Episode 329: An Attempted Trans Ratfracking In Texas
This week on Blocked and Reported, Jesse and Katie dig into Initiative-638, the Washington ballot initiative that would bar male athletes fr...
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20 of 524 episodesEpisode 329: An Attempted Trans Ratfracking In Texas
This week on Blocked and Reported, Jesse and Katie dig into Initiative-638, the Washington ballot initiative that would bar male athletes fr...
Premium: CHOP/CHAZ 2 (Electric Boogaloo)
This week on Blocked and Reported, Jesse and Katie head to Madison, Wisconsin, where a fatal police shooting in July sparked a protest encam...
Episode 328: Fat Liberation at Harvard Medical School (with Brad Polumbo)
This week on Blocked and Reported, Katie is joined by Brad Polumbo to discuss a revelatory panel on fat liberation held at Harvard Medical S...
Bonus: Jesse’s Conversation With Talarico-Hoaxer Rhein Amacher
Jesse’s 70-minute conversation with the man who uncovered* James Talarico’s hidey hole in an Ohio psych ward. Note: Listen to the episode fi...
Premium: A Truly Talafreaky MAGAsphere Meltdown
This week on Blocked and Reported, Jesse and Katie break down the viral rumor that Texas Senate candidate James Talarico was secretly being...
Episode 327: Rock Opera Revolts Over Caucasian Cornrows
This week on Blocked and Reported, Jesse and Katie go to Baltimore, Maryland, where the Baltimore Rock Opera Society fired its brand-new exe...
Live with Katie Herzog & Sarah Hepola
Thank you everyone who joined my live chat with Sarah Hepola about her new book , her old book , drinking, sex, consent, and more. The entir...
Episode 326: The Case That’s Shaking Cornell—and the Internet
This week on Blocked and Reported, Jesse and Katie discuss a former Cornell student’s claims that seven fraternity brothers drugged and rape...
Premium: The Erin Reed Story: It's Not Just About AI Plagiarism—It's About The Rich Tapestry of Human Connection In An Ever-Evolving Digital Landscape (And That's Truly Beautiful)
This week on Blocked and Reported, Jesse and Katie dig into a new report claiming that trans journalist and influencer Erin Reed has spent y...
Premium: Our Favorite Long-Covid Lesbian Bar Gets Famous
This week on Blocked and Reported, Jesse and Katie discuss the extremely viral Boston Globe story on the Last Ditch, our favorite long-Covid...
Episode 325: What’s The Matter With Seattle?
This week on Blocked and Reported, Katie is joined by Blue City Blues co-hosts David Hyde and Sandeep Kaushik to discuss what the hell is go...
Episode 324: Free Speech, Free Palestine, Free Macklemore, Free Ed Sheeran, Free Hobo Johnson, Free Podcast
This week on Blocked and Reported, Jesse and Katie dig into the Macklemore mess. Plus, introducing a new segment, in which your intrepid co-...
Premium: Last Ditch Bar And The Never-Ending Accountability Session
This week on Blocked and Reported, Jesse and Katie sit through a 3+ hour stuggle session at Last Ditch, the Greenfield, Mass., queer bar bei...
Episode 323: The Social Justice Mayor Vs The Social Justice Non-Profit
This week on Blocked and Reported, Jesse and Katie discuss a legal battle between a radical California mayor and a progressive non-profit wi...
Premium: AI Psychosis, But Affirming
This week on the Primo show, Jesse and Katie discuss the case for, and against, using AI as a gender therapist. Plus, Stuart Reges gets paid...
Episode 322: The Love And Deepspace Controversies, Explained
This week on Blocked and Reported, Jesse and Katie dive into the world of otome (Japanese-style video games aimed at women) and the yearlong...
Episode 321: Losing The Plot (with Jon Ronson)
This week on Blocked and Reported, Katie is joined by journalist/author/podcaster/Welshman Jon Ronson to discuss his new book: The Castle: A...
Premium: Jessica Taylor’s Tattle Battle (Part 3)
The conclusion to our three-part Dr. Jessica Taylor (PhD) extravaganza, featuring TV cancelations, workplace allegations, a VERY menacing Zo...
Premium: Jessica Taylor’s Tattle Battle (Part 2)
This week on the Primo show, Part 2 of the Jessica Taylor (PhD) podcast extravaganza, featuring Taylor’s campaign against the website Tattle...