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Blocked and Reported

Episode 28: Dolezal II: Even Dolezaller

Blocked and Reported

Katie Herzog and Jesse Singal

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4.64.1K Ratings

🗓️ 4 September 2020

⏱️ 69 minutes

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Summary

After Jesse reveals yet another shocking secret about his mysterious life, the hosts discuss the case of Jessica Krug, a George Washington University professor who appears to have admitted to pulling a Rachel Dolezal: she pretended to be black. What a mess! But perhaps not all that shocking in our identity-obsessed age. Then the hosts respond, in depth, to an email from a reader who wants to be talked out of voting for Donald Trump, sparking an uncharacteristically earnest discussion about the upcoming election and why the right choice isn't a close call.

Medium: The Truth, and the Anti-Black Violence of My Lies - https://medium.com/@jessakrug/the-truth-and-the-anti-black-violence-of-my-lies-9a9621401f85

The Cut: There’s a New Rachel Dolezal - https://www.thecut.com/2020/09/historian-jessica-krug-admits-to-posing-as-a-black-woman.html

Vice: In Rachel Dolezal's Skin - https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/gvz79j/rachel-dolezal-profile-interview

The weird right-wing rally Jesse stumbled upon next to City Hall in Manhattan: https://photos.app.goo.gl/DvdsAiHR1P4bfbED8



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0:00.0

Jesse, how's it going?

0:03.3

I am feeling crestfallen, Katie.

0:04.9

Why is that?

0:05.7

I have a confession to make.

0:06.7

It's pretty heavy.

0:07.4

Oh, shit.

0:07.9

All right, give it to me.

0:08.8

All right, this could, you know,

0:10.2

a lot of things have almost torpedoed the podcast.

0:12.2

I think this will torpedo the podcast.

0:13.6

You know how I make a lot of jokes about being awkward

0:17.4

and Jewish, fake girlfriends, just that whole sort of

0:20.0

nerd-stick?

0:21.2

Yeah, yeah, it's your thing.

0:22.4

It's all a lie.

0:23.1

What?

0:23.8

What?

0:24.6

What?

0:25.4

This is an identity I've been building up ever since

0:28.1

I started having some success in journalism

0:30.8

maybe six or seven years ago.

0:32.6

I built up this sort of persona quote unquote.

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