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.

 

#174

Exclusive: Here's How Much OpenAI Spends On Inference And Its MSFT Revenue Share

In a Better Offline exclusive, Ed Zitron reveals how much OpenAI spent on inference in 202... more

12 Nov 2025

07 MINS

07:03

12 Nov 2025


#173

Cory Doctorow and Ed Zitron on Enshittification and the Rot Economy

This week’s Better Offline is a recording of a panel held by Clarion West in Seattle... more

12 Nov 2025

57 MINS

57:34

12 Nov 2025


#172

Monologue: AI's Desperation Era

In this week's Better Offline monologue, Ed Zitron talks about OpenAI hinting they’d... more

07 Nov 2025

06 MINS

06:42

07 Nov 2025


#171

Vibe Coding is BS w/ Charlie Meyer

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

05 Nov 2025

53 MINS

53:11

05 Nov 2025


#170

Monologue: Dealing With The Weight Of History

In this week's Better Offline monologue, Ed Zitron takes a moment to discuss the current s... more

31 Oct 2025

11 MINS

11:13

31 Oct 2025


#169

The Internet Is The World's Worst Pharmacy w/ Paris Martineau & Ashwin Rodrigues

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

29 Oct 2025

50 MINS

50:27

29 Oct 2025


#168

Monologue: Don't Be Scared Of Sora

In this week's Better Offline monologue, Ed Zitron walks you through why nobody should be ... more

24 Oct 2025

12 MINS

12:32

24 Oct 2025


#167

Exclusive: Here's How Much Anthropic Spends on AWS

In a Better Offline exclusive, Ed Zitron reveals how much Anthropic spent on Amazon Web Se... more

20 Oct 2025

21 MINS

21:20

20 Oct 2025


#166

Monologue: ChatGPT's Growth Is Collapsing In Europe

In this week’s Better Offline monologue, Ed Zitron walks you through data from Deuts... more

17 Oct 2025

07 MINS

07:35

17 Oct 2025


#165

The Interview: Steve Burke of GamersNexus

In this week’s episode of Better Offline, Ed flies out to North Carolina for a deep ... more

15 Oct 2025

1 HR 38 MINS

1:38:37

15 Oct 2025


#164

The World of AI Regulation with Brian Merchant

In this episode, Ed Zitron is joined by writer Brian Merchant to talk about US AI regulati... more

10 Oct 2025

29 MINS

29:24

10 Oct 2025


#163

Radio Better Offline: Victoria Song and David Roth

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

08 Oct 2025

51 MINS

51:25

08 Oct 2025


#162

The Case Against Generative AI (Part 4)

In part four of this week’s four-part case against generative AI, Ed Zitron walks yo... more

03 Oct 2025

28 MINS

28:30

03 Oct 2025


#161

The Case Against Generative AI (Part 3)

In part three of this week’s four-part case against generative AI, Ed Zitron walks y... more

02 Oct 2025

27 MINS

27:00

02 Oct 2025