Blocked and Reported

This week on Blocked and Reported, the Saudi Royal family lures an elite group of cosplayers to Riyadh to whitewash their reputation. Plus, a non-elite podcaster attempts to memory-hole history (it’s Jesse). To support the show and get extra content and much more, become a Primo. To buy our very popular merch, shop here.Jesse’s UCLA talkReuters: “Twitter is losing its most active users, internal documents show” 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 edition of Blocked and Reported, Jesse and Katie discuss Cancel Culture: Israel/Palestine Edition. To support the show and get exta content and much more, become a Primo. To buy our very popular merch, shop here.Jesse is giving a talk at UCLA on youth gender medicine on Monday, October 30th. More details/RSVP instructions here.Tim… To hear more, visit www.blockedandreported.org

Today we’ve got a special dispatch from our friends at Braver Angels, the largest cross-partisan, non-profit organization dedicated to bridging our political divide. In this episode of their brand new show, host Mónica Guzmán sits down with some very special guests to discuss their political differences: two Trump-supporting, Mexican immigrants who also happen to be her mom and dad. Subscribe to A Braver Way here or wherever you get your podcasts. 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 how our most trust-worthy disinformation experts correct the record except when they don’t. Plus, conservative hero Tim Ballard faces the wrath of the nicest people on Earth. To support the show and get exta content and much more, become a Primo. To buy our very popular merch, shop here.(CORRECTION: In the original version of this episode that Primos heard before it went up for everyone else on Monday morning, I misunderstood some of the evidence suggesting Israel wasn’t responsible for the attack on the Gazan hospital. I’ve now re-recorded that bit with the below corrections, and if you scroll down to the tweet from Marc Garlasco, you’ll see my mistake: He was talking about the width of the crater, not its depth. Many thanks to the listener who wrote in to point this out, and I apologize for the error. -JesseCorrected version, with old, false material struck through and new, correct material in bold:~9:56: "And you can see an impact crater which is only about one meter 30 centimeters deep wide or so. And he basically said, and again, this is a guy who is highly qualified on these issues, that this could not have been caused by Israeli weaponry, because that weaponry tends to leave nine-meter-deep wide craters, and there's a big difference between one meter 30 centimeters and nine meters.")NYT: “The Killing of Shireen Abu Akleh: Tracing a Bullet to an Israeli Convoy”https://twitter.com/marcgarlasco/status/1714590544620408909https://twitter.com/EmmaVigeland/status/1714336863740104879https://twitter.com/GileadIni/status/1714652254832140636Robby Soave: “Disinformation Reporter Ben Collins Failed To Correct the Gaza Hospital Story”Better NBC News coverage of sameGlenn Kessler: “Human trafficking statistics: Politicians love them though they remain imprecise”Meg Conley: “Called by God: In 2014, I went on a vigilante raid to “save” kids sold for sex. What we did haunts me now.”ViceBlaze News: “What really happened with Tim Ballard and Operation Underground Railroad?” To hear more, visit www.blockedandreported.org

This week on Blocked and Reported, Katie and Jesse discuss Hamas’s unprecedented massacre of civilians. Well, the online b******t component of it, at least.To support the show and get exta content and much more, become a Primo. To buy our very popular merch, shop here.Nicholas Kristof: “Seeking a Moral Compass in Gaza’s War”Eric Levitz: “A Left That Refuses to Condemn Mass Murder Is Doomed”Politico: “AOC knocks ‘bigotry and callousness’ of Times Square rally for Palestinians”Politico: “‘Unacceptably devoid of empathy': DSA is facing an internal reckoning on Israel”NYT: “At Harvard, a Battle Over What Should Be Said About the Hamas Attacks”Harvard Crimson: “As Students Face Retaliation for Israel Statement, a ‘Doxxing Truck’ Displaying Students’ Faces Comes to Harvard’s Campus”NYT: “N.Y.U. Law Student Sends Anti-Israel Message and Loses a Job Offer”Image: Supporters of Israel (L) face people rallying in support of Palestinians in Times Square in New York on October 8, 2023 after the Palestinian militant group Hamas launched an attack on Israel. Israel, reeling from the deadliest attack on its territory in half a century, formally declared war on Hamas Sunday as the conflict's death toll surged close to 1,000 after the Palestinian militant group launched a massive surprise assault from Gaza. (Photo by Bryan R. Smith / AFP) (Photo by BRYAN R. SMITH/AFP via Getty Images) 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 of Blocked and Reported, Jesse and Katie discuss the perfect venue for people who work out their racial anxieties: FoodTok. Plus, an Only Fans model who may or may not be real may or may not be missing. Daily Star: “Model goes missing but 'cryptic' post sparks wild theories about if she exists at all” To hear more, visit www.blockedandreported.org

This week on Blocked and Reported, Jesse and Katie look back on the Racial Reckoning™ and discuss the implosion of Ibram X. Kendi’s Center for Anti-Racism Research. Plus: Trevor Bauer gets the last word. To support the show and get exta content and much more, become a Primo. To buy our very popular merch, shop here.The Athletic: “Graphic details, photos emerge in restraining order filed against Dodgers pitcher Trevor Bauer”Bauer videoThe Athletic: “Trevor Bauer settles legal dispute with woman who accused him of sexual assault”Lindsey Hill on The BlazeBU Daily Free Press: “Amid mass layoffs, BU Center for Antiracist Research accused of mismanagement of funds, disorganization”New York: “The BLM Mystery Where did the money go?”Michelle Goldberg: “Ibram X. Kendi and the Problem of Celebrity Fund-Raising”John McWhorter: “Don’t Call Ibram X. Kendi a Grifter”Free Beacon: “Boston University Loaned $600K to a Mysterious Trust Run by Ibram Kendi’s Brother-In-Law” 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 Premium episode of Blocked and Reported, the knitting community is in meltdown...again. This time, the culprit is a yarn-dyer who made the ill-advised descion to release a Salem-themed yarn collection with one unforunate prop. The yarn dyer who faked her own death (allegedly)r/craftsnark To hear more, visit www.blockedandreported.org

This week on Blocked and Reported, we reexamine American Bully X. To support the show and get exta content and much more, become a Primo. To buy our very popular merch, shop here.Brianna Wu:https://twitter.com/headassnic/status/1706955256427626982https://twitter.com/BriannaWu/status/1371452139856392196https://twitter.com/longislandviper/status/1371495816649703425SF Gate: “American bully dogs bred as lovers, not fighters”Bully Watch RebuttalBully Watch.link“Defaming Rover: Error-Based Latent Rhetoric in the Medical Literature on Dog Bites”“English hospital episode data analysis (1998–2018) reveal that the rise in dog bite hospital admissions is driven by adult cases”“Visual Breed Identification: A Literature Review”Note: An earlier version of this episode contained a math error. I said “nine out of 15” when I should have said "11 out of 15.” Still somehow Jesse’s fault. It has been updated.—KH 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 edition of Blocked and Reported, Jesse explains the world of online disability activism, specfically Cripplepunk. Also discussed: MERDs, TURDs, and TERFs. (Update: Shortly after we posted this, a listener wrote in to point out that one of the TikTok videos we played part of and discussed was published by a 17-year-old. This was my… To hear more, visit www.blockedandreported.org

This week on Blocked and Reported, Katie digs into the UK’s recently announced ban on the American Bully XL and discovers some surprising information. Jesse does very little. To support the show and get exta content and much more, become a Primo. To buy our very popular merch, shop here.Bronwen Dickey: Pit Bull: The Battle over an American IconHal Herzog: Some We Love, Some We Hate, Some We Eat: Why It's So Hard to Think Straight About AnimalsThe Stranger: “How to Defeat a Pit Bull with Your Bare Hands”Joe Bernstein: “Inside The Most Vicious Conflict On The Internet”The Guardian: “American XL bully dog will be banned, says Rishi Sunak”Bully WatchThe Telegraph: “Half of all XL Bully dogs in Britain descend from 'Killer Kimbo'“The Sun: “BULLY BREEDER'S BLAST: I bred XL Bully Kimbo who half UK’s animals can be traced to – they only become killers when people give them steroids”Malcolm Gladwell: “Troublemakers”NOTE: This episode has been updated. On initial verision that went out to Primos, Jesse said something like, “So American Bully breeders say, if a dog is aggressive, it can’t be an American Bully,” and I said, “Yes, exactly.” I thought it was obvious this referred to registration, but apparently not, and I have updated the episode to clarify: an aggressive American Bully would still be an American Bully because breed isn’t determined by behavior but by lineage, but it would be disqualified for registration in the American Bully Kennel Club or any other legitmate kennel club. Apologies for the confusion.” —KH 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 and Jesse discuss Gays Against Groomers. What are they, who are they, and why are they standing outside the Biltmore House with picket signs? Plus, Bari Weiss, Hasan Minhaj, and a very, very good sandwich.To support the show and get exta content and much more, become a Primo. To buy our very popular merch, shop here.LA Times: “How Grimes won Bari Weiss' sexual revolution debate”The New Yorker: Hasan Minhaj’s “Emotional Truths”Subject to Change with Russell HoggMichael Moynihan: “When the Tea Party Began”GAG: “In The Wake of ‘Sound of Freedom’: The Parallels Between LGBTQ+ Activism and The Pedophile Doctrine”The Advocate: “Gays Against Groomers Strike West Hollywood with Vandalism and Anti Trans Messaging”Karyln Borysenko: “Yet ANOTHER member publicly quits Gays Against Groomers and blames CEO Jaimee Michell”Weird Ron DeSantis video To hear more, visit www.blockedandreported.org

This week on the Primo edition of Blocked and Reported, Jesse and Katie discuss Katharine Birbalsingh, Britain’s strictest headmistress, and her incredibly stupid fight with MP Jess Phillips, Shadow Master at Law. Plus, an update on Canada’s mass graves.To support the show and get e… To hear more, visit www.blockedandreported.org

This week on Blocked and Reported, Jesse has a calm, productive conversation with the illustrious hosts of the scientastic YouTube show The Majority Report. It goes so well they all went out for blinis and mimosas after. To support the show and get exta content and much more, become a Primo. To buy our very popular merch, shop here.Republican AGs’ briefJesse: “Conservatives Are Lying About What My Atlantic Article On Gender Dysphoria Says”The Precipitating IncidentFull Singal-Seder correspondence showing the issue was very clearly laid out to SederThey keep talking s**t and keep repeating the claimJesse: “On Rashida Tlaib And Chase Strangio’s Ridiculous, Bad-Faith Attack On The New York Times”NYT: “How a Small Gender Clinic Landed in a Political Storm”Jamie Reed Affidavit I identify as an attack mushroomJesse calls in 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 Premium edition of Blocked and Reported, Jesse tells Katie about an allegedly racist Juneteenth party in Rochester, New York, and the allegedly racist racists who threw it. Plus, alleged Oxford alum Ian Miles Cheong has some thoughts on body hair. To support the show and get exta content and much more, become a Primo To hear more, visit www.blockedandreported.org

This week on Blocked and Reported, Katie tells Jesse how a forum on women’s sports led to censorship and bomb scares in Davis, California. Plus, heroes on the streets of D.C. To support the show and get exta content and much more, become a Primo. To buy our very popular merch, shop here.https://twitter.com/FordFischer/status/1695794212686450915Colin Wright: “New Documents Reveal Shocking Surge in Trans-Identified Students in Davis, CA Schools”https://twitter.com/goeke_christina/status/1693409879946588244?s=20https://twitter.com/JZachreson/status/1693492646852059525?s=20https://twitter.com/goeke_christina/status/1693410016706121771?s=20The Davis Enterprise: “We have to let each other talk”https://twitter.com/Riley_Gaines_/status/1693608550373728448?s=20 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 a new article in the New York Times investigating the allegations of malpractice at a St. Louis gender clinic that were made publicy by whistleblower Jamie Reed. Plus, a furry fight in Southern California. To support the show and get exta content and much more, become a Primo. To buy our very popular merch, shop here. The Free Press and FIRE Present Clash of the Female Titans NYT: How a Small Gender Clinic Landed in a Political Storm Premium: Hormones, Headlines, and ChatGPTEpisode 162: We Challengeth The Honor Of Ed Yong And The Transgender CenterPremium: Catching Up On The Rebekah Jones And Jamie Reed ControversiesEpisode 155: Hannah Barnes On The Collapse Of One Of The Most Important Youth Gender Clinics In The WorldJesse: “A Response To Zack Ford’s Dishonest ThinkProgress Article, ‘Atlantic cover story is a loud dog whistle for anti-transgender parents’” OutKick: “Furry Fight: Chaos Erupts At California Beach ‘Furmeet’ As Pirate Furry Drills ‘Chud’ With Megaphone”TMZ: “Man Attacked By Furry At Huntington Beach Meetup, Wild Video Shows”NY Post: “Furious furries fight back after busting man filming them on beach”Daily Mail: “Bizarre moment man is attacked by FURRY after he’s caught filming fetish group in Huntington Beach“Dogpatch Press: “Furry beach-off: The truth about a fight with a megaphone at a California meet”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 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 edition of Blocked and Reported, Katie and Jesse discuss a foundation that decolonized itself out of existence. Also: clowns. To support the show and get exta content and much more, become a Primo. To buy our very popular merch, shop here.Cursed Cancellations The Guardian: “UK charity fou… To hear more, visit www.blockedandreported.org

This week on Blocked and Reported, Jesse and Katie check in on Chris Rufo and the New College of Florida, where taxpayers are footing the bill for a brand new mediocre baseball team. Episode 148: “Chris Rufo Takes Over New College Of Florida, Plus Adventures In Genealogy”Michelle Goldberg: “At a College Targeted by DeSantis, Gender Studies Is Out, Jocks Are In”Conor Friedersdorf: “Ron DeSantis Chose the Wrong College to Take Over”Sarasota Herald-Tribune: “DeSantis seeks to transform Sarasota's New College with conservative board takeover”Tampa Bay Times: “New College of Florida culture shifts again by adding new sports”Chronicle of Higher Ed: “New College Says It’s Giving Staff Higher Pay for Hitting Enrollment Goals. Is That Illegal?”Chris Rufo: “D.E.I. Programs Are Getting in the Way of Liberal Education” 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 of Blocked and Reported, Jesse and Katie discuss a recent article on the poster/writer Richard Hanania, aka Richard Hoste, and his racist past (and possibly racist present). To support the show and get exta content and much more, become a Primo. To buy our very popular merch, shop here.Richard Hanania:… To hear more, visit www.blockedandreported.org

This week on Blocked and Reported, Katie tells Jesse how a beloved furry puppet named Wiggle Fox got caught up in a sex scandal. To support the show and get exta content and much more, become a Primo. To buy our very popular merch, shop here.Rdrama on furry drama To hear more, visit www.blockedandreported.org

This week on Blocked and Reported, we revist an episode from our earliest days as a baby podcast, “What a Stupid F*****g Way to Have an Important Conversation. Plus, what has changed in DEI land since 2020. To support the show and get exta content and much more, become a Primo. To buy our very popular merch, shop here.ShannonLoys.comShannon on InstagramThe National Post: “Principal berated for 'white supremacy' sues TDSB over equity training”Jesse: “Of Course DEI Programming Should Be Seen As Psychological Interventions And Held To The Appropriate Standards”Wall St. Journal: “The Rise and Fall of the Chief Diversity Officer”Toronto Star: “A Toronto principal’s suicide was wrongly linked to anti-racism training. Here’s what was really said” 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 edition of Blocked and Reported, Katie and Jesse discuss two dueling articles in the recent issue of The News Statesmen, both attemping to define what a woman is. To support the show and get exta content and much more, become a Primo. To buy our very popular merch, shop here.Richard Dawkins: “Why biological sex matters”Jacqueline … To hear more, visit www.blockedandreported.org

This week on Blocked and Reported, Jesse fact checks VP Kamala Harris on Florida’s social studies curriculum. Plus, the fall of Twitter and the rise of X, the Seattle Times does a cancel culture, and Jesse considers faking his own death. To support the show and get exta content and much more, become a Primo. To buy our very popular merch, shop here.Noah Kulwin calls on Jesse to kill himselfNoah Kulwin calls on the state to arrest Chris Rufo……and put him in the stocks so he can be pelted with rotten fruit“Why So Many People Told Me To Kill Myself This Weekend” by JesseDavid Josef Volodzko: “My Family Was Hunted by Nazis. But I Was Fired For ‘Defending Hitler’”Tablet: “Hitler and The Seattle Times”David Josef Volozko on Substack Axios: “Inside Musk's plan for an "everything app" to replace Twitter”Jesse: “Mainstream Media Outlets Keep Botching Their Coverage Of The Critical Race Theory Debate“Scientific American: “Anti–Critical Race Theory Movement Will Profoundly Affect Public Education”NBC News: “Kamala Harris to travel to Florida and speak out against state's new Black history standardsNYT: DeSantis Faces Swell of Criticism Over Florida’s New Standards for Black HistoryFlorida’s State Academic Standards—Social Studies, 2023Charles Cooke: “Kamala Harris Is Brazenly Lying about Florida’s Slavery Curriculum”Heather Cox RichardsonJosh Marshall: About That Florida CurriculumHistory Boomer: The Distorted Story of Florida's African American History Curriculum 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 Premium episode of Blocked and Reported, fan favorite Rebekah Jones is back, now with more drama. Plus, a look back at Jones defender and filmmaking partner Josh Fox and his documentary film Gasland, which changed the conversation about fracking and natural gas. But should it have? Also, one of our hosts makes a confession. To support t… To hear more, visit www.blockedandreported.org

This week on Blocked and Reported, Jesse brings all the most important news from our parent nation, Terf Island. First, a BBC presenter gets busted paying for salacious pics and possibly sending his own. Then a trans activist who possibly ate her own testes has a message for TERFS. To support the show and get exta content and much more, become a Primo. To buy our very popular merch, shop here.The Sun: “SEX PICS PROBE Top BBC star taken off air after ‘paying teenager for sexual pictures’”Sarah Ditum: “Should Huw Edwards have been named?”BBC: 'Nothing inappropriate' in BBC presenter row - young person's lawyerThe Sun: “'CREEPY' MESSAGES BBC ‘sex pics scandal’ presenter started Instagram chat with teenage follower, 17, using love hearts & kisses”Janice Turner: BBC scandal made us face our own voyeurismBBC: Huw Edwards: How Sun story about BBC presenter developedThe Telegraph: Arrest after activist told crowd at London Trans Pride to ‘punch Terfs in the face’ 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 is off “slaying the spire” (gross) so Katie interviews the publicist Mitchell Jackson, formerly known as the writer Mitchell Sunderland. Mitchell was famously fired from Vice in 2017 after his emails to then-Breitbart editor Milo Yiannopoulos were leaked to BuzzFeed, and for the first time ever, Mitchell tells his side of this story. Plus, Mitchell’s unique upbringing in a Florida puppy dynsaty, how he helped rehab the infamous influencer Caroline Calloway, and what to do—and what not to do—when facing cancelation. To support the show and get exta content and much more, become a Primo. To buy our very popular merch, shop here.Vice: My Family’s War with Animal ActivistsVice: In Rachel Dolezal’s SkinVice: Welcome to the Sausage Castle, Home to Florida's Most Free-Spirited FreaksVice: Ann Coulter Is a Human BeingVice: “Cambridge's Most Controversial Instagram Celebrity Gets the Last Laugh”BuzzFeed: “Here's How Breitbart And Milo Smuggled White Nationalism Into The Mainstream”New York: “I Was Caroline Calloway”BuzzFeed: “People Said This Instagram Influencer's "Tour" Was Fyre Fest 2. Here's Her Side Of The Story.”BCC Communications BCC Communications NewsletterMitchell on Twitter 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 tells Katie the story of Jad Sleiman, a Muslim/Catholic/Lebanese/American/veteran/reporter/comic who was fired from public radio station WHYY over his jokes. To support the show and get exta content and much more, become a Primo. To buy our very popular merch, shop here.Jad Slays InstagramThe Philadelpia Inquirer: “A WHYY journalist was fired for his stand-up comedy videos”Sleiman hearing part 1.mp3Sleiman hearing part 2.mp3 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 premium edition of Blocked and Reported, Katie and Jesse discuss an NPR piece that claims Asians who oppose affirmative action are being manipulated by pale-skinned puppetmasters. Plus, fireworks. To support the show and get access to this episode and much more, become a Primo… To hear more, visit www.blockedandreported.org

This week on Blocked and Reported, Katie tells Jesse about the unfortunate world of prankers and streamers, featuring Mizzy the Menance, Ice Posiedon, and Arab Andy. Plus, UCLA grad students write a letter and when a man loves a collie. To support the show and get exta content and much more, become a Primo. To buy our very popular merch, shop here.HuffPo: “Penn State Professor Charged For Alleged Bestiality With His Collie”StateCollege.com: “Penn State Professor Accused of Performing Lewd Acts with Dog in State Forest”Two Psychologists Four Beers: Episodes 15 and 92Very Bad Wizards: Free YoelThe Chronicle of Higher Ed: “Are Diversity Statements Illegal?”The open letterThe New Yorker: “Ice Poseidon’s Lucrative, Stressful Life as a Live Streamer”Ice Poseidon statement on crypto scam allegations 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 dive head first into the bizarre world of AI anime pornography and the fake cam girls who are coming for the real cam girls’ jobs. Plus, Noah Bertlatsky has some notes for Schindler’s List. Maybe don’t listen to this one with your kids. Max Read: “How MrBeast Became the Willy Wonka of YouTube”Noah Berla… To hear more, visit www.blockedandreported.org

This week on Blocked and Reported, Jesse and Katie discuss #Resistence hero Mueller, She Wrote, the whistleblowing podcaster who killed Saddam Hussein while a sophomore in high school. Also, a submarine implodes and people Twitter ghouls rejoice; Chris Rufo personally designed a racist mascot; and we go down a very deep and dark rabbithole and discover the world of covid fanatics. To support the show and get exta content and much more, become a Primo. To buy our merch, shop here.Episode 148: Chris Rufo Takes Over New College Of Florida, Plus Adventures In GenealogyThe Florida Standard: “New College Board Member Chris Rufo Mocks Teacher’s Accusation About Racist Mascot”Man fights Covid by living in his garageMueller, She Wrote Politico: “How a veteran’s secret podcast put her in the Trump administration’s crosshairs”Fraudian_Slip ExposeForbes: “A Disabled Veteran Had Over $72,000 In Student Loans—Under The Biden Administration, Her Debt Was Forgiven”Note: In an earlier verision of this podcast, I said Allison Gill did not go to the White House. As an astute listener pointed out, she did, in fact, go to the White House. Apologies for the error. The episode has been corrected. —KH 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 edition of Blocked and Reported, Jesse and Katie discuss the banning of Pride flags on city property by an all-Muslim city council in Hamtramck, Michigan (Allahu Akbar). Then, a Korean women’s spa in Washington is forced to permit penis people. Plus, Prince Harry and Megh… To hear more, visit www.blockedandreported.org

This week on Blocked and Reported, Katie tells Jesse about the rise and fall of the Pink Peacock, Glasgow’s attempt at an anarchist cafe. Plus, a new game: What’s Dumbest, featuring a Columbia adjunct, Grindr, Conor McGregor, and human Ukraine flag slash novelist Liz Gilbert. To become a premium subscriber, join here. To buy our merch, click here.Weird Grindr AdThe Independent: “Conor McGregor offers update on Miami Heat mascot after punching incident”Liz Gilbert Self-CancelsBrendon Marrotta’s response to Episode 168Brendon’s audio clips: PressureMovement.mp3 - In this clip, Eliyahu describes asking intactivists to disavow Clopper and myself. When he does get his way, he turns to journalists to "have pressure come from the outside." (last line of clip) This shows a behavior of publishing hit pieces on the movement to get them to do what he want.NeverSaid.mp3 - In this clip, Eliyahu concludes from a single "offhand comment" that I do not recall ever saying, that I am a "white nationalist." He also acknowledges that I have never said anything white nationalist outside his false claim. This also confirms the pattern I discuss in my response audio that Eliyahu deliberately makes his claims unfalsifiable.TopEschelon.mp3 - In this clip, Eliyahu confirms that he had secret meetings with the "top echelon" of the intactivist movement in which he slandered me and wanted them to attack me and my film on his behalf.TolerantofRacism.mp3 - In this clip, Eliyahu claims that the American intactivist movement is "tolerant of racism" because they would not disavow and publicly attack me based on a single false claim by him. He then suggests that he met with European activists who were more receptive. I have had at least one European activist confirm that they did not support my film due to his campaign.TheirOnlineForums.mp3 - In this clip, Eliyahu claims I "was a member of the alt right," had an account on "their online forums," and suggests that liking online meme culture is evidence of white nationalism. I'd love to know exactly which online forums he is making a factual claim I have an account on.The Pink PeacockJ Weekly: Glasgow’s queer Yiddish anarchist cafe aims to spark a Jewish revolution in ScotlandThe National: Pink Peacock staff burn Harry Potter book in Glasgow streetChips and Donner 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

Hold onto your hat (if you still have it) because this week on Blocked and Reported, Jesse and Katie discuss the science and religion of circumcision. Then, a fight within the intactivist movement leads to accusations of bigotry. Finally: Should Jesse grow his foreskin back? You decide. John Harvey KelloggRyan Fan: No, Corn Flakes Were Not Invented to Stop MasturbationFrom Ritual to Science: The Medical Transformation of Circumcision in American American Pediatric Association: Circumcision Policy Statement Study on circumcision and HIV transmission in AfricaBrian Earp: The Unbearable Asymmetry of B******tCDC: Trends in Circumcision for Male Newborns in U.S. Hospitals: 1979–2010https://www.nyc.gov/site/doh/health/health-topics/safe-bris.pageJohn Colapinto: “The True Story of John/Joan”Alex Bryne: The Origin of “Gender Identity” Mother Jones: Holy Scalpels, Foreskin Man!Eliyahu Ungar-Sargon: Interview With the Creator of Foreskin ManHarvard Crimson: Harvard ‘Reviewing’ Employee’s Nude, Anti-Semitic Rant in Sanders TheatreForegenCut: Slicing Through the Myths about CircumcisionBruchim OnlineEliyahu Ungar-Sargon: On The Impermissibility of Infant Male Circumcision Eliyahu Ungar-Sargon: How to Deradicalize a MovementBeyond the Bris: Standing Against Anti-SemitismAmerican Circumcision Brendon Marotta: The Path to Childrens’ JusticeBeyond the Bris: Undermining the Cause of Genital Autonomy through Jewish Scapegoating & Antisemitic TropesBrendon Marotta: Bruchim's Founders Have Been Engaged In A Slander Campaign Against Me 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 premium edition of Blocked and Reported, Katie and Jesse discuss Taylor Swift, wildfires, and decide whether or not poly guys with two girlfriends belong at Pride. Then, Katie answers one of the world’s most burning questions: Who the hell invented demisexuality?To become a Primo and get full ac… To hear more, visit www.blockedandreported.org

This week on Blocked and Reported, Jesse re-examines the case of the Citibike Karen who wasn’t. Or was she? Then, Katie tells Jesse about the outrage over two Lululemon employees who were unjustly fired for reporting thieves to the police. Or were they?Become a Primo here. NY Post: “NYC hospital ‘Karen’ paid for Citi Bike at center of viral fight with black man: lawyer”NBC New York: “Bellevue Worker in Citi Bike Fight Video Has Receipts Showing She Rented It: Lawyer”NewsOne: “Mother Of Teen In Citi Bike Video Speaks Out: ‘No One Bothered To Ask Him What Happened’”The Guardian: “Billion-dollar Lululemon under fire for promoting 'resist capitalism' event”National Review: “Lululemon Fires Atlanta Employees for Calling Police During Robbery”Business Insider: “Ex-Lululemon staffers say they were fired for reporting robbery to police”Sky New Australia: “'Absolute insanity’: Lululemon staff fired for calling cops to report robbery”Free Beacon: “Lululemon Fires Two Employees Who Called Police on Masked Robbers”11 Alive News: “Lululemon employees fired after robbery for breaking policy, they say”Daily Mail: “Lululemon is slammed for FIRING staff who confronted masked thieves as they brazenly ransacked Georgia store and dashed out with armfuls of pricey yoga gear - because they 'broke employee policy'” 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

On this Primo episode of Blocked and Reported, Jesse Singal and Katie Herzog answer questions submitted by their favorite listeners. To become a favorite listener, join here. To hear more, visit www.blockedandreported.org

This week on Blocked and Reported, Katie Herzog tells Jesse Singal the about the birth, death, and rebirth of Toronto’s Anarchist Cafe, and then the two discuss recent recent events in Karen-land. To become a Primo, join here. Toronto Star: “The Anarchist, Toronto’s anti-capitalist cafe, is closing after getting scalded by capitalism”Inc: “Of Course the Anarchist Café Closed for Lack of Profits, Funding. But Anti-Capitalism Didn't Doom It”NYT: “Uber’s Diversity Chief Put on Leave After Complaints of Insensitivity”NBC New York: “Video of NYC Hospital Worker's Citi Bike Confrontation Under Review, Bellevue Says”NY Post: “NYC hospital ‘Karen’ paid for Citi Bike at center of viral fight with black man: lawyer”NBC New York: “Bellevue Worker in Citi Bike Fight Video Has Receipts Showing She Rented It: Lawyer”NewsOne: “Mother Of Teen In Citi Bike Video Speaks Out: ‘No One Bothered To Ask Him What Happened’” 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 Singal explains what the kids are up to these days, and—content warning—it’s gaming and it’s disgusting. Plus, Katie Herzog goes full lib woketard on a panel about free speech by arguing that the government should not, in fact, ban underwater gender basketweaving studies.[Correction from Jesse: At 43:00 in the or… To hear more, visit www.blockedandreported.org

In Part 2 of our series on the unhinged five-year harassment campaign against Patrick Tomlison, Katie and Jesse discuss the suspects. (Listen to Part 1 first.)Jackie Singh: “The Swedish Connection: Unraveling America’s Swatting Terror” 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 show, Katie Herzog tells Jesse Singal how a tweet about Norm MacDonald led to an unhinged five-year harassment campaign, and the woman trying to solve the mystery of who is behind it.Jackie Singh’s HackingButLegal.comWashington Examiner: “Senior Biden campaign cybersecurity expert participated in racist internet troll group”Weev on Singh aka JaxJackie Singh: The Swedish Connection: Unraveling America’s Swatting TerrorVice News: “A Computer Generated Swatting Service Is Causing Havoc Across America”Encyclopedia Dramatica on Patrick TomlinsonDaily Beast: “Internet Trolls Have Tormented This Sci-Fi Writer for Years—and He Can’t Stop Them”Patrick Tomlinson: “How Trolls Hack Twitter to Silence the Rest of Us” 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, Katie Herzog and Jesse Singal discuss a new profile of Liz (née Elizabeth) Holmes and decide once and for all if the paper of record is laundering Liz’s laundry. NYT: “Liz Holmes Wants You to Forget About Elizabeth”Jezebel: “Cute! New York Times Helps Elizabeth Holmes Launder Her Reputation Before Prison”Jesse… To hear more, visit www.blockedandreported.org

This week on the show, Jesse Singal and Katie Herzog discuss the recent killing of a homeless man on the New York City subway and the less recent killing of a fox in the UK. Featuring: A Michael Jackson impersonator, a marine, the American media, Jo Maugham and Jo Rowling (no relation). Also, please come to this FIRE event with Katie at the University of Washington on May 12th. It’s about free speech and it’s, appropriately, free. Part 1:The subway video New York Magazine: “Daniel Penny Identified As the Man Who Choked Jordan Neely to Death”CNN: "Man dies after being put in a chokehold by another rider on New York City subway, officials say. The DA is investigating”NBC News: "Video shows NYC subway confrontation end with fatal chokehold"NYT: "No Arrest in New York Subway Chokehold Death, and Many Want to Know Why"Roxanne Gay: “Making People Uncomfortable Can Now Get You Killed”Jonathan Rosen: “American Madness”Part 2: Jolyon’s windmillJolyon's recordJolyon’s partyJolyon’s ProjectThe LGB AllianceThe Critic Magazine: Taking the clown seriouslyThe Daily Mail: Is Jolyon the fox-killing Brexit-loathing barrister with a penchant for silk kimonos the most ludicrous man in Britain?The Spectator: Jolyon Maugham’s opening sentence might be the worst of all time 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

Halt, vagrant! Hailest thou from the tribe of the latinx? Or ypipo? LGBTQIA2+ or cishet? Art thou based, or cringe? Don thine helmet and draw thy sword, for this week on Blocked And Reported, we defend our honor! First, Katie Herzog duketh it out with Jesse Singal to determine who shall inherit the kingdom of Blocked And Reported in the event one of them should die. Then, Jesse attacketh the honor of Ed Yong, highly decorated knight of journalism and recipient of a Pulitzer medal. Alas, Jesse striketh at his most subpar front-page article for The Atlantic, laying bare its inaccuracy for all to see. Then, the denizens of Twitter come after Jesse Singal for his coverage of the St. Louis Transgender Center. After Jamie Reed laid bare its most dishonorable treatment of trans children, it attempteth to repair its honor by investigating itself and finding itself innocent! But by doing so, our intrepid duo expose even more of its dishonest acts…And finally, TikToker @jackielabonita is mocked at a baseball game, leading the dezinens of the ‘net to come to the defense of the poor maiden’s honor — including none other than legendary bard Cardius of B. But why hath honor culture suddenly returned to America of all places? What if it were white women who hath mocked a black woman? Do Jewish gamers have honor culture? Listen in as our brave knights don their philologist hats and investigate!Also there are bears f*****g for some reason???The links Katie clickedhttps://twitter.com/WallStreetSilv/status/1651039681407078400https://twitter.com/nypost/status/1651279526310166549New York Post: “Conor Skelding loses battle with cancer”https://nypost.com/2023/04/23/new-york-post-reporter-conor-skelding-loses-battle-with-cancer/The episode of ours that led to the viewer responsesThe Ed Yong DebunkingThe Atlantic’s story on 1/5 healthcare workers quitting due to COVIDhttp://web.archive.org/web/20211117011521/https://www.theatlantic.com/The survey citedhttps://morningconsult.com/2021/10/04/health-care-workers-series-part-2-workforce/A debunking of this claimhttps://www.beckershospitalreview.com/workforce/if-1-in-5-healthcare-workers-have-quit-where-have-they-gone.htmlJesse Singal & Bari Weiss EXPOSEDThe callouthttps://twitter.com/ryanlcooper/status/1649784774603468800The article they’re citing, accidentally proving Jesse righthttps://www.kansascity.com/news/politics-government/article274573836.htmlNBC News article on the casehttps://www.nbcnews.com/nbc-out/out-news/st-louis-gender-clinic-accusations-unsubstantiated-internal-investigat-rcna81233Jesse’s articles on the Transgender CenterDefining “reasonable care”https://www.lauensteinlaw.com/news/2017/06/19/defining-reasonable-care-and-negligence/Why you shouldn’t trust the right-wingers’ investigations, eitherhttps://ballotpedia.org/Andrew_Bailey_(Missouri)Missouri restricting transition care for adultshttps://www.nytimes.com/2023/04/14/us/missouri-transgender-health-care.htmlThe new emergency regulationshttps://ago.mo.gov/docs/default-source/press-releases/2023-04-13---emergency-reg.pdfKatie’s leaked yearbook photohttps://www.reddit.com/r/BlockedAndReported/comments/12woca6/guess_who_in_high_school/TikTokThe “girl-on-girl action” at a baseball game that started it allhttps://www.tiktok.com/@jackielabonita/video/7224738861270715690Twitter’s massive reactionhttps://twitter.com/cupid4joon/status/1649920143290519552Even Cardi B gets involvedhttps://twitter.com/iamcardib/status/1649972293093715969Cultures of honorhttps://social.psych.iastate.edu/about-my-research/research-on-culture-of-honor/The Insider article on the blowuphttps://www.insider.com/jackie-labonita-mocked-women-doxxing-backlash-tiktok-2023-4Other commentators weigh inhttps://www.tiktok.com/@t514grl/video/7224989934271122731?q=stitch%20%40jackielabonita&t=1682340093109Freddie DeBoer on online shaminghttps://freddiedeboer.substack.com/p/perhaps-a-wave-has-crested 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

It was barely half past two when Trace stepped into my office, casefiles in hand. The first one gave me a good chuckle. Apparently Elon had removed “legacy verification” from Twitter — meaning the only way to get a blue check now was to give him eight smackeroos a month. Everyone from Jason Alexander to SCOTUS Blog was threatening to bounce, someone had impersonated the Big Apple itself, and Elon had footed the bill for LeBron James, Stephen King, and — her?! No way.I gazed at the smoke detector above me, two rectangular holes where its batteries should be, and flipped to File #2. A writer for The Atlantic named Ed Yong had crossed the line from “journalist” to “activist”, going after everyone questioning the narrative on “long COVID”. Something about the evidence he used smelled fishy as hell. I put it to the side — this was one for Jesse to handle.The last file was something else entirely. I took a drag of my cigarette, watching the smoke curl lazily towards the ceiling as I kept reading. An old grandma gets raided by the DEA for traffickin’ human growth hormone. No charges. Turns out what she was pushin’…wasn’t exactly intended for human consumption. Then the FDA busts a lady importing “beauty products” from Hong Kong. Confiscate her cars, her mansions. A spreadsheet she kept shows she moved a whopping $10 million worth of product.“You think they’re connected?”“A listener tipped us off. Said her cat needed meds, but they’re illegal. The dame says her vet pointed her towards a Facebook group that could hook her up under the table. I think they’re the missing link. Real secretive, though. Won’t talk to anyone who’s not a buyer, so I sent them an invite, pretending to be —"Suddenly, the phone rang. A booming voice on the other end spoke. “Your invitation to join FIP Warriors® 5.0 has been accepted.”I stood up and brushed the flakes of weed off my trenchcoat as Trace unholstered his trusty snubnose revolver and adjusted his fedora.“Start the car, Trace. Looks like we’re going undercover.”Blue ChecksThe results of the legacy checkmark removalhttps://twitter.com/goldengateblond/status/1649162600826167296https://twitter.com/thatfrood/status/1649179696226000897?s=20https://twitter.com/realrickpaulas/status/1649136628915380226?s=20Musk buys Twitter Blue for Stephen Kinghttps://twitter.com/StephenKing/status/1649147510525423626Long COVIDEd Yong’s article on Long COVIDhttps://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2023/04/long-covid-symptoms-invisible-disability-chronic-illness/673773/The CDC on Long COVIDhttps://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/long-term-effects/index.htmlEvidence is mixed as to whether vaccines reduce the chances or severity of long COVIDhttps://www.kff.org/policy-watch/long-covid-what-do-latest-data-show/Household Pulse survey on Long COVIDhttps://www.cdc.gov/nchs/covid19/pulse/long-covid.htmFederal Reserve report on Long COVIDhttps://www.federalreserve.gov/econres/notes/feds-notes/long-covid-cognitive-impairment-and-the-stalled-decline-in-disability-rates-20220805.htmlSurvey about discrimination against those with long COVIDhttps://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0277317Jesse’s response to the articleThe New Republic: We Might Have Long Covid All Wronghttps://newrepublic.com/article/168965/might-long-covid-wrongStuart Ritchie: Does Long Covid really exist?https://unherd.com/2021/06/does-long-covid-really-exist/Ed Yong’s first article on Long COVIDhttps://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2020/06/covid-19-coronavirus-longterm-symptoms-months/612679/The Kitty CartelThe Atlantic’s 2020 piece on black-market cat remdesivirhttps://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2020/05/remdesivir-cats/611341/Business Insider’s articlehttps://www.businessinsider.com/coronavirus-treatment-cats-fip-sold-10k-black-market-2020-6?r=US&IR=TRobin says she doesn’t get kickbackshttps://www.reddit.com/r/cureFIP/comments/11qv50c/proof_that_robin_has_previously_claimed_they_dont/OneZero: Inside a Facebook ‘Dallas Buyers Club’ for Cat Drugshttps://onezero.medium.com/desperate-cat-owners-are-buying-illegal-cat-drugs-on-facebooks-black-market-cd40bfe90997Cure FIP exposes FIP Warriorshttps://www.curefip.com/post/drama-fip-telenovelasFIP Warriorshttps://www.facebook.com/groups/804374446995270FIP Global Catshttps://www.facebook.com/groups/595916822107282Zen By Cathttps://www.zenbycat.org/ 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

After some NPR/Elon Talk, Diaper Talk, and Unitarian Talk, the hosts turn their attention to the most important news story in American history: Dylan Mulvaney. Who is Dylan Mulvaney? What is a Barbie pouch? Why is Kid Rock so mad? Who drinks Bud Light, anyway?Show notes/LinksMommy and Daddy are fightinghttps://www.npr.org/2023/04/12/1169269161/npr-leaves-twitter-government-funded-media-labelPesca on the 1% memehttps://twitter.com/pescami/status/1646542019479629829What Jesse was forced to see so now you have to as wellhttps://cdn11.bigcommerce.com/s-el0gde4gbz/images/stencil/2560w/products/5896/10122/Alpaca-PUL-Pants-5687-Amazon__76119.1680190884.jpg?c=2Mulvaney TikToksDrew Barrymore momentMatt Walsh sure is madhttps://twitter.com/MattWalshBlog/status/1625617441219813409But like what literally even ARE sporps??Kid Rock most affectedhttps://twitter.com/KidRock/status/1643090302410936323Bud Light VPLeft and right both fall for, spread confusionhttps://www.thepinknews.com/2023/04/11/bud-light-dylan-mulvaney-alissa-heinerscheid/https://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2023/04/10/bud_light_vp_defends_dylan_mulvaney_can_my_job_was_to_take_a_brand_in_decline_and_attract_young_drinkers.htmlEveryone is keeping it classyhttps://dailycaller.com/2023/04/11/alissa-gordon-heinerscheid-leaked-social-media-pictures-bud-light-ad-executive-slammed-fratty-culture-seen-partying-drinking-isis-club/Image: NEW YORK, NEW YORK - MARCH 13: Dylan Mulvaney attends her Day 365 Live! at The Rainbow Room on March 13, 2023 in New York City. (Photo by Roy Rochlin/Getty Images) 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

After some initial ant talk and discussion of AntCon2023, Jesse and Katie catch up on the latest controversies surrounding two frequent BARPod subjects: “whistleblower” Rebekah Jones and whistleblower Jamie Reed.Show notes/LinksRebekah JonesPrior Rebekah Jones coverageGuess who’s back?Back againBecky’s backTell a friendhttps://twitter.com/GeoRebekah/sta… To hear more, visit www.blockedandreported.org

After Jesse introduces an exciting new feature representing cutting-edge podcasting technology, and then engages in some Diaper Talk with Katie, Katie tells Jesse the story of the mind-blowing moral panic that has caused a large swath of the Unitarian Universalist Association to melt down. You want recriminations? Oh, we got ‘em!Show notes/Links:Diapers: :(https://www.thestranger.com/sex/2023/03/31/78928220/young-at-hearthttps://www.indystar.com/story/news/local/hamilton-county/noblesville/2022/07/29/noblesville-killed-5-5m-development-deal-because-of-adult-baby-shop/65385426007/UUA:SkochkoRogues’ Galleryhttps://www.uua.org/uuagovernance/committees/mfc/clergy-misconduct-investigationsRohde’s GoFundMehttps://www.gofundme.com/f/Make-the-UUA-accountableIs Your Child Practicing Gadflyism?Book formhttps://www.amazon.com/Gadfly-Papers-Inconvenient-Essays-Minister/dp/1070524484https://www.amazon.com/Gadfly-Affair-Heretics-Excommunication-Americas/dp/B091WJ6Q5CCORRECTION: In an earlier verision of this podcast I said Kate Rohde lost her ”pension.” This was incorrect. She lost access to various funds but not her pension. It has been updated. Apologies for the error. —KHImage: BARRE, VERMONT, USA - FEBRUARY, 21, 2020: Winter time city view. Universalist Church via Getty 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

Today’s episode is about people who say things that aren’t true. There should be a word for such people! First up: Aja Romano, who has a long history of both tee-shirt vandalism and ~~online deception~~. Then, the sad and tangled story of Chris Avellon, the cancelled games writer… or perhaps UNcancelled???Show notes/LinksA Brief History Of Ajahttps://fa… To hear more, visit www.blockedandreported.org