{"podcast":{"title":"Blocked and Reported","slug":"blocked-and-reported-781553","podcast_index_feed_id":781553,"rss_url":"https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/500230.rss","website_url":"https://www.blockedandreported.org/podcast","image_url":"https://substackcdn.com/feed/podcast/500230/627648b7e4e67b5365cc93a29fce9fdd.jpg","author":"Katie Herzog and Jesse Singal","episode_count":480,"summary":"A Podcast About Internet Controversies","last_synced_at":null,"page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/blocked-and-reported-781553"},"episode":{"title":"Episode 299: The Politics of Misery","slug":"episode-299-the-politics-of-misery","published_at":"2026-03-16T08:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/blocked-and-reported-781553/episode-299-the-politics-of-misery","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/blocked-and-reported-781553","url":"https://www.blockedandreported.org/p/episode-299-the-politics-of-misery","audio_url":"https://pscrb.fm/rss/p/prfx.byspotify.com/e/claritaspod.com/measure/api.substack.com/feed/podcast/190780028/74821b8e1d0836c48c2bed68c65e798a.mp3","summary":"This week on Blocked and Reported, Jesse and Katie discuss the intersection of politics, social media, and mental health and debate the question: Why are young libs so depressed? Plus: Jake Lang’s anti-Muslim protest, Zohran Mamdani’s very bad tweet, and Bluesky’s CEO steps down. USA v. Lang Conservative Influencer Chased From Minneapolis Streets by Counterprotesters - The New York Times Pardoned Jan. 6 Rioter Back in Jail for Destroying Anti-ICE Sculpture | The New Republic This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.blockedandreported.org/subscribe","meta_description":"This week on Blocked and Reported, Jesse and Katie discuss the intersection of politics, social media, and mental health and debate the question: Why are…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":3195,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/blocked-and-reported-781553/episodes/episode-299-the-politics-of-misery/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/blocked-and-reported-781553/episode-299-the-politics-of-misery.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}