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Zuckerberg Takes the Stand, Pete Hegseth vs. AI, and Max-Maxxing with Max Fisher
Episode 223
Max Fisher returns to the show to podmaxx with Jon about the latest Offline-worthy news, including the landmark court case that's put Mark Zuckerber…
4 months, 3 weeks ago
The Philosopher Teaching AI to Be Good
Episode 222
AI company Anthropic has a new, values-oriented “constitution” that they’re feeding their chatbot, Claude. Amanda Askell, the company’s in-house phi…
5 months ago
Can Truth Survive the Trump Era?
Episode 221
Charlie Warzel, Atlantic staff writer and host of the "Galaxy Brain" podcast, joins Offline to break down the news of the week: how Elon Musk's negl…
5 months, 1 week ago
Adam Friedland Just Wants to Understand
Episode 220
Adam Friedland sits down with Jon to make sense of his unlikely rise from the self deprecating (and self defecating) cohost of Cum Town to…a public …
5 months, 2 weeks ago
The Fight to Liberate Minnesota (and America)
Episode 219
Minneapolis isn’t just protesting ICE—it’s fully organizing against it. Lydia Polgreen, journalist and opinion columnist at The New York Times, joins…
5 months, 3 weeks ago
The Enshittification of the Internet (with Cory Doctorow)
Episode 218
Journalist, blogger, and science fiction writer Cory Doctorow stops by the studio to talk to Jon about “enshittification,” his theory that explains h…
6 months ago
ICE Killings and the Death of Shared Reality
Episode 217
Does misinformation even matter if no one can agree on a shared reality? The New Yorker’s Jay Caspian Kang joins Offline to explain how the ICE shoot…
6 months, 1 week ago
What Comes After Trump?
Episode 216
What does 21st century authoritarianism look like in the United States? Author and Atlantic staff writer George Packer joins Offline to talk about Am…
6 months, 4 weeks ago
The Movement to Protect Kids from Big Tech
Episode 215
Julie Scelfo, founder of Mothers Against Media Addiction, sits down with Jon to talk about the impacts AI and social media are having on our kids…and…
7 months ago
A Techno-Optimist’s Case for AI
Episode 214
Economist and techno-optimist Noah Smith, author of the Noahpinion Substack, joins Offline to debate the promise of artificial intelligence, the bene…
7 months, 1 week ago