Better Offline
Cool Zone Media and iHeartPodcasts
Ed Zitron dissects the artificial intelligence bubble and tech industry excesses through furious monologues and hardware economics.
Why we picked this
We picked Better Offline because it treats the breathless promises of the technology industry with the rigorous skepticism they deserve. Host Ed Zitron cuts through corporate press releases and speculative economic models, examining the underlying math of modern tech bubbles with fierce directness. We favor podcasts that refuse to accept executive competence as a given, and this show spends its entire run exposing the structural vulnerabilities beneath today's most hyped innovations. The back catalog rewards listeners who want a grounded, unapologetic counterweight.
Recent episodes
Monologue: Concentration Risk
Sep 4, 202610 min
LLMs Will Never Make Art With Caleb Wilson and Arif Hasan
Sep 2, 202642 min
Monologue: Into The Jensenverse
Aug 28, 20268 min
No, AI Is Not "Autonomously Hacking" with Cal Newport
Aug 26, 20261h 5m
Monologue: AI Hits A Wall
Aug 21, 20269 min
The AI Clown Car W/ Gamersnexus
Aug 19, 202644 min
AI Creativity Doesn't Exist With Chloe Radcliffe and Ed Ongweso Jr.
Aug 14, 202645 min
Monologue: NVIDIA's No IT Loads Refused Cash Dump
Aug 12, 202611 min
Monologue: The Pale Horsemen Arrive
Aug 7, 202616 min
The AI Demand Bubble with Ed Elson
Aug 5, 202654 min
Monologue: We Live Inside A Dream, But Who Is The Dreamer?
Jul 31, 202613 min
AI Mania Is Eviscerating Global Decision-Making w/ Nik Suresh
Jul 29, 202658 min
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