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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. (And sometimes they talk about other stuff, too.) For more content, including premium episodes, check out the Blocked and Reported Patreon page: http://patreon.com/blockedandreported
Welcome to The Psychology Podcast with Scott Barry Kaufman, where we give you insights into the mind, brain, behavior and creativity. Each episode we’ll feature a guest who will stimulate your mind, and give you a greater understanding of your self, others, and the world we live in. Hopefully, we’ll also provide a glimpse into human possibility! Thanks for listening and enjoy the podcast. Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/the-psychology-podcast/support
Useful Idiots is an informative and irreverent politics podcast with journalist Matt Taibbi and podcaster/writer Katie Halper. Episodes feature on-the-road coverage of the 2020 campaign and exclusive interviews, with humor, commentary and dissection of the politics news of the week. Join Matt and Katie as they examine important stories that have slipped through the cracks and what the media got wrong – and laugh about whatever is left to laugh about.
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Useful Idiots is an informative and irreverent politics podcast.
Andrew Doyle and guests discuss cancel culture, wokeness and free speech. A spiked podcast.
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Jesse Singal & Katie Herzog On The Substack Wars
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Jesse Singal and Katie Herzog, co-hosts of the podcast Blocked And Reported, join Useful Idiots to talk about the failed campaign to get Singal driven off of Substack and what, according to Herzog, some of Singal's most vocal critics have in common with QAnon. They also talk about how they met and why they started their podcast and how they're not …
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Jesse's Leaving The Podcast Right This Instant, Puberty Blockers, And A Very Crazy, Very Expensive Campus Controversy
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After Jesse makes a shocking announcement (he's leaving the podcast in pursuit of greater glory), the hosts talk about a spate of bad GOP bills seeking to ban puberty blockers and hormones for minors and how difficult it is to communicate accurate, honest information to the public about this subject. Then they discuss a story Jesse wrote for Reason…
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86 - Rebecca Christiansen - Making Mayhem [Public Limited Version]
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Rebecca Christiansen’s novel, We Make Mayhem (2020) can be found here: https://www.wattpad.com/story/212324557-we-make-mayhem-boyxboyHer earlier work, Maybe in Paris (2017) can be found here: https://www.simonandschuster.co.uk/books/Maybe-in-Paris/Rebecca-Christiansen/9781510708808Rebecca’s Letter exchange with Frank Brosell is here: https://letter…
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New Useful Idiots: Interview with Noam Chomsky, Why We Got Fired, Our Pro-Saudi Advocacy, and Abu Mohammed al-Jolani's Extremist Makeover
“Like who the fuck is reading anything from Rolling Stone now?” asked Zac and Gavin, hosts of the Vanguard podcast, when pondering our mysterious — and completely unjust — firing at the hands of the iconic music magazine. Katie and I would like to know the same thing. And, Zac and Gavin? We’re with you. None of it makes any sense to us, either. “I …
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Noam Chomsky + The True Story of the Rolling Stone Breakup
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We interview some guy named Noam Chomsky (extended interview coming next week), get to the bottom of why we broke up with Rolling Stone, and scrutinize the thrilling PBS interview of former al-Nusra/al-Qaeda leader-turned-very-handsome-man Abu Mohammed al-Jolani. Katie taps her beard-crit background, while we both investigate the two most important…
Jesse Singal is a contributing writer at New York and the former editor of the magazine’s Science of Us online vertical, as well as the cohost of the podcast Blocked and Reported. His work has appeared in The New York Times, The Atlantic, The Chronicle of Higher Education, Slate, The Boston Globe, The Daily Beast, and other publications. He was a B…
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BONUS EPISODE: JFC I Guess We Are Talking More About Graham Linehan Innit
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Jesse and Katie noticed a big reaction to a patrons-only episode they did that discussed Graham Linehan, so they decided to make that episode free for all, bracked by some new stuff before and after. Please consider ordering Jesse's book, which is out now: https://www.amazon.com/Quick-Fix-Psychology-Cant-Social/dp/0374239800/ref=tmm_hrd_swatch_0?_e…
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The Introduction Chapter From The Audiobook Version Of "The Quick Fix: Why Fad Psychology Can't Cure Our Social Ills" By Jesse Singal
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This one is pretty self-explanatory. Please consider ordering: Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Quick-Fix-Psychology-Cant-Social/dp/0374239800/ref=tmm_hrd_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr= Indiebound: https://www.indiebound.org/book/9780374239800?aff=macmillanBy Katie Herzog and Jesse Singal
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Kamala's Mansion Misery, Mysterious Suez Penis Crash, & Dr. Erica Anderson on Arkansas Trans Ban
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[This interview was recorded before the Governor of Arkansas Vetoed the anti-transgender health care bill].] The Arkansas Senate just passed a bill with a title straight out of dystopian fiction: the Arkansas Save Adolescents from Experimentation Act, or SAFE. Roundly denounced as the most extreme law of its type ever passed, the bill is one of abo…
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We Hope Buying Jesse's Book Provides An Opportunity For Introspection And Growth
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After Katie opens up about a gruesome injury and Jesse tells a story about a listener's travails at an upscale New York City climbing gym, the hosts discuss Jesse's book, which is out on Tuesday. Specifically, they dig into Comprehensive Soldier Fitness, an anti-PTSD Army program that doesn't work, and the implicit association test, an anti-racism …
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Substack-Only Episode of Useful Idiots: Dr. Erica Anderson on life for transgender people in the US, plus Matt and Katie respond to Joe Scarborough in the new segment Extremely Online
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85 - Tomiwa Owolade - Racial & Cultural Kaleidoscopes [Public Limited Version]
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Please Stop Imposing American Views about Race on Us - Persuasion:https://www.persuasion.community/p/please-stop-imposing-american-viewsThe dangerous logic of anti-racism - UnHerd:https://unherd.com/2020/11/the-dangerous-logic-of-anti-racism/Biracial Britain by Remi Adekoya review: turning assumptions upside down | Evening Standard:https://www.stan…
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Useful Idiots: Kamala's Mansion Misery, the Mysterious Suez Penis Crash, and Dr. Erica Anderson Decries the Arkansas Trans Ban (Audio)
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Useful Idiots: Kamala's Mansion Misery, the Mysterious Suez Penis Crash, and Dr. Erica Anderson Decries the Arkansas Trans Ban
The Arkansas Senate just passed a bill with a title straight out of dystopian fiction: the Arkansas Save Adolescents from Experimentation Act, or SAFE. Roundly denounced as the most extreme law of its type ever passed, the bill is one of about two dozen laws aimed at trans care currently being considered at the state level. To find out what’s actua…
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Ayaan Hirsi Ali || Protecting Women's Rights
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Today it’s great to have Ayaan Hirsi Ali on the podcast. Ayaan is a research fellow at the Hoover Institution, Stanford University, and founder of the AHA Foundation. She has written several books including Infidel (2007), Nomad: from Islam to America, a Personal Journey through the Clash of Civilizations (2010), Heretic: Why Islam Needs a Reformat…
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Did CNN Air a Staged Immigration Video? Useful Idiots Interviews Marcia Brown of the American Prospect
On March 12th, CNN aired a piece by reporter Ed Lavandera purporting to show dramatic scenes of migrants so desperate to come to America, they were crossing the Rio Grande in broad daylight, over and over. Lavandera claimed one raft made at least six trips, in what he called a “highly organized system.” The crux of the story was that these visuals …
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Substack Only Episode of Useful Idiots: Guest Matt Stoller asks, "Is the Left Interested in National Defense?" Plus, Matt and Katie Discuss Mr. Biden's Wild Stair Ride
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There's No Accountability To Accountability Lists These Days (feat. Jonathan Chait)
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Jesse and Katie talk about Jesse's inclusion on a very special list of very special bigots, Katie's addition to the ever-growing list of people who got Doyle'd, and an annoyingly one-sided front-page New York Times piece about online censorship. Then they throw to an interview Jesse did with Jon Chait, an excellent writer and thinker who had a big …
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84 - Jesse Singal - The Quick Fix [Public Limited Version]
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Preorders are very important to writers. Get hold of Jesse’s book here: https://bookshop.org/books/the-quick-fix-why-fad-psychology-can-t-cure-our-social-ills/9780374239800You can find Blocked and Reported here:https://www.patreon.com/blockedandreported/postsJesse’s substack is here: https://jessesingal.substack.com/Further ReferencesChristoph on T…
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Ted Cruz, Penis Mishaps + Matt Stoller on Big Tech Monopoly & Surveillance Advertising
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In this Useful Idiots interview, Matt Stoller walks us through some of the myths about big tech. Many members of Congress seem to believe the firms don’t intervene enough; Stoller explains that their massive existing levels of intervention are the problem, that the financial incentives of what he calls “surveillance advertising” move firms like Fac…
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The House Energy and Commerce Committee held hearings with the CEOs of Facebook, Google, and Twitter this week, the latest in a long series of efforts by Congress to demand “accountability” for fake news, hate speech, and foreign propaganda. “The time for self-regulation is over. It’s time we legislate to hold you accountable,” said Rep. Frank Pall…
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New Useful Idiots: Cedric Richmond, Ted Cruz, Penis Mishaps, and Matt Stoller on Big Tech Monopoly
The House Energy and Commerce Committee held hearings with the CEOs of Facebook, Google, and Twitter this week, the latest in a long series of efforts by Congress to demand “accountability” for fake news, hate speech, and foreign propaganda. “The time for self-regulation is over. It’s time we legislate to hold you accountable,” said Rep. Frank Pall…
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14: Charlie Hebdo’s duty to offend, with Robert McLiam Wilson
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Charlie Hebdo writer Robert McLiam Wilson joins Andrew Doyle to talk satire, racism and the 2015 attack. Support the show: https://www.spiked-online.com/donate-to-spiked/ Sign up to Today on spiked: https://www.spiked-online.com/newsletters/By Culture Wars – with Andrew Doyle
Today it’s great to have Michael Murphy on the podcast. Michael is co-founder of Esalen Institute, a pioneer of the Human Potential Movement, and author of many influential books on extraordinary human potential. Topics [1:38] Michael’s early life [4:09] Michael’s connection with religion [8:00] How Michael and Dick Price met and founded the Esalen…
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Daniel Ellsberg On The Pentagon Papers + Matt & Katie On Cow Therapy & Serial Killers
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We spoke to legendary Pentagon Papers whistleblower Daniel Ellsberg about the nuclear threat nobody is talking about, the end of the world and how he, despite all that, stays hopeful. But before diving in with Ellsberg, Matt and Katie talk about, of course, Dems sucking, Republicans sucking, things being weird and terrible and even bring you a ston…
Useful Idiots, the podcast Matt Taibbi and Katie Halper started in the summer of 2019 at Rolling Stone, is moving. After eighty episodes that included interviews with the likes of Tulsi Gabbard (our first guest), Roger Waters, Andrew Yang, Erin Brockovich, Michael K. Williams, Noam Chomsky, Marianne Williamson, Adam McKay, Bernie Sanders, Nadya Tol…
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Yes We Have Receipts And No You Cannot See Them
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After reflecting on the podcast turning one whole year old later this week, Jesse and Katie talk about the massive online uproar over his (and others') continuing presence on Substack, Katie's impressive Brianna-Wu-related fundraising, and the underappreciated connection between GamerGate and 4chan. Then the hosts discuss media coverage of the awfu…
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83 - Katie Herzog - Where Have All the Lesbians Gone [Public Limited Version]
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Katie’s article on the disappearance of the lesbians is available in a public version here: https://andrewsullivan.substack.com/p/where-have-all-the-lesbians-gone-0a7A longer version is also available on the Patreon for her podcast with Jesse Singal, Blocked and Reported: https://www.patreon.com/blockedandreportedMore background - LGBT Identificati…
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Nedra Tawwab || Set Boundaries, Find Peace
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Today it’s great to chat with Nedra Glover Tawwab. Nedra is a licensed therapist and sought-after relationship expert. She has practiced relationship therapy for 13 years and is the founder and owner of the group therapy practice, Kaleidoscope Counseling. Nedra has been featured recently in The New York Times, The Guardian, Psychology Today, Self, …
Here’s our interview with Daniel Ellsberg. Stand by for our great paywalled extended interview where we talk about Assange, Snowden, Manning and Trump vs Biden.
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Daniel Ellsberg On The Pentagon Papers + Matt & Katie On Cow Therapy & Serial Killers (AUDIO ONLY)
Here is our first truly independent podcast episode of Useful Idiots! [It is audio only and video will be released Tuesday.] We spoke to legendary Pentagon Papers whistleblower Daniel Ellsberg about the nuclear threat nobody is talking about, the end of the world and how he, despite all that, stays hopeful. But before diving in with Ellsberg, Matt …
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Neera Tanden, Jacobinghazi, Brueniggate, And The Legacy Of The 2016-2021 Brocialist Twitter-Woke Twitter Wars
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After responding to some reader feedback about their last couple episodes, the hosts revisit one of the fiercer left-of-center Twitter controversies of the last half-decade: Woke Twitter vs. Brocialist Twitter. There are alligators! And corncobs! And forgotten and since-humiliated internet microcelebrities! It's quite. A. Ride. Download the Ground …
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You can find Aella’s blog here: https://knowingless.com/about/Follow Aella on Twitter @aella_girlMother-of-three says her sons were expelled from Catholic school because of her OnlyFans account:https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/mother-only-fans-account-catholic-school-expelled-b1806998.htmlOther Life with Aella - YouTube:https://www.youtube.…
