284 episodes

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

Blocked and Reported Katie Herzog and Jesse Singal

    • Society & Culture

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

    Episode 212: A Very Messy Breakup (with Billy Binion)

    Episode 212: A Very Messy Breakup (with Billy Binion)

    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 News
    Waiting till the wedding night – getting married the right way | Fox News
    Steven Crowder responds to allegations he exposed genitals to staffers with skit about exposing genitals to staffer | Media Matters for America
    https://twitter.com/TheJaredMonroe/status/1772594355620270141
    https://twitter.com/LWCmugclub/status/1773046606541042049


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    • 1 hr 35 min
    Premium: The Cass Review Finally Establishes Exactly How Many Genders Kids Can Have

    Premium: The Cass Review Finally Establishes Exactly How Many Genders Kids Can Have

    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 Baby
    Final Report – Cass Review
    https://www.blockedandreported.org/p/episode-155-hannah-barnes-on-the
    The Evidence for Trans…


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    • 19 min
    Premium: The Fall of Berliner

    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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    • 18 min
    Episode 211: Boycott Accelerated Fat-Shaming Tampon Classes (with PSA Sitch)

    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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    • 1 hr 24 min
    Episode 210: Facilitating Communicating (with Helen Lewis)

    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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    • 1 hr 32 min
    Premium: Oh Sweet Baby (Inc) Jesus, Another GamerGate Episode

    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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    • 21 min

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