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Author: Katie Herzog and Jesse Singal

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Journalists Katie Herzog and Jesse Singal scour the internet for its craziest, silliest, most sociopathic content, part of an obsessive and ill-conceived attempt to extract kernels of meaning and humanity from a landscape of endless raging dumpster fires.

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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
Live with Brad Polumbo

Live with Brad Polumbo

2025-10-3115:00

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
Live with Mike Pesca

Live with Mike Pesca

2025-09-2401:03:11

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
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Midnight Rambler

it is amusing how these two think they are moderate liberals they are stuck in a leftist worldview

Oct 4th
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Rob Aherne

vocal fry intensifies

Feb 13th
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Jack Of All Creative Trades

the anti circumcision activist speech sounds like he a crazy person.

Jun 12th
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Michael McGrath

A rare fail from Katie and Jesse. Mulvaney is an obvious fraud who doesn't deserve the slack they (mostly Katie) cut him here. And sure, Matt Walsh might be a bully, but at least in the clip played he at least gives voice to the genuine -and warranted- anger felt against Mulvaney by so many (especially women).

Apr 17th
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Cipriano Mondragon

Doesn't seem like a great idea to conflate puberty blockers with hormones. Treatment guidelines for youth are different for these 2 different categories; blockers specifically contemplate youth changing their minds, etc. It would be helpful if you could clarify when evidence you mention is actually about both categories v. about either one or the other.

Nov 7th
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Michael McGrath

Delivered with Blocked & Reported's trademark humour, this is a refreshing takedown of Stewart and Oliver's propaganda slots on the trans issue.

Nov 7th
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Jack Of All Creative Trades

I fell like I will hate Katie and jesse if they don't denounce social media crazies

Aug 8th
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Gerard

I wonder is Jessy and Katie are going to choose this episode to acknowledge that the majority of their opinions on the trans issue are copies exactly from Graham Linehan circa 2018... probably not.

Jul 18th
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Jack Of All Creative Trades

that slat political podcast promotion sounds like a ad read.

Jul 4th
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Gabriel Csaba

Those two coffee shop kids didn't sound brainwashed to me, they sounded friggin' terrified. Tip of the hat to the mother, she clearly doesn't suffers fools lightly.

Jun 29th
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Golden boy

California is pretty much north mexico

Jun 7th
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Jack Of All Creative Trades

I'm shocked with mid ages Twitter thing about how crazy people can be.

May 9th
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TournelHenry

so, the kidnap story was fake.

Apr 28th
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TournelHenry

Another life of a falsely accused guy destroyed by the MeToo mob. But the media and feminists will bury it as usual 🙄

Mar 18th
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Will Shogren

Everyone in the book title that isn't Chapo is solidly right wing. Also, Bari Weiss is almost as Vacuous as Noah.

Nov 16th
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Will Shogren

Being a Zionist deserves nothing but contempt and derision. It's not reductionist as all, fuck your trash water muddying and your apartheid apologetics.

Nov 16th
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Will Shogren

David French is a dogshit writer and dumb as pigshit.

Nov 16th
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Will Shogren

So here's the thing: I know both of you have been treated very unfairly by internet dingbats but Bari Weiss has made a goddamn fool of herself constantly as a matter of public record and quit the (already fairly right wing) NYT because she couldn't get fired. When she did, it was predicted she'd parlay her non-cancellation into a Free Speech racket with likeminded dorks and that's exactly what you're describing. The Chapo guys did their due diligence on this and summed it all up nicely.

Nov 16th
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Will Shogren

Of course they're conservatives. Conservatism doesn't begin and end with Donald Trump.

Nov 16th
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Will Shogren

I always see this extremely hot girl wandering around the grocery store with ears and a tail, i hope she isn't a Nazi.

Nov 16th
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