Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchHow “The Social Network” Explains Silicon Valley
Episode 119
When did we collectively agree that a hoodie-clad coder could wreak havoc on our society? Probably not long after “The Social Network” came out. This…
1 year, 11 months ago
The Biden Campaign’s Plan to Beat Trump Online
Episode 118
Can Biden outpost Trump in the run up to 2024? Why is the president on TikTok if he wants to ban it? Rob Flaherty, former White House Director of Dig…
1 year, 11 months ago
Right Wing Media Collapse, Trump Trial’s Repost King, and How To Live Like You’re Not Dying
Episode 117
We did it folks! Jurors for Trump’s hush money trial are getting to read their resistance tweets to his face as Meta’s crackdown on news is slowly as…
2 years ago
Trump’s Stock Crash, AI Gets Junkier, and Paying to Delete Social Media
Episode 116
Is FOMO the only thing keeping you on social media? Have we already reached peak artificial intelligence? And are Max and Jon too old to enjoy Glorb,…
2 years ago
Are You Treating Politics Like a Hobby?
Episode 115
Are college educated Democrats going to cost Joe Biden the election? Eitan Hersh, a Political Science professor at Tufts, joins Offline to take a clo…
2 years ago
How to Be Happy with Dr. Laurie Santos
Episode 114
Dr. Laurie Santos, Yale University's “Happiness Professor,” joins Offline to lay out a scientific guide to finding happiness. On her podcast The Happ…
2 years ago
Is Trump Benefiting from Our 2020 Amnesia?
Episode 113
Eric Klinenberg, sociologist at New York University, joins Offline to discuss why our failure to process 2020 may lead to another disastrous Trump te…
2 years, 1 month ago
Kate Middleton MIA, UFOs, and How Conspiracies Got Fun
Episode 112
Kate Middleton sightings have dipped below UFO sightings, and the internet is having a heyday! It’s conspiracy theory week at Offline, with Max and J…
2 years, 1 month ago
TikTok Ban Returns, AOC Hounded by Protesters, and Jon Ronson on the End of Public Shaming
Episode 111
Jon Ronson, author of So You’ve Been Publicly Shamed and host of the BBC podcast “Things Fell Apart,” joins Offline to discuss culture wars—why do th…
2 years, 1 month ago
Woke AI, Libs of TikTok DESTROYED, and the Offline Reality of Long COVID
Episode 110
Zeynep Tufekci, sociologist and New York Times opinion columnist, joins Offline to discuss why long covid has unleashed so much online vitriol, unite…
2 years, 1 month ago