Pod Save America - Offline: Jia Tolentino on the Internet’s Endless Stage

Episode Date: October 24, 2021

Offline is here to stay and the show has moved to its own feed. To listen to Jon's interview with Jia Tolentino, and the many great episodes to come, search Offline with Jon Favreau and click subscribe. See you there!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, why that makes politics hard and virtue signaling easy, and what being online during the pandemic has done to our collective psyche.For a closed-captioned version of this episode, please visit crooked.com/podsaveamerica. For a transcript of this episode, please email [e-mail] and include the name of the podcast.

What's that tweet again? It's a two-year-old had a fatal alligator accident in Disney World, but this woman tweeted, I'm so finished with a white man's entitlement lately that I'm really not sad

about a two-year-old being eaten by a gator because his daddy ignored signs. And it's like, it's amazing. I mean, it's beautiful. It's actually such a good tweet. It's the perfect tweet.

It's the perfect tweet. I'm so grateful for that tweet. Without it, I might have spent six more months thinking the internet was good. I'm Jon Favreau. Welcome to Offline. Hey, everyone. Exciting news. Offline is here to stay, and the show has now moved to its own feed. If you'd like to listen to my full interview with Gia Tolentino, you can find it on that new feed. Just search Off like to listen to my full interview with Gia Tolentino, you can find it on

that new feed. Just search Offline with Jon Favreau. Once you're over there, remember to subscribe to keep up to date with all of our upcoming episodes. We've got some exciting conversations ready to go over the next few months. I'll see you there.