Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchGOP's "Black Nazi" Porn Posting, Instagram's New Rules, and Tristan Harris's Guide to Humane Technology
Episode 149
Tristan Harris, co-founder of the Center for Humane Technology and ex-design ethicist at Google, joins Offline to chat about the attention economy, w…
1 year, 7 months ago
How “Fight Club” Created a Generation of Sh*tposters
Episode 148
Since “Fight Club” hit theaters in 1999, the movie has become both a cinematic cult classic and a building block of how people (mostly men) express t…
1 year, 7 months ago
Robert Putnam on Barack Obama, Taylor Swift, and Making America Social Again
Episode 147
Robert Putnam, renowned political scientist and author of Bowling Alone and The Upswing, joins Offline to explain why bowling alone and scrolling alo…
1 year, 7 months ago
“Tár” with Jon Favreau and Amanda Hess
Episode 146
This week Offline Móvie Clúb takes on “Tár,” the 2022 film about a music conductor whose narcissism and abuses of power bring about her very public d…
1 year, 7 months ago
Trump Tours the Manosphere, Russia Funds MAGA Influencers, and Hawk Tuah Girl Cashes In
Episode 145
It’s not just supplements and energy drinks fueling the manosphere. Your favorite right-wing podcaster may be sponsored by…Vladimir Putin! Jon and Ma…
1 year, 7 months ago
How "Zola" Explains Social Media Brain
Episode 144
Has there ever been a more dramatic Twitter thread than A’Ziah King’s 2015 saga about a roadtrip turned kidnapping? Erin Ryan and Josie Duffy Rice jo…
1 year, 7 months ago
Obama's Offline Speech, Zuck Fears Trump, and the Crank Political Divide
Episode 143
Max and Jon sit down to break down a very online DNC, diving into Obama’s anti-social media convention speech, the MyPillow guy’s embarrassing troll …
1 year, 7 months ago
How “The Truman Show” Explains Life in 2024
Episode 142
Jon Lovett and Erin Ryan join Max to discuss how “The Truman Show,” predicted our current era of continuous surveillance and content mining. The movi…
1 year, 7 months ago
How Peter Thiel Became the Right’s Tech-Authoritarian Kingmaker
Episode 141
Peter Thiel isn’t as rich as Elon Musk or as notorious as Steve Bannon. But over the last 10 years he has grown from Silicon Valley’s oddball conserv…
1 year, 8 months ago
“WarGames” with Jon Lovett and Ben Rhodes
Episode 140
Jon Lovett and Ben Rhodes join Max to explore how 1983’s “WarGames” predicted the internet era. The film is a fascinating time capsule of Reagan era …
1 year, 8 months ago