Blocked and Reported
Episodes
Episode 123: A "Fake" Story Turns Out To Be Real And A "Real" Story Turns Out To Be (Mostly) Fake
18 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Katie’s true reason for dressing up as a horse all those years ago is finally revealed. An old friend of the pod returns for his revenge. A heart-wr...
Episode 122: Enjoy Your Death Trap, Ladies!
11 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Katie gets deceived by the Daily Kos, a leftist coffee shop suffers an expected fate, and Jesse explains how Buddhists ruined summer camp for everyone...
Episode 121: Kevin Kruse And Rebekah Jones Are The Heroes And/Or Villains A Divided America Needs
04 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
After the hosts discuss Katie’s trip to L.A. to go on Real Time with Bill Maher, they talk about the stories of two liberal darlings who face accusa...
Episode 120: The NYT Enters The Youth Gender Fray And Philadelphia's Mina's World Coffee Shop Melts Down Spectacularly
24 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
After dissecting their experiences doing a live show at the Heterodox Academy conference in Denver, the hosts talk about Emily Bazelon’s “controve...
Episode 119: Live From The Heterodox Academy Conference In Denver
20 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
It finally happened! A BARPod live show. It was very very fun. If you’d like to talk about it with other BARPod premium subscribers, click here. (MA...
Episode 118: Every Podcaster is Bi. You Just Have To Figure Out If It's Polar Or Sexual
13 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
After Jesse issues a very deep and personal apology about an egregious error, the hosts discuss the endlessly swirling media shitstorm surrounding Fel...
Episode 117: Let's Talk About Depp-Heard Reactions And Left-Wing Evolution Denialism
06 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
There are a lot of opinions about the verdict in the Depp-Heard case, and also on whether humans are sexually dimorphic. To discuss this episode with ...
Episode 116: Commonsense Mouth-Noise And Monkeypox Reform
30 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
After the hosts discuss some urgent loose ends from their recent Nick Fuentes episode, they discuss the latest mass shooting, Katie’s Twitter fight ...
Episode 115: Reply All Is Done, Elon Musk Is Too Online, And Tucker Carlson Is Bad But Probably Not Responsible For A Mass Shooting
23 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
After Jesse tells Katie about a fairly awkward dinner, the hosts dig in to a particularly sumptuous buffet of internet nonsense. You can discuss this ...
Episode 114: California's Math Wars Heat Up, And A Bit More On Medievalist Twitter's Never-Ending Drama
16 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Katie feels misled about an online fundraising effort, Jesse follows up on the medievalist Twitter drama, Katie talks about how the West is imposing i...
Episode 113: Should "The Bright Ages" Be Pulped For Its Racism, Or Merely Burned In Village Squares Nationwide?
09 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
The hosts discuss one of the most memorable online meltdowns in recent memory, and then they talk about the fallout from last week’s episode. To dis...
Episode 112: How Our Assistant Producer Exposed Libs of TikTok
29 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
After Jesse and Katie talk about Chris Rufo and the latest surge of moral panic from journalists who hate journalism, Tracing Woodgrains takes us all ...
Episode 111: Let's Talk About How People Are Talking About Libs of TikTok
25 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
After Jesse tells a crazy story about his new life as a Brooklyn socialite, the hosts talk Jason Stanley’s SAT scores, PJ Vogt’s return to podcast...
Episode 110: The Threats Against Jesse Get Weird, Jon Haidt Diagnoses America, And The FBI Plots A Terroristic Kidnapping
18 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Does the Twitter trans community have a problem with sexually violent threats? Will Elon Musk hurt Twitter? How accurate is Jon Haidt’s take on what...
Episode 109: Fat Activists Say "Hold The Bacon" And We Unveil Our 10-Point Plan To Groom Your Kids
11 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
After Katie and Jesse have a frank discussion about the future of their relationship, they talk about a mind-boggling controversy in the fat activism ...
Episode 108: ¡Podcastismo o muerte!
04 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Jesse talks about his time in Cuba (where he was radicalized against America), and then the cohosts discuss a very naughty Tory politician, whether J....
Episode 107: Mormons and Furries and Babies, Oh My!
28 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Jesse is wandering around Cuba looking for internet so our extremely online podcast apprentice Tracing Woodgrains steps up to the mic. Discussed: Morm...
Episode 106: Possibly The Craziest And Most Infuriating #MeToo Story You Will Ever Hear
14 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Jesse shares a scandalous episode from his past, the hosts discuss a New York Times op-ed by a college student that generated a deranged and telling r...
Episode 105: Everything Continues To Suck
07 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
The hosts discuss all the brains that have been melted by Russia’s invastion of Ukraine, the role of race in determining how local populations respo...
Episode 104: How Wokeness, Toxic Masculinity, White Privilege, And TERFs Forced Vladimir Putin To Invade Ukraine
28 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
The hosts break the news that Vladimir Putin has invaded Russia. Then they talk about race drama in the DSA and a terrible new policy Texas is attempt...
Episode 103: Truckers, Perverts, And San Franciscans
21 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
After a very important Goat Update (tm), the hosts discuss the Canadian government’s heavyhanded response to the truckers, a very kinky new appointe...
Episode 102: Do Not, Under Any Circumstances, Keep On Trucking
14 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Jesse has another crazy travel story, this one from a wild night out in Santa Barbara. Then he tells Katie about a recent controversy at the /r/antiwo...
Episode 101: Should Joe Rogan And/Or Critical Race Theory Be Deplatformed And/Or Executed?
07 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In 2022, the two biggest celebrities in America are Joseph J. Rogan and Critical R. Theory. Some people think one of them should be deplatformed. Othe...
Episode 100: The Wrath At Khan
31 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
After Jesse presents Katie with two equally moral solutions to the goat roblems that have been plaguing her, the hosts discuss the recent brouhaha sur...
Episode 99: How Slate Became An Embarrassing Basket-Case Shell Of Its Former Self (With Mike Pesca)
24 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
After Katie and Jesse discuss their nonconsensual Yassifications, they bring on Mike Pesca to discuss the time he was forced out at Slate because… w...
Episode 98: On Hereticon, Michael Tracey's Egregious Crimes Against K-Pop, And NPR's Manufactured Racism Issues
17 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
The host’s discuss Jesse’s very crazy week in Miami, Grimes, a very confusing online brouhaha involving Michael Tracey, South Korea, and fan lette...
Episode 97: Alberto Gullaba Jr. Thought He Might Be Headed For Literary Stardom — Then His Agent Found Out His Race
10 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
After Katie provides a brief but withering review of ‘America,’ she tells Jesse about the latest hijinks of everyone’s favorite contrarian Unive...
Episode 96: Just Enough Fresh Content That It's Not *Technically* A Clip Show Under U.S. Podcasting Law
27 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Let’s look back on the last year and run down listeners’ top five favorite segments. If you’d like to discuss this episode with other paying sub...
Episode 95: Allegedly Anti-Semitic Mukbang, The Latest J.K. Rowling Freakout, And The Fuzzy Science Of Masks
20 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In this relatively special episode, the hosts talk about a ginned-up anti-Semitism controversy involving a troubled internet figure, the latest explos...
Episode 94: If You Troll Into The Abyss, The Abyss Trolls Also Into You
13 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Jesse confronts Katie with the results of some good ol’ fashioned southern-fried investigative reporting, Katie asks Jesse about his $5,000-dollar-p...
Episode 93: It's Crazy We Have To Do A Debunking Episode About The Jacob Blake Shooting In December 2021 And Yet Here We Are
06 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
After a brief discussion of Katie’s new hobby, Jesse tells Katie the truth about the Jacob Blake shooting. Then the cohosts critique the very specif...
Episode 92: MAPs Of Meaning
26 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
An annoying West-Coast trend hits Jesse’s home region, a discussion about fake babies and ALLEGED BUT LEGALLY UNPROVEN cult affiliations, and a rath...
Episode 91: A BARPod Musical Milestone, A College Democrats Meltdown, And Rittenhouse Goes Rittenhome
20 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Jesse and Katie talk about their chaotic day, an INCREDIBLE gift a musically talented listener gave them, rapidly multiplying accusations of bigotry w...
Episode 90: KEXP Promotes An Anti-Semitic Group (For Social Justice), Exploring The World Of Conservative Furries, And A New College We Weren't Invited To Teach At
15 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
After Katie asks Jesse if she did a cancel culture, she takes him on a disturbing and nonconsensual journey involving conservative and possibly Nazi-s...
Episode 89: Defending The LGB (Let's Go Brandon) Community And Launching Our War Against Each And Every Individual Furry
05 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
After America’s leading political analysts, Katie and Jesse, talk about the election results in Seattle (voters don’t like police abolition!) and ...
Episode 88: As Proof That Existence Is Meaningless And Without Value, Here's Our Cotton Ceiling Segment
01 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Katie’s previous life is uncovered, an update is provided on the Loudoun County situation is provided, the cotton ceiling is discussed, Jesse become...
Episode 87: HE'S GOT A WEAPON!
25 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In the wake of some important new information, Jesse and Katie follow up on last week’s Loudoun County rape scandal segment. Then they talk about Ni...
Episode 86: More Dave Chappelle Fallout And An Astonishing Scandal In Loudoun County, Virginia
18 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Katie and Jesse follow up with just a bit more KidneyGate discussion, then talk about Netflix employees’ reactions to Dave Chappelle’s special. Th...
Episode 85: We Have A Big Announcement And We're Celebrating With A Book Burning (With Kat Rosenfield)
12 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In the intro, Jesse makes a strong pro-Karen case. Then Jesse tells Katie about an amazing story from the frozen, mystical land of Kahn-a-da involving...
Episode 84: Frederick Joseph, As Himself, In: The McKaren Park Karen, And An Interview With Paige Harden About Genetics
01 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Frederick Joseph is the unluckiest man in New York City: After dealing with a Satanic AirBnB host, a racist woman on the street, and racist editors an...
Episode 83: Historically, The Anatomy And Physiology Of Bodies With Vaginas Has Been Neglected (early access, ad-free)
25 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
(Apologies -- initially uploaded this with the wrong episode number/URL, so here's a corrected redo.)An update on Katie's face, Catie's Correction Cor...
Episode 82: Dear Prudence, Help! I Can't Stop Pretending To Be A Texas Abortion Bounty Hunter Online
18 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
The Prudie fakester: https://www.gawker.com/media/dear-prudie-it-was-me-all-alongHelp! My Friend Thinks I Am Stealing Vaccines From African-American G...
Episode 81: Judith Butler's Gender Bubbles
11 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Show notes/Links:Jesse's review of Trans: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/09/07/books/review/trans-helen-joyce.html Wi spa incident: https://nypost.com/...
Episode 80: Because God Hates Us Or Is Dead, Here's A Whole Episode About Noah Berlatsky And Pedophilia
03 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
An urgent investigation.Show notes/Links:Ben Burgis: “He’s one the most consistently and maliciously dishonest writers alive.”: https://twitter....
Episode 79: What To Do When Your Boyfriend, Who Is A Horny Anthropomorphic Sword, Is Stalking You (With Meghan Murphy)
27 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
After Katie and Jesse follow up on some stuff from last week, the hosts discuss a video game controversy involving anthropomorphic weapons, and Katie ...
Episode 78: The Half-Baked 'Grooming' Allegations Against Alice Ripley And The Cringeworthy Awokening Of The Sports World (feat. Ethan Strauss)
23 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
After Katie tells Jesse about her extremely traumatic 'vacation,' the hosts discuss a journalistically half-baked article about the Broadway star Alic...
Episode 77: Did Rain Dove Fake A Hate Crime? (Unlocked Premium Episode, But In Your Premium Feed, Oh God I Can Explain...)
18 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Hey guys -- it's me. Jesse. (Singal.)I think I instigated some confusion this week. My thought process was Well, this isn't a new episode to patrons, ...
Episode 76: Let's Do Hate Speech By Talking About How Biological Sex Is A Binary (With Carole Hooven)
05 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
After the hosts discuss Katie's recent nonconsensual conversion to Judaism, they bring on Carole Hooven to discuss the deep, potentially permanent dam...
Episode 75: How To Deal With Transphobic Alters, How To Survive Your Newsroom's Awokening, And How To Get Ousted From The Screenwriting Industry
31 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
After Katie tells Jesse about a very problematic alter, the hosts respond to an email from a young journalist who feels trapped by the would-be revolu...
Episode 74: The DID Influencers Of TikTok And The Decline Of Formerly-Science-Based Medicine
24 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
The hosts issue a major boob-related correction, talk about TikTok influencers who (appear to) have dissociative identity disorder, and discuss the re...
Episode 73: Jesse Goes On Rogan, A Racial Nichols Incident, And Drama On Lolita Twitter
17 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Jesse regales Katie with tales of meeting Joe Rogan, not meeting Alex Jones, and being scared of guns (while shooting them). Then Katie provides an an...
Episode 72: Transphobic Puppets Wreak Havoc And Greg Lukianoff Walks Us Through All These Anti-'CRT' Bills
09 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
After the hosts discuss a controversy involving a less-than-affirming puppet show, Greg Lukianoff joins them to talk about the anti-critical-race-theo...
Episode 71: Katie and Barclays Give Unsolicited Advice, And An Update To A Story About A Story About Identifying As An Attack Helicopter
01 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
After Katie and Jesse discuss their July 4th plans, the hosts talk about Nikole Hannah-Jones winning her tenure battle, Barclays' cringeworthy contrib...
Episode 70: Why Did NPR's "Code Switch" Join The Pileon Against An Innocent Palestinian-American Businessman?
26 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
After Katie describes how she and Jesse had their First Amendment rights literally murdered by an NYC venue and Jesse provides a weird update to last ...
Episode 69: AND DURING PRIDE
20 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
After Jesse offers a mass amnesty to the individuals he wrongly (?) blocked, Katie, in a surprising move, comes out in favor of murdering adorable inn...
Episode 68: Whiteness Whiteness Whiteness Whiteness Whiteness
11 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Katie (white) and Jesse (white) talk about the perils of Whiteness, a situation in which one's soul is colonized by a mayonnaise-devouring demon who m...
Episode 67: An Ex-ACLU Gun-Toting Ex-Muslim Discusses Antifa And Andy Ngo (Search-Engine-Optimization Awareness Month Edition)
04 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Katie regales Jesse with some Pride history. Then Jesse talks about why he came back to Twitter and why he immediately left again. The, in the meat of...
Jesse Interviews Ben Burgis About "Canceling Comedians While the World Burns: A Critique Of The Contemporary Left" (extended cut)
02 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Self-explanatory! Enjoy. Lotsa links below about Ben's work and the stuff discussed in this interview. We'll be back with a new K+J episode soon.-late...
Episode 66: It Is A Bad Idea To Try To Shout Down Detransitioners
29 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
After Jesse discusses his imminent Upstate death, the hosts turn toward a 60 Minutes segment on detransitioners and the rather unhinged response to it...
Episode 65: Katie Converts To Islam And Nikole Hannah-Jones Gets Kinda-Cancelled And Also Is Kamala Harris Actually Asian?
22 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Katie has big news about her faith. After she delivers it, the hosts discuss a pair of media controversies involving Nikole Hannah-Jones and Emily Wil...
Episode 64: Calling Female Journalists Dumb Knocked-Up B*****s With Ugly Husbands, For Feminism
15 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
After a heated debate over Slack and hummus/Hamas, Jesse and Katie announce a repivoting of the podcast. Then they discuss a gas shortage that almost ...
Episode 63: Jesse Makes A Friend, A Racist-Albeit-Dead Dog, A Basecamp Meltdown, And An Invitation For Chase Strangio
06 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Jesse has a new best friend and wants to shout his name to the rooftops. Also, Jesse is not-mad-per-se-but-rather-disappointed at Chase Strangio and w...
Episode 62: A Sad One
01 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
No show notes this week.https://www.legacy.com/obituaries/bostonglobe/obituary.aspx?n=sydney-altman&pid=198401366&fhid=5816 https://donate.ad...
Episode 61: The Literally Violent Inquisition Against Richard Dawkins And The Case Against Making Everything About Race All The Time
25 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Richard Dawkins did an oppression with his tweets -- what should be done??? Also, new research suggests, shockingly, that making each and every issue ...
Episode 60: Andrew Yang Hates Dogs Almost As Much As Lindsay Ellis Hates Asian Culture
17 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
After Katie provides an update about her elderly Trump-and-guns-loving neighbor, the hosts discuss a canine controversy Andrew Yang got himself into t...
Episode 60: Jesse's Leaving The Podcast Right This Instant, Puberty Blockers, And A Very Crazy, Very Expensive Campus Controversy
08 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
After Jesse makes a shocking announcement (he's leaving the podcast in pursuit of greater glory), the hosts talk about a spate of bad GOP bills seekin...
BONUS: JFC I Guess We Are Talking More About Graham Linehan Innit
08 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Soul too dead to provide any notes for this one tbh (plus we have notes for the episode we're discussing here). This is a public episode. If you'd lik...
Episode 58: We Hope Buying Jesse's Book Provides An Opportunity For Introspection And Growth
03 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
After Katie opens up about a gruesome injury and Jesse tells a story about a listener's travails at an upscale New York City climbing gym, the hosts d...
Episode 57: There's No Accountability To Accountability Lists These Days (feat. Jonathan Chait)
28 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Jesse and Katie talk about Jesse's inclusion on a very special list of very special bigots, Katie's addition to the ever-growing list of people who go...
Episode 56: Yes We Have Receipts But No You Cannot See Them
20 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
After reflecting on the podcast turning one whole year old next week, Jesse and Katie talk about the massive online uproar over his (and others') cont...
Episode 55: Neera Tanden, Jacobinghazi, Brueniggate, Alligatorghazi, Centrist Corncobs, And The Legacy Of The 2016-2021 Brocialist Twitter-Woke Twitter Wars (Early-Access, Ad-Free)
14 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
After responding to some reader feedback about their last couple episodes, the hosts revisit one of the fiercer left-of-center Twitter controversies o...
Bonus Interview: Youth-Gender Clinician Dr. Erica Anderson
08 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In a bonus interview episode, Jesse interviews Dr. Erica Anderson, a trans woman and Bay-Area-based gender clinician with years of experience working ...
Episode 54: That Sinking, Racist Feeling When You've Lost The Newsroom (Early Access, Ad-Free)
07 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Let's put a bow on this Donald McNeil Jr. story. McNeil has fired back with a 20,000-word opus about his travails trying to wrangle a group of young p...
Episode 53: Reply All And Mike Pesca And Smith College And Race And Race And Race
27 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
The liberal landscape is littered with race-related meltdowns. After a correction and an update to last week's Reply All episode, Katie and Jesse disc...
Episode 52: Reply All Is Melting Down Like Some Sort Of Delectable Queso Dip Appropriated By A White Bon Appetit Editor
19 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Hoooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo boy. Reply All, an excellent podcast, is melting down. What happened? What does it...
Episode 51: [Yoda Voice:] Cancelled, You Are
13 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Should Gina Carano have been fired from her job on the hit Star Wars show "A Candalabra" for being a dumb conservative with Boomerlike posting tendenc...
BONUS: Two More New York Times Departures Raise Some Troubling Questions About Disrespect Of Peruvian Shamans
11 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Jesse and Katie talk about a disturbing bit of listener feedback and the recent departures from the Times, under questionable circumstances, of Andy M...
Episode 50: Could Detransitioners Be Any More Bigoted? (With Detransitioner Carey Callahan)
06 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
After Jesse tells Katie a touching story about shoveling food into his face-hole, and the hosts discuss his latest Twitter-feud -- this one with a not...
Episode 49: It's Unbelievable That Glenn Greenwald Fired A New York Times Editor Just For Getting The Chills
29 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
After Katie tells Jesse about a very disturbing dream she had about him, the hosts perform some valuable service journalism by explaining to listeners...
Episode 48: Ethan Watters On The Latest Skirmish In The Never-Ending Memory Wars
23 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Katie and Jesse bring on Ethan Watters, an author and freelance journalist who helped debunk the recovered-memory craze back in the 1990s, to discuss ...
Episode 47: Should Ben Shapiro Be Deplatformed? Andy Ngo Way!
17 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
After Jesse addresses the totally baseless rumor that he went to Yale Law School, the best law school in the country, where (in this false scenario) h...
Episode 46: The Trumpsurrection Knocks Bean Dad From The Headlines
09 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
After discussing whether Blocked and Reported led directly to the siege on the Capitol, the hosts discuss that strange, terrifying event. They debate ...
Episode 45: Two White Podcasters Resolve The Issues Of Racial Slurs And The Controversy Over Alec Baldwin's Esposa Latina
01 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
After reflecting on what a great year 2020 was, except for the many serious hardships Katie endured, the hosts start 2021 with a bang: specifically, a...
Episode 44 - Let's Talk About Sex (And Hanukkah And Bad Journalism), Baby (feat. @Aella_Girl)
25 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In a very special holiday episode, Jesse relates the story of Hanukkah to Katie, his ignorant Gentile friend, with stunning 100% accuracy. Then Jesse ...
Episode 43: On Mental Health, Youth Gender Dysphoria, And Our Own (Arguable) Fallibility
19 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In a true sign that anything is possible in this crazy universe of ours, the hosts note that there were some errors in the previous episode and explai...
Patrons Only: In 1939, TERFs Invaded Poland, Sparking World War II
12 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
For thousands of years, a small cabal of middle-aged lesbians known as 'TERFs' has been quietly pulling the strings behind the scenes, dictating the o...
Episode 42: What In The Everloving Name Of Diversity, Equity, And Inclusion Is Going On At Google? (with Jon Stokes)
12 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
A major blowup at at Google led to the firing or resignation (depending on who you ask) of Timnit Gebru and accusations that the company's social-just...
Episode 41: Inside The Vicious, Deranged, Literally, Metaphorically Violent World Of Young Adult Twitter
06 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
One would not expect an online community devoted to discussion of dragons, vampires, and teenage heroes to be a cesspool of almost unimaginable toxici...
Episode 40: Jordan Peterson Causes Tears, And Suzanne Moore Could Use Some Beers
28 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
After a very tense intro during which Jesse berates Katie for not being there when he needed her most, the hosts discuss a Vice News story about staff...
Episode 39: Are Monkeys Inherently Racist?, Is College-Obama A Creep?, And Other Pressing Matters
21 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
After the hosts celebrate a major achievement and Jesse goes on a little rant that is Super Political, Katie and Jesse delve into three stories of pro...
Episode 38: Bari Weiss Is Right, Part II: Philosophy Schmosiphy
14 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
After Katie talks about her new dog-testicles-centered newsletter, the hosts discuss the latest events in the ongoing saga of Helen Lewis's voice gett...
Episode 37: Democracy Is For Stupid Jerks
07 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In a very special episode, Katie and Jesse discuss a long, stupid week in which democracy had its way with the American people, vigorously and repeate...
Episode 36: Glenn Greenwald Leaves The Intercept And The Section 230 Saber-Rattling Continues
31 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
After Jesse tells Katie a harrowing story about his recent journey into the heart of 'Manhattan,' the hosts discuss Glenn Greenwald's departure from T...
Episode 35: The Problem With "Involuntary Conservatives" And With Accidentally Taking Your Dick Out At Work
23 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Lotta dicks this week. After addressing some reader reactions to their The 1619 Project segment last week, Katie and Jesse critique the idea of "invol...
Patrons Only: Is Ken Bone Right That Liberals Are Meaner Than Conservatives?
19 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Well? Is he? Katie and Jesse discuss The Bone Man's recent, controversial tweet, revisit his glorious recent internet-history, talk about their own ex...
Episode 34: The 1619 Project, Hunter Biden's Sweet Gig, And Facebook And Twitter's Panicky Incompetence
17 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Katie and Jesse discuss the recent and not-so-recent controversy over The 1619 project, the reputational perils of getting in constant fights with idi...
Episode 33: Is Banning QAnon From Facebook Good And Is Katie Hill Bad?
09 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
[Update, 12:10 a.m.: For some reason the version I initially uploaded cut off before the actual ending. Apologies, but everything is fixed now. -J] T...
Episode 32: Himpathy For The Bitcoiner
03 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
After a brief and sober discussion about President Trump's coronavirus diagnosis, the hosts devote most of the episode to two stories: a controversy...
Episode 31: Mitch McConnell, J.K. Rowling, Incels, And Other Search-Engine Optimization Gold
26 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
After Katie tells the story of her 12-hour banishment from Twitter for a biting piece of political commentary, the hosts discus "TFW No GF," a controv...
Episode 30: Pedo-File This One Under 'Outrage'
19 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Katie and Jesse discuss the online outrage surrounding the French film 'Cuties,' which has slightly more underage twerking than most 2020 cinematic re...