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Naomi Klein on What Happens When You’re Mistaken for a Conspiracy Theorist

Episode 95

Naomi Klein, activist and bestselling author, joins Offline to talk about her new book, Doppelganger, and the woman who inspired it, anti-vax crusade…

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Why Do People Love Joe Rogan?

Episode 94

Johnny Harris, filmmaker and journalist, joins Offline to talk about Joe Rogan—how he became the world’s most famous podcaster, where he stands (or d…

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Jon Stewart, Donald Trump, and How Comedy Changed Politics

Episode 93

Jesse David Fox, senior editor at Vulture and author of the forthcoming “Comedy Book,” joins Offline to break down how the internet changed comedy an…

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Why Has Social Media Made It Impossible to Follow the Israel-Hamas War?

Episode 92

As fighting intensifies between Israel and Hamas, Jon and Max break down the ways social media is terribly equipped for delivering news about the war…

2 years, 3 months ago

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Heather Cox Richardson on Donald Trump, Democracy, and Taylor Swift

Episode 91

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

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Fox News’s Succession Battle, Breaking Up Amazon, and Twitter CEO’s Disastrous Q&A

Episode 90

Brian Stelter, longtime media journalist and author of the forthcoming Fox News exposé Network of Lies, joins Offline to unpack what Rupert Murdoch’s…

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Fetterman’s Body Double, Biden’s Misinformation Strategy, and OpenAI’s Secret & Scarier AI

Episode 89

Simon Rich, writer and creator of TBS’s Miracle Workers, joins Offline to explain how he got his hands on an AI that makes Chat GPT look like a kinde…

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The U.S. v. Google, Elon’s Secrets Revealed, and Why Trolls Got Nastier

Episode 88

Kaitlyn Tiffany, Atlantic reporter and author of Everything I Need I Get from You, joins Offline to break down internet trolls. She and Jon unpack wh…

2 years, 4 months ago

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How to Survive the 2024 Election, Tech Predictions for the Decade, and the Best Life Advice

Episode 87

Jon and Max are back and ready to answer your mailbag questions! But first, a post mortem on the Offline Challenge: best practices that remain, where…

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A Very Online Summer (Friends of the Pod Preview)

Episode 86

We're off for Labor Day! Please enjoy this exclusive episode of Terminally Online, our new Subscription show and loosest pod here at Crooked Media. E…

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