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Season 2

How To Build A Revolution: Myanmar, Part One

Part one of a five part series on Myanmar’s spring revolution. James and Robert document the first year of Myanmar’s revolution through the stories of its participants” Music for this series was provided by Rebel Riot, check out their Bandcamp here https://therebelriot.bandcamp.com/album/one-day See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Season 2

The Marshall Islands, Part One: For the Good of Humanity and to End All Wars

James begins a four-part series looking at the history and future of the low lying atoll nation of the Republic of the Marshall Islands. This episode looks at the islands’ nuclear legacy. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
28/12/2025

CZM Book Club: Everything that Isn't Winter, by Margaret Killjoy, Part Two

Margaret reads you part two (of two) of her own story. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
23/03/2025

CZM Book Club: The Barrow Will Send What it May, Chapter Three

Margaret reads Robert Evans the second book in her Danielle Cain series. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
19/06/2024

Let Tim Cook

Last week, Apple announced that they're integrating artificial intelligence into your iPhone and Mac in a stunningly demure and reserved presentation. In this episode, Ed Zitron walks you through whether you should trust Apple - and how OpenAI agreed to the worst deal in tech history to integrate ChatGPT in the least-prominent way. EPISODE LINKS: https://tinyurl.com/betterofflinelinks See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
13/03/2025 · Bonus

Monologue: How Does This End?

In this week's monologue, Ed Zitron walks through how reckless members of the media continue to inflate the AI bubble - and the detailed notes he's been taking along the way. --- LINKS: https://www.tinyurl.com/betterofflinelinks Newsletter: https://www.wheresyoured.at/ Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/BetterOffline/ Discord: chat.wheresyoured.at Ed's Socials: https://twitter.com/edzitron https://www.instagram.com/edzitron https://bsky.app/profile/edzitron.com https://www.threads.net/@edzitron See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
20/11/2025

What People Actually Use ChatGPT For With Gerrit De Vynck

In this episode, Ed Zitron is joined by Gerrit De Vynck of The Washington Post to discuss what an analysis of 47,000 ChatGPT conversations can tell us about how people use the service - and how willing it is to fuel basically any conversation.We analyzed 47,000 ChatGPT conversations. Here’s what people really use it for - https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2025/11/12/how-people-use-chatgpt-data/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/people/gerrit-de-vynck/ https://x.com/GerritD https://bsky.app/profile/gerritd.bsky.social YOU CAN NOW BUY BETTER OFFLINE MERCH! Go to https://cottonbureau.com/people/better-offline and use code FREE99 for free shipping on orders of $99 or more. --- LINKS: https://www.tinyurl.com/betterofflinelinks Newsletter: https://www.wheresyoured.at/ Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/BetterOffline/ Discord: chat.wheresyoured.at Ed's Socials: https://twitter.com/edzitron https://www.instagram.com/edzitron https://bsky.app/profile/edzitron.com https://www.threads.net/@edzitron Email Me: ez@betteroffline.com See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
12/01/2025

CZM Book Club: Cool Zone 2055: A Bestiary of Beasts

Margaret from the future talks about all of the terrible creatures that fascists have invented to attack internationalist forces. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
12/02/2025

How Sports Gambling Apps Are Rotting Society

In a live-to-tape recording in Ed Zitron's living room, Wide Left writer Arif Hasan and Western Kabuki Host Caleb Wilson explain in detail the cultural power of sports, and how software has been used to poison every corner of sports with predatory gambling schemes. The Athletic story on sports gambling: https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/5777632/2024/10/14/sports-betting-addiction-problem-fans/ Wide Left article about sports gambling: https://www.wideleft.football/p/has-legalized-gambling-poisoned-the Arif Hasan: https://bsky.app/profile/arif.bsky.socialhttps://x.com/ArifHasanNFLWide Left: https://www.wideleft.football Caleb Wilson:https://bsky.app/profile/birdrespecter.bsky.socialWestern Kabuki: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/western-kabuki/id1647062210 The 60 Minute Drill Podcast (Ed, Arif and Caleb’s NFL podcast): https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/60-minute-drill/id1768225605 --- LINKS: https://www.tinyurl.com/betterofflinelinks Newsletter: https://www.wheresyoured.at/ Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/BetterOffline/ Discord: chat.wheresyoured.at Ed's Socials: https://twitter.com/edzitron https://www.instagram.com/edzitron https://bsky.app/profile/edzitron.com https://www.threads.net/@edzitron See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
25/05/2025

CZM Book Club: The Abbot of Druimenach

Margaret reads you an Irish fairy tale about gender transformation that she really likes. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Remember when the world didn't feel like it was coming apart? Neither do we. Cool Zone Media doesn't mince words: we are living through the collapse of the known, and the birth of a new unknown. Every week we chronicle that collapse and provide advice and access to vital voices trying to build a better future.