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Blocked and Reported
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 meanin...
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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...
Episode 320: Jessica Taylor’s Tattle Battle (Part 1)
This week on Blocked and Reported, Jesse and Katie discuss Dr. Jessica Taylor, PhD, a UK-based entrepreneur and influencer who claims to be...
Episode 319: If You Haven’t Seen Woke 1, This Episode Won’t Make Much Sense To You
This week on Blocked and Reported, Jesse and Katie discuss AOC's Woke 1.0 revision. Plus, Tyler Austin Harper on being a token black profess...
Episode 318: Tick Talk
This week on Blocked and Reported: ticks. Where do they come from, and why is Bill Gates releasing them on the American public? Featuring th...
Premium: The Literally True Story Of How Cambridge's Youngest Black Professor Was Really And Truly Victimized By A Racist One-Armed Invisible Man
This week on the Primo show, Jesse and Katie discuss the unbelievable life story of Cambridge professor Jason Arday. A Lot of the Attacks on...
WNBA DRAMA with Katie Herzog & Ethan Strauss
Thanks to everyone who joined my live chat with Ethan Strauss . Discussed: Ethan’s journey to (editorial) freedom, Caitlin Clark, Sophie Cun...
Premium: The Strange Case Of The Legless Surgeon
This week on the Primo show, Jesse and Katie discuss the extremely bizarre story of Neil Hopper, an amputation surgeon who lost his own legs...
Premium: The Slow-Motion Implosion Of An Imagined Queer Utopia
This week on the Primo show, Jesse and Katie discuss the life and death of The Queery, a Brighton-based radical art gallery, bookshop, café,...