Episode 108: ¡Podcastismo o muerte!
Blocked and Reported
Katie Herzog and Jesse Singal
4.6 • 4.1K Ratings
🗓️ 2 April 2022
⏱️ 46 minutes
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Summary
Jesse talks about his time in Cuba (where he was radicalized against America), and then the cohosts discuss a very naughty Tory politician, whether J.K. Rowling caused Vladimir Putin to invade Ukraine, and a bizarre story involving a liberal arts college and what can only be deranged as a dad-led sex cult. To discuss this episode with other premium subscribers, click here.
Show notes/Links:
"Compare and book Florida Cuba Ferries" :( -
The best book on Cuba Jesse read: https://www.amazon.com/Cuba-American-Dr-Ada-Ferrer/dp/1501154559
A much shorter one that is just about Havana and which is also good: https://www.amazon.com/Havana-Subtropical-Delirium-Mark-Kurlansky/dp/163286391X
Rowling/Putin:
https://www.cnn.com/2022/03/25/world/jk-rowling-putin-intl-scli-gbr/index.html
Polling on Rowlingesque subjects: https://yougov.co.uk/topics/politics/articles-reports/2020/07/16/where-does-british-public-stand-transgender-rights
Reports of rampant lesbianism at Sarah Lawrence college: https://www.nytimes.com/1977/03/20/archives/the-trouble-at-sarah-lawrence-sarah-lawrence.html
Larry Ray: https://www.thecut.com/2020/02/larry-ray-sarah-lawrence-students.html
Image: Jesse’s incredible photography
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| 0:00.0 | When Ostea's Chessi, how's Cuba? |
| 0:11.0 | Hola, Hola, Casey Herzog. |
| 0:13.0 | Hola, mi amigo. Amigx. |
| 0:15.0 | Amigx? Amigx. |
| 0:16.0 | Yes, I am freshly returned from Cuba. |
| 0:19.0 | I was there for nine days in Verendero, |
| 0:24.0 | which is like a beachy region and Havana, |
| 0:27.0 | the capital and Vinyales, this is a very nice naturey area. |
| 0:31.0 | It was crazy, man. It was really interesting. |
| 0:34.0 | Obviously, I can only provide the perspective of a tourist |
| 0:38.0 | who you might not know this, but I'm actually not fluent in Spanish. |
| 0:42.0 | Did you know that? |
| 0:43.0 | You? I thought you knew all the languages. |
| 0:45.0 | Yeah, everyone assumes I'm really good at everything, but I'm not. |
| 0:48.0 | No, it was really interesting. |
| 0:50.0 | I don't want to do that thing where an American goes somewhere |
| 0:52.0 | and comes back and has really strong opinions about it, |
| 0:55.0 | but I will say even more so than other poorer countries I've been to. |
| 1:01.0 | I think Cuba is in the middle. |
| 1:02.0 | They're not even super poor, but it sort of made me appreciate America, |
| 1:06.0 | which is weird, because I think you and I both really hate America |
| 1:09.0 | and seek to undermine it at every turn. |
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