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Better Offline
Better Offline
Cool Zone Media and iHeartPodcasts

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... more

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Episodes

The Rot Society

Blame the tech industry for the rise of authoritarianism. Blame a news media handicapped by a deference to power and... more

20 Nov 2024 · 38 minutes
William Lazonick on How The Stock Market Killed Tech

Recorded live at Web Summit Lisbon, Ed Zitron is joined by William Lazonick, professor emeritus of economics at the University... more

13 Nov 2024 · 53 minutes
The Streisand Effect with Mike Masnick

In this episode, Ed Zitron is joined by Mike Masnick, CEO and Founder of Techdirt, inventor of the Streisand effect,... more

06 Nov 2024 · 54 minutes
A Nobel Economist's Plan To Tax Digital Ads

In this episode, Ed Zitron is joined by Daron Acemoglu, MIT Economist and recent winner of the Nobel Prize in... more

30 Oct 2024 · 33 minutes
A Requiem for Prabhakar Raghavan

Last week, Prabhakar Raghavan, The Man Who Destroyed Google Search, was removed from his position at Google and made a... more

25 Oct 2024 · 18 minutes
Data Vampires with Paris Marx

In this episode, Ed is joined by Paris Marx, author of the Disconnect Blog and the host of Tech Won't... more

23 Oct 2024 · 38 minutes
Zephyr Teachout On Corruption

In this episode, Ed is joined in the iHeartRadio studios in New York City by Zephyr Teachout, Fordham Law Professor... more

16 Oct 2024 · 37 minutes
The Subprime AI Crisis

In this episode, Ed Zitron walks you through the brewing subprime AI crisis. The entire generative AI market is run... more

11 Oct 2024 · 47 minutes
Why OpenAI Is A Terrible Business

As of last week, OpenAI is now worth $157 billion - yet below the hood is a far darker story.... more

09 Oct 2024 · 46 minutes
The Department of Justice V Google Ads: Part 4

Ed Zitron is joined by Jason Kint, CEO of DCN and Arielle Garcia, Director of Intelligence at CheckMyAds, for the... more

02 Oct 2024 · 30 minutes
Better Offline
The Rot Society
Better Offline