The U.S. v. Google, Elon’s Secrets Revealed, and Why Trolls Got Nastier
Kaitlyn Tiffany, Atlantic reporter and author of Everything I Need I Get from You, joins Offline to break down internet trolls. She and Jon unpack who these people are, and examine why the online tren...
17 Sep 20231h 4min
How to Survive the 2024 Election, Tech Predictions for the Decade, and the Best Life Advice
Jon and Max are back and ready to answer your mailbag questions! But first, a post mortem on the Offline Challenge: best practices that remain, where their screen time stands now, and why on earth Jon...
10 Sep 20231h
A Very Online Summer (Friends of the Pod Preview)
We're off for Labor Day! Please enjoy this exclusive episode of Terminally Online, our new Subscription show and loosest pod here at Crooked Media. Every week Pod Save America hosts are joined by your...
3 Sep 202332min
How Social Media is Changing Movies — and Their Place in Society
Maia Wyman, or Broey Deschanel as she’s known on Youtube, joins Offline to talk about her generation of movie critics and influencers—spoiler alert, they’re not the same! Her nuanced video essays brea...
27 Aug 202357min
Welcome to the Take Recession
Kate Lindsay, author of internet culture newsletter Embedded, joins Offline to talk about whether the hottest take is to have no take at all. Kate’s most recent Atlantic piece is titled “Is It Time to...
20 Aug 20231h 16min
How Facebook Changes Us, Influencer Riots, and AI Gets Funny
According to a series of new studies published in Nature and Science, the way Facebook influences its users isn’t as straight forward as it seems. Does that mean Facebook is off the hook for polarizin...
13 Aug 20231h 22min
How Taylor Swift Conquered the Internet, Plus: Xtra Xtra the Bird is Dead
Nora Princiotti and Nathan Hubbard, hosts of The Ringer’s “Every Single Album” podcast join Offline to talk about queen of pop — and queen of the internet — Taylor Swift. They break down how the one-t...
6 Aug 20231h 9min
The Strike to Keep Hollywood Human, with Adam Conover
Comedian and Writer’s Guild negotiator, Adam Conover joins Offline to talk about how the ethos of Silicon Valley has affected the livelihoods of writers, actors and everyone in the entertainment indus...
30 Jul 202353min
