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/helenlewis https://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.blockedandr...
Feb 17, 2024•2 hr 30 min•Transcript available on Metacast 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… To hear more, visit www.blockedandreported.org...
Feb 16, 2024•15 min•Transcript available on Metacast 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/SnoozyWeiss Tyler 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...
Feb 10, 2024•1 hr 18 min•Transcript available on Metacast 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/tracewoodgrains https://twitter.com/tracewoodgrains/status/175… To hear more, visit www.blockedandreported.org...
Feb 07, 2024•38 min•Transcript available on Metacast 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 Daily Caliphate The 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 Radiolab The Daily: “Delilah ” This is a public episode. If you’d like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus ep...
Feb 05, 2024•2 hr 33 min•Transcript available on Metacast 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...
Jan 27, 2024•1 hr 1 min•Transcript available on Metacast 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
Jan 25, 2024•26 min•Transcript available on Metacast 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 Fai...
Jan 20, 2024•1 hr 15 min•Transcript available on Metacast 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...
Jan 19, 2024•23 min•Transcript available on Metacast 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/content Patrick Casey archive Substackers Against Nazis open letter Substack Shouldn’t Decide What We Read open letter To hear more, visit...
Jan 13, 2024•1 hr 1 min•Transcript available on Metacast 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-church Kate Rohde: “The Ideological Takeover of the Church I loved” https://www.blockedandreported.org/p/episode-118-every-podcaster-is-bi https://www.blockedandrepo...
Jan 06, 2024•53 min•Transcript available on Metacast 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...
Jan 02, 2024•13 min•Transcript available on Metacast 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/HelenLewis The quiz (answers here ) * In January, kickboxer Andrew Tate started an online...
Dec 25, 2023•1 hr 14 min•Transcript available on Metacast 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. Pushups Kat Rosenfield: “The Toxic Drama of YA Twitter” Kat Rosenfield: “Twitter Forces a Rising Star to Self-Cancel” To hear more, visit www.blockedandreported.org...
Dec 20, 2023•24 min•Transcript available on Metacast 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/173310702701...
Dec 16, 2023•1 hr 11 min•Transcript available on Metacast 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...
Dec 13, 2023•11 min•Transcript available on Metacast 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 ce...
Dec 09, 2023•1 hr 14 min•Transcript available on Metacast 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
Dec 08, 2023•14 min•Transcript available on Metacast 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 be...
Dec 04, 2023•1 hr 6 min•Transcript available on Metacast 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. “… To hear more, visit www.blockedandreported.org...
Nov 29, 2023•20 min•Transcript available on Metacast 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” lab Jesse: “The rage behind Transgender Map” Alice Dreger: Galileo’s Middle Finger Alice Dreger: “The controversy surrounding The man who would be Queen: A case history...
Nov 27, 2023•1 hr 12 min•Transcript available on Metacast 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 news Tablet: “The Franklin Prophecy” Osama bin Laden’s Letter to America Alice Dreger: “Gali...
Nov 18, 2023•1 hr 11 min•Transcript available on Metacast 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...
Nov 15, 2023•14 min•Transcript available on Metacast 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’ Sin...
Nov 10, 2023•1 hr 7 min•Transcript available on Metacast 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...
Nov 09, 2023•10 min•Transcript available on Metacast 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” Th...
Nov 06, 2023•58 min•Transcript available on Metacast 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 talk Reuters: “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 ...
Oct 30, 2023•59 min•Transcript available on Metacast 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 . To hear more, visit www.blockedandreported.org...
Oct 26, 2023•15 min•Transcript available on Metacast 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 disc...
Oct 24, 2023•1 hr 7 min•Transcript available on Metacast 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 ...
Oct 21, 2023•1 hr 20 min•Transcript available on Metacast