Blocked and Reported

The show gets off to what feels like its 100th consecutive turbulent start, with Katie seeking solace over a super-personal medical issue. Then the hosts discuss Bill de Blasio's tweet about the Jewish community not following social-distancing rules: Just how meshuga was it? After that, they move on to a conversation over a popular narrative about Boomers and coronavirus, and finish things up by addressing the question on everyone's mind: Is it racist to portray orcs (the fantasy creatures, which aren't real) as uncivilizable? You can follow us on Twitter at @thebarpod (https://mobile.twitter.com/thebarpod) or email us at blockedandreportedpodcast@gmail.com (mailto:blockedandreportedpodcast@gmail.com)Show notes:-Bill de Blasio's problematic tweet (https://twitter.com/NYCMayor/status/1255309615883063297)-Baby Boomers Were Blasé About the Coronavirus? Why Did We Believe That? (https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/29/opinion/sunday/coronavirus-baby-boomers.html) (New York Times)-The Orc Tweet (https://twitter.com/MonkipiQuinn/status/1254197453957459968) 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 the pod gets off to yet another rough start thanks to a vicious anti-bread tirade Katie levels at Jesse, the cohosts heat up some leftovers from the last episode by disentangling Karens and Beckys (sorry, Karens and Beckys!) and further explaining their views on expertise. Then they discuss "Why Won't Woke Boys Pay For Sex?," the MEL Magazine article that lit Twitter on fire last week: Is Progressive Sex-Worker Discourse in line with most people's intuitions about the nature of prostitution? Is it politically problematic to not want to pay your friends for sex? In the final segment, the cohosts move on to "I Left New York for Greener Pastures — and a Puppy," a controversial Meghan Daum article in GEN. Is it wrong to leave New York for other, less-infected parts of the country, potentially bringing the virus with you? Along the way Jesse and Katie are joined by a special guest, who may or may not be Meghan herself. You'll just have to listen and/or look at the title of the episode to find out.Show notes:-"Why Won't Woke Boys Pay For Sex?" (https://melmagazine.com/en-us/story/why-wont-woke-boys-pay-for-sex) (MEL Magazine)-Chris Kavanagh's Twitter thread about Blocked and Reported and expertise (https://twitter.com/C_Kavanagh/status/1252366126450802688) -"I Left New York for Greener Pastures — and a Puppy" (https://gen.medium.com/i-left-new-york-for-greener-pastures-and-a-puppy-c58d895dcabf) (GEN) 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 a shocking moment that definitely wasn't scripted, Katie almost singlehandedly immolates the podcast by dropping a horrific slur just seconds into the episode. After the cohosts recover their composure, they discuss an outrage story about Canadian military pronouns, Alex Berenson's coronavirus contrarianism, and the fairly nonsensical process people follow to decide what they believe. Jesse then tries to unpack Online Validity Discourse, leading the cohosts to discuss fascinating and provocative questions like "What does it even mean to be valid?," "How many people can you have sex with before you're not asexual anymore?," and "Would Jesse dress better if he were gay?" The cohosts close out the show with a brief chat about Blocked and Reported's possible Patreon future, and a request for listeners to email in to let them know what sorts of perks they'd be interested in.Show notes:-EXCLUSIVE: Canadian Armed Forces requires all personnel to stop using gendered pronouns (https://thepostmillennial.com/canadian-armed-forces-requires-all-personnel-to-stop-using-gendered-pronouns) (The Post Millennial)-Alex Berenson's Twitter account (https://twitter.com/AlexBerenson)-Here Are the Questions the Right's Favorite Coronavirus Truther Isn't Willing to Answer (https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/jge7g4/here-are-the-question-the-rights-favorite-coronavirus-truther-isnt-willing-to-answer) (Vice)-Does the King of the COVID-19 Contrarians Have a Case? (https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2020/04/does-the-king-of-the-covid-19-contrarians-have-a-case) (Vanity Fair)-We feel too bad spotlighting any specific tweets about people "being valid" so here just click this link to take you to a search for that phrase instead (https://twitter.com/search?q=%22you%20are%20valid%22&src=typed_query)-When A Child Says She's Trans (https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2018/07/when-a-child-says-shes-trans/561749/) (Jesse's article in The Atlantic)-Slate, Pete Buttigieg, And The Limited Market For Left-Wing Identitarianism (https://jessesingal.substack.com/p/slate-pete-buttigieg-and-the-limited) (Singal-Minded)-The Weirdly Enduring Appeal of Weird Al Yankovic (https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/09/magazine/weird-al-yankovic.html) (The New York Times Magazine) (and the audio version from The Daily (https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/12/podcasts/the-daily/weird-al-yankovic-coronavirus-music.html))-The Family Featured in the NYT Article About Queer Families Looks Awfully Straight (https://www.thestranger.com/slog/2018/04/30/26113961/the-family-featured-in-the-nyt-article-about-queer-families-looks-awfully-straight) (The Stranger)-If you have questions, comments, or -- especially -- opinions about what our Patreon efforts should look like, please email us: blockedandreportedpodcast@gmail.com (mailto:blockedandreportedpodcast@gmail.com) 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 tries to gaslight Katie into believing she's Jewish. After he succeeds, the cohosts move on to the meat of the show: a discussion of three Problematic Men. First they talk about Joe Rogan, who has been found guilty of having offensive opinions. What does the controversy over his endorsement of Bernie Sanders, and his more recent turn toward Trump-curiousness, tell us about how pundits misunderstand the average voter? Then they move on to noted masturbator Louis C.K. Has he been punished enough? If not, what is anyone supposed to do about it? (Also, does dropping the second 'R' in the R-word make it any more acceptable?) The cohosts close out the show by debating Bill Maher's most recent dip into hot water: his argument that the coronavirus should, in fact, be called The Oriental Menace (or something).Show notes:-The Bernie Sanders tweet that set off Roganzhi (https://twitter.com/BernieSanders/status/1220445820505546755)-Bernie Sanders’s Joe Rogan experience (https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2020/1/24/21080234/bernie-sanders-joe-rogan-experience-endorsement-controversy) (Vox)-Joe Rogan would 'rather vote for Trump than Biden' after endorsing Sanders (https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/apr/04/joe-rogan-donald-trump-joe-biden-bernie-sanders) (The Guardian)-Louis C.K. Is Accused by 5 Women of Sexual Misconduct (https://www.nytimes.com/2017/11/09/arts/television/louis-ck-sexual-misconduct.html) (The New York Times)-Louis C.K.’s Newest Fans Deserve Louis C.K.’s Newest Special (https://slate.com/culture/2020/04/louis-ck-new-stand-up-special-sincerely-review.html) (Slate)-What Should We Do About The Fact That Louis C.K. Is Still Very Good At What He Does? (https://jessesingal.substack.com/p/what-should-we-do-about-the-fact) (Jesse's newsletter, Singal-Minded Conversations) (paywalled)-Bill Maher Goes on Despicably Racist Rant Against China Over Coronavirus (https://www.thedailybeast.com/bill-maher-goes-on-despicably-racist-rant-against-china-over-coronavirus) (Daily Beast) 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 a bad cough. Is it coronavirus, or just Jewishness? Katie, meanwhile, isn't quite sure what plant she turned into tea last week. Will either cohost outlive April? We'll see soon enough. In the meantime, the hosts debate whether coronavirus will kill the online culture wars, then segue accidentally into a discussion of gender identity and the complicated ways in which attempts to reduce misgendering can lead, as Katie has experienced, to yet more misgendering. Then Jesse complains about the Twitter cops who came at Jill Filipovic for her perfectly accurate tweet about the Spanish Legion (being hot), and both cohosts struggle to wrap their minds around the phenomenon of nice white ladies paying Sairo Rao and Regina Jackson to come to dinner at their houses and call them racist.Show notes:-How This Nonbinary Woman Created the Queerest Cartoon on Television (https://www.them.us/story/rebecca-sugar-steven-universe-interview) (them)-Rebecca Sugar Opens Up About Being Non-binary (https://www.pride.com/comingout/2018/7/18/rebecca-sugar-opens-about-being-non-binary) (Pride)-"They" Is a Fine Pronoun, But It Ain't Mine (https://www.thestranger.com/slog/2018/09/06/31903785/they-is-a-fine-pronoun-but-it-aint-mine/) (The Stranger)-ContraPoints and the Scandal That Shouldn’t Be (https://arcdigital.media/contrapoints-and-the-scandal-that-shouldnt-be-15ac97f330d4) (Arc Digital)-Jill Filipovic on the Spanish Legion (https://twitter.com/JillFilipovic/status/1241857598778900481) (Twitter)-Zoé Samudzi on (God help us) Jill Filipovic on the Spanish Legion (https://twitter.com/ztsamudzi/status/1242099153435582471) (Twitter)-Why liberal white women pay a lot of money to learn over dinner how they're racist (https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/feb/03/race-to-dinner-party-racism-women) (The Guardian)-White Fragility: Why It's So Hard for White People to Talk About Racism by Robin DiAngelo (https://www.amazon.com/White-Fragility-People-About-Racism/dp/0807047414) (Amazon)-Race Experts: How Racial Etiquette, Sensitivity Training, and New Age Therapy Hijacked the Civil Rights Revolution (https://www.amazon.com/Race-Experts-Etiquette-Sensitivity-Revolution-dp-039304873X/dp/039304873X/ref=mt_hardcover?_encoding=UTF8&me=&qid=) by Elisabeth Lasch-Quinn (Amazon) 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

Less than a week post-launch, Blocked and Reported faces a profoundly serious threat to its existence: an accusation of Grand Theft Audio from one of the hosts of Blocked Party, an obscure upstart podcast that may have copied Blocked and Reported's name. After reflecting on their transgressions, looking deeply inward, and promising to do better (not really), Katie and Jesse move to on a discussion about Katie's pandemic shotgun wedding. Then they talk about right-wing coronavirus misinformation on social media and debate whether networks should stop airing Donald Trump's press conferences live. During the show's final two segments, they respond to a reader question about Elizabeth Warren fans — are Bernie Bros and Liz Lasses really so different, after all? — and dissect a Washington Post article about some random dude's very offensive tweet, in the process laying out Blocked and Reported's Official Stance on whether old people should be converted to food.Show notes:-As Trump signals readiness to break with experts, his online base assails Fauci (https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/as-trump-signals-readiness-to-break-with-experts-his-online-base-assails-fauci/2020/03/26/3802de14-6df6-11ea-aa80-c2470c6b2034_story.html) (Washington Post)-Seattle NPR Station Says It Will No Longer Carry Donald Trump’s Coronavirus Briefings Live Because Of Misinformation (https://deadline.com/2020/03/coronavirus-donald-trump-nor-station-kuow-1202892198/) (Deadline)-Sexism Didn't Kill the Warren Campaign. The Warren Campaign Killed the Warren Campaign (https://reason.com/2020/03/06/sexism-didnt-kill-the-warren-campaign-the-warren-campaign-killed-the-warren-campaign/) (Herzog in Reason)-He urged saving the economy over protecting those who are ‘not productive’ from the coronavirus. Then he faced America’s wrath. (https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/coronavirus-tweet-economy-elderly/2020/03/25/25a3581e-6e11-11ea-b148-e4ce3fbd85b5_story.html) (Washington Post)-It wasn't mentioned in the podcast itself, but Jesse recently wrote an article for 1843 (https://www.1843magazine.com/features/the-rise-of-ptsd) that touches on PTSD and psychologist Nicholas Haslam's idea of concept creep-Questions? Comments? Accusations of podcast theft? Hit us up: blockedandreportedpodcast@gmail.com (mailto:blockedandreportedpodcast@gmail.com) 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

IT'S HERE. In the pilot episode of Blocked and Reported, hosts Katie Herzog and Jesse Singal explain what the podcast is, and Katie reveals a very special Pandemic Announcement. The hosts also discuss the "Why I Am Leaving The Left" subgenre, debate whether insanely irresponsible pandemic behavior has changed their views on internet shaming, and offer some suggestions of wonderful Old Internet relics that can help listeners ride out the end of the world in an entertaining manner.Show notes:-I'm A Lesbian Woman & I'm Leaving The INSANE "Progressive" Left (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mzYHBPTfXCI) (YouTube)-Welcome To My Home: Part 2 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CQokp6UvYwk) (YouTube)-Yatta! Irrational Exuberance (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BZJIpTIPnRs) (YouTube) 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