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Offline with Jon Favreau

• Episode 2022-03-06: Kara Swisher on the Very Online War in Ukraine (Mar 6, 2022)
• Episode 2022-03-13: Greg Daniels on the Digital Afterlife (Mar 13, 2022)
• Episode 2022-03-20: Taylor Lorenz on Why All Culture is Internet Culture (Mar 20, 2022)
• Episode 2022-03-27: Lilly Singh on YouTube to Late Night (Mar 27, 2022)
• Episode 2022-04-03: Samantha Bee on Laughing at our Political Hellscape (Apr 3, 2022)
• Episode 2022-04-10: A Twitter Founder on Elon, Trump, and the Edit Button (Apr 10, 2022)
• Episode 2022-04-17: A Newsroom's Fight Against Misinformation in the Black Community (Apr 17, 2022)
• Episode 2022-04-24: Are Russians Buying Putin's Propaganda? (Apr 24, 2022)
• Episode 2022-05-01: Does Elon Musk Want Free Speech or Attention? (May 1, 2022)
• Episode 2022-05-08: Chris Hayes on Why We're All Famous Now (May 8, 2022)
• Episode 2022-05-15: Sex, Drugs, and Phone Addictions with Dr. Anna Lembke (May 15, 2022)
• Episode 2022-05-22: Can We Blame the Internet for Buffalo? (May 22, 2022)
• Episode 2022-05-29: Ro Khanna is Optimistic About the Internet (May 29, 2022)
• Episode 2022-06-05: How Should Parents Manage Kids' Screen Time? (Jun 5, 2022)
• Episode 2022-06-12: Crypto for Beginners with Kevin Roose (Jun 12, 2022)
• Episode 2022-06-19: Steve Bannon's Very Online Insurrection (Jun 19, 2022)
• Episode 2022-06-26: Has Google Created a Soul? (Jun 26, 2022)
• Episode 2022-07-03: The 19-Year-Old Helping Gen Z Log Off (Jul 3, 2022)
• Episode 2022-07-17: What the F*** is the Metaverse? (Jul 17, 2022)
• Episode 2022-07-24: Jane Coaston on Why Internet Debates Suck (Jul 24, 2022)
• Episode 2022-08-07: Is TikTok a Secret Threat to America? With Scott Galloway (Aug 7, 2022)
• Episode 2022-08-14: How Can Democrats Win the Digital Wars? (Aug 14, 2022)
• Episode 2022-08-21: Katie Couric on Sarah Palin, Disinformation, and the Future of Journalism (Aug 21, 2022)
• Episode 2022-08-28: How To Change Alt Right Minds with ContraPoints (Aug 28, 2022)
• Episode 2022-09-04: The Inside Story of How Silicon Valley Rewired Our Brains (Sep 4, 2022)
• Episode 2022-09-11: Lessons from the Depths of the Internet (Sep 11, 2022)
• Episode 2022-10-02: Offline presents The Axe Files hosted by David Axelrod, featuring Maria Ressa (Oct 2, 2022)
• Episode 2022-10-09: Is Remote Work Here to Stay? With Derek Thompson (Oct 9, 2022)
• Episode 2022-10-16: Rachel Maddow on America's Forgotten Insurrection (Oct 16, 2022)
• Episode 2022-10-23: Persuasion Isn't Dead with Anand Giridharadas (Oct 23, 2022)
• Episode 2022-10-30: Kanye West's Dark, Twisted Internet (Oct 30, 2022)
• Episode 2022-11-06: Why Elon's Twitter is in the Sh*tter with Nilay Patel (Nov 6, 2022)
• Episode 2022-11-13: Bad Vibes v. Good Results. Lynn Vavreck on the '22 Midterms (Nov 13, 2022)
• Episode 2022-11-20: How to Talk Your Uncle Out of QAnon this Thanksgiving (Nov 20, 2022)
• Episode 2022-12-04: What Democrats Could Learn from Republicans with Brian Beutler (Dec 4, 2022)
• Episode 2022-12-11: Is This the End of Social Media? With Ian Bogost (Dec 11, 2022)
• Episode 2022-12-18: The Worst Tweets of 2022 with Rebecca Jennings (Dec 18, 2022)
• Episode 2023-01-01: Offline Mailbag with Emily Favreau and Dare We Say (Jan 1, 2023)
• Episode 2023-01-08: How to Avoid Distraction with Johann Hari (Jan 8, 2023)
• Episode 2023-01-15: Two Writers Wonder If They'll Be Replaced By AI (Jan 15, 2023)
• Episode 2023-01-22: Do Dating Apps Make it Harder to Find Love? (Jan 22, 2023)
• Episode 2023-01-29: What's With All the Tech Layoffs? (Jan 29, 2023)
• Episode 2023-02-05: Who Can Own the Most Libs? Tim Miller on the '24 GOP Primary (Feb 5, 2023)
• Episode 2023-02-12: What Makes a Good Life? Lessons from an 84 Year Study on Happiness (Feb 12, 2023)
• Episode 2023-02-19: Are We Amusing Ourselves to Death? (Feb 19, 2023)
• Episode 2023-03-05: What Do We Lose if We Lose Black Twitter? (Mar 5, 2023)
• Episode 2023-03-12: Margaret Atwood on Good, Evil and Stupidity (Mar 12, 2023)
• Episode 2023-03-19: How to Beat Fox News (Mar 19, 2023)
• Episode 2023-03-26: The End of Big Tech as We Know It (Mar 26, 2023)
• Episode 2023-04-09: Should America Ban TikTok? (Apr 9, 2023)
• Episode 2023-04-16: John Green Doesn't Think the World is Ending (Yet) (Apr 16, 2023)
• Episode 2023-04-23: How the Internet is Radicalizing Young Men (Apr 23, 2023)
• Episode 2023-04-30: Hasan Piker Wants the Left to Persuade, Not Scold (Apr 30, 2023)
• Episode 2023-05-07: Jon and Max Surrender Their iPhones (May 7, 2023)
• Episode 2023-05-14: Did Clickbait Kill Buzzfeed and the Digital Media Era? (May 14, 2023)
• Episode 2023-05-21: Is Fox News Doomed? (May 21, 2023)
• Episode 2023-05-28: The Kids Are Not Alright. Is Social Media to Blame? (May 28, 2023)
• Episode 2023-06-11: How to Break Your Phone Addiction (Jun 11, 2023)
• Episode 2023-06-18: Why You Should Make Silly Things (Jun 18, 2023)
• Episode 2023-06-25: Joe Rogan Debates Vaccines, Elon Challenges Zuck, and the Submarine Discourse (Jun 25, 2023)
• Episode 2023-07-09: QAnon is Thriving, Twitter is Dying, Zuck to the Rescue? (Jul 9, 2023)
• Episode 2023-07-16: Is 2024 the AI Election? Plus, an OG Twitter Exec on Elon, Threads, and Tech Bros (Jul 16, 2023)
• Episode 2023-07-23: Big Tech vs. Hollywood; AI vs. Journalism; Socialists vs. Bananas (Jul 23, 2023)
• Episode 2023-07-30: The Strike to Keep Hollywood Human, with Adam Conover (Jul 30, 2023)
• Episode 2023-08-06: How Taylor Swift Conquered the Internet, Plus: Xtra Xtra the Bird is Dead (Aug 6, 2023)
• Episode 2023-08-13: How Facebook Changes Us, Influencer Riots, and AI Gets Funny (Aug 13, 2023)
• Episode 2023-08-20: Welcome to the Take Recession (Aug 20, 2023)
• Episode 2023-09-10: How to Survive the 2024 Election, Tech Predictions for the Decade, and the Best Life Advice (Sep 10, 2023)
• Episode 2023-09-17: The U.S. v. Google, Elon's Secrets Revealed, and Why Trolls Got Nastier (Sep 17, 2023)
• Episode 2023-09-24: Fetterman's Body Double, Biden's Misinformation Strategy, and OpenAI's Secret & Scarier AI (Sep 24, 2023)
• Episode 2023-10-01: Fox News's Succession Battle, Breaking Up Amazon, and Twitter CEO's Disastrous Q&A (Oct 1, 2023)
• Episode 2023-10-08: Heather Cox Richardson on Donald Trump, Democracy, and Taylor Swift (Oct 8, 2023)
• Episode 2023-10-15: Why Has Social Media Made It Impossible to Follow the Israel-Hamas War? (Oct 15, 2023)
• Episode 2023-10-22: Jon Stewart, Donald Trump, and How Comedy Changed Politics (Oct 22, 2023)
• Episode 2023-10-29: Why Do People Love Joe Rogan? (Oct 29, 2023)
• Episode 2023-11-05: Naomi Klein on What Happens When You're Mistaken for a Conspiracy Theorist (Nov 5, 2023)
• Episode 2023-11-12: The Truth About TikTok's Spin on Israel-Gaza (Nov 12, 2023)
• Episode 2023-11-19: How Jezebel Changed Media and Why TikTokers Are Rizzing Up Osama bin Laden (Nov 19, 2023)
• Episode 2023-12-03: Is a $16 McDonald's Order Going to Elect Trump? (Dec 3, 2023)
• Episode 2023-12-17: Millennials v. Gen Z, Twitter v. Threads, Social Media Trends for 2024: Jon & Max Answer Your Questions (Dec 17, 2023)
• Episode 2024-01-21: Were Trump's Opponents Too Online? Plus, R. F. Kuang on Her Twitter Era Novel (Jan 21, 2024)
• Episode 2024-01-28: Are Algorithms Making You Boring? (Jan 28, 2024)
• Episode 2024-02-04: What's Really Behind the Media Apocalypse? (Feb 4, 2024)
• Episode 2024-02-11: Authoritarians or A-holes? Kara Swisher on Tech's Biggest Egos (Feb 11, 2024)
• Episode 2024-02-18: The Neuroscience of Why We're Susceptible to Lies, Outrage, ad Fascism (Feb 18, 2024)
• Episode 2024-02-25: An Ex-Tucker Carlson Employee Tells All (Feb 25, 2024)
• Episode 2024-03-10: TikTok Ban Returns, AOC Hounded by Protesters, and Jon Ronson on the End of Public Shaming (Mar 10, 2024)
• Episode 2024-03-17: Kate Middleton MIA, UFOs, and How Conspiracies Got Fun (Mar 17, 2024)
• Episode 2024-03-24: Is Trump Benefiting from Our 2020 Amnesia? (Mar 24, 2024)
• Episode 2024-03-31: How to Be Happy with Dr. Laurie Santos (Mar 31, 2024)
• Episode 2024-04-07: Are You Treating Politics Like a Hobby? (Apr 7, 2024)
• Episode 2024-04-14: Trump's Stock Crash, AI Gets Junkier, and Paying to Delete Social Media (Apr 14, 2024)
• Episode 2024-04-21: Right Wing Media Collapse, Trump Trial's Repost King, and How To Live Like You're Not Dying (Apr 21, 2024)
• Episode 2024-04-28: The Biden Campaign's Plan to Beat Trump Online (Apr 28, 2024)
• Episode 2024-05-05: How Cognitive Bias Explains Taylor Swift, Donald Trump, and Internet Malaise (May 5, 2024)
• Episode 2024-05-12: TikTok vs Biden, Kendrick vs Drake, AI vs Loneliness (May 12, 2024)
• Episode 2024-05-19: AI's Flirty Upgrade, Facebook's Zombie Internet, and Why We May Be Doing Mental Health Wrong (May 19, 2024)
• Episode 2024-05-26: ScarJo v. AI, the Digital Guillotine, and Why We Play Make Believe with Misinformation (May 26, 2024)
• Episode 2024-06-02: Trump's TikTok Edge and Why Birds May or May Not Be Real (Jun 2, 2024)
• Episode 2024-06-09: How the Right Won the Internet and How the Left is Fighting Back (Jun 9, 2024)
• Episode 2024-06-16: Have Smartphones Created an Anxious Generation? with Jonathan Haidt (Jun 16, 2024)
• Episode 2024-06-23: Social Media Warning Labels, LA Kids Go Offline, and the Rise of Slop AI (Jun 23, 2024)
• Episode 2024-07-14: The Biden Reckoning Will Be Tweeted; plus, Interviewing Nazis with Elle Reeve (Jul 14, 2024)
• Episode 2024-07-28: Kamala Harris' Coconut-Pilled Brat Girl Summer (Jul 28, 2024)
• Episode 2024-08-04: JD Vance, Project 2025, and How the Right Got Weird (Aug 4, 2024)
• Episode 2024-08-11: How Tim Walz's Big Dad Energy Went Viral (Aug 11, 2024)
• Episode 2024-09-08: Trump Tours the Manosphere, Russia Funds MAGA Influencers, and Hawk Tuah Girl Cashes In (Sep 8, 2024)
• Episode 2024 Special: How Bo Burnham's "Inside" Inspired Offline (May 9, 2024)
• Episode 2024 Special: Why "Her" Reveals How We Really Feel About AI (with Ezra Klein) (May 23, 2024)