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Better Offline

Better Offline

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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.

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.

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  • Monologue: OpenAI Vs. Microsoft

    Monologue: OpenAI Vs. Microsoft
    Jun 20 2025

    In this week’s monologue, Ed Zitron walks you through OpenAI’s desperate attempts to lean on Microsoft to change the terms of their agreement, and how the entire AI bubble may rest on this negotiation.

    WSJ: OpenAI and Microsoft Tensions Are Reaching a Boiling Point https://www.wsj.com/tech/ai/openai-and-microsoft-tensions-are-reaching-a-boiling-point-4981c44f
    The Information: OpenAI Seeks New Financial Concessions From Microsoft, a Top Shareholder https://www.theinformation.com/articles/openai-seeks-new-financial-concessions-microsoft-top-shareholder?rc=kz8jh3
    The Information: OpenAI Starts Selling ChatGPT at a Discount, Hurting Microsoft
    https://www.theinformation.com/articles/openai-starts-selling-chatgpt-discount-hurting-microsoft?rc=kz8jh3
    Data Center Dynamics: Crusoe secures $750m credit facility from Brookfield
    https://www.datacenterdynamics.com/en/news/crusoe-secures-750m-credit-facility-from-brookfield/
    The Information: Oracle CEO Says OpenAI’s Stargate Venture ‘Not Formed Yet’
    https://www.theinformation.com/briefings/oracle-ceo-says-openais-stargate-venture-formed-yet?rc=kz8jh3

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    Ed's Socials:

    https://twitter.com/edzitron

    https://www.instagram.com/edzitron

    https://bsky.app/profile/edzitron.com

    https://www.threads.net/@edzitron

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    9 mins
  • Radio Better Offline: Pablo Torre and David Roth

    Radio Better Offline: Pablo Torre and David Roth
    Jun 18 2025

    Welcome to Radio Better Offline, a tech talk radio show recorded out of iHeartRadio's studio in New York city.

    Ed Zitron is joined in studio by Pablo Torre of Pablo Torre Finds Out and David Roth of Defector to talk about independent media, what makes a compelling show, and what it’s like raising a turtle.

    Pablo Torre Finds Out: https://www.youtube.com/@PabloTorreFindsOut
    Investigating Belichick's Girlfriend: The Power of Jordon Hudson, Revealed
    https://youtu.be/As5P5TA-ERk?si=-PfM7fZ-Tw8S-yQc
    Hank Azaria on His Bruce Springsteen Tribute Band, Apu and Finding His True Voice
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9rnyMXm1ThQ

    David Roth
    https://defector.com/author/david-roth
    https://bsky.app/profile/davidjroth.bsky.social

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    LINKS: https://www.tinyurl.com/betterofflinelinks

    Newsletter: https://www.wheresyoured.at/

    Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/BetterOffline/

    Discord: chat.wheresyoured.at

    Ed's Socials:

    https://twitter.com/edzitron

    https://www.instagram.com/edzitron

    https://bsky.app/profile/edzitron.com

    https://www.threads.net/@edzitron

    See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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    1 hr and 25 mins
  • The Era of the Business Idiot, Part 3

    The Era of the Business Idiot, Part 3
    Jun 13 2025

    In part three of this week's three-part Better Offline, Ed Zitron walks you through how the era of the Business Idiot has led to a dramatic deceleration in innovation - and how the tech media must fight back against their ridiculous narratives to save Silicon Valley.

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    LINKS: https://www.tinyurl.com/betterofflinelinks

    Newsletter: https://www.wheresyoured.at/

    Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/BetterOffline/

    Discord: chat.wheresyoured.at

    Ed's Socials:

    https://twitter.com/edzitron

    https://www.instagram.com/edzitron

    https://bsky.app/profile/edzitron.com

    https://www.threads.net/@edzitron

    See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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    35 mins

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