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Blocked and Reported Katie Herzog and Jesse Singal
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4.6 • 3.4K Ratings
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Journalists Katie Herzog and Jesse Singal scour the internet for its craziest, silliest, most sociopathic content, part of an obsessive and ill-conceived attempt to extract kernels of meaning and humanity from a landscape of endless raging dumpster fires.
www.blockedandreported.org
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Premium: The Fall of Berliner
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 Gist
Grad Students Furious United Auto Workers Endorses Biden
Code Switch
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Episode 211: Boycott Accelerated Fat-Shaming Tampon Classes (with PSA Sitch)
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_Sitch
https://twitter.com/Friended4Ever
https://www.youtube.com/psasitch
https://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/1772809758673629347
https://twitter.com/sfmcguire79/status/1773425771782037719
https://twitter.com/sfmcguire79/status/1773429192610160827
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Episode 210: Facilitating Communicating (with Helen Lewis)
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 Atlantic
BBC 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
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Premium: Oh Sweet Baby (Inc) Jesus, Another GamerGate Episode
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."
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Episode 209: What Women Want (with Kat Rosenfield and Phoebe Maltz Bovy)
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“
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Bonus Premium: The Dumb Origins, Terrible Present, And Probably Even Crappier Future Of Candace Owens
On this special bonus episode of Blocked and Reported, Jesse and Katie dicuss the origins of and allegations against internet superstar/supervillian Candace Owens.
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Customer Reviews
Punching Down
Blocked and Reported is my source for stories by “journalists” who are “just asking questions.”
Smart and hilarious
Consistency one of the most thoughtful, interesting and hilariously entertaining podcasts going. Have recommended it many many times. Well done!
Great podcast. Second only to the fifth.
My favorite podcast only bested by the fifth column.