CES Chronicles: The Absurdity of Tech Adventures

Welcome to Better Offline’s coverage of the 2025 Consumer Electronics Show - a standup radio station in the Venetian with an attached open bar where reporters, experts and various other characters bring you the stories from the floor. In the second episode, 

In this episode Ed Zitron is joined by David Roth of Defector, reporter Edward Ongweso Jr., Ed Niedermeyer of the Autonocast, and tech freelancer Jared Newman to talk about the consequences of spending days at the Consumer Electronics Show, how a show gets away with having so many booths that don’t actually seem to sell things to consumers, and an idea for generative AI that I deeply apologize for.

David Roth: https://bsky.app/profile/davidjroth.bsky.social 
Jared Newman: https://bsky.app/profile/advisorator.com 
Ed Ongweso Jr: https://bsky.app/profile/bigblackjacobin.bsky.social 
Ed Niedermeyer: https://bsky.app/profile/niedermeyer.io 
The Autonocast: https://www.autonocast.com/ 

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