Jon got piled on last week for tweeting that activist groups have pushed the Democratic Party out of supermajority territory.... more

Somehow the interminable “who is the liberal Joe Rogan” debate is still raging a week after the election. Jeremiah Johnson,... more

Yeah, rough week. Jon and Max reckon with Tuesday’s result and break down how Donald Trump — once again —... more

The 2024 election is almost upon us, and if you’re not anxious…please give us some of whatever you’re taking. Barton... more

The Good Liars, a MAGA trolling comedy duo, join Offline to share what it’s like on the ground at Trump... more

Why are FEMA workers being threatened for trying to help clean up after Hurricane Helene? Jon and Max break down... more

Hasan Piker, Gen Z’s favorite left wing political commentator and Twitch streamer, joins Offline to talk about the Trump campaign’s bro-first election strategy, the right... more

Alex Jones’ conspiracy media network, InfoWars, is up for sale, as is the at-home genetic testing service 23andMe…and potentially the... more

New York Times tech reporter Kate Conger joins Offline to discuss Character Limit: How Elon Musk Destroyed Twitter, a new... more

Critic Emily St. James and Crooked’s Halle Kiefer join Max to discuss “Blade Runner,” the 1982 classic that asks the... more

Tristan Harris, co-founder of the Center for Humane Technology and ex-design ethicist at Google, joins Offline to chat about the... more

Since “Fight Club” hit theaters in 1999, the movie has become both a cinematic cult classic and a building block... more

Robert Putnam, renowned political scientist and author of Bowling Alone and The Upswing, joins Offline to explain why bowling alone... more

This week Offline Móvie Clúb takes on “Tár,” the 2022 film about a music conductor whose narcissism and abuses of... more

It’s not just supplements and energy drinks fueling the manosphere. Your favorite right-wing podcaster may be sponsored by…Vladimir Putin! Jon... more

Has there ever been a more dramatic Twitter thread than A’Ziah King’s 2015 saga about a roadtrip turned kidnapping? Erin... more

Max and Jon sit down to break down a very online DNC, diving into Obama’s anti-social media convention speech, the... more

Jon Lovett and Erin Ryan join Max to discuss how “The Truman Show,” predicted our current era of continuous surveillance... more

Peter Thiel isn’t as rich as Elon Musk or as notorious as Steve Bannon. But over the last 10 years... more

Jon Lovett and Ben Rhodes join Max to explore how 1983’s “WarGames” predicted the internet era. The film is a... more

Elon Musk hosted Donald Trump for a two and a half hour ramble on Twitter’s garbage live streaming platform—and if... more

Why is Tim Walz, a 60-year-old dad from Minnesota, so internet savvy? And why is he so good at making... more

All of a sudden, nearly every Democrat in the country has started calling out Republicans for being really damn weird.... more

Kamala Harris memes are bringing together leftists and wine moms, neolib shills and NeverTrumpers, political wonks and pop stars across... more

We still don’t know why a 20-year-old from Pennsylvania opened fire on Trump last weekend. Lone shooters whose paths from... more

Elle Reeve, CNN commentator and author of the new book Black Pill, joins Offline to share her reporting on the... more

Chat GPT isn’t going to top the Billboard Hot 100 any time soon, but something is happening with AI and... more

Has this pod saved America…from phone addiction?! We got Jon Lovett to take a rather extreme version of the Offline... more

The kids are not alright, and the culprit is their phones. That’s the thesis of social psychologist Jonathan Haidt’s new... more

Why are Republicans apologists for misinformation? How should campaigns respond to online trolls? Are Democrats still using an Obama-era digital... more

Critic Emily St. James and Crooked’s Halle Kiefer join Max to talk about “WALL-E.” The 2008 Pixar film depicts a... more

Birds Aren’t Real founder, Peter McIndoe, joins to talk about the impact of the satirical conspiracy that captured the imagination... more

Are we all living in The Matrix? Eh, probably not. But our tech obsessed, social media driven world is a... more

Do we treat political affiliation like a religion? Which parts of our identity are based off factual belief vs. imaginary... more

Ezra Klein joins Offline Movie Club to discuss “Her,” the movie that more or less incited this week’s Scarlett Johansson... more

ChatGPT has officially entered its “Her” era! Jon and Max talk about the flirty AI that debuted this week, whose... more

Leave it to Tom Hanks to make internet catfishing seem so darn charming! This week, Offline’s Movie Club is watching... more

Is it time for you to make an AI friend? Jon and Max weigh the pros and cons of robot... more

Bo Burnham’s comedy has long captivated and caricatured the internet, but the era his songs skewer the best is the... more

We all have a caveman brain—at least when it comes to navigating the internet. Amanda Montell, author of the new... more

When did we collectively agree that a hoodie-clad coder could wreak havoc on our society? Probably not long after “The... more

Can Biden outpost Trump in the run up to 2024? Why is the president on TikTok if he wants to... more

We did it folks! Jurors for Trump’s hush money trial are getting to read their resistance tweets to his face... more

Is FOMO the only thing keeping you on social media? Have we already reached peak artificial intelligence? And are Max... more

Are college educated Democrats going to cost Joe Biden the election? Eitan Hersh, a Political Science professor at Tufts, joins... more

Dr. Laurie Santos, Yale University's “Happiness Professor,” joins Offline to lay out a scientific guide to finding happiness. On her... more

Eric Klinenberg, sociologist at New York University, joins Offline to discuss why our failure to process 2020 may lead to... more

Kate Middleton sightings have dipped below UFO sightings, and the internet is having a heyday! It’s conspiracy theory week at... more

Jon Ronson, author of So You’ve Been Publicly Shamed and host of the BBC podcast “Things Fell Apart,” joins Offline... more

Zeynep Tufekci, sociologist and New York Times opinion columnist, joins Offline to discuss why long covid has unleashed so much... more

Tina Nguyen, national correspondent at Puck News, joins Offline to talk about her new memoir, “The MAGA Diaries.” The book... more

Cass Sunstein, Harvard professor and coauthor of the forthcoming book, Look Again, joins Offline to discuss the dangers of habituation.... more

Kara Swisher, longtime tech reporter and author of the forthcoming memoir Burn Book, joins Offline to talk about the tech... more

Peter Hamby, host of Snapchat’s Good Luck America and a founding partner at Puck News, returns to Offline to discuss... more

Kyle Chayka, New Yorker staff writer and author of “Filterworld: How Algorithms Flattened Culture,” joins Offline to expose how online... more

RF Kuang joins Jon to talk about Yellowface, her biting satire about the internet, publishing industry, and cultural appropriation.

When it comes to sticking to a New Year’s resolution, willpower alone won’t cut it.

Maybe, your friend announced they’re not drinking anymore, or your sister’s now “California Sober,” or maybe your entire office is... more

With 2024 fast approaching, Jon and Max sit down to answer listener-submitted questions. Does the show have a millennial bias?... more

YouTuber Natalie Wynn, better known as ContraPoints, may be the internet’s most persuasive political commentator. Known for her carefully produced,... more

Jeff Stein, White House economics reporter at the Washington Post, joins Offline to talk about the $16 McDonald’s meal that... more

Happy holidays from the Offline team! Here’s a special sneak peek of our new subscriber exclusive series Inside 2024. In... more

Anna Holmes, the founder of jezebel.com, and Crooked’s own Erin Ryan—the site’s former managing editor—join Offline to discuss the origin... more

Jon and Max get into the numbers behind TikTok’s supposed pro-Palestinian tilt— is the bias real, what do “views” signify,... more

Naomi Klein, activist and bestselling author, joins Offline to talk about her new book, Doppelganger, and the woman who inspired... more

Johnny Harris, filmmaker and journalist, joins Offline to talk about Joe Rogan—how he became the world’s most famous podcaster, where... more

Jesse David Fox, senior editor at Vulture and author of the forthcoming “Comedy Book,” joins Offline to break down how... more

As fighting intensifies between Israel and Hamas, Jon and Max break down the ways social media is terribly equipped for... more

Heather Cox Richardson, historian and author of the Substack’s most-read newsletter “Letters from an American,” joins Offline to explain why... more

Brian Stelter joins to unpack what Rupert Murdoch’s retirement means for broadcast media, American democracy, and his four kids.