Podcast Episodes

Roxane Gay on Why People Are So Awful Online

Episode 14

This week on Offline, Jon is joined by writer, professor, and social commentator Roxane Gay for a wide-ranging conversation on consequence culture, w…

4 years, 2 months ago

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Abbie Richards on Fighting Disinformation on TikTok

Episode 13

This week on Offline, Jon is joined by TikToker and disinformation researcher Abbie Richards. A leading voice on the platform, Abbie inoculates her v…

4 years, 2 months ago

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Jenny Odell on How to Do Nothing

Episode 12

This week, Jenny Odell teaches Jon how to unplug and, almost literally, smell the roses. Pulling from lessons outlined in her book “How to Do Nothing…

4 years, 3 months ago

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Chimamanda Adichie on the Death of Good Faith

Episode 11

This week, the writer Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie joins Jon to talk through the viral essay on social media that she wrote last June. The two discuss wh…

4 years, 3 months ago

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Alex Stamos on Leaving Facebook and Zuckerberg's Reign

Episode 10

This week on Offline, Jon is joined by Alex Stamos, Facebook’s former Chief Security Officer. As Jon’s first guest who has worked at a social media c…

4 years, 3 months ago

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Mailbag Episode with Jon and Emily Favreau

Episode 9

Jon and Emily Favreau sit down for a special mailbag episode. They answer any questions (yes, any and all) submitted by listeners like you.

For a clos…

4 years, 3 months ago

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Elizabeth Bruenig on Forgiving Trolls and Strangers

Episode 8

The Atlantic’s Elizabeth Bruenig joins Jon this week on Offline to discuss something the internet was never built for: forgiveness. Exploring faith, …

4 years, 4 months ago

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Dr. 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 deliv…

4 years, 4 months ago

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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 jo…

4 years, 4 months ago

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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 …

4 years, 4 months ago

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