Offline with Jon Favreau
Episodes
The 19-Year-Old Helping Gen Z Log Off
03 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
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Has Google Created a Soul?
26 Jun 2022
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Steve Bannon’s Very Online Insurrection
19 Jun 2022
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Crypto for Beginners with Kevin Roose
12 Jun 2022
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How Should Parents Manage Kids’ Screen Time?
05 Jun 2022
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Ro Khanna is Optimistic About the Internet
29 May 2022
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Can We Blame the Internet for Buffalo?
22 May 2022
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Sex, Drugs, and Phone Addictions with Dr. Anna Lembke
15 May 2022
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Chris Hayes on Why We’re All Famous Now
08 May 2022
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Does Elon Musk Want Free Speech or Attention?
01 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Renee DiResta is an expert on tech policy, influence operations, and algorithms, managing research at the Stanford Internet Observatory. She joins Jon...
Are Russians Buying Putin’s Propaganda?
24 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Russian propaganda expert Peter Pomerantsev is a journalist and former Russian television producer who talks to Jon about the distortion of truth and ...
A Newsroom’s Fight Against Misinformation in the Black Community
17 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Lauren Williams, former Editor-in-Chief of Vox , sits down with Jon to talk about launching Capital B News, a new local-national nonprofit news organi...
A Twitter Founder on Elon, Trump, and the Edit Button
10 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Jon is joined by Ev Williams, Co-Founder and former CEO of Twitter. The two discuss Twitter’s early years, including the design decisions behind som...
Samantha Bee on Laughing at our Political Hellscape
03 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Today, Jon is joined by Samantha Bee. Previously The Daily Show’s longest-ever correspondent and now host of the Emmy-award winning Full Frontal on ...
Lilly Singh on YouTube to Late Night
27 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
This week, Jon is joined by YouTube sensation and former late night host Lilly Singh. Discussing her new book “Be a Triangle,” Jon asks Lilly how ...
Taylor Lorenz on Why All Culture is Internet Culture
20 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
This week, Jon is joined by the technology reporter Taylor Lorenz. Covering what she calls “communication and connection,” Taylor has written exte...
Greg Daniels on the Digital Afterlife
13 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Recorded live from the podcast stage at South by Southwest, Jon is joined by acclaimed television writer Greg Daniels, creator of 'The Office' and 'Pa...
Kara Swisher on the Very Online War in Ukraine
06 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
To open Offline’s new feed, Jon interviews Kara Swisher, Silicon Valley’s most feared and respected journalist. The two discuss the ongoing war in...
Ezra Klein on the Democrat’s Echo Chamber
20 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
This week on Offline, Jon is joined by the New York Times’s Ezra Klein. Dissecting polarization and virality, the two attempt to figure out if a hea...
Hank Green on Inspiring Curiosity
13 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
This week, Jon is joined by the internet’s dad, Hank Green. For many people, Hank is a staple of the internet, whether on TikTok, YouTube, or in the...
Roxane Gay on Why People Are So Awful Online
06 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
This week on Offline, Jon is joined by writer, professor, and social commentator Roxane Gay for a wide-ranging conversation on consequence culture, wr...
Abbie Richards on Fighting Disinformation on TikTok
30 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
This week on Offline, Jon is joined by TikToker and disinformation researcher Abbie Richards. A leading voice on the platform, Abbie inoculates her vi...
Jenny Odell on How to Do Nothing
23 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
This week, Jenny Odell teaches Jon how to unplug and, almost literally, smell the roses. Pulling from lessons outlined in her book “How to Do Nothin...
Chimamanda Adichie on the Death of Good Faith
16 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
This week, the writer Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie joins Jon to talk through the viral essay on social media that she wrote last June. The two discuss wha...
Alex Stamos on Leaving Facebook and Zuckerberg's Reign
09 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
This week on Offline, Jon is joined by Alex Stamos, Facebook’s former Chief Security Officer. As Jon’s first guest who has worked at a social medi...
Mailbag Episode with Jon and Emily Favreau
02 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Jon and Emily Favreau sit down for a special mailbag episode. They answer any questions (yes, any and all) submitted by listeners like you.For a close...
Elizabeth Bruenig on Forgiving Trolls and Strangers
19 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
The Atlantic’s Elizabeth Bruenig joins Jon this week on Offline to discuss something the internet was never built for: forgiveness. Exploring faith,...
Dr. Vivek Murthy on Defeating Doomscrolling with Human Connection
12 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Surgeon General Dr. Vivek Murthy joins Jon on Offline to dissect the intersection between the internet and our emotional well-being. Dr. Murthy delive...
Charlie Warzel on Facebook's Original Sin
05 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
For the last decade, Charlie Warzel has covered the internet and culture at BuzzFeed News, The New York Times, and his newsletter Galaxy Brain. He joi...
DeRay Mckesson on How Twitter Saved Black Lives
28 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
From the creation of #BlackLivesMatter to the first permanent ban, DeRay Mckesson has been at the center of some of Twitter’s highest highs and some...
Stephen Colbert on Finding Laughter in the Darkness
21 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Stephen Colbert joins Jon to defend his 8 hour-a-day screen habit and preach the benefits of a Twitter-free lifestyle. The two talk about what it took...
Megan Rapinoe on Social Media and Mental Health
14 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Soccer star Megan Rapinoe talks to Jon about the toll social media takes on professional athletes, what it’s like to become an online Resistance her...
Peter Hamby on Saving Journalism from Twitter
07 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Snapchat’s Peter Hamby talks to Jon about why Twitter has ruined political journalism, how the internet transformed the media business, and what a h...
Monica Lewinsky on the Internet's Culture of Humiliation
31 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Monica Lewinsky sits down with Jon to talk about the rise of public shaming, what happens when your life is upended by the internet, and what we can d...
Jia Tolentino on the Internet's Endless Stage
24 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Jia Tolentino, New Yorker staff writer and author of Trick Mirror, talks to Jon about how the internet has turned life into an endless performance, wh...