Radio Better Offline: Kyle Barr, Alex Cranz & Michael Fisher
Better Offline27 Aug 2025

Radio Better Offline: Kyle Barr, Alex Cranz & Michael Fisher

Welcome to Radio Better Offline, a tech talk radio show recorded out of one of iHeartRadio's satellite studios in New York city. Ed is joined by Kyle Barr of Gizmodo, freelance writer Alex Cranz and content creator Michael Fisher (AKA Mr. Mobile) to talk about the weird and fun gadgets that are still getting made, both in the US and abroad.

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Alex Cranz:
https://bsky.app/profile/cranz.bsky.social
https://x.com/alexhcranz

Kyle Barr:
https://x.com/KyleBarr5
https://gizmodo.com/author/kylebarr
Screw Foldables: Lenovo’s Rollable Laptop Proves There Are Better Uses for Flexible Screens
https://gizmodo.com/lenovo-thinkbook-plus-gen-6-rollable-review-2000637995
Framework Laptop 13 Review: Wait, Did I Actually Have Fun With a PC? https://gizmodo.com/framework-laptop-13-review-wait-did-i-actually-have-fun-with-a-pc-2000590685
This Gaming Handheld’s External Battery Isn’t as Dumb as You Think https://gizmodo.com/this-gaming-handhelds-external-battery-isnt-as-dumb-as-you-think-2000639520
I Flew Insta360’s First Drone With a 360-Degree Camera, and It’s DJI’s Worst Nightmare
https://gizmodo.com/after-using-this-360-drone-ill-never-look-at-flying-cameras-the-same-way-again-2000641466

Michael Fisher:
http://threads.com/captain2phones
Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCSOpcUkE-is7u7c4AkLgqTw
Motorola Razr https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YGTkjchlVJk
Light Phone https://youtu.be/fRRNSEb1DAQ?si=uTZ6lOw1925K2y05
The Minimal Phone https://youtu.be/atYcpCoghnc?si=uxybVX3iyyCVn1Tu
TRMNL https://youtu.be/Ax792f2RbIY?si=bRCEmDh_Bd362Wwg
Galaxy Z Flip 7 https://youtu.be/1WLIY7oObvU?si=4KIgxuROrMHCJCEx

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AI Is Worse Than The Dot Com Bubble: Part Four

AI Is Worse Than The Dot Com Bubble: Part Four

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AI Is Worse Than The Dot Com Bubble: Part Three

AI Is Worse Than The Dot Com Bubble: Part Three

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29 Jan 13min

AI Is Worse Than The Dot Com Bubble: Part Two

AI Is Worse Than The Dot Com Bubble: Part Two

In part two of this week’s Dot Com Bubble series, Ed Zitron explains the flimsy mythology used to convince the world to run millions of miles of fiber optic cable - and how completely different that i...

28 Jan 20min

AI Is Worse Than The Dot Com Bubble: Part One

AI Is Worse Than The Dot Com Bubble: Part One

In part one of this week’s series, Ed Zitron explains how the AI bubble could be so much worse than the dot com bubble - and how people are too flippant about the carnage caused by the 2000s telecommu...

27 Jan 13min

Working In The Dot Com Bubble ft. Matt Rosoff

Working In The Dot Com Bubble ft. Matt Rosoff

To kick off this week’s Better Offline Dot Com Special, Ed Zitron is joined by The Register’s Matt Rosoff to talk about what it was like to be in the tech industry during the last time the markets got...

26 Jan 55min

The Enshittifinancial Crisis: Part Four

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