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Jesse shares a scandalous episode from his past, the hosts discuss a New York Times op-ed by a college student that generated a deranged and telling response from The Twitter Powers That Be, and Katie tells Jesse about a remarkable #MeToo story she spend many months investigating (which we will post to the show notes when it is actually up). To discuss this episode with other premium subscribers, click here.Show notes/Links:Max Wilbert statement: https://www.protectthackerpass.org/protect-thacker-pass-responds-to-false-statements-made-by-media/I Came to College Eager to Debate. I Found Self-Censorship Instead: https://www.nytimes.com/2022/03/07/opinion/campus-speech-cancel-culture.htmlFroomkin is a jerk:Katie’s piece: https://reason.com/2022/03/14/how-an-academic-grudge-turned-into-a-metoo-panic/Mother Jones on Florian Jaeger: https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2017/09/she-was-a-rising-star-at-a-major-university-then-a-lecherous-professor-made-her-life-hell/Image: “Rush Rhees Library, University of Rochester New York. Rush Rhees Library, University of Rochester New York, USA.” 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

The hosts discuss all the brains that have been melted by Russia’s invastion of Ukraine, the role of race in determining how local populations respond to refugees, and the all-too-common collision of trans rights and lithium mining. If you’d like to discuss this issue with other premium subscribers, click here.Nuclear stuff:https://www.nytimes.com/2022/03/03/world/europe/nuclear-plant-fire-zaporizhzhia-video.htmlhttps://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-022-00660-zBrains melting:Cowen mention:https://marginalrevolution.com/marginalrevolution/2022/01/who-will-fight.htmlDerrick Jensen:Queer Theory Jeopardy!!! with Professor Derrick Jensen:https://platypus1917.org/2020/04/02/the-left-has-never-been-against-civilization-an-interview-with-derrick-jensen/https://derrickjensen.org/2013/06/the-emperors-new-penis/https://www.feministcurrent.com/2019/10/05/its-time-for-us-all-to-stand-up-against-big-sister/The Lithium mine:https://www.eenews.net/articles/how-an-anti-trans-group-split-the-fight-against-a-lithium-mine/Image: THE HAGUE NETHERLANDS - MARCH 5: Mainly Russian nationals participate in a peaceful protest outside the Russian embassy to show support for Ukraine on March 5, 2022 in The Hague The Netherlands. Russia invaded neighboring Ukraine on 24th February 2022, its actions have met with worldwide condemnation with rallies, protests and peace marches taking place in cities across the globe. (Photo by Michel Porro/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

The hosts break the news that Vladimir Putin has invaded Russia. Then they talk about race drama in the DSA and a terrible new policy Texas is attempting to enact that would rip trans kids from their parents. It’s a light and carefree episode. If you’d like to discuss it with other premium listeners, click here.Show notes/Links:“This current event is actually about the thing I’m obsessed by”:Real or naw?:It’s exhausting: https://imgur.com/ehbZCovDeclaration of Intent from Greater Baltimore Afrosocialist and Socialists of Color Caucus:https://docs.google.com/document/d/1jqas0fvCIwuRSG9KpBfMZLABkS6_WXottn32Xz8Cx0w/editThe site: https://www.uppmaryland.org/Statement: Ken Paxton background:https://ballotpedia.org/Texas_Attorney_General_election,_2022https://www.texasstandard.org/stories/criminal-case-against-texas-attorney-general-hits-six-year-mark/https://www.dallasnews.com/news/politics/2022/02/21/whistleblowers-who-reported-texas-ag-ken-paxton-to-fbi-say-hes-lying-about-them-and-investigation/https://www.kxan.com/news/texas-politics/poll-paxton-at-risk-of-runoff-in-race-for-texas-attorney-general-bush-leads-challengers/https://www.texasmonthly.com/news-politics/attorney-general-race-texas-democrats-best-statewide-pickup-opportunity/https://www.texasattorneygeneral.gov/attorney-general-opinionsPaxton’s opinion and Abbott’s important/menacing cover letter: https://gov.texas.gov/uploads/files/press/O-MastersJaime202202221358.pdfThe tweetstorm: Too much genitals-talk for a single day on Twitter:Some mainstream coverage:https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2022/02/23/greg-abbott-gender-affirming-care-child-abuse-directive/https://19thnews.org/2022/02/ken-paxton-texas-trans-kids-families/https://www.nytimes.com/2022/02/23/science/texas-abbott-transgender-child-abuse.htmlThe Economist notes some shifting tides in Europe on this issue: https://www.economist.com/science-and-technology/2021/05/13/doubts-are-growing-about-therapy-for-gender-dysphoric-childrenSwedish documentary with English subtitles: https://www.svtplay.se/video/33358590/uppdrag-granskning/mission-investigate-trans-children-avsnitt-1Jesse’s paywalled interview with the lead presenter: Image: WASHINGTON, DC - FEBRUARY 26: People participate in a pro-Ukrainian demonstration in front of the White House to protest the Russian Invasion of Ukraine on February 26, 2022 in Washington, DC. Russian President Vladimir Putin launched a full-scale invasion of Ukraine on February 24th. (Photo by Samuel Corum/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 a very important Goat Update (tm), the hosts discuss the Canadian government’s heavyhanded response to the truckers, a very kinky new appointee to the Biden administration, and the San Francisco School Board recall. Premium subscribers can discuss the episode here.Show notes/Links:Cowboy… porno… metal…?: ​​https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-news/anti-vax-trucker-convoy-porno-metal-ram-ranch-1297926/Ilham Omar… welcome to the Intellectual Dark Web:Trudeau taking advantage of emergency powers: https://archive.is/kFjgR#selection-1375.138-1375.214Brinton on their conversion therapy: https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2011/08/survivor-mit-grad-student-samuel-brinton-remembers-ex-gay-therapy/More on them: https://businessequalitymagazine.com/qa-nuclear-engineer-presidential-advisor-conversion-therapy-activist-sam-brinton/“'Pup Play' Isn't Just a Sexual Kink. It's Freedom.” Uhhhh okay: https://www.menshealth.com/sex-women/a35523288/puppy-play-bdsm/Katie’s observation: SF is quite blue: https://abc7news.com/election-results-joe-biden-donald-trump-bay-area/7680084/https://sfist.com/2020/11/16/over-56-000-people-in-san-francisco-voted-for-trump/NYT on the recall: https://www.nytimes.com/2022/02/16/us/san-francisco-school-board-recall.htmlMoliga had attempted to distance himself from the other two: https://sfstandard.com/education/facing-recall-school-board-member-faauuga-moliga-goes-it-alone/Good rundown: https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2022/02/san-francisco-school-board-recall/López does herself no favors in this Chotiner interview: https://www.newyorker.com/news/q-and-a/how-san-francisco-renamed-its-schoolsSeems like a good use of School Board time: Racist tweets: https://missionlocal.org/2021/03/alison-collins-school-board-tweets/Crazy CNN article: https://www.cnn.com/2022/02/17/opinions/san-francisco-school-board-recall-hemmer/index.htmlGood interview with Siva Raj: Image: Police and demonstrators clash on February 19, 2022, in Ottawa, Canada. - Police in Canada deployed to dislodge the final truckers and protesters from downtown Ottawa, in a mostly peaceful operation aimed at bringing an end to three weeks of demonstrations over Covid-19 health rules. Ottawa police, who pledged the operation would push ahead "until residents and citizens have their city back," were still working to clear the capital's streets. (Photo by ANDREJ IVANOV / AFP) (Photo by ANDREJ IVANOV/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

Jesse has another crazy travel story, this one from a wild night out in Santa Barbara. Then he tells Katie about a recent controversy at the /r/antiwork subreddit, and Katie tells him about the Canadian Freedom And/Or Nazi Truckers. Also, the podcast is looking for a professional cowboy/girl/person. To discuss this episode with other premium subscribers, click here.Show notes/Links:Great rundown from Trace: https://tracingwoodgrains.medium.com/r-antiwork-a-tragedy-of-sanewashing-and-social-gentrification-56298af1c1a7The subreddit: https://reddit.com/r/antiworkFAQ: https://web.archive.org/web/20220131104428/https://old.reddit.com/r/antiwork/wiki/indexExplainer: https://old.reddit.com/r/antiwork/comments/fde9mp/whats_the_solution_whats_the_alternative_what_can/“All they are asking for is a fair chance to find a decent job with the potential of advancing. They’d also like to be paid fairly and treated with dignity and respect”: https://www.forbes.com/sites/jackkelly/2022/01/27/reddits-antiwork-subreddit-temporarily-shuts-down-after-an-awkward-interview-between-a-moderator-and-fox-news-star-jesse-watters/?sh=140ad3172878Rundown of the aftermath: https://www.businessinsider.com/antiwork-reddit-moderator-doreen-ford-removed-after-fox-news-interview-2022-1Beware The Honkler: GoFundMe: Image: Supporters and truckers front the Parliament Hill during a protest in downtown of Ottawa, Canada, on February 12, 2022. The protest of anti-vaccine truckers, which started on January 29 in Ottawa, continued today near the parliament Hill. (Photo by Mohamed Kadri/NurPhoto 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

In 2022, the two biggest celebrities in America are Joseph J. Rogan and Critical R. Theory. Some people think one of them should be deplatformed. Others think the other should be deplatformed. Still others think BOTH should be deplatformed (okay, no one thinks that). What’s the truth? Katie and Jesse are on the case. To discuss this episode with other premium subscribers, click here. (Apologies that I initially left the comment thread open on this one and then locked it — feel free to repost any comment you made here over there. Goal is to just keep comments totally private, and this episode will be unlocking to the public on Monday. -J)Show notes/Links:The anti-Rogan Spotify boycott: https://fortune.com/2022/02/03/spotify-boycott-neil-young-joni-mitchell-nils-lofgren-india-arie-mary-trump-joe-rogan-experience-vaccines-race/Neil Young has his own misinformation problem:https://www.thedailybeast.com/neil-youngs-long-record-of-spreading-scientific-misinformationSingal/Heer:Pesca and Nyhan on polling fuzziness:https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly9mZWVkcy5tZWdhcGhvbmUuZm0vc2xhdGVzdGhlZ2lzdA/episode/YzExYjZmYTQtNzQ5OC0xMWVjLTk5NjMtMmIyNWUwMmE4NjEz?hl=en&ved=2ahUKEwjix4m1ruf1AhVRJEQIHfJdCZcQieUEegQIKhAd&ep=6Jeff Sachs on the CRT fight:https://pen.org/steep-rise-gag-orders-many-sloppily-drafted/Spreadsheet of proposed bills:https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1Tj5WQVBmB6SQg-zP_M8uZsQQGH09TxmBY73v23zpyr0/edit#gid=267763711Scientific American mangles its coverage of the CRT fight (long story but the bill does not ban a list of words):https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/the-anti-critical-race-theory-movement-will-profoundly-affect-public-education/SUNY Fredonia pedophilia controversy:https://www.insidehighered.com/quicktakes/2022/02/03/suny-fredonia-reviewing-professor%E2%80%99s-comments-pedophiliaImage: LAS VEGAS, NEVADA - DECEMBER 10: Joe Rogan introduces fighters during the UFC 269 ceremonial weigh-in at MGM Grand Garden Arena on December 10, 2021 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Photo by Carmen Mandato/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 Jesse presents Katie with two equally moral solutions to the goat roblems that have been plaguing her, the hosts discuss the recent brouhaha surrounding E.O. Wilson, Scientific American, and Razib Khan. In addition, Stephen Jay Gould was such a dick. To discuss this episode with other premium subscribers, click here. (Thank you to @metorotem for the episode title.)Show notes/Links:Goats:WilsonKhanghazi:E.O. Wilson obit: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/12/27/science/eo-wilson-dead.htmlTwo good books on this sort of thing by Alice Dreger and Stephen Pinker:https://www.amazon.com/Galileos-Middle-Finger-Heretics-Activists/dp/0143108115https://www.amazon.com/Blank-Slate-Modern-Denial-Nature/dp/0142003344E.O. Wilson letter quoted here:https://spectatorworld.com/newsletter/misremembering-e-o-wilson/The disastrous Scientific American article:https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/the-complicated-legacy-of-e-o-wilson/No need to, like, quote:Good takedown: https://scottaaronson.blog/?p=6202Even Turkheimer isn’t having it:https://www.twitter.com/ent3c/status/1476626271090233346Razib’s (and others’) rebuttal: The Gawker article:http://tktk.gawker.com/new-times-op-ed-writer-has-a-colorful-past-with-racist-169218784His TakiMag stuff: http://takimag.com/contributor/razibkhan/130His Unz stuff:https://www.unz.com/author/razib-khan/Grant:http://990s.foundationcenter.org/990pf_pdf_archive/207/207181582/207181582_200912_990PF.pdf#page=16More accusations:https://evolutionnews.org/2019/05/geneticist-razib-khan-a-darwinist-and-the-alt-right/Here’s where “quadroon Jews” was:https://www.unz.com/gnxp/how-ashkenazi-jewish-are-you/Khan on eugenics:https://www.razib.com/wordpress/2012/11/11/eugenics-the-100-year-cycle/Khan in Discover forever ago:https://www.discovermagazine.com/health/why-race-as-a-biological-construct-matters2000 VDARE letter with race/IQ stuff:https://vdare.com/letters/vdare-khan-letter-and-sailer-reply-america-s-imported-caste-systemPeople mad/repentant/etc.:Good rundown:Nuanced discussion of guilt-by-association and McCarthyism:https://archive.is/R0m6DAaaaaand it’s gone:REPENT, MOTHERFUCKER!:Khan encouraged people to stay civil and keep the focus on Wilson, then went back to genetics and living his life:He also went on the podcast Urbane Cowboys to discuss the whole affair: Image: CAMBRIDGE, MA - APRIL 17: Biologist, naturalist and writer E.O. (Ed) Wilson in his Harvard office in the Museum of Comparative Zoology. (Photo by Suzanne Kreiter/The Boston Globe 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 discuss their nonconsensual Yassifications, they bring on Mike Pesca to discuss the time he was forced out at Slate because… well, hard to say! If you’re a premium subscriber and would like to discuss this episode, click here.Show notes/Links:The Yassification incident: https://www.reddit.com/r/BlockedAndReported/comments/s5ee24/the_yassification_of_jesse_singal_and_katie_herzog/The Daily Beast’s bad coverage of the Donald McNeil, Jr. incident:https://www.thedailybeast.com/star-new-york-times-reporter-donald-mcneil-accused-of-using-n-word-making-other-racist-commentsLetter from NYT staffers suggesting this was not, you know, an isolated incident: More responsible coverage:https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/14/business/media/new-york-times-donald-mcneil.htmlhttps://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/02/09/what-happened-with-new-york-times-reporter-don-mcneil/McNeil tells his side: https://donaldgmcneiljr1954.medium.com/nytimes-peru-n-word-part-one-introduction-57eb6a3e0d95?source=user_profile---------19-------------------------------Defector’s hatchet job on Pesca:https://defector.com/mike-pesca-slate-suspended/The Gist is back!Image: NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE - OCTOBER 26: (L-R) Kurt Bardella, Mike Pesca and Jennifer Rubin speak onstage during the 2019 Politicon at Music City Center on October 26, 2019 in Nashville, Tennessee. (Photo by Ed Rode/Getty Images for Politicon) 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

The host’s discuss Jesse’s very crazy week in Miami, Grimes, a very confusing online brouhaha involving Michael Tracey, South Korea, and fan letters written in menstrual blood, and the accusations of white supremacy leveled against that bastion of bigotry, National Public Radio. If you’d like to discuss this episode with other premium subscribers, click here.Show notes/Links:Hereticon: https://www.hereticon.com/Russ George’s pirate-geoengineering project (he did not mention during the talk that the tribe later disavowed his activity on the basis they didn’t know it violated international rules): https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2012/oct/15/pacific-iron-fertilisation-geoengineeringDynamite by BTS: Regular everyday hookup leads to major scandal for K-Pop idol:https://koreajoongangdaily.joins.com/news/article/article.aspx?aid=2959678K-Pop raises money for BLM:https://variety.com/2020/music/news/bts-army-matches-black-lives-matter-million-dollar-donation-1234627455/ The biggest K-Pop fans are giant weirdoes:https://sg.style.yahoo.com/blogs/singapore-showbiz/sasaeng-groupies-gone-wild-part-1-k-fans-141105992.htmlhttp://grantland.com/hollywood-prospectus/k-pop/“Stan” by Eminem: Hit TXT song:PAJU, SOUTH KOREA - DECEMBER 11: TXT attends 2021 Mnet Asian Music Awards (MAMA) at CJ ENM Studio Center on December 11, 2021 in Paju, South Korea. (Photo by The Chosunilbo JNS/Imazins via Getty Images)Some info on Michael Tracey:https://www.tabletmag.com/sections/news/articles/left-heretics-jilani-taibbi-traceyA Tracey Twete (tm):Shovegate:https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2017/06/04/did-rep-maxine-waters-shove-a-reporter-you-decide/Tracey on the riots: https://mtracey.medium.com/two-months-since-the-riots-and-still-no-national-conversation-12a7e3e4e006The Present Controversy:Big Hit suing people for insulting its artists:https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-49484380The fabricated tweet:Tracey responds:Not everyone buys his claims of innocence:NPR’s really bad racism problem:Folkenflik thinks it’s more complicated:https://www.npr.org/2022/01/11/1072104110/lulu-garcia-navarro-audie-cornish-noel-king-leave-nprSubtweet?:Jesse’s failed attempt to bait the K-Pop stans:Image: PAJU, SOUTH KOREA - DECEMBER 11: TXT attends 2021 Mnet Asian Music Awards (MAMA) at CJ ENM Studio Center on December 11, 2021 in Paju, South Korea. (Photo by The Chosunilbo JNS/Imazins 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 provides a brief but withering review of ‘America,’ she tells Jesse about the latest hijinks of everyone’s favorite contrarian University of Washington computer science teacher, which like all great hijinks involve land acknowledgements. Then Jesse tells Katie about Alberto Gullaba Jr.’s travails trying to get his novel published. To discuss this episode with other paying subscribers, go here.Show notes/Links:Stuart Reges on sex differences research: https://quillette.com/2018/06/19/why-women-dont-code/Research on same: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/38061313_Men_and_Things_Women_and_People_A_Meta-Analysis_of_Sex_Differences_in_InterestsThe Toxic Drama on YA Twitter:https://www.vulture.com/2017/08/the-toxic-drama-of-ya-twitter.htmlJesse on Amelie Zhao:https://www.tabletmag.com/sections/news/articles/how-a-twitter-mob-destroyed-a-young-immigrant-female-authors-budding-careerJesse on Kosoko Jackson:https://reason.com/2019/02/28/he-was-part-of-a-twitter-mob-that-attack/Jesse’s review of Jackson’s cancelled book:https://reason.com/2019/03/15/a-review-of-a-book-will-never-be-publish/Jesse’s newsletter: YA Twitter's Victims And Critics Speak Out, Part 2: How (Some) Writers Of Color Are Affected:‘Ember Days’ cancelled: https://archive.is/jp0IO#selection-629.0-637.768Jesse on the unpublishing of that PW article:‘University Thugs’ is for sale here:https://www.amazon.com/dp/B099QDNCKWAlberto’s newsletter (more of a mailing list for future updates):Freechef.substack.comAnd his Twitter account:https://twitter.com/free_chef 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