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 Allison Morrow of CNN, Ed Ongweso Jr. of the Tech Bubble newsletter, and Paris Martineau of The Information to talk about the collapse of the AI bubble, the goofy “AI 2027” fan fiction that has gone viral in the tech industry, and how the tech media faces a reckoning once the bubble truly bursts.

 

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Allison Morrow
https://www.cnn.com/profiles/allison-morrow
https://bsky.app/profile/amorrow.bsky.social

Ed Ongweso Jr.
https://thetechbubble.substack.com/
https://bsky.app/profile/edwardongwesojr.com

Paris Martineau
https://www.theinformation.com/u/parismartineau?rc=kz8jh3
https://bsky.app/profile/paris.nyc

 

https://ai-2027.com/

New York Times article on AI 2027 - https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/03/technology/ai-futures-project-ai-2027.html

CNN - Apple’s AI isn’t a letdown. AI is the letdown - https://www.cnn.com/2025/03/27/tech/apple-ai-artificial-intelligence/index.html

CNN - The AI bubble may not be bursting, but tariff chaos is sure helping to deflate it https://www.cnn.com/2025/04/01/business/ai-bubble-markets-tariffs-nightcap/index.html

WSJ - How Is SoftBank Funding Its Mega Investment in OpenAI? A Lot of Debt - https://www.wsj.com/business/deals/openai-softbank-investment-debt-51b4a130

TechCrunch - OpenAI reportedly mulls buying Jony Ive and Sam Altman’s AI hardware startup - https://techcrunch.com/2025/04/07/openai-reportedly-mulls-buying-jony-ive-and-sam-altmans-ai-hardware-startup/

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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 Zitron is joined in studio by Allison Morrow of CNN, Ed Ongweso Jr. of the Tech Bubble newsletter, and Paris Martineau of The Information to talk about the collapse of the AI bubble, the goofy &ldquo;AI 2027&rdquo; fan fiction that has gone viral in the tech industry, and how the tech media faces a reckoning once the bubble truly bursts.
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Vote for Better Offline's "Man Who Killed Google Search" as the best business podcast episode in this year's Webby's! Open until April 17! Vote today! <a href="https://vote.webbyawards.com/PublicVoting#/2025/podcasts/individual-episode/business">https://vote.webbyawards.com/PublicVoting#/2025/podcasts/individual-episode/business</a> Vote for Weird Little Guys in this year&rsquo;s Webby&rsquo;s! <a href="https://vote.webbyawards.com/PublicVoting#/2025/podcasts/individual-episode/crime-justice">https://vote.webbyawards.com/PublicVoting#/2025/podcasts/individual-episode/crime-justice</a> Allison Morrow <a href="https://www.cnn.com/profiles/allison-morrow">https://www.cnn.com/profiles/allison-morrow</a> <a href="https://bsky.app/profile/amorrow.bsky.social">https://bsky.app/profile/amorrow.bsky.social</a> Ed Ongweso Jr. <a href="https://thetechbubble.substack.com/">https://thetechbubble.substack.com/</a> <a href="https://bsky.app/profile/edwardongwesojr.com">https://bsky.app/profile/edwardongwesojr.com</a> Paris Martineau <a href="https://www.theinformation.com/u/parismartineau?rc=kz8jh3">https://www.theinformation.com/u/parismartineau?rc=kz8jh3</a> <a href="https://bsky.app/profile/paris.nyc">https://bsky.app/profile/paris.nyc</a>
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<a href="https://ai-2027.com/">https://ai-2027.com/</a>
New York Times article on AI 2027 -&nbsp;<a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/03/technology/ai-futures-project-ai-2027.html">https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/03/technology/ai-futures-project-ai-2027.html</a>
CNN - Apple&rsquo;s AI isn&rsquo;t a letdown. AI is the letdown -&nbsp;<a href="https://www.cnn.com/2025/03/27/tech/apple-ai-artificial-intelligence/index.html">https://www.cnn.com/2025/03/27/tech/apple-ai-artificial-intelligence/index.html</a>
CNN - The AI bubble may not be bursting, but tariff chaos is sure helping to deflate it&nbsp;<a href="https://www.cnn.com/2025/04/01/business/ai-bubble-markets-tariffs-nightcap/index.html">https://www.cnn.com/2025/04/01/business/ai-bubble-markets-tariffs-nightcap/index.html</a>
WSJ - How Is SoftBank Funding Its Mega Investment in OpenAI? A Lot of Debt - <a href="https://www.wsj.com/business/deals/openai-softbank-investment-debt-51b4a130">https://www.wsj.com/business/deals/openai-softbank-investment-debt-51b4a130</a>
TechCrunch - OpenAI reportedly mulls buying Jony Ive and Sam Altman&rsquo;s AI hardware startup - <a href="https://techcrunch.com/2025/04/07/openai-reportedly-mulls-buying-jony-ive-and-sam-altmans-ai-hardware-startup/">https://techcrunch.com/2025/04/07/openai-reportedly-mulls-buying-jony-ive-and-sam-altmans-ai-hardware-startup/</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.

Radio Better Offline: Allison Morrow, Paris Martineau & Ed Ongweso Jr.

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