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🗓️ 23 March 2024
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This week on Blocked and Reported, Katie is joined by Pirate Wires staff writer River Page to discuss an underground pop star whose fans will not let her go away. Plus, the investigation into the death of Nex Benedict concludes.
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0:00.0 | Welcome to Blockton reported. I'm Katie Herzog and sitting in today while Jesse is busy trying to convince a pretty German tourist that he is not Sam Bankman Freed. We have River Page. River is a staff writer at Pirate Wires and I have a feeling this is going to be one of our least |
0:26.8 | family-friendly episodes so if you are listening with the kids right now stop what you were doing |
0:31.7 | stuffed tampons in their ears, and then start listening again. |
0:34.8 | River, welcome to Blockin reported. |
0:36.6 | Hey, thanks for having me. We've got a great show today. You're going to lead a segment about |
0:40.9 | Aisha erotica. I don't know who or what that is, but again, probably not safe for the kids. We're also going to follow up on the next Benedict story, but before we get to that, let's talk about you. Now, most of the guests we've had so far are people I know, |
0:56.0 | but you are the exceptions of that. This is our first time speaking. You're my wild card. |
1:00.3 | I know almost nothing about you except for the fact that you were conceived during an acid |
1:04.8 | binge at your mom's sweet 16 birthday party and her parents didn't find out she was pregnant |
1:09.4 | until she was six months along and a cousin ratted her. Oh, and her father was a Baptist |
1:13.6 | preacher and her friend's crowded money for an abortion, but she backed |
1:17.8 | out at the last minute. That's leading to you. Other than that, I know almost |
1:21.2 | nothing about you. I'm not even sure where you live, although if I had to guess I would say Florida is a Florida. |
1:26.4 | Yeah, I live in Florida now. I live in Fort Lauderdale, but I I grew up in Texas actually, but it's like really close to Louisiana which is |
1:34.0 | explains the behavior. So you're from Texas you live in Florida now natural |
1:38.9 | progression for a gay man. Right, yeah. But who are you? |
1:43.4 | Well, I'm a staff writer at Pirate Wires. |
1:45.2 | I've been writing for a while. |
1:48.2 | Compact, watching an examiner, American Affairs, |
1:53.1 | some other places like that. |
1:54.4 | I started writing in the pandemic, or shortly |
1:56.1 | before the pandemic, I think. |
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