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Blocked and Reported

Blocked and Reported

By: Katie Herzog and Jesse Singal
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 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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  • Episode 287: Kramnik’s Crusade

    Episode 287: Kramnik’s Crusade
    Dec 15 2025

    This week on Blocked and Reported, Jesse and Katie discuss the fallout from chess world champ Vladimir Kramnik’s obsessive campaign against alleged cheaters, including grandmaster Danya Naroditsky. Plus, AI comes for podcasters.

    Washington Post’s AI-generated podcasts rife with errors, fictional quotes | Semafor

    Hikaru hits out at grandmaster Kramnik over cheating accusations | indy100

    Chess GM Vladimir Kramnik suspended for impersonating another player - Dexerto

    Kramnik’s Controversial Cheating Allegations in Titled Tuesdays: | NSS.cz

    Fair Play Report Estimates Low Cheating Rate In Titled Tuesday, New Public Closure Policy - Chess.com

    Vladimir Kramnik’s YouTube channel

    Martínez beats Kramnik in controversial match | ChessBase

    Danya’s YouTube channel

    Chess: Fide to ‘discipline’ Kramnik over Naroditsky cheating allegations | Chess | The Guardian



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    49 mins
  • Premium: Turning Point USA Gets Triggered

    Premium: Turning Point USA Gets Triggered
    Dec 10 2025

    This week on the Primo show, Jesse and Katie discuss Turning Point USA’s attempts to get a University of Oklahoma instructor canceled over claims of anti-Christian discrimination. Plus, Candace Owens’s ongoing investigation into who really killed Charlie Kirk (bees).

    Candace Owens on bees

    Inside Candace Owens’ media empire and the Macron lawsuit threaten…



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    15 mins
  • Episode 286: Curtis Yarvin Writes A Poem

    Episode 286: Curtis Yarvin Writes A Poem
    Dec 8 2025

    This week on Blocked and Reported, Jesse and Katie discuss the politics of poetry and a controversy surrounding an indie lit magazine. Plus, a Chuck Johnson update.

    Katie’s Duke event

    Jesse’s Austin event

    Investor sues Chuck Johnson for “falsely presenting ... as intelligence agent” | Semafor

    Where Wokeness Went Wrong | Susan Neiman | The New York Review of Books

    A MeToo Mob Tried to Destroy My Life as a Poet. This Is How I Survived

    Open Letter to Open-Minded Progressives

    Inside the New Right, Where Peter Thiel Is Placing His Biggest Bets

    Curtis Yarvin’s Plot Against America

    ‘The Interview’: Curtis Yarvin Says Democracy is Done - The New York Times

    Spectra Poets

    Group Think

    For William and Kristine

    A Close Reading of Curtis Yarvin



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    1 hr and 1 min
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Jesse, Katie and their guests bring humour and perspective to a variety of stories with major emphasis on online madness and the characters populating the reactive, polarised war-zone of social media. They bring refreshing irreverence and healthy skepticism to everything they cover with a background touch of personable (if lovingly insult heavy) chat that adds character and a string of continuity.
Overall highly enjoyable, but not for the easily offended!

Informative and irreverent in the best way

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