Better Offline podcast by Ed Zitron
Shares rank 18 of 42 podcasts by recommenders
Recommended for clear, sharp commentary on the tech and AI industry, delivered as an enjoyable long-running podcast by Ed Zitron. No critical quotes were found.
Recommended for clear, sharp commentary on the tech and AI industry, delivered as an enjoyable long-running podcast by Ed Zitron. No critical quotes were found.
8 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 8
- criticize it
- 0
- approval share
- 100%
Recommended in 7 of 13 months
- November 2025: not recommended
- December 2025: recommended
- January 2026: recommended
- February 2026: recommended
- March 2026: not recommended
- April 2026: recommended
- May 2026: not recommended
- June 2026: recommended
- July 2026: recommended
- August 2026: recommended
- September 2026: not recommended
- October 2026: not recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Why it doesn’t carry the badge
- 8 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, not met.
- Nobody criticizes itNeeds 2 to 1 or better, met.
- Recommended in 7 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, met.
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What people say about it
The reasons people give, with the number of comments that give each one. Open a reason to read what they said.
Why people recommend it
Each mark is one comment
Enjoyable to listen to
“it is so enjoyable to listen to Better Offline and hear him ranting about AI”
Comment from 27 Jul 2026 in “Apple Will 'Watch Everything Burn' When the AI Bubble Bursts” “If you like his writing, chances are you will like the podcast btw.”
Comment from 19 Aug 2026 in “What Happens If OpenAI Dies?” “You might like the Better Offline podcast by Ed Zitron”
Comment from 24 Jan 2026 in “Proton Spam and the AI Consent Problem” - Comment from 20 Feb 2026 in “Nvidia and OpenAI abandon unfinished $100B deal in favour of $30B investment”
- Comment from 20 Feb 2026 in “Nvidia and OpenAI abandon unfinished $100B deal in favour of $30B investment”
Clear, informative analysis of tech
“has a good series on how the path was paved to the cost reckoning”
Comment from 4 Jun 2026 in “Ask HN: A Brief History of LLMs” “Guest on most recent Better Offline podcast had a good analogy”
Comment from 9 Apr 2026 in “US cities are axing Flock Safety surveillance technology” “The information density and clarity are outstanding.”
Comment from 28 Dec 2025 in “Ask HN: Best Podcasts of 2025?” Sharp takes on AI
“If you're not listening to Ed Zitron you'd better start if you don't want to get whiplash in the coming months.”
Comment from 1 Apr 2026 in “Anthropic: Claude Code users hitting usage limits 'way faster than expected'” “it is so enjoyable to listen to Better Offline and hear him ranting about AI”
Comment from 27 Jul 2026 in “Apple Will 'Watch Everything Burn' When the AI Bubble Bursts”
Other podcasts people recommend
The four most recommended other podcasts, with the same counts for each, so you can compare like for like. The tick on each bar marks the 2 to 1 line the badge needs.
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| Dwarkesh Podcast | 29 | 8 | 78% | 9 | — | Approved |
| Oxide and Friends | 26 | 3 | 90% | 10 | — | Approved |
| Acquired podcast | 25 | 0 | 100% | 11 | — | Approved |
| Behind the Bastards podcast | 18 | 1 | 95% | 11 | — | Approved |
| Better Offline podcast by Ed ZitronThis page | 8 | 0 | 100% | 7 | — | — |
What people said
All 9 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“If you like his writing, chances are you will like the podcast btw.”
“it is so enjoyable to listen to Better Offline and hear him ranting about AI”
“has a good series on how the path was paved to the cost reckoning”
“Guest on most recent Better Offline podcast had a good analogy”
“If you're not listening to Ed Zitron you'd better start if you don't want to get whiplash in the coming months.”
“I like his podcast, Better Offline”
“I like his podcast, Better Offline[0].”
“You might like the Better Offline podcast by Ed Zitron”
“The information density and clarity are outstanding.”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.