new-media-silicon-valley-1202589890/https://variety.com/2017/digital/news/defy-media-reforms-andy-signore-fired-sexual-misconduct-1202601273/https://variety.com/2018/biz/news/andy-signore-sues-sexual-harassment-firing-1202914917/https://variety.com/2019/biz/news/andy-signore-defy-media-settlement-1203252975 This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.blockedandreported.org/subscribe

Poor Karlyn Borysenko just can’t catch a break. First, she was a Democrat…until she was forced out of the movement by a gang of roving far-left knitters.Then she joined the Republicans…until they turned their back on her for repeatedly trying to “align” her “chakras'' with a (very uncomfortable) male cowriter, and saying that a certain Austrian painter went to heaven. Now she’s a Libertarian… and the Greens are looking nervously her way.Links:Jesse on Leon County:Mises Caucus ASSUMING DIRECT CONTROL:https://reason.com/2022/05/29/mises-caucus-takes-control-of-libertarian-party/Brandon Straka, #WalkAway founder, sentenced to 3 years probation and 3 months home detention for his role in the January 6th riots:https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/jan6-brandon-straka-sentenced-b2000384.htmlThe boss where Karlyn Borysenko used to work stepped down following an internal investigation:https://www.nhpr.org/nh-news/2018-10-01/gardellas-exit-from-nhpr-follows-investigation-into-management-issuesHostile takeover of the knitting community leads Borysenko to to break with the left:https://gen.medium.com/ive-been-a-democrat-for-20-years-here-s-what-i-experienced-at-trump-s-rally-in-new-hampshire-c69ddaaf6d07Borysenko is asked to wear wristband pass in hotel waterpark, decides to go sicko mode and get kicked out rather than comply:https://web.archive.org/web/20201116002257/https://www.theinglesidehotel.com/guest-eviction-statementBorysenko explains how the Austrian Painter went to heaven, gets her PragerU video privated:She claims it was the other way around, actually:https://twitter.com/search?q=%40drkarlynB%20kieran&src=typed_queryBorysenko’s Town Hall Putsch (note body language, which is on-point):https://kb.locals.com/post/1507701/never-before-seen-footage-of-me-yelling-we-know-where-you-live-at-a-school-board-meeting-before-gewww.Karlynlovesnh.comShe’s also volunteering for Jeremy Kauffmann’s Libertarian Senate campaign in NH, describes him as “[James Lindsay] level smart”: This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.blockedandreported.org/subscribe

Katie’s true reason for dressing up as a horse all those years ago is finally revealed. An old friend of the pod returns for his revenge. A heart-wrenching story involving a 10-year-old rape victim seeking an abortion turns out to be fake, but then turns out to be real anyway. Jesse discusses a viral internet rumor involving trans kids in Leon County, Florida schools and explains how indignant he is he had to do one of his least favorite things — “work” — in order to debunk it.Links:IntroKatie has a crush on Jesse confirmed:https://www.reddit.com/r/BlockedAndReported/comments/vyb507/katie_has_a_crush_on_jesse/Katie’s initial attempt to seduce Jesse, c. 2010:Prof. Stuart Reges sues University of Washington with FIRE’s backing:https://www.thefire.org/lawsuit-professor-sues-university-of-washington-after-admins-punish-him-for-inappropriate-opinion/Last episode on Reges’ case (skip to 3:48):The Victim That Was(n’t?)Indiana Star story about the 10-year-old:https://www.indystar.com/story/news/health/2022/07/01/indiana-abortion-law-roe-v-wade-overturned-travel/7779936001/Indiana’s new abortion law:https://codes.ohio.gov/ohio-revised-code/section-2919.192Megan Fox (no, not that one) expresses skepticism, does some digging:The WSJ is incredulous:https://www.wsj.com/articles/an-abortion-story-too-good-to-confirm-joe-biden-ten-year-old-girl-indiana-ohio-caitlin-bernard-11657648618The Washington Post’s semi-skeptical column (paywalled, but only on desktop for some reason):https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/07/09/one-source-story-about-10-year-old-an-abortion-goes-viral/Ladies and gentlemen, we got him:https://www.dispatch.com/story/news/2022/07/13/columbus-man-charged-rape-10-year-old-led-abortion-in-indiana/10046625002/Rebecca Fishbein uses this to dunk on her political outgroup:Mike Daisy, who QRT’d this tweet, was himself caught fabricating a story:https://www.thisamericanlife.org/460/retractionFox grabs the political football, scores some political points for the right:https://www.foxnews.com/politics/ohio-10-year-olds-alleged-rapist-guatemalan-illegal-immigrant-ice-sourceBethany Bruner was the only one in the courtroom as the perp was arraigned.Asheville Watchdog:https://avlwatchdog.org/Leon County:Jesse’s story:The Tallahassee Democrat story that it linked to:https://www.tallahassee.com/story/news/education/2022/06/29/leon-county-school-board-approves-lgbtq-guide-dont-say-gay-moms-for-liberty-parental-rights/7765205001/Kaitlyn Greenridge, features director of Harper’s Bazaar, on how this may represent an irreversible step towards fascism:Leon County School District’s LGBTQ Inclusive guide with amendments — old version before the final amendments that was linked to in the Democrat piece:https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/22074439-the-leon-county-school-districts-lgbtq-inclusive-guide-with-amendmentsChase Anderson, child and adolescent psychiatrist, on this policy (deleted):NBC repeats the claim from Twitter:https://www.nbcnews.com/nbc-out/out-news/floridas-dont-say-gay-law-takes-effect-schools-roll-lgbtq-restrictions-rcna36143Vanity Fair then repeats the claim from NBC from Twitter:https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2022/07/ron-desantis-florida-dont-say-gay-goes-into-effectTurns out the guide was actually written by a PFLAG activist:https://www.wtxl.com/news/local-news/leon-county-schools-board-to-finalize-lgbtq-guidanceIn Leon County, even the Republicans are liberal:https://tallahasseereports.com/2017/05/03/school-board-member-alva-striplin-becomes-a-democrat/The lawsuit that got this policy rewritten:https://www.tallahassee.com/story/news/2021/11/16/leon-county-schools-sued-over-lgbtq-guide-transgender-lgbtq-guide/6342695001/Leon County’s reaction to the “Don’t Say Gay” Bill:https://www.tallahassee.com/story/news/2022/03/29/leon-county-schools-lawsuit-spurred-florida-desantis-dont-say-gay-bill/7202254001/Previously, Leon County school board got their salaries withheld by the state gov’t over their mask policy:https://www.tallahassee.com/story/news/2021/10/15/leon-county-school-board-loses-salaries-over-mask-policy/8473965002/The journalist fact-checking this story:https://www.tallahassee.com/staff/7775150002/ana-goi-lessan/Image: DAYTON, OHIO, UNITED STATES - 2022/05/14: Protesters hold placards expressing their opinion at a pro abortion rights rally. People from many different cities gathered to support and rally for abortion rights. In light of the Supreme Court decision that could overturn Roe v. Wade that leaked roughly two weeks ago, hundreds of people in Dayton, spoke and marched for abortion access. (Photo by Whitney Saleski/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images) This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.blockedandreported.org/subscribe

Katie gets deceived by the Daily Kos, a leftist coffee shop suffers an expected fate, and Jesse explains how Buddhists ruined summer camp for everyone.Links:Rebekah’s sneakily-worded post on the Daily Kos:https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2022/6/2/2101940/-Rebekah-makes-national-headlines-in-Whistleblower-win-joins-Crist-Fried-in-Orlando-in-major-speechLibs of TikTok weighs in on the Mina’s Cafe situation:Doc Marie’s website (WARNING: pointless)https://docmaries.com/Hidden Villa:https://www.hiddenvilla.org/about-us/Hidden Villa’s Facebook:https://www.facebook.com/hiddenvillaHidden Villa’s swastika statement:https://htv-prod-media.s3.amazonaws.com/files/letter-to-the-community-6-8-22-1654978228.pdfHow the world loved the swastika - until Hitler stole it:https://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-29644591Here, have some Jewish swastikas:https://www.tod.org.il/en/blog-holocaust-dayThe swastikas that started it all (note left-facing orientation):The Palo Alto Online article explaining the situation:https://www.paloaltoonline.com/news/2022/06/13/hate-symbol-or-buddhist-emblem-hidden-villa-cancels-summer-camps-for-1000-kids-after-staffers-resign-over-swastika-tilesLos Altos Town Crier article:https://www.losaltosonline.com/news/updated-hidden-villa-cancels-all-camps-after-key-staff-quit-citing-structural-racism/article_a0c7129a-e788-11ec-a721-d3ca305b4938.html“What a stupid f*cking way to have a really important conversation”:Facebook comment highlights:https://imgur.com/a/DzBvawmNoah Smith weighs in:Wes Yang chimes in:Ryan Grim’s take:The title: Image: Women dance together at WildRose, Saturday, Aug. 26, 2017. WildRose, which opened in 1984, is the only remaining lesbian bar in Seattle. (Genna Martin, seattlepi.com) (Photo by GENNA MARTIN/San Francisco Chronicle via Getty Images)" This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.blockedandreported.org/subscribe

After the hosts discuss Katie’s trip to L.A. to go on Real Time with Bill Maher, they talk about the stories of two liberal darlings who face accusations of professional wrongdoing: Kevin Kruse and Rebekah Jones. To discuss this episode with other BARPod premium subscribers go here.Show notes/Links:Kevin Kruse, history’s attack dog: https://www.chronicle.com/article/how-kevin-kruse-became-historys-attack-dog/An example of one of his in-depth threads, on the history of racism in the GOP: And another, again responding to Dinesh D’Souza: And here’s a finely aged take on Jussie Smollett: Is Twitter-Famous Princeton Historian Kevin Kruse a Plagiarist?: https://reason.com/2022/06/14/twitter-famous-princeton-historian-kevin-kruse-plagiarist/Comparison:Kevin Kruse, plagiarism disliker: More plagiarism idsliking:Chronicle coverage: https://www.chronicle.com/article/this-historian-doesnt-shy-away-from-fights-online-now-hes-on-the-defensivePlagiarism Today coverage: https://www.plagiarismtoday.com/2022/06/27/kevin-kruse-and-the-peak-political-plagiarism-scandal/Magness’s anti-1619 book: https://www.amazon.com/1619-Project-Critique-Phillip-Magness/dp/1630692018Magness harshly criticizing Kruse’s scholarship: https://www.independent.org/publications/tir/article.asp?id=1512Responses/Responses to the responses/Other background and fighting:https://loradawnburnett.medium.com/is-it-plagiarism-9daa44a24057(background on Burnett: https://www.thefire.org/lawsuit-fired-for-criticizing-mike-pence-and-campus-covid-19-response-a-collin-college-history-professor-sues-to-protect-faculty-rights/)https://philmagness.com/2022/06/when-activist-historians-redefine-plagiarism-to-protect-their-own/Rebekah Jones:Jones’ op-ed: https://www.miamiherald.com/article247897180.htmlTimes: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/11/us/florida-coronavirus-data-rebekah-jones.htmlNot great: https://www.wuft.org/news/2020/07/22/criminal-stalking-case-against-fired-florida-health-data-scientist-to-drag-into-august/The Covid whistleblower who wasn’t: https://www.nationalreview.com/2021/05/rebekah-jones-the-covid-whistleblower-who-wasnt/Suspended from Twitter: https://www.forbes.com/sites/augustinefou/2021/06/07/the-curious-case-of-rebekah-jones-suspension-from-twitter/Andy Signore: This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.blockedandreported.org/subscribe

After dissecting their experiences doing a live show at the Heterodox Academy conference in Denver, the hosts talk about Emily Bazelon’s “controversial” New York Times Magazine article about youth gender transition and a mind-melting controversy over a West Philly coffee shop. To discuss this episode with other premium subscribers, click here.Show notes/Links:Bazelon’s article: https://www.nytimes.com/2022/06/15/magazine/gender-therapy.htmlThank you to all the Dave Robertses: Mina’s World:https://www.instagram.com/mwworkers/https://www.instagram.com/minasworld4you/Eater profile: https://philly.eater.com/22517795/minas-world-west-philly-sonam-parikh-kate-egghartHostage Video 1: Hostage Video 2: Accountability Video: This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.blockedandreported.org/subscribe

It finally happened! A BARPod live show. It was very very fun. If you’d like to talk about it with other BARPod premium subscribers, click here. (MANY thanks to Andy Mills for whipping the audio into publishable form — there was a recording error and it was a mess at first.)Show notes/Links:Heterodox Academy: https://heterodoxacademy.org/Katie on Stuart Reges: https://www.thestranger.com/tech/2018/06/26/28210971/university-of-washington-computer-science-lecturer-explains-why-why-women-dont-code-chaos-ensuesJesse on the CUNY controvery: https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2018/09/a-cuny-student-was-investigated-for-criticizing-israel.htmlJesse on the Lake Washington Institute of Technology controversy: https://reason.com/2021/04/05/a-professor-pushed-back-against-white-fragility-training-the-college-investigated-her-for-9-months/ Erec Smith: https://www.ycp.edu/academics/school-of-the-arts-communication-and-global-studies/faculty/smith-erec.php And on Twitter: https://twitter.com/rhetors_of_yorkFree Black Thought: https://www.freeblackthought.com/Image: “Elevated perspective of the Denver metro area and downtown skyline with The Rocky Mountains as a backdrop” via Getty This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.blockedandreported.org/subscribe

After Jesse issues a very deep and personal apology about an egregious error, the hosts discuss the endlessly swirling media shitstorm surrounding Felicia Sonmez. To discuss this episode with other premium subscribers, click here.Show notes/Links:JournoList: https://www.vanityfair.com/culture/2010/06/the-washington-posts-dave-weigel-resigns-following-strange-semi-scandalEmily Yoffe on Jonathan Kaiman: https://reason.com/2019/08/23/im-radioactive/Anna Merlan on Emily Yoffe on Jonathan Kaiman: https://jezebel.com/emily-yoffe-is-back-on-her-b******t-heres-what-an-alleg-1837679900Anna Merlan: “'Is the UVA Rape Story a Gigantic Hoax?' Asks Idiot”: https://jezebel.com/is-the-uva-rape-story-a-gigantic-hoax-asks-idiot-1665233387 Kobe Bryant thing: https://www.forbes.com/sites/tomspiggle/2020/02/04/what-felicia-sonmezs-recent-tweets-about-kobe-bryant-tell-us-about-the-free-speech-rights-of-employees/?sh=270e72ca73afLetter of support signed by Weigel and many others: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1ErQ7bN352jQZ0Ka8kCzAW8CWr2zEnUIvms5BG2Kdt1E/editSonmez statement: Policy reversal: https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/media/washington-post-reverses-prohibition-on-reporter-from-writing-about-sexual-assault/2021/03/29/c0ee3be0-90c5-11eb-9668-89be11273c09_story.htmlLawsuit: https://www.cnn.com/2021/07/22/media/washington-post-lawsuit-felicia-sonmez/index.htmlhttps://nymag.com/intelligencer/2021/11/inside-felicia-sonmezs-war-against-the-washington-post.htmlResult: https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/21523815-sonmezvwprlg032522https://www.cnn.com/2022/03/25/media/washington-post-felicia-sonmez-suit-dismissed/index.htmlInitial Sonmez complaint about Weigel: Jose A. Del Rel criticizes her approach: Weigel apologizes: Coverage of firing: https://www.politico.com/news/2022/06/09/felicia-sonmez-fired-by-the-washington-post-00038622https://www.nytimes.com/2022/06/09/business/media/felicia-sonmez-washington-post.html“And then you have Felicia, who is essentially pouring gasoline on every fire and inviting people to watch.”: https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2022/06/inside-the-washington-posts-social-media-meltdownImage source: https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/how-the-new-washington-post-building-ushers-in-a-new-era-of-journalism/2015/12/10/656c248a-9ea9-11e5-9ad2-568d814bbf3b_video.html This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.blockedandreported.org/subscribe

There are a lot of opinions about the verdict in the Depp-Heard case, and also on whether humans are sexually dimorphic. To discuss this episode with other BARPod premium subscribers, click here.Show notes/Links:Elon Musk’s Elden Ring build: https://kotaku.com/elon-musk-elden-ring-mage-worst-magic-build-twitter-bil-1848912000“Amber Heard Verdict Sends A Message To Black Women Everywhere”: https://www.theroot.com/amber-heard-verdict-sends-a-message-to-black-women-ever-1849004234A public orgy of misogyny: https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2022/jun/01/amber-heard-johnny-depp-trial-metoo-backlashUh:We failed her: https://www.vice.com/en/article/m7vm3b/weve-all-failed-amber-heardHerzog on Elliott: https://www.thestranger.com/news/2018/10/09/33615110/anonymous-uw-students-publish-rape-accusations-online-what-could-go-wrongThe List: https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/kelseyweekman/johnny-depps-instagram-statement-liked-by-celebritiesFilipovic: https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2022/jun/02/the-depp-defamation-suit-should-outrage-and-appall-youDoes biological science, in fact, “reject the binary”: https://www.sapiens.org/biology/biological-science-rejects-the-sex-binary-and-thats-good-for-humanity/Was women’s sports, in fact, created because men were threatened by women competing with them?: Madison Barch: https://fanbuzz.com/college-football/madison-barch-kicker/Two and a half years later: https://hornets.kzoo.edu/sports/fball/2021-22/players/madisonbarchp94mMatt Walsh and the tribesmen: This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.blockedandreported.org/subscribe

After the hosts discuss some urgent loose ends from their recent Nick Fuentes episode, they discuss the latest mass shooting, Katie’s Twitter fight over Chris Rufo’s mansplainations (Jesse also mansplains), and monkeypox. To discuss this episode with other Blocked and Reported premium subscribers, click here.Show notes/Links: Nick Fuentes stuff: Robby Soave on mass shootings: https://reason.com/2022/05/26/uvalde-texas-mass-shooting-statistics-gun-crimes-misleading/Data on gun deaths: https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2022/02/03/what-the-data-says-about-gun-deaths-in-the-u-s/Stokes in 2018: https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2018/04/28/gun-nuts-guide-to-gun-control-federal-semi-automatic-firearm-license-218072/David French on this shooting: Danksy v Rufo v Herzog:Mel Magazine: https://melmagazine.com/en-us/story/terfs-conservatives-battleTPM: https://talkingpointsmemo.com/morning-memo/perdue-racism-campaign-stacey-abramsMajority Report: This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.blockedandreported.org/subscribe

After Jesse tells Katie about a fairly awkward dinner, the hosts dig in to a particularly sumptuous buffet of internet nonsense. You can discuss this episode with other BARPod premium subscribers here.Show notes/Links:The Reply All news: https://www.theverge.com/2022/5/18/23122764/reply-all-hosts-leaving-alex-goldman-emmanuel-dzotsiOur Episode 52: Reply All Is Melting Down Like Some Sort Of Delectable Queso Dip Appropriated By A White Bon Appetit Editor: Elon Musk says the deal is on hold: LOL: ELON NO: The Buffalo shooter’s manifesto, if you can stomach it: https://bafybeicjl3cmyl4tdze5fumhkbtzsndkvxjo5nucegbaz3lobef6and3ye.ipfs.dweb.link/Mani.pdfRight-wing extremism expert Talia Lavin blames Abigail Shrier: https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/political-commentary/buffalo-shooter-white-supremacist-great-replacement-donald-trump-1353509/NYT on hate crimes: https://www.nytimes.com/2022/05/16/us/hate-crimes-black-african-americans.htmlJesse responds: Nick Confessore on Tucker Carlson: https://www.nytimes.com/2022/04/30/us/tucker-carlson-gop-republican-party.htmlAnti-Defamation League on Carlson and the “Great Replacement” theory: https://www.adl.org/news/media-watch/adl-letter-to-fox-news-condemns-tucker-carlsons-impassioned-defense-of-greatGlenn Greenwald argues that it’s unfair to blame Tucker: This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.blockedandreported.org/subscribe

Katie feels misled about an online fundraising effort, Jesse follows up on the medievalist Twitter drama, Katie talks about how the West is imposing its understanding of LGTBQ identity on indigeneous cultures, and Jesse explains the latest blow-by-blow in California’s so-called Math Wars. To discuss this episode with other premium subscribers, click here.Show notes/Links:WaPo on ISAS/MRO: https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/2019/09/19/its-all-white-people-allegations-white-supremacy-are-tearing-apart-prestigious-medieval-studies-group/Stop LGBTQ colonizing!: https://www.newsweek.com/stop-imposing-western-lgbtq-identities-non-western-cultures-its-gender-colonialism-opinion-1705785Ruderman White Paper: https://rudermanfoundation.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/MediaStudy-PoliceDisability_final-final.pdfResponse: https://docs.google.com/document/d/117eoVeJVP594L6-1bgL8zpZrzgojfsveJwcWuHpkNcsJesse’s copy if anything happens to it: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Xn3wLng7ssddxSbN0HGzexx9Mem0duxecK0_pONhKeM/California’s math wars: https://www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/article/California-math-wars-get-ugly-Accusations-of-17060072.phpKatie on the tracking controversy: https://www.thestranger.com/slog/2019/12/04/42169178/the-battle-over-seattle-public-schools-gifted-progams-heats-upYouCubed: https://www.youcubed.org/“In fact, Moser’s study shows us that we don’t even have to be aware we have made a mistake for brain sparks to occur”: https://www.youcubed.org/evidence/mistakes-grow-brain/Except no: https://problemproblems.wordpress.com/2017/10/17/youcubed-is-sloppy-about-research/Local coverage: https://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/Stanford-professor-Karen-speaks-out-17064784.php?IPID=SFGate-HP-CP-Spotlight This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.blockedandreported.org/subscribe

The hosts discuss one of the most memorable online meltdowns in recent memory, and then they talk about the fallout from last week’s episode. To discuss this episode with other premium subscribers, click here.Show notes/Links:“Allegations of white supremacy are tearing apart a prestigious medieval studies group”: https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/2019/09/19/its-all-white-people-allegations-white-supremacy-are-tearing-apart-prestigious-medieval-studies-groupJesse on Gabriele: https://reason.com/2020/07/08/the-reaction-to-the-harpers-letter-on-cancel-culture-proves-why-it-was-necessary/Some David Perry receipts:Original complaint about spiked review and more positive one published in LARB was here but is now protected: This is whiteness in action. This is silencing BIPOC scholars *doing* the work and labor while white men (and women) profit by doing half-assed work and their club of editors (yes they are friends - as noted in an email) work behind the scenes to keep us in the "dark".Also:24 hrs later & no word from anyone. Notably columbusing, gatekeeping and academic dishonesty takes place daily for BIPOC and it is more often than not that particular wyte scholars aren't receptive to call-ins, let alone being held accountable.Seph Rodney backs up Bond:Erik Wade tweetstorm:Bond is weaponizing her feelings: She also apologized too quickly for MRO’s liking: Some whole other apology rejection: The spiked review: https://mrambaranolm.medium.com/sounds-about-white-333d0c0fd201Gabriele apology: The LARB, too, has failed various accountability checks: Smithsonian Mag review of The Northman: https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/the-true-history-behind-robert-eggers-the-northman-180979954/The Guardian on same: https://www.theguardian.com/film/2022/apr/22/norse-code-white-supremacists-reading-the-northman-robert-eggersThe image of “Christ of Mercy between the Prophets David and Jeremiah” by Diego de la Cruz comes from here. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.blockedandreported.org/subscribe

After Jesse and Katie talk about Chris Rufo and the latest surge of moral panic from journalists who hate journalism, Tracing Woodgrains takes us all deep inside a sophisticated conspiracy to hoax Libs of TikTok. To discuss this episode with other premium BARPod subscribers, click here.Show notes/Links:NYT profile: https://www.nytimes.com/2022/04/24/us/politics/christopher-rufo-crt-lgbtq-florida.htmlRufo’s latest: https://www.city-journal.org/radical-gender-lessons-for-young-childrenThe documents: https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/21694116-evanston-prek-3rd?responsive=1&title=1Trace’s explanation of how he and his furry buddies hoaxed Libs Of TikTok: This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.blockedandreported.org/subscribe

After Jesse tells a crazy story about his new life as a Brooklyn socialite, the hosts talk Jason Stanley’s SAT scores, PJ Vogt’s return to podcasting, and Taylor Lorenz’s article about the woman behind Libs of Tik Tok. To discuss this post with premium subscribers, click here.Show notes/Links:Stanleeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeey:Crypto Island: Review in Vulture: https://www.vulture.com/2022/04/crypto-island-podcast-pj-vogt.htmlReported pieces on the controversy:https://www.vulture.com/article/gimlet-reply-all-controversy-spotify-test-kitchen.htmlhttps://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/10/style/reply-all-test-kitchen.htmlJesse’s paywalled newsletter piece: Libs of Tik Tok: If we can’t trust Libs of TikTok to bring us accurate news, all is lost.New Right: https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2022/04/inside-the-new-right-where-peter-thiel-is-placing-his-biggest-betsCurtis Yarvin on murdering kids: https://www.unqualified-reservations.org/2011/07/right-wing-terrorism-as-folk-activism/On the guy who figured out who Libs of TikTok was: “Travis Brown meticulously tracks all my public posts, likes, and shares across all social media platforms (Github, Twitter, etc.), archives them permanently (without my consent, and against the terms of service of these organizations, and against data protection laws in some countries), and then posts them online with his own grotesque and twisted interpretations.”Taylor Lorenz’s article: https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2022/04/19/libs-of-tiktok-right-wing-media/Image of the Libs of TikTok logo is from Wikipedia. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.blockedandreported.org/subscribe

Does the Twitter trans community have a problem with sexually violent threats? Will Elon Musk hurt Twitter? How accurate is Jon Haidt’s take on what is ailing American? How big a threat was the Gretchen Whitmer kidnappling plot? Is this question-heavy format for episode descriptions annoying? To discuss this episode with other Blocked and Reported subscribers, click here?Show notes/Link:The tweets Jesse was complaining about: A threat to hang the likes of Kathleen Stock:Normal stuff: "Why The Past 10 Years Of American Life Have Been Uniquely Stupid":https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2022/05/social-media-democracy-trust-babel/629369/Than Robinson on the SPLC: https://www.currentaffairs.org/2019/03/the-southern-poverty-law-center-is-everything-thats-wrong-with-liberalismThe Whitmer “kidnapping” “plot”:https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/kenbensinger/fbi-michigan-kidnap-whitmerhttps://reason.com/2022/04/08/gretchen-whitmer-kidnapping-plot-acquittal-fbi/The Takes:https://www.nbcnews.com/think/opinion/michigan-militia-trial-whitmer-kidnapping-plot-highlights-surge-violen-rcna22903https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2022/04/09/whit-a09.htmlImage: People attend a Freedom Rally in support of First Amendment rights and to protest against Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer, outside the Michigan State Capitol in Lansing, Michigan on May 15, 2021. (Photo by JEFF KOWALSKY / AFP) (Photo by JEFF KOWALSKY/AFP via Getty Images) This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.blockedandreported.org/subscribe

After Katie and Jesse have a frank discussion about the future of their relationship, they talk about a mind-boggling controversy in the fat activism world and the week everyone became a ‘groomer’ on Twitter. If you’d like to discuss this episode with other premium subscribers, you can do so here.Show notes/Links:Katie and Nellie!: Jesse and Destiny!: Katie and Jesse and Heterodox and… YOU??? (code BARPod): https://heterodoxacademy.org/conference-2022/Health at Every Size: https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/4937206-health-at-every-sizeCreative Funding: https://lindobacon.com/creative-funding/Health at Every Size principles: https://asdah.org/health-at-every-size-haes-approach/Mercedes speaks out against Bacon: https://www.patreon.com/posts/63524845Holding Lindo Bacon Accountable for Repeated Harm in the Fat Liberation & HAES® Communities: https://asdah.org/lindo-accountability/Missing stair/Wet spot: https://bodyliberationphotos.com/2022/03/08/movements-missing-stairs-and-lindo-bacon/More… stuff:https://medium.com/@joslynps/i-have-a-lindo-bacon-story-too-103ca1905bf0Julia Serano’s scary experiences with Jesse:Ghostwriter callouts:A Week Into The Lindo-pocalypse: https://www.patreon.com/posts/63858830Lindo Bacon speaks out: https://lindobacon.com/accountability/?utm_sq=h11nw4rc60Tema Okun stuff:https://nypost.com/2019/05/20/richard-carranza-held-doe-white-supremacy-culture-training/Okay, Groomer:NYT fact-check of Josh Hawley and Marsha Blackburn claims: https://www.nytimes.com/2022/03/21/us/politics/judge-jackson-child-sexual-abuse-fact-check.htmlAndrew McCarthy: https://www.nationalreview.com/2022/03/senator-hawleys-disingenuous-attack-against-judge-jacksons-record-on-child-pornography/amp/Florida bill: https://www.miamiherald.com/latest-news/article259859150.ece/BINARY/HB%201557%20education%20bill.pdf#storylink=readmore_inline“One would think that protecting elementary school classrooms from adults attempting to sexualize five through nine year olds would be a no-brainer for a movement that seeks to conserve anything worthwhile:”: https://www.theamericanconservative.com/state-of-the-union/on-the-groomer-debate/Sachs & Friends: https://pen.org/these-4-florida-bills-censor-classroom-subjects-and-ideas/Libs of Tik Tok sucks:Yglesias on the general grossness: Gawker aggressively gawkering: https://www.gawker.com/media/oh-no-the-anti-trans-bigotry-we-loved-is-starting-to-feel-homophobicImage: Burbank, CA - March 22: LGBTQ employees and their supporters walkout of Disney Animation protesting CEO Bob Chapek's handling of the staff controversy over Florida's "Don't Say Gay" bill, aka the "Parental Rights in Education" bill, on Tuesday, March 22, 2022 in Burbank, CA. (Irfan Khan / Los Angeles Times via Getty Images) This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.blockedandreported.org/subscribe

Jesse talks about his time in Cuba (where he was radicalized against America), and then the cohosts discuss a very naughty Tory politician, whether J.K. Rowling caused Vladimir Putin to invade Ukraine, and a bizarre story involving a liberal arts college and what can only be deranged as a dad-led sex cult. To discuss this episode with other premium subscribers, click here.Show notes/Links:"Compare and book Florida Cuba Ferries" :( - https://www.cubaferries.com/The best book on Cuba Jesse read: https://www.amazon.com/Cuba-American-Dr-Ada-Ferrer/dp/1501154559A much shorter one that is just about Havana and which is also good: https://www.amazon.com/Havana-Subtropical-Delirium-Mark-Kurlansky/dp/163286391XRowling/Putin:https://www.cnn.com/2022/03/25/world/jk-rowling-putin-intl-scli-gbr/index.htmlPolling on Rowlingesque subjects: https://yougov.co.uk/topics/politics/articles-reports/2020/07/16/where-does-british-public-stand-transgender-rightsReports of rampant lesbianism at Sarah Lawrence college: https://www.nytimes.com/1977/03/20/archives/the-trouble-at-sarah-lawrence-sarah-lawrence.htmlLarry Ray: https://www.thecut.com/2020/02/larry-ray-sarah-lawrence-students.htmlImage: Jesse’s incredible photography This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.blockedandreported.org/subscribe

Jesse is wandering around Cuba looking for internet so our extremely online podcast apprentice Tracing Woodgrains steps up to the mic. Discussed: Mormonism, furries, cultural appropriation, cultural gatekeeping, and Dave Rubin’s miracle babies. To discuss this episode with other premium subscribers, click here. The problematic fursuit: The response to the problematic fursuit:The response to the response to the problematic fursuit: Glenn Beck responds to Dave Rubin’s big news: Rubin Report guest discovers Dave Rubin is gay: “Dave Rubin: Why the ‘Intellectual Dark Web’ Split Up” by Freddie Sayers“Dave Rubin Is Being Rejected By His Own Audience” by Dani Di Placido “Where are Dave Rubin's babies coming from?” by Mary Harrington“End Womb Trafficking” by Julie Bindel This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.blockedandreported.org/subscribe

Jesse shares a scandalous episode from his past, the hosts discuss a New York Times op-ed by a college student that generated a deranged and telling response from The Twitter Powers That Be, and Katie tells Jesse about a remarkable #MeToo story she spend many months investigating (which we will post to the show notes when it is actually up). To discuss this episode with other premium subscribers, click here.Show notes/Links:Max Wilbert statement: https://www.protectthackerpass.org/protect-thacker-pass-responds-to-false-statements-made-by-media/I Came to College Eager to Debate. I Found Self-Censorship Instead: https://www.nytimes.com/2022/03/07/opinion/campus-speech-cancel-culture.htmlFroomkin is a jerk:Katie’s piece: https://reason.com/2022/03/14/how-an-academic-grudge-turned-into-a-metoo-panic/Mother Jones on Florian Jaeger: https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2017/09/she-was-a-rising-star-at-a-major-university-then-a-lecherous-professor-made-her-life-hell/Image: “Rush Rhees Library, University of Rochester New York. Rush Rhees Library, University of Rochester New York, USA.” This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.blockedandreported.org/subscribe

The hosts discuss all the brains that have been melted by Russia’s invastion of Ukraine, the role of race in determining how local populations respond to refugees, and the all-too-common collision of trans rights and lithium mining. If you’d like to discuss this issue with other premium subscribers, click here.Nuclear stuff:https://www.nytimes.com/2022/03/03/world/europe/nuclear-plant-fire-zaporizhzhia-video.htmlhttps://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-022-00660-zBrains melting:Cowen mention:https://marginalrevolution.com/marginalrevolution/2022/01/who-will-fight.htmlDerrick Jensen:Queer Theory Jeopardy!!! with Professor Derrick Jensen:https://platypus1917.org/2020/04/02/the-left-has-never-been-against-civilization-an-interview-with-derrick-jensen/https://derrickjensen.org/2013/06/the-emperors-new-penis/https://www.feministcurrent.com/2019/10/05/its-time-for-us-all-to-stand-up-against-big-sister/The Lithium mine:https://www.eenews.net/articles/how-an-anti-trans-group-split-the-fight-against-a-lithium-mine/Image: THE HAGUE NETHERLANDS - MARCH 5: Mainly Russian nationals participate in a peaceful protest outside the Russian embassy to show support for Ukraine on March 5, 2022 in The Hague The Netherlands. Russia invaded neighboring Ukraine on 24th February 2022, its actions have met with worldwide condemnation with rallies, protests and peace marches taking place in cities across the globe. (Photo by Michel Porro/Getty Images) This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.blockedandreported.org/subscribe

The hosts break the news that Vladimir Putin has invaded Russia. Then they talk about race drama in the DSA and a terrible new policy Texas is attempting to enact that would rip trans kids from their parents. It’s a light and carefree episode. If you’d like to discuss it with other premium listeners, click here.Show notes/Links:“This current event is actually about the thing I’m obsessed by”:Real or naw?:It’s exhausting: https://imgur.com/ehbZCovDeclaration of Intent from Greater Baltimore Afrosocialist and Socialists of Color Caucus:https://docs.google.com/document/d/1jqas0fvCIwuRSG9KpBfMZLABkS6_WXottn32Xz8Cx0w/editThe site: https://www.uppmaryland.org/Statement: Ken Paxton background:https://ballotpedia.org/Texas_Attorney_General_election,_2022https://www.texasstandard.org/stories/criminal-case-against-texas-attorney-general-hits-six-year-mark/https://www.dallasnews.com/news/politics/2022/02/21/whistleblowers-who-reported-texas-ag-ken-paxton-to-fbi-say-hes-lying-about-them-and-investigation/https://www.kxan.com/news/texas-politics/poll-paxton-at-risk-of-runoff-in-race-for-texas-attorney-general-bush-leads-challengers/https://www.texasmonthly.com/news-politics/attorney-general-race-texas-democrats-best-statewide-pickup-opportunity/https://www.texasattorneygeneral.gov/attorney-general-opinionsPaxton’s opinion and Abbott’s important/menacing cover letter: https://gov.texas.gov/uploads/files/press/O-MastersJaime202202221358.pdfThe tweetstorm: Too much genitals-talk for a single day on Twitter:Some mainstream coverage:https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2022/02/23/greg-abbott-gender-affirming-care-child-abuse-directive/https://19thnews.org/2022/02/ken-paxton-texas-trans-kids-families/https://www.nytimes.com/2022/02/23/science/texas-abbott-transgender-child-abuse.htmlThe Economist notes some shifting tides in Europe on this issue: https://www.economist.com/science-and-technology/2021/05/13/doubts-are-growing-about-therapy-for-gender-dysphoric-childrenSwedish documentary with English subtitles: https://www.svtplay.se/video/33358590/uppdrag-granskning/mission-investigate-trans-children-avsnitt-1Jesse’s paywalled interview with the lead presenter: Image: WASHINGTON, DC - FEBRUARY 26: People participate in a pro-Ukrainian demonstration in front of the White House to protest the Russian Invasion of Ukraine on February 26, 2022 in Washington, DC. Russian President Vladimir Putin launched a full-scale invasion of Ukraine on February 24th. (Photo by Samuel Corum/Getty Images) This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.blockedandreported.org/subscribe

After a very important Goat Update (tm), the hosts discuss the Canadian government’s heavyhanded response to the truckers, a very kinky new appointee to the Biden administration, and the San Francisco School Board recall. Premium subscribers can discuss the episode here.Show notes/Links:Cowboy… porno… metal…?: ​​https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-news/anti-vax-trucker-convoy-porno-metal-ram-ranch-1297926/Ilham Omar… welcome to the Intellectual Dark Web:Trudeau taking advantage of emergency powers: https://archive.is/kFjgR#selection-1375.138-1375.214Brinton on their conversion therapy: https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2011/08/survivor-mit-grad-student-samuel-brinton-remembers-ex-gay-therapy/More on them: https://businessequalitymagazine.com/qa-nuclear-engineer-presidential-advisor-conversion-therapy-activist-sam-brinton/“'Pup Play' Isn't Just a Sexual Kink. It's Freedom.” Uhhhh okay: https://www.menshealth.com/sex-women/a35523288/puppy-play-bdsm/Katie’s observation: SF is quite blue: https://abc7news.com/election-results-joe-biden-donald-trump-bay-area/7680084/https://sfist.com/2020/11/16/over-56-000-people-in-san-francisco-voted-for-trump/NYT on the recall: https://www.nytimes.com/2022/02/16/us/san-francisco-school-board-recall.htmlMoliga had attempted to distance himself from the other two: https://sfstandard.com/education/facing-recall-school-board-member-faauuga-moliga-goes-it-alone/Good rundown: https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2022/02/san-francisco-school-board-recall/López does herself no favors in this Chotiner interview: https://www.newyorker.com/news/q-and-a/how-san-francisco-renamed-its-schoolsSeems like a good use of School Board time: Racist tweets: https://missionlocal.org/2021/03/alison-collins-school-board-tweets/Crazy CNN article: https://www.cnn.com/2022/02/17/opinions/san-francisco-school-board-recall-hemmer/index.htmlGood interview with Siva Raj: Image: Police and demonstrators clash on February 19, 2022, in Ottawa, Canada. - Police in Canada deployed to dislodge the final truckers and protesters from downtown Ottawa, in a mostly peaceful operation aimed at bringing an end to three weeks of demonstrations over Covid-19 health rules. Ottawa police, who pledged the operation would push ahead "until residents and citizens have their city back," were still working to clear the capital's streets. (Photo by ANDREJ IVANOV / AFP) (Photo by ANDREJ IVANOV/AFP via Getty Images) This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.blockedandreported.org/subscribe

Jesse has another crazy travel story, this one from a wild night out in Santa Barbara. Then he tells Katie about a recent controversy at the /r/antiwork subreddit, and Katie tells him about the Canadian Freedom And/Or Nazi Truckers. Also, the podcast is looking for a professional cowboy/girl/person. To discuss this episode with other premium subscribers, click here.Show notes/Links:Great rundown from Trace: https://tracingwoodgrains.medium.com/r-antiwork-a-tragedy-of-sanewashing-and-social-gentrification-56298af1c1a7The subreddit: https://reddit.com/r/antiworkFAQ: https://web.archive.org/web/20220131104428/https://old.reddit.com/r/antiwork/wiki/indexExplainer: https://old.reddit.com/r/antiwork/comments/fde9mp/whats_the_solution_whats_the_alternative_what_can/“All they are asking for is a fair chance to find a decent job with the potential of advancing. They’d also like to be paid fairly and treated with dignity and respect”: https://www.forbes.com/sites/jackkelly/2022/01/27/reddits-antiwork-subreddit-temporarily-shuts-down-after-an-awkward-interview-between-a-moderator-and-fox-news-star-jesse-watters/?sh=140ad3172878Rundown of the aftermath: https://www.businessinsider.com/antiwork-reddit-moderator-doreen-ford-removed-after-fox-news-interview-2022-1Beware The Honkler: GoFundMe: Image: Supporters and truckers front the Parliament Hill during a protest in downtown of Ottawa, Canada, on February 12, 2022. The protest of anti-vaccine truckers, which started on January 29 in Ottawa, continued today near the parliament Hill. (Photo by Mohamed Kadri/NurPhoto via Getty Images) This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.blockedandreported.org/subscribe

In 2022, the two biggest celebrities in America are Joseph J. Rogan and Critical R. Theory. Some people think one of them should be deplatformed. Others think the other should be deplatformed. Still others think BOTH should be deplatformed (okay, no one thinks that). What’s the truth? Katie and Jesse are on the case. To discuss this episode with other premium subscribers, click here. (Apologies that I initially left the comment thread open on this one and then locked it — feel free to repost any comment you made here over there. Goal is to just keep comments totally private, and this episode will be unlocking to the public on Monday. -J)Show notes/Links:The anti-Rogan Spotify boycott: https://fortune.com/2022/02/03/spotify-boycott-neil-young-joni-mitchell-nils-lofgren-india-arie-mary-trump-joe-rogan-experience-vaccines-race/Neil Young has his own misinformation problem:https://www.thedailybeast.com/neil-youngs-long-record-of-spreading-scientific-misinformationSingal/Heer:Pesca and Nyhan on polling fuzziness:https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly9mZWVkcy5tZWdhcGhvbmUuZm0vc2xhdGVzdGhlZ2lzdA/episode/YzExYjZmYTQtNzQ5OC0xMWVjLTk5NjMtMmIyNWUwMmE4NjEz?hl=en&ved=2ahUKEwjix4m1ruf1AhVRJEQIHfJdCZcQieUEegQIKhAd&ep=6Jeff Sachs on the CRT fight:https://pen.org/steep-rise-gag-orders-many-sloppily-drafted/Spreadsheet of proposed bills:https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1Tj5WQVBmB6SQg-zP_M8uZsQQGH09TxmBY73v23zpyr0/edit#gid=267763711Scientific American mangles its coverage of the CRT fight (long story but the bill does not ban a list of words):https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/the-anti-critical-race-theory-movement-will-profoundly-affect-public-education/SUNY Fredonia pedophilia controversy:https://www.insidehighered.com/quicktakes/2022/02/03/suny-fredonia-reviewing-professor%E2%80%99s-comments-pedophiliaImage: LAS VEGAS, NEVADA - DECEMBER 10: Joe Rogan introduces fighters during the UFC 269 ceremonial weigh-in at MGM Grand Garden Arena on December 10, 2021 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Photo by Carmen Mandato/Getty Images) This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.blockedandreported.org/subscribe

After Jesse presents Katie with two equally moral solutions to the goat roblems that have been plaguing her, the hosts discuss the recent brouhaha surrounding E.O. Wilson, Scientific American, and Razib Khan. In addition, Stephen Jay Gould was such a dick. To discuss this episode with other premium subscribers, click here. (Thank you to @metorotem for the episode title.)Show notes/Links:Goats:WilsonKhanghazi:E.O. Wilson obit: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/12/27/science/eo-wilson-dead.htmlTwo good books on this sort of thing by Alice Dreger and Stephen Pinker:https://www.amazon.com/Galileos-Middle-Finger-Heretics-Activists/dp/0143108115https://www.amazon.com/Blank-Slate-Modern-Denial-Nature/dp/0142003344E.O. Wilson letter quoted here:https://spectatorworld.com/newsletter/misremembering-e-o-wilson/The disastrous Scientific American article:https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/the-complicated-legacy-of-e-o-wilson/No need to, like, quote:Good takedown: https://scottaaronson.blog/?p=6202Even Turkheimer isn’t having it:https://www.twitter.com/ent3c/status/1476626271090233346Razib’s (and others’) rebuttal: The Gawker article:http://tktk.gawker.com/new-times-op-ed-writer-has-a-colorful-past-with-racist-169218784His TakiMag stuff: http://takimag.com/contributor/razibkhan/130His Unz stuff:https://www.unz.com/author/razib-khan/Grant:http://990s.foundationcenter.org/990pf_pdf_archive/207/207181582/207181582_200912_990PF.pdf#page=16More accusations:https://evolutionnews.org/2019/05/geneticist-razib-khan-a-darwinist-and-the-alt-right/Here’s where “quadroon Jews” was:https://www.unz.com/gnxp/how-ashkenazi-jewish-are-you/Khan on eugenics:https://www.razib.com/wordpress/2012/11/11/eugenics-the-100-year-cycle/Khan in Discover forever ago:https://www.discovermagazine.com/health/why-race-as-a-biological-construct-matters2000 VDARE letter with race/IQ stuff:https://vdare.com/letters/vdare-khan-letter-and-sailer-reply-america-s-imported-caste-systemPeople mad/repentant/etc.:Good rundown:Nuanced discussion of guilt-by-association and McCarthyism:https://archive.is/R0m6DAaaaaand it’s gone:REPENT, MOTHERFUCKER!:Khan encouraged people to stay civil and keep the focus on Wilson, then went back to genetics and living his life:He also went on the podcast Urbane Cowboys to discuss the whole affair: Image: CAMBRIDGE, MA - APRIL 17: Biologist, naturalist and writer E.O. (Ed) Wilson in his Harvard office in the Museum of Comparative Zoology. (Photo by Suzanne Kreiter/The Boston Globe via Getty Images) This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.blockedandreported.org/subscribe

After Katie and Jesse discuss their nonconsensual Yassifications, they bring on Mike Pesca to discuss the time he was forced out at Slate because… well, hard to say! If you’re a premium subscriber and would like to discuss this episode, click here.Show notes/Links:The Yassification incident: https://www.reddit.com/r/BlockedAndReported/comments/s5ee24/the_yassification_of_jesse_singal_and_katie_herzog/The Daily Beast’s bad coverage of the Donald McNeil, Jr. incident:https://www.thedailybeast.com/star-new-york-times-reporter-donald-mcneil-accused-of-using-n-word-making-other-racist-commentsLetter from NYT staffers suggesting this was not, you know, an isolated incident: More responsible coverage:https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/14/business/media/new-york-times-donald-mcneil.htmlhttps://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/02/09/what-happened-with-new-york-times-reporter-don-mcneil/McNeil tells his side: https://donaldgmcneiljr1954.medium.com/nytimes-peru-n-word-part-one-introduction-57eb6a3e0d95?source=user_profile---------19-------------------------------Defector’s hatchet job on Pesca:https://defector.com/mike-pesca-slate-suspended/The Gist is back!Image: NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE - OCTOBER 26: (L-R) Kurt Bardella, Mike Pesca and Jennifer Rubin speak onstage during the 2019 Politicon at Music City Center on October 26, 2019 in Nashville, Tennessee. (Photo by Ed Rode/Getty Images for Politicon) This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.blockedandreported.org/subscribe

The host’s discuss Jesse’s very crazy week in Miami, Grimes, a very confusing online brouhaha involving Michael Tracey, South Korea, and fan letters written in menstrual blood, and the accusations of white supremacy leveled against that bastion of bigotry, National Public Radio. If you’d like to discuss this episode with other premium subscribers, click here.Show notes/Links:Hereticon: https://www.hereticon.com/Russ George’s pirate-geoengineering project (he did not mention during the talk that the tribe later disavowed his activity on the basis they didn’t know it violated international rules): https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2012/oct/15/pacific-iron-fertilisation-geoengineeringDynamite by BTS: Regular everyday hookup leads to major scandal for K-Pop idol:https://koreajoongangdaily.joins.com/news/article/article.aspx?aid=2959678K-Pop raises money for BLM:https://variety.com/2020/music/news/bts-army-matches-black-lives-matter-million-dollar-donation-1234627455/ The biggest K-Pop fans are giant weirdoes:https://sg.style.yahoo.com/blogs/singapore-showbiz/sasaeng-groupies-gone-wild-part-1-k-fans-141105992.htmlhttp://grantland.com/hollywood-prospectus/k-pop/“Stan” by Eminem: Hit TXT song:PAJU, SOUTH KOREA - DECEMBER 11: TXT attends 2021 Mnet Asian Music Awards (MAMA) at CJ ENM Studio Center on December 11, 2021 in Paju, South Korea. (Photo by The Chosunilbo JNS/Imazins via Getty Images)Some info on Michael Tracey:https://www.tabletmag.com/sections/news/articles/left-heretics-jilani-taibbi-traceyA Tracey Twete (tm):Shovegate:https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2017/06/04/did-rep-maxine-waters-shove-a-reporter-you-decide/Tracey on the riots: https://mtracey.medium.com/two-months-since-the-riots-and-still-no-national-conversation-12a7e3e4e006The Present Controversy:Big Hit suing people for insulting its artists:https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-49484380The fabricated tweet:Tracey responds:Not everyone buys his claims of innocence:NPR’s really bad racism problem:Folkenflik thinks it’s more complicated:https://www.npr.org/2022/01/11/1072104110/lulu-garcia-navarro-audie-cornish-noel-king-leave-nprSubtweet?:Jesse’s failed attempt to bait the K-Pop stans:Image: PAJU, SOUTH KOREA - DECEMBER 11: TXT attends 2021 Mnet Asian Music Awards (MAMA) at CJ ENM Studio Center on December 11, 2021 in Paju, South Korea. (Photo by The Chosunilbo JNS/Imazins via Getty Images) This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.blockedandreported.org/subscribe

After Katie provides a brief but withering review of ‘America,’ she tells Jesse about the latest hijinks of everyone’s favorite contrarian University of Washington computer science teacher, which like all great hijinks involve land acknowledgements. Then Jesse tells Katie about Alberto Gullaba Jr.’s travails trying to get his novel published. To discuss this episode with other paying subscribers, go here.Show notes/Links:Stuart Reges on sex differences research: https://quillette.com/2018/06/19/why-women-dont-code/Research on same: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/38061313_Men_and_Things_Women_and_People_A_Meta-Analysis_of_Sex_Differences_in_InterestsThe Toxic Drama on YA Twitter:https://www.vulture.com/2017/08/the-toxic-drama-of-ya-twitter.htmlJesse on Amelie Zhao:https://www.tabletmag.com/sections/news/articles/how-a-twitter-mob-destroyed-a-young-immigrant-female-authors-budding-careerJesse on Kosoko Jackson:https://reason.com/2019/02/28/he-was-part-of-a-twitter-mob-that-attack/Jesse’s review of Jackson’s cancelled book:https://reason.com/2019/03/15/a-review-of-a-book-will-never-be-publish/Jesse’s newsletter: YA Twitter's Victims And Critics Speak Out, Part 2: How (Some) Writers Of Color Are Affected:‘Ember Days’ cancelled: https://archive.is/jp0IO#selection-629.0-637.768Jesse on the unpublishing of that PW article:‘University Thugs’ is for sale here:https://www.amazon.com/dp/B099QDNCKWAlberto’s newsletter (more of a mailing list for future updates):Freechef.substack.comAnd his Twitter account:https://twitter.com/free_chef This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.blockedandreported.org/subscribe

Let’s look back on the last year and run down listeners’ top five favorite segments. If you’d like to discuss this episode with other paying subscribers, click here.Episodes clipped from:Image: Feet in wool socks near fireplace - stock photo (Via Getty) This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.blockedandreported.org/subscribe

In this relatively special episode, the hosts talk about a ginned-up anti-Semitism controversy involving a troubled internet figure, the latest explosion of outrage surrounding J.K. Rowling’s online opinions, and an article in The Atlantic article highlighting the gaps in our knowledge about masking as a form of coronavirus protection. To discuss this episode with other premium subscribers, click here.Show notes/Links:Archived version of tweet accusing weird YouTuber of anti-Semitism: https://archive.md/t79YfKnow Your Meme attempts to explain Nikocado Avocado: https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/people/nikocado-avocadoVideo which launched the accusation: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Z3qV94LGcr63E1DxKnT-DodS2fF5bKs8/view?usp=sharingActual source: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1kiss4-TO2gN2y6__J8fwz_tdgBOHLFbZ/view?usp=sharingEven grosser food content, according to Katie: https://www.instagram.com/blake_201/Atlantic article on masking: https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2021/12/mask-guidelines-cdc-walensky/621035/CIDRAP articles:https://www.cidrap.umn.edu/news-perspective/2021/10/commentary-what-can-masks-do-part-1-science-behind-covid-19-protectionhttps://www.cidrap.umn.edu/news-perspective/2021/10/commentary-what-can-masks-do-part-2-what-makes-good-mask-study-and-why-mostThe image of Nikocado Avocado absolutely housing what appear to be Korean rice cakes and noodles comes via Know Your Meme. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.blockedandreported.org/subscribe

Jesse confronts Katie with the results of some good ol’ fashioned southern-fried investigative reporting, Katie asks Jesse about his $5,000-dollar-per-plate Christmas gala in D.C., and Katie talks about the very strange and disturbing tale of Ben Garrison, racist (?) cartoonist. (If you’re a Primo and want to discuss this episode, click here.)Show notes/Links:New edition of Hal Herzog’s book!: https://www.amazon.com/Some-Love-Hate-Eat-Second-dp-0063119285/dp/0063119285/Cockburn: https://spectatorworld.com/life/cockburn-cruises-dc-christmas-party-scene-breitbart-reason-singal/Original spoofed cartoon: https://cdn.substack.com/image/fetch/f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fbucketeer-e05bbc84-baa3-437e-9518-adb32be77984.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F819e1e5d-9823-4fb3-be3c-f98dc76e782e_435x640.pngGarrison’s 2014 blog post explaining his problem: https://archive.md/mpFii#selection-253.115-253.937The happy merchant: https://img.buzzfeed.com/buzzfeed-static/static/2015-02/4/11/enhanced/webdr02/enhanced-17159-1423068265-32.jpg2017 Wired coverage: https://www.wired.com/story/ben-garrison-alt-right-cartoonist/Uhhhh getting genuinely problematic: https://static.timesofisrael.com/www/uploads/2019/07/cartoon-e1562781719760-640x400.jpgLead image: Asheville, the moment Jesse’s pants were first charmed off. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.blockedandreported.org/subscribe

After a brief discussion of Katie’s new hobby, Jesse tells Katie the truth about the Jacob Blake shooting. Then the cohosts critique the very specific (and very narrow) brand of “moral clarity” employed by the journalists who continue to bungle the story to this day. If you’re a paying subscriber, you can comment on this article here. (Correction: Remarkably, Jesse made a fleeting reference to “the Blake killing” at 1:08:49 in the version of this episode we released early to our premium subscribers. That’s now been snipped out. Thank you to the listener who flagged the error.)Show notes/Links:Video of the shooting: The Kenosha DA’s report: https://www.kenoshacounty.org/DocumentCenter/View/11827/Report-on-the-Officer-Involved-Shooting-of-Jacob-BlakeThe Noble Wray report: https://www.kenoshacounty.org/DocumentCenter/View/11830/Use-of-Force-Expert-Noble-Wray-Independent-Evaluation-and-ReportFeds say no charges: https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/federal-officials-close-review-officer-involved-shooting-jacob-blakeACLU: https://www.aclu.org/press-releases/aclu-issues-statement-following-charging-decision-kenosha-district-attorney-shootingInfo on Prof. Keith Taylor: https://www.jjay.cuny.edu/faculty/keith-taylorOriginal “moral clarity” column: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/23/opinion/objectivity-black-journalists-coronavirus.html“Shot in front of his kids”: https://www.google.com/search?q=%22jacob+blake%22+%22in+front+of+his+kids%22&sxsrf=AOaemvJsyGnLfxa4a4AsUBwJCQ4Q_OLLCw:1638560306185&source=lnms&tbm=nws&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjKt_jnsMj0AhUIlIkEHV5wAvUQ_AUoA3oECAEQBQ&biw=1707&bih=837&dpr=1.13Times on decision not to charge: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/05/us/jacob-blake-kenosha-rusten-sheskey.htmlWashington Post on same: https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2021/01/05/kenosha-police-charges-jacob-blake/AP: https://apnews.com/article/kyle-rittenhouse-pleads-not-guilty-cf6228f55a4f2a5fdd66978e5523a912CNN: https://www.cnn.com/2021/01/05/us/jacob-blake-police-shooting-kenosha-emergency/index.htmlStudy showing liberals severely overestimate how common police shootings of unarmed black men are: https://www.skeptic.com/research-center/reports/Research-Report-CUPES-007.pdfSearches showing how little media love Noble Wray got:NYT: https://www.google.com/search?q=site%3Ahttps%3A%2F%2Fwww.nytimes.com+%22noble+wray%22+blake&rlz=1C1UEAD_enUS953US953&oq=site%3Ahttps%3A%2F%2Fwww.nytimes.com+%22noble+wray%22+blake&aqs=chrome..69i57j69i58.6424j0j4&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8WaPo: https://www.google.com/search?q=site%3Awashingtonpost.com+%22noble+wray%22+blake&rlz=1C1UEAD_enUS953US953&sxsrf=AOaemvLxrGrPhFdlaKc07sXjFovCCkJNvQ%3A1638564763273&ei=m4OqYY7-D52rptQPy9200A0&ved=0ahUKEwjOt5-1wcj0AhWdlYkEHcsuDdoQ4dUDCA4&uact=5&oq=site%3Awashingtonpost.com+%22noble+wray%22+blake&gs_lcp=Cgdnd3Mtd2l6EANKBQg8EgExSgQIQRgBSgQIRhgAUMAEWOYIYKcJaAFwAHgAgAExiAGOApIBATaYAQCgAQHAAQE&sclient=gws-wizCNN: https://www.google.com/search?q=site%3Awashingtonpost.com+%22noble+wray%22+blake&rlz=1C1UEAD_enUS953US953&sxsrf=AOaemvLxrGrPhFdlaKc07sXjFovCCkJNvQ%3A1638564763273&ei=m4OqYY7-D52rptQPy9200A0&ved=0ahUKEwjOt5-1wcj0AhWdlYkEHcsuDdoQ4dUDCA4&uact=5&oq=site%3Awashingtonpost.com+%22noble+wray%22+blake&gs_lcp=Cgdnd3Mtd2l6EANKBQg8EgExSgQIQRgBSgQIRhgAUMAEWOYIYKcJaAFwAHgAgAExiAGOApIBATaYAQCgAQHAAQE&sclient=gws-wizJesse’s new thing: https://www.callin.com/show/singal-minded-conversations-IIrXnblInMMore info on Callin: https://www.callin.comImage: KENOSHA, WISCONSIN - JANUARY 05: National Guard troops stand watch as demonstrators protest outside of the Kenosha County Courthouse following the announcement by District Attorney Michael Graveley that no charges would be filed against Police Officer Rusten Sheskey in the shooting of Jacob Blake on January 05, 2021 in Kenosha, Wisconsin. Sheskey shot Blake seven times in the back while responding to a domestic dispute, which led to several days of rioting and unrest in the city. (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images) This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.blockedandreported.org/subscribe

An annoying West-Coast trend hits Jesse’s home region, a discussion about fake babies and ALLEGED BUT LEGALLY UNPROVEN cult affiliations, and a rather disgraceful attack led by online buffoons against a young academic. If you’re a premium subscriber and would like to discuss this episode with other BARPod listeners, you can do so here.Show notes/Links:The battle between furries and NFT bros escalates:More: https://candid.technology/usd-100k-nft-meme-war-twitterReborn doll basics:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reborn_doll#Social_issues_and_reactionshttps://www.reborns.com/https://old.reddit.com/r/RebornDollCringe/top/Nopenopenope: Start of the feud: The plot thickens: ALLEGED evidence here: http://nlovewithreborns2011.org/lawsuitdonationsThe plug incident: The book about MAPS (or whatever you want to call them): “A Long, Dark Shadow Minor-Attracted People and Their Pursuit of Dignity”More Noah Berlatsky background than any healthy human could possibly want or need: Berlatsky interviews Walker:Outrage appears to have started with 4W: https://4w.pub/old-dominion-university-assistant-professor-comes-out-in-support-of-destigmatizing-pedophilia/November 11 Libs of Tiktok: Famous people join the pileon: Let’s get them fired:James Lindsay quote-retweets, simply saying ‘groomer’:Lindsay is really losing it:He also went after one of Allyn’s coauthors, with a tweet reading: “Allyn Walker didn't work alone. Who is Vanessa Panfil, and why is she a sexual predator disguised as a scholar?”:On November 16, Old Dominion puts out a statement:https://www.odu.edu/news/2021/11/a_statement_from_old#.YZZpU9DMJPZOld Dominion University has placed Dr. Allyn Walker on administrative leave, effective immediately, from their position as assistant professor of sociology and criminal justice. Reactions to Dr. Walker's research and book have led to concerns for their safety and that of the campus. Furthermore, the controversy over Dr. Walker's research has disrupted the campus and community environment and is interfering with the institution's mission of teaching and learning. "I want to state in the strongest terms possible that child sexual abuse is morally wrong and has no place in our society," said ODU President Brian O. Hemphill, Ph.D. "This is a challenging time for our University, but I am confident that we will come together and move forward as a Monarch family." The actions we are taking today are motivated by our obligation to maintain a safe and conducive learning environment for our students, faculty, and staff.By October 17th, the story has gone completeley mainstream and gets written up in the Washington Post: https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/2021/11/17/old-dominion-professor-allyn-walker/The president is quoted as saying in a message to the campus: “Many individuals have shared with me the view that the phrase ‘minor-attracted people’ is inappropriate and should not be utilized as a euphemism for behavior that is illegal, morally unacceptable, and profoundly damaging. It is important to call pedophilia what it is.”The Milo Outrage Cycle: https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2016/04/how-breitbart-is-milking-the-milo-yiannopoulos-campus-outrage-outrage-cycle.htmlJezebel interview: https://jezebel.com/professor-on-leave-after-comments-about-people-attracte-1848089269Thomas Hubbard outrage campaign: https://www.chronicle.com/article/a-professors-writings-about-pederasty-enraged-students-so-they-protested-at-his-home/Walker resigns: https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/2021/11/24/allyn-walker-odu-professor-resigns/FIRE’s involvement: https://www.thefire.org/in-joint-statement-old-dominion-and-professor-allyn-walker-signal-end-to-campus-controversy-walker-thanks-fire/The lead image, of a creepy-looking fake baby with the catch phrase “So Truly Real” above it, comes from Ashton Drake. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.blockedandreported.org/subscribe

Jesse and Katie talk about their chaotic day, an INCREDIBLE gift a musically talented listener gave them, rapidly multiplying accusations of bigotry within the College Democrats of America, and the mercilessly bad takes that followed the Kyle Rittenhouse verdict. If you are a paying subscriber and would like to discuss this episode, head on over to the discussion thread.Show notes/Links:DJ Sac O'Judaea - Blucked and Suckported (feat. Jew-Z) - https://drive.google.com/file/d/1VOoL7ETyZ5ajgk2hW5Y0-UF7p6jizMRW/view?usp=sharingSource material:https://www.reddit.com/r/BlockedAndReported/comments/qfyk7p/techno_heads/https://www.discogs.com/release/13517924-Traxmen-Basement-Traxx-Vol-IIICollege Dems chaos: https://www.politico.com/news/2021/11/17/college-democrats-of-america-dnc-522864Bad ACLU takes:https://www.aclu-wi.org/en/news/aclu-responds-not-guilty-verdict-kyle-rittenhouse-caseJesse on Bari’s podcast: https://www.honestlypod.com/podcast/episode/3085b7c4/the-medias-verdict-on-kyle-rittenhouseJesse’s early writing about the shootings:NOOOOOOOOOO:MAKE IT STOP:$#@*)$)@@:On the other hand, some good reporting:New Yorker: https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2021/07/05/kyle-rittenhouse-american-vigilanteWashington Post: https://www.washingtonpost.com/investigations/2020/11/19/kenosha-shooting-kyle-rittenhouse-interview/New York Times Magazine: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/10/26/magazine/kyle-rittenhouse-kenosha-wisconsin.htmlImage information: KENOSHA, WISCONSIN - NOVEMBER 19: Judge Bruce Schroeder, right, listens as the verdicts are ready by Judicial Assistant Tami Mielcarek in Kyle Rittenhouse's trial at the Kenosha County Courthouse on November 19, 2021 in Kenosha, Wisconsin. Rittenhouse was found not guilty of all charges in the shooting of three demonstrators, killing two of them, during a night of unrest that erupted in Kenosha after a police officer shot Jacob Blake seven times in the back while being arrested in August 2020. Rittenhouse, from Antioch, Illinois, claimed self-defense who at the time of the shooting was armed with an assault rifle. (Photo by Sean Krajacic - Pool/Getty Images) This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.blockedandreported.org/subscribe

After Katie asks Jesse if she did a cancel culture, she takes him on a disturbing and nonconsensual journey involving conservative and possibly Nazi-sympathetic furries. Then the hosts discuss the newly launched University of Austin and the reaction to it from very sane people online.Show notes/Links:Hey Microsoft: Do 👏 Better 👏:Did Katie do a cancel culture?:Deleted but was originally on this list: https://www.kexp.org/anti-racist-and-social-justice-resources/Right-wing furries:https://en.wikifur.com/wiki/Foxler_NightfireThe suspect armband:“The Furred Reich: The truth about Nazi furries and the alt-right”:https://www.newstatesman.com/science-tech/2017/02/furred-reich-truth-about-nazi-furries-and-alt-rightFurry Raiders rules: https://furryraiders.org/pages/tosPano Canelos announces plans to “build a university in Austin dedicated to the fearless pursuit of truth”:The website: https://www.uaustin.org/Kathleen Stock situation: https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-sussex-59084446Will Bunch doesn’t like it: https://www.inquirer.com/opinion/university-of-austin-wokeness-on-campus-20211111.htmlWhy grifting is now in fashion: https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/11/10/molly-roberts-grifting-is-so-on-trend/Guardian column is critical: https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2021/nov/12/bari-weiss-university-of-austin-free-speechDavid French says Bari Weiss has gotten a bad rap on the Columbia stuff: https://www.nationalreview.com/2018/03/the-sliming-of-bari-weiss/The Root with a very Root-y take: https://www.theroot.com/hogwarts-for-wypipo-acclaimed-caucasian-race-theorists-1848025585Katie on higher ed: https://www.thestranger.com/slog/2019/04/24/40000161/free-public-college-is-great-free-job-training-is-betterThe BLS’s (inexplicable) Fastest Growing Occupations chart: https://www.bls.gov/ooh/fastest-growing.htmA “proliferation of administrators” at Yale: https://yaledailynews.com/blog/2021/11/10/reluctance-on-the-part-of-its-leadership-to-lead-yales-administration-increases-by-nearly-50-percent/“Rittenhouse’s trial is yet to begin, but ever since he chose to travel to Kenosha, Wisconsin, and hunt down anti-racist protesters with an assault rifle, he has received significant far-right support, including from government forces and, it now appears, the judge presiding over his case.”: https://theintercept.com/2021/10/30/kyle-rittenhouse-charlottesville-far-right-violence-courts/Excellent Washington Post minidoc with background info on both Kyle Rittenhouse and Joseph Rosenbaum: Jesse early on in this controversy: DeepFuckingValue: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keith_GillGlenn Greenwald on media coverage of the Rittenhouse case: Image credit for the lead photo, of the Austin skyline: AUSTIN, TEXAS - NOVEMBER 07: General view of atmosphere during the Austin FOOD & WINE Festival at Auditorium Shores on November 07, 2021 in Austin, Texas. (Photo by Rick Kern/Getty Images) This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.blockedandreported.org/subscribe

After America’s leading political analysts, Katie and Jesse, talk about the election results in Seattle (voters don’t like police abolition!) and Virginia (voters don’t like CRT, maybe, if they know what it is?), they turn their attention to two highly potent instances of online b******t: the recent LIEberal media’s attack on the LGB (Let’s Go Brandon) community, and a story Jesse still can’t quite wrap his mind about involving NFTs (?) and Lindsay Lohan (!?) and furries (!?!?!?!?). God help us all. (Image source.)(NOTE FOR PREMIUM SUBSCRIBERS: We have a new commenting system in place that will help us sort out some technical issues, most notably episodes showing up twice in feeds. If you want to comment on this episode, you’ll notice you can’t do so here. Rather, head on over here, to a post dedicated solely to discussion of this episode. This will be the system going forward and we’ll explain it more in our next premium episode.) Show notes/Links:Lucali: https://www.lucalibrooklyn.com/What a pie there looks like (one of the actual pizzas Jesse ate with his uncle):The Soup Nazi: Nicole Thomas-Kennedy tweets: https://www.seattletimes.com/opinion/editorials/toxic-tweets-show-why-nicole-thomas-kennedy-is-unfit-to-be-seattle-city-attorney/The Dispatch on Loudoun County: Let’s Go Brandon origin: https://www.npr.org/2021/10/30/1050782613/why-the-lets-go-brandon-chant-turned-meme-can-be-heard-on-the-floor-of-congressSW Airlines pilot says it: https://apnews.com/article/joe-biden-business-43c44e78dd04397a2b4e673387551976Person who heard it was AP reporter already writing on that subject: Normal stuff:Actual furries unimpressed with Lohan’s thing:Furry Porn Against NFTs: A Call to Forearms (basically 2021’s Martin Luther/church door): https://soatok.blog/2021/10/01/furry-porn-against-nfts-a-call-to-forearms/Thank you, @tracewoodgrains! This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.blockedandreported.org/subscribe

Katie’s previous life is uncovered, an update is provided on the Loudoun County situation is provided, the cotton ceiling is discussed, Jesse becomes increasingly disconsolate, Huma Abedin’s “sexual assault” is discussed, and the passive voice is used in the episode description. (Note: this is the free version of this episode. If you’re a premium subscriber looking to access the comments section, you want this version instead.)Show notes/Links:Loudoun County rape case update: https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/public-safety/in-case-at-center-of-political-firestorm-judge-finds-teen-committed-sexual-assault-in-virginia-school-bathroom/2021/10/25/42c037da-35cc-11ec-8be3-e14aaacfa8ac_story.htmlEmail from police officer: Scroll to the very bottom.BBC on the cotton ceiling: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-57853385.ampExplanation from a sympathetic source: http://sjwiki.org/wiki/Cotton_ceilingPlanned Parenthood Toronto joins in on the fun: https://www.facebook.com/PPToronto/posts/in-january-of-2012-planned-parenthood-toronto-in-partnership-with-other-local-pr/10150615471958021/Linda Riley says it never happens and people respond with their stories of it happening:Shoddy survey: http://www.gettheloutuk.com/blog/category/research/lesbians-at-ground-zero.htmlJoanna Harper/IOC: https://www.science.org/content/article/scientist-racing-discover-how-gender-transitions-alter-athletic-performance-including#CisiswiththeT backfires: https://twitter.com/search?q=%23CisWithTheT&src=typeahead_clickDawn Ennis in The Daily Beast: https://www.thedailybeast.com/the-bbcs-ignorance-about-trans-women-and-sex-is-disgusting-and-dangerous(Big Jesse fan: https://lifeafterdawn.medium.com/we-warned-the-atlantic-about-jesse-singal-but-they-ignored-us-beaee469d3f8)Huma Abedin experience described as ‘assault’: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/oct/26/huma-abedin-sexual-assault-us-senator-book-memoirNY Post yells at Abedin: https://nypost.com/2021/10/27/huma-abedin-makes-a-mockery-of-real-sexual-assault/But she doesn’t even want to call it ‘assault’!Email from cop:I just wanted to share some context on sexual assault investigations, as I have seen them happen. It would be entirely normal for the SRO in the case of the Loudoun county incident to handle the entire initial investigation themselves. That may sound odd given the seriousness of the crime, but for most sexual assaults the process would look something like a patrol, or in this case a school officer being dispatched to someone wanting to make a report. The initial officer would take a basic report, often not even a full interview (if the case gets handed off the detectives are going to need to do a full interview and it doesn't make sense to traumatize the victim by making them go through every detail unless you have to). This report would basically try and establish whether or not there was a crime scene or evidence that needed to be preserved, and whether or not a forensic exam at a hospital would be of any value. It's only if you needed to preserve a crime scene that you would be calling for additional officers to do that. This all gets more complicated with minors. I don't know how Virginia's laws around medical consent work, but it may be necessary, or at least wise to get parental consent before administering a SA kit, it is after all a pretty invasive exam. Also while it may seem odd to have a school cop handle such a major incident, they at least in theory, are going to have special training on interacting with and interviewing juveniles. On the occasions I have had to do these investigations, it's training I feel an acute lack of. Lastly, it's best practice, though I have no idea if it is derigur in Loudoun County, for interviews of juveniles who have been sexually assaulted to be interviewed by a psychologist or doctor with forensic training. A police detective will monitor the interview, and may ask for some specific followup, but its understood that people with particular expertise in working with kids are better suited to getting full answers without causing any unnecessary trauma. My opinion is that everything I heard about the initial investigation seemed more or less above board. It's only what came after that got fucked up.  This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.blockedandreported.org/subscribe

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 Hannah-Jones, the Netflix walkout, and the violence committed by YouTube Vito Gesualdi in the service of his ultraright ideology, “Jokes are funny.” (This is the public version of this episode — for the premium version, with comments enabled, go here.)Show notes/Links:Original Daily Wire reporting: https://www.dailywire.com/news/loudoun-county-schools-tried-to-conceal-sexual-assault-against-daughter-in-bathroom-father-saysJesse gets the logs:The Daily Wire doubles down:https://www.dailywire.com/news/records-suggest-loudoun-sent-team-of-police-to-deal-with-upset-parent-not-alleged-rape-of-studentThe school knew early on that an assault had occurred: https://wtop.com/loudoun-county/2021/10/email-from-loudoun-co-superintendent-alerted-school-board-on-day-of-bathroom-assault/Nikole Hannah-Jones breaks the news of her cancelled talk:“Some months ago, a dear friend asked me for a favor. Her former boarding school, Middlesex, wanted me to come speak as part of BHM. Speaking at this type of school is not something I typically do, but she’s my friend. I said yes. I just learned the Pres & board canceled my talk.”SHE was really cancelled: “So, you actually got cancelled unlike the people who complain about bring cancelled on mainstream platforms?”Let’s get back to her thread from a moment. NHJ says: Vito Gesualdi: https://www.youtube.com/c/vito/aboutAt Berkeley:Trying to bring everyone together with Pepsi, like Kendall Jenner did:Trying to sell ol’ fashioned popped corn:Video of Vito Gesualdi getting attacked and pleading for tolerance (of jokes): https://drive.google.com/file/d/1AaOHBpExuqy-SHq-qIBial6z9hSXdjML/view?usp=sharingVariety’s insane, now-apologized-for tweet: “At times, the #NetflixWalkout situation threatened to devolve as counter protestors pushed against trans speakers.”Apology:Jesse’s step-by-step debunking of “Comedian and videographer Vito Gesualdi screams profanities as he engages with peaceful protesters begging him to leave”What he actually said: “I’m just here to say that jokes are funny, people. Dave Chappelle’s a funny guy. I love Dave! I don’t know why all the violence, I don't know why all the hate. I just LOVE DAVE CHAPPELLE! DAAAAAVE CHAPPEEEELLE! WOOOOO!”AP’s correction:“Netflix just fired the organizer of the trans employee walkout”:https://www.vice.com/en/article/4avke9/netflix-fires-trans-employee-who-was-organizing-walkout-over-chappelle-special“Netflix just fired the organizer of the trans employee walkout”:https://www.theverge.com/2021/10/15/22728337/netflix-fires-organizer-trans-employee-walkout-dave-chappelle“Netflix Has Fired a Pregnant Organizer of the Trans Employee Walkout”: https://gizmodo.com/netflix-has-fired-a-pregnant-organizer-of-the-trans-emp-1847874257“Netflix fires employee trans activist for allegedly leaking internal documents”: https://www.theguardian.com/media/2021/oct/15/netflix-fires-employee-trans-activist-for-allegedly-leaking-internal-documents“Trans people are in the middle of a holocaust”: https://thehill.com/blogs/in-the-know/in-the-know/577649-netflix-protesters-clash-with-chappelle-supporters-amidEveryone ran with the 1,000-employees figure:Lead image caption, which has plenty of editorializing: “LOS ANGELES, CA - OCTOBER 20: Vito Gesualdi, center, yells as Netflix employees gathered outside a Netflix location at 1341 Vine St in Hollywood Wednesday morning in support as members of the Netflix employee resource group Trans*, coworkers and other allies staged a walkout to protest Netflix's decision to release Dave Chappelle's latest Netflix special, which contains a litany of transphobic material. Hollywood on Wednesday, Oct. 20, 2021 in Los Angeles, CA. (Al Seib / Los Angeles Times via Getty Images). “ This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.blockedandreported.org/subscribe

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 is an in-depth look at an astonishingly bad scandal in the Loudoun County, Virginia public schools. This is the public version of the episode — if you’re a premium subscriber and want to comment on the private version, click here. (Image via Haley Milon Bour of Loudoun Now.)Show notes/Links:Shoutout to ChocoRaisinBoi: https://www.reddit.com/r/BlockedAndReported/comments/q6njk1/so_you_dont_have_to_listen_for_15_minutes/New version he made for us:The meme’s origin: https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/friendship-ended-with-mudasirDo we owe an apology to Dawn Dorland?: https://www.reddit.com/r/BlockedAndReported/comments/q85brs/pod_owes_an_apology_to_dawn_dorland/KidneyGate account, which is worth following: https://twitter.com/kidneygateGreat tweetstorm on class element of KidneyGate — thanks to listener Katherine on our site for pointing it out:Terra Field tweetstorm:Pretty misleading headlines:Ted Sarandos denies that Netflix content causes real-world harm: https://variety.com/2021/film/news/ted-sarandos-dave-chappelle-defense-1235088647/Netflix fires walkout leader for leaking data: https://www.theverge.com/2021/10/15/22728337/netflix-fires-organizer-trans-employee-walkout-dave-chappelleLoudoun County 2016 and 2020 election results:https://results.elections.virginia.gov/vaelections/2020%20November%20General/Site/Presidential.htmlhttps://results.elections.virginia.gov/vaelections/2020%20November%20General/Site/Presidential.htmlAntiracist enemies list: https://wtop.com/loudoun-county/2021/03/parents-group-says-theyve-been-targeted-for-opposition-to-teachings-of-racial-equality-in-loudoun-co-schools/Gym teacher who doesn’t want to abide the new rules: https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/education/loudoun-teacher-transgender-pronouns-cross/2021/06/08/567edf5e-c7b5-11eb-a11b-6c6191ccd599_story.htmlLocal coverage of school board meeting chaos: https://wjla.com/news/local/loudoun-county-school-leaders-board-meetinghttps://loudounnow.com/2021/09/24/loudoun-school-board-tightens-reins-on-public-commenters/Fairly clear video of entire Scott Smith altercation:CNN: https://www.cnn.com/2021/06/24/us/loudoun-county-school-board-meeting/index.htmlNew gender-identity policy passes in August: https://www.loudountimes.com/news/loudoun-school-board-passes-transgender-policy-8040/article_6a583872-faff-11eb-9a3f-e7f735eb41ab.htmlNational School Boards Association letter to Joe Biden calling for his administration to use the PATRIOT Act and other tools to rein in out-of-control school-board protesters: https://nsba.org/-/media/NSBA/File/nsba-letter-to-president-biden-concerning-threats-to-public-schools-and-school-board-members-92921.pdfExplosive Daily Wire story (paywalled): https://www.dailywire.com/news/loudoun-county-schools-tried-to-conceal-sexual-assault-against-daughter-in-bathroom-father-saysNewsweek followup: https://www.newsweek.com/loudoun-county-school-assaults-students-1638899Washington Post followup: https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/public-safety/loudoun-schools-sex-assault-allegations/2021/10/13/02d3f144-2c61-11ec-8ef6-3ca8fe943a92_story.htmlhttps://www.washingtonpost.com/local/education/loudoun-virginia-school-assault-apology/2021/10/15/10853e8e-2ddc-11ec-8ef6-3ca8fe943a92_story.htmlBeth Berts is out (happened after we recorded): https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/education/loudoun-school-board-member-beth-barts-resigns-her-position/2021/10/15/87608c52-2deb-11ec-8ef6-3ca8fe943a92_story.html This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.blockedandreported.org/subscribe

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 righteous book-burning. Then, a BIG ANNOUNCEMENT. In the final (and best) segment, author Kat Rosenfield joins to talk about her new book, No One Will Miss Her, her deranged enemies in YA Twitter, and, of course, the Bad Art Friend story. (This is the public version of this episode. For the version with comments enabled for our premium subscribers, go here.) (Image via Getty plus Jesse’s expert illo skills.)Show notes/links:No One Will Miss Her is great!: https://www.amazon.com/No-One-Will-Miss-Her/dp/0063057018Canada’s residential system: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canadian_Indian_residential_school_systemBook burning first reported by Radio Canada on September 7 in some indecipherable code: https://ici.radio-canada.ca/nouvelle/1817537/livres-autochtones-bibliotheques-ecoles-tintin-asterix-ontario-canadaLuckily that same day The National Post wrote it up in English: https://nationalpost.com/news/canada/book-burning-at-ontario-francophone-schools-as-gesture-of-reconciliation-denouncedRuh roh!: https://torontosun.com/news/national/warmington-school-board-says-it-got-burned-in-indigenous-book-burning-projectResignation: https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/indigenous-peoples-commission-resignation-1.6168910Is ‘Two Spirit’ really a common thing?: https://rewirenewsgroup.com/article/2016/10/13/two-spirit-tradition-far-ubiquitous-among-tribes/Kat’s big piece in Vulture about YA insanity: https://www.vulture.com/2017/08/the-toxic-drama-of-ya-twitter.htmlJesse on same subject:https://www.tabletmag.com/sections/news/articles/how-a-twitter-mob-destroyed-a-young-immigrant-female-authors-budding-careerhttps://reason.com/2019/05/05/teen-fiction-twitter-is-eating-its-young/YA authors and others wrote in to Jesse about how insane it is: Who Is the Bad Art Friend?: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/10/05/magazine/dorland-v-larson.html This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.blockedandreported.org/subscribe

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 producers, he is the victim of the latest Central-Park-Karen-style incident. The hosts discuss his super real and honest stories. Then: Jesse interviews Kathryn Paige Harden, the author of The Genetic Lottery: Why DNA Matters for Social Equality, about her research and the perils of debating fraught scientific and societal subjects online. (Note: Due to a minor scheduling snafu I'm late getting you your patrons-only episode, but I'll have it for you by tomorrow morning at the latest. Also, keep an eye out for a longer cut of the Harden interview that we're releasing just for patrons, which I'll post momentarily. -Jesse)Show notes/Links:Job listing: https://www.patreon.com/posts/were-hiring-56634428 Original Frederick Joseph video: Insider’s coverage: https://www.insider.com/woman-accused-telling-black-dog-walker-stay-in-hood-fired-2021-9Derek Andersen has said problematic stuff himself: People won’t leave Joseph alone: Man Claims United Airlines Offered Woman $1,000 Voucher to Put Her Feet Down: 'The Audacity of White Privilege': https://www.newsweek.com/white-privilege-united-airlines-feet-table-845387Anna Merlan general background (not petty): https://jezebel.com/is-the-uva-rape-story-a-gigantic-hoax-asks-idiot-1665233387 Merlan on Joseph on AirBnB satanists: https://www.vice.com/en/article/m7jnmb/we-talked-to-the-host-accused-of-doing-satanic-rituals-in-his-airbnb Joseph’s claim about black-author quotas: Paige Harden’s faculty page at the University of Texas - Austin: https://liberalarts.utexas.edu/prc/directory/faculty/kh24738Paige Harden’s book, The Genetic Lottery: Why DNA Matters for Social Equality: https://www.amazon.com/Genetic-Lottery-Matters-Social-Equality/dp/0691190801Giden Lewis-Kraus’s profile of her in The New Yorker: https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2021/09/13/can-progressives-be-convinced-that-genetics-mattersFreddie deBoer on his related book The Cult of Smart: How Our Broken Education System Perpetuates Social Injustice: https://barpodcast.fireside.fm/22 Lothian Birth Cohorts: https://www.ed.ac.uk/lothian-birth-cohorts This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.blockedandreported.org/subscribe

(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 world's only black nonbinary conservative, the bizarre newspeak pertaining to females being embraced by major liberal institutions, personals, and Ellen Pao's very strange New York Times op-ed about Elizabeth Holmes and Theranos.Show notes/Links:Full, correct context for Daniel Lavery criticizing someone for reporting a home break-in: https://www.reddit.com/r/DearPrudence/comments/lzge8x/comment/gqdp0vzTroubled Daily Beast piece about Carson Griffith: https://www.thedailybeast.com/gawker-writers-quit-over-editorial-director-carson-griffiths-offensive-tweets-workplace-commentsThe articles notes in its subhed: “The new site’s only two full-time writers exited Wednesday in protest of editorial director Carson Griffith’s offensive remarks about everything from race to penis size.”There is no subsequent explanation of the claim that Griffith made an “offensive remark” about penis size — instead, she forwarded an email thread in which other people were joking about someone’s penis size, but which also contained information pertinent to a potential story idea.Tani writes: “Kosoff additionally told HR of an exchange in which Griffith took a dismissive stance towards the recruiting of a writer who identifies as non-binary. Kosoff, who was tasked with recruiting some new editorial staff, wrote in a Slack message that she was going to meet with a potential staffer ‘who is a person of color and nonbinary (uses they/them pronouns).’ When she returned from the meeting two hours later, Griffith initially laughed off the preferred pronouns. ‘lol is [name redacted] a girl?’ Griffith asked.”  But Slack logs included in Griffith’s complaint show that when Griffith said that, it wasn’t in the context of responding to this individual being nonbinary, but was rather simply a question about their sex/pronouns: https://postimg.cc/yJwcRZ6kNow, this screenshot doesn’t include the mention of “who is a person of color and nonbinary (uses they/them pronouns),” so it’s unclear when that was said. But there’s no evidence, within this excerpt, of Griffith responding directly to the applicant being nonbinary.Tani writes: “The two reporters also relayed to human-resources instances in which they believed Griffith—who holds a management role at the site—expressed an uncomfortably negative attitude on issues related to workplace diversity. In a Slack message reviewed by The Daily Beast, Griffith seemed to brag to Gawker staff that she had gotten them out of a company-wide diversity training session, though neither Kosoff nor Breslaw had asked her to do so. The two ended up attending.”Griffith claims she did not know this was a diversity meaning, and sure enough in the Slack log in question there is no mention of that aspect of it — she simply says she got them out of most of a long meeting that had been blocked off on their calendar (apologies for low quality): https://postimg.cc/PvqDsz2V/483230faACLU tweet: https://twitter.com/ACLU/status/1439259891064004610Interview in The Atlantic in which Emma Green asks the ACLU’s Louise Melling about language like “pregnant people”: https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2021/09/pregnant-people-gender-identity/620031/AOC on AC360 (note that she uses “menstruating person,” not ‘menstruator’ as Jesse says in the show): https://www.cnn.com/videos/politics/2021/09/08/alexandria-ocasio-cortez-texas-abbott-abortion-ban-ac360-intv-sot-vpx.cnnTranscript: https://transcripts.cnn.com/show/acd/date/2021-09-07/segment/01Lancet tweet/cover: https://twitter.com/TheLancet/status/1441372277786951681Who Ellen Pao is: https://www.thecut.com/2017/08/ellen-pao-silicon-valley-sexism-reset-excerpt.htmlHer complicated departure: https://www.vox.com/2015/7/10/11614622/pao-out-as-reddit-ceo-co-founder-huffman-takes-over“The Perverse Incentives That Help Incels Thrive in Tech”: https://twitter.com/ekp/status/991817194987114496 Even crazier: https://www.wired.com/story/ellen-pao-the-perverse-incentives-that-help-incels-thrive-in-tech/ Her crazy NYT article: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/09/15/opinion/elizabeth-holmes-trial-sexism.htmlActual information about what Holmes did: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/09/16/podcasts/the-daily/elizabeth-holmes-trial-theranos-silicon-valley.htmlDoJ release noting she was was indicted alongside Ramesh “Sunny” Balwani who is very much male!): https://www.justice.gov/usao-ndca/pr/theranos-founder-and-former-chief-operating-officer-charged-alleged-wire-fraud-schemesTom Cotton op-ed: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/03/opinion/tom-cotton-protests-military.html This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.blockedandreported.org/subscribe

The Prudie fakester: https://www.gawker.com/media/dear-prudie-it-was-me-all-alongHelp! My Friend Thinks I Am Stealing Vaccines From African-American Grandmothers To Attend Sex Resorts: https://slate.com/human-interest/2021/03/dear-prudence-daughter-girlfriend-armed-robbery-murder.html Help! My Husband and I Can’t Agree On What To Name the Baby We Might Get!: https://slate.com/human-interest/2019/11/having-sex-with-nephew-advice.html My Daughter Is Pretending to Be Demonically Possessed… and I Can’t Take It Anymore!: https://slate.com/podcasts/dear-prudence/2020/07/is-it-weird-to-love-giving-gifts-all-the-time-dear-prudence-podcast Previous BARPod coverage of Prudie: https://barpodcast.fireside.fm/71The Goose Post: https://www.thechatner.com/p/i-am-the-horrible-goose-that-lives Fox News on the sex-masking study: https://www.foxnews.com/health/couples-face-masks-sex-study Texas's insane new abortion law: https://legiscan.com/TX/text/SB8/id/2395961After our show went up, our tipster pointed out that he had already done a post about this -- we would have credited him had we known at the time!: https://tracingwoodgrains.medium.com/how-one-tight-knit-circle-of-internet-troublemakers-convinced-professional-journalists-they-were-ac05459aa4c5 “Random strangers can sue any 'abettor' to an abortion anywhere in Texas and collect a minimum of $10,000, plus attorneys’ fees”: https://slate.com/podcasts/dear-prudence/2020/07/is-it-weird-to-love-giving-gifts-all-the-time-dear-prudence-podcast "Reddit Bans Abortion Bounty Hunter Forum": https://www.vice.com/en/article/jg83bg/reddit-bans-abortion-bounty-hunter-forum And Insider: https://www.businessinsider.com/reddit-shuts-down-forum-for-texas-abortion-bounty-hunters-2021-9 Kendall Brown tweet: https://twitter.com/kendallybrown/status/1433588701385400327 Steve Silberman: https://twitter.com/stevesilberman/status/1434223870035169282"Hey Gunslingers come join us on /TXBountyHunters, a new community dedicated to fighting, and profiting from, those who would break the law of our beautiful state": https://rdrama.net/post/12798/hey-gunslingers-come-join-us-onThe subreddit was here -- quickly banned and we can't find an archived version: https://www.reddit.com/r/TXBountyHunters  Celebration: https://rdrama.net/post/13597/vice-gets-bounty-hunted"I think the key takeaway here is when these journos and abortion enthusiasts see a 'Christian' their brains malfunction and they lose what little ability they had to think rationally": https://taytay.life/post/13597/vice-gets-bounty-hunted/272219//?context=5#contexMostly complete transcript, with some minor spelling/other issues cleaned up here and there:Jesse: Hey -- I'm a journalist who cohosts a podcast about internet b******t. We were tipped off to this whole Bounty Hunters thing. I'd love to send you a few questions about it -- particularly about what it's been like to watch this blow up in the way it has, and to see so many people taking it seriously. Any interest? -Jesse https://jessesingal.substack.com/aboutSCD: Text or call?Jesse: Your call. I can send you a URL to the thing we use to record the podcast -- that way we could talk by voice but keep you anonymous if you wanted.SCD: I’m at work and won’t be free until Sunday really, if you wanna shoot some questions here on drama I’ll answer, but tbh I don’t know if I have anything that interesting to add.Jesse: All right let's maybe chat Sunday. In the meantime, just send me anything you're cool sharing about why you did the original post and what it's been like watching it blow up. Thanks.SCD: [I did it] [f]or laughs, that’s literally it. I don’t believe in taking the internet seriously, never have. I grew up using 4chan, where nothing was off limits, nothing was sacred, and the only real rule was “the first to take it seriously loses.” I guess I never really grew out of that mindset. I’m older now, have a career, a fiancé, and a life, but I still like to view the internet as the Wild West it once was. A place where you could say anything, be anyone and act as retarded as you like. Many who saw the post probably assume I’m pro-life, I’m not. The truth is my online positions and my real life ones rarely line up. In real life I’m pro-choice, vote Democrat, vaccinated, and a loving partner. Online I’m often pro-life, avid Trump supporter, and a misogynist, because these are the positions most likely to cause drama in today’s zeitgeist.Jesse: What was your reaction to it blowing up?SCD: Surprise. I made the sub one day before work in about 12 minutes before work, posted the thread, and only had time to check it once or twice before it got banned six hours later. It really just speaks to the current state of the culture war that this thing was ever taken seriously by anyone. So many people on both sides are searching for that next 5-minute hate so hard that whether it’s even real or not is often an afterthought. I’ve lost a lot of respect for journalists, even 2 minutes of digging through my post history would have revealed that it was an obvious troll.Jesse: So your thought process is simply “This would be a funny thing to seed”? I feel like folks who are less online have trouble understanding that someone might say something online they don't agree with in real life, and that this leads to a lot of bad coverage of internet controversies. Any thoughts on this side of stuff? I feel like trolling is just generally misunderstood, sometimes willfully.SCD: I don’t really know man, I’m not some internet trolling mastermind, just another dude with a childish sense of humor and a Reddit account. If I had to guess it would probably be something to do with how the internet has evolved. Today’s internet is largely sterile, commercialized, and in my opinion boring. People don’t see the internet as a place where you can be anybody anymore, but instead as a direct extension of who you already are. Thanks to social media most people’s online presence is the same as their offline, whereas before almost everything was anonymous, and you were conditioned to take everything written online with a grain of salt, because you never really knew who you were talking to.Jesse: Do you think part of it is a reaction against piousness and censoriousness? Even as a grown adult there's some part of me that responds to being told I'm not allowed to say something by just wanting to scream it. It feels like the most intense and creative trolling centers on the most hot-button issues, and I feel like that could help explain why.SCD: Oh that's a huge part of it, there's actually a huge overlap between rdrama and r/stupidpol users ( a subreddit dedicated to critiquing identity politics and wokeness as a whole). Sanctimonious, moral busy bodies are a favorite trolling target, because they’re literally everywhere online these days and take themselves very seriously. This website itself is a product of our original subreddit getting censored.Jesse: Last question, I think: What about someone who says, “Look, it's fine to be trollish but people are gullible -- this did scare folks and spread misinformation”?SCD: The sub was up for six hours and had only 63 members before it was banned. The vast majority of people who were potentially misinformed from it stemmed from the journalists who decided to run a story on an obvious troll attempt. I mean yeah obviously I share some blame for making it in the first place, but I’m not gonna lose any sleep over it. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.blockedandreported.org/subscribe

Show notes/Links:Jesse's review of Trans: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/09/07/books/review/trans-helen-joyce.html Wi spa incident: https://nypost.com/2021/09/02/charges-filed-against-sex-offender-in-wi-spa-casecharges-filed-against-sex-offender-in-notorious-wi-spa-incident/ Max Read on Gawker: https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2016/08/did-i-kill-gawker.html Crackstarter: https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/2013/05/27/mayor_rob_ford_crack_video_scandal_gawkers_crackstarter_hits_200000_goal.html Random girl singing N-word: https://www.gawker.com/white-kid-caught-ecstatically-singing-nigga-by-coache-1697520011 Bryan Goldberg buys Gawker: https://variety.com/2018/digital/news/gawker-acquired-bustle-bryan-goldberg-1202871999/ "The Relentless and Well-Deserved Mockery of Bryan Goldberg": https://www.gawker.com/the-relentless-and-well-deserved-mockery-of-bryan-goldb-1325205558 New Gawker meltdown: https://www.thedailybeast.com/gawker-writers-quit-over-editorial-director-carson-griffiths-offensive-tweets-workplace-comments We got bigots reviewing bigots out here!: https://www.gawker.com/media/bigot-reviews-bigot-for-nyt-book-reviewWhat's Jesse Singal's F*****g Deals?: https://jezebel.com/whats-jesse-singals-f*****g-deal-1826930495 Carey Callahan on informed consent: https://mariacatt42.medium.com/in-which-i-fail-to-find-you-any-gate-keeping-622c447a835f The terrible Atlantic article: https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2018/07/when-a-child-says-shes-trans/561749/ Jesse's review was 'violent': https://twitter.com/britnidlc/status/1435323903199649797Murders: https://twitter.com/thesarahkelly/status/1435722753156468737 HRC's fearmongering: https://www.hrc.org/resources/fatal-violence-against-the-transgender-and-gender-non-conforming-community-in-2021 Polling on self-ID: https://yougov.co.uk/topics/politics/articles-reports/2020/07/16/where-does-british-public-stand-transgender-rights Judith Butler interviewed in The Guardian: https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2021/sep/07/judith-butler-interview-gender Original, pre-cuts version: https://archive.is/jds9K Judith Butler wins the Bad Writing Contest: http://www.denisdutton.com/bad_writing.htm Martha Nussbaum demolishes Butler: https://newrepublic.com/article/150687/professor-parody Eoin Higgins: https://twitter.com/EoinHiggins_/status/1435355735056162826 Jezebel explains what happened: https://jezebel.com/the-guardian-says-edited-judith-butler-interview-was-re-1847636842 Nathan Robinson says he lost his Guardian gig for being harsh on Israel: https://www.currentaffairs.org/2021/02/how-the-media-cracks-down-on-critics-of-israel Widespread claims of censorship: https://twitter.com/search?q=guardian%20censor*&src=typed_query ...but no (thread): https://twitter.com/jessesingal/status/1435674221586305027 Critique of gender identity: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QPVNxYkawao&ab_channel=HelenHeaton WoLF folks on a panel at Heritage: https://www.nbcnews.com/feature/nbc-out/conservative-group-hosts-anti-transgender-panel-feminists-left-n964246 Gender Now: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/series/gender-now  This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.blockedandreported.org/subscribe

An urgent investigation.Show notes/Links:Ben Burgis: “He’s one the most consistently and maliciously dishonest writers alive.”: https://twitter.com/BenBurgis/status/1431686876541325314More from Burgis: https://benburgis.medium.com/noah-berlatskys-critique-of-class-first-leftism-c9a738caf77aOld version of Freddie deBoer's Planet of Cops essay, which linked to Berlatsky's work: http://climateerinvest.blogspot.com/2021/06/the-woke-world-is-world-of-snitches.html?m=1 New version, which appears to have excised this reference: https://freddiedeboer.substack.com/p/planet-of-cops Berlatsky: Katie Halper said we focus too much on anti-Semitism when discussing the Holocaust: https://www.patreon.com/posts/maybe-taking-of-13515855 Carl Beijer on Berlatsky vs. Halper: https://www.carlbeijer.com/p/some-pretty-egregious-misrepresentation-from-noah-berlatskyBerlatsky Berlastskying his review of "The Coddling Of The American Mind": https://twitter.com/jessesingal/status/1039654096515616768 "Chattering Class War: Punching Pundits from Chait to Chapo and Brooks to Breitbart": https://www.amazon.com/Chattering-Class-War-Punching-Breitbart-ebook/dp/B079P8N8MF Berlatsky has stories about Jesse but no receipts: https://twitter.com/nberlat/status/1085910748159565825 * as of when we're posting this episode, his tweets are protected, so you may not be able to read them until he goes public againAll the kids are talking about is Jesse's Atlantic article: https://twitter.com/nberlat/status/1281662776759537675?lang=en The (official) Jesse Singal Resource Page: https://www.patreon.com/posts/jesse-singal-20353892 Negative coverage of Berlatsky and Prostasia: https://www.opindia.com/2021/08/meet-noah-berlatsky-prostasia-foundation-wonder-woman-rutgers-university-press-author-normalising-pedophilia/https://4w.pub/prostasia-normalize-pedophilia/amp/?__twitter_impression=trueSome of his Prostasia stuff:  https://prostasia.org/blog/author/noah/https://prostasia.org/blog/the-science-behind-adolescent-autonomy/"parents are tyrants": https://twitter.com/nberlat/status/1338586940157927427?lang=en This American Life on virtuous pedophiles: https://www.thisamericanlife.org/522/tarred-and-feathered/act-two-0 Jesse's coverage of pedophilia:https://www.thecut.com/2017/02/salon-shouldnt-have-unpublished-its-pedophilia-article.html#_ga=2.73832657.2138172432.1630631362-1425867110.1621528509 https://www.thecut.com/2016/09/britain-has-a-hotline-for-pedophiles.html#_ga=2.73832657.2138172432.1630631362-1425867110.1621528509 Katie's:https://www.thestranger.com/slog/2018/07/20/29453977/online-support-groups-can-keep-pedophiles-from-offending-but-they-keep-getting-shut-down https://www.thestranger.com/slog/2019/07/15/40768104/jeffrey-epstein-is-a-horrifying-person-but-that-doesnt-mean-hes-a-pedophile Canadian effort to get pedophiles help: https://talkingforchange.ca/ Same deal in Germany: https://undark.org/2021/06/07/radical-and-controversial-treatment-for-pedophilia/ MAP Support Club: https://prostasia.org/blog/an-introduction-to-map-support-club/Only tangentially connected to PF: https://blog.mapsupport.club/msc/map-support-clubs-partnership-with-prostasia-foundationBackground on policy on minors: https://blog.mapsupport.club/msc/our-decision-to-instate-the-minors-channel-and-switch-out-dms-for-minorsCan maybe help with suicide: https://prostasia.org/blog/an-introduction-to-map-support-club/About Minor Attraction: https://www.csaprimaryprevention.org/about-minor-attraction.htmlThomas Arthur:https://www.newswest9.com/article/news/crime/thomas-arthur-terlingua-website-child-sexual-abuse/513-88345e1d-abb7-4e1e-8654-deddb9cf8af4https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/texas-man-sentenced-40-years-prison-running-child-obscenity-websiteThe criminal complaint: https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/6548074-Thomas-Alan-Arthur-Criminal-Complaint.htmlProstasia's statement about this whole thing: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1pYCRHMdbwsjMzEJCX0z2adAh4Lv9jOgDvj8jc9OJ6HY/edit This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.blockedandreported.org/subscribe

After Katie and Jesse follow up on some stuff from last week, the hosts discuss a video game controversy involving anthropomorphic weapons, and Katie interviews Meghan Murphy, who has been banned from major platforms for saying things like "men cannot become women."Show notes/Links:Jesse on the Junot Diaz situation: https://reason.com/2018/07/09/for-metoo-to-work-we-must-draw-the-line/Trailer for Boyfriend Dungeon: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uu9BXqm3eKI&ab_channel=NintendoThe Daily Dot’s coverage: https://www.dailydot.com/unclick/boyfriend-dungeon-kitfox-games-content-warning/Kotaku Australia article running down the original complaint:https://www.kotaku.com.au/2021/08/boyfriend-dungeon-consent-discourse/Voice actor harassment:https://screenrant.com/boyfriend-dungeon-eric-voice-actor-harassed/Tyler, the Creator on cyberbullying:https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/tyler-the-creators-cyber-bullying-tweet Meghan Murphy on Joe Rogan: https://open.spotify.com/episode/6yc6AIMf3JqLWygLQJ4WrgMore on her: https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-48366184Women-Only Rape-Relief Shelter Defunded, Then Vandalized:https://www.nationalreview.com/2019/08/women-only-rape-relief-shelter-defunded-then-vandalized/Meghan on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCq-04S1vzWPy3G8omi0wVvA And Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/meghanmurphy  This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.blockedandreported.org/subscribe

After Katie tells Jesse about her extremely traumatic 'vacation,' the hosts discuss a journalistically half-baked article about the Broadway star Alice Ripley and Jesse interviews Ethan Strauss on how the Great Awokening has washed over sports, producing some questionable journalism and cringeworthy ads. (Apologies to patrons that we couldn't get this to you as early as usual -- it was just a matter of not posting Ethan's announcement too early.)Show notes/Links:Katie's vacation: https://twitter.com/kittypurrzog/status/1427026657903214592 Original 'grooming' allegation: https://www.tiktok.com/@lovelyleobrie/video/6995546733497306373?lang=en&is_copy_url=1&is_from_webapp=v1 The Daily Beast's coverage: https://www.thedailybeast.com/4-accusers-speak-out-about-how-broadway-star-alice-ripley-traumatized-her-young-fans Kevin Durant does not like Ethan Strauss: https://www.nbcsports.com/bayarea/warriors/kevin-durant-accused-reporter-trying-rile-steph-curry-fans House of Strauss: https://houseofstrauss.substack.com/ Nike ad that ended the patriarchy: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PP9Zd_LUp1Y&t=4s&ab_channel=%E5%8C%97%E6%BC%82%E7%BB%93%E6%9D%9F%E7%9A%84%E5%85%AD%E7%BA%BF%E5%B0%8F%E9%95%87%E9%9D%92%E5%B9%B4  This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.blockedandreported.org/subscribe

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 not going to drop it in the premium feed. Then a lot of people were confused as to why they weren't seeing a new episode this week, and I couldn't tell whether there was a genuine technical issue or people were responding to not seeing an episode in their premium feeds. I remain confused -- even more so than usual. ANYWAY. Here's this week's episode. It's a rerun. I probably should have just stuck it in here to keep everything simple and clear and continuous. Sorry to pop into your feeds without a new episode, but you guys will have both a new early free episode and a new premium one by late Friday or Saturday, so hang in there!The show itself: Katie and Jesse discuss Katie's mushroom hunting, the downfall of @piney_the (the latest -- and most hilariously incompetent -- Twitter account run by a white person pretending to be a person of color), and Rain Dove, the nonbinary model, activist, and Instagram celebrity who appears to make a lot of stuff up. (Original published October 5, 2020 for our premium subscribers.)Show notes/Links:Rundown of @piney_the tweets, evidence, etc.: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1DKW-7LnY62mrCefWWJl4i8sofAop6zYidf0iXwPMN84/edit Evidence thread on Twitter: https://twitter.com/drama_science/status/1310688504876273664 NBC: Rain Dove admits to selling TMZ incriminating Asia Argento texts - https://www.nbcnews.com/feature/nbc-out/rain-dove-admits-selling-tmz-incriminating-asia-argento-texts-n1103466](https://www.nbcnews.com/feature/nbc-out/rain-dove-admits-selling-tmz-incriminating-asia-argento-texts-n1103466  This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.blockedandreported.org/subscribe

After the hosts discuss Katie's recent nonconsensual conversion to Judaism, they bring on Carole Hooven to discuss the deep, potentially permanent damage she has done to Harvard University's Department of Human Evolutionary Biology by suggesting males can't get pregnant. Show notes/Links:Serious allegations against Katie: https://twitter.com/jessesingal/status/1422977840157532160 Carole's book, "T: The Story of Testosterone, the Hormone that Dominates and Divides Us" -  https://www.amazon.com/Story-Testosterone-Hormone-Dominates-Divides/dp/1250236061#:~:text=T%3A%20The%20Story%20of%20Testosterone,9781250236067%3A%20Amazon.com%3A%20Books Carole on Rogan: https://open.spotify.com/episode/6aMsWsbPNlnipKF5w48fp2 Her recklessly violent call for discourse: https://twitter.com/hoovlet/status/1421149204018307072 Daily Mail coverage: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9845639/Harvard-evolutionary-biology-prof-blasted-diversity-chief-dismissing-term-pregnant-people.html  This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.blockedandreported.org/subscribe

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 in her newsroom, discuss NPR's new policy regarding expressions of political beliefs, and talk about a memorable blowup in the world of TV writing. Plus: more personals.Show notes/Links:Beware The Likes Police: https://theoutline.com/post/6708/marc-andreessen-twitter-faves-alt-right New NPR policy: https://www.npr.org/sections/publiceditor/2021/07/29/1021802098/new-npr-ethics-policy-its-ok-for-journalists-to-demonstrate-sometimesNadria Tucker's firing: https://twitter.com/NadriaTucker/status/1324718215629467649HuffPo's coverage: https://www.huffpost.com/entry/nadria-tucker-cw-superman-and-lois-hollywood-toxicity_n_603d5eb8c5b6ff75ac3ea433TV types respond:https://twitter.com/brianscully/status/1419763285491019777https://twitter.com/jillybobww/status/1419834042287984644 This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.blockedandreported.org/subscribe

The hosts issue a major boob-related correction, talk about TikTok influencers who (appear to) have dissociative identity disorder, and discuss the recent meltdown of a site that (claims that it) is "science-based." Plus: Some other, often-cringeworthy recent skepticism/atheism history, including Elevatorgate (tm).Maria Taylor out: https://www.si.com/media/2021/07/21/maria-taylor-espn-split-nbc-likely-nextScott Lilienfeld and Hal Arkowitz, a bit skeptical of Dissociative Identity Disorder in Scientific American: https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/can-people-have-multiple-personalities/Input on the DID subculture on TikTok: https://www.inputmag.com/culture/dissociative-identity-disorder-did-tiktok-influencers-multiple-personalities @theasystem and @systemspouse:https://www.tiktok.com/@theasystem/video/6987819970646265094https://www.tiktok.com/@systemspouse/video/6987084259601157382https://www.tiktok.com/@systemspouse/video/6985581388808473862One of the stranger subreddits you'll see: https://www.reddit.com/r/DIDCringe/Science-Based Medicine's very bad and error-riddled coverage of Irreversible Damage:Novella and Gorski: https://sciencebasedmedicine.org/the-science-of-transgender-treatment/ Lovell: https://sciencebasedmedicine.org/abigail-shriers-irreversible-damage-a-wealth-of-irreversible-misinformation/ Eckert: https://sciencebasedmedicine.org/irreversible-damage-to-the-trans-community-a-critical-review-of-abigail-shriers-book-irreversible-damage-part-one/ https://sciencebasedmedicine.org/irreversible-damage-to-the-trans-community-a-critical-review-of-abigail-shriers-book-irreversible-damage-the-transgender-craze-seducing-our-daughters-part-two/ Jesse's responses:https://jessesingal.substack.com/p/how-science-based-medicine-botched https://jessesingal.substack.com/p/science-based-medicines-coverage Leaked email about Jesse that treats Gorcenski and James as credible sources: https://twitter.com/jessesingal/status/1412511853067051010 Gorcenski: "If you wonder if there's anyone who I dislike more than the Nazis who assaulted me and nearly killed me, there is at least one person and his name is Jesse Singal."https://cdn.substack.com/image/fetch/f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fbucketeer-e05bbc84-baa3-437e-9518-adb32be77984.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9eed6bf4-fa8c-4802-80ea-282818a0b26d_952x419.png Jesse on Gorcenski: https://jessesingal.substack.com/p/a-sorta-quick-response-to-the-errors Some background on Andrea James: http://alicedreger.com/in_fear Longer but free, and tells the whole story: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3170124/ Rebecca Watson Wikipedia page with some information on Elevatorgate: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rebecca_Watson Her account of what happened:https://slate.com/human-interest/2012/10/sexism-in-the-skeptic-community-i-spoke-out-then-came-the-rape-threats.html  This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.blockedandreported.org/subscribe

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 monkey-removal update, Jesse tells Katie about the Rachel Nichols incident at ESPN, and Katie more than returns the favor with a deep dive into the drama tearing at the very stitchwork of Lolita YouTube, which probably isn't what you think it is.Show notes/Links:-Jesse on Rogan: https://open.spotify.com/episode/6iNgd3IPIK0OEXfyEQqZA8?si=f552ab61f07f4222&nd=1 -"Dead-enders" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6QxtzW_e9vk&t=62s&ab_channel=PowerfulJRE-Alex Jones is goddamn insane: https://www.newsweek.com/alex-jones-joe-rogan-war-meltdown-conspiracy-theory-baby-organs-harvested-1347887 -Planned Parenthood fetal tissue harvesting conspiracy theory: https://www.factcheck.org/2015/07/unspinning-the-planned-parenthood-video/ -And from PPFA itself: https://www.plannedparenthood.org/uploads/filer_public/fd/de/fddee2ba-5ae1-4a89-9c4f-7e72c8a4db02/210218-fact-sheet-cmp-fetal-tissue-backgrounder-prod.pdf -Ralph Northam conspiracy theory: https://www.vox.com/2019/2/1/18205428/virginia-abortion-bill-kathy-tran-ralph-northam -Our last episode on those Seattle monkeys: https://barpodcast.fireside.fm/39 -Rachel Nichols situation: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/07/04/sports/basketball/espn-rachel-nichols-maria-taylor.html -Intro to lolita: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A7V3CVEa80E&ab_channel=LovelyLor-Good explainer from reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/HobbyDrama/comments/dn69f5/lolita_fashion_how_to_mistake_a_1500_dress_for_a/-Rundown of the two main characters: https://www.reddit.com/r/HobbyDrama/comments/jfcm7p/hobby_scuffles_week_of_october_19_2020/g9tq2p8/?utm_source=reddit&utm_medium=web2x&context=3 -Lovely Lor's full apology video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ORzabyBy3dQ&ab_channel=LovelyLor-Origins of Harlem shake: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hdXdehsdO_o&ab_channel=BadBoyEntertainment-Viral dance thing: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8f7wj_RcqYk&ab_channel=GoodClipsDailyTyler Willis's no-holds-barred reaction video to the Lovely Lor controvery: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6qmCgf12s9A&ab_channel=TylerWillis-Possible motive: https://www.reddit.com/r/HobbyDrama/comments/jfcm7p/hobby_scuffles_week_of_october_19_2020/g9tq2p8/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3 This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.blockedandreported.org/subscribe

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 being proposed all over the country, some of which he says represent the greatest threat to academic freedom he's seen in his 20-year career.Show notes/Links:Barnaby Dixon bio: https://youtube.fandom.com/wiki/Barnabydixon His YouTube work: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YZWbpwCbxfY&ab_channel=barnabydixonPhilip the Philosofish interviews Sasha Ayad: https://youtu.be/Uvqg5wBOrqMMore info on Ayad: https://inspiredteentherapy.com/ "Responding to Criticism": https://youtu.be/5yQ8XYvA2Q4No, desistance has not been 'debunked' (Jesse's newsletter): https://jessesingal.substack.com/p/how-science-vs-accidentally-invented 13 important points in the campus & K-12 ‘critical race theory’ debate: https://www.thefire.org/13-important-points-in-the-campus-k-12-critical-race-theory-debate/ Salon is crazy: https://www.salon.com/2021/06/23/desantis-signs-bill-requiring-florida-students-professors-to-register-political-views-with-state/ Chris Rufo on The Fifth Column: https://shows.acast.com/wethefifth/episodes/322-w-chris-rufo-banning-critical-race-theory-robin-diangelo Kmele Foster of The Fifth Column teams up with ideological friends and foes alike to oppose the bills in The New York Times: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/07/05/opinion/we-disagree-on-a-lot-of-things-except-the-danger-of-anti-critical-race-theory-laws.html  This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.blockedandreported.org/subscribe

After Katie and Jesse discuss their July 4th plans, the hosts talk about Nikole Hannah-Jones winning her tenure battle, Barclays' cringeworthy contribution to Pride discourse, and the complicated tale of the publishing and unpublishing and re-publishing of "I Sexually Identify as an Attack Helicopter," aka "Helicopter Story."Show notes/Links:Nikole Hannah-Jones stuff:https://www.dailytarheel.com/article/2021/06/university-nhj-tenure-decisionhttps://www.dailytarheel.com/article/2021/06/nikole-hannah-jones-will-not-accept-position-without-tenurehttps://www.npr.org/2021/06/30/1011880598/after-contentious-debate-unc-grants-tenure-to-nikole-hannah-joneshttps://www.naacpldf.org/press-release/nikole-hannah-jones-issues-statement-on-unc-board-of-trustees-vote/https://twitter.com/nhannahjones/status/1410326615876378626?s=20Slate advice columns:-Racist white son wants to learn Spanish: https://slate.com/human-interest/2021/06/maximizing-sleep-with-infants-parenting-advice-from-care-and-feeding.htmlStraight woman in a Classic Millennial Sex Pickle: https://slate.com/human-interest/2020/01/straight-woman-dating-on-grindr.htmlKatie's response: https://www.thestranger.com/slog/2020/01/30/42716089/do-straight-women-belong-on-gay-datings-apps-no Note back to Katie: “Hey! I'm the odious Slate letter writer you covered in this piece - https://www.thestranger.com/slog/2020/01/30/42716089/do-straight-women-belong-on-gay-datings-apps-no. Just wanted to say that your take was 100% accurate--I was being very shitty and very dumb. Should have accepted being straight and worked on my own gender-role-angst instead of trying to drag queer people into my b******t a LOT earlier in my life, good lord. Anyway! Belated thanks for the wakeup call, and sorry I'm opting for the anonymous-reddit means of contacting you, like a coward - just going this route because I am, in fact, a coward.”More classic Slate advice columns:https://slate.com/human-interest/2019/09/child-sociopath-counseling-care-and-feeding.html“We live in a very multicultural and socioeconomically diverse area in South Florida. We are white, and both my husband and I are well-off professionals. Our 4½-year-old daughter has grown up socializing with all types of children and has a close friend who is black and one who is Brazilian. …”https://slate.com/human-interest/2020/06/colorblind-parenting-race-care-and-feeding.htmlMy family is white, and we live in a predominately white neighborhood. However, our kids (twin boys) went to a local public charter elementary and middle school that was very diverse. When it was time for high school, our twins were lucky enough to have their closest friends from elementary and middle school attend the same school. Each of the boys had a diverse group of friends, and they were taken aback, as freshmen in high school, by the way other kids sat at tables in same-race clusters. The kids who’d gone to our (small) middle school, where tables were assigned by grade, continued to hang out at lunch together as a mixed group.https://slate.com/human-interest/2020/10/kid-police-obsession-care-and-feeding.html“My lovely, outgoing son is 5 years old. For the past year or so, he has been absolutely obsessed with police officers. He loves their uniforms, cars, and dogs. He tells everyone he wants to be a policeman when he grows up, and whenever he sees a police officer, he runs up to them and says hi. In our overwhelmingly white suburb, this is always well received; cops are usually idle and don’t mind letting him touch their cars or look at their outfits…”https://slate.com/human-interest/2021/01/cop-brother-friends-harass-about-police-brutality-dear-prudence-advice.htmlQ. My brother, a police officer, is getting blacklisted by my friends: My brother (he’s older by two years) is a police officer. This was his childhood dream, and he’s dedicated his entire life to making it happen. Prudie, he’s wonderful. He leads his department’s restorative justice seminars, he was fighting for anti-bias training three years ago before it was widespread, and he spends much of his free time at the local rec center mentoring at-risk youth.https://slate.com/human-interest/2021/06/kimono-cultural-appropriation-care-and-feeding.html“My husband’s closest friend from childhood is Japanese American, and although he moved back to Japan after college, they are still very close. He’s our daughters’ godfather, and they think of him and his wife as another uncle and aunt (we’re also called “Uncle” and “Auntie” by his kids). For our daughter’s fifth birthday, they sent her a sweet gift of a box full of Japanese candies, a stuffed toy, and a kimono in her size. It’s absolutely gorgeous, but I’m hesitant to let her wear it, as much as she’s begged us to let her dress up and show it to her friends. I know how big of an issue cultural appropriation is, and I don’t want to let her think that somebody else’s culture is a costume. She has a lot of anti-racist children’s books, and books about kids from other cultures celebrating holidays and traditions, and this could be a great way for us to talk about the problem of white people appropriating other cultures and using them as costumes—but also, our friends have been asking us if she liked her kimono, and I don’t know what to tell them! I will confess: I don’t want to be thought of as another insensitive white lady who lets her kids “dress up” as stereotypes of other cultures, and that may be part of what’s holding me back from letting her wear it, so I think an outside perspective might help. What should I do—let her wear it, or talk to her about why she can’t?”https://slate.com/human-interest/2021/05/masculinity-incel-crisis-care-and-feeding.htmlMy son is 14, and he’s coping with identity issues that I could really use some advice about. Last night, he was complaining about English class. “All we talk about is stuff like, I dunno. How women are so great and can defend themselves and s**t.” Alarm bells, right? I probed a little, and he started getting upset. He talked about the girls in his class being aggressive towards the boys, accusing them of … he wasn’t sure what. Mumbled a few things about sexism, the patriarchy. “You know, this whole ‘kill all men’ thing.’” And with that, he burst into tears. “I’m white—I’m male—and I’m probably straight!” he sobbed (at 14, he maintains that the jury is still out on that last one). “It’s like, I can’t say anything! And the girls, they can say anything they like!” Of course, we talked about those girls being out of line, but also about how real sexism is—that he can be proud of who he is and support feminism (and Black Lives Matter, and LGBTQ rights, etc.) at the same time. And ignore purposefully provocative stuff like #killallmen.Still, I’m concerned. My feeling is that he’s pretty well inoculated against racist and homophobic propaganda. But clearly, he’s struggling with his masculinity. I really worry that he might stumble across a few clever Jordan Peterson videos and end up falling down some nasty male-power incel rabbit hole … Do you have any advice as to how to deal with this? In particular, do you know of any good age-appropriate books or podcasts or shows or whatever that deal with these topics—especially the “crisis of masculinity”—in a sensitive way? A way that’s in sync with feminist values?”When Savage love and Dear Prudie got the same question and gave opposite advice:https://slate.com/human-interest/2021/03/husband-sexting-cousin-dear-prudence-advice.htmlhttps://www.metrotimes.com/detroit/savage-love-devastation/Content?oid=26562553Back when Prudie was good:https://slate.com/human-interest/2012/07/dear-prudie-is-drunken-sex-with-my-husband-a-form-of-abuse.htmlBarclays:https://www.barclays.co.uk/diversity/?linkId=100000052339480-“Barclays agreed Thursday to pay the United States $2 billion for allegedly deceiving investors about the quality of mortgage deals that fueled the 2008 financial crisis.”: https://money.cnn.com/2018/03/29/investing/barclays-mortgage-settlement/index.html -A thread from the BARPod subreddit supporting Katie's Lesbian Extinction Theory (LET): https://np.reddit.com/r/BlockedAndReported/comments/ob7ckj/im_a_lesbian_and_just_found_out_yet_another_one Isabel Fall / “I Sexually Identify As An Attack Helicopter”:-The story itself: https://archive.is/oXDEt#selection-483.0-483.43 -Jesse's rundown: https://jessesingal.substack.com/p/the-deeply-depressing-unpublishing -Vox: https://www.vox.com/the-highlight/22543858/isabel-fall-attack-helicopter-N.K. Jemison was glad that the harmful story she didn't read was taken down: https://twitter.com/jessesingal/status/1410589280033021956 -Contrapoints: “Just because you were hurt by content I made doesn't mean that that content is bad, or that I’m victimizing you in some way.”https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OjMPJVmXxV8&ab_channel=ContraPoints This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.blockedandreported.org/subscribe

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 Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie/Akwaeke Emezi episode, the hosts talk about some reparations-related drama at Seattle's Pride and "Code Switch"'s strange decision to join the pileon against Majdi Wadi, a Palestinian-American businessman who did nothing wrong.Show notes/Links:-when the government literally arrested everyone associated with Blocked and Reported: https://twitter.com/kittypurrzog/status/1406043541525073920-Emezi on her transition: https://www.thecut.com/2018/01/writer-and-artist-akwaeke-emezi-gender-transition-and-ogbanje.html-Are Twitter trolls mentally ill?: https://unherd.com/2021/06/are-twitter-trolls-mentally-ill/ -Taking Black Pride: https://www.seattlepride.org/events/taking-black-pride-Seattle HRC responds:https://twitter.com/SeattleHRC/status/1405767042330812419https://twitter.com/SeattleHRC/status/1405767189634818048-Lorena González drops out: https://twitter.com/MLorenaGonzalez/status/1405968795567497219https://www.capitolhillseattle.com/2021/06/after-complaint-against-black-pride-events-reparations-fee-wave-of-cancellations-hit-tiny-capitol-hill-prides-big-plans-for-in-person-festival/-affirmative action bake sales: https://www.thestranger.com/slog/2019/05/03/40096408/uw-college-republican-affirmative-action-bake-sale-draws-resistance-and-controversy-BARPod patrons-only episode on Holy Land Brand/Majdi Wadi: https://www.patreon.com/posts/destroying-small-38100907 -“Code Switch” on same: https://www.npr.org/transcripts/892974522-Bari Weiss on same, via her new podcast “Honestly”: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/americas-cultural-revolution/id1570872415?i=1000524764029  This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.blockedandreported.org/subscribe

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 puppies with big watery eyes. Then, as part of the podcast's seemingly bottomless obsession with drama surrounding Nigerian novelists, the hosts discuss Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie's viral essay about how horrible Online is and debate whether it's okay to attack her with machetes.(UPDATE: This essay provides a lot of background on Akwaeke Emezi and I'm annoyed we missed it while prepping this episode. We'll talk about it one way or another, either by updating this episode or in the next one. The short version is that Akwaeke had their uterus removed because they believed themself to be possessed by an evil spirit: https://www.thecut.com/2018/01/writer-and-artist-akwaeke-emezi-gender-transition-and-ogbanje.html -Jesse )Show notes/Links:Slate article on behavioral euthanasia: https://slate.com/human-interest/2021/06/dog-bite-training-behavioral-euthanasia.htmlGlenn is being mean: https://twitter.com/ggreenwald/status/1404194591117557763 CNA says trans women are trans women: https://www.channel4.com/news/chimamanda-ngozi-adichie-on-feminism CNA's sorta-apology: https://www.facebook.com/chimamandaadichie/photos/a.469824145943.278768.40389960943/10154893542340944/?type=3&theaterTransracialism: https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2017/05/transracialism-article-controversy.html MACHETES: https://twitter.com/azemezi/status/1346268453221658624 CNA's viral essay: https://www.chimamanda.com/Oh God a Vox take on it: https://www.vox.com/identities/2017/3/15/14910900/chimamanda-ngozi-adichie-transgender-women-comments-apologyWhat literally even is a woman anyway: https://twitter.com/graceelavery/status/1405661319903289344 Akwaeke Emezi's creepy response: https://twitter.com/ItsLithaAfter9/status/1405030628978999299  This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.blockedandreported.org/subscribe

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 hate other races and ask your neighbors to turn the radio down. They also talk about the ACLU and (more importantly) Harambe.Show notes/Links:Katie and her wife own real goats now: https://twitter.com/kittypurrzog/status/1402012125845889024 Katie on the Yale speaker who wants to murder white people: https://bariweiss.substack.com/p/the-psychopathic-problem-of-the-white"On Having Whiteness": https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34039063/ The scary event that launched Harambe to posthumous stardom: https://www.nytimes.com/2016/05/30/us/gorilla-killed-after-child-enters-enclosure-at-cincinnati-zoo.html NY Mag and Vox run down the meaning of the meme:https://www.vox.com/2016/8/17/12457468/harambe-meme-social-commentary-explained https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2016/07/harambe-forever.html Oral history of Weird Twitter:https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/jwherrman/weird-twitter-the-oral-historyMore on harambe: https://knowyourmeme.com/photos/1259654-harambe-the-gorillaOur call for memes produced some good ones: https://twitter.com/TheBARPod/status/1402715518109372426 Run Run Harambe: https://soundcloud.com/markcrozier/run-run-harambe?ref=clipboard&p=i&c=1&utm_source=clipboard&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=social_sharingTop 20 Political Assassinations of the 20th Century: https://twitter.com/basementpoli/status/1402715854731632643/photo/1“This is the photo of Harambe the Cincinnati Zoo doesn’t want you to see”: https://twitter.com/metalg33k/status/1402721720419618820Michael Powell on the ACLU in the NYT: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/06/06/us/aclu-free-speech.htmlResponses to that piece:https://newrepublic.com/article/162674/new-york-times-aclu-free-speech-culture-warhttps://twitter.com/gingi0/status/1402304533569708039?s=20https://twitter.com/carltakei/status/1401655639114489859?s=20https://twitter.com/DavidColeACLU/status/1402245242636718083?s=20 This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.blockedandreported.org/subscribe

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 show, Katie interviews one of the more interesting people you'll ever learn about. Is Andy Ngo absent from this show? Ngo way. Not by a lNgong shot.Show notes/Links: Colonialism and the Holocaust: continuities, causations, and complexities (Jesse's post-Twitter palate-cleanser): https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/14623528.2013.821229?journalCode=cjgr20 Robby Soave's debunking of a dumb Ngo rumor: https://reason.com/2019/09/03/andy-ngo-video-antifa-patriot-prayer-attack-media/ Ngo's statement: https://twitter.com/MrAndyNgo/status/1400266501601513475 White people accosting Asians who they think look like Andy Ngo, for antiracism: https://twitter.com/MrOlmos/status/1282899087134584832https://www.wweek.com/news/2021/05/29/portland-protesters-chase-tackle-and-punch-someone-they-believe-to-be-andy-ngo-until-he-hides-in-the-nines-hotel/ Yaseen stuff:His extended book review of Ngo's book on The Motte: https://old.reddit.com/r/TheMotte/comments/nox63f/book_review_unmasked_andy_ngo/The Bailey podcast: https://soundcloud.com/thebaileypodcast Profile of the PSJBGC where they interview members about Will: https://news.wfsu.org/all-npr-news/2020-07-23/i-am-antifa-one-activists-violent-death-became-a-symbol-for-the-right-and-leftPortland 2017 Train trial: https://www.oregonlive.com/news/2020/02/jeremy-christian-guilty-on-all-counts-in-max-stabbings-trial.html This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.blockedandreported.org/subscribe

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, Canceling Comedians While the World Burns: A Critique Of The Contemporary Left: https://www.amazon.com/Canceling-Comedians-While-World-Burns/dp/1789045479-Twitter: https://twitter.com/BenBurgis-YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCByZMNYpHFEetI0s3deYH2g-Bernie Sanders’ unreasonably Vermontian demands: https://nypost.com/2021/05/27/book-reveals-bernies-hotel-demands-king-size-beds-and-60-degree-rooms/-Bernie Sanders criticized for ‘touting’ Rogan clip: https://www.cnn.com/2020/01/24/politics/bernie-sanders-joe-rogan-endorsement/index.html-Ben Burgis and Michael Brooks on why Rogan’s endorsement was good: https://www.jacobinmag.com/2020/01/its-good-that-joe-rogan-endorsed-bernie-now-we-have-to-organize-Tom Cotton column: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/03/opinion/tom-cotton-protests-military.html-National Guard deployment to Kenosha:https://www.kenoshanews.com/news/local/national-guard-ends-deployment-to-kenosha/article_61a44f06-43cd-5db8-992f-23f1bcbb5188.html-$1-2b in damage from the George Floyd riots:https://www.axios.com/riots-cost-property-damage-276c9bcc-a455-4067-b06a-66f9db4cea9c.html-attacks on federal courthouse in Portland:https://ktvz.com/news/crime-courts/2020/07/24/fires-set-inside-portland-federal-courthouse-fence-18-arrested-on-federal-charges/-Matt Taibbi’s book Hate Inc.: Why Today’s Media Makes Us Despise One Another:https://www.amazon.com/Hate-Inc-Todays-Despise-Another/dp/1949017257-Ben Burgis/Jacobin Bestner article on ‘insurrection’:https://jacobinmag.com/2021/01/trump-capitol-riot-fascist-coup-attempt?fbclid=IwAR1CVU3AKhMhXufL6OfwDiu_UEIFcghIZ0osMlS-uFST8rmdT7dQ9w69vVU-2019 DSA convention ‘highlights’:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bHRxu3XrsHg&ab_channel=Mitchollow-JFC, tankies: https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=tankie  This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.blockedandreported.org/subscribe

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 they talk about the lab-leak hypothesis of the coronavirus’s origins, which may have been preemptively debunked by overeager journalists seeking to protect us all from racism and Trumpism.60 Minutes segment: https://www.cbsnews.com/video/transgender-health-care-60-minutes-video-2021-05-23/#xMore background on it:https://www.cbsnews.com/news/60-minutes-transgender-health-care-issues-2021-05-23/GLAAD freaks out: https://twitter.com/glaad/status/1396665047645138945Chase Strangio also unhappy: https://twitter.com/chasestrangio/status/1396828255639019524Jack Turban stuff:-he wanted to know where 60 Minutes found its sources: https://twitter.com/jack_turban/status/1396992770733056001-Turban’s Pediatrics study correlating desire/receipt of puberty blockers with suicidality:https://pediatrics.aappublications.org/content/145/2/e20191725“After adjustment for demographic variables and level of family support for gender identity, those who received treatment with pubertal suppression, when compared with those who wanted pubertal suppression but did not receive it, had lower odds of lifetime suicidal ideation,” but when it came to all the other variables examined in this model — “past-year suicidality, ... past-month severe psychological distress, past-month binge drinking, and lifetime illicit drug use” — the link was statistically insignificant.In the episode Jesse slightly misdescribes this finding, making it sound like the researchers found a link between puberty-blocker access in this group and their general mental health. That link was non-significant, though. The significant link was between puberty-blocker access and lifetime (but not past-year) suicidality. This doesn’t affect Jesse’s argument that one could just as easily look at this data and conclude that some of these cases are explained by clinicians being unwilling to put actively suicidal kids on puberty blockers. There are plenty of other potential explanations, too — zeroing in on one particular causal story (in this case, the kids became suicidal because they couldn’t access hormones) is a common and well-known error when interpreting this sort of correlational finding.From On The Media:Transcript: https://www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/otm/episodes/trans-formations-on-the-media“There are a set of criteria that an adolescent needs to meet and they need to have this diagnosis of gender dysphoria. And that diagnosis requires identifying as a gender different than your sex assigned at birth for at least six months. Many clinics will, on top of that diagnosis, require much more assessment and evaluation before they'll offer any kind of medical interventions. Once kids reach, usually age 16, but in certain clear cases age 14, they might start estrogen or testosterone. General surgery is not offered until adulthood. Often these things are all conflated. You'll hear things like seven year olds having genital surgery or little little kids being given estrogen, but that's not how it works.”One example of many of the surgery claim being false: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/29507933/And we have numerous examples of kids being given blockers and hormones on a far hastier timeline than what Turban lays out here. There is no mention of providers who don’t follow the proper guidelines. That said, Turban is correct that some clinics go too far in the other direction.“There are a very small number of people who do regret the interventions, but from all the research we have so far, this seems to be on the order of like less than 1 percent.”There does not appear to be a single study published by an American affirming clinic on regret rates. This isn’t nitpicking, because there has been a genuine revolution in youth transgender care in recent years that is a major shift away from ‘gatekeeping.’ So past studies on regret rates, whether youth or adult contexts, simply can’t tell us much about how to gauge the performance of contemporary American gender-affirming providers.There’s at least some evidence, from one very-well-known affirming clinic, of a high lost-to-followup rate — above 40% — which offers circumstantial evidence of kids discontinuing their hormonal treatment: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/29056436/That said, it’s also possible they continued treatment elsewhere, or that some other explanation can account for this. Either way, a lost-to-followup rate of 40% is quite high and might be a warning sign.-Turban has exhibited basic unfamiliarity with the DSM-IV versus -5 criteria for gender dysphoria, as he subsequently seemed to acknowledge by correcting one of his articles: https://twitter.com/jessesingal/status/1341502177920073731Lab leak hypothesis:Long NY Mag piece: https://nymag.com/intelligencer/article/coronavirus-lab-escape-theory.htmlChait: https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2021/05/lab-leak-liberal-media-theory-china-wuhan-lab-cotton-trump.htmlVery in-depth forensic account from Yglesias of who said what when:https://www.slowboring.com/p/the-medias-lab-leak-fiascoNPR declares the theory ‘debunked’ more than a year ago: https://www.npr.org/2020/04/22/841925672/scientists-debunk-lab-accident-theory-of-pandemic-emergenceSlate: https://slate.com/technology/2020/02/coronavirus-bioweapon-conspiracy-theories.html This is a public episode. 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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. Also: Is Kamala Harris Asian? An investigation.Show notes/Links:NC Policy Watch on NHJ: http://www.ncpolicywatch.com/2021/05/19/pw-special-report-after-conservative-criticism-unc-backs-down-from-offering-acclaimed-journalist-a-tenured-position/ Washington Post on Emily Wilder: https://www.washingtonpost.com/media/2021/05/20/emily-wilder-associated-press-palestine/https://www.washingtonpost.com/media/2021/05/20/emily-wilder-associated-press-palestine/ SFGate interview with her: https://www.sfgate.com/politics/article/Emily-Wilder-Associated-Press-Israel-Palestine-AP-16192391.php Politico on Kamala Harris's Asianinity: https://www.politico.com/news/2021/05/18/kamala-harris-asian-americans-489213  This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.blockedandreported.org/subscribe

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 Katie in an unmentionable hellhole and the careful, measured, polite reaction to a column by the incorrigible Liz Bruenig, who had the temerity to argue, grossly, that she loves her kids and is glad to be a mom.Show notes/Links:International Hamas day: https://twitter.com/SlackHQ/status/1392901563207897101?s=20On the pipeline hack: https://krebsonsecurity.com/2021/05/a-closer-look-at-the-darkside-ransomware-gang/Subpar reporting on it: https://twitter.com/nytimes/status/1392108492773810176Fact-checking the bag thing: https://nbc-2.com/news/2021/05/12/fact-check-viral-twitter-photo-of-plastic-bags-full-of-gas-was-taken-in-2019/Bruenig's hate-crime of a column: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/07/opinion/motherhood-baby-bust-early-parenthood.htmlEveryone is completely out of their goddamn minds:https://twitter.com/aurabogado/status/1391816713008607235 https://twitter.com/amandamarcotte/status/1391353803174199299https://twitter.com/amandamarcotte/status/1391354461566685186 https://mobile.twitter.com/sadydoyle/status/1391382397585928192 https://mobile.twitter.com/sadydoyle/status/1391457783506259969https://mobile.twitter.com/sadydoyle/status/1391459272261779458https://mobile.twitter.com/sadydoyle/status/1391540579197235201FdB is correct: https://freddiedeboer.substack.com/p/all-this-s**t-is-high-school This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.blockedandreported.org/subscribe

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 to talk to him on the pod. Then, the thick-cut tender medium-rare meat of the show: At the University of Washington, a controversy over racism. And at Basecamp, a… controversy over racism. Never let it be said that this show does not range widely.Chase Strangi-No!: https://www.gq.com/story/chase-strangio-on-anti-trans-lawsJesse Mad Online once again: https://twitter.com/jessesingal/status/1390019758595117061This cartoon is like something out of Der Stürmer: https://www.dailyuw.com/cartoons/article_dba3d6da-a640-11eb-a8bc-fb9f1a0fa058.htmlAs is this one: https://preview.redd.it/yvd4q5t2ozv61.png?width=630&format=png&auto=webp&s=a90dfd1f3c40f2ead992a6a457b65913ace3b830The newspaper apologizes: https://www.dailyuw.com/opinion/article_fbe3722a-a901-11eb-9b60-bfd0ee0e37e4.html(If you want to send the artist behind both cartoons a supportive note — and of course we will not be including this in the public version of the show notes — he is at elijahpasco@gmail.com, which we got via his website: https://elijahnpasco.com/contact-1)The legend of Eggman7698: https://www.reddit.com/r/udub/comments/n5zavx/me_when_we_go_back_to_campus_next_fall_quarter/ Literary Editor Resigns After Bathing on Zoom in a Mesh Shirt: https://www.vulture.com/2021/04/joshua-wolf-shenk-resigns-after-bath-on-zoom-in-mesh-shirt.htmlBasecamp: https://www.platformer.news/p/-how-basecamp-blew-up This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.blockedandreported.org/subscribe

No show notes this week.https://www.legacy.com/obituaries/bostonglobe/obituary.aspx?n=sydney-altman&pid=198401366&fhid=5816 https://donate.adaa.org/give/322300/#!/donation/checkout  https://www.legacy.com/obituaries/bostonglobe/obituary.aspx?n=edith-singal-katz&pid=198433772  This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.blockedandreported.org/subscribe

Richard Dawkins did an oppression with his tweets -- what should be done??? Also, new research suggests, shockingly, that making each and every issue about race 100% of the time might have some drawbacks. These issues and more, discussed thoroughly and vigorously.Jesse's Book "The Quick Fix: Why Fad Psychology Can't Cure Our Social Ills": https://www.amazon.com/Quick-Fix-Psychology-Cant-Social/dp/0374239800/ref=tmm_hrd_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr= Show notes/links:Richard Dawkins is no longer 1996 Humanist of the Year: https://www.theguardian.com/books/2021/apr/20/richard-dawkins-loses-humanist-of-the-year-trans-comments If you talk about transracialism, you're gonna have a bad time: https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2017/05/transracialism-article-controversy.html The Yalies' paper on racial messaging and progressive policies: https://osf.io/tdkf3/ Jesse's paid post on The Daily Beast's ridiculous coverage of the killing of Ma’khia Bryant: https://jessesingal.substack.com/p/the-daily-beasts-coverage-of-the Jesse's mad about this stuff on Twitter too: https://twitter.com/jessesingal/status/1386347467491454985 Washington Post police shootings database: https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/investigations/police-shootings-database/  This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.blockedandreported.org/subscribe

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 features some of the very most annoying people on Twitter. Then they talk about Facebook's efforts to censor a news article about a Black Lives Matter cofounder's real estate holdings. The back half of the episode is dedicated to Lindsay Ellis's recent social-justice troubles, which, if you squint, are really stupid.Show notes/Links:The controversy that will forever haunt Yang: https://people.com/pets/andrew-yang-defends-giving-up-dog-after-backlash-national-pet-day-post/ NY Post article on Patrisse Khan-Cullors’ real estate purchases: https://nypost.com/2021/04/10/inside-blm-co-founder-patrisse-khan-cullors-real-estate-buying-binge/ Fox News on the censorship: https://www.foxnews.com/media/facebook-bans-sharing-new-york-post-report-blm-co-founder-home-purchases Lindsay Ellis's cancel culture video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C7aWz8q_IM4 Ellis v. MovieBob -- lotsa gaslighting and such: https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/events/lindsay-ellis-moviebob-snub  This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.blockedandreported.org/subscribe

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 puberty blockers and hormones for minors and how difficult it is to communicate accurate, honest information to the public about this subject. Then they discuss a story Jesse wrote for Reason about a particularly crazy campus blowup in which a bunch of innocent white people were traumatized (physically) by disagreement.Jesse explaining why he is against these bills: https://jessesingal.substack.com/p/why-the-hard-age-caps-on-youth-gender Jesse annoyed at conservatives 180ing his work: https://jessesingal.substack.com/p/conservatives-are-lying-about-what Lupron: https://www.ktnv.com/news/investigations/more-women-come-forward-with-complaints-about-lupron-side-effectsReason story: https://reason.com/2021/04/05/a-professor-pushed-back-against-white-fragility-training-the-college-investigated-her-for-9-months/ FIRE: http://thefire.org/Jeffrey Sachs is good on campus free speech... https://twitter.com/JeffreyASachs...and was recently on The Fifth Column: https://shows.acast.com/wethefifth/episodes/229-w-jeffrey-sachs-how-to-be-a-dictator-anti-woke-hypocrisy  This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.blockedandreported.org/subscribe

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 discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.blockedandreported.org/subscribe

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 Jesse's book, which is out on Tuesday. Specifically, they dig into Comprehensive Soldier Fitness, an anti-PTSD Army program that doesn't work, and the implicit association test, an anti-racism test that... doesn't work. Also, it turns out both hosts are kinda scared of bridges, which feels like something they should dig into at some later date.Show notes/Links:THE BOOK: https://www.amazon.com/Quick-Fix-Psychology-Cant-Social/dp/0374239800/ref=tmm_hrd_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr= Jesse's AMA on the subreddit about the book:https://www.reddit.com/r/BlockedAndReported/comments/mhyflz/ask_me_anything_about_my_book_the_quick_fix_which/ Jesse's article on the implicit association test:https://www.thecut.com/2017/01/psychologys-racism-measuring-tool-isnt-up-to-the-job.html Jesse on the contact hypothesis: https://www.thecut.com/2017/02/the-contact-hypothesis-offers-hope-for-the-world.html The Robin DiAngelo episode:https://barpodcast.fireside.fm/17 The Robin DiAngelo bonus episode, which is an interview between Katie and a survivor of one of these trainings:https://barpodcast.fireside.fm/bonus2 Kelefa Sanneh on This American Life on diversity trainings:https://www.thisamericanlife.org/648/unteachable-moment  This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.blockedandreported.org/subscribe

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 Doyle'd, and an annoyingly one-sided front-page New York Times piece about online censorship. Then they throw to an interview Jesse did with Jon Chait, an excellent writer and thinker who had a big impact on Jesse's own work over the years.Jesse on the disgraceful GLAAD clusterfuck: https://jessesingal.substack.com/p/glaad-took-false-previously-disproven Jon Chait - Not a Very P.C. Thing to Say: How the language police are perverting liberalism: https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2015/01/not-a-very-pc-thing-to-say.html One of Chait's most recent Russia pieces: https://nymag.com/intelligencer/article/ex-kgb-agent-trump-russian-asset-mueller-putin-kompromat-unger-book.html NYT Mag on Robin DiAngelo: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/15/magazine/white-fragility-robin-diangelo.html Chait on that piece and Robin DiAngelo: https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2020/07/antiracism-training-white-fragility-robin-diangelo-ibram-kendi.html Jesse on left-wing identitarianism: https://jessesingal.substack.com/p/slate-pete-buttigieg-and-the-limited Chait - An Elite Progressive LISTSERV Melts Down Over a Bogus Racism Charge: https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2020/06/white-fragility-racism-racism-progressive-progressphiles-david-shor.html Moral clarity: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/23/opinion/objectivity-black-journalists-coronavirus.html The tweet that got Lee Fang in trouble: https://twitter.com/lhfang/status/1268390704645943297 Chait v. Higgins: https://twitter.com/jonathanchait/status/1329057894164279296  This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.blockedandreported.org/subscribe

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 presence on Substack, Katie's impressive Brianna-Wu-related fundraising, and the underappreciated connection between GamerGate and 4chan. Then the hosts discuss media coverage of the awful massage-parlor shootings in Atlanta, and particularly the rush to slot them into an oversimplified race narrative.Please consider preordering Jesse's book The Quick Fix: Why Fad Psychology Can't Cure Our Social Ills: https://www.amazon.com/Quick-Fix-Psychology-Cant-Social/dp/0374239800/ref=tmm_hrd_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr= Jon Kay's big Quillette piece on the rumors about Jesse:https://quillette.com/2021/03/18/the-campaign-of-lies-against-journalist-jesse-singal-and-why-it-matters/ Ryan Broderick’s dishonest article about Substack: https://www.garbageday.email/p/starting-to-think-we-are-acting-likeAn interview of Jesse's Ryan would have benefited from reading:https://www.vulture.com/2016/05/against-me-laura-jane-grace-playing-north-carolina.html Jude Doyle’s dishonest article about Substack: https://doyles.substack.com/p/in-queers-we-trust-all-others-payJude Doyle’s dishonest article about leaving Substack:https://doyles.substack.com/p/necessary-lossesBrianna Wu HAS RECEIPTS:https://twitter.com/briannawu/status/1371452139856392196Katie’s thread on Wu’s DMs about her and Jesse:https://twitter.com/kittypurrzog/status/1371484911773700098Wu’s threatening email to Jesse:https://twitter.com/jessesingal/status/1371470202030936067Jesse’s story on the Kenneth Zucker clinic:https://www.thecut.com/2016/02/fight-over-trans-kids-got-a-researcher-fired.htmlHerzog’s impressive fundraising efforts:https://twitter.com/kittypurrzog/status/1372583800480301065There appear to be myriad holes in Zoe Quinn’s story about Alec Holowka, who committed suicide after (but not necessarily as a result of) her accusations and his subsequent firing:https://thepostmillennial.com/exclusive-zoe-quinns-allegations-are-falling-apartFreddie deBoer’s apology:https://freddiedeboer.substack.com/p/statementFreddie deBoer’s essay about people’s unwillingness to accept his apology:https://freddiedeboer.substack.com/p/since-you-askedMelissa Jeltsen’s useful and nuanced thread on the massage-parlor shootings and the temptation of simple storytelling:https://twitter.com/quasimado/status/1372536018721734662Whiteness Doesn’t Cause Mass Shootings:https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2017/11/whiteness-mass-shootings.htmlBasic info on Robert Aaron Long:https://apnews.com/article/georgia-massage-parlor-shootings-leave-8-dead-f3841a8e0215d3ab3d1f23d489b7af81No, a police captain didn’t blame the shooting on a “bad day”:https://reason.com/2021/03/19/aaron-robert-long-spa-killer-atlanta-jay-baker-cop-bad-day/Everyone got the Pulse nightclub shooting wrong:https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2018/4/5/17202026/pulse-shooting-lgbtq-trump-terror-hate This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.blockedandreported.org/subscribe

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 last half-decade: Woke Twitter vs. Brocialist Twitter. There are alligators! And corncobs! And forgotten and since-humiliated internet microcelebrities! It's quite. A. Ride.Please consider preordering Jesse's book, The Quick Fix: Why Fad Psychology Can't Cure Our Social Ills -- pre- and early orders help a first-time author tremendously: https://www.amazon.com/Quick-Fix-Psychology-Cant-Social/dp/0374239800/ref=tmm_hrd_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr= Show notes/Links:No dice for Neera: https://www.politico.com/news/2020/11/30/bernie-supporters-seethes-neera-tanden-441603Some of the deleted tweets: https://www.the-sun.com/news/2387776/what-did-neera-tanden-say-in-now-deleted-tweets/"I didn't slug him, I pushed him": https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/15/us/politics/tanden-sanders-.html Matt Bruenig pointing out the insanity of the Sarah Kendzior claim that set off Jacobinghazi: http://mattbruenig.com/2014/06/08/opportunistic-misreads/ Bruenig calling Kendzior a liar: http://mattbruenig.com/2014/09/23/what-would-it-take-to-make-sarah-kendzior-admit-this-is-not-true/ Wired on The Alligator Tweets: https://www.wired.com/2016/06/wish-unsee-vile-tweet-alligator-attack/ Bruenig loses his job over "scumbag Neera": https://www.politico.com/story/2016/05/matt-bruenig-neera-tanden-joan-walsh-hillary-clinton-223439 Matt Yglesias on Bruenighazi: https://www.vox.com/2016/5/21/11724298/bruenighazi-matt-bruenig-neera-tanden-demos German Lopez on Reid-gate-ghazwhatever: https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2018/4/27/17286392/joy-reid-msnbc-lgbtq-gay-hack Jesse's brave investigative reporting on corncobs: https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2017/08/why-is-everyone-on-twitter-suddenly-talking-about-corncobs.html Dril: https://twitter.com/dril Al Giordano accusations: https://www.huffpost.com/entry/al-giordano-sexual-harassment-school-of-authentic-journalism_n_5aeb5113e4b041fd2d24580c This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.blockedandreported.org/subscribe

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 transgender and gender nonconforming youth. The two discuss the white-hot debate over trans kids, including what comprehensive, compassionate assessment looks like in this field, and how clincians decide when a young person is ready for puberty blockers and/or hormones.Please consider ordering Jesse's book, The Quick Fix: Why Fad Psychology Can't Cure Our Social Ills: https://www.amazon.com/Quick-Fix-Psychology-Cant-Social/dp/0374239800/ref=tmm_hrd_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr= Show notes/Links:Jesse's long article in The Atlantic about youth gender dysphoria: https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2018/07/when-a-child-says-shes-trans/561749/ Dr. Erica Anderson's website: https://www.drericaanderson.com/ Her Tretter Transgender Oral History Project video: https://umedia.lib.umn.edu/item/p16022coll97:194?q=%22Tretter+Transgender+Oral+History+Project+Phase+2%22&sort=title_sort+asc%2C+date_created_sort+desc A Washington Post article quoting Dr. Anderson on the 'trendiness' aspect: https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/when-kids-come-in-saying-they-are-transgender-or-no-gender-these-doctors-try-to-help/2018/01/19/f635e5fa-dac0-11e7-a841-2066faf731ef_story.html Jesse's newsletter quoting her on the folly of laws banning youth transition, but also the importance of comprehensive, competent care for TGNC youth: https://jessesingal.substack.com/p/why-the-hard-age-caps-on-youth-gender There's an insane amount of misinformatino on this subject: https://jessesingal.substack.com/p/a-response-to-foreign-policys-deeply Lisa Littman's rapid onset gender dysphoria study: https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0202330 The World Professional Association for Transgender Health Standards of Care: https://www.wpath.org/publications/soc "In Which I Fail to Find You Any Gate-keeping" by Carey Callahan, a detransitioner: https://medium.com/@mariacatt42/in-which-i-fail-to-find-you-any-gate-keeping-622c447a835f "Gender identity is hard but jumping to medical solutions is worse" by Callahan: https://www.economist.com/open-future/2019/12/03/gender-identity-is-hard-but-jumping-to-medical-solutions-is-worse  This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.blockedandreported.org/subscribe

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 prep-schoolers with very strong feelings about social justice -- and without any booze! What did he really say? How did he say it? How did he handle the girl with the Latino/x boyfriend? Katie and Jesse also discuss media unionization and their exciting upcoming orthodontic endeavors.Show notes/Links:Donald McNeil Jr.'s Medium series: https://donaldgmcneiljr1954.medium.com/nytimes-peru-n-word-part-one-introduction-57eb6a3e0d95 The Daily Beast's original reporting: https://www.thedailybeast.com/star-new-york-times-reporter-donald-mcneil-accused-of-using-n-word-making-other-racist-comments  This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.blockedandreported.org/subscribe

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 Pesca's suspension from Slate and a long, infuriating article in the New York Times about false accusations at Smith College.Reply All’s “The Confetti Cannon” episode:https://gimletmedia.com/shows/reply-all/dvh64gThe other side of the argument that Reply All got more political:https://www.reddit.com/r/replyallpodcast/comments/ju3ly4/hot_take_reply_all_is_not_getting_more_political/gca58cv?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3Fresh Air on the nature of the protest:https://www.npr.org/2021/02/25/971319812/reporters-video-from-inside-senate-on-jan-6-shows-a-crowd-prepared-for-violenceNY Times on Deadspin’s implosion: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/31/business/media/deadspin-was-a-good-website.htmlDefector’s story on Mike Pesca:https://defector.com/mike-pesca-slate-suspended/NY Times on Pesca:https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/22/business/media/slate-mike-pesca-suspended.html“Eschew the Taboo: The pernicious effects of banning words” by Christopher Hitchens:https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2006/12/hatred-will-always-outpace-linguistic-correctness.htmlTa-Nehisi Coates on use/mention:https://www.theatlantic.com/national/archive/2010/11/to-conversate/66929/John McWhorter on use/mention:https://johnmcwhorter.substack.com/p/the-n-word-as-slur-vs-the-n-wordMargaret Sullivan with a confusing column:https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/media/mike-pesca-donald-mcneil-n-word-media/2021/02/24/fe89d010-76a1-11eb-8115-9ad5e9c02117_story.html?itid=ap_margaretsullivanStefan Fatsis on this debate in Slate alllllll the way back in 2020:https://slate.com/culture/2020/07/scrabble-offensive-words-ban-player-reaction.htmlThe episode of The Gist where Pesca mentions nonbinary pronouns:https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2019/07/acosta-out-emily-bazelon-charged-kamala-harris-gun-laws.htmlMichael Powell’s crazy story about Smith College:https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/24/us/smith-college-race.htmlThe ACLU ACLU-ing, hard:https://www.aclu.org/blog/racial-justice/race-and-criminal-justice/smith-college-overhauls-policing-practices-after-blackCathy Young on the "Napping Whilte Black" story at Yale, which was significantly more complicated:https://thebulwark.com/standing-up-to-the-moral-outrage-industry/ Jodi Shaw's latter, as published by Bari Weiss:https://bariweiss.substack.com/p/whistleblower-at-smith-college-resigns Katie on disappearing lesbians:https://andrewsullivan.substack.com/p/where-have-all-the-lesbians-gone-0a7 Glenn Greenwald on his experience "trending as a transphobe and biphobe":https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mXXJoOsdoNE&feature=youtu.be&ab_channel=GlennGreenwald  This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.blockedandreported.org/subscribe

Hoooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo boy. Reply All, an excellent podcast, is melting down. What happened? What does it have to do with Bon Apetit? Why does new keep breaking immediately after Jesse and Katie record an episode? Show notes/Links:Jesse on his rejection:https://twitter.com/jessesingal/status/1361125261220196356A couple great episodes of Reply All:The Case of the Missing Hit: https://gimletmedia.com/shows/reply-all/o2h8bxShine On You Crazy Goldmanhttps://gimletmedia.com/shows/reply-all/2oh933/44-shine-on-you-crazy-goldmanAdam Rapaport resigns (not fired, like Jesse says):https://www.npr.org/2020/06/09/872697289/chief-editor-at-bon-app-tit-resigns-after-racially-offensive-photo-surfacesTest Kitchen episodes of Reply All:https://gimletmedia.com/shows/reply-all/dvhzkdo/172-the-test-kitchen-chapter-1https://gimletmedia.com/shows/reply-all/awheda3/173-the-test-kitchen-chapter-2Eric Eddings' thread denouncing Reply All's alleged toxicity:https://twitter.com/eeddings/status/1361789128006897668 Everyone reflexively agreeing with it without knowing whether it is 100% true:https://twitter.com/eeddings/status/1361789128006897668/retweets/with_comments PJ Vogt's apology:https://twitter.com/PJVogt/status/1362233699220258818Sruthi Pinnamaneni's:https://twitter.com/sruthiri/status/1362254842270519296FdB is not A-OK with NYC (media): https://fredrikdeboer.com/2021/02/15/scott-alexander-is-not-in-the-gizmodo-media-slack  This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.blockedandreported.org/subscribe

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 whole crew gets together to discuss. Also, Katie talks about her relationship with an old Trump supporter and Jesse looks back fondly on his grad-school trip to Israel and Palestine that solved that conflict once and for all.Show notes/Links: Bret Stephens in the New York... Post???????: https://nypost.com/2021/02/11/read-the-column-the-new-york-times-didnt-want-you-read/Haywire trailer aka Gina Carano waiing on dudes: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OpffbDjWlog&ab_channel=MovieclipsTrailersThe redubbing incident: https://www.slashfilm.com/gina-carano-confirms-voice-altered-haywire/ Robby Soave on Carano: https://reason.com/2021/02/11/disney-cancels-the-mandalorian-star-gina-carano-over-provocative-social-media-posts/ Deadline: https://deadline.com/2021/02/mandalorian-gina-carano-lucas-film-responds-to-controversial-statement-1234691898/The "anti-Semitic" post that clearly isn't: https://twitter.com/jessesingal/status/1359701663901245442The Freedom for Humanity mural Carano eventually posted a version of: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freedom_for_HumanityA Carano-sympathetic take: https://www.eviemagazine.com/post/people-are-trying-to-cancel-gina-carano-for-what-exactly/Jesse in Ramallah, solving the Israeli-Palestinian conflict via the healing power of sport: This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.blockedandreported.org/subscribe

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 Donald McNeil Jr. Are the worst norms of campus culture seeping into major media institutions? To hear the answer, you'll have to listen. (It's 'yes.')(Correction: At around 8:00 in the recording, Jesse originally referred to Rukmini Callamachi as a "woman of color." She isn't one. The error has been snipped out and free listeners will never hear it. Jesse apologizes for the misracing. Also, race is a poisonous fiction.)Show notes/Links:The Cut on Andy Mills: https://www.thecut.com/2018/02/at-wnyc-an-uncertain-path-out-of-scandal.htmlHis resignation note: https://www.andymills.work/resignation The Times on both resignations: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/05/business/media/donald-mcneil-andy-mills-leave-nyt.html John McWhorter is skeptical of collapsing the use/mention distinction: https://johnmcwhorter.substack.com/p/the-n-word-as-slur-vs-the-n-wordNHJ not great on anonymous sources...: https://twitter.com/jessesingal/status/1358780440774082561 ...or the question of whether the NYT has published "that word" much: https://twitter.com/jessesingal/status/1358781725652975618 Because it has: https://rb.gy/pm6bpc  This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.blockedandreported.org/subscribe

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 Yorker food critic (not staff writer) -- the hosts discuss a Slate article about detransition that seems geared at painting that communtiy in a particularly negative and reactionary light. But Cary Callahan, a detransitioner, therapist, and activist (who, to be fair, Katie and Jesse already knew before this all popped up), doesn't think this is a fair assessment, so she joins the pod for a conversation about her own experiences and what she thinks the Slate article misses.Show notes/Links:Jesse criticizes Helen: https://twitter.com/jessesingal/status/1354851768090439684 Helen's thoughtful response forces Jesse to reconsider his position: https://twitter.com/jessesingal/status/1355200463029874693 https://twitter.com/jessesingal/status/1355974150129655813 The Slate article about detransitioners: https://slate.com/human-interest/2021/02/detransition-movement-star-ex-gay-explained.html Katie's detrans article: https://www.thestranger.com/features/2017/06/28/25252342/the-detransitioners-they-were-transgender-until-they-werent Jesse's detrans article: https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2018/07/when-a-child-says-shes-trans/561749/ Carey Callahan's excellent stuff:Twitter: https://twitter.com/CareyCallsBS The Economist: https://www.economist.com/open-future/2019/12/03/gender-identity-is-hard-but-jumping-to-medical-solutions-is-worse Medium:https://medium.com/@mariacatt42/in-which-i-fail-to-find-you-any-gate-keeping-622c447a835f https://medium.com/@mariacatt42/how-to-do-your-own-differential-diagnosis-and-why-its-total-b******t-that-you-would-have-to-461077985659  This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.blockedandreported.org/subscribe

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 nature of stonks and bons and hedge funs. Then they turn their attention to the story of Lauren Wolfe, a New York Times gig-editor who was fired after tweeting that watching Joe Biden's plane land gave her the 'chills.' Fair? Unfair? Inconsistently applied standards? Lot to unpack.Show notes/Links:STONKS:https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/stonks https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2021/01/the-complete-morons-guide-to-gamestops-stock-roller-coaster/Lauren Wolfe:Yashar Ali's thread: https://twitter.com/yashar/status/1352471654425743361 Josh Shahryar's thread: https://twitter.com/JShahryar/status/1353142366656372741 Washington Post: https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/01/25/lauren-wolfe-tweet-nyt-dismissal/ Vanity Fair: https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2021/01/inside-the-new-york-times-firing-of-lauren-wolfe Yascha Mounk on the firing of David Shor: https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2020/06/stop-firing-innocent/613615/ Katie on Jack Smith IV: https://www.thestranger.com/slog/2018/09/28/33049349/a-progressive-writer-was-bad-boyfriend-and-then-he-was-fired-for-it  This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.blockedandreported.org/subscribe

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 recent development in that area: an article in The Cut that Watters does not think does a good and accurate job relating the (scant) scientific evidence for recovered memories. The hosts and Watters also discuss certain arguable therapeutic parallels between the recovered-memory movement and treatment for youth gender dysphoria, as well as the general tendency of liberals to violate their "We Show notes/Links:The Cut article in question: https://www.thecut.com/article/false-memory-syndrome-controversy.htmlAnd the podcast: https://www.thecut.com/2021/01/the-cut-podcast-the-truth-about-false-memories.htmlEthan's books:Making Monsters: False Memories, Psychotherapy, And Sexual Hysteria: https://www.amazon.com/Making-Monsters-Memories-Psychotherapy-Hysteria/dp/0520205839 Crazy Like Us: The Globalization of the American Psyche: https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/Crazy-Like-Us/Ethan-Watters/9781416587095 This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.blockedandreported.org/subscribe

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 very good grades, the hosts talk a bit more about online content moderation and then discuss two recent stories about controversial right-wing media figures: the backfired attempt to deplatform Andy Ngo's book, and the widespread outrage among Politico employees that Ben Shapiro was allowed to author an edition of the Playbook newsletter.Please pre-preorder Jesse's book, The Quick Fix, if you can: https://www.amazon.com/Quick-Fix-Psychology-Cant-Social/dp/0374239800/Show Notes/Links:NY Mag: Why Deplatforming Might Be Useless — Or Worse — When It Comes to Preventing Right-Wing Violence - https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2021/01/why-deplatforming-might-be-bad-answer-to-right-wing-violence.htmlABC News: Powell's Books says Andy Ngo's book will not be in store - https://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/wireStory/powells-books-andy-ngos-book-store-75239210NY Post: Inside The Suspicious Rise Of Gay Hate Crimes In Portland - https://nypost.com/2019/03/30/inside-the-suspicious-rise-of-gay-hate-crimes-in-portland/UnHerd: The Antifa thugs shame America - https://unherd.com/2021/01/the-antifa-thugs-shame-america/NY Times: The Events Leading to the Shooting of Trayvon Martin - http://archive.nytimes.com/www.nytimes.com/interactive/2012/04/02/us/the-events-leading-to-the-shooting-of-trayvon-martin.htmlBen Shapiro's Politico Playbook: https://www.politico.com/newsletters/playbook/2021/01/14/the-real-reason-most-republicans-opposed-impeachment-491399NY Times: Politico Staff Objects After Right-Wing Star Ben Shapiro Writes Newsletter - https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/14/business/media/politico-playbook-ben-shapiro.htmlWashington Post: Politico’s revolt over Ben Shapiro guest-hosting Playbook went too far - https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/01/15/politicos-revolt-over-ben-shapiro-guest-hosting-playbook-went-too-far/ This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.blockedandreported.org/subscribe

After discussing whether Blocked and Reported led directly to the siege on the Capitol, the hosts discuss that strange, terrifying event. They debate whether it can be safely examined in something of a vaccuum, or should be put in the broader context of what appears to be a rise in political violence in the U.S. They also discuss some of the most unhinged responses. Then they talk about Bean Dad. Remember Bean Dad? We yearn for a world in which Bean Dad is the day's most important story on Twitter.Show notes/Links:Arthur Chu is normal: https://twitter.com/jessesingal/status/1347381484584316929 Clymer backstory (refers to her as male because pre-transition): https://slatestarcodex.com/2014/06/14/living-by-the-sword/ Hawley book no more: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/07/books/simon-schuster-josh-hawley-b BEAN DAD basic rundown: https://heavy.com/news/john-roderick-bean-dad/ Lit-uh-rull abuse: https://twitter.com/a_queer_ius/status/1345665171390394368 https://twitter.com/timaree_leigh/status/1345623027074142210 Bean Dad's problematic tweets:https://twitter.com/Laura_Nowlin/status/1345831569806733314/photo/1https://twitter.com/flore_rhea/status/1345846499121324032https://twitter.com/CatKnitty/status/1345840464595800064His apology: http://www.johnroderick.com/an-apology This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.blockedandreported.org/subscribe

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 that sounds a lot like a racial slur neither of them can say. A white teenager in Virginia didn't get the memo, though -- what should the punishment be, if any? Then Jesse and Katie turn their attention to a story that is rather 'picante': Hilaria Baldwin's attempt at identity-forgery. What an estupido time to be alive!Show notes/Links:The New York Times: A Racial Slur, a Viral Video, and a Reckoning: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/26/us/mimi-groves-jimmy-galligan-racial-slurs.html Reason: The New York Times Helped a Vindictive Teen Destroy a Classmate Who Uttered a Racial Slur When She Was 15 - https://reason.com/2020/12/28/new-york-times-racial-slur-teen-jimmy-galligan-mimi-groves/ The New York Times: The Hilaria Baldwin Story: ‘I’m Living My Life’ - https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/30/style/hilaria-baldwin-interview.html Aura Bogado's tweetstorm: https://twitter.com/aurabogado/status/1342554505880064000  This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.blockedandreported.org/subscribe

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 fun announcement and an angry announcement. Then the hosts throw to a lengthy interview they did with Aella (@aella_girl on Twitter), a sex worker, OnlyFans one-percenter, and occasional rationalist provocateur who has lived a very interesting life. They talk about drugs and sex and life and online controversy. Plus, Julie Bindel pops in to raise issues with certain contemporary understandings of sex work.Show notes/Links:Aella on Twitter: @aella_girl Playboy: When Camming Is The Family Business: https://www.playboy.com/read/when-camming-is-the-family-business-1 Grace Lavery's 'response' to Jesse: https://twitter.com/graceelavery/status/1340001379998416903 She admits part of it was wrong but won't retract and then nukes the account she admitted that with: https://twitter.com/jessesingal/status/1340355044433137667 Oh and Grace threatens to sue Jesse: https://twitter.com/jessesingal/status/1340073029544636424 James Palmer does not like Jesse but his magazine looks set to do the right thing regardless: https://twitter.com/jessesingal/status/1342167962803965953  This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.blockedandreported.org/subscribe

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 what they were (to see them explained in written form, check out that episode's show notes). Then they discuss some mental-health-talk from Jesse that rubbed one reader the wrong way and continue on to the show's main event: a major court decision on youth gender dysphoria in England and an incredibly shoddy article in Foreign Policy about it.(Corrections 10:10 pm 12/18/2020: In the course of correcting last week's episode, we managed to introduce not one but two new errors, and just uploaded a new version in which Jesse breaks in twice to explain them. First, Timnit Gebru's PhD is not in computer science, but rather in electrical engineering. This was just plain sloppiness on someone's part, possibly Jéssé's. Second, Gebru started at Google in 2018, not 2019. In this case, our excuse is that both The New York Times and Columbia Journalism Review wrote that she was hired "last year." This is false, and thank you to the Google employee who reached out to correct us and pointed us to a 2018 tweet in which Gebru talks about her early days at Google. Wired has this right.)Show notes/Links:Bell v Tavistock, the ruling at issue: https://www.judiciary.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/Bell-v-Tavistock-Judgment.pdf A High Court Decision in Britain Puts Trans People Everywhere at Risk: https://foreignpolicy.com/2020/12/15/uk-transphobia-transgender-court-ruling-puberty-blockers/ Jesse's newsletter posts on key aspects of this controversy:A Response To Foreign Policy's Deeply Misleading Article, "A High Court Decision in Britain Puts Trans People Everywhere at Risk": https://jessesingal.substack.com/p/a-response-to-foreign-policys-deeply No, desistance hasn't been debunked, and no, there's no evidence it's all that rare:Part: 1 https://jessesingal.substack.com/p/how-science-vs-made-two-gender-dysphoria Part 2: https://jessesingal.substack.com/p/how-science-vs-accidentally-invented  This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.blockedandreported.org/subscribe

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 of major world events. They have one goal, and one goal alone: harming gender-nonconforming people. And unlike other political groups, who express their views with patience, reason, nuance, and logic, and who never harass anyone online, TERFs play dirty -- always. In this episode, Katie and Jesse applaud a brave expose in The Atlantic that finally pulls the curtain back on this dastardly coven of unhinged she-devils.The Atlantic: The Secret Internet Of TERFs - https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2020/12/reddit-ovarit-the-donald/617320/4W: My Whole Conversation With Kaitlyn Tiffany Of The Atlantic - https://4w.pub/my-whole-conversation-with-kaitlyn-tiffany-for-the-atlantic4W: Fired For Feminism - https://4w.pub/fired-for-feminism/4W: Non-Binary Is the New “Not Like Other Girls,” and it’s Deeply Rooted in Misogyny - https://4w.pub/non-binary-is-the-new-not-like-other-girls-and-its-deeply-rooted-in-misogyny/ This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.blockedandreported.org/subscribe

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 efforts are performative at best. But behind the scenes, some Googlers are telling a different, slightly more complicated story. Who's right? Katie and Jesse bring on Jon Stokes, an Ars Technica founder who is much better connected in the tech world than they are, to help explain this tangled controversy. (Correction: In the original version of this episode we posted for our patrons, our guest, Jon Stokes, wrongly described Timnit Gebru's academic background as being in sociology, with her having also done some work in computer science. That should have been flipped: She has a PhD from the Stanford Artificial Intelligence Laboratory, but has done plenty of work that intersects with sociology. Jon also said she was educated at M.I.T., but all her degrees are from Stanford. Whenever an error makes it into the final show, that is 100% the fault of hosts, and we apologize. We've snipped out the audio containing the errors and added a link to Gebru's Stanford page to the top of the show notes.)  (More corrections, 12/18/2020: In the original versions of this pocast, both free and patrons-only, Jon also said at approximately 20:40 that Gebru had been at Google since 2016, though he hedged this with an "I think.". She had actually only been at Google since 2019 [YIKES -- actually 2018. Listen to the updated episode for a correction of the correction]. At about 56:30 [free version timestamp], he laid out a storyline, which he presented as informed speculation, in which Jeffrey Dean, head of Google AI, had promised Gebru and some of her allies in 2016 that they could do ethical work. Then, in this telling, Google pivoted to AI, and as a result Gebru and her colleagues' work was seen as a liability and came under more scrutiny. But that storyline doesn’t quite work, as Jon presented it, given that Gebru only arrived at Google in 2019, well after Sundar Pichai announced the company would be “AI first” in 2016. We've snipped out the audio containing these errors and will be discussing all of this episode's errors on the free episode of the podcast set to go live 12/21/2020, and earlier for patrons.)Show notes/Links:Timnit Gebru's background: https://ai.stanford.edu/~tgebru/ Jon Stokes: https://twitter.com/jonst0kes His site, The Prepared: http://www.theprepared.com The New York Times: Google Chief Apologizes for A.I. Researcher’s Dismissal - https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/09/technology/timnit-gebru-google-pichai.html The New York Times: Google Researcher Says She Was Fired Over Paper Highlighting Bias in A.I. - https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/03/technology/google-researcher-timnit-gebru.html Wired: Behind the Paper That Led to a Google Researcher’s Firing - https://www.wired.com/story/behind-paper-led-google-researchers-firing/ Platformer: The withering email that got an ethical AI researcher fired at Google - https://www.platformer.news/p/the-withering-email-that-got-an-ethical MIT Technology Review: We read the paper that forced Timnit Gebru out of Google. Here’s what it says. - https://www.technologyreview.com/2020/12/04/1013294/google-ai-ethics-research-paper-forced-out-timnit-gebru/ Twitter: Yann LeCun on the data problem - https://twitter.com/ylecun/status/1274782757907030016 Twitter: Gebru disagrees - https://twitter.com/timnitGebru/status/1274808654227619840 (Note: As of 10:45 a.m. on Saturday I'm having trouble finding the throaway Reddit posts we mention, but when I do I'll add those as well. Update: Thanks, John, for posting this in the comments: https://www.reddit.com/r/MachineLearning/comments/k77sxz/d_timnit_gebru_and_google_megathread/gepq3u8/?utm_source=reddit&utm_medium=web2x&context=3) This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.blockedandreported.org/subscribe

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 yet! In this episode, Jesse walks Katie through a recent history of young adult fiction Twitter, aka "YA Twitter," and attempts to explain how it got to be such a Hobbesian hellscape. The latest scandal involves Jessica Cluess, a YA author falsely accused of racism and violent speech, and the opportunistic authors, consultants, and agents rushing to denounce her in as colorful and overwrought a manner as possible.Show notes/Links:Please pre-order Jesse's book, "The Quick Fix: Why Fad Psychology Can't Cure Our Social Ills," if you can: https://www.indiebound.org/book/9780374239800?aff=macmillan Or on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Quick-Fix-Psychology-Cant-Social/dp/0374239800/ Vulture: The Toxic Drama on YA Twitter - https://www.vulture.com/2017/08/the-toxic-drama-of-ya-twitter.html Tablet: How a Twitter Mob Derailed an Immigrant Female Author’s Budding Career - https://www.tabletmag.com/sections/news/articles/how-a-twitter-mob-destroyed-a-young-immigrant-female-authors-budding-career Reason: Teen Fiction Twitter Is Eating Its Young - https://reason.com/2019/05/05/teen-fiction-twitter-is-eating-its-young/ Reason: He Was Part of a Twitter Mob That Attacked Young Adult Novelists. Then It Turned on Him. Now His Book Is Canceled. - https://reason.com/2019/02/28/he-was-part-of-a-twitter-mob-that-attack/ Reason: A Review of a Book That Will Never Be Published, Thanks to the Young Adult Twitter Mob - https://reason.com/2019/03/15/a-review-of-a-book-will-never-be-publish/ Twitter stuff:Jessica Cluess' apology: https://twitter.com/JessCluess/status/1333906316247457794 Brooks Sherman denouncing Cluess but not dropping her: https://twitter.com/byobrooks/status/1333967020258373632 Brooks Sherman denouncing Cluess, amplifying a false rumor about her, and dropping her: https://twitter.com/byobrooks/status/1334685571449556994 Some tweetstorms by Jesse running down some highlights of the craziness:https://twitter.com/jessesingal/status/1334156650467520513 https://twitter.com/jessesingal/status/1334356668273070081 https://twitter.com/jessesingal/status/1334642155437101058 YA Twitter's Victims and Critics Speak Up (four-part series on Singal-Minded):https://jessesingal.substack.com/p/ya-twitters-victims-and-critics-speak https://jessesingal.substack.com/p/ya-twitters-victims-and-critics-speak-855 https://jessesingal.substack.com/p/ya-twitters-victims-and-critics-speak-4b5 https://jessesingal.substack.com/p/ya-twitters-victims-and-critics-speak-c56 Advertisers:dental products! - https://www.getquip.com/barpod bidets! - https://hellotushy.com/barpod  This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.blockedandreported.org/subscribe

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 Penguin Random House Canada so overwhelmed by the existence of Jordan Peterson's new book that they broke down crying, and Guardian staffers so overwhelmed by the existence of a debate over certain claims about sex and gender that they drove columnist Suzanne Moore out. Show notes/Links:Vice World News: Penguin Random House Staff Confront Publisher About New Jordan Peterson Book - https://www.vice.com/en/article/g5bv3x/penguin-random-house-staff-confront-publisher-about-new-jordan-peterson-book UnHerd: Why I had to leave The Guardian - https://unherd.com/2020/11/why-i-had-to-leave-the-guardian/The Guardian: Women must have the right to organise. We will not be silenced - https://www.theguardian.com/society/commentisfree/2020/mar/02/women-must-have-the-right-to-organise-we-will-not-be-silencedSuzanne Moore's Substack: https://suzannemoore.substack.com/p/pull-up-a-chairThe Guardian: The Guardian view on the Gender Recognition Act: where rights collide - https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/oct/17/the-guardian-view-on-the-gender-recognition-act-where-rights-collide  The Guardian U.S.: Why we take issue with the Guardian’s stance on trans rights in the UK - https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/nov/02/guardian-editorial-response-transgender-rights-uk Advertisers:Bidets! http://hellotushy.com/barpod Dental stuff! https://www.getquip.com/barpod HR services for your small business! https://www.bambee.com/blockedandreported  This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.blockedandreported.org/subscribe

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 internet nonsense involving privileged white people doing antiracism, a Toronto editor VERY mad about a new broth-joint, and some of Twitter's most neurotic people getting super mad about Barack Obama's college conduct.Show notes/Links:The New York Times: G.O.P.-Led Senate Panel Details Ties Between 2016 Trump Campaign and Russia - https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/18/us/politics/senate-intelligence-russian-interference-report.html The Phinney Neighborhood Association: Anti-racism work updates: Eliminating racist symbolism - https://www.phinneycenter.org/eliminating-racist-symbolism/ blogTO: New Toronto clothing store ditches broth bar after cultural appropriation complaints - https://www.blogto.com/eat_drink/2020/11/toronto-clothing-store-ditches-broth-bar-cultural-appropriation-complaints/ (Update: It's down. Try this cached link: https://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:p0Tmb1vnPZoJ:https://www.blogto.com/eat_drink/2020/11/toronto-clothing-store-ditches-broth-bar-cultural-appropriation-complaints/+&cd=1&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us.)Twitter: "The way Obama writes about women here ... uh. Wow." - https://twitter.com/IBJIYONGI/status/1328900134575480835 Advertising links:http://getquip.com/BARPOD for $15 off dental-product refills with a purchase from the Quip online storehttp://bambee.com/blockedandreported for a free HR-audit for your small business This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.blockedandreported.org/subscribe

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 erased by Ubisoft. Now that Rock Paper Shotgun has sacked a 13-year freelancer for the crime of being sympathetic to Lewis in the site's comments section, it's fair to ask: Does it make sense to fire people for expressing majority opinions? (No. No it doesn't.) Then Katie and Jesse discuss an article in New York Magazine about the internal tumult at The New York Times that, like everything else which happens in this crazy world of ours, simply proves the hosts were right all along. Plus: Jesse is triggered by a leaked screenshot from the Times' #diversity slack channel in which he is denounced for wrongthink.Moose Nuggets: https://moosenuggets.substack.com/ Rock Paper Shotgun: Watch Dogs Legion is booting a journalist off its fictional radio - https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2020/11/06/watch-dogs-legion-is-booting-a-journalist-off-its-fictional-radioTim Stone disagrees in the comments: https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2020/11/06/watch-dogs-legion-is-booting-a-journalist-off-its-fictional-radio/#comment-3120763RPS announces his sacking: https://twitter.com/rockpapershot/status/1326211540689821698New York Magazine: Inside the New York Times' Heated Reckoning With Itself - https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2020/11/inside-the-new-york-times-heated-reckoning-with-itself.html  This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.blockedandreported.org/subscribe

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 should we make of the fact that, while Joe Biden is on the brink of victory, the election was closer than many expected and the Democrats were denied their "blue wave"? Is it because of the patriarchy? White supremacy? Wokeness? Minorities who cling annoyingly to 'agency' and "interpreting the world through their own values, rather than the media's?" Also: Jesse dissects Donald Trump's incredibly lazy, half-assed meltdown, and the hosts debate whether "Voter fraud stole the election for Biden!" is the new "The Russians stole the election for Trump!"(Quick note to patrons: This is the first episode we're doing with an ad break in the middle. Near the top, you'll hear us explain our general ad policy, just so it's clear, but you won't hear the ad itself, during this or any other episode. At the very, very bottom of the Patreon show notes of every episode with an ad, we'll put a one-line link to any applicable promo codes, simply because this is an easy way to support the podcast if you're already in the market for (to take this week's example) dental products. But other than that, you'll be completely unmolested by ads.)Show notes/Links:Katie's new newsletter: http://moosenuggets.substack.comThe Week: The left just got crushed - https://theweek.com/articles/947824/left-just-got-crushedChaos and recriminations on a Democratic caucus conference call: https://twitter.com/ericawerner/status/1324439295847968768The New York Times: Exit Polls Point to the Power of White Patriarchy - https://www.nytimes.com/2020/11/04/opinion/election-2020-exit-polls.htmlAdvertising link:http://getquip.com/BARPOD for $15 off dental-product refills with a purchase from the Quip online store   This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.blockedandreported.org/subscribe

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 Intercept, an outlet he helped found back in 2014. Was this a case of censorship, as Greenwald argues, or did he overreact to standard editorial input? Then they turn their attention to Section 230, a law that made the internet what it is today (for better and for worse), and which seems to be attracting bipartisan ire of late, especially among people who don't really understand technology.Greenwald's posts on this controversy:My Resignation From The Intercept - https://greenwald.substack.com/p/my-resignation-from-the-interceptArticle on Joe and Hunter Biden Censored By The Intercept - https://greenwald.substack.com/p/article-on-joe-and-hunter-biden-censoredEmails With Intercept Editors Showing Censorship of My Joe Biden Article - https://greenwald.substack.com/p/emails-with-intercept-editors-showingThe Intercept: Glenn Greenwald Resigns From The Intercept (pushing back on some of GG's claims) - https://theintercept.com/2020/10/29/glenn-greenwald-resigns-the-intercept/Reason's coverage of Section 230: https://reason.com/tag/section-230/Slate: Revising the Law That Lets Platforms Moderate Content Will Silence Marginalized Voices - https://slate.com/technology/2020/10/section-230-marignalized-groups-speech.html This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.blockedandreported.org/subscribe

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 conservatives" so enraged by wokeness that they have to vote for Donald Trump. Then the hosts turn their attention to a salacious media story involving a certain New Yorker staff writer and, well, there's no more polite way to put this, but, um, his penis.James Lindsay: "Frankly going to unhappily vote Republican, including Trump, until the left walks this s**t all the way back." - https://twitter.com/ConceptualJames/status/1318412252903604226Eric Weinstein: "InCons are a force this year.  Involuntary conservatives are real. As I’ve told you: the failure to condemn @MayorJenny & @tedwheeler, acknowledge ANTIFA, admit to media bias or to level about cognitive issues etc. in a near octogenarian has created the Never-Trump Trump voter."https://twitter.com/EricRWeinstein/status/1318590052511854594Dave Rubin: "Tyranny is here. Vote every Democrat out of office at every level everywhere. That is the only way to get things to start turning around.  Or live like sheep going to slaughter, your call." - https://twitter.com/RubinReport/status/1318743358911574017Vice: New Yorker Suspends Jeffrey Toobin for Masturbating on Zoom Call - https://www.vice.com/en/article/epdgm4/new-yorker-suspends-jeffrey-toobin-for-zoom-dick-incidentThe Stranger: Seattle Times Reporter Mike Rosenberg Suspended over Twitter Messages - https://www.thestranger.com/slog/2019/05/06/40121238/seattle-times-reporter-mike-rosenberg-suspended-over-twitter-messages This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.blockedandreported.org/subscribe

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 with left- versus-right-wing haters and obsessives, and -- God help us all -- revisit certain aspects of GamerGate.Ken Bone: "All morning the Trump supporters have been nice to me even though I don't like Trump. The Biden camp has been shitting all over me because I don't like Biden. Do these people really not see how much this behavior pushes bystanders toward the right?" - https://twitter.com/kenbone18/status/1313858537991401475 INSIDE JOKE CLUE: https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2019/04/inside-the-near-meltdown-of-the-feminist-tour-in-australia.html NY Mag: Gamergate May Have Just Won Its Most Disgraceful Scalp Yet (Updated) - https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2016/03/this-looks-like-a-disgraceful-gamergate-win.htmlJesse "behaves like a predator" because he tried to get comment for a story: https://twitter.com/jessesingal/status/724818516189261824/photo/1 This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.blockedandreported.org/subscribe

Katie and Jesse discuss the recent and not-so-recent controversy over The 1619 project, the reputational perils of getting in constant fights with idiots on Twitter, and the tangled story of Hunter Biden, a blind guy at a laptop-repair shop, and a controversial New York Post story. Along the way, Jesse engages in some shockingly casual anti-Ukrainianism.The New York Times: The 1619 Project - https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2019/08/14/magazine/1619-america-slavery.htmlThe New York Times: The 1619 Chronicles - https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/09/opinion/nyt-1619-project-criticisms.htmlThe Washington Post: How the 1619 Project took over 2020 - https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/1619-project-took-over-2020-inside-story/2020/10/13/af537092-00df-11eb-897d-3a6201d6643f_story.htmlThe World Socialist Web Site's coverage of the controversy: https://www.google.com/search?q=site%3Awsws.org+%221619+project%22&oq=site%3Awsws.org+%221619+project%22&aqs=chrome..69i57j69i58.5606j0j9&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8The New York Times: On Recent Criticism of The 1619 Project- https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/16/magazine/criticism-1619-project.html (note: this one went up after we recorded the episode)New York Post: Smoking-gun email reveals how Hunter Biden introduced Ukrainian businessman to VP dad - https://nypost.com/2020/10/14/email-reveals-how-hunter-biden-introduced-ukrainian-biz-man-to-dad/PolitiFact: A look behind the NY Post headline about Joe Biden and a Ukraine meeting - https://www.politifact.com/article/2020/oct/15/look-behind-ny-post-headline-about-joe-biden-and-u/ This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.blockedandreported.org/subscribe

[Update, 12:10 a.m.: For some reason the version I initially uploaded cut off before the actual ending. Apologies, but everything is fixed now. -J] The hosts discuss the Katie Hill revenge-porn/throuple scandal, which has gotten yet more scandalous in light of a tweetstorm supposedly authored by her former staffers (who are not fans), as well as Facebook's decision to ban QAnon from that platform and Instagram.The tweetstorm: https://twitter.com/RepKatieHill/status/1313703826646466562Politico: Anonymous ‘former staff’ of Katie Hill slam film adaptation of ex-congresswoman’s book - https://www.politico.com/news/2020/10/07/anonymous-former-katie-hill-staff-film-adaptation-427038The New York Times: Facebook Amps Up Its Crackdown on QAnon - https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/06/technology/facebook-qanon-crackdown.htmlThe New York Times: QAnon Believers Say Being Banned From Facebook Is Proof of the Conspiracy - https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/07/technology/qanon-believers-say-being-banned-from-facebook-is-proof-of-the-conspiracy.htmlReply All: County of Liars - https://gimletmedia.com/shows/reply-all/llhe5nm This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.blockedandreported.org/subscribe

After a  brief and sober discussion about President Trump's coronavirus diagnosis, the hosts devote most of the episode to two stories: a controversy surrounding a partially anonymous Arc Digital review of Kate Manne's new book Entitled that has led to accusations of obsession and WAR, and the blowup that ensued -- complete with a gleeful threat of mass executions in the streets! -- after the head of Coinbase took the radical stance that his company's purpose is to make money, not do progressive politics. Also: Katie sticks up for Jesse on Twitter without Jesse's awareness, New York Times staffers fail to revolt after a column that could Literally Endanger Lives is published, Jesse tries to get into the impressions game and almost commits a war crime in the process, and more.Show notes/Links:Arc Digital: Mannesplaining - https://arcdigital.media/mannesplaining-87d1cbf3f7ab Some of the relevant tweets: Jill Filipovic on the anonymity, Arc responds, Arc on the blocking, Jason Stanley on the 'war' (Arc, um, responds again), and Stanley on the 'obsession.' Arc Digital: Don’t Publish Personal Attacks Based on Misinformation - https://arcdigital.media/dont-publish-personal-attacks-based-on-misinformation-54cd66f7278c Coinbase is a mission focused company: https://blog.coinbase.com/coinbase-is-a-mission-focused-company-af882df8804 Forbes: Some Business Leaders Should Face A Firing Squad, Former Twitter CEO Dick Costolo Suggests In Angry Tweet - https://www.forbes.com/sites/abrambrown/2020/10/01/some-business-leader-should-face-a-firing-squad-former-twitter-ceo-dick-costolo-suggests-in-angry-tweet/#247301c97b94 Coindesk: Relief and Regret: Crypto Twitter Reacts as Coinbase Says ‘No’ to Corporate Activism - https://www.coindesk.com/crypto-twitter-coinbase-corporate-activism This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.blockedandreported.org/subscribe

After Katie tells the story of her 12-hour banishment from Twitter for a biting piece of political commentary, the hosts discus "TFW No GF," a controversial documentary about losers who post too much online, some of whom are so-called incels, or involuntary celibates. When should we have empathy for people who disgust us (like podcasters)? Then they turn their attention to the controversy over J.K. Rowling's newest mystery novel, which, depending on who you ask, is either horrifically transphobic or not transphobic at all. As usual, the only two moral arbiters with enough integrity to cut through the online noise are on the case, telling you exactly what to think. (Minor correction: In the episode, Jesse refers to Ray Blanchard as 'Canadian,' but he was born in New Jersey and settled in Canada later on.)TFW No GF: https://www.amazon.com/TFW-No-Alex-Lee-Moyer/dp/B087N4632QJacobin: A Portrait of the Breakdown of Hope and Meaning in America - https://www.jacobinmag.com/2020/09/tfw-no-gf-incel-moyer-documentaryJill Filipovic's tweet: https://twitter.com/JillFilipovic/status/1307725535561293824Glenn Greenwald's rejoinder: https://twitter.com/ggreenwald/status/1307761101979910145 The Telegraph: Troubled Blood by Robert Galbraith, review: JK Rowling fails to Strike again - https://www.telegraph.co.uk/books/what-to-read/troubled-blood-robert-galbraith-review-jk-rowling-fails-strike/The Daily Beast: How Transphobic Is J.K. Rowling’s New Novel, ‘Troubled Blood?’ Very. - https://www.thedailybeast.com/how-transphobic-is-jk-rowlings-new-novel-troubled-blood-veryThe Spectator: JK Rowling’s latest novel isn’t ‘transphobic’ - https://www.spectator.co.uk/article/j-k-rowling-s-latest-novel-isn-t-transphobic- This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.blockedandreported.org/subscribe

Katie and Jesse discuss the online outrage surrounding the French film 'Cuties,' which has slightly more underage twerking than most 2020 cinematic releases. How did this film come to unite such a broad swath of people in disgust? What is Ted Cruz's strategy for getting the American government to investigate a French filmmaker? Then the hosts speak with Reason's Elizabeth Nolan Brown about the broader American sex-trafficking panic that seems to partly explain the reaction to 'Cuties.' Plus: the science of pedophilia. It's a light episode, top to bottom.YouTube: Cuties | Official Trailer | Netflix - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M0O7lLe4SmA&ab_channel=NetflixKXXV: Sen. Ted Cruz calls for a criminal investigation into Netflix film 'Cuties' - https://www.abcactionnews.com/entertainment/sen-ted-cruz-calls-for-a-criminal-investigation-into-netflix-film-cutiesYouTube: 'Cuties' Movie: Deconstructing The Culture w/Ben Shapiro - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=asxBUrx-Wfg&ab_channel=TheDailyWireReason: The War on Sex Trafficking Is the New War on Drugs - https://reason.com/2015/09/30/the-war-on-sex-trafficking-is/Reason: Enough Stranger Danger! Children Rarely Abducted by Those They Don't Know - https://reason.com/2017/03/31/kidnapping-stats/Reason (on YouTube): Ashton Kutcher Helped Promote a Bogus Sex Trafficking Claim. Will We Ever Shake It? - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XKnWByMs4DQ&feature=youtu.be&ab_channel=ReasonTVReason: Secret Memos Show the Government Has Been Lying About Backpage All Along - https://reason.com/2019/08/26/secret-memos-show-the-government-has-been-lying-about-backpage/ This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.blockedandreported.org/subscribe

The hosts discuss Donald Trump's sudden fixation on ostensibly "un-American" critical race theory in government diversity trainings. What does a good-faith critique of these trainings look like that doesn't slide into fearmongering or red-scare-esque grandstanding and witch-hunting? Will the politicization of everything prevent people from focusing on what matters, which is whether these trainings work or cause harm? Also: A Vice story about an allegedly satanic Airbnb is super, duper racist, or so we hear.New York Magazine: Psychology’s Favorite Tool for Measuring Racism Isn’t Up to the Job - https://www.thecut.com/2017/01/psychologys-racism-measuring-tool-isnt-up-to-the-job.htmlNPR: NYPD Study: Implicit Bias Training Changes Minds, Not Necessarily Behavior - https://www.npr.org/2020/09/10/909380525/nypd-study-implicit-bias-training-changes-minds-not-necessarily-behaviorTake the Implicit Association Test: https://implicit.harvard.edu/implicit/takeatest.htmlOur episode on Robin DiAngelo's "White Fragility": https://barpodcast.fireside.fm/17Our episode interviewing the victim of a DiAngelo training: https://barpodcast.fireside.fm/bonus2Scott O. Lilienfeld: Psychological Treatments That Cause Harm - http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/download;jsessionid=FC896FFD11373F2E8A80CB54A8D316C6?doi=10.1.1.531.9405&rep=rep1&type=pdfJezebel: 'Is the UVA Rape Story a Gigantic Hoax?' Asks Idiot - https://jezebel.com/is-the-uva-rape-story-a-gigantic-hoax-asks-idiot-1665233387Vice New: We Talked to the Host Accused of Doing “Satanic Rituals” In His Airbnb - https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/m7jnmb/we-talked-to-the-host-accused-of-doing-satanic-rituals-in-his-airbnbThe very serious racism accusation against Vice News: https://twitter.com/FredTJoseph/status/1304051476466073601 This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.blockedandreported.org/subscribe

After Jesse reveals yet another shocking secret about his mysterious life, the hosts discuss the case of Jessica Krug, a George Washington University professor who appears to have admitted to pulling a Rachel Dolezal: she pretended to be black. What a mess! But perhaps not all that shocking in our identity-obsessed age. Then the hosts respond, in depth, to an email from a reader who wants to be talked out of voting for Donald Trump, sparking an uncharacteristically earnest discussion about the upcoming election and why the right choice isn't a close call.Medium: The Truth, and the Anti-Black Violence of My Lies - https://medium.com/@jessakrug/the-truth-and-the-anti-black-violence-of-my-lies-9a9621401f85The Cut: There’s a New Rachel Dolezal - https://www.thecut.com/2020/09/historian-jessica-krug-admits-to-posing-as-a-black-woman.htmlVice: In Rachel Dolezal's Skin - https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/gvz79j/rachel-dolezal-profile-interviewThe weird right-wing rally Jesse stumbled upon next to City Hall in Manhattan: https://photos.app.goo.gl/DvdsAiHR1P4bfbED8 This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.blockedandreported.org/subscribe

In today's patrons-only episode, Jesse interviews Justin Tosi, a philosopher at Texas Tech University and the author, with Brandon Warmke, of the new book Grandstanding: The Use and Abuse of Moral Talk. After discussing the book, Jesse and Justin move on to a broader conversation about the current, precarious moment for open inquiry in academia, as well as the turn toward activism in philosophy that has Justin worried about his field.Show notes/Links:Amazon: Grandstanding: The Use and Abuse of Moral Talk - https://www.amazon.com/Grandstanding-Use-Abuse-Moral-Talk/dp/0190900156/ref=tmm_hrd_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr=Twitter: A student gets a meeting with her dean after complaining about a syllabus that doesn't have the right racial breakdown - https://twitter.com/jessesingal/status/1300126499215937538YouTube: Gender Critical | Daniel Kaufman & Jesse Singal [Sophia] - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nZ9MzhwflI4Ergo: An Open Access Journal of Philosophy: https://quod.lib.umich.edu/e/ergo/12405314.0005.014?view=text;rgn=mainJesse referenced the wrong NBA player in the episode -- it was Stephen Curry, not Steve Nash. See: "It tacitly communicates that at no point in time is Paige like Hillary Clinton or Catherine McGregor or any other woman (for whom she would be used); and likewise, that at no point in time is Paige like Stephen Curry or John Oliver (for whom he would be used). In short, if we use he or she for anyone, we either risk misgendering Paige with he or she, or we go back to the inegalitarian option of using a third catchall."  This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.blockedandreported.org/subscribe

After an intro in which Jesse impresses Katie deeply with a brilliant, cutting-edge character he has clearly put a lot of time into developing, the hosts discuss a hellish few days in Kenosha, Wisconsin: first, the police shooting of Jacob Blake, and then Kyle Rittenhouse's killing of two protesters. Doesn't there have to be a better way for police to resolve altercations like the one that ensued with Blake? And will the unrest in Kenosha increase the chances Donald Trump is elected (Katie's view), or is there not yet much evidence to suggest it will (Jesse's)? Plus: You will never guess whether or not the hosts think mainstream outlets are doing a good job covering all this.Show notes/Links:The New York Times: Jacob Blake Was Shackled in Hospital Bed After Police Shot Him -  https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/28/us/jacob-blake-shackles-assault.html (lots of details about the overall context)The New York Post: This is why Jacob Blake had a warrant out for his arrest -  https://nypost.com/2020/08/28/this-is-why-jacob-blake-had-a-warrant-out-for-his-arrest/ NYT: Tracking the Suspect in the Fatal Kenosha Shootings -  https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/27/us/kyle-rittenhouse-kenosha-shooting-video.html CNN: Kenosha shooting suspect faces more homicide charges -  https://www.cnn.com/2020/08/27/us/kenosha-wisconsin-shooting-suspect/index.html Milwaukee Journal Sentinel: What to know about Wisconsin's open-carry laws, self defense and more in Kenosha protest shootings -  https://www.jsonline.com/story/news/crime/2020/08/26/wisconsin-open-carry-law-kyle-rittenhouse-legally-have-gun-kenosha-protest-shooting-17-year-old/3444231001/ (though see following links as well)PolitiFact: Did Kyle Rittenhouse break the law by carrying an assault-style rifle in Kenosha? -  https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/aug/28/facebook-posts/did-kyle-rittenhouse-break-law-carrying-assault-st/ (note this from the end, indicating ambiguity: "Whether Rittenhouse violated Wisconsin law by possessing a firearm underage is the subject of ongoing litigation.") On the question of whether the misdemeanor doesn't apply here, the action seems to be in this bit from the Wisconsin state code: "This section applies only to a person under 18 years of age who possesses or is armed with a rifle or a shotgun if the person is in violation of s. 941.28 or is not in compliance with ss. 29.304 and 29.593." The argument is that those other conditions don't apply, Rittenhouse wasn't in violation, but we'll get a clear answer on this when he is or isn't convicted. Simple Justice: Prickett: Update on Kenosha -  https://blog.simplejustice.us/2020/08/28/prickett-update-on-kenosha/ (legal analysis of both the Blake and Rittenhouse cases) This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.blockedandreported.org/subscribe

In this week's episode, Jesse addresses an ugly rumor about him posted to Blocked and Reported's Apple Podcast review page. Then the hosts discuss Conor Friedersdorf's article in The Atlantic, "Anti-racist Arguments Are Tearing People Apart," which centers around the accusation that it was racist for a white man to bounce his friend's black baby on his lap during a Zoom call (really!). In the episode's main segment, Katie unspurls the yearslong battle between Cliff Mass and seemingly every progressive in the Seattle metro area, which recently culminated in his media-gig firing after he made an..................... unfortunate comparison on his personal blog. Also: Jesse does a rim-rocking dunk, the hosts discuss a potential cargo-shorts-related spinoff podcast, racist babies are denounced, and Katie unspurls the story of how she was blacklisted from a Seattle radio station.Show notes/Links:The Atlantic: Anti-racist Arguments Are Tearing People Apart -  https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2020/08/meta-arguments-about-anti-racism/615424/ The Stranger: Cliff Mass Says Whatever He Wants (2011) -  https://www.thestranger.com/seattle/cliff-mass-says-whatever-he-wants/Content?oid=8309158 KIRO: UW Prof. Cliff Mass called racist for opposing carbon tax initiative (2011) -  https://www.thestranger.com/seattle/cliff-mass-says-whatever-he-wants/Content?oid=8309158 The Stranger: Cliff Mass's Responses to Women Scientists Make Seattle's Climate Change Discussions Toxic - https://www.thestranger.com/seattle/cliff-mass-says-whatever-he-wants/Content?oid=8309158 The Stranger: Cliff Mass Blames Liberals for the Lack of Progress on Climate Change -  https://www.thestranger.com/slog/2017/10/06/25457183/cliff-mass-blames-liberals-for-the-lack-of-progress-on-climate-change The Stranger: The Culture of Harassing and Demeaning Women Scientists -  https://www.thestranger.com/slog/2017/11/17/25572044/the-culture-of-harassing-and-demeaning-women-scientists Cliff Mass Weather Blog: The University of Washington Should Not Censor Faculty Social Media -  https://cliffmass.blogspot.com/2019/10/the-university-of-washington-should-not.html KNKX: KNKX Public Editor report: science, politics, and Weather with Cliff Mass -  https://www.knkx.org/post/knkx-public-editor-report-science-politics-and-weather-cliff-mass Cliff Mass Weather Blog: A City in Fear Can Be Restored -  https://cliffmass.blogspot.com/2020/08/seattle-city-in-fear-can-be-restored.html KNKX: KNKX to stop airing Weather with Cliff Mass, effective immediately -  https://www.knkx.org/post/knkx-stop-airing-weather-cliff-mass-effective-immediately Cliff Mass Weather Blog: My Firing at KNKX - https://cliffmass.blogspot.com/2020/08/my-firing-at-knkx.html Petition trying to get Mass fired from his job as a professor -  https://docs.google.com/document/d/1WIZgiqt1wkyOdx369sSJeIPFoQ8Wr-RA3wKZzJ5uxHU/edit  This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.blockedandreported.org/subscribe

In this week's threesome of an episode, which was recorded with enthusiastic consent by everyone involved, Katie and Jesse talk to Dan Savage about the strange case of Alex Morse, the young, gay, Democratic congressional candidate and Massachusetts mayor accused of... well, it isn't quite clear. But what is quickly becoming clear is that Morse appears to have been set up by college kids loyal to his opponent, the incumbent establishment candidate, Richard Neal. What can this episode teach us about power, consent, and the schizophrenic attitude some lefty zoomers have toward sex? Also: Has the queer community lost its sense of humor? Why does everyone forget what it's like to be 20 by the time they are 30? And how hot would president-on-president porn be? (Please do not send this episode to anyone who isn't explicitly asking for it.) (Update, 8/16/2020: Changing the title from "Dan Savage Deciphers Morse Code" to "Introducing Mount Holey Oak" because the latter is funnier and better and we want to use it for the public version dropping tomorrow. Re-uploading identical file with new title. Consider the old one a collector's item!)The Intercept's coverage of this whole mess:College Democrat at Center of Attack on Alex Morse Hoped to Launch Career Through Richard Neal -  https://theintercept.com/2020/08/11/college-democrats-alex-morse-richard-neal/ Chats Reveal Plan to Engineer and Leak Alex Morse Accusation -  https://theintercept.com/2020/08/12/alex-morse-college-democrats-chats/ Party Leaders Investigating Anti-Morse Campaign Helped Orchestrate It -  https://theintercept.com/2020/08/14/alex-morse-richie-neal-state-party/ Dan Savage's stuff:Savage Love -  https://www.thestranger.com/savage-love/2020/08/11/44269654/savage-love Savage Lovecast - https://www.savagelovecast.com/  This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.blockedandreported.org/subscribe

In one of the weirdest online controversies yet covered by Blocked and Reported, Katie walks Jesse through the wild, twisting tale of @Sciencing_Bi, a young anthropologist who just wanted to do good work, but who was tragically hindered from achieving this goal by the vicious anti-bisexual currents that dominate academic anthropology -- and by a university hell-bent on LITERALLY working her to death (and cutting her salary 15%). (Apologies for the weird underwater thing going on with Katie's audio for part of the episode -- it was a hardware issue and [probably] won't happen again.)Show notes/Links:(If you're unfamiliar with this story, note that a couple of the below headlines will likely spoil it, so scroll downward at your own peril.)........The New York Times: The Anonymous Professor Who Wasn't -  https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/04/style/college-coronavirus-hoax.html BuzzFeed: At First It Looked Like A Scientist Died From COVID. Then People Started Taking Her Story Apart. -  https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/peteraldhous/bethann-mclaughlin-twitter-suspension-fake-covid-death Science: This neuroscientist is fighting sexual harassment in science—but her own job is in peril -  https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2019/02/neuroscientist-fighting-sexual-harassment-science-her-own-job-peril  This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.blockedandreported.org/subscribe

Things are not going so great in Portland, where months of rowdy and sometimes destructive protests have been met with a federal response that has understandably scared and infuriated residents. But what's really going on there? Have we reached a point where it's basically impossible to find credible, contextualized accounts of complicated situations like this one? Will the Wall of Moms be undone by jackbooted government thugs and/or its own alleged racism? As one of America's whitest cities speeds down the road to Crazyville, there's a lot to unpack.Show notes/Links:The New York Times: The Showdown in Portland (from The Daily) -  https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/23/podcasts/the-daily/portland-protests.html The New York Times: Times Videos Show How Federal Officers Escalated Violence in Portland (video) -  https://www.nytimes.com/video/us/100000007243995/portland-protests-federal-government.html Reason: What It's Like To Work in the Portland Jail During the George Floyd Protests -  https://reason.com/2020/07/23/what-its-like-to-work-in-the-portland-jail-during-the-george-floyd-protests/ Michael Tracey: Two months since the riots, and still no “National Conversation” -  https://medium.com/@mtracey/two-months-since-the-riots-and-still-no-national-conversation-12a7e3e4e006 The New York Times: Federal Officers Deployed in Portland Didn’t Have Proper Training, D.H.S. Memo Said -  https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/18/us/portland-protests.html ACLU: The Constitution in the 100-Mile Border Zone -  https://www.aclu.org/other/constitution-100-mile-border-zone On the Media: What We Know About the Border -  https://www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/otm/episodes/what-we-know-about-border  This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.blockedandreported.org/subscribe

After Katie recounts a listener complaint and the cohosts announce a new focus for the podcast, the bulk of the episode consists of an interview Jesse conducted with Freddie deBoer, a brilliant thinker and writer whose first book, "The Cult of Smart: How Our Broken Education System Perpetuates Social Injustice," is a searing indictment of the American education system's most entrenched orthodoxy: the idea that just about any child can succeed academically. The second, patrons-only portion of the interview, a wider-ranging conversations about social media, online leftism, mental health, and other subjects, will be posted by the end of the day on Saturday, 7/25/2020 at the latest, and when it's ready this text will be replaced with a link.Show notes/Links:"The Cult of Smart" (yes, it is that good, and yes, you should pre-order it) -  https://us.macmillan.com/books/9781250224491 Freddie's website -  https://fredrikdeboer.com/ FdB: the educational standardization trap -  https://medium.com/@freddiedeboer/the-educational-standardization-trap-25aca6c0121 FdB: disentangling race from intelligence and genetics, or how to rescue behavioral genetics from racists -  https://fredrikdeboer.com/2017/04/10/disentangling-race-from-intelligence-and-genetics/ FdB: addressing some complaints -  https://fredrikdeboer.com/2017/04/11/addressing-some-complaints/  This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.blockedandreported.org/subscribe

After Jesse reluctantly reveals some incredibly embarrassing and personal details about his love life in the opening segment, the hosts discuss the week's two big media stories: Bari Weiss's resignation from The New York Times and Andrew Sullivan's firing from New York Magazine. Is this a sign that these outlets are narrowing their windows of acceptable opinion? Was Weiss's treatment in her workplace genuinely unfair, or is she reacting with the same 'safetyism' she has so forcefully criticized? If Jesse and Katie were trapped on a desert island, who would eat who? These and other questions, answered.Show notes/Links:-Bari Weiss's resignation letter: https://www.bariweiss.com/resignation-letter  -"See You Next Friday: A Farewell Letter" by Andrew Sullivan:  https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2020/07/andrew-sullivan-see-you-next-friday.html -"When Racism Is Fit to Print" by Andrew Sullivan:  https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2018/08/sarah-jeong-new-york-times-anti-white-racism.html -"How Did I Get Iraq Wrong?" by Andrew Sullivan:  https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2008/03/i-committed-four-cardinal-sins-around-the-iraq-war.html  This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.blockedandreported.org/subscribe

After Jesse bravely expresses an opinion that is likely to get him cancelled by Cancel Culture, and to potentially destroy the podcast entirely, the hosts, who are clearly hated by God Himself (of maybe... HERself??), devote almost the entire episode to Letter Discourse and Counter-Letter Discourse. The discussion mostly concerns the harassment of a Vox staffer, which Jesse contributed to and feels bad about, even as he is aggrieved at the unhinged-in-light-of-the-evidence Jesse Did It narrative that took over bluecheck Twitter earlier this week. What are individuals' responsibilities during online pileons? Will journalists ever stop being full of s**t with regard to which acts -- screencapping, quote-retweeting, mocking -- are and aren't considered harassment? In the closing segment, the hosts briefly discuss President Trump's interesting strategy of fighting for free speech and open academic inquiry by unleashing the federal government to investigate universities, as one does.Show notes/Links:Rough week for Jesse on Twitter:  https://twitter.com/search?q=jesse%20singal&src=typed_query (We said we would include links to the right-wing pieces and tweets bashing the Vox staffer mentioned in the podcast, but whoever wrote this summary began feeling guilty about doing so. If you search for her name and the name of the outlets mentioned, you will find it all -- we promise.) This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.blockedandreported.org/subscribe

Katie and Jesse signed a letter that was published in Harper's! It's pretty basic but given Twitter's reaction you would have thought it was an excerpt from Mein Kampf. In today's episode, the hosts discuss why they signed the letter and run through some of the most unhinged and disingenuous reactions to it, discovering, in the process, that one of the letter's loudest critics tried to get them both fired. Katie also asks Jesse about the time he reported a fellow journalist to her boss, and the two hosts work through whether this is different from the behavior they themselves are complaining about. Also: Jesse's trajectory on the even more emotionally charged question of cargo shorts.Show notes/Links:Harper's: A Letter on Justice and Open Debate -  https://harpers.org/a-letter-on-justice-and-open-debate/ Jesse's too numerous and Mad Online tweets about the response to the letter:-on Matt Yglesias getting reported by a colleague for wrongthink:  https://twitter.com/jessesingal/status/1280603481531912192 -on one of the letter critics publicly calling for him to get fired:  https://twitter.com/jessesingal/status/1280577317421625346 -on someone literally editing the letter to make it offensive:  https://twitter.com/jessesingal/status/1280666236754579458 Medium: Katelyn Burns Fabricated Several Exchanges With Me That Never Occurred (archived version) - http://archive.is/UEsMj(current version, without screenshot-proof for reasons explained at the top, here: https://medium.com/@jesse.singal/so-about-that-katelyn-burns-thread-58c736647bc9)Medium: A (Hopefully) Final Update On This Katelyn Burns Thing (Updated) - https://medium.com/@jesse.singal/a-hopefully-final-update-on-this-katelyn-burns-thing-da17730e13aa This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.blockedandreported.org/subscribe

The gang celebrates July 4th by barely mentioning it. Instead, Jesse and Katie talk about Blocked and Reported's arguably FIRST EVER beef, which involves a very sensitive staffer at The New Republic. Then they relay two real corrections and one fake one from previous episodes, talk about the increasing possibility, in light of a new court decision, that at least one contributor to the Shitty Media Men list will be 'unmasked,' and discuss a thoughtful essay on what it feels like to be at the bottom of a Twitter pileon. Plus: Jesse finally addresses the rumors that have been haunting him about his relationship with certain New England horses. Soundcloud: The offending clip from our segment on Online Validiy Discourse -  https://soundcloud.com/josephine-livingstone/blocked-reported-clipBlocked and Reported: Episode 5 - Katie And Jesse Decide Who Is Valid -  https://barpodcast.fireside.fm/5 Snopes: Did Merriam-Webster Update Its Definition of ‘Racism’ To Say Only White People Are Racist? - https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/merriam-webster-definition-racism/The Volokh Conspiracy: “Shitty Media Men” List Libel Lawsuit Can Go Forward - https://reason.com/2020/07/02/shitty-media-men-list-libel-lawsuit-can-go-forward/The Stranger: Anonymous UW Students Publish Rape Accusations Online. What Could Go Wrong? - https://www.thestranger.com/slog/2018/10/09/33615110/anonymous-uw-students-publish-rape-accusations-online-what-could-go-wrongQuillette: How An Anonymous Accusation Derailed My Life -  https://quillette.com/2018/09/25/how-an-anonymous-accusation-derailed-my-life/ Medium: Hi, I’m on the Shitty Media Men list, but maybe you already knew that - https://medium.com/@mike_tunison/hi-im-on-the-shitty-media-men-list-but-maybe-you-already-knew-that-f446aed1f93bMedium: Katelyn Burns Fabricated Several Exchanges With Me That Never Occurred (archived version) - http://archive.is/UEsMj(current version, without screenshot-proof for reasons explained at the top, here: https://medium.com/@jesse.singal/so-about-that-katelyn-burns-thread-58c736647bc9)Medium: A (Hopefully) Final Update On This Katelyn Burns Thing (Updated) - https://medium.com/@jesse.singal/a-hopefully-final-update-on-this-katelyn-burns-thing-da17730e13aaSingal-Minded: Nicole Cliffe Is A Poor Choice Of #MeToo Moral Guardian - https://jessesingal.substack.com/p/nicole-cliffe-is-a-poor-choice-ofThe Critic: The eye of the storm: https://thecritic.co.uk/issues/july-august-2020/the-eye-of-the-storm/ This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.blockedandreported.org/subscribe

Jesse interviews Yascha Mounk about the threats liberalism is facing from both the left and the right, and Yascha introduces a new platform he is launching to help stem the tide. The duo also discuss Yascha's great but infuriating article in The Atlantic, "Stop Firing the Innocent," the origins of the gender wage gap, antifa, the racial politics of police reform, and more. Make sure to check out persuasion.community, which should be live by the time you read this. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.blockedandreported.org/subscribe

A reckoning is afoot, as Jesse finally confronts Katie over her abusive managerial style. After the hosts get that out of the way, they proceed into a discussion about The New York Times' decision to publish the famed rationalist blogger Scott Alexander's full name -- and the rather effective-seeming countermeasure Alexander pulled in response. Then they move onto a broader conversation about journalistic ethics with regard to naming subjects against their will, and Katie talks about the time she was publicly shamed for trying to defend someone against a public shaming. In the second segment, the hosts discuss a New York Times story about a Minneapolis neighborhood's difficulties living up to its stated values, and, by working through about their own views about when to call the police, establish the podcast's formal Cop Policy. Show notes/Links:Amazon: The AI Does Not Hate You: Superintelligence, Rationality and the Race to Save the World by Tom Chivers -  https://www.amazon.com/Does-Not-Hate-You-Superintelligence-ebook/dp/B07K258VCV Slate Star Codex: NYT Is Threatening My Safety By Revealing My Real Name, So I Am Deleting The Blog -  https://slatestarcodex.com/2020/06/22/nyt-is-threatening-my-safety-by-revealing-my-real-name-so-i-am-deleting-the-blog/ Slate Star Codex (archive): I Can Tolerate Anything Except For The Outgroup -  http://archive.is/https://slatestarcodex.com/2014/09/30/i-can-tolerate-anything-except-the-outgroup/ Twitter: @keikoinboston on Karlos Dillard's scam:  https://twitter.com/keikoinboston/status/1276780086545592320 The New York Times: A Minneapolis Neighborhood Vowed to Check Its Privilege. It’s Already Being Tested. -  https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/24/us/minneapolis-george-floyd-police.html Slate Star Codex (archive): Sort by Controversial -  http://archive.is/https://slatestarcodex.com/2018/10/30/sort-by-controversial/ The Stranger: A Slur, a Suicide Attempt, and Guns Akimbo -  https://www.thestranger.com/slog/2020/02/25/42967202/a-slur-a-suicide-attempt-and-guns-akimbo Amazon: Self-Care: A Novel by Leigh Stein - https://www.amazon.com/Self-Care-Novel-Leigh-Stein/dp/0143135198/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr= Eventbrite: EXTREMELY ONLINE conversation for SELF CARE -  https://www.eventbrite.com/e/extremely-online-conversation-for-self-care-tickets-109886766276  This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.blockedandreported.org/subscribe

If you develop severe physical symptoms whenever you go more than a day without hearing fresh content that includes Katie's and Jesse's voices, you're in luck: Here's an interview the hosts did with Jeremiah Johnson of The Neoliberal Project (here's his Twitter account) which Johnson generously shared (it's also up on his own organization's Patreon page). It was a pretty wide-ranging discussion -- in addition to covering the David Shor firing and Washington Post blackface article, the trio also discussed cancel culture more broadly, the difference between real activism and online slacktivism, and the question of what standards tech companies should use for determining who to deplatform. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.blockedandreported.org/subscribe

If hearing Jesse and Katie dig around in the strange innards of "White Fragility" wasn't enough Robin DiAngelo for you, have we got the thing: an interview Katie conducted with a woman whose former company, throw into disarray by a racial microaggression, brought in DiAngelo to conduct a full year's worth of antiracism training, complete with (unpaid) homework. It went.... strangely, and at one point involved allegations of subconscious swastikas. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.blockedandreported.org/subscribe

(UPDATE, 6/21/2020: Replaced the original file with one that has a new intro from Katie about some violence that took place in the CHAZ. This is the version we'll be posting on the free feed tomorrow, but everything is otherwise identical. -Jesse)In the intro, Katie regales Jesse with tales from the CHAZ. Then, in part because Jesse is obsessed and desperately needs to get a lot of vitriol surrounding this subject out of his system, the deeply masochistic hosts devote the entire rest of the episode to a dissection of one of the strangest books you will ever read about race, Robin DiAngelo's "White Fragility." Does Robin DiAngelo know any black people who aren't antiracist educators? Or any other humans in general? What are the details of her segregated-crying policy? Are there better explanations than "white fragility" for why someone dragged into a mandatory training at work and called racist by a weird lady might respond negatively to such an experience? So many questions! (CORRECTION: In this episode we wrongly state that a definition of 'racism' favored by DiAngelo was added to the Merriam-Webster dictionary. As Snopes explains, this is not the case: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/merriam-webster-definition-racism/.)New Yorker: The Fight To Redefine Racism -  https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2019/08/19/the-fight-to-redefine-racism Chapo Trap House: No Crying In Raceball -  https://soundcloud.com/chapo-trap-house/428-no-crying-in-raceball-feat-jen-pan-61520  This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.blockedandreported.org/subscribe

The roiling tremors on the left continue, as a young progressive data analyst gets fired for... it's honestly too ridiculous to even type, and the Poetry Foundation shows us what a truly hysterical meltdown looks like. The hosts use their intellect and savvy to try to understand the difference between two 'violent' acts: "kneeling on someone's neck until they die horrifically" and "issuing a statement that isn't quite strong enough." Everything is insane right now. And violent.NOTE: Since you are a patron, you already have access to a longer cut of the Ben Burgis interview that plays after the outro music of this episode. And the J.K. Rowling patrons-only episode will be up by noon, Eastern time on Sunday, June 14th.Jonathan Chait: The Still-Vital Case for Liberalism in a Radical Age (NY Mag) -  https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2020/06/case-for-liberalism-tom-cotton-new-york-times-james-bennet.html Kyle Smith: Insanity at the Poetry Foundation (National Review) -  https://www.nationalreview.com/2020/06/insanity-at-the-poetry-foundation/ Ben Burgis: Give Them an Argument: Logic for the Left -  https://www.amazon.com/Give-Them-Argument-Logic-Left/dp/1789042100/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr=  This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.blockedandreported.org/subscribe

Bari Weiss did some tweets about how there is a generational divide at The New York Times that is, in her view, hampering the paper's ability to publish quality commentary and journalism. In response, a sizable cohort of her colleagues LITERALLY devoured her (metaphorically, on Twitter). In their most frustrated episode yet, Katie and Jesse explain why Bari was fundamentally right. That doesn't mean her framing was perfect ('safetyism' isn't exactly the problem here), but, as the hosts argue, the fact that so many journalists think Bari is making this up is pretty insane given the rampant evidence for it. The problem is that the people who don't think there's a problem are the same people no one affected by these dynamics would ever, ever confide in. Along the way the hosts talk about their own experiences with an issue that is getting worse by the day: the most hysterical and dishonest journalists on Twitter effectively dictating editors' decisions about what stories to assign and what subjects to cover. Also, Katie talks about her struggle session at a Seattle rooftop bar and Jesse makes the case for converting Blocked and Reported into a full-blown scammy cult. Bari Weiss's tweetstorm -  https://twitter.com/bariweiss/status/1268628680797978625 Katie's article "The Detransitioners: They Were Transgender, Until They Weren't" -  https://www.thestranger.com/features/2017/06/28/25252342/the-detransitioners-they-were-transgender-until-they-werent Jesse's article "When Children Say They're Transgender" -  https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2018/07/when-a-child-says-shes-trans/561749/  This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.blockedandreported.org/subscribe

For this, the first-ever patrons-only Blocked and Reported interview, Jesse interviewed Ben Burgis, a philosopher, prolific writer for Jacobin and other outlets, and the author of Give Them an Argument: Logic for the Left. Among other subjects, the duo discussed self-sabotaging messaging on the left, the flaws in Jordan Peterson's conception of 'post-modernism,' and the class element missing from the police-reform discussion. At the end, Jesse tried to get Ben to turn him into a socialist. Did it work? Only one way to find out.  A few articles by Ben: "Socialism and Human Nature," "Capitalism Isn’t Working. But What Would a Viable Socialist System Look Like?," and "Why Jordan Peterson Is Always Wrong."   Below you'll find a guide to what is discussed at which points in the podcast. Enjoy!12:15 - Ben on the problem with Oxford-style debate20:30 - Jesse and Ben discuss the dangers of assuming people who make ‘bad’ political choices are fundamentally evil or broken26:15 - on “if you criticize U.S. foreign policy, you are pro-al-Qaeda” - style argumentation, and the frustrating extent to which the left is now adopting it29:00 - online, staying chill is the best revenge31:45 - IT’S JORDAN PETERSON TIME49:20 - the silliness of the fight over ‘platforming’52:38 - the problem with making maximalist positions like “abolish the police” the face of leftist movements56:50 - “DURING PRIDE?????”1:02:00 - NYC DSA’s deplatforming of Adolph Reed, who stands accused of “class reductionism”1:04:45 - another DSA controversy, this one over “white saviorism”1:08:00 - Ben on the overlooked class element of the police-reform debate1:15:20 - you don’t want to broadcast the myth that white people, particularly poor ones, have nothing at stake in police reform1:19:55 - Jesse wraps things up by saying, “It’s better to be a wussy liberal than a socialist — CHANGE MY MIND” This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.blockedandreported.org/subscribe

In today's episode, the hosts zero in on an obscure, under-covered newspaper known as "The New York Times." Specifically, they discuss an explosion of employee anger over the paper's decision to publish a column by Sen. Tom Cotton, and what it can (maybe) tell everyone about internal dynamics in some media companies at the moment. Then, they shift gears to a Times article about a nonbinary 7-year-old and discuss the ways in which a certain subgenre of storytelling could be obscuring the nature of gender-identity development. In the show's final, patrons-only segment, Katie tells Jesse about an Instagram controversy involving white liberals trying to show how much they care about racial injustice, but digging themselves into a deeper and deeper hole as a result.Show notes and links (* denotes stuff that happened after our episode went up):"Tom Cotton: Send In the Troops" -  https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/03/opinion/tom-cotton-protests-military.html * "Senator’s ‘Send In the Troops’ Op-Ed in The Times Draws Online Ire" -  https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/03/business/tom-cotton-op-ed.html * "New York Times Says Senator’s Op-Ed Did Not Meet Standards" -  https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/04/business/new-york-times-op-ed-cotton.html * "The Inside Story of the Tom Cotton Op-Ed that Rocked the New York Times" -  https://www.nationalreview.com/2020/06/tom-cotton-new-york-times-op-ed-inside-story/(An article in which Cotton's camp strongly denies the idea of an unusual editorial process)* "Yesterday two dozen of us who make @nytimes publishing tools called out sick in solidarity with our Black colleagues & in protest of the Cotton op-ed. I was harassed on Twitter all day for it." - https://twitter.com/nzle/status/1268906487377801218 * "The civil war inside The New York Times between the (mostly young) wokes the (mostly 40+) liberals is the same one raging inside other publications and companies across the country. The dynamic is always the same. (Thread.)" -  https://twitter.com/bariweiss/status/1268628680797978625 "The Hardest Part of Having a Nonbinary Kid Is Other People" -  https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/01/parenting/non-binary-children-support.html "What Is Gender Identity?" -  https://arcdigital.media/what-is-gender-identity-10ce0da71999 "Attention white people: Your #BLM memes are not enough" -  https://www.kuow.org/stories/a-letter-to-her-white-friends-on-their-blm-memes "Blackout Tuesday posts are drowning out vital information shared under the BLM hashtag" -  https://www.theverge.com/2020/6/2/21277852/blackout-tuesday-posts-hiding-information-blm-black-lives-matter-hashtag  This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.blockedandreported.org/subscribe

There's so much going on that Katie and Jesse are back again, already. In this episode they discuss the protests and riots popping off all over the country in response to George Floyd's horrific death, the media's predictably sloppy handling of some of the complexities of police reform, and the difference between meaningful and performative activism. Should they appoint themselves leaders of the nationwide movement for criminal justice reform? Hard to say. In the patrons-only segment starting at 41:00, the hosts discuss everyone's antifa obsession and why Jesse is so frustrated with the bougie liberal antiracism that is exploding in popularity during this crisis. (CORRECTION: In this episode we wrongly state that Richard Nixon won the 1968 presidential race in a landslide. It was the 1972 race he won quite easily.)-"The Case for Black Optimism" (Quillette)   -"Police Are Killing Fewer People In Big Cities, But More In Suburban And Rural America" (FiveThirtyEight) -Samuel Sinyangwe on legislation that might help (Twitter) -The Fight to Redefine Racism (New Yorker) This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.blockedandreported.org/subscribe

In this week's episode, Katie and Jesse discuss the Amy Cooper/Christian Cooper incident in Central Park. Is this different from other instances of online shaming? Do we lose something when, in trying to understand a complicated problem like police shootings and other abuses, we focus in on individuals rather than institutions and structures? Why are white women so often pilloried these days when white men, like Jesse in particular, are obviously so much worse? Program notes/links:-"White People Behaving Badly" (Arc Digital)-"Locking Up Our Own: Crime and Punishment in Black America" (Amazon)-"Black Silent Majority: The Rockefeller Drug Laws and the Politics of Punishment" (Amazon)-"From Power to Prejudice: The Rise of Racial Individualism in Midcentury America" (Amazon) [not mentioned in the episode but Jesse is a fan] This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.blockedandreported.org/subscribe

Before jumping into a truly brutal week for media news involving journalists who are younger and more attractive and successful than they are, Jesse and Katie are interrupted by their newly installed Alison Roman Controversy Alarm, forcing them to briefly update listeners on the latest twist in that eternal tale. Then they turn their attention to a PinkNews article positing a global conspiracy of lesbians who are sexual abusers and human traffickers and explain how that ties into the broader, white-hot culture wars involving gender-critical feminists and so-called TERFs (trans-exclusionary radical feminists). In the final two segments, the hosts discuss Ben Smith's claims about Ronan Farrow's lackluster fact-checking and Jia Tolentino's blog post about her parents' guilty plea in a human-trafficking case, as well as the telling and arguably disingenuous responses from major media figures to both stories.Show notes/links:-Alison Roman’s NY Times Column ‘On Temporary Leave’ After Chrissy Teigen Feud (The Daily Beast)-The ‘gender critical’ feminist movement is a cult that grooms, controls and abuses, according to a lesbian who managed to escape (PinkNews[!])-Is Ronan Farrow Too Good to Be True? (New York Times)-Ronan Farrow admits he ‘misspoke’ about his Weinstein reporting. How many times? (Washington Post)-Is Ben Smith’s Column About Ronan Farrow Too Good to Be True? (Slate) -Jia Tolentino's blog post and tweet about the controversy This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.blockedandreported.org/subscribe

In their first-ever edition of "🥱 or 🔥," a game in which one cohost tries to convince the other that a given internet controversy is interesting, Jesse regales Katie with the tale of a leftist African-American studies professor who decides to kick off his new lecturer gig at Auburn University by insulting one of the university's football traditions over Twitter. Spoiler alert: His opinions are not well-received! Also in this episode: Jesse's touts the efficacy of "Irish goodbyes" and Katie gives an update about her island hideaway. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.blockedandreported.org/subscribe

Here's Blocked and Reported, Episode 9: Layoffs And Teigen And Roman And Kondo And Feel-Bad Liberalism.Our week-to-week schedule varies a great deal. Sometimes the free weekly episode isn't ready until Sunday night. Sometimes, like this week, it's ready significantly earlier. As an extra perk to you, our trusty patrons, we're going to give you early access to the weekly free episodes when our schedules and other obligations allow us to. Enjoy!Summary:Katie leads off the show by discussing her layoff from The Stranger and reflecting on her mixed feelings about her time there. This some broader commiseration about just how deeply, profoundly screwed journalism is right now. To lighten things up Jesse reads Katie a poem he wrote for her (it's really good). Then the hosts tie up some loose ends about that whole Chrissy Teigen/Alison Roman/Marie Kondo thing, including the weird, flattening language of "woman of color" and Roman's apology. After that, Jesse unpacks a viral tweetstorm that seems geared at antagonizing sympathetic would-be white anti-racists and explains why he views it as an example of what he calls "feel-bad liberalism." In the final segment, the hosts unveil the show's new Patreon page and ask listeners to empty their banks accounts to support Blocked and Reported.Show notes/links:-An email from a listener suggesting we were too dismissive of the race angle of Teigenghazi (Twitter)-Alison Roman's apology (Twitter)-Ally Henny's tweetstorm about would-be white allies (Twitter)-Jesse's original ranty tweetstorm defining feel-bad liberalism (Twitter)-Feel-Bad Liberalism at the Victoria, BC women's march (Singal-Minded) This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.blockedandreported.org/subscribe

In our first-ever Patrons-only episode, we break down an NBC News Article about the latest diversity brouhaha at Google, which leads into a broader discussion about what we expect of diversity programs, whether conservative complaints about the wackier ones have some merit, and the media's coverage of James Damore's memo (which argued, if memory serves, that female employees at Google should be kept in pens like livestock). Plus: What to do when your in-laws think you're hellbound, and a promising left-versus-right format for future eps.Other lnks: Jesse's article on the IAT, Katie's article on Starbucks' implicit bias trainings, Jesse's newsletter about New York City's controversial Department of Education diversity trainings, Jesse's article about the Damore memo, and the Guardian article in which Cordelia Fine appears unconvinced of said memo's Hitlerianishnessitude. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.blockedandreported.org/subscribe

After Jesse gets things off to a fantastic start with an uplifting story about dog feces, the hosts finally relent and discuss the Joe Biden/Tara Reade situation. Does this case reveal the limits of "believe women"? Of trying to pretend long-ago accusations can be hashed out apolitically? Is anyone acting in good faith here? Then the hosts move on to Candace Owens and her censored-by-Twitter tweet calling for her Michigan followers to defy the government. What is the proper role for a private but exceptionally inlfuential institution like Twitter in a situation like this? The episode finishes with another story from Jesse, this one about his extremely unpleasant online run-in with Owens in 2016.Show notes:-The agonizing story of Tara Reade (https://www.vox.com/2020/5/7/21248713/tara-reade-joe-biden-sexual-assault-accusation) (Vox)-UPDATED: 'Governor-turned-dictator': Candace Owens suspended from Twitter for encouraging Michiganders to go to work (https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/governor-turned-dictator-candace-owens-suspended-from-twitter-for-encouraging-michiganders-to-go-to-work) (Washington Examiner)-What Should Twitter Do About People Like Candace Owens? (https://jessesingal.substack.com/p/what-should-twitter-do-about-people) (Singal-Minded, paywalled)-The Strange Tale of Social Autopsy, the Anti-Harassment Start-up That Descended Into Gamergate Trutherism (https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2016/04/how-social-autopsy-fell-for-gamergate-trutherism.html) (NY Mag)-New York Magazine's Jesse Singal Commits Fraud: Article In Question Should Be Recalled (https://www.change.org/p/new-york-magazine-new-york-magazine-s-jesse-singal-commits-fraud-article-in-question-should-be-recalled) (Change.org) This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.blockedandreported.org/subscribe

During an emergency session of Blocked and Reported, Katie and Jesse discuss the controversy sparked by Alison Roman's decision to go hard at Chrissy Teigen and Marie Kondo. Just how racist is Alison Roman? Just how woman-of-color is Chrissy Teigen? Is the phrase "please to buy" anti-Asian or anti-Eastern-European? These and other highly sensitive questions, answered definitively! Plus: Katie and Jesse reveal their favorite appropriated foods.Show notes:What Alison Roman wants (https://newconsumer.com/2020/05/alison-roman-interview/) (The New Consumer)-You can email the hosts at blockedandreportedpodcast@gmail.com (mailto:blockedandreportedpodcast@gmail.com), or follow the show on Twitter at @thebarpod (https://mobile.twitter.com/thebarpod). This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.blockedandreported.org/subscribe

The show gets off to what feels like its 100th consecutive turbulent start, with Katie seeking solace over a super-personal medical issue. Then the hosts discuss Bill de Blasio's tweet about the Jewish community not following social-distancing rules: Just how meshuga was it? After that, they move on to a conversation over a popular narrative about Boomers and coronavirus, and finish things up by addressing the question on everyone's mind: Is it racist to portray orcs (the fantasy creatures, which aren't real) as uncivilizable? You can follow us on Twitter at @thebarpod (https://mobile.twitter.com/thebarpod) or email us at blockedandreportedpodcast@gmail.com (mailto:blockedandreportedpodcast@gmail.com)Show notes:-Bill de Blasio's problematic tweet (https://twitter.com/NYCMayor/status/1255309615883063297)-Baby Boomers Were Blasé About the Coronavirus? Why Did We Believe That? (https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/29/opinion/sunday/coronavirus-baby-boomers.html) (New York Times)-The Orc Tweet (https://twitter.com/MonkipiQuinn/status/1254197453957459968) This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.blockedandreported.org/subscribe

After the pod gets off to yet another rough start thanks to a vicious anti-bread tirade Katie levels at Jesse, the cohosts heat up some leftovers from the last episode by disentangling Karens and Beckys (sorry, Karens and Beckys!) and further explaining their views on expertise. Then they discuss "Why Won't Woke Boys Pay For Sex?," the MEL Magazine article that lit Twitter on fire last week: Is Progressive Sex-Worker Discourse in line with most people's intuitions about the nature of prostitution? Is it politically problematic to not want to pay your friends for sex? In the final segment, the cohosts move on to "I Left New York for Greener Pastures — and a Puppy," a controversial Meghan Daum article in GEN. Is it wrong to leave New York for other, less-infected parts of the country, potentially bringing the virus with you? Along the way Jesse and Katie are joined by a special guest, who may or may not be Meghan herself. You'll just have to listen and/or look at the title of the episode to find out.Show notes:-"Why Won't Woke Boys Pay For Sex?" (https://melmagazine.com/en-us/story/why-wont-woke-boys-pay-for-sex) (MEL Magazine)-Chris Kavanagh's Twitter thread about Blocked and Reported and expertise (https://twitter.com/C_Kavanagh/status/1252366126450802688) -"I Left New York for Greener Pastures — and a Puppy" (https://gen.medium.com/i-left-new-york-for-greener-pastures-and-a-puppy-c58d895dcabf) (GEN) This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.blockedandreported.org/subscribe

In a shocking moment that definitely wasn't scripted, Katie almost singlehandedly immolates the podcast by dropping a horrific slur just seconds into the episode. After the cohosts recover their composure, they discuss an outrage story about Canadian military pronouns, Alex Berenson's coronavirus contrarianism, and the fairly nonsensical process people follow to decide what they believe. Jesse then tries to unpack Online Validity Discourse, leading the cohosts to discuss fascinating and provocative questions like "What does it even mean to be valid?," "How many people can you have sex with before you're not asexual anymore?," and "Would Jesse dress better if he were gay?" The cohosts close out the show with a brief chat about Blocked and Reported's possible Patreon future, and a request for listeners to email in to let them know what sorts of perks they'd be interested in.Show notes:-EXCLUSIVE: Canadian Armed Forces requires all personnel to stop using gendered pronouns (https://thepostmillennial.com/canadian-armed-forces-requires-all-personnel-to-stop-using-gendered-pronouns) (The Post Millennial)-Alex Berenson's Twitter account (https://twitter.com/AlexBerenson)-Here Are the Questions the Right's Favorite Coronavirus Truther Isn't Willing to Answer (https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/jge7g4/here-are-the-question-the-rights-favorite-coronavirus-truther-isnt-willing-to-answer) (Vice)-Does the King of the COVID-19 Contrarians Have a Case? (https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2020/04/does-the-king-of-the-covid-19-contrarians-have-a-case) (Vanity Fair)-We feel too bad spotlighting any specific tweets about people "being valid" so here just click this link to take you to a search for that phrase instead (https://twitter.com/search?q=%22you%20are%20valid%22&src=typed_query)-When A Child Says She's Trans (https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2018/07/when-a-child-says-shes-trans/561749/) (Jesse's article in The Atlantic)-Slate, Pete Buttigieg, And The Limited Market For Left-Wing Identitarianism (https://jessesingal.substack.com/p/slate-pete-buttigieg-and-the-limited) (Singal-Minded)-The Weirdly Enduring Appeal of Weird Al Yankovic (https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/09/magazine/weird-al-yankovic.html) (The New York Times Magazine) (and the audio version from The Daily (https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/12/podcasts/the-daily/weird-al-yankovic-coronavirus-music.html))-The Family Featured in the NYT Article About Queer Families Looks Awfully Straight (https://www.thestranger.com/slog/2018/04/30/26113961/the-family-featured-in-the-nyt-article-about-queer-families-looks-awfully-straight) (The Stranger)-If you have questions, comments, or -- especially -- opinions about what our Patreon efforts should look like, please email us: blockedandreportedpodcast@gmail.com (mailto:blockedandreportedpodcast@gmail.com) This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.blockedandreported.org/subscribe

Jesse tries to gaslight Katie into believing she's Jewish. After he succeeds, the cohosts move on to the meat of the show: a discussion of three Problematic Men. First they talk about Joe Rogan, who has been found guilty of having offensive opinions. What does the controversy over his endorsement of Bernie Sanders, and his more recent turn toward Trump-curiousness, tell us about how pundits misunderstand the average voter? Then they move on to noted masturbator Louis C.K. Has he been punished enough? If not, what is anyone supposed to do about it? (Also, does dropping the second 'R' in the R-word make it any more acceptable?) The cohosts close out the show by debating Bill Maher's most recent dip into hot water: his argument that the coronavirus should, in fact, be called The Oriental Menace (or something).Show notes:-The Bernie Sanders tweet that set off Roganzhi (https://twitter.com/BernieSanders/status/1220445820505546755)-Bernie Sanders’s Joe Rogan experience (https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2020/1/24/21080234/bernie-sanders-joe-rogan-experience-endorsement-controversy) (Vox)-Joe Rogan would 'rather vote for Trump than Biden' after endorsing Sanders (https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/apr/04/joe-rogan-donald-trump-joe-biden-bernie-sanders) (The Guardian)-Louis C.K. Is Accused by 5 Women of Sexual Misconduct (https://www.nytimes.com/2017/11/09/arts/television/louis-ck-sexual-misconduct.html) (The New York Times)-Louis C.K.’s Newest Fans Deserve Louis C.K.’s Newest Special (https://slate.com/culture/2020/04/louis-ck-new-stand-up-special-sincerely-review.html) (Slate)-What Should We Do About The Fact That Louis C.K. Is Still Very Good At What He Does? (https://jessesingal.substack.com/p/what-should-we-do-about-the-fact) (Jesse's newsletter, Singal-Minded Conversations) (paywalled)-Bill Maher Goes on Despicably Racist Rant Against China Over Coronavirus (https://www.thedailybeast.com/bill-maher-goes-on-despicably-racist-rant-against-china-over-coronavirus) (Daily Beast) This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.blockedandreported.org/subscribe

Jesse has a bad cough. Is it coronavirus, or just Jewishness? Katie, meanwhile, isn't quite sure what plant she turned into tea last week. Will either cohost outlive April? We'll see soon enough. In the meantime, the hosts debate whether coronavirus will kill the online culture wars, then segue accidentally into a discussion of gender identity and the complicated ways in which attempts to reduce misgendering can lead, as Katie has experienced, to yet more misgendering. Then Jesse complains about the Twitter cops who came at Jill Filipovic for her perfectly accurate tweet about the Spanish Legion (being hot), and both cohosts struggle to wrap their minds around the phenomenon of nice white ladies paying Sairo Rao and Regina Jackson to come to dinner at their houses and call them racist.Show notes:-How This Nonbinary Woman Created the Queerest Cartoon on Television (https://www.them.us/story/rebecca-sugar-steven-universe-interview) (them)-Rebecca Sugar Opens Up About Being Non-binary (https://www.pride.com/comingout/2018/7/18/rebecca-sugar-opens-about-being-non-binary) (Pride)-"They" Is a Fine Pronoun, But It Ain't Mine (https://www.thestranger.com/slog/2018/09/06/31903785/they-is-a-fine-pronoun-but-it-aint-mine/) (The Stranger)-ContraPoints and the Scandal That Shouldn’t Be (https://arcdigital.media/contrapoints-and-the-scandal-that-shouldnt-be-15ac97f330d4) (Arc Digital)-Jill Filipovic on the Spanish Legion (https://twitter.com/JillFilipovic/status/1241857598778900481) (Twitter)-Zoé Samudzi on (God help us) Jill Filipovic on the Spanish Legion (https://twitter.com/ztsamudzi/status/1242099153435582471) (Twitter)-Why liberal white women pay a lot of money to learn over dinner how they're racist (https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/feb/03/race-to-dinner-party-racism-women) (The Guardian)-White Fragility: Why It's So Hard for White People to Talk About Racism by Robin DiAngelo (https://www.amazon.com/White-Fragility-People-About-Racism/dp/0807047414) (Amazon)-Race Experts: How Racial Etiquette, Sensitivity Training, and New Age Therapy Hijacked the Civil Rights Revolution (https://www.amazon.com/Race-Experts-Etiquette-Sensitivity-Revolution-dp-039304873X/dp/039304873X/ref=mt_hardcover?_encoding=UTF8&me=&qid=) by Elisabeth Lasch-Quinn (Amazon) This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.blockedandreported.org/subscribe

Less than a week post-launch, Blocked and Reported faces a profoundly serious threat to its existence: an accusation of Grand Theft Audio from one of the hosts of Blocked Party, an obscure upstart podcast that may have copied Blocked and Reported's name. After reflecting on their transgressions, looking deeply inward, and promising to do better (not really), Katie and Jesse move to on a discussion about Katie's pandemic shotgun wedding. Then they talk about right-wing coronavirus misinformation on social media and debate whether networks should stop airing Donald Trump's press conferences live. During the show's final two segments, they respond to a reader question about Elizabeth Warren fans — are Bernie Bros and Liz Lasses really so different, after all? — and dissect a Washington Post article about some random dude's very offensive tweet, in the process laying out Blocked and Reported's Official Stance on whether old people should be converted to food.Show notes:-As Trump signals readiness to break with experts, his online base assails Fauci (https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/as-trump-signals-readiness-to-break-with-experts-his-online-base-assails-fauci/2020/03/26/3802de14-6df6-11ea-aa80-c2470c6b2034_story.html) (Washington Post)-Seattle NPR Station Says It Will No Longer Carry Donald Trump’s Coronavirus Briefings Live Because Of Misinformation (https://deadline.com/2020/03/coronavirus-donald-trump-nor-station-kuow-1202892198/) (Deadline)-Sexism Didn't Kill the Warren Campaign. The Warren Campaign Killed the Warren Campaign (https://reason.com/2020/03/06/sexism-didnt-kill-the-warren-campaign-the-warren-campaign-killed-the-warren-campaign/) (Herzog in Reason)-He urged saving the economy over protecting those who are ‘not productive’ from the coronavirus. Then he faced America’s wrath. (https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/coronavirus-tweet-economy-elderly/2020/03/25/25a3581e-6e11-11ea-b148-e4ce3fbd85b5_story.html) (Washington Post)-It wasn't mentioned in the podcast itself, but Jesse recently wrote an article for 1843 (https://www.1843magazine.com/features/the-rise-of-ptsd) that touches on PTSD and psychologist Nicholas Haslam's idea of concept creep-Questions? Comments? Accusations of podcast theft? Hit us up: blockedandreportedpodcast@gmail.com (mailto:blockedandreportedpodcast@gmail.com) This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.blockedandreported.org/subscribe

IT'S HERE. In the pilot episode of Blocked and Reported, hosts Katie Herzog and Jesse Singal explain what the podcast is, and Katie reveals a very special Pandemic Announcement. The hosts also discuss the "Why I Am Leaving The Left" subgenre, debate whether insanely irresponsible pandemic behavior has changed their views on internet shaming, and offer some suggestions of wonderful Old Internet relics that can help listeners ride out the end of the world in an entertaining manner.Show notes:-I'm A Lesbian Woman & I'm Leaving The INSANE "Progressive" Left (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mzYHBPTfXCI) (YouTube)-Welcome To My Home: Part 2 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CQokp6UvYwk) (YouTube)-Yatta! Irrational Exuberance (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BZJIpTIPnRs) (YouTube) This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.blockedandreported.org/subscribe