Better Offline
<p>Better Offline is a weekly show exploring the tech industry’s influence and manipulation of society - and interrogating the growth-at-all-costs future that tech’s elite wants to build. </p> <p>Combining narrative-form storytelling, one-on-one interviews and panel-based discussions, Better Offline cuts through the buzzwords and obfuscation of the tech industry, investigating and evaluating the schemes and scams of everyone from cryptocurrency scumbags to the greediest of the venture capital elite. Tech industry veteran Ed Zitron and a dynamic coterie of guests will help listeners understand the who, how and why of how tech’s most powerful players are changing the world - for better or for worse.</p>
3 episodes
Episodes
Better Offline
AI’s chip glut may be hiding in plain sight
If hundreds of billions of dollars in AI hardware cannot run, the infrastructure boom may be building capacity before demand exists.
Sep 25, 2026 · 19 min
Better Offline
AI spending props up growth while recession risks accumulate
The episode argues that AI infrastructure investment may be masking weak productivity while increasing exposure to debt, power constraints, and financial shocks.
Sep 23, 2026 · 1h 13m
Better Offline
Amodei’s AI warnings face a test of corporate responsibility
The episode asks whether a company can credibly warn about AI’s dangers while continuing to develop, deploy, and commercialize the technology.
Sep 18, 2026 · 17 min