#10 Katie Herzog On Why Exposing Social Media Hypocrisy Feels So Damn Good

Original post date: Sept 27, 2020
Katie Herzog is a co-host, with Jesse Singal, of the new and wildly successful podcast, Blocked and Reported, which analyzes internet dramas and attempts to bring missing facts to supposedly foregone conclusions. A lifelong liberal who, a few years ago, found herself questioning certain assumptions of both the political left and the queer community to which she'd always belonged, Katie has become a beloved figure among heterodox thinkers even as some of her old ideological allies have turned away from her. She talks with Meghan her political evolution, her professional evolution, COVID confusion, media laziness, and why poking holes in social media hysteria is so delectably-if also guiltily satisfying.
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Who is Katie Herzog?
Katie Herzog is the co-host of the podcast Blocked and Reported. She is a former staff writer at the Seattle alt-weekly The Stranger, and her work has been published by an array of outlets, including the Atlantic, the Guardian, and Mother Jones.
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[@jasonbeary5771]

Didn't know BLOCKED & REPORTED was so new. I really like it. The intro music makes me know I'm in for something good. I like hearing them pull-back the curtain on situations and dramas. I might hear a subject of theirs say one thing and then they dig up the reality behind the humma-humma. I love when they discuss James Lindsay. It verified my inkilings when I saw him interviewed a few times. Love their stuff.

[@eemoogee160]

This was recorded 3 years ago lol

[@rebeccawoolfolk5377]

Listening to this on Wednesday, October 11, 2023, and when Megan said something about Monday, October 12, I was momentarily confused. Tomorrow is October 12, and it's a Thursday.

[@WNH3]

This dates from 2020? Might be nice to have the date posted somewhere...

[@SnozberriesTasteLikeSnozberrys]

September 27th 2020

[@stephenboyington630]

The best way I can think of Twitter and social media is that they are the land of misfit toys. They appeal to people that for any of several reasons do not thrive in the real world. They do thrive on the Internet because there is nobody there who can hold them back.

[@seto749]

Only an insomniac needs to read Mx Butler.