Better Offline

Better Offline

Better Offline is a weekly show exploring the tech industry’s influence and manipulation of society - and interrogating the growth-at-all-costs future that tech’s elite wants to build.

Combining narrative-form storytelling, one-on-one interviews and panel-based discussions, Better Offline cuts through the buzzwords and obfuscation of the tech industry, investigating and evaluating the schemes and scams of everyone from cryptocurrency scumbags to the greediest of the venture capital elite. Tech industry veteran Ed Zitron and a dynamic coterie of guests will help listeners understand the who, how and why of how tech’s most powerful players are changing the world - for better or for worse.

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Monologue: How Better Offline Saved Me

Monologue: How Better Offline Saved Me

In this week's monologue, Ed Zitron walks you through the story of how writing The Man That Destroyed Google Search saved his life. The Man That Destroyed Google Search: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/...

16 Touko 20258min

Empires of AI With Karen Hao

Empires of AI With Karen Hao

Ed Zitron is joined by Karen Hao, author of the book Empire of AI, to talk about the confusing world of OpenAI and the associated mind-poison of artificial general intelligence.Book link: https://www....

14 Touko 202551min

Monologue: Sam Altman's BS Eye Scanning Startup

Monologue: Sam Altman's BS Eye Scanning Startup

In this week’s monologue, Ed Zitron walks you through World, Sam Altman’s meaningless new “World” startup that trades you cryptocurrency for a scan of your eyeballs, and how it proves something is dee...

9 Touko 202512min

Tariffs and The End Of Affordable Computing w/ Steve Burke

Tariffs and The End Of Affordable Computing w/ Steve Burke

In this episode, Ed Zitron is joined by Steve Burke of GamersNexus to talk about how tariffs are throwing the PC gaming industry into disarray, and how the era of affordable computing is coming to an ...

7 Touko 202537min

I'm Mad As Hell, And I'm Not Gonna Take It Anymore

I'm Mad As Hell, And I'm Not Gonna Take It Anymore

In this episode, Ed Zitron walks you through all the signs that the bubble is bursting, and how hysterical boosters continue to desperately keep it from doing so. YOU CAN NOW BUY BETTER OFFLINE MERCH!...

2 Touko 202527min

Monologue: Why We Need Tech Criticism More Than Ever

Monologue: Why We Need Tech Criticism More Than Ever

In this week’s monologue, Ed Zitron walks you through why better tech criticism will lead to a better tech industry - and a better society at large. YOU CAN NOW BUY BETTER OFFLINE MERCH! Go to https:/...

1 Touko 20256min

The BS Bubble

The BS Bubble

In this episode, Ed Zitron walks you through why it’s so harmful that the media keeps taking OpenAI at its word - and responds to the most common critiques from AI boosters.YOU CAN NOW BUY BETTER OFFL...

30 Huhti 202530min

Monologue: The Tech I Actually Like

Monologue: The Tech I Actually Like

In this week’s monologue, Ed Zitron walks you through the tech he actually likes, and how digital connections give him hope in the darkest times. YOU CAN NOW BUY BETTER OFFLINE MERCH! Go to https://co...

25 Huhti 202512min