Blocked and Reported

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This week on Blocked and Reported, Jesse and Katie discuss Anti-Flag, the Punk Rock Therapist, and the case of the mistaken furry. To hear more, visit www.blockedandreported.org

This week on a bonus Primo episode, Jesse and Katie discuss the attempted assassination of Donald Trump and the online response.Transcript: Highlights of Trump’s Call With the Georgia Secretary of StateTrump rally: Witness says he saw gunman minutes before shots were firedListener email: Wanted to write this over email because it's essentially impossibl… To hear more, visit www.blockedandreported.org

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This week on Blocked and Reported, Jesse and Katie discuss main character Will Stancil and his run for office. Plus, is Jesse a hero or a Karen? We decide. (Jesse’s audio sounds weird for the first 3 minutes but it’s no one’s fault definitely not his don’t worry about it hey look over there.)NOTE: This show has been updated as of March 2025. For more info, listen here. Right To Behttps://x.com/whstancil/status/1750747819881714082https://x.com/whstancil/status/1798318549238468919https://github.com/murphtracks/twitter-respawn-archive/blob/main/Data/Twitter-Respawns-Part-1.csv This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.blockedandreported.org/subscribe

Jesse and Katie discuss the latest very bad news in a string of very bad news for the World Professional Association for Transgender Health. Plus, Indigo children and a very important Moose update. To hear more, visit www.blockedandreported.org

This week on Blocked and Reported, Jesse and Katie discuss the hottest trend of 2024: autism. Plus, 30 seconds on that godawful debate, and Portland contiutes to out Portland itself. https://www.blockedandreported.org/p/here-are-our-summer-2024-tour-dateshttps://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/blocked-and-exported-jesse-singal-and-helen-lewis-live-tickets-926941556147]Research into trans medicine has been manipulatedChasing the Intact Mind: How the Severely Autistic and Intellectually Disabled Were Excluded from the Debates That Affect Them Mosthttps://www.linkedin.com/posts/pete-wharmby-58a2131b2_things-that-make-me-an-autistic-adult-activity-6977684128057982976-FOuP?trk=public_profile_like_view This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.blockedandreported.org/subscribe

This week on Blocked and Reported, Jesse and Katie discuss modern-day explorer/shitposter Lord Miles and his adventures with the Taliban. Plus, Pride flags, ranch dressing, ADHD, cats, and more. To hear more, visit www.blockedandreported.org

This week on the show, Jesse and Katie discuss the emergence of a new voice of conservativism: the n-word lady. Plus, ideological diversity on campus. Ideological diversity, hostility, and discrimination in philosophyBeyond Academic Sectarianism | National AffairsThe Disappearing Conservative Professor | National AffairsPolitical Diversity in Social and Personality Psychology‘Trad-Wife’ TikToker Lilly Gaddis Axed From Job After Casually Saying N-Wordhttps://x.com/llddiiss/status/1801640181969088677https://twitter.com/llddiiss/status/1801685544046338126?https://x.com/llddiiss/status/1802801846152565160 To hear more, visit www.blockedandreported.org

This week on Blocked and Reported, Jesse is joined by Semafor reporter Dave Weigel to discuss media, politcs, and the politics of media. Can a Republican survive Trump's wrath? Bob Good is about to find out. | SemaforThe Show That Never Ends: The Rise and Fall of Prog Rock To hear more, visit www.blockedandreported.org

This week on the Primo episode, Jesse and Katie respond to an extremely legal legal threat that could destroy the podcast. Plus, David French gets canceled, and a real life victim of Taylor Brooke Barton speaks up. The Day My Old Church Canceled Me Was a Very Sad Day - The New York TimesDavid French Says The Church He Called Racist 'Canceled' … To hear more, visit www.blockedandreported.org

This week on Blocked and Reported, Katie is joined by Ben Dreyfuss to discuss what it’s like to grow up poor. Plus, Mother Jones, #MeToo, and why he will not be inviting Madison Cawthorne to his orgy. https://x.com/bendreyfuss This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.blockedandreported.org/subscribe

This week on the Primo episode, Jesse and Katie discuss the latest literary race-faking scandal. Plus, troubled teen and primal screams.https://x.com/stochasticverse/status/1790455567913291834https://x.com/stochasticverse/status/1790457786452832274https://x.com/stochasticverse/status/1790444168252432886https://www.tiktok.com/@emeryleewhohttps://x.com/ad… To hear more, visit www.blockedandreported.org

This week on Blocked and Reported, Jesse and Katie discuss how activists in Oak Park, Illinois, got got. Plus, Michael Moynihan spills the tea on Vice. Public lashes out at Oak Park library over management of Palestinian culture event - Wednesday JournalOak Park’s library to implement anonymous staff survey amid leadership controversy - Wednesday JournalOak Park library’s board will decide whether the executive director can keep her job - Wednesday Journal This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.blockedandreported.org/subscribe

This week on the Primo episode, Jesse and Katie discuss the latest in race news. First, a journalist goes undercover in blackface. Then, a progressive white academic complains that he can’t get a job due to discrimination, and everyone responds with charity and understanding and nuance.Seven ShouldersDavid Austin WalshThe case of the angry history postd… To hear more, visit www.blockedandreported.org

This week on Blocked and Reported, we say goodbye to man’s best friend, Tracing Woodgrains. Plus, Trace weighs in on the worst people on the internet, the New Dissident Right, and, for our Primos, we find klosure with Keffals. To hear more, visit www.blockedandreported.org

This week on Blocked and Reported, Jesse is joined by writer Emmett Rensin to discuss his new memoir about living with psychotic disorders as well as the smugness of the American liberal (unrelated). The Complications: On Going Insane In America:HarperCollinsIndieBoundAmazon.com*The smug style in American liberalism - Vox To hear more, visit www.blockedandreported.org

This week on the Primo episode, Katie and Jesse discuss the latest in fake suicides and race-faking. Plus, a disturbing artifact is unearthed.https://twitter.com/GreatCheshire/status/1788282943611228440AFSC Diversity Leader Misrepresented Her Own IdentityOpen LetterRaquel Evita Saraswati pretended to be a woman … To hear more, visit www.blockedandreported.org

This week on Blocked and Reported, Katie is joined by journalist Nancy Rommelmann to discuss her trip to Alabama to discover the story behind the Bubba Copeland story. Plus, Nancy’s cancellation origin story, and why is Portland so Portland?To the Bridge: A True Story of Motherhood and MurderNancy Rommelmann, Author at Reason.comControversial YouTube Show Lands Portland Coffee Company in Hot Water - The StrangerPortlandization: It Can Happen to a Place Near You - Tablet MagazineBubba Copeland | 1819 NewsAmerica's tragic war on LGBTQ+ people extends its collateral damage - Los Angeles TimesAlabama Mayor Bubba Copeland Kills Self After Right-Wing 1819 News Outs His Cross-DressingBubba Copeland Death: How His Outing and Right-Wing Media Brought Tragedy To hear more, visit www.blockedandreported.org

This week on the Primo episode, Jesse and Katie discuss a garden sabotage in the UK. Plus, Zadie Smith’s latest essay melt brains. War in Gaza, Shibboleths on Campus | The New YorkerMother on disability benefits feeds 800 people after turning flowerbeds into vegetable allotment | Daily Mail OnlineGary Lineker among donors to … To hear more, visit www.blockedandreported.org

This week on Blocked and Reported, Katie and Jesse discuss ongoing protests at universities nationwide. Plus, a refresh.https://twitter.com/That4LeafClover/status/1785863576256667853https://twitter.com/mamoun_linda/status/1784682056607469906https://twitter.com/SabihaKhan/status/1784893820343328862Pro-Palestinian protesters, University of Minnesota reach agreement to end encampment | MPR NewsBrown University Students and Officials Make Deal to Dismantle Encampment - The New York TimesColleges Love Protests—When They’re in the Past - The AtlanticHouse passes bill to expand definition of antisemitism amid growing campus protests over Gaza war | AP NewsWhat is antisemitism?The House Antisemitism Bill Is Bad for the Jews To hear more, visit www.blockedandreported.org

This week on Blocked and Reported, Katie is joined by journalist Ana Kasparian to discuss intolerance, ideology, and a plan in Los Angeles to take the police out of traffic enforcement. Removing Armed Officers from Traffic Enforcement2023 Law Enforcement Officers Fatalities ReportL.A. City Council seeks to rein in street takeovers - Los Angeles TimesChicago’s “Race-Neutral” Traffic Cameras Ticket Black and Latino Drivers the Most — ProPublicaDC parking and traffic tickets: More fines issued in Black neighborhoods than White - The Washington Post To hear more, visit www.blockedandreported.org

This week on the Primo episode, Jesse and Katie discuss the latest news from New York, New York: self-immolation outside the Trump trial, settler-colonial dogs, and Columbia students camping out for Gaza. Why Do People in NYC Hate My Dog?Who Is Max Azzarello? The Man Who Set Himself on Fire Outside Trump Trial. - The New York… To hear more, visit www.blockedandreported.org

This week on Blocked and Reported, Katie is joined by Reason Magazine’s Billy Binion to discuss the Libertarian Party, freeway protests, government theft, and Steven Crowder’s very public divorce. Can The Government Sell Your Home, Keep the Profits If You're Behind on Property Taxes?Why NOT Having Sex Might be Good for You | Fox NewsWaiting till the wedding night – getting married the right way | Fox NewsSteven Crowder responds to allegations he exposed genitals to staffers with skit about exposing genitals to staffer | Media Matters for Americahttps://twitter.com/TheJaredMonroe/status/1772594355620270141https://twitter.com/LWCmugclub/status/1773046606541042049 To hear more, visit www.blockedandreported.org

Jesse and Katie discuss a much-anticipated report out of the UK on youth gender services. Plus, that goddamn throuple article. The Brooklyn Power Throuple Making Space for a BabyFinal Report – Cass Reviewhttps://www.blockedandreported.org/p/episode-155-hannah-barnes-on-theThe Evidence for Trans… To hear more, visit www.blockedandreported.org

This week on the Primo episode, Jesse and Katie discuss a recent essay by NPR editor Uri Berliner criticizing the network’s ideological bent. The GistGrad Students Furious United Auto Workers Endorses BidenCode Switch To hear more, visit www.blockedandreported.org

This week on Blocked and Reported, Jesse is joined by streamer PSA Sitch to discuss fat activism, Seattle’s revolutionary plan to fix racial gaps in education, and perhaps the most famous tampon in recent American history.https://twitter.com/PSA_Sitchhttps://twitter.com/Friended4Everhttps://www.youtube.com/psasitchhttps://www.youtube.com/channel/UCn8mAXIRVniC4Y9zvk_yMWQ“Big Food and dietitians push ‘anti-diet’ advice, despite rising obesity”“Vanderbilt faces backlash after pulling Israel-divestment student vote”“‘Very scared and frustrated’: Several Vanderbilt students set to attend disciplinary hearing after protest on school grounds”https://twitter.com/sfmcguire79/status/1772809758673629347https://twitter.com/sfmcguire79/status/1773425771782037719https://twitter.com/sfmcguire79/status/1773429192610160827 To hear more, visit www.blockedandreported.org

This week on Blocked and Reported, Katie is joined by Helen Lewis to discuss the complex and controversial world of facilitated communication. Plus, Scotland's new hate crime law and Helen's new show. All Stories by Helen Lewis - The AtlanticBBC Radio 4 - Helen Lewis Has Left the Chat“The Ones We Sent Away”“In defense of Crossley, McDonald & facilitated communication”“Oscar Nominee: Documentary or Fiction?”“The Strange Case of Anna Stubblefield”Tell Them You Love Me To hear more, visit www.blockedandreported.org

This week on the Primo episode, Jesse and Katie discuss the controversy surrounding diversity consultancy Sweet Baby Inc. Plus, Anita Sarkeesian at the UN, and a penis paper gets yanked. “WITHDRAWN: The association between adult penile length and IQ: evidences from 139 countries”* "'Gamers' don't have to be your audience. 'Gamers' are over." Leigh Alexa… To hear more, visit www.blockedandreported.org

This week on Blocked and Reported, Katie is joined by Kat Rosenfield and Phoebe Maltz Bovy to discuss female heterosexuality (real or myth?) and the latest scandal in the world of Young Adult literature.“How MeToo became too cringe for America ”“Who Is Podcast Guest Turned Star Andrew Huberman, Really?”“Age Gap Relationships: The Case for Marrying an Older Man”“LGBTQ+ Identification in U.S. Now at 7.6%”“What Do Women Want?”“To Gaze Upon Wicked Gods“ To hear more, visit www.blockedandreported.org

On this special bonus episode of Blocked and Reported, Jesse and Katie dicuss the origins of and allegations against internet superstar/supervillian Candace Owens. To hear more, visit www.blockedandreported.org

This week on the Primo episode, Jesse and Katie discuss the origins of the cultural scandal that led to the Trump election, the Ukraine invasion, the Slap, January 6th, Covid, Nex Benedict’s murder, Kate Middleton’s cancer, and the October 7th attack: GamerGate. “The Zoe Post”https://slatestarcodex.com/2015/01/01/untitled/”The State of Online Haras… To hear more, visit www.blockedandreported.org

This week on Blocked and Reported, Katie is joined by Pirate Wires staff writer River Page to discuss an underground pop star whose fans will not let her go away. Plus, the investigation into the death of Nex Benedict concludes. Club Med | Broadcast“Coomer Conversion Therapy”“The Strange and Fascinating World of r/meth”“No Charges in Death of Nex Benedict, Prosecutor Says” https://www.youtube.com/@pirate-wireshttps://www.patreon.com/thottopics To hear more, visit www.blockedandreported.org

This week on Blocked and Reported, Katie is joined by Helen Lewis to discuss the allegations against, and disappearance of, YouTuber James Somerton. Plus, JK Rowling, Kate Middleton, and Scottish bog porn. NY Mag: “Why Trans Kids Have the Right to Change Their Biological Sex”NY Mag: “Gabriel Mac on the Story of His Penis”“An Overemotional Look at Why JK Rowling is Bad”The Ace Couple: “We were personally victimized by James Somerton” To hear more, visit www.blockedandreported.org

This week on the Primo episode, Jesse and Katie discuss leaks at the New York Times and the World Professional Association for Transgender Health. NYT: “‘Screams WIthout Words’: How Hamas Weaponized Sexual Violence on Oct. 7”NYT: “U.N. to Study Reports of Sexual Violence in Israel During Oct. 7 Attack”The Intercept: “New York Times Holds “Daily” Episode… To hear more, visit www.blockedandreported.org

This week on Blocked and Reported, Katie is joined by novelist, poet, and critic Leigh Stein to discuss scandals in the worlds of sci-fi fantasy and poetry. Leigh Stein: Self-CareHugo Awards voting processLA Times: “How did ‘Space Raptor Butt Invasion’ by Chuck Tingle become a Hugo finalist?”Esquire: “Hugo Awards 2024: Inside the Censorship Scandal That Rocked Sci-Fi and Fantasy's Biggest Awards”File 770: “The 2023 Hugo Awards: A Report on Censorship and Exclusion”File 770: “Zimozi Natsuco Guest Post: The Hugo Awards’ Evil Fall is a Watered-Down Affair, and Certain Issues To Watch Out For”https://www.moonslake.com/Alex Reisner on AI and booksLillian-Yvonne Bertram: A BLACK STORY MAY CONTAIN SENSITIVE CONTENT To hear more, visit www.blockedandreported.org

In this very special Primo episode, Jesse and Katie discuss Aella’s very happy birthday party and the self-immolation of an American GI. “U.S. Airman’s Winding Path Ended in Self-Immolation to Protest Israel”Aaron Bushnell’s RedditShadi Hamid: “How can one suicide protest be heroic and another crazy?”Jesse: “Awareness is Overrated” To hear more, visit www.blockedandreported.org

This week on Blocked and Reported, Katie is joined by Mike Pesca to discuss California's failed experiment with Woke Kindegarten and the resulting school board battle. Plus, Sandwichgate. https://www.mikepesca.com/https://www.mikepesca.com/thegistAdam Rubenstein: “I Was a Heretic at the New York Times”James Bennet: “When the New York Times lost its way”… To hear more, visit www.blockedandreported.org

This week on the Primo episode, Jesse and Katie discuss Robert Moses’s allegedly racist monkeys in New York. Plus, Bret Weinstein has some thoughts. Katie: “After Evergreen” To hear more, visit www.blockedandreported.org

In this emergency broadcast, Brad Polumbo joins Katie to discuss the collab no one asked for: Taylor Lorenz and Libs of TikTok’s Chaya Richik. To hear more, visit www.blockedandreported.org

This week on Blocked and Reported, Katie is joined by journalist and commentator Brad Polumbo to discuss the latest allegations against Libs of TikTok. Plus, an intersectional pile-up featuring non-binary influencer Jeffrey Marsh and Muslim comic Shumirun Nessa. https://twitter.com/brad_polumbohttps://www.instagram.com/bradpolumbo/?hl=enDamage Control“Anti-Trans Policies Draw Scrutiny After 16-Year-Old’s Death in Oklahoma”“Libs of TikTok under fire after nonbinary Oklahoma student's death”“Lawmaker accuses education board and Libs of TikTok of having blood on their hands over Nex Benedict death”“Family member shares messages sent by 16-year-old Owasso student day before death”“No, There’s No ‘Epidemic’ of Anti-Transgender Violence” This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.blockedandreported.org/subscribe

As a bonus to BARPod listeners, here’s the audio of a February 20 live event at the Village Underground where Jesse interviewed Rob Henderson about his book Troubled: A Memoir of Foster Care, Family, and Social Class, which you should definitely buy. Enjoy! This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.blockedandreported.org/subscribe

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/helenlewishttps://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.blockedandreported.org

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 College”“Police… To hear more, visit www.blockedandreported.org

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/SnoozyWeissTyler 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 Residential Neighborhood. Here’s What It Was Like Inside the Encampment.”The Oregonian: “Portland family’s path to ‘red house’ foreclosure was long, filled with bizarre twists”OPB: “Editors’ note: On the Red House, we got one wrong”The Oregonian: “Sovereign citizen ideology embraced by Kinney son, mother in ‘red house’ legal fight: ‘This case is a political case’” To hear more, visit www.blockedandreported.org

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/tracewoodgrainshttps://twitter.com/tracewoodgrains/status/175… To hear more, visit www.blockedandreported.org

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 DailyCaliphateThe 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 RadiolabThe Daily: “Delilah” This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.blockedandreported.org/subscribe

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 the United States rather than Canada, we mentioned the Palestinians shot in Vermont. As it turns out, at the moment there’s little evidence to support the idea that this was a hate crime; the alleged perpetrator seemed to struggle with mental illness, had a violent past, and his politics were all over the place, including, based on his social media posts, sympathy for the Palestinian cause. Since the segment in question was about Canada rather than the U.S. anyway, we’ve simply snipped the whole brief mention out, and the free version of the episode won’t contain it. -Jesse)The Oklahoman: “Oklahoma bill would require 'furries' be picked up from school by parents, animal control”Rep. Justin Humphrey on the furry problemPrudie on PrudieToronto Star: “Journalist Jesse Brown is quick to expose the failures of Canadian media. But what about his own?”Jesse Brown: “The time I “faked” a CBC scene”Mark Bourrie: “Jesse Brown and Canadaland should be removed from the NewsMedia Council”Canadaland: “Duffy, as Senator, Paid Journalists”Mark Bourrie respondsJesse Brown’s TwitterCanadaland: “Jessica Yaniv, Transphobic Fever Dream.”Canadaland: “Is Jesse a Zionist?”Canadaland: “Burning Down the Jewish Deli is not Kosher”Canadaland statementCanadaland Union statementNOTE: After this episode went out for Primos, Jesse Brown requested we clarify that the pilot in which he fabricated a scene for the CBC was never published (it was killed after he told the executive producer about the re-creation, as he explained in an interview). He also requested that we update the episode with additional context about Mark Bourrie, who Jesse claims has a personal vendetta against him because Canadaland published allegations that Bourrie took money from embattled politician MIke Duffy. (You can read Canadaland’s piece here and Bourrie’s response here.) The episode has been updated and I apologize to Jesse and the listeners for missing that context. KH To hear more, visit www.blockedandreported.org

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

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 Fair: “Bryan Johnson’s Antiaging Quest Has Made Headlines. But There’s More to His Story”Trace’s threadBryan’s response This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.blockedandreported.org/subscribe