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This week on the Primo show, Jesse and Katie discuss the aftermath of the ICE shooting of Renee Good in Minneapolis. Plus, SCOTUS takes on trans athletes. Katie’s Duke event Jesse’s Austin event Jesse and Helen in SF Meetups in LA and SF Katie’s book To hear more, visit www.blockedandreported.org

This week on Blocked and Reported, Jesse and Katie discuss the very online response to the capture and extradition of Nicolás Maduro. Plus, Cea Weaver’s bad old tweets. Katie’s Duke event Jesse’s Austin event Katie’s book Meet the tenant advocate shaping Mamdani’s housing agenda | FOX 5 New York NYC Dem: Mamdani aide’s radical views prevented her appointment to city commission | Fox News Mamdani A...

This week on the Primo show, Jesse and Katie discuss the strange disappearance of Team Fortress 2 YouTuber Sketchek. Plus, Bluesky’s furious furries. Katelyn Burns Fabricated Several Exchanges With Me That Never Occurred Isabelle the dog To hear more, visit www.blockedandreported.org

This week on Blocked and Reported, Jesse and Katie explore the strange world of adult My Little Pony fans, aka bronies, and the attempted takedown of YouTube star Saberspark. Plus, the Clavicular moment. Jesse’s Austin event Katie’s Duke event Pup Tank’s giant balls (NSFW!!!) Death of a Kinkster - The Stranger This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get ac...

This week on the Primo show, Jesse and Katie discuss dark romance, Morning Glory Milking Farm , and a scandal at the 2025 dark rom con Sinners and Stardust. Plus, an FDB beef update. To hear more, visit www.blockedandreported.org

Thanks to everyone who joined Brad Polumbo and me on Substack Live, where we discussed right-wing infighting, the Turning Point USA reality TV conference, drama at CBS News, and more. (Just for the record, that thumbnail is not AI. We really look like that.) To hear more, visit www.blockedandreported.org

This week, Saint Helen Lewis joins us to discuss Jesse’s shortcomings, the state of publishing, the state of social media, the Riyadh Comedy Festival, the Olivia Nuzzi scandal, and more. Plus, our annual end-of-year extremely online pub quiz. Note: This is our last free episode of the year. Primos have more coming, but for everyone else, see you next year. Helen’s book Katie’s book Jesse’s Austin...

This week on Blocked and Reported, Jesse and Katie discuss the fallout from chess world champ Vladimir Kramnik’s obsessive campaign against alleged cheaters, including grandmaster Danya Naroditsky. Plus, AI comes for podcasters. Washington Post’s AI-generated podcasts rife with errors, fictional quotes | Semafor Hikaru hits out at grandmaster Kramnik over cheating accusations | indy100 Chess GM Vl...

This week on the Primo show, Jesse and Katie discuss Turning Point USA’s attempts to get a University of Oklahoma instructor canceled over claims of anti-Christian discrimination. Plus, Candace Owens’s ongoing investigation into who really killed Charlie Kirk (bees). Candace Owens on bees Inside Candace Owens’ media empire and the Macron lawsuit threaten… To hear more, visit www.blockedandreported...

This 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 event Jesse’s Austin event Investor sues Chuck Johnson for “falsely presenting ... as intelligence agent” | Semafor Where Wokeness Went Wrong | Susan Neiman | The New York Review of Books A MeToo Mob Tried to Destroy My Li...

This week on the Primo show, Jesse and Katie discuss the latest revelations from Ryan Lizza about Vanity Fair ’s new West Coast editor and his personal ex-girlfriend, Olivia Nuzzi. Plus, a rigorous debate on the definition of “felching.” (We forgot to do a content w… To hear more, visit www.blockedandreported.org

This week on Blocked and Reported, Jesse and Katie break down a DoorDasher’s viral sexual assault that turned out to be a little more complicated. Meanwhile, a MAGA aide survives a brutal attack. Austin event: https://forms.gle/Dq5RPDR6yz5XpwVJ8 HENDERSON PRESS RELEASE | DocumentCloud United States of America V. NATALIE GREENE Lawmaker’s former staffer staged violent political attack, police sa Th...

This week on the Primo show, Jesse and Katie discuss AI friends and lovers. Plus, Jesse reads some sexts. Friend.com To hear more, visit www.blockedandreported.org

This week on Blocked and Reported, Katie is joined by our fantastic researcher Jessica the ‘80s Baby to discuss the rise and fall of one of the UK’s most notorious forums. Mumsnet Tattle Life BBC Audio | File on 4 | Me and my Trolls Caroline Flack: ‘Be kind,’ social-media users urge The full story of how the operator of gossip site Tattle Life was unmasked in an Irish court The internet’s nastiest...

Thanks to everyone who joined our live chat today. Discussed: Olivia Nuzzi, Ryan Lizza, and Jesse and Katie play a round of Cancel Culture vs Consequence Culture: Dasha Nekrasova Edition. Olivia Nuzzi on the Scandal With RFK Jr. that Upended Her Career - The New York Times The Long, Thorny Path to Dasha Nekrasova’s Hollywood Shunning To hear more, visit www.blockedandreported.org

This week on Blocked and Reported, Jesse and Katie discuss a new report on intellectual capture at the BBC. Plus, antisemitism in NYC. The Office for the Prevention of Hate Crimes 2024 Annual Report In NYC, Jews targeted in hate crimes more than all other groups combined in 2024 Vandals Splash Graffiti on Home of Jewish Director of Brooklyn Museum Apparent Gaza activists hurl paint at homes of Bro...

This week on the Primo show, Jesse and Katie discuss #stickergate, LGB vs T, and Brianna Wu’s latest arc. Rachel Doodles and More Grumpy Greetings Co “The Growing Divide in the Rainbow Coalition” (WSJ) “ What Is a Woman? ” (New Yorker) “ Feminism’s Toxic Twitter Wars ” (The Nation) To hear more, visit www.blockedandreported.org

This week on Blocked and Reported, Jesse and Katie revisit the case of Kate Clanchy, a British author who was canceled over accusations of -isms in 2022. Plus, Teen Vogue , Lauren Duca, firings at Condé Nast, the New York mayoral race, and announcing the BARPod Book Club. Buy Katie’s book Unshrunk: A Story of Psychiatric Treatment Resistance (Indie Books) Unshrunk: A Story of Psychiatric Treatment...

We’re still on hiatus from the free show (back next week) but this week on the Primo episode, Jesse and Katie discuss The Will Stancil Show and what the hell brought us to this point. Plus, a Graham Platner update. Graham Platner’s claims that he didn’t know tattoo was Nazi-linked undercut by new evidence | CNN Politics How CNN found the Reddit user behi… To hear more, visit www.blockedandreported...

Thanks to Brad Polumbo and everyone who joined our live chat this afternoon. Discussed: Nick Fuentes, Tucker Carlson, and the war for the soul of the American right. Brad vs Everyone NORMAL GAYS with Brad Polumbo & Clarkson Lawson Buy Katie’s book To hear more, visit www.blockedandreported.org

Thank you to everyone who joined me and Dr. Joe Volipelli recently to discuss addiction medicine and why we treat alcoholism the way we do. Here’s a recording of that conversation. (Before you ask, these Lives are not a replacement for normal free or Primo episodes. Don’t worry.) https://www.drinkyourwaysober.com/ To hear more, visit www.blockedandreported.org

This week on the Primo show, Jesse and Katie discuss Waffles-gate, a very stupid controversy over Bluesky CEO Jay Graber’s refusal to ban Jesse. Plus… surprise! Turns out trans identification is down afterall. : https://bsky.jazco.dev/stats To hear more, visit www.blockedandreported.org

This week on Blocked and Reported, Jesse and Katie discuss the long life and quick death of Manhattan’s storied feminist bookstore, Bluestockings. Plus, a new report claims trans identities are on the wane… but is it true? Buy Katie’s book (please) Why are fewer young people identifying as trans? - UnHerd Jacob Eliason - Methodological issues in Kaufmann’s analysis of FIRE gender identity data NEI...

This 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

This week on the Primo show: Bari Weiss, the Free Press, CBS, and a very questionable dog collar (unrelated). https://x.com/KiwiFarmsDotNet/status/1975694694370975903 https://x.com/Tectone/status/1975770333413318938 https://x.com/Tectone/status/1975724182995448054 https://x.com/Grummz/status/197572397407… To hear more, visit www.blockedandreported.org