r/BlockedAndReported

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/may/07/doctors-union-cass-review-nhs-gender-healthcare

The doctors' union had previously objected do the reviews findings, which essentially urged for far greater scepticism and caution about treating gender dysphoria with medical interventions.

Relevance to the podcast: Jesse is one of the subject area's most famous and scrupulous journalists; the review has previously come up on the show.

This was interesting, but it wasn’t persuasive. It actually made her look foolish.

She relied heavily on a study that nobody would publish and wasn’t peer reviewed, and then she claimed that there’s actually a *shortage* of dogs because people can’t always get the specific breed they want. That’s like saying there’s a beer shortage because I can’t get my favourite English microbrew in Canada.

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 episode to our more recent Primo show on Dropout TV.

David's book: Jews Don’t Count

pod relevance: Facilitated Communication debunking

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.

Show Notes:

CollegeHumor Helped Shape Online Comedy. What Went Wrong? | WIRED

Sam Reich on Dropout and ‘Game Changer’ season six : It’s Been a Minute : NPR

Streaming comedy service Dropout passes the 1 million subscriber mark

Pod relevance: The Return of Facilitated Conversation episode is about facilitated communication. This seems to be a seldom viewed (around 320 views) video from 16 years ago in which Woody Brown is being encouraged to type his name and answers to a number of other questions by his mother. It is striking because he does seem to be more communicative than in other videos we have seen of him with him repeating a lot of phrases, but which seem to be purposeful ("I said it. I said it"?? and "say goodbye, say goodbye, see you soon" and asking for breaks).

It's hard for me to conclude what exactly is going on. In some ways it looks tough on the child who is getting upset. Is he actually learning to type or is he being made to repeat something he has been trained to do? Is there any manipulation by the mother off-camera? I honestly don't know. Yet if he actually is typing of his own volition then why did they switch to a letterboard later?

To be honest, it is quite a distressing watch.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CTgZVP1z1ag

Relevance: Jessica the 80s Baby told us all about it in episode 284.

The judgment was issued “without hesitation” and the Sands and their lawyers are severely criticised for repeated failures and withholding critical information from the Court.

The Free Speech Union, which has supported Tattle Life’s founder, has a briefing here “Obtaining Damages By Deception”: https://freespeechunion.org/news/obtaining-damages-by-deception

Katie chats with Benoit Denizet-Lewis. Discussed: ex gays, ex trans, sex addiction, meditation, personal transformation, and more. Check out Benoit’s new book here.