
Episodes: 238
Frequency: Weekly
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Jon Favreau - Jon Favreau is a political commentator and longtime producer/host in the progressive media ecosystem, best known as the host of Pod Save America. He leads Offline with a focus on how technology and...
Alex Bores - AI Regulation; Politics And Targeting In The AI Policy Ecosystem; Dignity Of Work And Redistribution Of Wealth Created By Automation
Cal Newport - Cognitive Fitness; Deep Work; Smartphone/ai Effects On Concentration And Attention Spans; Practical Approaches To Focus
Megan Garber - Screen-mediated Identity And Morality; 'screen Person Syndrome'; Overcoming Screen-driven Social Roles
Breaking the Cycle of Political Violence
May 23, 2026
Does political violence ever help a social cause? Zayd Ayers Dohrn, playwright and host of Crooked's "Mother Country Radicals," joins Offline to discuss the complicated legacy of radical activism in America. In his new book, Dangerous, Dirty, Violent, and Young, Zayd dives even deeper into the morally ambiguous decisions made by his parents...two founding members of the notorious Weather Underground. He and Jon contemplate what activist actions lead to mass alienation vs. adoption of ideals, ...
This Candidacy Is a Test Case for AI Regulation
May 16, 2026
Why is Palantir, the former employer of congressional candidate Alex Bores, currently running attack ads against him...for working at Palantir? New York Assemblymember Alex Bores joins Offline to explain why his stance on AI has made him a target for the biggest dark money super PAC in the country. Then, he and Jon discuss what AI regulation could actually look like if we had a competent government, how to guarantee the dignity of work in an age of full automation, and weather the wealth AI c...
Healing Our Broken Brains
May 09, 2026
Cal Newport, computer scientist and author of Deep Work, joins Offline to explain why we need a revolution in cognitive fitness, and how AI is going to get in the way. Cal and Jon explore how smartphones and AI are destroying our ability to concentrate, how our attention spans are a third of what they were just twenty years ago, and how we can practice “deep work” in our constantly interrupted digital environment.For a closed-captioned version of this episode, click here. For a transcript of ...
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