Woke AI, Libs of TikTok DESTROYED, and the Offline Reality of Long COVID
Zeynep Tufekci, sociologist and New York Times opinion columnist, joins Offline to discuss why long covid has unleashed so much online vitriol, united the Senate, and exposed just how little Americans...
3 Mars 20241h 12min
An Ex-Tucker Carlson Employee Tells All
Tina Nguyen, national correspondent at Puck News, joins Offline to talk about her new memoir, “The MAGA Diaries.” The book sheds light on the conservative movement’s college recruitment pipeline, and ...
25 Feb 20241h 22min
The Neuroscience of Why We’re Susceptible to Lies, Outrage, and Fascism
Cass Sunstein, Harvard professor and coauthor of the forthcoming book, Look Again, joins Offline to discuss the dangers of habituation. When things become so commonplace that they blend into the backg...
18 Feb 20241h 3min
Authoritarians or A-holes? Kara Swisher on Tech's Biggest Egos
Kara Swisher, longtime tech reporter and author of the forthcoming memoir Burn Book, joins Offline to talk about the tech tycoons who think they’re qualified to run our country. She and Jon break down...
11 Feb 202456min
What's Really Behind the Media Apocalypse?
Peter Hamby, host of Snapchat’s Good Luck America and a founding partner at Puck News, returns to Offline to discuss whether journalism is headed towards extinction. With the latest round of media lay...
4 Feb 20241h 13min
Are Algorithms Making You Boring?
Kyle Chayka, New Yorker staff writer and author of “Filterworld: How Algorithms Flattened Culture,” joins Offline to expose how online feeds push us into the mainstream and away from each other. He an...
28 Jan 202452min
Were Trump’s Opponents Too Online? Plus, R. F. Kuang on Her Twitter Era Novel
R. F. Kuang, bestselling author of Yellowface, joins Offline to discuss cultural appropriation, the flatness of social media friendships and feedback, and the tortured relationship between literature ...
21 Jan 20241h 3min
The Science of Achieving (and Enjoying) Your New Year’s Resolution
Katy Milkman, Wharton professor and author of How to Change: The Science of Getting from Where You Are to Where You Want to Be, joins Offline to discuss the limits of willpower. Katy and Max dig into ...
14 Jan 202452min
