Better Offline podcast

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.

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.

 

#151

Monologue: Tech Skepticism Is Going Mainstream

In this week’s Better Offline monologue, Ed walks you through how tech and business ... more

17 hrs Ago

13 MINS

13:08

17 hrs Ago


#150

The Black Market for AI GPUs with Steve Burke

In this episode, Ed Zitron is joined by Steve Burke of GamersNexus to talk about the black... more

03 Sep 2025

37 MINS

37:17

03 Sep 2025


#149

Monologue: What If I'm Right?

In this week’s Better Offline monologue, Ed considers what would happen if he’... more

29 Aug 2025

20 MINS

20:46

29 Aug 2025


#148

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

Welcome to Radio Better Offline, a tech talk radio show recorded out of one of iHeartRadio... more

27 Aug 2025

1 HR 08 MINS

1:08:42

27 Aug 2025


#147

Exclusive: How GPT-5 Actually Works

In a bonus third episode, Ed Zitron reports exclusively on how OpenAI’s new "router-... more

22 Aug 2025

28 MINS

28:57

22 Aug 2025


#146

The AI Money Trap, Part Two

In part two of this week's two-part Better Offline, Ed Zitron walks you through how Americ... more

21 Aug 2025

41 MINS

41:49

21 Aug 2025


#145

The AI Money Trap, Part One

In part one of this week's two-part Better Offline, Ed Zitron walks you through how AI sta... more

20 Aug 2025

41 MINS

41:48

20 Aug 2025


#144

Monologue: The Agony Of GPT-5

In this week’s monologue, Ed Zitron walks through the rough launch of GPT-5, and how... more

15 Aug 2025

11 MINS

11:24

15 Aug 2025


#143

CZM Rewind: The Academics That Think ChatGPT Is BS

In a paper released earlier this year, three academics from the University of Glasgow clas... more

13 Aug 2025

57 MINS

57:23

13 Aug 2025


#142

Monologue: The Anker Nebula X1 Is The Best Projector I've Ever Used

In this week’s Better Offline monologue, Ed talks about Anker’s Nebula X1, an ... more

08 Aug 2025

10 MINS

10:22

08 Aug 2025


#141

Building A Newspaper Out of the Internet with Molly White

In this episode, Ed is joined by writer and critic Molly White to talk about how RSS can p... more

06 Aug 2025

35 MINS

35:13

06 Aug 2025