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Blocked and Reported
Hosted by Katie Herzog and Jesse Singal · EN
Journalists Katie Herzog and Jesse Singal scour the internet for its craziest, silliest, most sociopathic content, part of an obsessive and ill-conceived attempt to extract kernels of meaning and humanity from a landscape of endless raging dumpster fires.
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Episode 304: Pomona College And The $300 Zine That Nearly Destroyed A Department (with Emma Pettit)
Apr 2001:05:47Summary readyThis week on Blocked and Reported, Katie is joined by Chronicle of Higher Ed reporter Emma Pettit to discuss an internal civil war at Pomona College, where the literature department spiraled into years of accusations, investigations, and a whole lot of angry emails. Plus, we revisit New College of Florida, and discuss what Emma got wrong in 2020 and what she’s learned since.Some Scholars Have Long Talked About Abolishing the Police. Now People Are Listening. What Comes Next?The College That Conservatives Took OverWhen a Department Self-Destructs 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
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Premium: Got E. coli?
Apr 1600:19:24Summary readyThis week on the Primo show, Jesse and Katie discuss homesteader influencers Hannah and Daniel Neeleman of Ballerina Farm and their raw milk problems. Plus, dogs in the city. Where Does a Dog Belong?Meet the queen of the ‘trad wives’ (and her eight children)The Woman Behind Ballerina Farm, Hannah Neeleman, Makes Her Own Path - The New York Ti… To hear more, visit www.blockedandreported.org
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Episode 303: Interrogating Viral Wokeness: A Case Study In Discursive Misrecognition (In Canada)
Apr 1300:59:35Summary readyThis week on the Primo show, Jesse and Katie discuss a series of viral videos from Canada’s cringiest. Plus, has the death of wokeness been widely exaggerated?Trans Issues Are No Conspiracy - Jesse Singal - The DispatchOpinion | Did Wokeness Leave Us Worse Off? - The New York TimesBrock Colyar on Pronouns, Identifying as Nonbinary 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
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Premium: The Return Of The Return Of Facilitated Conversation
Apr 800:16:52Summary readyThis week on the Primo show, Jesse and Katie discuss the non-verbal novelist Woody Brown, the return of facilitated communication, and the reporters who apparently forgot to google it. Is Controversy Helping Lindy West Sell Books? Not as well as you might think.The Strange Case of Anna Stubblefield - The New York TimesDoctors Believed Woody Brown Would … To hear more, visit www.blockedandreported.org
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Episode 302: It's Not Cheating. It's Leveraging Available Tools To Optimize Your Workflow.
Apr 601:05:32Summary readyThis week on Blocked and Reported, Jesse and Katie discuss a string of recent AI scandals in publishing: the Shy Girl debacle, Matt Goodwin's hallucinated data, Alex Preston's plagiarized book review, and more. Plus, controversy ensues when Washington Post columnist Megan McArdle admits to (gasp) using AI in her process. Watch Thin Skin (2023) - Free Movies | TubiMia Ballard on Her Horrific Feminine Rage Novel - BookstrA.I. Is Writing Fiction. Publishers Are Unprepared. - The New York TimesI Was Deemed Unfit to Be a Mother - The New York TimesNew York Times Cuts Ties with Book Review Writer Over AI Use | ExclusiveThe illusion and delusion of Matt Goodwin | The SpectatorSuicide of an author’s credibility | Ben Sixsmith | The Critic MagazineMatt Goodwin and Andy Twelves caught in fiery clash over author’s new book Suicide of a NationAI didn’t write my book | The SpectatorInside the Dirty, Dystopian World of AI Data Centers - The AtlanticA billionaire, an AI supercomputer, toxic emissions and a Memphis community that did nothing wrong • Tennessee LookoutJournalism schools are teaching fear of the future: Letter from the Editor - cleveland.com 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
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Episode 301: Because He Got Raided
Mar 3001:00:51Summary readyThis week on Blocked and Reported, Jesse and Katie discuss American icon Afroman and the defamation trial that briefly broke the Lindyverse. Plus, a California court puts internet addiction on trial. Social media trial: Meta and Google found negligent : NPRJury sides wtih Afroman in defamation trial w/ Ohio deputiesPolice Raided Afroman Searching for a ‘Dungeon.’ His Record Label Says He Doesn’t Even Have a BasementSheriff Under Scrutiny over Drug Money Spending : NPRThe Rise of Civil Forfeiture | The New Yorker Sheriff Under Scrutiny over Drug Money Spending : NPRhttps://substack.com/@ymeskhout 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
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Strange Bedfellows + An Offer from Longview
Mar 2600:42:23Summary readyThe episode you’re about to hear is the first in a new series from our friends at Longview Investigations, the podcast company run by Matt Boll and Andy Mills, both familiar voices if you’ve been listening to our show for a while.The series is called Strange Bedfellows, and when Andy first asked if we’d be interested in sharing it with our listeners, I said absolutely not because I’m still bitter that the Moose likes Andy better than me and because every time we drop something new into the feed, at least a couple of you complain and then Jesse starts crying and sweating and it’s this whole thing. But after hearing the first episode, I changed my mind.Strange Bedfellows is exactly the kind of thing Blocked and Reported listeners will be into. It’s about how LGB became LGBTQ, what brought that sometimes uneasy coalition together, and why it now seems to be coming apart.The series is hosted by Ben Kawaller (also a BAR alum), and it’s smart, funny, and genuinely thought-provoking.And here’s the bonus offer: Andy and Matt have generously offered three months free of Longview’s membership program for our Primo subscribers. If you take them up on that and subscribe now, you’ll get access to the full three-part series before it’s released publicly.This offer is only available to Primos and the link to join is right… To hear more, visit www.blockedandreported.org
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Premium: You Are A Bitter, Untalented Mean Girl
Mar 2500:14:15Summary readyThis week on the Primo show, Jesse and Katie discuss the continuing fallout from Lindy West’s throuple memoir. Featuring: Aham’s very angry email. Note for Puget Sound listeners: The April BAR Pod meet-up will be in the Port Townsend area on April 25th. If you would like to attend, please email blockedandreportedpodcast@gmail… To hear more, visit www.blockedandreported.org
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Episode 300: Pamela Paul Answers For Her Crimes
Mar 2101:19:23Summary readyThis week on Blocked and Reported, Jesse is joined by Wall Street Journal Writer-at-Large Pamela Paul to discuss the disappearing male therapist, the politicization of the literary world, that Andrea Long Chu essay, and more.Pamela stayed on after the free show to answer questions submitted by our Primo subscribers. To hear the full episode, join us.Wha… To hear more, visit www.blockedandreported.org
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Premium: Help! Help! I'm Being Harassed
Mar 1900:19:07Summary readyThis week on the Primo show, Jesse and Katie discuss a good old-fashioned internet pile-on, this time targeting New York Times columnist Jamelle Bouie on Bluesky. Plus, a tad more L***y W**t. Lindy West’s marriage was broken. Did polyamory fix it? To hear more, visit www.blockedandreported.org
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