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Monologue: What If Im Right? | Better Offline Better Offline 2025-08-31 | 🛎 If You're New Subscribe ► youtube.com/@BetterOfflinePodMonologue: What If I'm Right? | Better OfflineIn this week’s Better Offline monologue, Ed considers what would happen if he’s right about the AI bubble bursting - and the consequences of three years of myth-peddling journalism and markets addicted to growth at all costs.FT: Microsoft talks set to push OpenAI’s restructure into next yearft.com/content/b81d5fb6-26e9-417a-a0cc-6b6689b70c98Sherwood: Nvidia, the asset manager, had a massive Q2 thanks to CoreWeave’s rallyhttps://sherwood.news/markets/nvidia-the-asset-manager-had-a-massive-q2-thanks-to-coreweaves-rally/Better Offline listener deal: Get $15 Off Where's Your Ed At Premium! Deal goes until the end of August.https://edzitronswheresyouredatghostio.outpost.pub/public/promo-subscription/better-offline-discountYOU CAN NOW BUY BETTER OFFLINE MERCH! Go to cottonbureau.com/people/better-offline and use code FREE99 for free shipping on orders of $99 or more.BUY A LIMITED EDITION BETTER OFFLINE CHALLENGE COIN! cottonbureau.com/p/XSH74N/challenge-coin/better-offline-challenge-coin#/29269226/gold-metal-1.75inOriginal Air Date: August 29, 2025❤️ iHeartRadio » https://bitly.cx/d5tmV📢 APPLE PODCASTS » https://bitly.cx/qmMi8🟢 SPOTIFY » https://bitly.cx/d0IG🎥 PREVIOUS VIDEO » youtu.be/1avCD84esr4✨ KEEP IN TOUCH WITH:Newsletter: wheresyoured.atReddit: http://www.reddit.com/r/betteroffline Discord chat.wheresyoured.atEd's Socials:http://www.twitter.com/edzitron instagram.com/edzitronhttps://bsky.app/profile/zitron.bsky.socialthreads.net/@edzitronBetter 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.New episodes weekly on iHeartRadio.#BetterOffline #BetterOfflinePodcast #BetterOfflinePod #EdZitron #EdZitronPodcast #BetterOfflineEdZitron #TechPodcast #Tech #Technology #iHeartPodcasts #iHeart #Podcast #Podcasttolisten #YoutubePodcast #NewPodcast
Radio Better Offline: Kyle Barr, Alex Cranz & Michael Fisher | Better Offline Better Offline 2025-08-28 | 🛎 If You're New Subscribe ► youtube.com/@BetterOfflinePodRadio Better Offline: Kyle Barr, Alex Cranz & Michael Fisher | Better OfflineWelcome 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.Latest newsletter: How To Argue With An AI Booster - https://www.wheresyoured.at/how-to-argue-with-an-ai-booster/ Latest premium newsletter: How Does GPT-5 Work? - https://www.wheresyoured.at/how-does-gpt-5-work/ Meshtastic Explainer: reddit.com/r/meshtastic/comments/1bpa7hu/explain_meshtastic_to_me_like_i_have_a_learning CyberDecks: reddit.com/r/cyberDeck Alex Cranz:https://bsky.app/profile/cranz.bsky.socialhttps://x.com/alexhcranzKyle Barr: https://x.com/KyleBarr5 gizmodo.com/author/kylebarr Screw Foldables: Lenovo’s Rollable Laptop Proves There Are Better Uses for Flexible Screensgizmodo.com/lenovo-thinkbook-plus-gen-6-rollable-review-2000637995 Framework Laptop 13 Review: Wait, Did I Actually Have Fun With a PC? gizmodo.com/framework-laptop-13-review-wait-did-i-actually-have-fun-with-a-pc-2000590685This Gaming Handheld’s External Battery Isn’t as Dumb as You Think 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 Nightmaregizmodo.com/after-using-this-360-drone-ill-never-look-at-flying-cameras-the-same-way-again-2000641466 Michael Fisher:http://threads.com/captain2phonesChannel: youtube.com/channel/UCSOpcUkE-is7u7c4AkLgqTw Motorola Razr youtube.com/watch?v=YGTkjchlVJk Light Phone youtu.be/fRRNSEb1DAQ?si=uTZ6lOw1925K2y05 The Minimal Phone youtu.be/atYcpCoghnc?si=uxybVX3iyyCVn1Tu TRMNL youtu.be/Ax792f2RbIY?si=bRCEmDh_Bd362WwgGalaxy Z Flip 7 youtu.be/1WLIY7oObvU?si=4KIgxuROrMHCJCExBetter Offline listener deal: Get $15 Off Where's Your Ed At Premium! Deal goes until the end of August.https://edzitronswheresyouredatghostio.outpost.pub/public/promo-subscription/better-offline-discountYOU CAN NOW BUY BETTER OFFLINE MERCH! Go to cottonbureau.com/people/better-offline and use code FREE99 for free shipping on orders of $99 or more.BUY A LIMITED EDITION BETTER OFFLINE CHALLENGE COIN! cottonbureau.com/p/XSH74N/challenge-coin/better-offline-challenge-coin#/29269226/gold-metal-1.75inOriginal Air Date: August 27, 2025 ❤️ iHeartRadio » https://bitly.cx/d5tmV📢 APPLE PODCASTS » https://bitly.cx/qmMi8🟢 SPOTIFY » https://bitly.cx/d0IG🎥 PREVIOUS VIDEO » youtu.be/Xm3jwyMF3wQ✨ KEEP IN TOUCH WITH:Newsletter: wheresyoured.atReddit: http://www.reddit.com/r/betteroffline Discord chat.wheresyoured.atEd's Socials:http://www.twitter.com/edzitron instagram.com/edzitronhttps://bsky.app/profile/zitron.bsky.socialthreads.net/@edzitronBetter 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.New episodes weekly on iHeartRadio.#BetterOffline #BetterOfflinePodcast #BetterOfflinePod #EdZitron #EdZitronPodcast #BetterOfflineEdZitron #TechPodcast #Tech #Technology #iHeartPodcasts #iHeart #Podcast #Podcasttolisten #YoutubePodcast #NewPodcast
Exclusive: How GPT-5 Actually Works | Better Offline Better Offline 2025-08-22 | 🛎 If You're New Subscribe ► youtube.com/@BetterOfflinePodExclusive: How GPT-5 Actually Works | Better OfflineIn a bonus third episode, Ed Zitron reports exclusively on how OpenAI’s new "router-based" ChatGPT-5 makes it impossible for the company to cache the static prompt for any model or tool it uses every single prompt, doubling token burn for mediocre gains.Original Air Date: August 22, 2025❤️ iHeartRadio » https://bitly.cx/d5tmV📢 APPLE PODCASTS » https://bitly.cx/qmMi8🟢 SPOTIFY » https://bitly.cx/d0IG🎥 PREVIOUS VIDEO » youtu.be/fjlsIPBGdyc✨ KEEP IN TOUCH WITH:Newsletter: wheresyoured.atReddit: http://www.reddit.com/r/betteroffline Discord chat.wheresyoured.atEd's Socials:http://www.twitter.com/edzitron instagram.com/edzitronhttps://bsky.app/profile/zitron.bsky.socialthreads.net/@edzitronBetter 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.New episodes weekly on iHeartRadio.#BetterOffline #BetterOfflinePodcast #BetterOfflinePod #EdZitron #EdZitronPodcast #BetterOfflineEdZitron #TechPodcast #Tech #Technology #iHeartPodcasts #iHeart #Podcast #Podcasttolisten #YoutubePodcast #NewPodcast
The AI Money Trap, Part Two | Better Offline Better Offline 2025-08-22 | 🛎 If You're New Subscribe ► youtube.com/@BetterOfflinePodThe AI Money Trap, Part Two | Better OfflineIn part two of this week's two-part Better Offline, Ed Zitron walks you through how America’s economic growth has become dependent on Amazon, Google, Microsoft and Meta’s AI capital expenditures - and how this inevitably harms both the economy and our markets.Original Air Date: August 21, 2025❤️ iHeartRadio » https://bitly.cx/d5tmV📢 APPLE PODCASTS » https://bitly.cx/qmMi8🟢 SPOTIFY » https://bitly.cx/d0IG🎥 PREVIOUS VIDEO » youtu.be/k_Es_ixf2XY✨ KEEP IN TOUCH WITH:Newsletter: wheresyoured.atReddit: http://www.reddit.com/r/betteroffline Discord chat.wheresyoured.atEd's Socials:http://www.twitter.com/edzitron instagram.com/edzitronhttps://bsky.app/profile/zitron.bsky.socialthreads.net/@edzitronBetter 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.New episodes weekly on iHeartRadio.#BetterOffline #BetterOfflinePodcast #BetterOfflinePod #EdZitron #EdZitronPodcast #BetterOfflineEdZitron #TechPodcast #Tech #Technology #iHeartPodcasts #iHeart #Podcast #Podcasttolisten #YoutubePodcast #NewPodcast
The AI Money Trap, Part One | Better Offline Better Offline 2025-08-20 | 🛎 If You're New Subscribe ► youtube.com/@BetterOfflinePodThe AI Money Trap, Part One | Better OfflineIn part one of this week's two-part Better Offline, Ed Zitron walks you through how AI startups’ overstuffed valuations make them impossible targets for acquisition or IPO - and how this may cause lasting harm to Silicon Valley when the bubble bursts.Better Offline listener deal: Get $15 Off Where's Your Ed At Premium! Deal goes until the end of August.https://edzitronswheresyouredatghostio.outpost.pub/public/promo-subscription/better-offline-discountYOU CAN NOW BUY BETTER OFFLINE MERCH! Go to cottonbureau.com/people/better-offline and use code FREE99 for free shipping on orders of $99 or more.BUY A LIMITED EDITION BETTER OFFLINE CHALLENGE COIN! cottonbureau.com/p/XSH74N/challenge-coin/better-offline-challenge-coin#/29269226/gold-metal-1.75inOriginal Air Date: August 20, 2025 ❤️ iHeartRadio » https://bitly.cx/d5tmV📢 APPLE PODCASTS » https://bitly.cx/qmMi8🟢 SPOTIFY » https://bitly.cx/d0IG🎥 PREVIOUS VIDEO » youtu.be/b91fdMxGQB0✨ KEEP IN TOUCH WITH:Newsletter: wheresyoured.atReddit: http://www.reddit.com/r/betteroffline Discord chat.wheresyoured.atEd's Socials:http://www.twitter.com/edzitron instagram.com/edzitronhttps://bsky.app/profile/zitron.bsky.socialthreads.net/@edzitronBetter 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.New episodes weekly on iHeartRadio.#BetterOffline #BetterOfflinePodcast #BetterOfflinePod #EdZitron #EdZitronPodcast #BetterOfflineEdZitron #TechPodcast #Tech #Technology #iHeartPodcasts #iHeart #Podcast #Podcasttolisten #YoutubePodcast #NewPodcast
Monologue: The Agony Of GPT-5 | Better Offline Better Offline 2025-08-20 | 🛎 If You're New Subscribe ► youtube.com/@BetterOfflinePodMonologue: The Agony Of GPT-5 | Better OfflineIn this week’s monologue, Ed Zitron walks through the rough launch of GPT-5, and how ChatGPT’s fandom-like following has become a huge problem for OpenAI.Original Air Date: August 15, 2025❤️ iHeartRadio » https://bitly.cx/d5tmV📢 APPLE PODCASTS » https://bitly.cx/qmMi8🟢 SPOTIFY » https://bitly.cx/d0IG🎥 PREVIOUS VIDEO » youtu.be/SE33HBfsu04✨ KEEP IN TOUCH WITH:Newsletter: wheresyoured.atReddit: http://www.reddit.com/r/betteroffline Discord chat.wheresyoured.atEd's Socials:http://www.twitter.com/edzitron instagram.com/edzitronhttps://bsky.app/profile/zitron.bsky.socialthreads.net/@edzitronBetter 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.New episodes weekly on iHeartRadio.#BetterOffline #BetterOfflinePodcast #BetterOfflinePod #EdZitron #EdZitronPodcast #BetterOfflineEdZitron #TechPodcast #Tech #Technology #iHeartPodcasts #iHeart #Podcast #Podcasttolisten #YoutubePodcast #NewPodcast
CZM Rewind: The Academics That Think ChatGPT Is BS | Better Offline Better Offline 2025-08-13 | 🛎 If You're New Subscribe ► youtube.com/@BetterOfflinePodCZM Rewind: The Academics That Think ChatGPT Is BS | Better OfflineIn a paper released earlier this year, three academics from the University of Glasgow classified ChatGPT's outputs not as "lies," but as "BS" - as defined by philosopher Harry G. Frankfurt in "on BS" (and yes I'm censoring that) - and created one of the most enjoyable and prescient papers ever written. In this episode, Ed Zitron is joined by academics Michael Townsen Hicks, James Humphries and Joe Slater in a free-wheeling conversation about ChatGPT's mediocrity - and how it's not built to represent the world at all.Paper: link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10676-024-09775-5Michael Townsen Hicks: townsenhicks.comJoe Slater: gla.ac.uk/schools/humanities/staff/joeslaterOriginal Air Date: 7.18.24YOU CAN NOW BUY BETTER OFFLINE MERCH! Go to cottonbureau.com/people/better-offline and use code FREE99 for free shipping on orders of $99 or more.BUY A LIMITED EDITION BETTER OFFLINE CHALLENGE COIN! cottonbureau.com/p/XSH74N/challenge-coin/better-offline-challenge-coin#/29269226/gold-metal-1.75inOriginal Air Date: August 13, 2025 ❤️ iHeartRadio » https://bitly.cx/d5tmV📢 APPLE PODCASTS » https://bitly.cx/qmMi8🟢 SPOTIFY » https://bitly.cx/d0IG🎥 PREVIOUS VIDEO » youtu.be/ug51WSSLL-I✨ KEEP IN TOUCH WITH:Newsletter: wheresyoured.atReddit: http://www.reddit.com/r/betteroffline Discord chat.wheresyoured.atEd's Socials:http://www.twitter.com/edzitron instagram.com/edzitronhttps://bsky.app/profile/zitron.bsky.socialthreads.net/@edzitronBetter 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.New episodes weekly on iHeartRadio.#BetterOffline #BetterOfflinePodcast #BetterOfflinePod #EdZitron #EdZitronPodcast #BetterOfflineEdZitron #TechPodcast #Tech #Technology #iHeartPodcasts #iHeart #Podcast #Podcasttolisten #YoutubePodcast #NewPodcast
Monologue: The Anker Nebula X1 Is The Best Projector Ive Ever Used | Better Offline Better Offline 2025-08-09 | 🛎 If You're New Subscribe ► youtube.com/@BetterOfflinePodMonologue: The Anker Nebula X1 Is The Best Projector I've Ever Used | Better OfflineIn this week’s Better Offline monologue, Ed talks about Anker’s Nebula X1, an expensive, excellent-looking and adaptable projector that can work just about anywhere.Original Air Date: August 8, 2025❤️ iHeartRadio » https://bitly.cx/d5tmV📢 APPLE PODCASTS » https://bitly.cx/qmMi8🟢 SPOTIFY » https://bitly.cx/d0IG🎥 PREVIOUS VIDEO » youtu.be/nn9reZs8KR4✨ KEEP IN TOUCH WITH:Newsletter: wheresyoured.atReddit: http://www.reddit.com/r/betteroffline Discord chat.wheresyoured.atEd's Socials:http://www.twitter.com/edzitron instagram.com/edzitronhttps://bsky.app/profile/zitron.bsky.socialthreads.net/@edzitronBetter 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.New episodes weekly on iHeartRadio.#BetterOffline #BetterOfflinePodcast #BetterOfflinePod #EdZitron #EdZitronPodcast #BetterOfflineEdZitron #TechPodcast #Tech #Technology #iHeartPodcasts #iHeart #Podcast #Podcasttolisten #YoutubePodcast #NewPodcast
Building A Newspaper Out of the Internet with Molly White | Better Offline Better Offline 2025-08-06 | 🛎 If You're New Subscribe ► youtube.com/@BetterOfflinePodBuilding A Newspaper Out of the Internet with Molly White | Better OfflineIn this episode, Ed is joined by writer and critic Molly White to talk about how RSS can purify your news experience, the challenge of the newsletter economy, and what gives her optimism for the future.Citation Needed Newsletter: https://www.citationneeded.newsMolly on Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/molly.wikiBetter Offline listener deal: Get $15 Off Where's Your Ed At Premium! Deal goes until the end of August.https://edzitronswheresyouredatghostio.outpost.pub/public/promo-subscription/better-offline-discountYOU CAN NOW BUY BETTER OFFLINE MERCH! Go to cottonbureau.com/people/better-offline and use code FREE99 for free shipping on orders of $99 or more.Original Air Date: August 6, 2025 ❤️ iHeartRadio » https://bitly.cx/d5tmV📢 APPLE PODCASTS » https://bitly.cx/qmMi8🟢 SPOTIFY » https://bitly.cx/d0IG🎥 PREVIOUS VIDEO » youtu.be/mtMl9r787ys✨ KEEP IN TOUCH WITH:Newsletter: wheresyoured.atReddit: http://www.reddit.com/r/betteroffline Discord chat.wheresyoured.atEd's Socials:http://www.twitter.com/edzitron instagram.com/edzitronhttps://bsky.app/profile/zitron.bsky.socialthreads.net/@edzitronBetter 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.New episodes weekly on iHeartRadio.#BetterOffline #BetterOfflinePodcast #BetterOfflinePod #EdZitron #EdZitronPodcast #BetterOfflineEdZitron #TechPodcast #Tech #Technology #iHeartPodcasts #iHeart #Podcast #Podcasttolisten #YoutubePodcast #NewPodcast
Monologue: Annualized Revenues Are BS | Better Offline Better Offline 2025-08-06 | 🛎 If You're New Subscribe ► youtube.com/@BetterOfflinePodMonologue: Annualized Revenues Are BS | Better OfflineIn this week’s monologue, Ed Zitron walks you through how and why OpenAI and Anthropic use “annualized revenues” to hide that they’re nowhere near their yearly revenue projections.theinformation.com/articles/anthropic-revenue-hits-4-billion-annual-pace-competition-cursor-intensifies?rc=kz8jh3 www.theinformation.com/articles/openai-hits-12-billion-annualized-revenue-breaks-700-million-chatgpt-weekly-active-users?rc=kz8jh3Episode note: I say “$5.5 billion” for OpenAI’s potential revenue in 2025. Calculations I’ve run since suggest it could be lower - around $5.25 billion. Both of these numbers are reasonable.YOU CAN NOW BUY BETTER OFFLINE MERCH! Go to cottonbureau.com/people/better-offline and use code FREE99 for free shipping on orders of $99 or more.Original Air Date: August 1, 2025❤️ iHeartRadio » https://bitly.cx/d5tmV📢 APPLE PODCASTS » https://bitly.cx/qmMi8🟢 SPOTIFY » https://bitly.cx/d0IG🎥 PREVIOUS VIDEO » youtu.be/mtMl9r787ys✨ KEEP IN TOUCH WITH:Newsletter: wheresyoured.atReddit: http://www.reddit.com/r/betteroffline Discord chat.wheresyoured.atEd's Socials:http://www.twitter.com/edzitron instagram.com/edzitronhttps://bsky.app/profile/zitron.bsky.socialthreads.net/@edzitronBetter 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.New episodes weekly on iHeartRadio.#BetterOffline #BetterOfflinePodcast #BetterOfflinePod #EdZitron #EdZitronPodcast #BetterOfflineEdZitron #TechPodcast #Tech #Technology #iHeartPodcasts #iHeart #Podcast #Podcasttolisten #YoutubePodcast #NewPodcast
Radio Better Offline: Mia Sato & Dave Lee | Better Offline Better Offline 2025-07-31 | 🛎 If You're New Subscribe ► youtube.com/@BetterOfflinePodRadio Better Offline: Mia Sato & Dave Lee | Better OfflineWelcome to Radio Better Offline, a tech talk radio show recorded out of iHeartRadio's studio in New York City.Ed Zitron is joined in studio by Mia Sato of The Verge and Dave Lee of Bloomberg to talk how companies like TikTok and Google change the web with their incentives, the nihilism of Pop Mart's viral Labubus, and why people are more game to pay independent writers.Original Air Date: July 30, 2025❤️ iHeartRadio » https://bitly.cx/d5tmV📢 APPLE PODCASTS » https://bitly.cx/qmMi8🟢 SPOTIFY » https://bitly.cx/d0IG🎥 PREVIOUS VIDEO » youtu.be/EYnrtHgN5ok✨ KEEP IN TOUCH WITH:Newsletter: wheresyoured.atReddit: http://www.reddit.com/r/betteroffline Discord chat.wheresyoured.atEd's Socials:http://www.twitter.com/edzitron instagram.com/edzitronhttps://bsky.app/profile/zitron.bsky.socialthreads.net/@edzitronBetter 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.New episodes weekly on iHeartRadio.#BetterOffline #BetterOfflinePodcast #BetterOfflinePod #EdZitron #EdZitronPodcast #BetterOfflineEdZitron #TechPodcast #Tech #Technology #iHeartPodcasts #iHeart #Podcast #Podcasttolisten #YoutubePodcast #NewPodcast
The Haters Guide To The AI Bubble, Pt. 3 | Better Offline Better Offline 2025-07-25 | 🛎 If You're New Subscribe ► youtube.com/@BetterOfflinePodThe Hater's Guide To The AI Bubble, Pt. 3 | Better OfflineIn part three of this week's three-part Better Offline, Ed Zitron walks you through how AI agents don’t really exist, how deceitful AI marketing has become, and why everything is brittle as a result.Original Air Date: July 25, 2025❤️ iHeartRadio » https://bitly.cx/d5tmV📢 APPLE PODCASTS » https://bitly.cx/qmMi8🟢 SPOTIFY » https://bitly.cx/d0IG🎥 PREVIOUS VIDEO » youtu.be/7XVYLG2HpVI✨ KEEP IN TOUCH WITH:Newsletter: wheresyoured.atReddit: http://www.reddit.com/r/betteroffline Discord chat.wheresyoured.atEd's Socials:http://www.twitter.com/edzitron instagram.com/edzitronhttps://bsky.app/profile/zitron.bsky.socialthreads.net/@edzitronBetter 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.New episodes weekly on iHeartRadio.#BetterOffline #BetterOfflinePodcast #BetterOfflinePod #EdZitron #EdZitronPodcast #BetterOfflineEdZitron #TechPodcast #Tech #Technology #iHeartPodcasts #iHeart #Podcast #Podcasttolisten #YoutubePodcast #NewPodcast
The Haters Guide To The AI Bubble, Pt, 2 | Better Offline Better Offline 2025-07-24 | 🛎 If You're New Subscribe ► youtube.com/@BetterOfflinePodThe Hater's Guide To The AI Bubble, Pt, 2 | Better OfflineIn part two of this week's three-part Better Offline, Ed Zitron walks you through how little money there is in generative AI, how Anthropic and OpenAI are killing their own customers, and why there may never be a profitable LLM company.Original Air Date: July 24, 2025❤️ iHeartRadio » https://bitly.cx/d5tmV📢 APPLE PODCASTS » https://bitly.cx/qmMi8🟢 SPOTIFY » https://bitly.cx/d0IG🎥 PREVIOUS VIDEO » youtu.be/8JxW8TRNV3I✨ KEEP IN TOUCH WITH:Newsletter: wheresyoured.atReddit: http://www.reddit.com/r/betteroffline Discord chat.wheresyoured.atEd's Socials:http://www.twitter.com/edzitron instagram.com/edzitronhttps://bsky.app/profile/zitron.bsky.socialthreads.net/@edzitronBetter 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.New episodes weekly on iHeartRadio.#BetterOffline #BetterOfflinePodcast #BetterOfflinePod #EdZitron #EdZitronPodcast #BetterOfflineEdZitron #TechPodcast #Tech #Technology #iHeartPodcasts #iHeart #Podcast #Podcasttolisten #YoutubePodcast #NewPodcast
The Haters Guide To The AI Bubble, Pt. 1 | Better Offline Better Offline 2025-07-23 | 🛎 If You're New Subscribe ► youtube.com/@BetterOfflinePodThe Hater's Guide To The AI Bubble, Pt. 1 | Better OfflineIn part one of this week's three-part Better Offline, Ed Zitron walks you through how the US stock market rests on the back of GPU sales, and how a lack of any real business returns spells doom for the AI bubble long-term.YOU CAN NOW BUY BETTER OFFLINE MERCH! Go to cottonbureau.com/people/better-offline and use code FREE99 for free shipping on orders of $99 or more.Original Air Date: July 23, 2025❤️ iHeartRadio » https://bitly.cx/d5tmV📢 APPLE PODCASTS » https://bitly.cx/qmMi8🟢 SPOTIFY » https://bitly.cx/d0IG🎥 PREVIOUS VIDEO » youtu.be/jsuxyeXVLjU✨ KEEP IN TOUCH WITH:Newsletter: wheresyoured.atReddit: http://www.reddit.com/r/betteroffline Discord chat.wheresyoured.atEd's Socials:http://www.twitter.com/edzitron instagram.com/edzitronhttps://bsky.app/profile/zitron.bsky.socialthreads.net/@edzitronBetter 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.New episodes weekly on iHeartRadio.#BetterOffline #BetterOfflinePodcast #BetterOfflinePod #EdZitron #EdZitronPodcast #BetterOfflineEdZitron #TechPodcast #Tech #Technology #iHeartPodcasts #iHeart #Podcast #Podcasttolisten #YoutubePodcast #NewPodcast
Monologue: The Updated Pale Horses of the AIpocalypse | Better Offline Better Offline 2025-07-18 | 🛎 If You're New Subscribe ► youtube.com/@BetterOfflinePodMonologue: The Updated Pale Horses of the AIpocalypse | Better OfflineIn this week’s monologue, Ed Zitron walks you through the pale horses of the AIpocalypse - and how the AI bubble’s deepest weakness is that it’s almost entirely based on vibes.Original Air Date: July 18, 2025❤️ iHeartRadio » https://bitly.cx/d5tmV📢 APPLE PODCASTS » https://bitly.cx/qmMi8🟢 SPOTIFY » https://bitly.cx/d0IG🎥 PREVIOUS VIDEO » youtu.be/YnDVN7ObsZc✨ KEEP IN TOUCH WITH:Newsletter: wheresyoured.atReddit: http://www.reddit.com/r/betteroffline Discord chat.wheresyoured.atEd's Socials:http://www.twitter.com/edzitron instagram.com/edzitronhttps://bsky.app/profile/zitron.bsky.socialthreads.net/@edzitronBetter 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.New episodes weekly on iHeartRadio.#BetterOffline #BetterOfflinePodcast #BetterOfflinePod #EdZitron #EdZitronPodcast #BetterOfflineEdZitron #TechPodcast #Tech #Technology #iHeartPodcasts #iHeart #Podcast #Podcasttolisten #YoutubePodcast #NewPodcast
Radio Better Offline: Brian Koppelman, Cherlynn Low & Mike Drucker | Better Offline Better Offline 2025-07-16 | 🛎 If You're New Subscribe ► youtube.com/@BetterOfflinePodRadio Better Offline: Brian Koppelman, Cherlynn Low & Mike Drucker | Better OfflineWelcome to Radio Better Offline, a tech talk radio show recorded out of iHeartRadio's studio in New York City.Ed Zitron is joined in studio by actor, writer and producer Brian Koppelman, Engadget Managing Editor Cherlynn Low and comedian Mike Drucker to talk about the current state of the tech industry, what AI can actually do, and what the tech industry looks like in the next year.Anthropic and OpenAI Have Begun The Subprime AI Crisishttps://www.wheresyoured.at/anthropic-and-openai-have-begun-the-subprime-ai-crisis/Anthropic Is Bleeding Outhttps://www.wheresyoured.at/anthropic-is-bleeding-out/Brian Koppelmaninstagram.com/briankoppelmanMike Druckerhttps://bsky.app/profile/mikedrucker.bsky.socialmikedrucker.substack.comGood Game, No Rematch: A Life Made of Video Gamesharpercollins.com/products/good-game-no-rematch-mike-drucker?variant=43103018024994amazon.com/Good-Game-No-Rematch-Video/dp/1335012699barnesandnoble.com/w/good-game-no-rematch-mike-drucker/1145272268 Cherlynn Lowengadget.com/about/editors/cherlynn-low https://bsky.app/profile/cherlynn.bsky.socialinstagram.com/cherlynnstagramYOU CAN NOW BUY BETTER OFFLINE MERCH! Go to cottonbureau.com/people/better-offline and use code FREE99 for free shipping on orders of $99 or more.Original Air Date: July 16, 2025❤️ iHeartRadio » https://bitly.cx/d5tmV📢 APPLE PODCASTS » https://bitly.cx/qmMi8🟢 SPOTIFY » https://bitly.cx/d0IG🎥 PREVIOUS VIDEO » youtu.be/DpBrmNRHJfU✨ KEEP IN TOUCH WITH:Newsletter: wheresyoured.atReddit: http://www.reddit.com/r/betteroffline Discord chat.wheresyoured.atEd's Socials:http://www.twitter.com/edzitron instagram.com/edzitronhttps://bsky.app/profile/zitron.bsky.socialthreads.net/@edzitronBetter 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.New episodes weekly on iHeartRadio.#BetterOffline #BetterOfflinePodcast #BetterOfflinePod #EdZitron #EdZitronPodcast #BetterOfflineEdZitron #TechPodcast #Tech #Technology #iHeartPodcasts #iHeart #Podcast #Podcasttolisten #YoutubePodcast #NewPodcast
Make Fun Of Them, Pt. 2 | Better Offline Better Offline 2025-07-11 | 🛎 If You're New Subscribe ► youtube.com/@BetterOfflinePodMake Fun Of Them, Pt. 2 | Better OfflineIn part two of this week's two-part Better Offline, Ed Zitron makes a plea to the tech media - to stop automatically accepting what the tech executives have to say, and to admit that these people sound really, really stupid, even if they use long words.YOU CAN NOW BUY BETTER OFFLINE MERCH! Go to cottonbureau.com/people/better-offline and use code FREE99 for free shipping on orders of $99 or more.Original Air Date: July 11, 2025 ❤️ iHeartRadio » https://bitly.cx/d5tmV📢 APPLE PODCASTS » https://bitly.cx/qmMi8🟢 SPOTIFY » https://bitly.cx/d0IG🎥 PREVIOUS VIDEO » youtu.be/XJ3VbrrOpB4✨ KEEP IN TOUCH WITH:Newsletter: wheresyoured.atReddit: http://www.reddit.com/r/betteroffline Discord chat.wheresyoured.atEd's Socials:http://www.twitter.com/edzitron instagram.com/edzitronhttps://bsky.app/profile/zitron.bsky.socialthreads.net/@edzitronBetter 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.New episodes weekly on iHeartRadio.#BetterOffline #BetterOfflinePodcast #BetterOfflinePod #EdZitron #EdZitronPodcast #BetterOfflineEdZitron #TechPodcast #Tech #Technology #iHeartPodcasts #iHeart #Podcast #Podcasttolisten #YoutubePodcast #NewPodcast
Monologue: Is Anthropic Killing Cursor? | Better Offline Better Offline 2025-07-11 | 🛎 If You're New Subscribe ► youtube.com/@BetterOfflinePodMonologue: Is Anthropic Killing Cursor? | Better OfflineIn this week’s monologue, Ed Zitron walks you through how Anthropic jacked up prices on its largest customer Cursor - and how it’s a sign that the Subprime AI Crisis has begun.Premium Newsletter covering this:https://www.wheresyoured.at/anthropic-and-openai-have-begun-the-subprime-ai-crisis/Bluesky thread summarizing: https://bsky.app/profile/edzitron.com/post/3ltfabnj3ec23 YOU CAN NOW BUY BETTER OFFLINE MERCH! Go to cottonbureau.com/people/better-offline and use code FREE99 for free shipping on orders of $99 or more. Original Air Date: July 10, 2025❤️ iHeartRadio » https://bitly.cx/d5tmV📢 APPLE PODCASTS » https://bitly.cx/qmMi8🟢 SPOTIFY » https://bitly.cx/d0IG🎥 PREVIOUS VIDEO » youtu.be/XJ3VbrrOpB4✨ KEEP IN TOUCH WITH:Newsletter: wheresyoured.atReddit: http://www.reddit.com/r/betteroffline Discord chat.wheresyoured.atEd's Socials:http://www.twitter.com/edzitron instagram.com/edzitronhttps://bsky.app/profile/zitron.bsky.socialthreads.net/@edzitronBetter 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.New episodes weekly on iHeartRadio.#BetterOffline #BetterOfflinePodcast #BetterOfflinePod #EdZitron #EdZitronPodcast #BetterOfflineEdZitron #TechPodcast #Tech #Technology #iHeartPodcasts #iHeart #Podcast #Podcasttolisten #YoutubePodcast #NewPodcast
Make Fun Of Them, Pt. 1 | Better Offline Better Offline 2025-07-09 | 🛎 If You're New Subscribe ► youtube.com/@BetterOfflinePodMake Fun Of Them, Pt. 1 | Better OfflineIn part one of this week's two-part Better Offline, Ed Zitron walks you through a radical new idea: make fun of CEOs, tear down their legacies and push back on their empty promises.YOU CAN NOW BUY BETTER OFFLINE MERCH! Go to cottonbureau.com/people/better-offline and use code FREE99 for free shipping on orders of $99 or more.Original Air Date: July 9, 2025 ❤️ iHeartRadio » https://bitly.cx/d5tmV📢 APPLE PODCASTS » https://bitly.cx/qmMi8🟢 SPOTIFY » https://bitly.cx/d0IG🎥 PREVIOUS VIDEO » youtu.be/lmk8nXgnLKA✨ KEEP IN TOUCH WITH:Newsletter: wheresyoured.atReddit: http://www.reddit.com/r/betteroffline Discord chat.wheresyoured.atEd's Socials:http://www.twitter.com/edzitron instagram.com/edzitronhttps://bsky.app/profile/zitron.bsky.socialthreads.net/@edzitronBetter 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.New episodes weekly on iHeartRadio.#BetterOffline #BetterOfflinePodcast #BetterOfflinePod #EdZitron #EdZitronPodcast #BetterOfflineEdZitron #TechPodcast #Tech #Technology #iHeartPodcasts #iHeart #Podcast #Podcasttolisten #YoutubePodcast #NewPodcast
Monologue: You Should Get Into Vinyl | Better Offline Better Offline 2025-07-04 | 🛎 If You're New Subscribe ► youtube.com/@BetterOfflinePodMonologue: You Should Get Into Vinyl | Better OfflineIn this week’s monologue, Ed Zitron talks about why you should get into vinyl, and why analog music is so much fun in the digital age.Original Air Date: July 4, 2025❤️ iHeartRadio » https://bitly.cx/d5tmV📢 APPLE PODCASTS » https://bitly.cx/qmMi8🟢 SPOTIFY » https://bitly.cx/d0IG🎥 PREVIOUS VIDEO » youtu.be/XLG0vQ2Ng4o✨ KEEP IN TOUCH WITH:Newsletter: wheresyoured.atReddit: http://www.reddit.com/r/betteroffline Discord chat.wheresyoured.atEd's Socials:http://www.twitter.com/edzitron instagram.com/edzitronhttps://bsky.app/profile/zitron.bsky.socialthreads.net/@edzitronBetter 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.New episodes weekly on iHeartRadio.#BetterOffline #BetterOfflinePodcast #BetterOfflinePod #EdZitron #EdZitronPodcast #BetterOfflineEdZitron #TechPodcast #Tech #Technology #iHeartPodcasts #iHeart #Podcast #Podcasttolisten #YoutubePodcast #NewPodcast
Radio Better Offline: Gare Davis, Victoria Song, Allison Morrow | Better Offline Better Offline 2025-07-02 | 🛎 If You're New Subscribe ► youtube.com/@BetterOfflinePodRadio Better Offline: Gare Davis, Victoria Song, Allison Morrow | Better OfflineWelcome to Radio Better Offline, a tech talk radio show recorded out of iHeartRadio's studio in New York city.Ed Zitron is joined in studio by Allison Morrow of CNN, Victoria Song of The Verge and Gare Davis of It Could Happen Here to talk about the fairy tale of AGI, AI boosters’ religious attachment to the industry’s success, and how the tech industry fears admitting they’re out of ideas.Allison Morrowcnn.com/profiles/allison-morrowhttps://bsky.app/profile/amorrow.bsky.socialAI warnings are the hip new way for CEOs to keep their workers afraid of losing their jobscnn.com/2025/06/18/business/ai-warnings-ceosVictoria Songtheverge.com/authors/victoria-song https://bsky.app/profile/vicmsong.bsky.socialThe Unbearable Obviousness of AI Fitness Summariestheverge.com/fitness-trackers/694140/ai-summaries-fitness-apps-strava-oura-whoop-wearablesGare Davishttps://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:jm6ufvsw3hg5zgdpnd3zb4tvinstagram.com/hungrybowtieIt Could Happen Hereiheart.com/podcast/105-it-could-happen-here-30717896YOU CAN NOW BUY BETTER OFFLINE MERCH! Go to cottonbureau.com/people/better-offline and use code FREE99 for free shipping on orders of $99 or more.Original Air Date: July 2, 2025❤️ iHeartRadio » https://bitly.cx/d5tmV📢 APPLE PODCASTS » https://bitly.cx/qmMi8🟢 SPOTIFY » https://bitly.cx/d0IG🎥 PREVIOUS VIDEO » youtu.be/t2OKnDMW5SM✨ KEEP IN TOUCH WITH:Newsletter: wheresyoured.atReddit: http://www.reddit.com/r/betteroffline Discord chat.wheresyoured.atEd's Socials:http://www.twitter.com/edzitron instagram.com/edzitronhttps://bsky.app/profile/zitron.bsky.socialthreads.net/@edzitronBetter 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.New episodes weekly on iHeartRadio.#BetterOffline #BetterOfflinePodcast #BetterOfflinePod #EdZitron #EdZitronPodcast #BetterOfflineEdZitron #TechPodcast #Tech #Technology #iHeartPodcasts #iHeart #Podcast #Podcasttolisten #YoutubePodcast #NewPodcast
Monologue: Did OpenAI Steal Another Startups Idea? | Better Offline Better Offline 2025-06-27 | 🛎 If You're New Subscribe ► youtube.com/@BetterOfflinePodMonologue: Did OpenAI Steal Another Startup's Idea? | Better OfflineIn this week’s monologue, Ed Zitron walks you through the murky lawsuit between OpenAI’s soon-to-be-acquired hardware wing and Iyo, a company they met with multiple times that makes a similar-sounding product with a near-identical name. Original Air Date: June 27, 2025❤️ iHeartRadio » https://bitly.cx/d5tmV📢 APPLE PODCASTS » https://bitly.cx/qmMi8🟢 SPOTIFY » https://bitly.cx/d0IG🎥 PREVIOUS VIDEO » youtu.be/W0__CAQKWig✨ KEEP IN TOUCH WITH:Newsletter: wheresyoured.atReddit: http://www.reddit.com/r/betteroffline Discord chat.wheresyoured.atEd's Socials:http://www.twitter.com/edzitron instagram.com/edzitronhttps://bsky.app/profile/zitron.bsky.socialthreads.net/@edzitronBetter 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.New episodes weekly on iHeartRadio.#BetterOffline #BetterOfflinePodcast #BetterOfflinePod #EdZitron #EdZitronPodcast #BetterOfflineEdZitron #TechPodcast #Tech #Technology #iHeartPodcasts #iHeart #Podcast #Podcasttolisten #YoutubePodcast #NewPodcast
NVIDIA Vs. The Media ft. GamersNexus | Better Offline Better Offline 2025-06-25 | 🛎 If You're New Subscribe ► youtube.com/@BetterOfflinePodNVIDIA Vs. The Media ft. GamersNexus | Better OfflineIn this episode, Ed Zitron is joined by Steve Burke of GamersNexus to talk about NVIDIA’s approach to the media, AI pushing out real tech at Computex, and the weird world of consumer graphics.Follow GamersNexus: youtube.com/gamersnexusgamersnexus.nethttps://bsky.app/profile/gamersnexus.bsky.social https://x.com/GamersNexusYOU CAN NOW BUY BETTER OFFLINE MERCH! Go to cottonbureau.com/people/better-offline and use code FREE99 for free shipping on orders of $99 or more.Original Air Date: June 25, 2025❤️ iHeartRadio » https://bitly.cx/d5tmV📢 APPLE PODCASTS » https://bitly.cx/qmMi8🟢 SPOTIFY » https://bitly.cx/d0IG🎥 PREVIOUS VIDEO » youtu.be/6XPDCnJ4awY✨ KEEP IN TOUCH WITH:Newsletter: wheresyoured.atReddit: http://www.reddit.com/r/betteroffline Discord chat.wheresyoured.atEd's Socials:http://www.twitter.com/edzitron instagram.com/edzitronhttps://bsky.app/profile/zitron.bsky.socialthreads.net/@edzitronBetter 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.New episodes weekly on iHeartRadio.#BetterOffline #BetterOfflinePodcast #BetterOfflinePod #EdZitron #EdZitronPodcast #BetterOfflineEdZitron #TechPodcast #Tech #Technology #iHeartPodcasts #iHeart #Podcast #Podcasttolisten #YoutubePodcast #NewPodcast
Monologue: OpenAI Vs. Microsoft | Better Offline Better Offline 2025-06-20 | 🛎 If You're New Subscribe ► youtube.com/@BetterOfflinePodMonologue: OpenAI Vs. Microsoft | Better OfflineIn this week’s monologue, Ed Zitron walks you through OpenAI’s desperate attempts to lean on Microsoft to change the terms of their agreement, and how the entire AI bubble may rest on this negotiation. Original Air Date: June 20, 2025❤️ iHeartRadio » https://bitly.cx/d5tmV📢 APPLE PODCASTS » https://bitly.cx/qmMi8🟢 SPOTIFY » https://bitly.cx/d0IG🎥 PREVIOUS VIDEO » youtu.be/NGd08BiTngM✨ KEEP IN TOUCH WITH:Newsletter: wheresyoured.atReddit: http://www.reddit.com/r/betteroffline Discord chat.wheresyoured.atEd's Socials:http://www.twitter.com/edzitron instagram.com/edzitronhttps://bsky.app/profile/zitron.bsky.socialthreads.net/@edzitronBetter 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.New episodes weekly on iHeartRadio.#BetterOffline #BetterOfflinePodcast #BetterOfflinePod #EdZitron #EdZitronPodcast #BetterOfflineEdZitron #TechPodcast #Tech #Technology #iHeartPodcasts #iHeart #Podcast #Podcasttolisten #YoutubePodcast #NewPodcast
Radio Better Offline: Pablo Torre and David Roth | Better Offline Better Offline 2025-06-18 | 🛎 If You're New Subscribe ► youtube.com/@BetterOfflinePodRadio Better Offline: Pablo Torre and David Roth | Better OfflineWelcome to Radio Better Offline, a tech talk radio show recorded out of iHeartRadio's studio in New York city.Ed Zitron is joined in studio by Pablo Torre of Pablo Torre Finds Out and David Roth of Defector to talk about independent media, what makes a compelling show, and what it’s like raising a turtle.Pablo Torre Finds Out: youtube.com/@PabloTorreFindsOutInvestigating Belichick's Girlfriend: The Power of Jordon Hudson, Revealedyoutu.be/As5P5TA-ERk?si=-PfM7fZ-Tw8S-yQcHank Azaria on His Bruce Springsteen Tribute Band, Apu and Finding His True Voiceyoutube.com/watch?v=9rnyMXm1ThQDavid Rothdefector.com/author/david-rothhttps://bsky.app/profile/davidjroth.bsky.socialYOU CAN NOW BUY BETTER OFFLINE MERCH! Go to cottonbureau.com/people/better-offline and use code FREE99 for free shipping on orders of $99 or more.Original Air Date: June 18, 2025 ❤️ iHeartRadio » https://bitly.cx/d5tmV📢 APPLE PODCASTS » https://bitly.cx/qmMi8🟢 SPOTIFY » https://bitly.cx/d0IG🎥 PREVIOUS VIDEO » youtu.be/1MIhcUCPqto✨ KEEP IN TOUCH WITH:Newsletter: wheresyoured.atReddit: http://www.reddit.com/r/betteroffline Discord chat.wheresyoured.atEd's Socials:http://www.twitter.com/edzitron instagram.com/edzitronhttps://bsky.app/profile/zitron.bsky.socialthreads.net/@edzitronBetter 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.New episodes weekly on iHeartRadio.#BetterOffline #BetterOfflinePodcast #BetterOfflinePod #EdZitron #EdZitronPodcast #BetterOfflineEdZitron #TechPodcast #Tech #Technology #iHeartPodcasts #iHeart #Podcast #Podcasttolisten #YoutubePodcast #NewPodcast
The Era of the Business Idiot, Part 3 | Better Offline Better Offline 2025-06-13 | 🛎 If You're New Subscribe ► youtube.com/@BetterOfflinePodThe Era of the Business Idiot, Part 3 | Better OfflineIn part three of this week's three-part Better Offline, Ed Zitron walks you through how the era of the Business Idiot has led to a dramatic deceleration in innovation - and how the tech media must fight back against their ridiculous narratives to save Silicon Valley.Original Air Date: June 13, 2025❤️ iHeartRadio » https://bitly.cx/d5tmV📢 APPLE PODCASTS » https://bitly.cx/qmMi8🟢 SPOTIFY » https://bitly.cx/d0IG🎥 PREVIOUS VIDEO » youtu.be/MhLCuC3IQbI✨ KEEP IN TOUCH WITH:Newsletter: wheresyoured.atReddit: http://www.reddit.com/r/betteroffline Discord chat.wheresyoured.atEd's Socials:http://www.twitter.com/edzitron instagram.com/edzitronhttps://bsky.app/profile/zitron.bsky.socialthreads.net/@edzitronBetter 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.New episodes weekly on iHeartRadio.#BetterOffline #BetterOfflinePodcast #BetterOfflinePod #EdZitron #EdZitronPodcast #BetterOfflineEdZitron #TechPodcast #Tech #Technology #iHeartPodcasts #iHeart #Podcast #Podcasttolisten #YoutubePodcast #NewPodcast
The Era of the Business Idiot, Part 2 | Better Offline Better Offline 2025-06-13 | 🛎 If You're New Subscribe ► youtube.com/@BetterOfflinePodThe Era of the Business Idiot, Part 2 | Better OfflineIn part two of this week's three-part Better Offline, Ed Zitron walks you through how Business Idiots demanded we all return to the office to hide their own lack of utility - and how this directly led to their desperation to adopt generative AI.Original Air Date: June 12, 2025❤️ iHeartRadio » https://bitly.cx/d5tmV📢 APPLE PODCASTS » https://bitly.cx/qmMi8🟢 SPOTIFY » https://bitly.cx/d0IG🎥 PREVIOUS VIDEO » youtu.be/qzmRY7eNjfs✨ KEEP IN TOUCH WITH:Newsletter: wheresyoured.atReddit: http://www.reddit.com/r/betteroffline Discord chat.wheresyoured.atEd's Socials:http://www.twitter.com/edzitron instagram.com/edzitronhttps://bsky.app/profile/zitron.bsky.socialthreads.net/@edzitronBetter 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.New episodes weekly on iHeartRadio.#BetterOffline #BetterOfflinePodcast #BetterOfflinePod #EdZitron #EdZitronPodcast #BetterOfflineEdZitron #TechPodcast #Tech #Technology #iHeartPodcasts #iHeart #Podcast #Podcasttolisten #YoutubePodcast #NewPodcast
The Era of the Business Idiot, Part 1 | Better Offline Better Offline 2025-06-13 | 🛎 If You're New Subscribe ► youtube.com/@BetterOfflinePodThe Era of the Business Idiot, Part 1 | Better OfflineIn part one of this week's three-part Better Offline, Ed Zitron walks you through how Business Idiots have captured our society, with middle management losers breeding out true meritocracy and value-creation in favor of symbolic growth and superficial intelligence.Original Air Date: June 11, 2025❤️ iHeartRadio » https://bitly.cx/d5tmV📢 APPLE PODCASTS » https://bitly.cx/qmMi8🟢 SPOTIFY » https://bitly.cx/d0IG🎥 PREVIOUS VIDEO » youtu.be/e-4_aSCfuiM✨ KEEP IN TOUCH WITH:Newsletter: wheresyoured.atReddit: http://www.reddit.com/r/betteroffline Discord chat.wheresyoured.atEd's Socials:http://www.twitter.com/edzitron instagram.com/edzitronhttps://bsky.app/profile/zitron.bsky.socialthreads.net/@edzitronBetter 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.New episodes weekly on iHeartRadio.#BetterOffline #BetterOfflinePodcast #BetterOfflinePod #EdZitron #EdZitronPodcast #BetterOfflineEdZitron #TechPodcast #Tech #Technology #iHeartPodcasts #iHeart #Podcast #Podcasttolisten #YoutubePodcast #NewPodcast
Monologue: The AI Job Loss Con | Better Offline Better Offline 2025-06-06 | 🛎 If You're New Subscribe ► youtube.com/@BetterOfflinePodMonologue: The AI Job Loss Con | Better OfflineIn this week’s monologue, Ed Zitron walks you through how the media is misleading you about AI job loss as a form of propaganda for OpenAI and Anthropic - and the Business Idiots behind it.CNN - The ‘white-collar bloodbath’ is all part of the AI hype machine - edition.cnn.com/2025/05/30/business/anthropic-amodei-ai-jobs-nightcapOxford Economics - Educated but unemployed, a rising reality for college grads - oxfordeconomics.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/US-Educated-but-unemployed-a-rising-reality-for-college-grads.pdf Axios - AI is keeping recent college grads out of work - axios.com/2025/05/29/ai-college-grads-work-jobsYOU CAN NOW BUY BETTER OFFLINE MERCH! Go to cottonbureau.com/people/better-offline and use code FREE99 for free shipping on orders of $99 or more.Original Air Date: June 5, 2025❤️ iHeartRadio » https://bitly.cx/d5tmV📢 APPLE PODCASTS » https://bitly.cx/qmMi8🟢 SPOTIFY » https://bitly.cx/d0IG🎥 PREVIOUS VIDEO » youtu.be/mbEzhI3cmmo✨ KEEP IN TOUCH WITH:Newsletter: wheresyoured.atReddit: http://www.reddit.com/r/betteroffline Discord chat.wheresyoured.atEd's Socials:http://www.twitter.com/edzitron instagram.com/edzitronhttps://bsky.app/profile/zitron.bsky.socialthreads.net/@edzitronBetter 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.New episodes weekly on iHeartRadio.#BetterOffline #BetterOfflinePodcast #BetterOfflinePod #EdZitron #EdZitronPodcast #BetterOfflineEdZitron #TechPodcast #Tech #Technology #iHeartPodcasts #iHeart #Podcast #Podcasttolisten #YoutubePodcast #NewPodcast
The Truth About Software Development with Carl Brown | Better Offline Better Offline 2025-06-05 | 🛎 If You're New Subscribe ► youtube.com/@BetterOfflinePodThe Truth About Software Development with Carl Brown | Better OfflineIn this episode, Ed Zitron is joined by Carl Brown, a veteran software developer and host of The Internet of Bugs, to talk about the realities of software development, what coding LLMs can actually do, and how the media gets it wrong about software engineering at large.youtube.com/@InternetOfBugsNew GitHub Copilot Research Finds 'Downward Pressure on Code Quality' - visualstudiomagazine.com/articles/2024/01/25/copilot-research.aspxReport: AI coding assistants aren’t a panacea - techcrunch.com/2025/02/21/report-ai-coding-assistants-arent-a-panaceaInternet of Bugs Videos to watch:Debunking Devin: "First AI Software Engineer" Upwork lie exposed!youtube.com/watch?v=tNmgmwEtoWE&t=3sAI Has Us Between a Rock and a Hard Placeyoutube.com/watch?v=fJGNqnq-aCASoftware Engineers REAL problem with "AI" and Jobsyoutube.com/watch?v=NQmN6xSorus&list=PLv0sYKRNTN6QhoxJdyTZTV6NauoZlDp99AGILE & Scrum Failures stuck us with "AI" hype like Devinyoutube.com/watch?v=9C1Rxa9DMfI&t=1sYOU CAN NOW BUY BETTER OFFLINE MERCH! Go to cottonbureau.com/people/better-offline and use code FREE99 for free shipping on orders of $99 or more.Original Air Date: June 4, 2025❤️ iHeartRadio » https://bitly.cx/d5tmV📢 APPLE PODCASTS » https://bitly.cx/qmMi8🟢 SPOTIFY » https://bitly.cx/d0IG🎥 PREVIOUS VIDEO » youtu.be/ZNKCP4tjSnE✨ KEEP IN TOUCH WITH:Newsletter: wheresyoured.atReddit: http://www.reddit.com/r/betteroffline Discord chat.wheresyoured.atEd's Socials:http://www.twitter.com/edzitron instagram.com/edzitronhttps://bsky.app/profile/zitron.bsky.socialthreads.net/@edzitronBetter 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.New episodes weekly on iHeartRadio.#BetterOffline #BetterOfflinePodcast #BetterOfflinePod #EdZitron #EdZitronPodcast #BetterOfflineEdZitron #TechPodcast #Tech #Technology #iHeartPodcasts #iHeart #Podcast #Podcasttolisten #YoutubePodcast #NewPodcast
Monologue: Dont Buy A Switch 2, Get A Handheld Gaming PC | Better Offline Better Offline 2025-05-31 | 🛎 If You're New Subscribe ► youtube.com/@BetterOfflinePodMonologue: Don't Buy A Switch 2, Get A Handheld Gaming PC | Better OfflineIn this week’s monologue, Ed Zitron walks you through the awesome world of handheld gaming PCs - and why you should pick one up over a Nintendo Switch 2.Original Air Date: May 30, 2025❤️ iHeartRadio » https://bitly.cx/d5tmV📢 APPLE PODCASTS » https://bitly.cx/qmMi8🟢 SPOTIFY » https://bitly.cx/d0IG🎥 PREVIOUS VIDEO » youtu.be/et04gNnycn0✨ KEEP IN TOUCH WITH:Newsletter: wheresyoured.atReddit: http://www.reddit.com/r/betteroffline Discord chat.wheresyoured.atEd's Socials:http://www.twitter.com/edzitron instagram.com/edzitronhttps://bsky.app/profile/zitron.bsky.socialthreads.net/@edzitronBetter 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.New episodes weekly on iHeartRadio.#BetterOffline #BetterOfflinePodcast #BetterOfflinePod #EdZitron #EdZitronPodcast #BetterOfflineEdZitron #TechPodcast #Tech #Technology #iHeartPodcasts #iHeart #Podcast #Podcasttolisten #YoutubePodcast #NewPodcast
The Better Offline Mailbag | Better Offline Better Offline 2025-05-31 | 🛎 If You're New Subscribe ► youtube.com/@BetterOfflinePodThe Better Offline Mailbag | Better OfflineIn this episode, Ed Zitron is joined by producer Sophie Lichterman to answer questions about life, technology, and Better Offline itself.YOU CAN NOW BUY BETTER OFFLINE MERCH! Go to cottonbureau.com/people/better-offline and use code FREE99 for free shipping on orders of $99 or more.Original Air Date: May 28, 2025❤️ iHeartRadio » https://bitly.cx/d5tmV📢 APPLE PODCASTS » https://bitly.cx/qmMi8🟢 SPOTIFY » https://bitly.cx/d0IG🎥 PREVIOUS VIDEO » youtu.be/zTQBMtWEm34✨ KEEP IN TOUCH WITH:Newsletter: wheresyoured.atReddit: http://www.reddit.com/r/betteroffline Discord chat.wheresyoured.atEd's Socials:http://www.twitter.com/edzitron instagram.com/edzitronhttps://bsky.app/profile/zitron.bsky.socialthreads.net/@edzitronBetter 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.New episodes weekly on iHeartRadio.#BetterOffline #BetterOfflinePodcast #BetterOfflinePod #EdZitron #EdZitronPodcast #BetterOfflineEdZitron #TechPodcast #Tech #Technology #iHeartPodcasts #iHeart #Podcast #Podcasttolisten #YoutubePodcast #NewPodcast
Monologue: Jony Ive and OpenAIs New BS Machine | Better Offline Better Offline 2025-05-24 | 🛎 If You're New Subscribe ► youtube.com/@BetterOfflinePodMonologue: Jony Ive and OpenAI's New BS Machine | Better OfflineIn this episode, Ed Zitron walks you through the ridiculousness of OpenAI acquiring Jony Ive’s pre-product hardware startup for $6.5bn in stock - and why it only proves how washed the company might be.Original Air Date: May 23, 2025❤️ iHeartRadio » https://bitly.cx/d5tmV📢 APPLE PODCASTS » https://bitly.cx/qmMi8🟢 SPOTIFY » https://bitly.cx/d0IG🎥 PREVIOUS VIDEO » youtu.be/oIbrt1Qy3Mw✨ KEEP IN TOUCH WITH:Newsletter: wheresyoured.atReddit: http://www.reddit.com/r/betteroffline Discord chat.wheresyoured.atEd's Socials:http://www.twitter.com/edzitron instagram.com/edzitronhttps://bsky.app/profile/zitron.bsky.socialthreads.net/@edzitronBetter 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.New episodes weekly on iHeartRadio.#BetterOffline #BetterOfflinePodcast #BetterOfflinePod #EdZitron #EdZitronPodcast #BetterOfflineEdZitron #TechPodcast #Tech #Technology #iHeartPodcasts #iHeart #Podcast #Podcasttolisten #YoutubePodcast #NewPodcast
Saving Games Journalism With Giant Bomb | Better Offline Better Offline 2025-05-21 | 🛎 If You're New Subscribe ► youtube.com/@BetterOfflinePodSaving Games Journalism With Giant Bomb | Better OfflineIn this episode, Ed Zitron is joined by Dan Ryckert, Jeff Bakalar and Jeff Grubb, the new owners of gaming website Giant Bomb, to talk about the hopeful, independent future for games journalism - and media at large.http://www.giantbomb.com/joinDan Ryckert: https://bsky.app/profile/danryckert.comJeff Grubb: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:bdacp2cmuuyawx553cv2spdyJeff Bakalar: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:tyuqlcnoqijzqor53ka2a7o2YOU CAN NOW BUY BETTER OFFLINE MERCH! Go to cottonbureau.com/people/better-offline and use code FREE99 for free shipping on orders of $99 or more.You can also order a limited-edition Better Offline hat until 5/22/25! cottonbureau.com/p/CAGDW8/hat/better-offline-hat#/28510205/hat-unisex-dad-hat-black-100percent-cotton-adjustableOriginal Air Date: May 21, 2025 ❤️ iHeartRadio » https://bitly.cx/d5tmV📢 APPLE PODCASTS » https://bitly.cx/qmMi8🟢 SPOTIFY » https://bitly.cx/d0IG🎥 PREVIOUS VIDEO » youtu.be/Xhm7q9T-BK8✨ KEEP IN TOUCH WITH:Newsletter: wheresyoured.atReddit: http://www.reddit.com/r/betteroffline Discord chat.wheresyoured.atEd's Socials:http://www.twitter.com/edzitron instagram.com/edzitronhttps://bsky.app/profile/zitron.bsky.socialthreads.net/@edzitronBetter 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.New episodes weekly on iHeartRadio.#BetterOffline #BetterOfflinePodcast #BetterOfflinePod #EdZitron #EdZitronPodcast #BetterOfflineEdZitron #TechPodcast #Tech #Technology #iHeartPodcasts #iHeart #Podcast #Podcasttolisten #YoutubePodcast #NewPodcast
Monologue: How Better Offline Saved Me | Better Offline Better Offline 2025-05-16 | 🛎 If You're New Subscribe ► youtube.com/@BetterOfflinePodMonologue: How Better Offline Saved Me | Better OfflineIn this week's monologue, Ed Zitron walks you through the story of how writing The Man That Destroyed Google Search saved his life.Original Air Date: May 16, 2025❤️ iHeartRadio » https://bitly.cx/d5tmV📢 APPLE PODCASTS » https://bitly.cx/qmMi8🟢 SPOTIFY » https://bitly.cx/d0IG🎥 PREVIOUS VIDEO » youtu.be/W4TqJhQsEAQ✨ KEEP IN TOUCH WITH:Newsletter: wheresyoured.atReddit: http://www.reddit.com/r/betteroffline Discord chat.wheresyoured.atEd's Socials:http://www.twitter.com/edzitron instagram.com/edzitronhttps://bsky.app/profile/zitron.bsky.socialthreads.net/@edzitronBetter 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.New episodes weekly on iHeartRadio.#BetterOffline #BetterOfflinePodcast #BetterOfflinePod #EdZitron #EdZitronPodcast #BetterOfflineEdZitron #TechPodcast #Tech #Technology #iHeartPodcasts #iHeart #Podcast #Podcasttolisten #YoutubePodcast #NewPodcast
Empires of AI With Karen Hao | Better Offline Better Offline 2025-05-14 | 🛎 If You're New Subscribe ► youtube.com/@BetterOfflinePodEmpires of AI With Karen Hao | Better OfflineEd 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.Original Air Date: May 14, 2025❤️ iHeartRadio » https://bitly.cx/d5tmV📢 APPLE PODCASTS » https://bitly.cx/qmMi8🟢 SPOTIFY » https://bitly.cx/d0IG🎥 PREVIOUS VIDEO » youtu.be/FjAGCxb4jC8✨ KEEP IN TOUCH WITH:Newsletter: wheresyoured.atReddit: http://www.reddit.com/r/betteroffline Discord chat.wheresyoured.atEd's Socials:http://www.twitter.com/edzitron instagram.com/edzitronhttps://bsky.app/profile/zitron.bsky.socialthreads.net/@edzitronBetter 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.New episodes weekly on iHeartRadio.#BetterOffline #BetterOfflinePodcast #BetterOfflinePod #EdZitron #EdZitronPodcast #BetterOfflineEdZitron #TechPodcast #Tech #Technology #iHeartPodcasts #iHeart #Podcast #Podcasttolisten #YoutubePodcast #NewPodcast
Monologue: Sam Altmans BS Eye Scanning Startup | Better Offline Better Offline 2025-05-12 | 🛎 If You're New Subscribe ► youtube.com/@BetterOfflinePodMonologue: Sam Altman's BS Eye Scanning Startup | Better OfflineIn 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 deeply wrong with our society.YOU CAN NOW BUY BETTER OFFLINE MERCH! Go to cottonbureau.com/people/better-offline and use code FREE99 for free shipping on orders of $99 or more.You can also order a limited-edition Better Offline hat until 5/22/25! cottonbureau.com/p/CAGDW8/hat/better-offline-hat#/28510205/hat-unisex-dad-hat-black-100percent-cotton-adjustableOriginal Air Date: May 9, 2025❤️ iHeartRadio » https://bitly.cx/d5tmV📢 APPLE PODCASTS » https://bitly.cx/qmMi8🟢 SPOTIFY » https://bitly.cx/d0IG🎥 PREVIOUS VIDEO » youtu.be/i035pu9NzAE✨ KEEP IN TOUCH WITH:Newsletter: wheresyoured.atReddit: http://www.reddit.com/r/betteroffline Discord chat.wheresyoured.atEd's Socials:http://www.twitter.com/edzitron instagram.com/edzitronhttps://bsky.app/profile/zitron.bsky.socialthreads.net/@edzitronBetter 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.New episodes weekly on iHeartRadio.#BetterOffline #BetterOfflinePodcast #BetterOfflinePod #EdZitron #EdZitronPodcast #BetterOfflineEdZitron #TechPodcast #Tech #Technology #iHeartPodcasts #iHeart #Podcast #Podcasttolisten #YoutubePodcast #NewPodcast
Tariffs and The End Of Affordable Computing w/ Steve Burke | Better Offline Better Offline 2025-05-08 | 🛎 If You're New Subscribe ► youtube.com/@BetterOfflinePodTariffs and The End Of Affordable Computing w/ Steve Burke | Better OfflineIn 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 end.GamersNexus:The End Of Affordable Computing: youtube.com/watch?v=1W_mSOS1Qts&t=2s&ab_channel=GamersNexusyoutube.com/gamersnexusgamersnexus.nethttps://bsky.app/profile/gamersnexus.bsky.socialhttps://x.com/GamersNexusOriginal Air Date: May 7, 2025❤️ iHeartRadio » https://bitly.cx/d5tmV📢 APPLE PODCASTS » https://bitly.cx/qmMi8🟢 SPOTIFY » https://bitly.cx/d0IG🎥 PREVIOUS VIDEO » youtu.be/q3KtYfB-KpU✨ KEEP IN TOUCH WITH:Newsletter: wheresyoured.atReddit: http://www.reddit.com/r/betteroffline Discord chat.wheresyoured.atEd's Socials:http://www.twitter.com/edzitron instagram.com/edzitronhttps://bsky.app/profile/zitron.bsky.socialthreads.net/@edzitronBetter 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.New episodes weekly on iHeartRadio.#BetterOffline #BetterOfflinePodcast #BetterOfflinePod #EdZitron #EdZitronPodcast #BetterOfflineEdZitron #TechPodcast #Tech #Technology #iHeartPodcasts #iHeart #Podcast #Podcasttolisten #YoutubePodcast #NewPodcast
Im Mad As Hell, And Im Not Gonna Take It Anymore | Better Offline Better Offline 2025-05-04 | 🛎 If You're New Subscribe ► youtube.com/@BetterOfflinePodI'm Mad As Hell, And I'm Not Gonna Take It Anymore | Better OfflineIn 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! Go to cottonbureau.com/people/better-offline and use code FREE99 for free shipping on orders of $99 or more.You can also order a limited-edition Better Offline hat until 5/22/25! cottonbureau.com/p/CAGDW8/hat/better-offline-hat#/28510205/hat-unisex-dad-hat-black-100percent-cotton-adjustableOriginal Air Date: May 2, 2025❤️ iHeartRadio » https://bitly.cx/d5tmV📢 APPLE PODCASTS » https://bitly.cx/qmMi8🟢 SPOTIFY » https://bitly.cx/d0IG🎥 PREVIOUS VIDEO » youtu.be/eXceL5F2U1g✨ KEEP IN TOUCH WITH:Newsletter: wheresyoured.atReddit: http://www.reddit.com/r/betteroffline Discord chat.wheresyoured.atEd's Socials:http://www.twitter.com/edzitron instagram.com/edzitronhttps://bsky.app/profile/zitron.bsky.socialthreads.net/@edzitronBetter 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.New episodes weekly on iHeartRadio.#BetterOffline #BetterOfflinePodcast #BetterOfflinePod #EdZitron #EdZitronPodcast #BetterOfflineEdZitron #TechPodcast #Tech #Technology #iHeartPodcasts #iHeart #Podcast #Podcasttolisten #YoutubePodcast #NewPodcast
Monologue: Why We Need Tech Criticism More Than Ever | Better Offline Better Offline 2025-05-03 | 🛎 If You're New Subscribe ► youtube.com/@BetterOfflinePodMonologue: Why We Need Tech Criticism More Than Ever | Better OfflineIn 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 cottonbureau.com/people/better-offline and use code FREE99 for free shipping on orders of $99 or more.You can also order a limited-edition Better Offline hat until 5/22/25! cottonbureau.com/p/CAGDW8/hat/better-offline-hat#/28510205/hat-unisex-dad-hat-black-100percent-cotton-adjustableOriginal Air Date: May 1, 2025 ❤️ iHeartRadio » https://bitly.cx/d5tmV📢 APPLE PODCASTS » https://bitly.cx/qmMi8🟢 SPOTIFY » https://bitly.cx/d0IG🎥 PREVIOUS VIDEO » youtu.be/f_C2rN8m5DY✨ KEEP IN TOUCH WITH:Newsletter: wheresyoured.atReddit: http://www.reddit.com/r/betteroffline Discord chat.wheresyoured.atEd's Socials:http://www.twitter.com/edzitron instagram.com/edzitronhttps://bsky.app/profile/zitron.bsky.socialthreads.net/@edzitronBetter 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.New episodes weekly on iHeartRadio.#BetterOffline #BetterOfflinePodcast #BetterOfflinePod #EdZitron #EdZitronPodcast #BetterOfflineEdZitron #TechPodcast #Tech #Technology #iHeartPodcasts #iHeart #Podcast #Podcasttolisten #YoutubePodcast #NewPodcast
The BS Bubble | Better Offline Better Offline 2025-05-02 | 🛎 If You're New Subscribe ► youtube.com/@BetterOfflinePodThe BS Bubble | Better OfflineIn 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 OFFLINE MERCH! Go to cottonbureau.com/people/better-offline and use code FREE99 for free shipping on orders of $99 or more.You can also order a limited-edition Better Offline hat until 5/22/25! cottonbureau.com/p/CAGDW8/hat/better-offline-hat#/28510205/hat-unisex-dad-hat-black-100percent-cotton-adjustableOriginal Air Date: April 30, 2025❤️ iHeartRadio » https://bitly.cx/d5tmV📢 APPLE PODCASTS » https://bitly.cx/qmMi8🟢 SPOTIFY » https://bitly.cx/d0IG🎥 PREVIOUS VIDEO » youtu.be/HIdvrO982jk✨ KEEP IN TOUCH WITH:Newsletter: wheresyoured.atReddit: http://www.reddit.com/r/betteroffline Discord chat.wheresyoured.atEd's Socials:http://www.twitter.com/edzitron instagram.com/edzitronhttps://bsky.app/profile/zitron.bsky.socialthreads.net/@edzitronBetter 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.New episodes weekly on iHeartRadio.#BetterOffline #BetterOfflinePodcast #BetterOfflinePod #EdZitron #EdZitronPodcast #BetterOfflineEdZitron #TechPodcast #Tech #Technology #iHeartPodcasts #iHeart #Podcast #Podcasttolisten #YoutubePodcast #NewPodcast
Monologue: The Tech I Actually Like | Better Offline Better Offline 2025-04-26 | 🛎 If You're New Subscribe ► youtube.com/@BetterOfflinePodMonologue: The Tech I Actually Like | Better OfflineIn 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 cottonbureau.com/people/better-offline and use code FREE99 for free shipping on orders of $99 or more.You can also order a limited-edition Better Offline hat until 5/22/25! cottonbureau.com/p/CAGDW8/hat/better-offline-hat#/28510205/hat-unisex-dad-hat-black-100percent-cotton-adjustableSasmsung 49” Odyssey OLED G9 amzn.to/3Gg5QvbAscrono Macbook Dock amzn.to/3YHfSeOAnker Nano Power Bank (10k mAh, USB-C Cable) amzn.to/44zjC5RAnker 165W USBC battery with retractable cable: amzn.to/445DwpaAnker 250W GaN Prime Charger: amzn.to/42QOEVHAnker MagGo 3-in-1 Charger: amzn.to/3YK26btMacbook Pro 16”: amzn.to/42HtiJcApple Watch Series 10: amzn.to/43XQ3uFApple Airpods Max: amzn.to/4cLb12nAirpods Pro 2: amzn.to/3Er5SQdMoonlander ZSA: zsa.io/moonlanderApple Magic Trackpad: amzn.to/3GhYPtwPakt 25L Duffel: paktbags.com/products/25l-travel-duffelTonal: tonal.comOriginal Air Date: April 25, 2025❤️ iHeartRadio » https://bitly.cx/d5tmV📢 APPLE PODCASTS » https://bitly.cx/qmMi8🟢 SPOTIFY » https://bitly.cx/d0IG🎥 PREVIOUS VIDEO » youtu.be/yvFr69HZDLE✨ KEEP IN TOUCH WITH:Newsletter: wheresyoured.atReddit: http://www.reddit.com/r/betteroffline Discord chat.wheresyoured.atEd's Socials:http://www.twitter.com/edzitron instagram.com/edzitronhttps://bsky.app/profile/zitron.bsky.socialthreads.net/@edzitronBetter 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.New episodes weekly on iHeartRadio.#BetterOffline #BetterOfflinePodcast #BetterOfflinePod #EdZitron #EdZitronPodcast #BetterOfflineEdZitron #TechPodcast #Tech #Technology #iHeartPodcasts #iHeart #Podcast #Podcasttolisten #YoutubePodcast #NewPodcast
How Big Tech Is Losing Their Antitrust Trials feat. Jason Kint | Better Offline Better Offline 2025-04-23 | 🛎 If You're New Subscribe ► youtube.com/@BetterOfflinePodHow Big Tech Is Losing Their Antitrust Trials feat. Jason Kint | Better OfflineEd Zitron is joined by Jason Kint, CEO of DCN, to talk about Google's recent antitrust trial losses, Meta's FTC case, and why it should give you hope for the future.YOU CAN NOW BUY BETTER OFFLINE MERCH! Go to cottonbureau.com/people/better-offline and use code FREE99 for free shipping on orders of $99 or more.You can also order a limited-edition Better Offline hat until 5/22/25! cottonbureau.com/p/CAGDW8/hat/better-offline-hat#/28510205/hat-unisex-dad-hat-black-100percent-cotton-adjustableOriginal Air Date: April 23, 2025❤️ iHeartRadio » https://bitly.cx/d5tmV📢 APPLE PODCASTS » https://bitly.cx/qmMi8🟢 SPOTIFY » https://bitly.cx/d0IG🎥 PREVIOUS VIDEO » youtu.be/R3Jl8hAdPI0✨ KEEP IN TOUCH WITH:Newsletter: wheresyoured.atReddit: http://www.reddit.com/r/betteroffline Discord chat.wheresyoured.atEd's Socials:http://www.twitter.com/edzitron instagram.com/edzitronhttps://bsky.app/profile/zitron.bsky.socialthreads.net/@edzitronBetter 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.New episodes weekly on iHeartRadio.#BetterOffline #BetterOfflinePodcast #BetterOfflinePod #EdZitron #EdZitronPodcast #BetterOfflineEdZitron #TechPodcast #Tech #Technology #iHeartPodcasts #iHeart #Podcast #Podcasttolisten #YoutubePodcast #NewPodcast
OpenAI Is A Systemic Risk To The Tech Industry | Better Offline Better Offline 2025-04-19 | 🛎 If You're New Subscribe ► youtube.com/@BetterOfflinePodOpenAI Is A Systemic Risk To The Tech Industry | Better OfflineIn the second part of this week’s two-part episode, Ed Zitron walks you through how OpenAI has become a systemic risk, one that may destroy CoreWeave, cost NVIDIA and Oracle billions, and break the back of an ailing tech industry.Original Air Date: April 18, 2025❤️ iHeartRadio » https://bitly.cx/d5tmV📢 APPLE PODCASTS » https://bitly.cx/qmMi8🟢 SPOTIFY » https://bitly.cx/d0IG🎥 PREVIOUS VIDEO » youtu.be/nkaYUNUe9Mc✨ KEEP IN TOUCH WITH:Newsletter: wheresyoured.atReddit: http://www.reddit.com/r/betteroffline Discord chat.wheresyoured.atEd's Socials:http://www.twitter.com/edzitron instagram.com/edzitronhttps://bsky.app/profile/zitron.bsky.socialthreads.net/@edzitronBetter 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.New episodes weekly on iHeartRadio.#BetterOffline #BetterOfflinePodcast #BetterOfflinePod #EdZitron #EdZitronPodcast #BetterOfflineEdZitron #TechPodcast #Tech #Technology #iHeartPodcasts #iHeart #Podcast #Podcasttolisten #YoutubePodcast #NewPodcast
Monologue: How The Media Keeps Inflating Bubbles | Better Offline Better Offline 2025-04-18 | 🛎 If You're New Subscribe ► youtube.com/@BetterOfflinePodMonologue: How The Media Keeps Inflating Bubbles | Better OfflineIn this week's monologue, Ed Zitron walks you through how the media's lackluster approach to critiquing the powerful led to the needless, unsustainable AI bubble - and how things could change for the better.Vote for Better Offline's "Man Who Killed Google Search" as the best business podcast episode in this year's Webby's! Open until April 17! Vote today!vote.webbyawards.com/PublicVoting#/2025/podcasts/individual-episode/businessVote for Weird Little Guys in this year’s Webbys! vote.webbyawards.com/PublicVoting#/2025/podcasts/individual-episode/crime-justice Original Air Date: April 17, 2025❤️ iHeartRadio » https://bitly.cx/d5tmV📢 APPLE PODCASTS » https://bitly.cx/qmMi8🟢 SPOTIFY » https://bitly.cx/d0IG🎥 PREVIOUS VIDEO » youtu.be/D5ACcejv_cI✨ KEEP IN TOUCH WITH:Newsletter: wheresyoured.atReddit: http://www.reddit.com/r/betteroffline Discord chat.wheresyoured.atEd's Socials:http://www.twitter.com/edzitron instagram.com/edzitronhttps://bsky.app/profile/zitron.bsky.socialthreads.net/@edzitronBetter 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.New episodes weekly on iHeartRadio.#BetterOffline #BetterOfflinePodcast #BetterOfflinePod #EdZitron #EdZitronPodcast #BetterOfflineEdZitron #TechPodcast #Tech #Technology #iHeartPodcasts #iHeart #Podcast #Podcasttolisten #YoutubePodcast #NewPodcast
OpenAI Cannot Survive | Better Offline Better Offline 2025-04-18 | 🛎 If You're New Subscribe ► youtube.com/@BetterOfflinePodOpenAI Cannot Survive | Better OfflineIn the first part of this week's two-part episode, Ed Zitron walks you through how impossible it will be for OpenAI to stay alive - and how SoftBank’s attempts to help are materially harming the company.Vote for Better Offline's "Man Who Killed Google Search" as the best business podcast episode in this year's Webby's! Open until April 17! Vote today!vote.webbyawards.com/PublicVoting#/2025/podcasts/individual-episode/businessVote for Weird Little Guys in this year’s Webby's! vote.webbyawards.com/PublicVoting#/2025/podcasts/individual-episode/crime-justice Original Air Date: April 16, 2025❤️ iHeartRadio » https://bitly.cx/d5tmV📢 APPLE PODCASTS » https://bitly.cx/qmMi8🟢 SPOTIFY » https://bitly.cx/d0IG🎥 PREVIOUS VIDEO » youtu.be/pdtuZRxm4X4✨ KEEP IN TOUCH WITH:Newsletter: wheresyoured.atReddit: http://www.reddit.com/r/betteroffline Discord chat.wheresyoured.atEd's Socials:http://www.twitter.com/edzitron instagram.com/edzitronhttps://bsky.app/profile/zitron.bsky.socialthreads.net/@edzitronBetter 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.New episodes weekly on iHeartRadio.#BetterOffline #BetterOfflinePodcast #BetterOfflinePod #EdZitron #EdZitronPodcast #BetterOfflineEdZitron #TechPodcast #Tech #Technology #iHeartPodcasts #iHeart #Podcast #Podcasttolisten #YoutubePodcast #NewPodcast
Monologue: OpenAIs Non-Profit Problem | Better Offline Better Offline 2025-04-16 | 🛎 If You're New Subscribe ► youtube.com/@BetterOfflinePodMonologue: OpenAI's Non-Profit Problem | Better OfflineIn this week's monologue, Ed Zitron walks you through the precarious nature of OpenAI's non-profit status - and how a petition to the California Attorney general is an existential threat to the company.Petition: aboutblaw.com/bhNaOriginal Air Date: April 11, 2025❤️ iHeartRadio » https://bitly.cx/d5tmV📢 APPLE PODCASTS » https://bitly.cx/qmMi8🟢 SPOTIFY » https://bitly.cx/d0IG🎥 PREVIOUS VIDEO » youtu.be/lQUJ1IUWa5A✨ KEEP IN TOUCH WITH:Newsletter: wheresyoured.atReddit: http://www.reddit.com/r/betteroffline Discord chat.wheresyoured.atEd's Socials:http://www.twitter.com/edzitron instagram.com/edzitronhttps://bsky.app/profile/zitron.bsky.socialthreads.net/@edzitronBetter 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.New episodes weekly on iHeartRadio.#BetterOffline #BetterOfflinePodcast #BetterOfflinePod #EdZitron #EdZitronPodcast #BetterOfflineEdZitron #TechPodcast #Tech #Technology #iHeartPodcasts #iHeart #Podcast #Podcasttolisten #YoutubePodcast #NewPodcast
Radio Better Offline: Allison Morrow, Paris Martineau & Ed Ongweso Jr. | Better Offline Better Offline 2025-04-16 | 🛎 If You're New Subscribe ► youtube.com/@BetterOfflinePodRadio Better Offline: Allison Morrow, Paris Martineau & Ed Ongweso Jr. | Better OfflineWelcome to Radio Better Offline, a tech talk radio show recorded out of iHeartRadio's studio in New York city.Ed Zitron is joined in studio by Allison Morrow of CNN, Ed Ongweso Jr. of the Tech Bubble newsletter, and Paris Martineau of The Information to talk about the collapse of the AI bubble, the goofy “AI 2027” fan fiction that has gone viral in the tech industry, and how the tech media faces a reckoning once the bubble truly bursts.Vote for Better Offline's "Man Who Killed Google Search" as the best business podcast episode in this year's Webby's! Open until April 17! Vote today!vote.webbyawards.com/PublicVoting#/2025/podcasts/individual-episode/businessVote for Weird Little Guys in this year’s Webby’s! vote.webbyawards.com/PublicVoting#/2025/podcasts/individual-episode/crime-justiceAllison Morrowcnn.com/profiles/allison-morrowhttps://bsky.app/profile/amorrow.bsky.socialEd Ongweso Jr.thetechbubble.substack.comhttps://bsky.app/profile/edwardongwesojr.comParis Martineautheinformation.com/u/parismartineau?rc=kz8jh3https://bsky.app/profile/paris.nycai-2027.comNew York Times article on AI 2027 - nytimes.com/2025/04/03/technology/ai-futures-project-ai-2027.htmlCNN - Apple’s AI isn’t a letdown. AI is the letdown - cnn.com/2025/03/27/tech/apple-ai-artificial-intelligence/index.htmlCNN - The AI bubble may not be bursting, but tariff chaos is sure helping to deflate it cnn.com/2025/04/01/business/ai-bubble-markets-tariffs-nightcap/index.htmlWSJ - How Is SoftBank Funding Its Mega Investment in OpenAI? A Lot of Debt - wsj.com/business/deals/openai-softbank-investment-debt-51b4a130TechCrunch - OpenAI reportedly mulls buying Jony Ive and Sam Altman’s AI hardware startup - techcrunch.com/2025/04/07/openai-reportedly-mulls-buying-jony-ive-and-sam-altmans-ai-hardware-startupOriginal Air Date: April 9, 2025 ❤️ iHeartRadio » https://bitly.cx/d5tmV📢 APPLE PODCASTS » https://bitly.cx/qmMi8🟢 SPOTIFY » https://bitly.cx/d0IG🎥 PREVIOUS VIDEO » youtu.be/zxXs2LSw3sU✨ KEEP IN TOUCH WITH:Newsletter: wheresyoured.atReddit: http://www.reddit.com/r/betteroffline Discord chat.wheresyoured.atEd's Socials:http://www.twitter.com/edzitron instagram.com/edzitronhttps://bsky.app/profile/zitron.bsky.socialthreads.net/@edzitronBetter 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.New episodes weekly on iHeartRadio.#BetterOffline #BetterOfflinePodcast #BetterOfflinePod #EdZitron #EdZitronPodcast #BetterOfflineEdZitron #TechPodcast #Tech #Technology #iHeartPodcasts #iHeart #Podcast #Podcasttolisten #YoutubePodcast #NewPodcast
Data Vampires with Paris Marx | Better Offline Better Offline 2025-04-14 | 🛎 If You're New Subscribe ► youtube.com/@BetterOfflinePodData Vampires with Paris Marx | Better OfflineIn this episode, Ed is joined by Paris Marx, author of the Disconnect Blog and the host of Tech Won't Save Us, to talk about the historic - and horrifying - push of hyper-scalers to build out and control vital parts of the world's infrastructure.Tech Won't Save Us: techwontsave.us/episodesData Vampires Ep 1: techwontsave.us/episode/241_data_vampires_going_hyperscale_episode_1Data Vampires Ep 2: techwontsave.us/episode/243_data_vampires_opposing_data_centers_episode_2Paris on Twitter: https://x.com/parismarx Original Air Date: October 23, 2024❤️ iHeartRadio » https://bitly.cx/d5tmV📢 APPLE PODCASTS » https://bitly.cx/qmMi8🟢 SPOTIFY » https://bitly.cx/d0IG🎥 PREVIOUS VIDEO » youtu.be/qVek7lL9_G8✨ KEEP IN TOUCH WITH:Newsletter: wheresyoured.atReddit: http://www.reddit.com/r/betteroffline Discord chat.wheresyoured.atEd's Socials:http://www.twitter.com/edzitron instagram.com/edzitronhttps://bsky.app/profile/zitron.bsky.socialthreads.net/@edzitronBetter 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.New episodes weekly on iHeartRadio.#BetterOffline #BetterOfflinePodcast #BetterOfflinePod #EdZitron #EdZitronPodcast #BetterOfflineEdZitron #TechPodcast #Tech #Technology #iHeartPodcasts #iHeart #Podcast #Podcasttolisten #YoutubePodcast #NewPodcast
Zephyr Teachout On Corruption | Better Offline Better Offline 2025-04-10 | 🛎 If You're New Subscribe ► youtube.com/@BetterOfflinePodZephyr Teachout On Corruption | Better OfflineIn this episode, Ed is joined in the iHeartRadio studios in New York City by Zephyr Teachout, Fordham Law Professor and Author of "Break 'Em Up: Recovering Our Freedom from Big Ag, Big Tech, and Big Money" to talk about corruption, the ways in which we can curb the power of corporations - and why there's renewed hope for a better world.Zephyr on X: https://x.com/ZephyrTeachoutZephyr's book: amazon.com/Break-Em-Up-Recovering-Freedom/dp/125020089X Original Air Date: October 16, 2024❤️ iHeartRadio » https://bitly.cx/d5tmV📢 APPLE PODCASTS » https://bitly.cx/qmMi8🟢 SPOTIFY » https://bitly.cx/d0IG🎥 PREVIOUS VIDEO » youtu.be/4KM7PWwcIbE✨ KEEP IN TOUCH WITH:Newsletter: wheresyoured.atReddit: http://www.reddit.com/r/betteroffline Discord chat.wheresyoured.atEd's Socials:http://www.twitter.com/edzitron instagram.com/edzitronhttps://bsky.app/profile/zitron.bsky.socialthreads.net/@edzitronBetter 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.New episodes weekly on iHeartRadio.#BetterOffline #BetterOfflinePodcast #BetterOfflinePod #EdZitron #EdZitronPodcast #BetterOfflineEdZitron #TechPodcast #Tech #Technology #iHeartPodcasts #iHeart #Podcast #Podcasttolisten #YoutubePodcast #NewPodcast
