Better Offline
Cool Zone Media and iHeartPodcastsBetter 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 an... more
| Publishes | Twice weekly | Episodes | 271 | Founded | 3 years ago |
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In this week's Better Offline monologue, Ed Zitron runs through the nonsensical, pro-AI lab scare campaign driven by former researcher Jacob Coxon, how the media keeps falling for AI safety grifts, and how dangerous AI is already in the wrong hands -... more
In this week’s Better Offline, Ed Zitron walks you through how society continues to manage rather than deal with crises, and how the AI bubble is yet another crisis resulting from a failure to deal with the complexity of the real world.
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In this week's Better Offline monologue, Ed Zitron runs through how 80% of Anthropic and OpenAI’s enterprise revenues come from the top 1% of its customers, and how the entire AI bubble is a series of different concentration risks supported by ventur... more
In this week’s Better Offline, Ed Zitron is joined by Arif Hasan of Wide Left and Caleb Wilson of Kill The Computer to talk about an academic paper on AI slop, and the many reasons why LLMS can never truly make art.
Why Slop Matters: arxiv.o... more
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Podcast Addict5a month agoMike CooleyYes he's rambly and yes he's crass, but Ed Zitron is one of the only people saying and backing up the things about the AI bubble that no one wants to talk about because it defies the hype. Needed truths here.
Problem is, it's wrecked by the worst ad ratio I've heard on any podcast, bordering on cable TV levels of bad. Worse still, it's just the same 4 ads over and over again. One guy talking into a mic doesn't cost so much to make that this is necessary. Tone it back Ed, this is user hostile.
Podcast Addict3a month agoParallax Abstraction- Oh the irony
So a narrow-minded podcast about AI that criticizes the narrow-minded hypists.
Apple Podcasts2Ella P12
United Statesa month ago - Doomer boomer hyperbole
Been listening since CES 2025, and it’s all the sky is falling, but nothing actually falls. It’s good to be critical, but the host has just staked his position as contrarian and refuses to budge.
Apple Podcasts1tvkUnited Statesa month ago - I just wish These men considered women people
The temerity to say the problem of the world is that no one has a spine after describing only women who were brave enough to stand up to this administration
Apple Podcasts365iufjgdkUnited Statesa month ago
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Spotify | #19 | United States/Technology |
Apple Podcasts | #22 | United States/Technology |
Spotify | #11 |  United Kingdom/Technology |
Apple Podcasts | #10 |  Canada/Technology |
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Spotify | #12 |  Australia/Technology |
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A sharp, skeptical take on the tech industry's promises and monetization schemes, with deep dives into AI hype, finance, and the influence of major platforms. Episodes mix data-driven critique, guest perspectives from creators, critics, and journalists, and candid monologues that challenge growth-at-all-costs narratives. The show stands out for its combative yet insightful stance, willingness to call out hypocrisy in advertising and corporate storytelling, and its focus on what real value and human impact look like beyond buzzwords.
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1. Kill The Computer
2. Tech Won't Save Us
3. It Could Happen Here
4. Behind the Bastards
5. Weird Little Guys
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Better Offline launched 3 years ago and published 271 episodes to date. You can find more information about this podcast including rankings, audience demographics and engagement in our podcast database.
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Recent guests on Better Offline include:
1. Caleb Wilson
2. Arif Hasan
3. Ed Ongweso Jr.
4. Ed Elson
5. Nik Suresh
6. Katherine Long
7. Caitlin Ostroff
8. Cory Doctorow
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