Radio Better Offline: Mia Sato & Dave Lee

<p>Welcome to Radio Better Offline, a tech talk radio show recorded out of iHeartRadio's studio in New York City.<br /><br />Ed Zitron is joined in studio by Mia Sato of The Verge and Dave Lee of Bloomberg to talk how companies like TikTok and Google change the web with their incentives, the nihilism of Pop Mart's viral Labubus, and why people are more game to pay independent writers.<br /><br />Mia Sato, The Verge <br /><a href="https://www.theverge.com/authors/mia-sato">https://www.theverge.com/authors/mia-sato</a><br /><a href="https://bsky.app/profile/miasato.bsky.social">https://bsky.app/profile/miasato.bsky.social</a><br /><a href="https://www.instagram.com/miasato.2/">https://www.instagram.com/miasato.2/</a><br /><br />Story around &ldquo;dupes&rdquo;<br /><a href="https://www.theverge.com/cs/features/709635/knock-it-off">https://www.theverge.com/cs/features/709635/knock-it-off</a><br /><br />Story around &ldquo;Labubus&rdquo;<br /><a href="https://www.theverge.com/analysis/710047/labubu-pop-mart-blind-boxes-scarcity-marketing">https://www.theverge.com/analysis/710047/labubu-pop-mart-blind-boxes-scarcity-marketing</a> <br /><br />Dave Lee, Bloomberg<br /><a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/authors/AWQ3soOJK0Y/dave-lee">https://www.bloomberg.com/authors/AWQ3soOJK0Y/dave-lee</a><br /><a href="https://x.com/DaveLeeBBG">https://x.com/DaveLeeBBG</a><br /><a href="https://bsky.app/profile/davelee.me">https://bsky.app/profile/davelee.me</a> <br /><br />Story around Google and AI<br /><a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2025-07-28/google-is-reaping-the-rewards-of-its-unfair-ai-advantage?srnd=undefined">https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2025-07-28/google-is-reaping-the-rewards-of-its-unfair-ai-advantage?srnd=undefined</a><br /><br />Google &ldquo;Web Guide&rdquo;<br /><a href="https://blog.google/products/search/web-guide-labs/">https://blog.google/products/search/web-guide-labs/</a></p> <p>YOU CAN NOW BUY BETTER OFFLINE MERCH! Go to <a href="https://cottonbureau.com/people/better-offline">https://cottonbureau.com/people/better-offline</a> and use code&nbsp;<strong>FREE99</strong> for free shipping on orders of $99 or more.</p> <p>---</p> <p>LINKS: <a href="https://www.tinyurl.com/betterofflinelinks">https://www.tinyurl.com/betterofflinelinks</a></p> <p>Newsletter: <a href="https://www.wheresyoured.at/">https://www.wheresyoured.at/</a></p> <p>Reddit: <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/BetterOffline/">https://www.reddit.com/r/BetterOffline/</a>&nbsp;</p> <p>Discord: <a href="https://discord.com/invite/QUUQUP9szv">chat.wheresyoured.at</a></p> <p>Ed's Socials:</p> <p><a href="https://twitter.com/edzitron">https://twitter.com/edzitron</a></p> <p><a href="https://www.instagram.com/edzitron">https://www.instagram.com/edzitron</a></p><p>See <a href="https://omnystudio.com/listener">omnystudio.com/listener</a> for privacy information.</p>