Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchAre We Amusing Ourselves to Death?
Episode 62
Megan Garber, staff writer at the Atlantic, joins Offline to explain how we’re already living in the Metaverse––not with headsets and legless avatars…
3 years, 5 months ago
What Makes a Good Life? Lessons from an 84 Year Study on Happiness
Episode 61
Dr. Robert Waldinger, Director of the Harvard Study of Adult Development, joins Offline to talk about his new book “The Good Life: Lessons From the L…
3 years, 5 months ago
Who Can Own the Most Libs? Tim Miller on the ’24 GOP Primary
Episode 60
Tim Miller, former Republican operative, current Never Trumper, and contributor at the Bulwark, joins Jon to kickoff the GOP’s very online, very weir…
3 years, 5 months ago
What’s With All the Tech Layoffs?
Episode 59
Amazon, Google, Facebook and the entire tech sector just laid off tens of thousands of employees. How did America’s fastest growing industry become i…
3 years, 5 months ago
Do Dating Apps Make it Harder to Find Love?
Episode 58
Sangeeta Singh-Kurtz and Lakshmi Rengarajan, hosts of the newest season of The Cut’s Land of the Giants, join Offline to talk about how apps like Tin…
3 years, 5 months ago
Two Writers Wonder If They’ll Be Replaced By AI
Episode 57
Evan Puschak, also known as The Nerdwriter, joins Offline to discuss ChatGPT, the revolutionary artificial intelligence chatbot from OpenAI. In his m…
3 years, 6 months ago
How to Avoid Distraction with Johann Hari
Episode 56
Have you lost your ability to pay attention? Do you struggle to read a book? Can’t focus on a single task? Johann Hari, author of the New York Times …
3 years, 6 months ago
Offline Mailbag with Emily Favreau and Dare We Say
Episode 55
Description: Josie Totah and Yasmine Hamady, hosts of Crooked’s Dare We Say podcast, join Offline for a special mailbag episode on the internet’s gen…
3 years, 6 months ago
The Worst Tweets of 2022 with Rebecca Jennings
Episode 54
Rebecca Jennings, senior correspondent at Vox, talks with Jon about the year’s most chronically online conversations––those seemingly innocuous threa…
3 years, 7 months ago
Is This the End of Social Media? With Ian Bogost
Episode 53
Ian Bogost, author and professor at Washington University in St. Louis, talks with Jon about the demise of online social networks. In a recent Atlant…
3 years, 7 months ago