In this week's monologue, Ed Zitron walks you through the early days of OpenAI - and the simmering war between Elon Musk and Sam Altman over its non-profit status.

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In this week's monologue, Ed Zitron walks you through the early days of OpenAI - and the simmering war between Elon Musk and Sam Altman over its non-profit status.
Suit: <a href="https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/69013420/musk-v-altman/">https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/69013420/musk-v-altman/</a>
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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.

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.

Better Offline

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.

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.

Monologue: OpenAI Was Never A Non-Profit

https://api.omny.fm/orgs/e73c998e-6e60-432f-8610-ae210140c5b1/clips/9b7f4a5e-0946-413c-8405-b28a0014b70e/transcript

In this week's Better Offline monologue, Ed Zitron lists the questions he’s asking - and the things he’s looking for - that he believes will actually burst the bubble. 

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In this week's Better Offline monologue, Ed Zitron lists the questions he&rsquo;s asking - and the things he&rsquo;s looking for - that he believes will actually burst the bubble.&nbsp;
Reach out at ezitron.76 on Signal.
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Monologue: The Questions I'm Asking

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Welcome to Radio Better Offline, a tech talk radio show recorded out of iHeartRadio's studio in New York City. Ed is joined in-studio by CNN Tech Editor Lisa Eadicicco to talk about the state of consumer electronics, Samsung’s Vision Pro competitor, and why every phone kind of looks the same.

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Welcome to Radio Better Offline, a tech talk radio show recorded out of iHeartRadio's studio in New York City.&nbsp;Ed is joined in-studio by CNN Tech Editor Lisa Eadicicco to talk about the state of consumer electronics, Samsung&rsquo;s Vision Pro competitor, and why every phone kind of looks the same.
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The State of Consumer Tech with Lisa Eadicicco

https://api.omny.fm/orgs/e73c998e-6e60-432f-8610-ae210140c5b1/clips/9022cfcd-ace6-4b7f-8589-b3ae01543b0a/transcript

In this episode, Ed Zitron is joined by Nathan Grayson of worker-owned games site Aftermath to talk about building an independent media outlet and the state of the game industry writ large.

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In this episode, Ed Zitron is joined by Nathan Grayson of worker-owned games site Aftermath to talk about building an independent media outlet and the state of the game industry writ large.
Nathan Grayson:&nbsp; <a href="https://aftermath.site/author/nathan-grayson">https://aftermath.site/author/nathan-grayson</a> <a href="https://bsky.app/profile/nathangrayson.bsky.social">https://bsky.app/profile/nathangrayson.bsky.social</a>
Celebrate Aftermath&rsquo;s anniversary by subscribing - just $1 for your first month! <a href="https://aftermath.site/11-06-2025-01-12-00-2ndbirthdayoffer">https://aftermath.site/11-06-2025-01-12-00-2ndbirthdayoffer&nbsp;</a>
Buy Aftermath&rsquo;s &ldquo;Destroy AI&rdquo; Hoodie: <a href="https://aftermath.site/destroy-ai-aftermath-kim-hu-hoodie-shirt/">https://aftermath.site/destroy-ai-aftermath-kim-hu-hoodie-shirt/</a>
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The State of the Games Industry with Nathan Grayson

https://api.omny.fm/orgs/e73c998e-6e60-432f-8610-ae210140c5b1/clips/164eee7e-9200-4234-9791-b3a70142f0b6/transcript

Monologue: OpenAI Was Never A Non-Profit

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