Blocked and Reported
Blocked and Reported
Katie Herzog and Jesse Singal
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
Premium: The Strange Case Of The Legless Surgeon
This week on the Primo show, Jesse and Katie discuss the extremely bizarre story of Neil Hopper, an amputation surgeon who lost his own legs under circumstances far stranger than anyone could have guessed. Plus, a Wisconsin school board cancels Marsha P. Johnson. To hear more, visit www.blockedandreported.org
Jul 30
21 min
Premium: The Slow-Motion Implosion Of An Imagined Queer Utopia
This week on the Primo show, Jesse and Katie discuss the life and death of The Queery, a Brighton-based radical art gallery, bookshop, café, and community space. You can guess how this ends. Plus, the Washington Post spreads Erin Reed’s zombie stats, and the New York Times repeats Stonewall myths. Trans people are… To hear more, visit www.blockedandreported.org
Jul 24
22 min
Episode 317: Literally Knitler (with Jessica the '80s Baby)
This week on Blocked and Reported, Katie is joined by Jessica the ‘80s Baby to discuss the latest saga to rock the knitting world when celebrity knitter Stephen West appears on a conservative’s YouTube show. Plus, subliminal swastikas, and for Primos, Jessica the ‘80s Baby answers all your burning questions. Note: This is our last free episode before summer break. We’ll be back with a new free show on August 10th, but Primo episodes will keep coming, so if you want your fix, join us. Ravelry: Designs by Stephen WestMSKL and Westknits should be ashamed. Censorship is the tool of the Nazi. | by VolkColopatrion | Medium24 free Magazines from BLOCKEDMAGAZINE70982 To hear more, visit www.blockedandreported.org
Jul 17
1 hr 7 min
Live with Katie Herzog, Ben Westhoff, and Emily Dufton
Thanks to everyone who joined my conversation with Ben Westhoff and Emily Dufton. Discussed: drugs, drug treatments, why Nixon was good actually, and more.Note for free subscribers: This is a preview. If you would like to access the entire conversation and get twice as many Blocked and Reported episodes each month, become a Primo subscriber now. To hear more, visit www.blockedandreported.org
Jul 16
20 min
Episode 316: Graham Cracker Crumbles
This week on Blocked and Reported, Jesse and Katie discuss the fast rise and faster fall of humble oyster man/alleged rapist Graham Platner. Plus, the trans sports issue divides Tahoe. The Wrong Side of the Mountain - Jesse Singal - The DispatchExclusive: Woman who dated Graham Platner says he sexually assaulted her - POLITICOSeveral Women Who Dated Graham Platner Recall ‘Unsettling’ Behavior - The New York TimesArmie Hammer’s First Interview Since Cannibalism Scandal - Air MailWhy Didn’t Graham Platner’s Many Red Flags Matter?The ‘Mad Scientist’ Behind Graham Platner’s Scandal-Plagued Rise - WSJPlatner’s Daniel Moraff Barred from Summer Lee’s Campaign Over Sexual Misconduct ComplaintsInside the Implosion of Graham Platner’s Maine Senate Campaign: ‘A Slow-Rolling Disaster’ - The New York TimesCross-Tabs: June 2026 Times/Press Herald/Siena Poll of the Likely Electorate in Maine - The New York Times 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
Jul 13
1 hr 1 min
Episode 315: You Down With DAC?
This week on Blocked and Reported, Jesse and Katie discuss the milkshake-ducking of a New York coffee shop after the owner’s failed shaming of a congressman deemed insufficiently anti-Israel. Plus, crazy lady/future Rep. Darializa Avila Chevalier and what the DSA revolution in New York City means for the Dems, and the Supreme Court weighs in on trans athletes.The Supreme Court’s Utterly Mainstream Ruling on Women’s Sports - The AtlanticDOJ opens investigation into Brooklyn coffee shop after banning Rep Goldman | Fox NewsRep. Dan Goldman addresses Brooklyn coffee shop banning him over his views on Israel | CNN PoliticsAngry Coffee Shop Owner Who Smeared Jewish Rep Dan Goldman as a ‘Fascist’ Sipping ‘Genocide Juice’ Is a Graham Platner Donor Cited for ‘Filth and Flies’NYC coffee shop tells Rep. Dan Goldman he’s not welcome over his pro-Israel viewsInside the 2025 NYC Mayoral Primary: Strong Support for Economic Justice and Palestinian RightsMamdani-backed House candidate’s deleted posts called for abolishing police, bordersIsraelis No Longer Ahead in Americans’ Middle East Sympathies 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
Jul 6
1 hr 23 min
Premium: Marsha Marsha Marsha (Part 2)
This week on the Primo Show, Part 2 of our investigation into one of the most sacred stories in LGBTQ history: the night transgender icon Marsha P. Johnson threw the first brick at Stonewall and launched the modern gay rights movement. Or did she?StonewallBonus Episode — From the Vault: Sylvia… To hear more, visit www.blockedandreported.org
Jul 1
28 min
Episode 314: Authentic Authenticity On A Silver Platner
This week on Blocked and Reported, (((Jesse))) and Katie dig into Graham Platner: the oyster farmer, Senate hopeful, and working-class rich kid whose Nazi tattoo and wandering eye were so rudely surfaced by the (((lamestream media))) in an effort to protect the (((billionaire class))). The Political Awakening of the Oyster Farmer Taking on Susan Collins | The New RepublicOysterman, Veteran, Prep-School Alum: A Senate Candidate’s Complex Class Story - The New York TimesRead our full archive of Graham Platner’s deleted Reddit commentsGraham Platner says ‘I am not a secret Nazi’ after photos of his tattoo emergePlatner says he’ll remove tattoo that resembles Nazi symbol - POLITICOK-File unearths new evidence that undercuts Dem candidate’s claim he was not aware tattoo was tied to Nazi symbolism | CNNFirst Draft: Did the New York Times Just Run an Anti-Platner Hit Job?Platner’s Wife Flagged His Sexual Texts With Other Women as Maine Senate Race Began - The New York TimesSeveral Women Who Dated Graham Platner Recall ‘Unsettling’ Behavior - The New York TimesThese People Handpicked Graham Platner. He’s Now Democrats’ Biggest Risk. - WSJ 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
Jun 29
1 hr 8 min
Premium: Before The Brick (Part 1)
This week on Blocked and Reported, Part 1 of our two-part series on the Stonewall Riots and the mythology of Marsha P. Johnson. Plus, warring lesbian history accounts, a Father’s Day cartoon breaks brains, and fact-checking the Seattle LGBTQ Commission and Erin Reed’s bad stats. Lesbian_HerstoryLesbian Herstory ArchivesOpinion | What I Learned About Par… To hear more, visit www.blockedandreported.org
Jun 24
18 min
Episode 313: How A Gay Jewish Boob-Hypnotherapist Built A Coalition With Burqa-Wearing Islamists
This week on Blocked and Reported, Jesse and Katie discuss Zack Polanski, the former hypnotherapist who turned a fringe environmentalist party into Britain's fastest-growing coalition of Corbynites, BDSM enthusiasts, and first-gen Islamists. Can you really THINK your boobs bigger?Politics was never part of the plan. | by Zack Polanski | MediumZack Polanski stood by breast enlargment hypnosis claimMost UK Muslims define themselves by faith firstGreen candidate for Makerfield by-election quits after 12 hours 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
Jun 22
1 hr 3 min
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