Episode 34: The 1619 Project, Hunter Biden's Sweet Gig, And Facebook And Twitter's Panicky Incompetence

Blocked and Reported

Katie Herzog and Jesse Singal

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4.6 • 4.1K Ratings

🗓️ 17 October 2020

⏱️ 49 minutes

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Summary

Katie and Jesse discuss the recent and not-so-recent controversy over The 1619 project, the reputational perils of getting in constant fights with idiots on Twitter, and the tangled story of Hunter Biden, a blind guy at a laptop-repair shop, and a controversial New York Post story. Along the way, Jesse engages in some shockingly casual anti-Ukrainianism.

The New York Times: The 1619 Project - https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2019/08/14/magazine/1619-america-slavery.html

The New York Times: The 1619 Chronicles - https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/09/opinion/nyt-1619-project-criticisms.html

The Washington Post: How the 1619 Project took over 2020 - https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/1619-project-took-over-2020-inside-story/2020/10/13/af537092-00df-11eb-897d-3a6201d6643f_story.html

The World Socialist Web Site's coverage of the controversy: https://www.google.com/search?q=site%3Awsws.org+%221619+project%22&oq=site%3Awsws.org+%221619+project%22&aqs=chrome..69i57j69i58.5606j0j9&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8

The New York Times: On Recent Criticism of The 1619 Project- https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/16/magazine/criticism-1619-project.html (note: this one went up after we recorded the episode)

New York Post: Smoking-gun email reveals how Hunter Biden introduced Ukrainian businessman to VP dad - https://nypost.com/2020/10/14/email-reveals-how-hunter-biden-introduced-ukrainian-biz-man-to-dad/

PolitiFact: A look behind the NY Post headline about Joe Biden and a Ukraine meeting - https://www.politifact.com/article/2020/oct/15/look-behind-ny-post-headline-about-joe-biden-and-u/

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0:00.0	Hey Jesse, I got a text message I want to read to you.
0:06.3	I'll go for it.
0:07.3	Okay.
0:08.3	Hey, just wanted to give you a belated congrats on the success of the podcast.
0:12.0	It was the perfect soundtrack for my cross-country drive.
0:14.9	My one recommendation is that you be meaner to Jesse.
0:18.3	I heard him on the phone the other day referring to himself as an untouchable golden god
0:23.0	so I think you need to take him down a notch.
0:25.5	Jesse, do you have any ideas this text message might be from?
0:28.0	Ah, it was on my mom.
0:30.0	It was your brother.
0:32.0	Nice.
0:33.0	Oh man, I should have bullied him more growing up.
0:35.2	You should have bullied him more.
0:36.2	I suggested that we kick you off the podcast and bring him on and he's into it.
0:39.6	He says he's going to write to the board of directors and watch a coup soon.
0:43.1	She got Hunter Biden to sit on our board.
0:46.6	Speaking of Hunter Biden.
0:48.6	What a segue.
0:49.6	Yes.
0:50.6	But first we should probably announce what podcast we're listening to.
0:52.9	Jesse, what podcast are we listening to?
	...

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