Better Offline
4.0/5
Critic Rating
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 b...
Critic Reviews
Score: 5
Nicholas Quah • Vulture • Dec 13, 2024
"...hosted by Ed Zitron, the punchy and puckish media personality, that feels like a fresh shot in the arm. Think of it as a tech-news show with an alt-weekly bent, largely approaching the subject with the inherent belief that the tech industry is a pure elite power now — and that there is nothing particularly redeemable about elite power."
Score: 3
Gregg Stockdale • The Podcast Geek • Jun 30, 2024
"Ed Zitron exposes just why the tech you use every day is so annoying to use (and it isn't why you think)…"
