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Episode 123: A "Fake" Story Turns Out To Be Real And A "Real" Story Turns Out To Be (Mostly) Fake Jul 18, 2022

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Katie’s true reason for dressing up as a horse all those years ago is finally revealed. An old friend of the pod returns for his revenge. A heart-wrenching story involving a 10-year-old rape victim seeking an abortion turns out to be fake, but then turns out to be real anyway. Jesse discusses a viral internet rumor involving trans kids in Leon County, Florida schools and explains how indignant he is he had to do one of his least favorite things — “work” — in order to debunk it.

Links:

Intro

Katie has a crush on Jesse confirmed:

https://www.reddit.com/r/BlockedAndReported/comments/vyb507/katie_has_a_crush_on_jesse/

Katie’s initial attempt to seduce Jesse, c. 2010:

Prof. Stuart Reges sues University of Washington with FIRE’s backing:

https://www.thefire.org/lawsuit-professor-sues-university-of-washington-after-admins-punish-him-for-inappropriate-opinion/

Last episode on Reges’ case (skip to 3:48):

The Victim That Was(n’t?)

Indiana Star story about the 10-year-old:

https://www.indystar.com/story/news/health/2022/07/01/indiana-abortion-law-roe-v-wade-overturned-travel/7779936001/

Indiana’s new abortion law:

https://codes.ohio.gov/ohio-revised-code/section-2919.192

Megan Fox (no, not that one) expresses skepticism, does some digging:

The WSJ is incredulous:

https://www.wsj.com/articles/an-abortion-story-too-good-to-confirm-joe-biden-ten-year-old-girl-indiana-ohio-caitlin-bernard-11657648618

The Washington Post’s semi-skeptical column (paywalled, but only on desktop for some reason):

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/07/09/one-source-story-about-10-year-old-an-abortion-goes-viral/

Ladies and gentlemen, we got him:

https://www.dispatch.com/story/news/2022/07/13/columbus-man-charged-rape-10-year-old-led-abortion-in-indiana/10046625002/

Rebecca Fishbein uses this to dunk on her political outgroup:

Mike Daisy, who QRT’d this tweet, was himself caught fabricating a story:

https://www.thisamericanlife.org/460/retraction

Fox grabs the political football, scores some political points for the right:

https://www.foxnews.com/politics/ohio-10-year-olds-alleged-rapist-guatemalan-illegal-immigrant-ice-source

Bethany Bruner was the only one in the courtroom as the perp was arraigned.

Asheville Watchdog:

https://avlwatchdog.org/

Leon County:

Jesse’s story:

The Tallahassee Democrat story that it linked to:

https://www.tallahassee.com/story/news/education/2022/06/29/leon-county-school-board-approves-lgbtq-guide-dont-say-gay-moms-for-liberty-parental-rights/7765205001/

Kaitlyn Greenridge, features director of Harper’s Bazaar, on how this may represent an irreversible step towards fascism:

Leon County School District’s LGBTQ Inclusive guide with amendments — old version before the final amendments that was linked to in the Democrat piece:

https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/22074439-the-leon-county-school-districts-lgbtq-inclusive-guide-with-amendments

Chase Anderson, child and adolescent psychiatrist, on this policy (deleted):

NBC repeats the claim from Twitter:

https://www.nbcnews.com/nbc-out/out-news/floridas-dont-say-gay-law-takes-effect-schools-roll-lgbtq-restrictions-rcna36143

Vanity Fair then repeats the claim from NBC from Twitter:

https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2022/07/ron-desantis-florida-dont-say-gay-goes-into-effect

Turns out the guide was actually written by a PFLAG activist:

https://www.wtxl.com/news/local-news/leon-county-schools-board-to-finalize-lgbtq-guidance

In Leon County, even the Republicans are liberal:

https://tallahasseereports.com/2017/05/03/school-board-member-alva-striplin-becomes-a-democrat/

The lawsuit that got this policy rewritten:

https://www.tallahassee.com/story/news/2021/11/16/leon-county-schools-sued-over-lgbtq-guide-transgender-lgbtq-guide/6342695001/

Leon County’s reaction to the “Don’t Say Gay” Bill:

https://www.tallahassee.com/story/news/2022/03/29/leon-county-schools-lawsuit-spurred-florida-desantis-dont-say-gay-bill/7202254001/

Previously, Leon County school board got their salaries withheld by the state gov’t over their mask policy:

https://www.tallahassee.com/story/news/2021/10/15/leon-county-school-board-loses-salaries-over-mask-policy/8473965002/

The journalist fact-checking this story:

https://www.tallahassee.com/staff/7775150002/ana-goi-lessan/

Image: DAYTON, OHIO, UNITED STATES - 2022/05/14: Protesters hold placards expressing their opinion at a pro abortion rights rally. People from many different cities gathered to support and rally for abortion rights. In light of the Supreme Court decision that could overturn Roe v. Wade that leaked roughly two weeks ago, hundreds of people in Dayton, spoke and marched for abortion access. (Photo by Whitney Saleski/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images)

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Episode 122: Enjoy Your Death Trap, Ladies! Jul 11, 2022

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Katie gets deceived by the Daily Kos, a leftist coffee shop suffers an expected fate, and Jesse explains how Buddhists ruined summer camp for everyone.

Links:

Rebekah’s sneakily-worded post on the Daily Kos:

https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2022/6/2/2101940/-Rebekah-makes-national-headlines-in-Whistleblower-win-joins-Crist-Fried-in-Orlando-in-major-speech

Libs of TikTok weighs in on the Mina’s Cafe situation:

Doc Marie’s website (WARNING: pointless)

https://docmaries.com/

Hidden Villa:

https://www.hiddenvilla.org/about-us/

Hidden Villa’s Facebook:

https://www.facebook.com/hiddenvilla

Hidden Villa’s swastika statement:

https://htv-prod-media.s3.amazonaws.com/files/letter-to-the-community-6-8-22-1654978228.pdf

How the world loved the swastika - until Hitler stole it:

https://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-29644591

Here, have some Jewish swastikas:

https://www.tod.org.il/en/blog-holocaust-day

The swastikas that started it all (note left-facing orientation):

The Palo Alto Online article explaining the situation:

https://www.paloaltoonline.com/news/2022/06/13/hate-symbol-or-buddhist-emblem-hidden-villa-cancels-summer-camps-for-1000-kids-after-staffers-resign-over-swastika-tiles

Los Altos Town Crier article:

https://www.losaltosonline.com/news/updated-hidden-villa-cancels-all-camps-after-key-staff-quit-citing-structural-racism/article_a0c7129a-e788-11ec-a721-d3ca305b4938.html

“What a stupid f*cking way to have a really important conversation”:

Facebook comment highlights:

https://imgur.com/a/DzBvawm

Noah Smith weighs in:

Wes Yang chimes in:

Ryan Grim’s take:

The title:

Image: Women dance together at WildRose, Saturday, Aug. 26, 2017. WildRose, which opened in 1984, is the only remaining lesbian bar in Seattle. (Genna Martin, seattlepi.com) (Photo by GENNA MARTIN/San Francisco Chronicle via Getty Images)"

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Episode 121: Kevin Kruse And Rebekah Jones Are The Heroes And/Or Villains A Divided America Needs Jul 04, 2022

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After the hosts discuss Katie’s trip to L.A. to go on Real Time with Bill Maher, they talk about the stories of two liberal darlings who face accusations of professional wrongdoing: Kevin Kruse and Rebekah Jones. To discuss this episode with other BARPod premium subscribers go here.

Show notes/Links:

Kevin Kruse, history’s attack dog: https://www.chronicle.com/article/how-kevin-kruse-became-historys-attack-dog/

An example of one of his in-depth threads, on the history of racism in the GOP:

And another, again responding to Dinesh D’Souza:

And here’s a finely aged take on Jussie Smollett:

Is Twitter-Famous Princeton Historian Kevin Kruse a Plagiarist?: https://reason.com/2022/06/14/twitter-famous-princeton-historian-kevin-kruse-plagiarist/

Comparison:

Kevin Kruse, plagiarism disliker:

More plagiarism idsliking:

Chronicle coverage: https://www.chronicle.com/article/this-historian-doesnt-shy-away-from-fights-online-now-hes-on-the-defensive

Plagiarism Today coverage: https://www.plagiarismtoday.com/2022/06/27/kevin-kruse-and-the-peak-political-plagiarism-scandal/

Magness’s anti-1619 book: https://www.amazon.com/1619-Project-Critique-Phillip-Magness/dp/1630692018

Magness harshly criticizing Kruse’s scholarship: https://www.independent.org/publications/tir/article.asp?id=1512

Responses/Responses to the responses/Other background and fighting:

https://loradawnburnett.medium.com/is-it-plagiarism-9daa44a24057

(background on Burnett: https://www.thefire.org/lawsuit-fired-for-criticizing-mike-pence-and-campus-covid-19-response-a-collin-college-history-professor-sues-to-protect-faculty-rights/)

https://philmagness.com/2022/06/when-activist-historians-redefine-plagiarism-to-protect-their-own/

Rebekah Jones:

Jones’ op-ed: https://www.miamiherald.com/article247897180.html

Times: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/11/us/florida-coronavirus-data-rebekah-jones.html

Not great: https://www.wuft.org/news/2020/07/22/criminal-stalking-case-against-fired-florida-health-data-scientist-to-drag-into-august/

The Covid whistleblower who wasn’t: https://www.nationalreview.com/2021/05/rebekah-jones-the-covid-whistleblower-who-wasnt/

Suspended from Twitter: https://www.forbes.com/sites/augustinefou/2021/06/07/the-curious-case-of-rebekah-jones-suspension-from-twitter/

Andy Signore:

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Episode 120: The NYT Enters The Youth Gender Fray And Philadelphia's Mina's World Coffee Shop Melts Down Spectacularly Jun 24, 2022

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After dissecting their experiences doing a live show at the Heterodox Academy conference in Denver, the hosts talk about Emily Bazelon’s “controversial” New York Times Magazine article about youth gender transition and a mind-melting controversy over a West Philly coffee shop. To discuss this episode with other premium subscribers, click here.

Show notes/Links:

Bazelon’s article: https://www.nytimes.com/2022/06/15/magazine/gender-therapy.html

Thank you to all the Dave Robertses:

Mina’s World:

https://www.instagram.com/mwworkers/

https://www.instagram.com/minasworld4you/

Eater profile: https://philly.eater.com/22517795/minas-world-west-philly-sonam-parikh-kate-egghart

Hostage Video 1:

Hostage Video 2:

Accountability Video:

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Episode 119: Live From The Heterodox Academy Conference In Denver Jun 20, 2022

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It finally happened! A BARPod live show. It was very very fun. If you’d like to talk about it with other BARPod premium subscribers, click here. (MANY thanks to Andy Mills for whipping the audio into publishable form — there was a recording error and it was a mess at first.)

Show notes/Links:

Heterodox Academy:

https://heterodoxacademy.org/

Katie on Stuart Reges: https://www.thestranger.com/tech/2018/06/26/28210971/university-of-washington-computer-science-lecturer-explains-why-why-women-dont-code-chaos-ensues

Jesse on the CUNY controvery: https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2018/09/a-cuny-student-was-investigated-for-criticizing-israel.html

Jesse on the Lake Washington Institute of Technology controversy: https://reason.com/2021/04/05/a-professor-pushed-back-against-white-fragility-training-the-college-investigated-her-for-9-months/

Erec Smith: https://www.ycp.edu/academics/school-of-the-arts-communication-and-global-studies/faculty/smith-erec.php

And on Twitter: https://twitter.com/rhetors_of_york

Free Black Thought: https://www.freeblackthought.com/

Image: “Elevated perspective of the Denver metro area and downtown skyline with The Rocky Mountains as a backdrop” via Getty

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Episode 118: Every Podcaster is Bi. You Just Have To Figure Out If It's Polar Or Sexual Jun 13, 2022

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After Jesse issues a very deep and personal apology about an egregious error, the hosts discuss the endlessly swirling media shitstorm surrounding Felicia Sonmez. To discuss this episode with other premium subscribers, click here.

Show notes/Links:

JournoList: https://www.vanityfair.com/culture/2010/06/the-washington-posts-dave-weigel-resigns-following-strange-semi-scandal

Emily Yoffe on Jonathan Kaiman: https://reason.com/2019/08/23/im-radioactive/

Anna Merlan on Emily Yoffe on Jonathan Kaiman: https://jezebel.com/emily-yoffe-is-back-on-her-b******t-heres-what-an-alleg-1837679900

Anna Merlan: “'Is the UVA Rape Story a Gigantic Hoax?' Asks Idiot”: https://jezebel.com/is-the-uva-rape-story-a-gigantic-hoax-asks-idiot-1665233387

Kobe Bryant thing: https://www.forbes.com/sites/tomspiggle/2020/02/04/what-felicia-sonmezs-recent-tweets-about-kobe-bryant-tell-us-about-the-free-speech-rights-of-employees/?sh=270e72ca73af

Letter of support signed by Weigel and many others: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1ErQ7bN352jQZ0Ka8kCzAW8CWr2zEnUIvms5BG2Kdt1E/edit

Sonmez statement:

Policy reversal: https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/media/washington-post-reverses-prohibition-on-reporter-from-writing-about-sexual-assault/2021/03/29/c0ee3be0-90c5-11eb-9668-89be11273c09_story.html

Lawsuit: https://www.cnn.com/2021/07/22/media/washington-post-lawsuit-felicia-sonmez/index.html

https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2021/11/inside-felicia-sonmezs-war-against-the-washington-post.html

Result: https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/21523815-sonmezvwprlg032522

https://www.cnn.com/2022/03/25/media/washington-post-felicia-sonmez-suit-dismissed/index.html

Initial Sonmez complaint about Weigel:

Jose A. Del Rel criticizes her approach:

Weigel apologizes:

Coverage of firing: https://www.politico.com/news/2022/06/09/felicia-sonmez-fired-by-the-washington-post-00038622

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/06/09/business/media/felicia-sonmez-washington-post.html

“And then you have Felicia, who is essentially pouring gasoline on every fire and inviting people to watch.”: https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2022/06/inside-the-washington-posts-social-media-meltdown

Image source: https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/how-the-new-washington-post-building-ushers-in-a-new-era-of-journalism/2015/12/10/656c248a-9ea9-11e5-9ad2-568d814bbf3b_video.html

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Episode 117: Let's Talk About Depp-Heard Reactions And Left-Wing Evolution Denialism Jun 06, 2022

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There are a lot of opinions about the verdict in the Depp-Heard case, and also on whether humans are sexually dimorphic. To discuss this episode with other BARPod premium subscribers, click here.

Show notes/Links:

Elon Musk’s Elden Ring build: https://kotaku.com/elon-musk-elden-ring-mage-worst-magic-build-twitter-bil-1848912000

“Amber Heard Verdict Sends A Message To Black Women Everywhere”: https://www.theroot.com/amber-heard-verdict-sends-a-message-to-black-women-ever-1849004234

A public orgy of misogyny: https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2022/jun/01/amber-heard-johnny-depp-trial-metoo-backlash

Uh:

We failed her: https://www.vice.com/en/article/m7vm3b/weve-all-failed-amber-heard

Herzog on Elliott: https://www.thestranger.com/news/2018/10/09/33615110/anonymous-uw-students-publish-rape-accusations-online-what-could-go-wrong

The List: https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/kelseyweekman/johnny-depps-instagram-statement-liked-by-celebrities

Filipovic: https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2022/jun/02/the-depp-defamation-suit-should-outrage-and-appall-you

Does biological science, in fact, “reject the binary”: https://www.sapiens.org/biology/biological-science-rejects-the-sex-binary-and-thats-good-for-humanity/

Was women’s sports, in fact, created because men were threatened by women competing with them?:

Madison Barch: https://fanbuzz.com/college-football/madison-barch-kicker/

Two and a half years later: https://hornets.kzoo.edu/sports/fball/2021-22/players/madisonbarchp94m

Matt Walsh and the tribesmen:

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Episode 116: Commonsense Mouth-Noise And Monkeypox Reform May 30, 2022

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After the hosts discuss some urgent loose ends from their recent Nick Fuentes episode, they discuss the latest mass shooting, Katie’s Twitter fight over Chris Rufo’s mansplainations (Jesse also mansplains), and monkeypox. To discuss this episode with other Blocked and Reported premium subscribers, click here.

Show notes/Links:

Nick Fuentes stuff:

Robby Soave on mass shootings: https://reason.com/2022/05/26/uvalde-texas-mass-shooting-statistics-gun-crimes-misleading/

Data on gun deaths: https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2022/02/03/what-the-data-says-about-gun-deaths-in-the-u-s/

Stokes in 2018: https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2018/04/28/gun-nuts-guide-to-gun-control-federal-semi-automatic-firearm-license-218072/

David French on this shooting:

Danksy v Rufo v Herzog:Mel Magazine: https://melmagazine.com/en-us/story/terfs-conservatives-battle

TPM: https://talkingpointsmemo.com/morning-memo/perdue-racism-campaign-stacey-abrams

Majority Report:

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Episode 115: Reply All Is Done, Elon Musk Is Too Online, And Tucker Carlson Is Bad But Probably Not Responsible For A Mass Shooting May 23, 2022

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After Jesse tells Katie about a fairly awkward dinner, the hosts dig in to a particularly sumptuous buffet of internet nonsense. You can discuss this episode with other BARPod premium subscribers here.

Show notes/Links:

The Reply All news: https://www.theverge.com/2022/5/18/23122764/reply-all-hosts-leaving-alex-goldman-emmanuel-dzotsi

Our Episode 52: Reply All Is Melting Down Like Some Sort Of Delectable Queso Dip Appropriated By A White Bon Appetit Editor:

Elon Musk says the deal is on hold:

LOL:

ELON NO:

The Buffalo shooter’s manifesto, if you can stomach it: https://bafybeicjl3cmyl4tdze5fumhkbtzsndkvxjo5nucegbaz3lobef6and3ye.ipfs.dweb.link/Mani.pdf

Right-wing extremism expert Talia Lavin blames Abigail Shrier: https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/political-commentary/buffalo-shooter-white-supremacist-great-replacement-donald-trump-1353509/

NYT on hate crimes: https://www.nytimes.com/2022/05/16/us/hate-crimes-black-african-americans.html

Jesse responds:

Nick Confessore on Tucker Carlson: https://www.nytimes.com/2022/04/30/us/tucker-carlson-gop-republican-party.html

Anti-Defamation League on Carlson and the “Great Replacement” theory: https://www.adl.org/news/media-watch/adl-letter-to-fox-news-condemns-tucker-carlsons-impassioned-defense-of-great

Glenn Greenwald argues that it’s unfair to blame Tucker:

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Episode 114: California's Math Wars Heat Up, And A Bit More On Medievalist Twitter's Never-Ending Drama May 16, 2022

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Katie feels misled about an online fundraising effort, Jesse follows up on the medievalist Twitter drama, Katie talks about how the West is imposing its understanding of LGTBQ identity on indigeneous cultures, and Jesse explains the latest blow-by-blow in California’s so-called Math Wars. To discuss this episode with other premium subscribers, click here.

Show notes/Links:

WaPo on ISAS/MRO: https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/2019/09/19/its-all-white-people-allegations-white-supremacy-are-tearing-apart-prestigious-medieval-studies-group/

Stop LGBTQ colonizing!: https://www.newsweek.com/stop-imposing-western-lgbtq-identities-non-western-cultures-its-gender-colonialism-opinion-1705785

Ruderman White Paper: https://rudermanfoundation.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/MediaStudy-PoliceDisability_final-final.pdf

Response: https://docs.google.com/document/d/117eoVeJVP594L6-1bgL8zpZrzgojfsveJwcWuHpkNcs

Jesse’s copy if anything happens to it: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Xn3wLng7ssddxSbN0HGzexx9Mem0duxecK0_pONhKeM/

California’s math wars: https://www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/article/California-math-wars-get-ugly-Accusations-of-17060072.php

Katie on the tracking controversy: https://www.thestranger.com/slog/2019/12/04/42169178/the-battle-over-seattle-public-schools-gifted-progams-heats-up

YouCubed: https://www.youcubed.org/

“In fact, Moser’s study shows us that we don’t even have to be aware we have made a mistake for brain sparks to occur”: https://www.youcubed.org/evidence/mistakes-grow-brain/

Except no: https://problemproblems.wordpress.com/2017/10/17/youcubed-is-sloppy-about-research/

Local coverage: https://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/Stanford-professor-Karen-speaks-out-17064784.php?IPID=SFGate-HP-CP-Spotlight

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