Blocked and Reported
Episodes
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...
Episode 29: Donald Trump Hates Critical Race Theory And Vice News Loves Racism And Satanism
12 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
The hosts discuss Donald Trump's sudden fixation on ostensibly "un-American" critical race theory in government diversity trainings. What does a good-...
Episode 28: Dolezal II: Even Dolezaller
04 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
After Jesse reveals yet another shocking secret about his mysterious life, the hosts discuss the case of Jessica Krug, a George Washington University ...
Patrons Only: Jesse Interviews Philosopher Justin Tosi On Moral Grandstanding, The Social-Justice Culture Wars In Philosophy, And More
03 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In today's patrons-only episode, Jesse interviews Justin Tosi, a philosopher at Texas Tech University and the author, with Brandon Warmke, of the new ...
Episode 27: Our Summer Of Hell Continues In Kenosha
29 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
After an intro in which Jesse impresses Katie deeply with a brilliant, cutting-edge character he has clearly put a lot of time into developing, the ho...
Episode 26: A Grand Unspurling Of Years Of Cliff Mass Hysteria
21 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In this week's episode, Jesse addresses an ugly rumor about him posted to Blocked and Reported's Apple Podcast review page. Then the hosts discuss Con...
Episode 25: Introducing Mount Holey Oak (With Dan Savage)
15 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In this week's threesome of an episode, which was recorded with enthusiastic consent by everyone involved, Katie and Jesse talk to Dan Savage about th...
Episode 24: The Sad Tale Of @Sciencing_Bi, America's Realest Bisexual Indigenous Anthropologist
06 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In one of the weirdest online controversies yet covered by Blocked and Reported, Katie walks Jesse through the wild, twisting tale of @Sciencing_Bi, a...
Episode 23: Welcome To Portland, Where [Indistinct But Horrific Coughs And Screams]
01 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Things are not going so great in Portland, where months of rowdy and sometimes destructive protests have been met with a federal response that has und...
Episode 22: Freddie DeBoer On "The Cult Of Smart"
25 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
After Katie recounts a listener complaint and the cohosts announce a new focus for the podcast, the bulk of the episode consists of an interview Jesse...
Episode 21: Bye, Bye Bari And Adios, Andrew
18 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
After Jesse reluctantly reveals some incredibly embarrassing and personal details about his love life in the opening segment, the hosts discuss the we...
Episode 20: Online Harassment Is Bad But Also People Are Extremely Disingenuous About It, And Other Observations
11 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
After Jesse bravely expresses an opinion that is likely to get him cancelled by Cancel Culture, and to potentially destroy the podcast entirely, the h...
Patrons Only: Dread Letter Day
08 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Katie and Jesse signed a letter that was published in Harper's! It's pretty basic but given Twitter's reaction you would have thought it was an excerp...
Episode 19: The Pod Gets Into Its First Beef, Shitty Media Men List Developments, And Stop Lying About Your Online Enemies
04 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
The gang celebrates July 4th by barely mentioning it. Instead, Jesse and Katie talk about Blocked and Reported's arguably FIRST EVER beef, which invol...
Bonus Interview: Yascha Mounk On The Importance Of Defending Liberalism, Unjust Firings, And More
02 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Jesse interviews Yascha Mounk about the threats liberalism is facing from both the left and the right, and Yascha introduces a new platform he is laun...
Episode 18: A Reckoning Is Afoot, A Rattled Rationalist, A False Karening, And A Troubled Liberal Enclave
27 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
A reckoning is afoot, as Jesse finally confronts Katie over her abusive managerial style. After the hosts get that out of the way, they proceed into a...
BONUS: Here's Our Interview With Jeremiah Johnson Of The Neoliberal Project
25 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
If you develop severe physical symptoms whenever you go more than a day without hearing fresh content that includes Katie's and Jesse's voices, you're...
Bonus Interview: "What a stupid f*cking way to have a really important conversation": Reflections On A Yearlong White Fragility Training
20 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
If hearing Jesse and Katie dig around in the strange innards of "White Fragility" wasn't enough Robin DiAngelo for you, have we got the thing: an inte...
Episode 17: "White Fragility" Is A Completely Bizarre And Pernicious Book And It's A Terrible Sign That So Many Americans Love It
20 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
(UPDATE, 6/21/2020: Replaced the original file with one that has a new intro from Katie about some violence that took place in the CHAZ. This is the v...
Episode 16: The Cancellations Will Continue Until Antiracism Improves
14 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
The roiling tremors on the left continue, as a young progressive data analyst gets fired for... it's honestly too ridiculous to even type, and the Poe...
Episode 14: Bari Weiss Is Right
08 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Bari Weiss did some tweets about how there is a generational divide at The New York Times that is, in her view, hampering the paper's ability to publi...
Bonus: Jesse Interviews Ben Burgis, Author Of "Give Them an Argument: Logic for the Left"
06 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
For this, the first-ever patrons-only Blocked and Reported interview, Jesse interviewed Ben Burgis, a philosopher, prolific writer for Jacobin and oth...
Episode 13: The Best Podcast Of All New York Times
05 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In today's episode, the hosts zero in on an obscure, under-covered newspaper known as "The New York Times." Specifically, they discuss an explosion of...
Episode 12: Protests And Riots Everywhere, Media Insane, Things Bad, And So On And So Forth
02 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
There's so much going on that Katie and Jesse are back again, already. In this episode they discuss the protests and riots popping off all over the co...
Episode 11: CPK (Central Park Karen), Racist Policing, And The Endless Battle Over Online Shaming
31 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In this week's episode, Katie and Jesse discuss the Amy Cooper/Christian Cooper incident in Central Park. Is this different from other instances of on...
Episode 10: "Ronan Farrow, Jia Tolentino, And An International Network Of Powerful Lesbians"
23 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Before jumping into a truly brutal week for media news involving journalists who are younger and more attractive and successful than they are, Jesse a...
Patrons Only: Go Team War Eagle, Fight, Fight, Fight!
22 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In their first-ever edition of "🥱 or 🔥," a game in which one cohost tries to convince the other that a given internet controversy is interesting...
Episode 9: Layoffs And Teigen And Roman And Kondo And Feel-Bad Liberalism
16 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Here's Blocked and Reported, Episode 9: Layoffs And Teigen And Roman And Kondo And Feel-Bad Liberalism.Our week-to-week schedule varies a great deal. ...
Patrons Only: When Your Training's Shut Down / And It Causes A Frown / That's Damore
15 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In our first-ever Patrons-only episode, we break down an NBC News Article about the latest diversity brouhaha at Google, which leads into a broader di...
We Were (Joe) Biden Our Time But We (Candace) Owens You An Episode About Tara Reade
11 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
After Jesse gets things off to a fantastic start with an uplifting story about dog feces, the hosts finally relent and discuss the Joe Biden/Tara Read...
BONUS EPISODE: Chrissy Teigen Vs Alison Roman Vs The White Women Of Twitter
10 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
During an emergency session of Blocked and Reported, Katie and Jesse discuss the controversy sparked by Alison Roman's decision to go hard at Chrissy ...
Is Bill de Blasio An Anti-Semite? Are Boomers OK? Are Orcs Racist? Is Bill de Blasio An Orc? Are Orcs Boomers?
04 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
The show gets off to what feels like its 100th consecutive turbulent start, with Katie seeking solace over a super-personal medical issue. Then the ho...
Are You Woke Enough To Pay For A Sex Worker? Also: What's The Matter With Meghan Daum? (Featuring Meghan Daum)
27 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
After the pod gets off to yet another rough start thanks to a vicious anti-bread tirade Katie levels at Jesse, the cohosts heat up some leftovers from...
Episode 5: Katie And Jesse Decide Who Is Valid
20 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In a shocking moment that definitely wasn't scripted, Katie almost singlehandedly immolates the podcast by dropping a horrific slur just seconds into ...
Episode 4: Real Time With The Louis C. Rogan Experience
13 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Jesse tries to gaslight Katie into believing she's Jewish. After he succeeds, the cohosts move on to the meat of the show: a discussion of three Probl...
Episode 3: Nice White Ladies Pay To Get Called Racist Over Dinner
06 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Jesse has a bad cough. Is it coronavirus, or just Jewishness? Katie, meanwhile, isn't quite sure what plant she turned into tea last week. Will either...
Episode 2: "You Essentially Stole My Podcast"
30 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Less than a week post-launch, Blocked and Reported faces a profoundly serious threat to its existence: an accusation of Grand Theft Audio from one of ...
Episode 1: The Pilot
24 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
IT'S HERE. In the pilot episode of Blocked and Reported, hosts Katie Herzog and Jesse Singal explain what the podcast is, and Katie reveals a very spe...