Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchHow "Wall-E" Reveals Our Changing Feelings Toward Tech
Episode 129
Critic Emily St. James and Crooked’s Halle Kiefer join Max to talk about “WALL-E.” The 2008 Pixar film depicts a future in which humans are so addict…
1 year, 10 months ago
Trump’s TikTok Edge and Why Birds May or May Not Be Real
Episode 128
Birds Aren’t Real founder, Peter McIndoe, joins to talk about the impact of the satirical conspiracy that captured the imagination of Gen Z and what …
1 year, 10 months ago
How "The Matrix" Created Modern Silicon Valley
Episode 127
Are we all living in The Matrix? Eh, probably not. But our tech obsessed, social media driven world is a lot closer to the reality The Matrix posed i…
1 year, 10 months ago
ScarJo v. AI, the Digital Guillotine, and Why We Play Make Believe with Misinformation
Episode 126
Do we treat political affiliation like a religion? Which parts of our identity are based off factual belief vs. imaginary belief? This week, Max talk…
1 year, 11 months ago
Why "Her" Reveals How We Really Feel About AI (with Ezra Klein)
Episode 125
Ezra Klein joins Offline Movie Club to discuss “Her,” the movie that more or less incited this week’s Scarlett Johansson v. OpenAI drama. Back in 201…
1 year, 11 months ago
AI’s Flirty Upgrade, Facebook’s Zombie Internet, and Why We May Be Doing Mental Health Wrong
Episode 124
ChatGPT has officially entered its “Her” era! Jon and Max talk about the flirty AI that debuted this week, whose husky voice and warm enthusiasm evok…
1 year, 11 months ago
How “You’ve Got Mail” Explains '90s Internet Culture
Episode 123
Leave it to Tom Hanks to make internet catfishing seem so darn charming! This week, Offline’s Movie Club is watching “You’ve Got Mail,” the cozy, cap…
1 year, 11 months ago
TikTok vs Biden, Kendrick vs Drake, AI vs Loneliness
Episode 122
Is it time for you to make an AI friend? Jon and Max weigh the pros and cons of robot affirmation, sink their teeth into a new study on smart phone b…
1 year, 11 months ago
How Bo Burnham’s “Inside” Inspired Offline
Episode 121
Bo Burnham’s comedy has long captivated and caricatured the internet, but the era his songs skewer the best is the hyperactive, blood-thirsty, online…
1 year, 11 months ago
How Cognitive Bias Explains Taylor Swift, Donald Trump, and Internet Malaise
Episode 120
We all have a caveman brain—at least when it comes to navigating the internet. Amanda Montell, author of the new book The Age of Magical Overthinking…
1 year, 11 months ago