AI's Threat to Gen Z's Jobs, the FartCoin Economy, and Why the Internet Wants to Check Your ID

Offline with Jon Favreau

Crooked Media

Society & Culture, News

4.7 • 2K Ratings

🗓️ 14 August 2025

⏱️ 66 minutes

🔗️ Recording | iTunes | RSS

🧾️ Download transcript

Summary

Kyla Scanlon, author and economic commentator, joins Offline to explain why our economy feels so weird. She and Jon talk about the ways AI — and Labubus — have taken over the markets, whether big tech has become overly reliant on the attention economy, and why Gen Z is feeling so down about their longterm economic prospects. But first! Jon sits down with The New Yorker's Kyle Chayka to talk about internet age verification laws, whether we all have posting ennui, and why people are mourning the end of ChatGPT-4 like the loss of a close friend.

Transcript

Click on a timestamp to play from that location

0:00.0	Offline is brought to you by Quince. Why drop a fortune on basics when you don't have to?
0:04.6	Quince has the good stuff, high quality fabrics, classic fits, and lightweight layers for warm weather, all at prices that make sense.
0:11.0	Everything I've ordered from Quince has been nothing but solid. Really great stuff.
0:15.2	Quince has closet staples you'll want to reach for over and over like cozy cashmere and cotton sweaters from just $50.
0:20.6	Breathable flow-knit polos and comfortable lightweight pants that somehow work for
0:24.5	both weekend hangs and dressed up dinners.
0:26.8	The best part, everything with Quince is half the cost of similar brands.
0:30.0	By working directly with top artisans and cutting out the middlemen,
0:32.8	Quince gives you luxury pieces without the markup.
0:35.2	And Quince only works with factories that use safe, ethical, and responsible manufacturing
0:38.9	practices and premium fabrics and finishes.
0:42.3	Love Quince.
0:43.1	Just order some stuff from there the other day.
0:45.3	Got some T-shirts.
0:46.4	Nice.
0:47.2	Got another pair of shorts.
0:49.4	Got a pair of pants.
0:50.8	It's great.
0:51.9	They always have a great variety of clothing to choose from, and it's really affordable, and it looks great.
0:58.5	Keep it classic and cool with long-lasting staples from Quince.
1:01.1	Go to quince.com slash offline for free shipping on your order in 365-day returns.
1:06.7	That's Q-U-I-N-C-E.com slash offline to get free shipping and 365-day returns, quince.com slash offline.
	...

Transcript will be available on the free plan in 1 days. Upgrade to see the full transcript now.

Previous episode | Next episode

Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from Crooked Media, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.

Generated transcripts are the property of Crooked Media and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.