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Better Offline

Better 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.

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Latest Episodes:

Radio Better Offline: Brian Koppelman, Cherlynn Low & Mike Drucker Jul 16, 2025

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Welcome 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 Crisis
https://www.wheresyoured.at/anthropic-and-openai-have-begun-the-subprime-ai-crisis/
Anthropic Is Bleeding Out
https://www.wheresyoured.at/anthropic-is-bleeding-out/

Brian Koppelman
https://www.instagram.com/briankoppelman/

Mike Drucker
https://bsky.app/profile/mikedrucker.bsky.social
https://mikedrucker.substack.com/
Good Game, No Rematch: A Life Made of Video Games
https://www.harpercollins.com/products/good-game-no-rematch-mike-drucker?variant=43103018024994
https://www.amazon.com/Good-Game-No-Rematch-Video/dp/1335012699
https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/good-game-no-rematch-mike-drucker/1145272268

Cherlynn Low
https://www.engadget.com/about/editors/cherlynn-low
https://bsky.app/profile/cherlynn.bsky.social
https://www.instagram.com/cherlynnstagram/

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Make Fun Of Them, Pt. 2 Jul 11, 2025

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In 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.

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Monologue: Is Anthropic Killing Cursor? Jul 10, 2025

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In 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

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Make Fun Of Them, Pt. 1 Jul 09, 2025

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In 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.

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Monologue: You Should Get Into Vinyl Jul 04, 2025

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In 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.

U-Turn Audio: https://uturnaudio.com/pages/turntables
Discogs: Discogs.com

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Radio Better Offline: Gare Davis, Victoria Song, Allison Morrow Jul 02, 2025

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Welcome 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 Morrow

https://www.cnn.com/profiles/allison-morrow
https://bsky.app/profile/amorrow.bsky.social
AI warnings are the hip new way for CEOs to keep their workers afraid of losing their jobs
https://www.cnn.com/2025/06/18/business/ai-warnings-ceos
Victoria Song

https://www.theverge.com/authors/victoria-song
https://bsky.app/profile/vicmsong.bsky.social
The Unbearable Obviousness of AI Fitness Summaries
https://www.theverge.com/fitness-trackers/694140/ai-summaries-fitness-apps-strava-oura-whoop-wearables
Gare Davis
https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:jm6ufvsw3hg5zgdpnd3zb4tv
https://www.instagram.com/hungrybowtie
It Could Happen Here
https://www.iheart.com/podcast/105-it-could-happen-here-30717896/

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Monologue: Did OpenAI Steal Another Startup's Idea? Jun 27, 2025

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In 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.

Sam Altman tweets: https://x.com/sama/status/1937606794362388674
Jason Rugolo tweets: https://x.com/jasonRugolo/status/1936933761964511721

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NVIDIA Vs. The Media ft. GamersNexus Jun 25, 2025

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In 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:

https://www.youtube.com/gamersnexus
https://gamersnexus.net/
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https://x.com/GamersNexus

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Monologue: OpenAI Vs. Microsoft Jun 20, 2025

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In 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.

WSJ: OpenAI and Microsoft Tensions Are Reaching a Boiling Point https://www.wsj.com/tech/ai/openai-and-microsoft-tensions-are-reaching-a-boiling-point-4981c44f
The Information: OpenAI Seeks New Financial Concessions From Microsoft, a Top Shareholder https://www.theinformation.com/articles/openai-seeks-new-financial-concessions-microsoft-top-shareholder?rc=kz8jh3
The Information: OpenAI Starts Selling ChatGPT at a Discount, Hurting Microsoft
https://www.theinformation.com/articles/openai-starts-selling-chatgpt-discount-hurting-microsoft?rc=kz8jh3
Data Center Dynamics: Crusoe secures $750m credit facility from Brookfield
https://www.datacenterdynamics.com/en/news/crusoe-secures-750m-credit-facility-from-brookfield/
The Information: Oracle CEO Says OpenAI’s Stargate Venture ‘Not Formed Yet’
https://www.theinformation.com/briefings/oracle-ceo-says-openais-stargate-venture-formed-yet?rc=kz8jh3

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Radio Better Offline: Pablo Torre and David Roth Jun 18, 2025

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Welcome 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: https://www.youtube.com/@PabloTorreFindsOut
Investigating Belichick's Girlfriend: The Power of Jordon Hudson, Revealed
https://youtu.be/As5P5TA-ERk?si=-PfM7fZ-Tw8S-yQc
Hank Azaria on His Bruce Springsteen Tribute Band, Apu and Finding His True Voice
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9rnyMXm1ThQ
David Roth
https://defector.com/author/david-roth
https://bsky.app/profile/davidjroth.bsky.social

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