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Katie Herzog vs. transgender people

Katie Herzog is an American author and podcaster best known for gender critical views and anti-transgender activism. Herzog co-hosts the anti-trans “drama” podcast Blocked and Reported with Jesse Singal. Herzog’s work includes

  • promoting disease models:
  • promoting the “ex-trans” movement:
  • never correcting or updating reporting on former ex-trans activist Ky Schevers
  • sex segregationism regarding sports, incarceration, and other remaining sex-segregated institutions
  • signing the anti-trans Harper’s Letter with J.K. Rowling and other anti-trans activists
  • criticizing value-neutral and gender-neutral language like pronouns and inclusive medical terminology
    • claiming that medical schools are “denying biological sex”
  • promoting separatist and binary ideas of sex and sexuality
  • criticizing nuanced and nonbinary ideas of sex and sexuality
  • promoting LGB separatism and the “lesbian erasure” conspiracy theory

Note: for the trans-supportive artist born in 1979, see Katie Herzog and transgender people.

Background

Catherine Ronan “Katie” Herzog was born on May 18, 1983 in Asheville, North Carolina. Herzog’s parents are both emeritus professors who taught at Western Carolina University: Harold Albert “Hal” Herzog served as a psychology professor, and Mary Jean Ronan Herzog served as an education professor. Katie Herzog graduated from the University of North Carolina at Asheville with a bachelor’s degree in English literature and continued to graduate school before dropping out. Herzog has siblings.

Herzog has published writing in numerous outlets, listed below. Herzog got a start as a blogger on Tumblr and on a personal website. Herzog has attempted to delete much of this early work.

Herzog identifies as lesbian and lives in Washington state and North Carolina with spouse Janna Krein, a nurse.

Anti-trans activism at The Stranger

Herzog worked for Dan Savage as a freelancer for The Stranger, later serving as a staff writer from 2017 to 2020.

In 2017, Herzog wrote “The Detransitioners,” a piece critics considered a biased and flawed article supporting the ex-trans movement. The piece mentioned several people:

  • Brynn Tannehill, a trans journalist whose criticism of the ex-trans movement appears to have motivated Herzog’s piece
  • Marlo Mack, How to Be a Girl podcaster and supportive parent of a gender diverse child
  • John Otto, a happily transitioned trans man

Supporting Herzog’s views were several activists promoting the ex-trans movement:

  • James Cantor, a fellow gender critical troll in Toronto and promoter of many disease models of gender identity and expression
  • “Jackie” aka “Jackal,” a Seattle area resident who was 25 in 2017 and moderated detransinfo.tumblr.com
  • “Jane,” a Southern California resident who was 53 in 2017 and who joined the ex-trans movement after discovering radfem forums online
  • “Ryan,” who was 43 in 2017 and who underwent medical transition steps but was not socially transitioned at the time
  • “Cass,” who later came out as ex-trans whistleblower Ky Schevers

Schevers was deeply involved in the “gender critical” movement connected to trans-exclusionary radical feminism (TERF):

While hanging out among ourselves, I and other younger members of this scene would jokingly refer to ourselves and each other as “TERFs”, reclaiming what we viewed as a slur. Many of us got a kick out of having a secret life in a subculture outsiders (correctly) viewed as a hate group. We thought such people were ridiculous and misogynistic for seeing us as hateful and we frequently mocked them, acting as if they were ignorant, misled and/or overly sensitive. We would gather at a lesbian-owned coffee shop and complain about how trans activists were a threat to lesbian culture, talk about dangerous and disgusting “autogynephiles” trying to infiltrate “female-only” spaces, and the social forces supposedly pushing lesbians to “dis-identify from femaleness” and identify as trans. 

Schevers 2021

Herzog never updated the original piece or covered the subsequent developments. No one has ever independently confirmed Herzog’s claims about “Jackie,” “Jane,” or “Ryan,” and the only one independently confirmed has come out against Herzog’s article and its thesis. This is probably the prime example that Herzog is not an objective source for information on trans issues.

In response, some critics burned copies of The Stranger and distributed stickers that said “Katie Herzog (writer at the stranger) Is A Transphobe.” Herzog claims to have been ostracized by some friends. The New York Times and The New Republic described the reaction to “The Detransitioners” as an example of “cancel culture.”

In 2024, The Stranger allowed Schevers to set the record straight on Herzog’s coverage, but none of Herzog’s other sources have been independently verified.

Relationship with Jesse Singal

Herzog and anti-trans activist Jesse Singal joined forces after both of them wrote pieces promoting the ex-trans movement. Singal’s piece When a Child Says She’s Trans came out in The Atlantic in June 2018. Earlier that month. they both attended the first Heterodox Academy Open Minds Conference in New York, and Herzog logrolled Singal in The Stranger. In April 2019, Singal interviewed Herzog.

During the COVID-19 pandemic, Herzog was furloughed and was no longer employed there as of 2020. In 2020, Herzog founded Permabanned Media LLC and in March began the podcast Blocked and Reported with Singal. In July, Singal and Herzog both signed “A Letter on Justice and Open Debate” for Harper’s. That letter was signed by a disproportionate number of anti-transgender extremists.

After leaving The Stranger

Since leaving The Stranger, Herzog has become more outspoken on anti-transgender topics. Herzog has spoken frequently about the alleged cultural shift away from “lesbian” as an identity, promoted the disputed diagnosis “rapid onset gender dysphoria,” and suggested that the increase in trans-identified people is part of a “social contagion.” Herzog has also gotten money and attention for claiming that medical schools are “denying biological sex” by presenting more inclusive and value-neutral scientific terminology. Herzog’s posts on the topic via intellectual dark web promoter Bari Weiss were tagged as unreliable self-published sources by the r/medicine forum on reddit, causing the usual suspects to claim they were being censored.

As with most people who claim to be “canceled,” Herzog has seen an enormous increase in media appearances on conservative and anti-transgender shows and platforms since 2017. They include

  • Kmele Foster
  • David Fuller
  • Andrew Gold
  • Glenn Greenwald
  • Inaya Folarin Iman
  • Vanessa Quirk
  • Scott Veritas

Drink Your Way Sober

In 2025, Herzog released a book titled Drink Your Way Sober, which outlined Herzog’s struggles with alcohol use and dependence. Herzog promotes the Sinclair Method, which involves taking the opioid inhibitor naltrexone.

The book was blurbed by a number of other reactionary centrists, including Hadley Freeman, Meghan Daum, Scott Barry Kaufman, Sam Harris, and Nick Gillespie.

References

Schevers, Ky (June 24, 2024). The Reality Behind the Story I Told The Stranger. The Stranger https://www.thestranger.com/queer-issue-2024/2024/06/05/79545098/the-reality-behind-the-story-i-told-the-stranger

Doyle, Jude Ellison S. (March 15, 2023). The making of a detransitioner. Xtra* https://xtramagazine.com/power/detransition-terf-movement-elisa-shupe-247592

Higgins, Eoin (August 8, 2022). What happened to Glenn Greenwald? The former trans ally now sides with right wing transphobia. Salon https://www.salon.com/2022/08/08/what-happened-to-glenn-greenwald-the-former-trans-ally-now-sides-with-right-wing-transphobia/

Schevers, Ky (March 25, 2021). The Reality Behind the Story I Told: What My Life was Like When I was Interviewed for the Stranger. Medium https://kyschevers.medium.com/the-reality-behind-the-story-i-told-what-my-life-was-like-when-i-was-interviewed-for-the-stranger-2508d595689d

Doyle, Jude Ellison S. (March 24, 2021). What’s So Scary About Detransitioning? GEN. https://gen.medium.com/whats-so-scary-about-detransitioning-a8340daf3132

Stahl, Lynne (March 19, 2021). The latest form of transphobia: Saying lesbians are going extinct. Washington Post https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/the-latest-form-of-transphobia-saying-lesbians-are-going-extinct/2021/03/18/072a95fc-8786-11eb-82bc-e58213caa38e_story.html

Urquhart, Evan (February 1, 2021). An “Ex-Detransitioner” Disavows the Anti-Trans Movement She Helped Spark. Slate https://slate.com/human-interest/2021/02/detransition-movement-star-ex-gay-explained.html

Grant, Melissa Gira (November 6, 2019). Fixating on “Cancel Culture” in an Age of Transphobia. The New Republic https://newrepublic.com/article/155606/fxating-cancel-culture-age-transphobia

Lieberman, Hallie (May 3, 2019). Why Is Reporting on Trans Issues So Fraught? News-to-Table / Pressland https://medium.com/news-to-table/https-medium-com-news-to-table-why-is-reporting-on-trans-issues-so-fraught-c3b52b4b97c4

Serano, Julia (July 4, 2017). Why my piece won’t be appearing in The Stranger. https://juliaserano.blogspot.com/2017/07/why-my-piece-wont-be-appearing-in.html

Serano, Julia (June 30, 2017). Stop pitting detransitoners against happily transitioned people. https://juliaserano.blogspot.com/2017/06/stop-pitting-detransitoners-against.html

Coverage in anti-trans press

McFadden, Joey (August 26, 2024). (Il)liberal Gender Ideology Confuses Children and Stifles Discourse. Fair Observer https://www.fairobserver.com/politics/illiberal-gender-ideology-confuses-children-and-stifles-discourse/

McDermott, John (November 2, 2019). Those People We Tried to Cancel? They’re All Hanging Out Together. New York Times https://www.nytimes.com/2019/11/02/style/what-is-cancel-culture.html

Selected anti-trans writing by Herzog

Herzog, Katie (July 27, 2021). Med Schools Are Now Denying Biological Sex. The Free Press https://www.thefp.com/p/med-schools-are-now-denying-biological

Herzog, Katie (November 27, 2020). Where Have All The Lesbians Gone? They’re coming out as nonbinary or as men. The Weekly Dish https://andrewsullivan.substack.com/p/where-have-all-the-lesbians-gone-0a7

Herzog, Katie (February 4, 2020). Controversial Feminist Event at the Library Goes on Despite Threats, Interruptions, and Protests. The Stranger https://www.thestranger.com/slog/2020/02/04/42751372/controversial-feminist-event-at-the-library-goes-on-despite-threats-interruptions-and-protests

Herzog, Katie (January 13, 2020). Amid Protests, Seattle Public Library Affirms Commitment to Free Speech. The Stranger https://www.thestranger.com/slog/2020/01/13/42551375/amid-protests-seattle-public-library-affirms-commitment-to-free-speech

Herzog, Katie (October 10, 2019). Supreme Court Case Makes Strange Bedfellows of Conservative Christians and Radical Feminists. The Stranger https://www.thestranger.com/slog/2019/10/10/41649666/supreme-court-case-makes-strange-bedfellows-of-conservative-christians-and-radical-feminists

Herzog, Katie (September 23, 2019). Is the Life Expectancy of Trans Women in the U.S. Just 35? No. The Stranger https://www.thestranger.com/slog/2019/09/23/41471629/is-the-life-expectancy-of-trans-women-in-the-us-just-35-no

Herzog, Katie (September 17, 2019). Cancel Culture: What Exactly Is This Thing? The Stranger https://www.thestranger.com/slog/2019/09/17/41416013/cancel-culture-what-exactly-is-this-thing

Herzog, Katie (September 3, 2019). Adam Director Rhys Ernst on When Cancel Culture Comes For Your Work. The Stranger https://www.thestranger.com/film/2019/09/03/41280771/adam-director-rhys-ernst-on-when-cancel-culture-comes-for-your-work

Herzog, Katie (May 17, 2019). Social Media Companies Are Banning Extremists. Others Are Getting Caught in the Crossfire. The Stranger https://www.thestranger.com/articles/2019/05/17/40234886/social-media-companies-are-banning-extremists-others-are-getting-caught-in-the-crossfire

Herzog, Katie (April 18, 2019 ). The Government Doesn’t Need to Erase History. The Media Is Doing It for Them. The Stranger https://www.thestranger.com/media/2019/04/18/39941044/the-government-doesnt-need-to-erase-history-the-media-is-doing-it-for-them

Herzog, Katie (November 19, 2018). Study Claims Gender Nonconforming Children Were Different Gender in Their Past Lives. The Stranger https://www.thestranger.com/lgbtqitslfa/2018/11/19/35865090/study-says-gender-nonconforming-children-were-opposite-sex-in-past-lives

Herzog, Katie (September 6, 2018). “They” Is a Fine Pronoun, But It Ain’t Mine. The Stranger https://www.thestranger.com/articles/2018/09/06/31903785/they-is-a-fine-pronoun-but-it-aint-mine

Herzog, Katie (November 30, 2018). If the Future Is Nonbinary, It’s a Bleak One for Women. The Stranger https://www.thestranger.com/the-ladies/2018/11/30/36431918/if-the-future-is-nonbinary-its-a-bleak-one-for-women

Herzog, Katie (July 9, 2018). The Left’s Mischaracterizations of Jordan Peterson Will Make His Followers Turn Right. The Stranger https://www.thestranger.com/articles/2018/07/09/28930684/the-lefts-mischaracterizations-of-jordan-peterson-will-make-his-followers-turn-right

Herzog, Katie (June 19, 2018). Twitter, Trans Kids, Call-Out Culture, and a $10,000 Blunt. The Stranger https://www.thestranger.com/lgbtqitslfa/2018/06/19/27872645/twitter-trans-kids-call-out-culture-and-a-10000-blunt

Herzog, Katie (May 31, 2018). Wrongspeak Is a Safe Space for Dangerous Ideas. The Stranger https://www.thestranger.com/podcasts/2018/05/31/26879132/wrong-speak-is-a-safe-space-for-dangerous-ideas

Herzog, Katie (April 6, 2018). Kevin Williamson Has Terrible Ideas, But He Got One Thing Right. The Stranger https://www.thestranger.com/media/2018/04/06/26014612/kevin-williamson-has-terrible-ideas-but-he-got-one-thing-right

Herzog, Katie (January 23, 2018). Call-Out Culture Is a Toxic Garbage Dumpster Fire of Trash. The Stranger https://www.thestranger.com/language/2018/01/23/25741141/call-out-culture-is-a-toxic-garbage-dumpster-fire-of-trash

Herzog, Katie (December 5, 2017). Popular Leftist YouTuber ContraPoints Gets Caught Up in University of British Columbia Free Speech Debate. The Stranger https://www.thestranger.com/video/2017/12/05/25607468/popular-leftist-youtuber-contrapoints-gets-caught-up-in-university-of-british-columbia-free-speech-debate

Herzog, Katie (August 30, 2017). Philly Trans Health Conference Cancels Sessions on Detransitioning. The Stranger https://www.thestranger.com/lgbtqitslfa/2017/08/30/25382933/philly-trans-health-conference-cancels-sessions-on-detransitioning

Herzog, Katie (June 28, 2017). The Detransitioners: They Were Transgender, Until They Weren’t. The Stranger https://www.thestranger.com/features/2017/06/28/25252342/the-detransitioners-they-were-transgender-until-they-werent

Book

Herzog, Katie (2025). Drink Your Way Sober: The Science-Based Method to Break Free from Alcohol. BenBella Books, ISBN 978-1637747391

Media

Hard Knox with Amanda Knox and Katie Herzog (September 16, 2025). How to Drink Your Way Sober (Katie Herzog). https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wm07K3r5MrM

Modern Wisdom with Chris Williamson and Katie Herzog (September 13, 2025). A Controversial New Cure for Alcohol Dependence – Katie Herzog. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K3m3uCQQ72Y

Walk-Ins Welcome with Bridget Phetasy and Katie Herzog (August 7, 2025). Drink Your Way Sober – Katie Herzog. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kzYZZdRKdoY

Stonger Weekly / Running Free with Jesse Carrajat, and Katie Herzog (August 4, 2025). Can You Drink Your Way Sober? | Katie Herzog, Author, Journalist, & Host of Blocked and Reported. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0A52Y07JWbQ

Random Offense with Ethan Strauss and Katie Herzog (June 27, 2025). Episode 6 with Katie Herzog | Random Offense with Ethan Strauss. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hHzwrdsMxAU

Brad Polumbo with Katie Herzog (May 17, 2025). “Gen Z is unhinged!”: Brad Polumbo & Katie Herzog talk TikTok & Cancel Culture. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WTKgdtxGYRE

Uncomfortable Conversations with Josh Szeps and Katie Herzog (September 30, 2024). “The Alcoholism Myth” with Katie Herzog. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GfP51cO5Ilk

The Megyn Kelly Show with Megyn Kelly, Katie Herzog, and Jesse Singal (April 25, 2024). Free Speech vs. Harassment, and the State of “Cancel Culture,” with Katie Herzog and Jesse Singal. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UexK-h5meVU

The Megyn Kelly Show with Megyn Kelly, Katie Herzog, and Jesse Singal (April 25, 2024). Are We Past the Worst of the Cancelations in Our Culture? With Katie Herzog and Jesse Singal. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6jDJcyzmQp4

The Megyn Kelly Show with Megyn Kelly, Katie Herzog, and Jesse Singal (April 25, 2024). Truth About “Trans Athletes” Bill in New Hampshire, with Jesse Singal and Katie Herzog. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DQic52fz-3E

Brad Polumbo with Katie Herzog (March 10, 2024). ‘The queer community KICKED me OUT!’ (ft. Katie Herzog). https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-p4avZ6ccUw

Maiden Mother Matriarch with Louise Perry and Katie Herzog (February 26, 2024). Will the Trans Craze Ever End? – Katie Herzog | Maiden Mother Matriarch. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cCJrIgQz09c

Maiden Mother Matriarch with Louise Perry and Katie Herzog (February 18, 2024). Where Have All the Lesbians Gone? – Katie Herzog | Maiden Mother Matriarch 53. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M-WsqWMGxzU

Gender: A Wider Lens with Stella O’Malley, Sasha Ayad, and Katie Herzog (September 8, 2023). EP 130: Katie Herzog: Unblocked and Recorded. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3vaI4NDcd4A

System Update witth Glenn Greenwald and Katie Herzog (January 24, 2023). How the Toxic Debates Around Trans Issues May Be Improving, with Katie Herzog | SYSTEM UPDATE. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hcM31UEGB0Y

Coleman Hughes with Katie Herzog (July 17, 2022). Defining Genders: What Does It Mean To Identify With a Gender? with Katie Herzog. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x4Kmn_feSCw

Coleman Hughes and Katie Herzog (July 16, 2022). The Pride Generation with Katie Herzog. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ruvlgINs70c

Coleman Hughes and Katie Herzog (July 10, 2022). “The Gender Identity Conversation” with Katie Herzog. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ExwWYLKqftc

Transparency with Aaron Kimberly, Aaron Terrell, and Katie Herzog (July 3, 2022). EP40 – I should send them a fruit basket – with Katie Herzog. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h3eZjJkNCRc

Real Time with Bill Maher, Andrew Sullivan, Katie Herzog, and Christine Emba (June 24, 2022). Overtime: Andrew Sullivan, Katie Herzog, Christine Emba | Real Time with Bill Maher (HBO). https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G7QITC__mV4

The Veritas Podcast with Scott Veritas and Katie Herzog (March 29, 2022). Navigating the Transgender Discourse Minefield | Katie Herzog | The Veritas Podcast #19. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZdbXEd_9Xkc

Lou Perez with Katie Herzog (February 24, 2022). The Lou Perez Podcast Episode 48 – Katie Herzog. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ej8VjfgAlgc

Rebel Wisdom with David Fuller and Katie Herzog (Ocober 20, 2021). Chappelle & Trans Activism, Katie Herzog. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4dlunZ082AA

Matt Lewis with Katie Herzog (October 13, 2021). Matt Lewis Interviews Katie Herzog about Dave Chappelle’s Netflix Special. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EsQT5n61eg8

The Megyn Kelly Show with Megyn Kelly and Katie Herzog (October 4, 2021). Woke Push Against Biological Sex in the Medical Industry, with Katie Herzog | The Megyn Kelly Show. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xeU4BP8XzPU

spiked / The Brendan O’Neill Show with Brendan O’Neill and Katie Herzog (September 2, 2021). Wokeness is bad for your health, with Katie Herzog | The Brendan O’Neill Show. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r0o7_7CyjrI

Independent Women / High Noon with Inez Stepman and Katie Herzog (August 11, 2021). High Noon | Episode 15: Katie Herzog – On Woke Medicine and Moral Panic. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D4stsVkEupk

Andrew Sullivan with Katie Herzog and Jamie Kirchick (July 2, 2021). The problems with the “Q.” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bj_atHF9YZI

Free Speech Champions with Inaya Folarin Iman, Bari Weiss, Helen Lewis, Katie Herzog, and Mick Hume (May 22, 2021). Can truth survive the new journalism? Feat. Bari Weiss, Helen Lewis, Katie Herzog & Mick Hume. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a2wz6SuQSuY

Useful Idiots with Matt Taibbi, Katie Halper, Jesse Singal, and Katie Herzog (March 22, 2021). Substack Cancel Wars With Jesse Singal & Katie Herzog. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tB6BIhnQJuo

System Updare with Glenn Greenwald and Katie Herzog (March 18, 2021). The Role of Claimed LGBT Identity in Political Discourse. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wt8BZzLFpzA

The Femsplainers with Danielle Crittenden, Christina Hoff Sommers and Katie Herzog (February 5, 2021). Katie Herzog: Why Lesbians Are Endangered. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5GsBSpC4ZlE

Unregistered with Thaddeus Russell and Katie Herzog (January 16, 2021). Unregistered 148: Katie Herzog (VIDEO). https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6h3JW-Djf2I

reNEWS with Amy Selwyn, Jonathan Haidt, Bari Weiss, Katie Herzog, and Suzanne Moore (January 15, 2021). Are Culture Wars Co-opting the Mainstream Narrative? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JLRgTlsSg8M

Matt Lewis with Katie Herzog (November 9, 2020). Katie Herzog on What the Media and the Left Get Wrong. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vt1i_8k2g5E

spiked / Culture Wars with Andrew Doyle, Katie Herzog, and Jesse Singal (October 22, 2020). America is exhausted, with Jesse Singal and Katie Herzog. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YxVd-UyaSQg

Uncertain Things with Adaam James Levin-Areddy, Vanessa Quirk, and Katie Herzog (October 7, 2020). Why Everything Is a Culture War Thing (w/ Katie Herzog). https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=thoST58sb-A

The Unspeakable with Meghan Daum and Katie Herzog (September 27, 2020). #10 Katie Herzog On Why Exposing Social Media Hypocrisy Feels So Damn Good. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I_AOiAUiM1Q

Walk-Ins Welcome with Bridget Phetasy and Katie Herzog (September 20, 2020). Walk-Ins Welcome Podcast #95 – Katie Herzog. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OWFA_NrI720

Walk-Ins Welcome with Bridget Phetasy and Katie Herzog (September 3, 2020). Katie Herzog Never Expected the Concept of “Theybies” to Spread the Way It Ha‪s‬ https://ricochet.com/podcast/walk-ins-welcome-bridget-phetasy/katie-herzog-never-expected-the-concept-of-theybies-to-spread-the-way-it-has/

The Federalist with Ben Domenech and Katie Herzog (August 8, 2020). Journalist Katie Herzog On The Insanity Of Cancel Culture And False Media Narratives. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4WYPugy7nhM

Nonzero /Culturally Determined with Aryeh Cohen-Wade and Katie Herzog (July 15, 2020). Open Letters | Aryeh Cohen-Wade & Katie Herzog [Culturally Determined]. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-RdX6McwoOU

The Psychology Podcast with Scott Barry Kaufman, Katie Herzog, and Jesse Singal (July 9, 2020). Uncancellable with Katie Herzog and Jesse Singal || The Psychology Podcast. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W4yALKu3RrE

The Backchannel with Kmele Foster and Katie Herzog (July 1, 2020). Shattering the “White Fragility” Myth, with Kmele Foster and Katie Herzog. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UAdzsh0HsqM

Rebel Wisdom with David Fuller, Katie Herzog, and Jesse Singal (June 19, 2020). The Death of Journalism? Katie Herzog & Jesse Singal, Sensemaking Series. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m9AVo3jXjN8

  • PhilosophyInsights (June 19, 2020). [Edit] The Moral Panic and the Corruption of Journalism. YouTube / PhilosophyInsights. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jjT9NVOQW10 [deleted]

The Tim Dillon Show with Tim Dillon and Katie Herzog (June 14, 2020). #204 – Katie Herzog | The Tim Dillon Show. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=75N9DV8kGPg

My Northwest with Jason Rantz and Katie Herzog (June 11, 2020). Katie Herzog (Blocked and Reported host) on “cancel culture” in Seattle and at the New York Times. https://mynorthwest.com/1935924/cancel-culture-seattle-herzog/?

Michael Tracey with Katie Herzog (June 11, 2020). When did all left-wing activists become trans? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QGo4glpvGYc

Calmversations with Benjamin Boyce and Katie Herzog (April 1, 2020). Quarantine Conversations: Katie Herzog. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cfLoXgrfiio

Nonzero with Kat Rosenfield, Phoebe Maltz Bovy, and Katie Herzog (March 12, 2020). Critiquing “Ugh-Men” Feminism | Kat Rosenfield, Phoebe Maltz Bovy, & Katie Herzog [Feminine Chaos]. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4593zo615iE

We The Internet TV with Bret Weinstein, Heather Heying, and Katie Herzog (February 7, 2020). We The Internet TV Live in Portland with Bret Weinstein, Heather Heying, and Katie Herzog. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c1sqivHa3sA

DarkHorse with Bret Weinstein and Katie Herzog (November 14, 2019). Katie Herzog | Bret Weinstein’s DarkHorse Podcast #6. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OjELREOrtDc

Singal-Minded with Jesse Singal and Katie Herzog (April 19, 2019) Singal-Minded, The Interview: Katie Herzog. Substack / Singal-Minded. https://jessesingal.substack.com/p/singal-minded-the-interview-katie

The Same Drugs with Meghan Murphy and Katie Herzog (February 8, 2019). Taking the white pill: Katie Herzog refuses to be put into a box. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hR5DmKCjgVg

Unregistered with Thaddeus Russell and Katie Herzog (January 11, 2019). Episode 74: Katie Herzog. http://www.thaddeusrussell.com/podcast/74

Nonzero with Kat Rosenfield and Katie Herzog (December 4, 2018). Gender Transitions, Identity, and Catpeople | Kat Rosenfield & Katie Herzog [Feminine Chaos]. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hTo7o1sTHMs

Nonzero Clips / Culturally Determined with Aryeh Cohen-Wade and Katie Herzog (July 29, 2018). Jordan Peterson and Detransitioning | Aryeh Cohen-Wade & Katie Herzog [Culturally Determined]. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2IRAKuB1JI8

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Trans Data Library (transdatalibrary.org)

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Drink Your Way Sober (drinkyourwaysober.com)

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Muck Rack (muckrack.com)

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Splice Today (splicetoday.com)

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    • Chapter One: “And then I met Janna, the woman who would become my wife, and not only did I change my mind about dog fanatics, I’m ashamed to say I even became one myself.”
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This profile originally misstated Herzog’s birthday. In 2025, this site phased out AI illustrations after artist feedback. The previous illustration is here.