Episodes

  • The Hater's Guide To The AI Bubble, Pt. 3
    Jul 25 2025

    In part three of this week's three-part Better Offline, Ed Zitron walks you through how AI agents don’t really exist, how deceitful AI marketing has become, and why everything is brittle as a result.

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    42 mins
  • The Hater's Guide To The AI Bubble, Pt, 2
    Jul 24 2025

    In part two of this week's three-part Better Offline, Ed Zitron walks you through how little money there is in generative AI, how Anthropic and OpenAI are killing their own customers, and why there may never be a profitable LLM company.

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    38 mins
  • The Hater's Guide To The AI Bubble, Pt. 1
    Jul 23 2025

    In part one of this week's three-part Better Offline, Ed Zitron walks you through how the US stock market rests on the back of GPU sales, and how a lack of any real business returns spells doom for the AI bubble long-term.

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    35 mins
  • Monologue: The Updated Pale Horses of the AIpocalypse
    Jul 18 2025

    In this week’s monologue, Ed Zitron walks you through the pale horses of the AIpocalypse - and how the AI bubble’s deepest weakness is that it’s almost entirely based on vibes.

    Anthropic’s new data center in Indiana: https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/24/technology/amazon-ai-data-centers.html

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    14 mins
  • Radio Better Offline: Brian Koppelman, Cherlynn Low & Mike Drucker
    Jul 16 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 actor, writer and producer Brian Koppelman, Engadget Managing Editor Cherlynn Low and comedian Mike Drucker to talk about the current state of the tech industry, what AI can actually do, and what the tech industry looks like in the next year.

    Anthropic and OpenAI Have Begun The Subprime AI Crisis
    https://www.wheresyoured.at/anthropic-and-openai-have-begun-the-subprime-ai-crisis/
    Anthropic Is Bleeding Out
    https://www.wheresyoured.at/anthropic-is-bleeding-out/

    Brian Koppelman
    https://www.instagram.com/briankoppelman/

    Mike Drucker
    https://bsky.app/profile/mikedrucker.bsky.social
    https://mikedrucker.substack.com/
    Good Game, No Rematch: A Life Made of Video Games
    https://www.harpercollins.com/products/good-game-no-rematch-mike-drucker?variant=43103018024994
    https://www.amazon.com/Good-Game-No-Rematch-Video/dp/1335012699
    https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/good-game-no-rematch-mike-drucker/1145272268

    Cherlynn Low
    https://www.engadget.com/about/editors/cherlynn-low
    https://bsky.app/profile/cherlynn.bsky.social
    https://www.instagram.com/cherlynnstagram/

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    1 hr and 16 mins
  • Make Fun Of Them, Pt. 2
    Jul 11 2025

    In part two of this week's two-part Better Offline, Ed Zitron makes a plea to the tech media - to stop automatically accepting what the tech executives have to say, and to admit that these people sound really, really stupid, even if they use long words.

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    26 mins
  • Monologue: Is Anthropic Killing Cursor?
    Jul 10 2025

    In this week’s monologue, Ed Zitron walks you through how Anthropic jacked up prices on its largest customer Cursor - and how it’s a sign that the Subprime AI Crisis has begun.

    Premium Newsletter covering this:
    https://www.wheresyoured.at/anthropic-and-openai-have-begun-the-subprime-ai-crisis/

    Bluesky thread summarizing: https://bsky.app/profile/edzitron.com/post/3ltfabnj3ec23

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    11 mins
  • Make Fun Of Them, Pt. 1
    Jul 9 2025

    In part one of this week's two-part Better Offline, Ed Zitron walks you through a radical new idea: make fun of CEOs, tear down their legacies and push back on their empty promises.

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    30 mins