Best Ed Zitron Podcasts (2025)

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3579 - The New Economic Nationalism; AI Bubble Already Bursting? w/ Jostein Hauge, Ed Zitron 1:26:29

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It is an Emmajority Report Thursday on the Majority Report. On today's show: Right Wing broadcaster Charlie Kirk is shot and killed on a university campus in Utah. Simultaneously three teenagers were wounded in a shooting in a high school in Colorado. As of writing this the Kirk shooter is still at large and unknown but that has not stopped right-w…

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PREVIEW Son of Sam Altman ft. Ed Zitron 10:29

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Ed Zitron returns to talk about the AI bubble, market concentration, and popular backlash. We also look ahead at what would happen when the AI bubble begins to pop. Check out Ed's work here! Get the whole episode on Patreon here! MILO ALERT: Check out Milo's upcoming live shows here! MERCH ALERT TF Merch is still available here! Trashfuture are: Ri…

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Monologue: OpenAI and NVIDIA's Deal Is BS 10:19

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In this week’s Better Offline monologue, Ed Zitron walks you through NVIDIA and OpenAI’s nonsense deal, and how OpenAI now needs $600 billion in the next four years to survive. OpenAI and NVIDIA Announce Strategic Partnership to Deploy 10 Gigawatts of NVIDIA Systems https://nvidianews.nvidia.com/news/openai-and-nvidia-announce-strategic-partnership…

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3589 - FBI’s War on Trans People; Trump’s Pro-Israel Enforcer w/ Ken Klippenstein, Connor Echols 1:16:17

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It's Emmajority Thursday on the Majority Report On today's show: Trump has been "Triple Sabotaged" at the UN as the escalator fails to work as he and the First Lady entered the stair well, fortunately Melania was not hurt. Then his teleprompter cut out, and he was forced to "speak from the heart". If that wasn't horrible enough, it turns out his mi…

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3588 - Trump Zero Kimmel One; Sun Sets in Baltimore w/ Hannah Gaskill & Dan Belson 1:05:31

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It's Hump Day on Majority Report On today's show: MAGA is crashing out over Jimmy Kimmel's return to late night as they try to frame his firing as a "business decision" and not as a result of government censorship. Trump fires off a rage fueled post to Truth Social where he threatens to sue ABC for putting him back on air. Does that sound like a bu…

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Will A.I. Slop Replace the Internet? with Jason Koebler 1:27:21

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A.I. slop is competing for space all across the web, and it’s starting to edge out actual human creators. The internet, once rife with possibility, is rapidly turning into a depressing wasteland of mind numbing garbage. Despite the massive volume of brain-waste being sludged out every day, there are still some brilliant human minds trying to turn t…

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Radio Better Offline: Adam Becker 1:07:12

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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 astrophysicist Adam Becker to talk about his new book More Everything Forever, the BS AGI story, why Eliezer Yudkowsky should never be taken seriously, and why billionaires love LLMs. https://bsky.app/profi…

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3587 - Trump's Tylenol Turmoil; Dr. Mo Returns from Gaza; Representing Blue Dots w/ Dr. Mohamed Mustafa & Jennifer Welch 1:46:24

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It's an Emmajority Report Tuesday on the Majority Report. Sam is out for Rosh Hashanah. Happy New Year to those that celebrate. On today's show: Trump irresponsibly claims a link between pregnant woman taking acetaminophen and autism. The FDA releases a warning for pregnant women in which they undermine their own warning in the final paragraph. Dr.…

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Let’s Delve Off The Bridge Together feat. Brian Merchant 55:01

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Brian Merchant, of Blood in the Machine, joins us to talk about his new series, AI Took My Job. It includes stories from not just artists and translators, but tech workers, healthcare workers, and even suicide counsellors. But before that, we decide that in the bleakness of the day we could all use a moment of TF season one whimsy, and talk about a…

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3586 - Border Czar Bribes; Stripping Citizenship w/ Amanda Frost 1:17:57

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It's Fun Day Monday on the Majority Report On today's show: The Trump administration is hinting at a link between Acetaminophen and autism. Border Czar Tom Homan was investigated for receiving $50,000 in cash back in 2024 for a promise of employment in the Trump Administration. Oddly, after Trump's victory the DOJ shut down the FBI investigation. P…

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3585 - Trump Speech Crackdown; Hasbarist Bari Weiss to Lead CBS w/ David Klion 1:27:21

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It's Casual Friday on the Majority Report On Today's Show: Trump's authoritarianism is here and there is no denying it at this point. Meanwhile, the stats on spending show that the economy is benefiting only the top 20%. Unemployment and prices are both rising, and when a Fox News reporter pressed him on this, Trump dismissed their polling as “tras…

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AI, Longevity, and the Health Revolution with Nayeema Raza 36:27

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We’re at a turning point in public health. From billionaires chasing immortality to the growing influence of AI in medicine, the future of healthcare is being rewritten in real time. In this week’s episode of the Newcomer Podcast, journalist and filmmaker Nayeema Raza joins us to unpack the promises and pitfalls of health tech. We dive into highlig…

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PREVIEW Witless for the Prosecution 10:04

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The world’s most regular man takes the stand in his own defence and proceeds to… utterly waste the court’s time arguing about pronouns. Also, we talk about the ongoing collapse of civil liberties on both sides of the Atlantic, and consider what it means when the leaders of both major parties in the UK simply seem to not want their jobs very much. G…

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AI Isn't Making Engineers 10x As Productive with Colton Voege 37:58

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In this episode, Ed Zitron is joined by software engineer Colt Voege to talk about how AI isn’t 10xing the productivity of software engineering, the truth about coding LLMs, and what we can actually expect AI to do for software in the future. YOU CAN NOW BUY BETTER OFFLINE MERCH! Go to https://cottonbureau.com/people/better-offline and use code FRE…

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3584 - Kimmel Silenced; Tracking ICE Abuses; Trump The Mafia Don w/ Austin Kocher, Dan O’Sullivan 1:30:31

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It's Emmajority Report Thursday on Majority Report On Todays Show: In order to protect an illegal merger and please the King, Disney indefinitely suspends Jimmy Kimmel after he made a factually correct joke about Trump's callous response to Charlie Kirk's death. FCC Chair Brendan Carr initiated the hit on Kimmel through comments on Russian funded p…

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S3E2 49ers with Jeb Lund 1:02:30

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The Saints lose another one they had in their hands and Truthdig's Jeb Lund joins us to Get Our Ass. Skooks is back as our Man in the Dome as the Saints fall to 0-2 and Who Dat Nation loses control of the Dome to 49ers fans who don't like waiting to pee.Charles Star https://bsky.app/profile/ugarles.bsky.socialL. Ron Mexico https://bsky.app/profile/…

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3583 - Gaza City Ground Invasion; Starbucks CEO on the Ropes w/ Zachary Foster & Michelle Eisen 1:32:22

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It's Hump day on the Majority Report. On today's show: Stephen Miller and JD Vance guest host The Charlie Kirk Show and Miller promises to dismantle "Left-Wing Terrorist Networks", whatever that means. Rolling Stone publishes a profile piece on Stephen Miller where they reveal that he likes to play with porcelain dolls, has a short fuse and operate…

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Dewey, Prosecutem, and Howe feat. Paul Heron 1:22:37

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A wasting disease has struck TF! The survivors, Riley and Hussein, are joined by Mattie Lubchansky who is bravely subbing in for the fallen, to discuss Trump’s state visit to the UK, the ongoing right wing cancellation march that’s spreading around the world, and then a whimsical new AI device whose main feature is that it hates you. Then, Riley ta…

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Being Funny in Deeply Unfunny Times with Gianmarco Soresi 1:53:11

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Comedy has changed as an art form. On top of social media fundamentally reconfiguring the expectations of the audience for what the role of a comedian is meant to be, we live in deeply unfunny times. Despite these challenges, we still all need to laugh. This week, Adam talks with comedian Gianmarco Soresi about how to adapt to the times without com…

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Radio Better Offline: Edward Ongweso Jr. & Allison Morrow 55:51

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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 to talk about the AI vibe shift, OpenAI’s burn rate, what will finally burst the bubble, and something called “Critterz.” Allison Morrow h…

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3582 - MAGA's Free Speech Split?; Trump Goads Venezuela w/ Will Sommer & Jose Luis Granados Ceja 1:20:53

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FBI director Kash Patel testifies before the Senate Judiciary Committee Hearing and fails miserably to answer questions. On Fox & Friends Kash Patel fumbles his way through explaining an alleged note left by Tyler Robinson that is now "destroyed". Senior reporter at The Bulwark, Will Sommer joins the show to discuss the right-wing media response to…

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3581 - False Kirk Killer Narratives; Private Equity Killing the American Dream w/ Megan Greenwell 1:15:57

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In the wake of Charlie Kirk's assassination Ben Shapiro hurls baseless accusations about the murderer's ideology and identity on Real Time with Bill Maher. Utah GOP Governor Spencer Cox continues to pin the shooting on the left without providing any evidence to support his claims. Journalist and author, Megan Greenwell joins the show to discuss her…

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What Labubus Say About Our F-d Up Economy 12:56

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(In addition to your weekly Factually! episode, this week we're bringing you a monologue from Adam. This short, researched monologue originally aired on the Factually! YouTube page, but we are sharing audio versions of these monologues with our podcast audience as well. Please enjoy, and stay tuned for your regularly scheduled episode of Factually!…

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S3E1 Cardinals with Will Leitch 1:01:23

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Ron had a rough week but Charles was joined by Will Leitch to talk about the Saints 20-13 loss. Ron returned for Man in the Dome with Skooks. Charles https://bsky.app/profile/ugarles.bsky.socialRon https://bsky.app/profile/lronmexico.bsky.socialSkooks https://bsky.app/profile/skookses.bsky.socialWill Leitch https://bsky.app/profile/williamfleitch.b…

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3580 - Trump's Reichstag Aspirations & World's 2nd Oldest Profession w/ Adam Friedland 2:29:33

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The governor of Utah irresponsibly releases partial information about the Charlie Kirk shooter, even encouraging people to interpret it themselves. He then admits to praying that the shooter would be from another country or not one of "us". Donald Trump goes on Fox & Friends and proclaims, "he doesn't care about radicals on the right". Donald Trump…

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PREVIEW Burger Skelter ft. Juniper Sternbach 10:11

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We booked this recording with June from Kill the Computer and Ill Conceived to talk about something else, and were then overtaken by events like three times. We talk about the Epstein Book, political violence, the likely Partygating of Keir Starmer… but otherwise I guess it was kind of a slow news week. Get the whole episode on Patreon here. *MILO …

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From Deus Ex Medicina: Vinod Khosla, Bob Kocher & Annie Lamont 43:29

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On this episode of the Newcomer podcast, host Eric Newcomer is joined by co-host Nayeema Raza for conversations with some of the most influential voices in healthcare and venture capital. Bob Kocher, Partner at Venrock, and Annie Lamont, Founder and Managing Partner of Oak HC/FT, share their perspectives on business models in healthcare, the rise o…

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How To Argue With An AI Booster, Part Three 37:23

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In the final part of this week's three-part Better Offline Guide To Arguing With AI Boosters, Ed Zitron walks you through why generative AI is nothing like Amazon Web Services, how the media misled the public about ChatGPT, and why ChatGPT’s popularity does not mean it’s a mass-market product. Latest Premium Newsletter: Why Everybody Is Losing Mone…

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How To Argue With An AI Booster, Part Two 32:54

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In part two of this week's three-part Better Offline Guide To Arguing With AI Boosters, Ed Zitron walks you through why the AI bubble is nothing like the dot-com bubble, how the cost of inference is actually going up, and why OpenAI’s massive burnrate is nothing like Uber’s. Latest Premium Newsletter: Why Everybody Is Losing Money On Generative AI:…

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3578 - ICE Raid Falls Flat; Big Union Victory in CA; Israel's West Bank Annex w/ Simeon Benit, Leila Espinosa & Jasper Nathaniel 1:45:47

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It's Hump Day on the Majority Report On today's show: Trump teases another National Guard Deployment to an American city, promises to make announcement tomorrow. In Rochester, New York, ICE Agents swarm two roofers working at a private residence and within minutes 200 protestors assemble and successfully deflect the Feds. Unrelated, one of the ICE …

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Genocide Scholar: I Know It When I See It, with Omer Bartov 1:33:26

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The Palestinian people are being killed en masse, they are being starved, and many are dying of preventable disease. More and more people are beginning to understand that it’s Israel’s intention to eliminate the entire Palestinian population of Gaza. Yet as untold thousands are dying, there are still people who insist that this is not “genocide” de…

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How To Argue With An AI Booster, Part One 35:23

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In part one of this week's three-part Better Offline Guide To Arguing With AI Boosters, Ed Zitron walks you through why AI is nothing like the early days of the internet, why it isn’t the early days of the AI industry, and why every booster argues in the future tense. Latest Premium Newsletter: Why Everybody Is Losing Money On Generative AI: https:…

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3577 - Epstein's Birthday Card; Schumer & Jeffries Cave Plans w/ David Dayen 1:29:06

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It's News Day Tuesday on The Majority Report On today's show: The Jeffrey Epstein estate has released the infamous 50th birthday book, which led Trump to sue the Wall Street Journal after it reported on it, claiming the coverage was false. Rep Dave Min (D-CA) pushes back on CNN's John Berman claiming there are no reasons to believe that Donald Trum…

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Battle of the Bosh ft. Screen Rot 1:08:05

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Jake and Jacob from Screen Rot join us to talk about the two men who post videos of themselves saying “bosh,” and why everyone in Britain (and elsewhere?) seems keen to project their politics onto these men. Get more TF episodes each week by subscribing to our Patreon here! TF Merch is still available here! *MILO ALERT* Check out Milo’s tour dates …

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3576 - McTrump Slump; The Immigrant Rebuild of NOLA w/ Sarah Fouts 1:12:21

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It's Fun Day Monday on the Majority Report On Today's Show: The Trump slump is really starting to punish Americans as farmers panic and stagflation builds McDonald's CEO breaks down the dual realities of the American economy. People making over 100k are living in a strong, healthy economy while lower income people are skipping breakfast to save mon…

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S3E0 Preseason with Zach Sims 45:30

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Charles and L. Ron are joined by Zach Sims from the podcats My New Thing to discuss the upcoming season without spiraling. Charles Star - https://bsky.app/profile/ugarles.bsky.socialL. Ron Mexico - https://bsky.app/profile/lronmexico.bsky.socialZach Sims - https://bsky.app/profile/zachsims.bsky.socialWe Have Fun is at Young Ethel's (506 Fifth Ave. …

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3575 - Trump Slump Hits Jobs; Epstein Files Loom; Trump as Murderer-In-Chief w/ Heather 'Digby' Parton 1:44:18

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It's Casual Friday on the Majority Report On today's show: Revisions to the June and July job numbers show they were actually 21,000 less jobs added than initially reported. However, the ever optimist Howard Lutnick tells us to wait until a year from now when the job numbers will be amazing. Contributing writer to salon.com and proprietor of the Hu…

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The Stakes at Deus Ex Medicina 28:55

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Journalist Nayeema Raza—host of Smart Girl Dumb Questions—joins Eric Newcomer to preview Deus Ex Medicina, their AI–health–longevity summit happening Tuesday, Sept 9 (San Francisco). They discuss the big themes going into the conference: how longevity went mainstream, why precision medicine and novel bio are finally feeling real, and who wins the r…