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Blocked and Reported

Katie Herzog and Jesse Singal
Blocked and Reported
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    Premium: Got E. coli?

    16/04/2026 | 19 mins.
    This 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…


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    Episode 303: Interrogating Viral Wokeness: A Case Study In Discursive Misrecognition (In Canada)

    13/04/2026 | 59 mins.
    This 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 Dispatch
    Opinion | Did Wokeness Leave Us Worse Off? - The New York Times
    Brock Colyar on Pronouns, Identifying as Nonbinary


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    Premium: The Return Of The Return Of Facilitated Conversation

    08/04/2026 | 16 mins.
    This 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 Times
    Doctors Believed Woody Brown Would …


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    Episode 302: It's Not Cheating. It's Leveraging Available Tools To Optimize Your Workflow.

    06/04/2026 | 1h 5 mins.
    This 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 | Tubi
    Mia Ballard on Her Horrific Feminine Rage Novel - Bookstr
    A.I. Is Writing Fiction. Publishers Are Unprepared. - The New York Times
    I Was Deemed Unfit to Be a Mother - The New York Times
    New York Times Cuts Ties with Book Review Writer Over AI Use | Exclusive
    The illusion and delusion of Matt Goodwin | The Spectator
    Suicide of an author’s credibility | Ben Sixsmith | The Critic Magazine
    Matt Goodwin and Andy Twelves caught in fiery clash over author’s new book Suicide of a Nation
    AI didn’t write my book | The Spectator
    Inside the Dirty, Dystopian World of AI Data Centers - The Atlantic
    A billionaire, an AI supercomputer, toxic emissions and a Memphis community that did nothing wrong • Tennessee Lookout
    Journalism schools are teaching fear of the future: Letter from the Editor - cleveland.com



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    Episode 301: Because He Got Raided

    30/03/2026 | 1h
    This 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 : NPR
    Jury sides wtih Afroman in defamation trial w/ Ohio deputies
    Police Raided Afroman Searching for a ‘Dungeon.’ His Record Label Says He Doesn’t Even Have a Basement
    Sheriff Under Scrutiny over Drug Money Spending : NPR
    The Rise of Civil Forfeiture | The New Yorker
    Sheriff Under Scrutiny over Drug Money Spending : NPR
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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. www.blockedandreported.org
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