Blocked and Reported
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Weekly Open Thread (8/12/26)
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Well, I’m sure I’m not the only one who learned more than I ever wanted to know about AOC this week. Here’s the weekly thread, everyone!
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Author/podcaster/documentarian/Welshman Jon Ronson will be joining pod soon to discuss, among other things, his forthcoming book, The Castle: Adventures in a World of Unraveling Men. Jon has graciously agreed to stay on after the free show...
Episode 318: Tick Talk
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This week on Blocked and Reported: ticks. Where do they come from, and why is Bill Gates releasing them on the American public? Featuring the CIA, Pfizer, tick bombs tick boxes, Plum Island, and more. Plus, the complicated...
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This week on the Primo show, Jesse and Katie discuss the unbelievable life story of Cambridge professor Jason Arday.
Weekly Open Thread (8/5/26)
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Happy August, Primos! The weekly is now open for your comments.
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Author, "The Quick Fix: Why Fad Psychology Can't Cure Our Social Ills." I cohost the podcast "Blocked and Reported" and I write the newsletter "Singal-Minded." Currently working on a book about the fight over American youth gender medicine.
Former NBA PR gopher, former basketblogger, former NBA beat writer, currently against the currents. Email me here: ethanstra(at)gmail.com
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Ben Westhoff is the author of Fentanyl, Inc., about new synthetic drugs, and Original Gangstas, about the birth of West Coast Hip-Hop. He writes the Substack newsletter Drugs + Hip-Hop.
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