Weekly Reality Report

July 27, 2025

What is the Weekly Reality Report?

The Weekly Reality Report is back—now hitting your inbox every Sunday! Each edition includes a recap of the previous week’s content from Reality’s Last Stand and Citation Needed, a curated reading list of the week’s best articles from around the web, and a quick-hit summary of the most important, sane, and insane news items you might’ve missed.

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I co-host a weekly podcast called Citation Needed with journalist and political commentator Brad Polumbo. Each week, we dig into absurd, ideological, or just plain bad academic papers and media narratives, breaking them down with science, reason, and a proper amount of humor to keep us (and our viewers/listeners) sane. It’s separate from Reality’s Last Stand, but if you’re a reader here, you’ll feel right at home.

Every other episode is paywalled, but this week’s episode is totally free. We cover two wild stories:

1. A white man who lied about his identity to win awards for his intentionally awful poetry.

2. A new peer-reviewed study that flips the script on the transgender bullying narrative.

If you want access to next week’s episode, and every other one beyond that, subscribe now and get 20 percent off with the promo code "RLS DISCOUNT." You’ll also get to join our community, suggest papers for us to cover, and participate in behind-the-scenes discussions.