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
Big Tech vs. Hollywood; AI vs. Journalism; Socialists vs. Bananas
Madeline Ashby, futurist and WIRED contributor joins Offline to talk about her recent piece “Hollywood’s Future Belongs to People — Not Machines." She and Jon discuss how the entertainment industry is...
23 Jul 20231h 17min
Is 2024 the AI Election? Plus, an OG Twitter Exec on Elon, Threads, and Tech Bros
Jason Goldman, former Chief Digital Officer in the Obama White House, joins Offline to break down “the AI election.” He and Jon talk through their fears for AI in politics, the ways they wish they cou...
16 Jul 20231h 16min
