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Back to SearchDr. Vivek Murthy on Defeating Doomscrolling with Human Connection
Episode 7
Surgeon General Dr. Vivek Murthy joins Jon on Offline to dissect the intersection between the internet and our emotional well-being. Dr. Murthy delivers a doctor’s diagnosis on Jon’s ceaseless doomsc…
Published on 3 years, 9 months ago
Charlie Warzel on Facebook's Original Sin
Episode 6
For the last decade, Charlie Warzel has covered the internet and culture at BuzzFeed News, The New York Times, and his newsletter Galaxy Brain. He joins Jon to talk about the architecture behind our …
Published on 3 years, 10 months ago
DeRay Mckesson on How Twitter Saved Black Lives
Episode 5
From the creation of #BlackLivesMatter to the first permanent ban, DeRay Mckesson has been at the center of some of Twitter’s highest highs and some of its lowest lows. He joins Jon to talk about how…
Published on 3 years, 10 months ago
Stephen Colbert on Finding Laughter in the Darkness
Episode 4
Stephen Colbert joins Jon to defend his 8 hour-a-day screen habit and preach the benefits of a Twitter-free lifestyle. The two talk about what it took to produce The Late Show during the pandemic, wh…
Published on 3 years, 10 months ago
Megan Rapinoe on Social Media and Mental Health
Episode 3
Soccer star Megan Rapinoe talks to Jon about the toll social media takes on professional athletes, what it’s like to become an online Resistance hero and a right-wing villain, and whether she will ev…
Published on 3 years, 10 months ago
Peter Hamby on Saving Journalism from Twitter
Episode 2
Snapchat’s Peter Hamby talks to Jon about why Twitter has ruined political journalism, how the internet transformed the media business, and what a healthy, sustainable model of journalism might look …
Published on 3 years, 11 months ago
Monica Lewinsky on the Internet's Culture of Humiliation
Episode 1
Monica Lewinsky sits down with Jon to talk about the rise of public shaming, what happens when your life is upended by the internet, and what we can do to push against our worst instincts when we’re …
Published on 3 years, 11 months ago
Jia Tolentino on the Internet's Endless Stage
Jia Tolentino, New Yorker staff writer and author of Trick Mirror, talks to Jon about how the internet has turned life into an endless performance, why that makes politics hard and virtue signaling e…
Published on 3 years, 11 months ago