[13][14] According to the Blocked and Reported website, Herzog and Singal "scour the internet for its craziest, silliest, most sociopathic content" in order to "extract kernels of meaning and humanity from a landscape of endless raging dumpster fires.

"[15] Stories covered by Blocked and Reported include allegations of a toxic workplace environment at the Reply All podcast, the influence of Robin DiAngelo in the diversity training industry, the firing of Gina Carano from The Mandalorian, a Seattle Pride event that charged white attendees a "reparations fee", criticism of Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie for her views on transgender rights, and controversies in the young adult fiction community on Twitter.

"[4] George Fenwick, in Stuff, praised Singal and Herzog's "clever and accessible" analysis of internet controversies, calling the podcast a "balm" for the chaos of online arguments.

[16] The Times columnist James Marriott wrote that Blocked and Reported "provides exhaustive coverage of the latest culture wars scandals", with "a good-humoured, common-sense and often entertainingly exasperated perspective.

"[3] Elizabeth Nolan Brown of Reason said that Blocked and Reported "spares nothing in ridiculing online controversies around gender, sexism, racism, and other heated issues but avoids the pitfall of simply gawking at dumpster fires.