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 Kellogg Ryan Fan: No, Corn Flakes Were Not Invented to Stop Masturbation From Ritual to Science: The Medical Transformation of Circumcision in American American Pediatric Association: Circumcision Pol...
Jun 12, 2023•1 hr 16 min•Transcript available on Metacast 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...
Jun 08, 2023•19 min•Transcript available on Metacast 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 ...
Jun 05, 2023•1 hr 9 min•Transcript available on Metacast 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
May 31, 2023•17 min•Transcript available on Metacast 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 Compl...
May 29, 2023•59 min•Transcript available on Metacast 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 basketweav… To hear more, visit www.blockedandreported.org
May 22, 2023•16 min•Transcript available on Metacast 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...
May 16, 2023•46 min•Transcript available on Metacast 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.com Washington Examiner: “Senior Biden campaign cybersecurity expert participated in racist internet troll group” Weev on Singh aka Jax Jackie Singh: The Swedish Connection: Unraveling America’s Swatting Terror Vice News: “A Computer Generated Swatting Service Is Caus...
May 15, 2023•1 hr 1 min•Transcript available on Metacast 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 ” To hear more, visit www.blockedandreported.org...
May 10, 2023•12 min•Transcript available on Metacast 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 Identi...
May 08, 2023•1 hr 10 min•Transcript available on Metacast 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 st...
May 01, 2023•1 hr•Transcript available on Metacast 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 detecto...
Apr 24, 2023•1 hr 29 min•Transcript available on Metacast 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/Links Mommy and Daddy are fighting https://www.npr.org/2023/04/12/1169269161/npr-leaves-twitter-government-funded-media-label Pesca on the 1% meme https://twitter.com/pescami/status/1646542019479629829 What Jesse was forced to s...
Apr 17, 2023•1 hr 9 min•Transcript available on Metacast 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/Links Rebekah Jones Prior Rebekah Jones coverage Guess who’s back? Back again Becky’s back Tell a friend https://twitter.com/GeoRebekah/sta… To hear more, visit www.blockedandreported.org...
Apr 12, 2023•16 min•Transcript available on Metacast 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-heart https://www.indystar.com/story/news/local/hamilton-county/noblesville/2...
Apr 10, 2023•1 hr 10 min•Transcript available on Metacast 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/Links A Brief History Of Aja https://fa… To hear more, visit www.blockedandreported.org...
Apr 06, 2023•9 min•Transcript available on Metacast Image via Getty After 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 stuff https://www.nytimes.com/2022/10/07/nyregion/dog-attack-park...
Apr 03, 2023•1 hr 11 min•Transcript available on Metacast 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? Show notes/Links Anti-Italian hate crime https://www.washingtonpost.com/food/2023/03/23/tiktok-pasta-blender-reaction/ B...
Mar 27, 2023•58 min•Transcript available on Metacast 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...
Mar 20, 2023•1 hr 10 min•Transcript available on Metacast 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...
Mar 14, 2023•20 min•Transcript available on Metacast 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’ book https://www.amazon.com/Time-Think-Collapse-Tavistocks-Children-ebook/dp/B0BCL1T2XN Tavistock gender clinic gets shut down https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-6...
Mar 13, 2023•1 hr 10 min•Transcript available on Metacast 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 stanc...
Mar 06, 2023•1 hr 9 min•Transcript available on Metacast 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 ...
Feb 27, 2023•59 min•Transcript available on Metacast Sing to us, o podcast, of a hero, of great height, from the land of bankers and 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”, Jee...
Feb 21, 2023•19 min•Transcript available on Metacast 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...
Feb 19, 2023•1 hr 9 min•Transcript available on Metacast 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 Ha...
Feb 13, 2023•1 hr 11 min•Transcript available on Metacast 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 Hormones https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa2206297?query=featured_home The pres...
Feb 09, 2023•12 min•Transcript available on Metacast 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 expe...
Feb 06, 2023•1 hr 23 min•Transcript available on Metacast Day 204 Life 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, p...
Jan 31, 2023•19 min•Transcript available on Metacast 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 Di...
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