Returning champion Helen Lewis joins the podcast for their traditional Christmas quiz about dumb online events of the year. They also discuss the Satanic Temple's collision with social justice, the Guggenheim's scapegoat, and how America's freedom-obsessed state fell for an authoritarian governor.

Hosts discuss false accusations of racism against an author, cancelation scandals on YA Twitter, journey of a fan fiction writer who got signed by a major publisher, issue of review bombing on Goodreads, and the discussion on fake reviews and racial dynamics.

Bari Weiss, a perpetual Twitter villain, is accused of Literal Murder. The podcast discusses the Zei Squirrel vs Destiny origin story. The contentious Palestinian professor, Refaat Alareer, teaching Israeli Poetry is also mentioned. Drew Pavlou's comments on Alareer's tweets are highlighted.

This podcast discusses the unionization of a gay bar in Chicago, the challenges faced by the restaurant industry, analysis of union demands and wages at the bar, and the impact of minimum wage increases on servers and bartenders.

This podcast episode covers a range of interesting topics, including the recent Congressional hearings on antisemitism and free speech on campus, reflections on Zionism and the complexities of the Israel-Palestine conflict, discussions on backtracking on free expression and the importance of privacy, insights on using Express VPN for privacy protection, the benefits of using Shopify's POS system for retail stores, and an exploration of the inconsistent application of harassment codes in universities.

This week on the Primo edition of Blocked and Reported, Jesse and Katie discuss Calla Walsh, a young activist who got her start stumping for establishment Democrat Ed Markey before pivoting to a career as a freedom fighter. Plus, Communist heir Fergie Chambers. To hear more, visit www.blockedandreported.org

Diaper-lovers drama in NaNoWriMo fandom, Deadspin writer and Portland anarchists in trouble, Jesse turns 40 with an eggplant parmesan story, Christian support for Israel, controversies and popularity of NaNoWriMo, complex identities of Danny and Claudia, concerns about Claudia's inappropriate behavior, false claims and stalking of a former NaNoWriMo moderator, confusion and shutdown of the forums.

This podcast explores the controversies surrounding Paddy Cosgrave and the Web Summit, including his feuds with the Irish government and leaked emails. It also discusses a case of misinformation on Twitter about imaginary nurses dying from COVID and the implications of controversial tweets. Furthermore, it highlights Paddy's attack on the Prime Minister of Ireland and his involvement in funding investigative journalism.

Trans activist Andrea James and her controversial website are discussed. Other topics include gay furry hackers targeting a nuclear lab, cancel culture, controversial tweets, and the controversy surrounding auto-gynephilia theory.

This week on Blocked and Reported, Jesse and Katie discuss the furor over a self-described autogynephile who wore a dress to a gender conference. Also, Zoomers discover 9/11. To support the show and get extra content and much more, become a Primo. To buy our very popular merch, shop here.Nat Geo: “‘The perfect revenge'? Birds are building fortresses from anti-bird spikes”Yashar with some breaking 9/11 newsTablet: “The Franklin Prophecy”Osama bin Laden’s Letter to AmericaAlice Dreger: “Galileo's Middle Finger: Heretics, Activists, and One Scholar's Search for Justice”Genspect: The SplitPhil sent Jesse the following as part of a longer email, which we’re going to include for completion’s sake:Good-Vibe CertificationI'm not surprised that you and others felt no weird vibes from me, as even hardened GCs who have prejudice toward autogynephilic males also agreed that my vibes were fine. In addition to your three examples, I also submit five more:From Heather Heying's piece about this:The night before the conference began, many of us were in the vicinity of the hotel bar, and I saw a man walking around in a dress. I would later learn that this was Phil. I did a double-take. I asked the woman sitting next to me—am I seeing this correctly? She looked, nodded. Yep. I was unnerved. What did I not know? Did this person believe himself to be a woman, or not? Why did the answer to that question matter to me?The next night Phil approached my table, offered me a copy of his book, which I accepted, and we talked for a bit. I came away with some answers and intuitions: No, he does not think that he is actually a woman. And no, he does not seem like a creep. None of my hackles were raised. I detected no malice, no glint in the eye, no smirk, outer or inner, that he was having one over on all of us. Of course I could be wrong about these things, as anyone’s intuition can mislead them. One of the despicable truths about gender ideology is that women are being told to stop trusting the very intuitions that we have always relied on, when walking alone, when entering a bathroom or a locker room or a parking garage, when approached by a person we do not know. It is not bigoted to cross the street if you feel a tingle at the base of your skull as you see a man approaching you. It is smart. I have traveled far and wide, often exploring places alone that women are expected not to explore alone, and I have honed my intuition, although I am well aware that I can and do make mistakes. Nothing about Phil alarmed me.Lisa Jones, who I talked with a while one of the nights, officially awarded me zero points on a 10-point scale of creepiness:Now, some people online are accusing Phil of being a creepy AGP because he wore dresses at Genspect.On the AGP creepiness scale, I award my doorstep AGP five out of ten stars for moderate creepiness. Phil, by contrast, wins zero stars. I felt no creepiness from Phil Illy.Laura Becker, the detrans woman who was next to me in the photo that kicked of the controversy, also felt safe around me:I’m the young female detransitioner in the photo. I have CPTSD from male abuse. I have vulnerabilities, but I never felt vulnerable around Phil. In fact, we had a strong connection discussing sexuality and gender.How is it that a traumatized young woman like myself can find value in the sexual theory and research of this man’s book, but Genspect gets called unsafe as an organization for allowing him to have discussions about it?That’s far too broad a brush.Leslie Elliot, a centrist YoutTuber, also said my vibes were fine:From the same video, therapist Pamela Garfield-Jaeger, also weighed in. We hung out for a few hours and also shared a ride to the airport. She said that even though she admittedly had some prejudgement about me because I was a man in a dress, she also said I wasn't being creepy at all:I'm sure there are more examples of people saying my behavior was fine, but I think the point is made: my vibes were officially acceptable. To hear more, visit www.blockedandreported.org