Blocked and Reported

Blocked and Reported

Katie Herzog and Jesse Singal

Episodes 488
Avg. Duration 50m
Activity Highly Active
Apple Rating 4.6 (3,827)
Since Mar 2020
Latest Episode Jun 2026

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Every Few Days
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Episodic
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59%
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About This Podcast

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.

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Recent Episodes

Premium: Patagonia v. Pattie Gonia

Jun 11, 2026 26m

This week on the Primo show, Jesse and Katie discuss the legal battle between apparel company Patagonia and drag queen Pattie Gonia. Plus, HelloFresh hits bottom and a Washington school’s…

Episode 311: The Ugliest American

Jun 08, 2026 1h 9m

This week on Blocked and Reported, Jesse and Katie discuss nuisance streamer Johnny Somali, the content creator and criminal pest who travels to foreign countries to harass locals and desecrate…

Premium: Twink For Trump Seeks Revenge

Jun 04, 2026 18m

This week on the Primo show, Jesse and Katie discuss Lucian Wintrich, the Twinks for Trump creator and Congressional hopeful who is being sued by his old friends at the New York Young Republicans…

Live with Katie Herzog & Lisa Selin Davis

Jun 02, 2026 0m

Thanks to Lisa Selin Davis and everyone who joined our chat about difficult personalities (specifically ours), the Park Slope Food Coop’s internal battle over Israeli products, and more. These live…

Episode 310: Patrick Tomlinson Gets Paid

Jun 01, 2026 50m

This week on Blocked and Reported, Jesse and Katie update the story of Patrick Tomlinson, the Milwaukee sci-fi author who has spent years locked in a deranged cycle with the remnants of the Opie…

Did Will Stancil Blow The Anti-ICE Honeypot Op?

May 28, 2026 18m

This week on the Primo show, Jesse and Katie discuss the latest Will Stancil saga, in which the famed poster manages to piss off, then win over, then piss off, then win over, then piss off, all of…

Episode 309: The Banker Who Cried Brown Boy

May 25, 2026 53m

This week on Blocked and Reported, Jesse and Katie discuss disturbing allegations of sexist and racist harassment made against an executive director at JP Morgan. Plus, an update on Tickle v. Giggle,…

Episode 308: Wuthering Fights

May 18, 2026 54m

This week on Blocked and Reported, Jesse and Katie discuss a race-based scandal at the Victorian Heritage Festival in Port Townsend, Wash. Plus, looking back at the Jaman Affair. Port discontinuing…

Premium: Dyke Drama

May 13, 2026 21m

This week on the Primo show, Jesse and Katie discuss meltdowns at two of our nation’s remaining lesbian sapphic spaces: Marsha’s South Street in Philadelphia and The Pearl in Denver. Plus, a Doc…

Episode 307: One Fish Forward, Two Fishback

May 11, 2026 1h

This week on Blocked and Reported, Jesse and Katie discuss the scandal-plagued, extremely online, pretty creepy and kinda racist Florida gubernatorial candidate James Fishback. Greenlight’s Former…

Live with Katie Herzog & Helen Lewis

May 08, 2026 36m

Thanks to everyone who joined my chat with Helen Lewis about Lena Dunham, Lindy West, fame, the art of the memoir, dog testicles, and more. To get access to the entire conversation (and much more),…

Episode 306: Counting Jews (with David Baddiel)

May 04, 2026 1h 18m

This week on Blocked and Reported, Jesse is joined by British comedian/author/screenwriter/singer/etc David Baddiel to discuss the age-old question: Do Jews count? And why not?This is a companion…

Premium: Is Dropout TV Antisemitic Copaganda?

May 01, 2026 39m

This week on the Primo show, Jesse and Katie discuss Dropout TV, the successor to College Humor, and two controversies manufactured by a small subset of psychotic fans. CollegeHumor Helped Shape…

Live with Katie Herzog & Benoit Denizet-Lewis

Apr 29, 2026 32m

Thanks to everyone who joined my live chat with Benoit Denizet-Lewis. Discussed: ex gays, ex trans, sex addiction, meditation, personal transformation, and more. Check out Benoit’s new book here. To…

Premium: The Revolution Will Be Shoplifted

Apr 28, 2026 30m

This week on Blocked and Reported, Jesse and Katie discuss a viral New York Times video of Hasan Piker and Jia Tolentino making the case for “microlooting.” Plus, a romance novelist discovers she has…

Episode 305: Let's Make Some Careful And Legally Bulletproof Jokes About Kash Patel (ALLEGEDLY) Being An Alcoholic

Apr 24, 2026 55m

This week on Blocked and Reported, Jesse and Katie discuss a new Atlantic exposé, journalistic norms, FBI Director Kash Patel’s (alleged) blowouts at the Poodle Room and his long history of suing…

Episode 304: Pomona College And The $300 Zine That Nearly Destroyed A Department (with Emma Pettit)

Apr 20, 2026 1h 5m

This week on Blocked and Reported, Katie is joined by Chronicle of Higher Ed reporter Emma Pettit to discuss an internal civil war at Pomona College, where the literature department spiraled into…

Premium: Got E. coli?

Apr 16, 2026 19m

This week on the Primo show, Jesse and Katie discuss homesteader influencers Hannah and Daniel Neeleman of Ballerina Farm and their raw milk problems. Plus, dogs in the city. Where Does a Dog…

Episode 303: Interrogating Viral Wokeness: A Case Study In Discursive Misrecognition (In Canada)

Apr 13, 2026 59m

This week on the Primo show, Jesse and Katie discuss a series of viral videos from Canada’s cringiest. Plus, has the death of wokeness been widely exaggerated?Trans Issues Are No Conspiracy - Jesse…

Premium: The Return Of The Return Of Facilitated Conversation

Apr 08, 2026 16m

This week on the Primo show, Jesse and Katie discuss the non-verbal novelist Woody Brown, the return of facilitated communication, and the reporters who apparently forgot to google it. Is Controversy…

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