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After the hosts discuss some urgent loose ends from their recent Nick Fuentes episode, they discuss the latest mass shooting, Katie’s Twitter fight over Chris Rufo’s mansplainations (Jesse also mansplains), and monkeypox. To discuss this episode with other Blocked and Reported premium subscribers, click here.Show notes/Links: Nick Fuentes stuff: Robby Soave on mass shootings: https://reason.com/2022/05/26/uvalde-texas-mass-shooting-statistics-gun-crimes-misleading/Data on gun deaths: https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2022/02/03/what-the-data-says-about-gun-deaths-in-the-u-s/Stokes in 2018: https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2018/04/28/gun-nuts-guide-to-gun-control-federal-semi-automatic-firearm-license-218072/David French on this shooting: Danksy v Rufo v Herzog:Mel Magazine: https://melmagazine.com/en-us/story/terfs-conservatives-battleTPM: https://talkingpointsmemo.com/morning-memo/perdue-racism-campaign-stacey-abramsMajority Report: 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

After Jesse tells Katie about a fairly awkward dinner, the hosts dig in to a particularly sumptuous buffet of internet nonsense. You can discuss this episode with other BARPod premium subscribers here.Show notes/Links:The Reply All news: https://www.theverge.com/2022/5/18/23122764/reply-all-hosts-leaving-alex-goldman-emmanuel-dzotsiOur Episode 52: Reply All Is Melting Down Like Some Sort Of Delectable Queso Dip Appropriated By A White Bon Appetit Editor: Elon Musk says the deal is on hold: LOL: ELON NO: The Buffalo shooter’s manifesto, if you can stomach it: https://bafybeicjl3cmyl4tdze5fumhkbtzsndkvxjo5nucegbaz3lobef6and3ye.ipfs.dweb.link/Mani.pdfRight-wing extremism expert Talia Lavin blames Abigail Shrier: https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/political-commentary/buffalo-shooter-white-supremacist-great-replacement-donald-trump-1353509/NYT on hate crimes: https://www.nytimes.com/2022/05/16/us/hate-crimes-black-african-americans.htmlJesse responds: Nick Confessore on Tucker Carlson: https://www.nytimes.com/2022/04/30/us/tucker-carlson-gop-republican-party.htmlAnti-Defamation League on Carlson and the “Great Replacement” theory: https://www.adl.org/news/media-watch/adl-letter-to-fox-news-condemns-tucker-carlsons-impassioned-defense-of-greatGlenn Greenwald argues that it’s unfair to blame Tucker: 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

Katie feels misled about an online fundraising effort, Jesse follows up on the medievalist Twitter drama, Katie talks about how the West is imposing its understanding of LGTBQ identity on indigeneous cultures, and Jesse explains the latest blow-by-blow in California’s so-called Math Wars. To discuss this episode with other premium subscribers, click here.Show notes/Links:WaPo on ISAS/MRO: https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/2019/09/19/its-all-white-people-allegations-white-supremacy-are-tearing-apart-prestigious-medieval-studies-group/Stop LGBTQ colonizing!: https://www.newsweek.com/stop-imposing-western-lgbtq-identities-non-western-cultures-its-gender-colonialism-opinion-1705785Ruderman White Paper: https://rudermanfoundation.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/MediaStudy-PoliceDisability_final-final.pdfResponse: https://docs.google.com/document/d/117eoVeJVP594L6-1bgL8zpZrzgojfsveJwcWuHpkNcsJesse’s copy if anything happens to it: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Xn3wLng7ssddxSbN0HGzexx9Mem0duxecK0_pONhKeM/California’s math wars: https://www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/article/California-math-wars-get-ugly-Accusations-of-17060072.phpKatie on the tracking controversy: https://www.thestranger.com/slog/2019/12/04/42169178/the-battle-over-seattle-public-schools-gifted-progams-heats-upYouCubed: https://www.youcubed.org/“In fact, Moser’s study shows us that we don’t even have to be aware we have made a mistake for brain sparks to occur”: https://www.youcubed.org/evidence/mistakes-grow-brain/Except no: https://problemproblems.wordpress.com/2017/10/17/youcubed-is-sloppy-about-research/Local coverage: https://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/Stanford-professor-Karen-speaks-out-17064784.php?IPID=SFGate-HP-CP-Spotlight 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

Podcast discusses online meltdowns and fallout from previous episode. Controversy surrounding medieval studies and accusations of white supremacy. Analysis of a review that sparked heated debate and tension between writers and editors. Discussion on reputation in academia and the influence of Twitter. Controversy surrounding 'The Bright Ages' Viking movie and its alleged racism. Promotion of subreddit and upcoming live show at heterodox academy conference.

After Jesse and Katie talk about Chris Rufo and the latest surge of moral panic from journalists who hate journalism, Tracing Woodgrains takes us all deep inside a sophisticated conspiracy to hoax Libs of TikTok. To discuss this episode with other premium BARPod subscribers, click here.Show notes/Links:NYT profile: https://www.nytimes.com/2022/04/24/us/politics/christopher-rufo-crt-lgbtq-florida.htmlRufo’s latest: https://www.city-journal.org/radical-gender-lessons-for-young-childrenThe documents: https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/21694116-evanston-prek-3rd?responsive=1&title=1Trace’s explanation of how he and his furry buddies hoaxed Libs Of TikTok: 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

After Jesse tells a crazy story about his new life as a Brooklyn socialite, the hosts talk Jason Stanley’s SAT scores, PJ Vogt’s return to podcasting, and Taylor Lorenz’s article about the woman behind Libs of Tik Tok. To discuss this post with premium subscribers, click here.Show notes/Links:Stanleeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeey:Crypto Island: Review in Vulture: https://www.vulture.com/2022/04/crypto-island-podcast-pj-vogt.htmlReported pieces on the controversy:https://www.vulture.com/article/gimlet-reply-all-controversy-spotify-test-kitchen.htmlhttps://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/10/style/reply-all-test-kitchen.htmlJesse’s paywalled newsletter piece: Libs of Tik Tok: If we can’t trust Libs of TikTok to bring us accurate news, all is lost.New Right: https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2022/04/inside-the-new-right-where-peter-thiel-is-placing-his-biggest-betsCurtis Yarvin on murdering kids: https://www.unqualified-reservations.org/2011/07/right-wing-terrorism-as-folk-activism/On the guy who figured out who Libs of TikTok was: “Travis Brown meticulously tracks all my public posts, likes, and shares across all social media platforms (Github, Twitter, etc.), archives them permanently (without my consent, and against the terms of service of these organizations, and against data protection laws in some countries), and then posts them online with his own grotesque and twisted interpretations.”Taylor Lorenz’s article: https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2022/04/19/libs-of-tiktok-right-wing-media/Image of the Libs of TikTok logo is from Wikipedia. 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

Does the Twitter trans community have a problem with sexually violent threats? Will Elon Musk hurt Twitter? How accurate is Jon Haidt’s take on what is ailing American? How big a threat was the Gretchen Whitmer kidnappling plot? Is this question-heavy format for episode descriptions annoying? To discuss this episode with other Blocked and Reported subscribers, click here?Show notes/Link:The tweets Jesse was complaining about: A threat to hang the likes of Kathleen Stock:Normal stuff: "Why The Past 10 Years Of American Life Have Been Uniquely Stupid":https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2022/05/social-media-democracy-trust-babel/629369/Than Robinson on the SPLC: https://www.currentaffairs.org/2019/03/the-southern-poverty-law-center-is-everything-thats-wrong-with-liberalismThe Whitmer “kidnapping” “plot”:https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/kenbensinger/fbi-michigan-kidnap-whitmerhttps://reason.com/2022/04/08/gretchen-whitmer-kidnapping-plot-acquittal-fbi/The Takes:https://www.nbcnews.com/think/opinion/michigan-militia-trial-whitmer-kidnapping-plot-highlights-surge-violen-rcna22903https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2022/04/09/whit-a09.htmlImage: People attend a Freedom Rally in support of First Amendment rights and to protest against Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer, outside the Michigan State Capitol in Lansing, Michigan on May 15, 2021. (Photo by JEFF KOWALSKY / AFP) (Photo by JEFF KOWALSKY/AFP via Getty Images) 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

After Katie and Jesse have a frank discussion about the future of their relationship, they talk about a mind-boggling controversy in the fat activism world and the week everyone became a ‘groomer’ on Twitter. If you’d like to discuss this episode with other premium subscribers, you can do so here.Show notes/Links:Katie and Nellie!: Jesse and Destiny!: Katie and Jesse and Heterodox and… YOU??? (code BARPod): https://heterodoxacademy.org/conference-2022/Health at Every Size: https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/4937206-health-at-every-sizeCreative Funding: https://lindobacon.com/creative-funding/Health at Every Size principles: https://asdah.org/health-at-every-size-haes-approach/Mercedes speaks out against Bacon: https://www.patreon.com/posts/63524845Holding Lindo Bacon Accountable for Repeated Harm in the Fat Liberation & HAES® Communities: https://asdah.org/lindo-accountability/Missing stair/Wet spot: https://bodyliberationphotos.com/2022/03/08/movements-missing-stairs-and-lindo-bacon/More… stuff:https://medium.com/@joslynps/i-have-a-lindo-bacon-story-too-103ca1905bf0Julia Serano’s scary experiences with Jesse:Ghostwriter callouts:A Week Into The Lindo-pocalypse: https://www.patreon.com/posts/63858830Lindo Bacon speaks out: https://lindobacon.com/accountability/?utm_sq=h11nw4rc60Tema Okun stuff:https://nypost.com/2019/05/20/richard-carranza-held-doe-white-supremacy-culture-training/Okay, Groomer:NYT fact-check of Josh Hawley and Marsha Blackburn claims: https://www.nytimes.com/2022/03/21/us/politics/judge-jackson-child-sexual-abuse-fact-check.htmlAndrew McCarthy: https://www.nationalreview.com/2022/03/senator-hawleys-disingenuous-attack-against-judge-jacksons-record-on-child-pornography/amp/Florida bill: https://www.miamiherald.com/latest-news/article259859150.ece/BINARY/HB%201557%20education%20bill.pdf#storylink=readmore_inline“One would think that protecting elementary school classrooms from adults attempting to sexualize five through nine year olds would be a no-brainer for a movement that seeks to conserve anything worthwhile:”: https://www.theamericanconservative.com/state-of-the-union/on-the-groomer-debate/Sachs & Friends: https://pen.org/these-4-florida-bills-censor-classroom-subjects-and-ideas/Libs of Tik Tok sucks:Yglesias on the general grossness: Gawker aggressively gawkering: https://www.gawker.com/media/oh-no-the-anti-trans-bigotry-we-loved-is-starting-to-feel-homophobicImage: Burbank, CA - March 22: LGBTQ employees and their supporters walkout of Disney Animation protesting CEO Bob Chapek's handling of the staff controversy over Florida's "Don't Say Gay" bill, aka the "Parental Rights in Education" bill, on Tuesday, March 22, 2022 in Burbank, CA. (Irfan Khan / Los Angeles Times via Getty Images) 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

Jesse talks about his time in Cuba (where he was radicalized against America), and then the cohosts discuss a very naughty Tory politician, whether J.K. Rowling caused Vladimir Putin to invade Ukraine, and a bizarre story involving a liberal arts college and what can only be deranged as a dad-led sex cult. To discuss this episode with other premium subscribers, click here.Show notes/Links:"Compare and book Florida Cuba Ferries" :( - https://www.cubaferries.com/The best book on Cuba Jesse read: https://www.amazon.com/Cuba-American-Dr-Ada-Ferrer/dp/1501154559A much shorter one that is just about Havana and which is also good: https://www.amazon.com/Havana-Subtropical-Delirium-Mark-Kurlansky/dp/163286391XRowling/Putin:https://www.cnn.com/2022/03/25/world/jk-rowling-putin-intl-scli-gbr/index.htmlPolling on Rowlingesque subjects: https://yougov.co.uk/topics/politics/articles-reports/2020/07/16/where-does-british-public-stand-transgender-rightsReports of rampant lesbianism at Sarah Lawrence college: https://www.nytimes.com/1977/03/20/archives/the-trouble-at-sarah-lawrence-sarah-lawrence.htmlLarry Ray: https://www.thecut.com/2020/02/larry-ray-sarah-lawrence-students.htmlImage: Jesse’s incredible photography 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

Jesse is wandering around Cuba looking for internet so our extremely online podcast apprentice Tracing Woodgrains steps up to the mic. Discussed: Mormonism, furries, cultural appropriation, cultural gatekeeping, and Dave Rubin’s miracle babies. To discuss this episode with other premium subscribers, click here. The problematic fursuit: The response to the problematic fursuit:The response to the response to the problematic fursuit: Glenn Beck responds to Dave Rubin’s big news: Rubin Report guest discovers Dave Rubin is gay: “Dave Rubin: Why the ‘Intellectual Dark Web’ Split Up” by Freddie Sayers“Dave Rubin Is Being Rejected By His Own Audience” by Dani Di Placido “Where are Dave Rubin's babies coming from?” by Mary Harrington“End Womb Trafficking” by Julie Bindel 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