Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchTrump’s Epstein Nightmare, Jubilee’s Fascist Debate, and the Movie Twitter Wrote
Episode 195
Living through a deadly plague as we watched the country descend into political violence on our screens might've left us with some...unresolved issues. Director Ari Aster sits down with Jon to break …
Published on 2 months, 2 weeks ago
Raising Boys in the Era of Incels, MAGA, and the Manosphere
Episode 194
Boys today are being told to man up by the right and sit down by the left. Coming of age in the shadow of #MeToo and wading through algorithms rife with manosphere content, many young men are accepti…
Published on 2 months, 3 weeks ago
Peter Thiel's Antichrist, JD Vance's Split with the Pope, and Ross Douthat's Scientific Case for Believing in God
Episode 193
Religion in the US has been on the decline for many years, but does atheism make us unhappier? Ross Douthat, New York Times Opinion columnist and author of Believe, joins Offline to explain why he th…
Published on 2 months, 4 weeks ago
Hugs From Your Late Mom, Interdimensional Chats, and College Cheating: The AI Future Is Here
Episode 192
We don't really know how AIs like ChatGPT work...which makes it all the more chilling that they're now leading people down rabbit holes of delusion, actively spreading misinformation, and becoming sy…
Published on 3 months, 1 week ago
The Truth About Young Men's Shift Towards Trump
Episode 191
Why are young men — of all races — moving toward Trump? Are high prices to blame? Their media diets? The Democrats? John Della Volpe, the nation’s leading youth pollster, joins Offline to discuss “Sp…
Published on 3 months, 2 weeks ago
Succession’s Creator Takes on the Tech Billionaires
Episode 190
Jesse Armstrong, the Emmy Award-winning creator of HBO's "Succession," joins Offline to chat about how he made a mockery of Silicon Valley tycoons in his new movie, “Mountainhead.” He and Jon discuss…
Published on 3 months, 3 weeks ago
Momfluencers, Baby Gadgets, and the Perils of Parenting in The Digital Age
Episode 189
Are we surveilling our children too much? Do we need fancy gadgets to track their sleep? Should we be taking so many pictures of them? Longtime New York Times culture critic Amanda Hess joins Offline…
Published on 4 months ago
AI News Anchors, Dems $20 Million Plan to Study Men, and Max Bids Farewell to Offline
Episode 185
To celebrate his final appearance on the pod, Max takes Jon on a trip down memory lane, sharing his favorite Offline clips from the past two years—including lessons he learned while trying to take co…
Published on 4 months, 1 week ago
Elon's Offline Challenge, Grok’s White Genocide Glitch, and Silicon Valley's New Religion
Episode 184
The tech elite believe AI is just a few years away from displacing most computer-based jobs, and they seem…excited about it? Atlantic staff writer Matteo Wong joins Offline to discuss why Silicon Val…
Published on 4 months, 2 weeks ago
Jon Gets Hacked, Woke Offline Pope, and How Jia Tolentino’s Brain Finally Broke
Episode 183
Jia Tolentino, author of Trick Mirror and staff writer at the New Yorker, joins Offline to discuss how it’s becoming harder and harder to make sense of reality, especially with AI taking over our fee…
Published on 4 months, 3 weeks ago