Blocked and Reported

Weekly conversations on viral internet culture and online absurdity AI summary

Katie Herzog and Jesse Singal Visit website › News · EN · 525 episodes · latest 2026-11-09

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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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Latest episodes

  1. 2026-11-09 · 1 hr 15 min

    This week on Blocked and Reported: hockey. First, Jessica the ‘80s Baby investigates the NHL’s ill-advised attempts to harness hockey’s thirstiest online fans. Then, Katie explains the AI scandal tearing apart the…

  2. 2026-11-05 · 24 min

    This week on the Primo show, the blue tsunami. Featuring: socialists versus normies, trans issues on the ballot, how the online right is coping, and how and when the Dems mess this one up (sorry). To hear more, visit…

  3. 2026-11-02 · 58 min

    This week on Blocked and Reported, Jesse and Katie discuss how RuPaul made drag mainstream, the legend of problematic queen Sharon Needles, and the Pittsburgh drag bar caught in an accidental blackface scandal. Plus, a…

  4. 2026-10-26 · 1 hr 9 min

    This week on Blocked and Reported, Jesse and Katie dig into Initiative-638, the Washington ballot initiative that would bar male athletes from girls’ sports. Will it mean genital exams in the school gym, as the No…

  5. 2026-10-26 · 1 hr 9 min

    This week on Blocked and Reported, Jesse and Katie dig into Initiative-638, the Washington ballot initiative that would bar male athletes from girls’ sports. Will it mean genital exams in the school gym, as the No…

  6. 2026-10-22 · 22 min

    This week on Blocked and Reported, Jesse and Katie head to Madison, Wisconsin, where a fatal police shooting in July sparked a protest encampment in the vein of CHOP/CHAZ. You will be shocked to learn that the protest…

  7. 2026-10-17 · 1 hr 53 min

    This week on Blocked and Reported, Katie is joined by Brad Polumbo to discuss a revelatory panel on fat liberation held at Harvard Medical School, featuring New York Times contributor Roxane Gay, fat activist Ragen…

  8. 2026-10-16 · 18 min

    Jesse’s 70-minute conversation with the man who uncovered* James Talarico’s hidey hole in an Ohio psych ward. Note: Listen to the episode first! *Did not uncover To hear more, visit www.blockedandreported.org

  9. 2026-10-16 · 34 min

    This week on Blocked and Reported, Jesse and Katie break down the viral rumor that Texas Senate candidate James Talarico was secretly being treated at an Ohio psychiatric hospital. Featuring: attempted HIPAA violations,…

  10. 2026-10-12 · 57 min

    This week on Blocked and Reported, Jesse and Katie go to Baltimore, Maryland, where the Baltimore Rock Opera Society fired its brand-new executive director following objections to her Burning Man cornrows. This one…

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03/2020 · over 6 years
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50 min
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