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

In this episode, Ed Zitron is joined by tech reporters Alex Cranz, Cherlynn Low and Victoria song to talk about the broken promises of generative AI, and how useless things get funded far more than useful ones.

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

Victoria Song:
https://bsky.app/profile/vicmsong.bsky.social 
https://www.theverge.com/authors/victoria-song 

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Welcome to Radio Better Offline, a tech talk radio show recorded out of iHeartRadio's studio in New York city.
In this episode, Ed Zitron is joined by tech reporters Alex Cranz, Cherlynn Low and Victoria song to talk about the broken promises of generative AI, and how useless things get funded far more than useful ones.
Alex Cranz:&nbsp; <a href="https://bsky.app/profile/cranz.bsky.social">https://bsky.app/profile/cranz.bsky.social</a>
Cherlynn Low: <a href="https://www.engadget.com/about/editors/cherlynn-low/">https://www.engadget.com/about/editors/cherlynn-low/</a> <a href="https://x.com/cherlynnlow">https://x.com/cherlynnlow</a> <a href="https://bsky.app/profile/cherlynn.bsky.social">https://bsky.app/profile/cherlynn.bsky.social</a>
Victoria Song: <a href="https://bsky.app/profile/vicmsong.bsky.social">https://bsky.app/profile/vicmsong.bsky.social&nbsp;</a> <a href="https://www.theverge.com/authors/victoria-song">https://www.theverge.com/authors/victoria-song</a><a href="https://www.theverge.com/authors/victoria-song">&nbsp;</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: Cherlynn Low, Alex Cranz & Victoria Song

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In this week's Better Offline monologue, Ed Zitron walks you through how the Blue Wave is an ill omen for the AI trade, and how we can build a better future by fighting for everyone’s voice.

Links:
https://x.com/AnnaEconomist/status/2117823624380027038
https://stateline.org/2026/11/04/voters-across-the-country-reject-data-centers/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Ce3xSoLQ6E
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-11-04/ai-data-center-boom-is-set-for-upheaval-after-us-election-rout

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In this week's Better Offline monologue, Ed Zitron walks you through how the Blue Wave is an ill omen for the AI trade, and how we can build a better future by fighting for everyone&rsquo;s voice. Links: https://x.com/AnnaEconomist/status/2117823624380027038 https://stateline.org/2026/11/04/voters-across-the-country-reject-data-centers/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Ce3xSoLQ6E https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-11-04/ai-data-center-boom-is-set-for-upheaval-after-us-election-rout
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Monologue: The Future Is Ours

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In this week’s Better Offline, Ed is joined by Nick Devor of Barron’s to talk about how gambling is poisoning everything, how legislation is struggling to keep up, and the damage already being caused by sports betting and prediction markets.

Nick Devor: 
https://www.barrons.com/authors/nick-devor
https://x.com/nickdevor_

Nick Story about gambling non-profit: https://www.barrons.com/articles/kalshi-prediction-market-gambling-addiction-hotline-f4e64c71?st=UtucVK&reflink=mobilewebshare_permalink 

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In this week&rsquo;s Better Offline, Ed is joined by Nick Devor of Barron&rsquo;s to talk about how gambling is poisoning everything, how legislation is struggling to keep up, and the damage already being caused by sports betting and prediction markets. Nick Devor: https://www.barrons.com/authors/nick-devor https://x.com/nickdevor_
Nick Story about gambling non-profit: https://www.barrons.com/articles/kalshi-prediction-market-gambling-addiction-hotline-f4e64c71?st=UtucVK&amp;reflink=mobilewebshare_permalink&nbsp;
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Gambling Is Eating The World w/ Nick Devor

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In this episode, Ed is joined by Paris Marx, author of the new data center book “Hyperscale,” to talk about the AI buildout, the community groundswell against data centers, and how both politicians and the media fail to hold the powerful accountable. 

Tech Won't Save Us: https://techwontsave.us/episodes 
Hyperscale Book: https://hyperscalebook.com/ 
Disconnect Blog: https://disconnect.blog/ 



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In this episode, Ed is joined by Paris Marx, author of the new data center book &ldquo;Hyperscale,&rdquo; to talk about the AI buildout, the community groundswell against data centers, and how both politicians and the media fail to hold the powerful accountable. Tech Won't Save Us: https://techwontsave.us/episodes Hyperscale Book: https://hyperscalebook.com/ Disconnect Blog: https://disconnect.blog/ 
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The Truth About Data Centers w/ Paris Marx

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