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Back to SearchHow to Break Your Phone Addiction
Episode 75
Catherine Price, science journalist and author of The Power of Fun and How to Break Up with Your Phone, joins the show to close out The Offline Chall…
2 years, 7 months ago
The Kids Are Not Alright. Is Social Media to Blame?
Episode 74
Social media is ubiquitous among young people. But is it safe? Dr. Vivek Murthy, Surgeon General of the United States, joins Offline to break down a …
2 years, 7 months ago
Is Fox News Doomed?
Episode 73
Kat Abu and Andrew Lawrence watch Fox News every night so you don’t have to. As researchers at Media Matters, a right-wing media watchdog, it’s their…
2 years, 7 months ago
Did Clickbait Kill Buzzfeed and the Digital Media Era?
Episode 72
Ben Smith, Semafor founder and former Editor-in-Chief of Buzzfeed News, joins Offline to discuss what the shuttering of newsrooms at Buzzfeed and Vic…
2 years, 8 months ago
Jon and Max Surrender Their iPhones
Episode 71
Introducing Offline’s Unplug Challenge! Jon and Max reflect on how their screen addictions have worsened their focus, hijacked their social lives, an…
2 years, 8 months ago
How is Collective Grief Rewiring our Brains | Hysteria Excerpt
This week we're giving you a feed drop from Crooked’s very own Hysteria! In this excerpt, Erin Ryan and Alyssa Mastromonaco cover some lighter news —…
2 years, 8 months ago
Hasan Piker Wants the Left to Persuade, Not Scold
Episode 70
Hasan Piker, viral political streamer, joins Offline to talk about Tucker Carlson’s demise, the 2024 election, and what it is about wokeism that make…
2 years, 8 months ago
How the Internet is Radicalizing Young Men
Episode 69
Laura Bates, founder of the Everyday Sexism Project and author of Men Who Hate Women and Fix the System, Not Women, joins Offline to shed light on on…
2 years, 8 months ago
John Green Doesn’t Think the World is Ending (Yet)
Episode 68
John Green, bestselling author and YouTube Vlogbrother, joins Offline to share lessons from his most recent book, The Anthropocene Reviewed. His coll…
2 years, 9 months ago
Should America Ban TikTok?
Episode 67
This week we’re bringing you the TikTok debate we wish we had from Congress. Featuring perspectives from V Spehar, host of TikTok’s Under the Desk Ne…
2 years, 9 months ago