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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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Premium: Pizzagate 2.0, Epstein Edition
Feb 1200:19:27Tap to summarizeThis week on the Primo show, we revisit Epstein Island and discuss the public condemnation of everyone who ever met, emailed, and/or ordered pizza with Jeffrey Epstein. Plus, a letter from Minneapolis, and updates on Uncle Roger, Hasan Piker, Sarah Stock, Clavicular, Danya, and more. To hear more, visit www.blockedandreported.org
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Episode 294: What Ever Happened To Net Neutrality? Part 2
Feb 901:06:36Tap to summarizeThis week on Blocked and Reported, we conclude our series looking back at the net neutrality wars. In Part 2, net neutrality lives! And then dies. And then lives! And then dies. Opinion: John Oliver finds humor in net neutrality, but loses the facts - Los Angeles TimesWhat can we learn from 800,000 public comments on the FCC’s net neutrality plan? : Sunlight FoundationOne group dominates the second round of net neutrality comments : Sunlight FoundationPresident Obama’s Statement on Keeping the Internet Open and FreeHow White House Thwarted FCC Chief on Net Neutrality - WSJObama on Net Neutrality: Enough Already! | The New YorkerFCC Releases Open Internet Order | Federal Communications CommissionDear FCC: Rethink The Vague “General Conduct” Rule | Electronic Frontier FoundationThe Resistance Must Be Digitized | Free PressNet Neutrality Repeal Process Begins With FCC Chairman’s Announcement : The Two-Way : NPRNet Neutrality: The Social Justice Issue of Our Time - Public KnowledgeThe alliance fighting to save FCC’s net neutrality rules - The Washington PostFake Comments: How U.S. Companies & Partisans Hack Democracy to Undermine Your VoicePai threatA Large-Scale Analysis of Deployed Traffic Differentiation Practices 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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Live with Katie Herzog & Ben Ryan
Feb 600:14:39Tap to summarizeThanks to everyone who joined Benjamin Ryan and me for a chat on the first destransitioner lawsuit, the state of youth gender medicine, and more. These live chats are a perk for Primo listeners. Join now to watch the full video and get three extra podcast episodes each month as well as access to our matchmaking service, our book club, our chat feature, comments sect… To hear more, visit www.blockedandreported.org
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Episode 286: Curtis Yarvin Writes A Poem
Dec 8Tap to summarizeThis week on Blocked and Reported, Jesse and Katie discuss the politics of poetry and a controversy surrounding an indie lit magazine. Plus, a Chuck Johnson update. Katie’s Duke eventJesse’s Austin eventInvestor sues Chuck Johnson for “falsely presenting ... as intelligence agent” | SemaforWhere Wokeness Went Wrong | Susan Neiman | The New York Review of BooksA MeToo Mob Tried to Destroy My Life as a Poet. This Is How I SurvivedOpen Letter to Open-Minded ProgressivesInside the New Right, Where Peter Thiel Is Placing His Biggest BetsCurtis Yarvin’s Plot Against America‘The Interview’: Curtis Yarvin Says Democracy is Done - The New York TimesSpectra PoetsGroup ThinkFor William and KristineA Close Reading of Curtis Yarvin 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 280: The Kamala Truthers (with Frannie Block)
Oct 13Tap to summarizeThis week on Blocked and Reported, Katie is joined by Frannie Block to discuss the movement to claim the 2024 election for Kamala Harris. 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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BONUS: The Last Invention
Oct 5Tap to summarizeToday, a special bonus episode from our friends Andy Mills and Matt Boll, who just released the first two episodes of their new podcast series about AI, The Last Invention. Enjoy. Longview Investigations 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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Live with Blocked and Reported
Aug 28Tap to summarizeThanks to everyone who tuned in, asked questions, and stepped in when Jesse needed a drink. To hear more, visit www.blockedandreported.org
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Premium: The Suicide Grifter
Aug 14, 202500:23:13Tap to summarizeThis week on the Primo show, Jesse and Katie discuss Joseph Awuah-Darko, a Ghanaian artist and influencer who announced his intention to seek assisted suicide, and invited people to dine with him in his last months.Joseph on InstagramJoseph Awuah-Darko's spreadsheet of emotion: 'Bipolar, colour and me’Can Artist Kehinde Wiley Survive Sexual Assault Accu… To hear more, visit www.blockedandreported.org
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Episode 271: Engagement Bait
Aug 11, 202500:59:22Tap to summarizeThis week on Blocked and Reported, Jesse and Katie discuss a schism in the anti-feminist right, featuring influencers Sarah Stock, Pearl Davis, Emily Wilson, Morgen Ariel, and one little engagement ring. Pre-order Katie’s book: https://www.drinkyourwaysober.com/The engagment photoDeranged MAGA Civil War Erupts Over Engagement Ring Size 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: Harry Potter And The Fan Fiction Freak-Out
Aug 7, 202500:28:01Tap to summarizeThis week on the Primo show, Jesse and Katie wade into the melodramatic world of Harry Potter fan fiction, the early-2000s cancellation of fan fic star Cassandra Claire/Clare, and a more recent controversy in the booming subgenre of Potter–inspired romance known as “Dramione.”Meet The College Junior Behind The Longest Fan Fiction EverBBC NEWS | Rowling … To hear more, visit www.blockedandreported.org
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