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Better OfflineAugust 5, 2026

The AI Demand Bubble with Ed Elson

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Ed Zitron
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August 5, 2026
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Hey everyone, it's Cal Penn, host of Earsay, the Audible and iHeart audiobook club. This week on the podcast, I'm sitting down with Lily Chu, the author of the Audible original romantic comedy, Just Kiss Already. It's a story about a forensic anthropologist who secretly writes mystery novels, an actress who adapts his book into a film, and what happens when a meme and a media tour collide with a slow burn romance. It's performed by Simu Liu and Philippa Su, and it is an absolute blast. When you actually hear the performance, you realize that other people are taking your words and what you thought was kind of a straightforward sentence like, the cat in the corner is black. In my head, it's the cat in the corner is black, not the dog, not the gerbil. but someone else might say it the cat in the corner is black that's always fascinating to me how they just bring in all these different nuances and really make it fun and interesting and distinctive listen to earsay the audible and iheart audiobook club on the iheart radio app or wherever you get your podcasts

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Episode

Better Offline
The AI Demand Bubble with Ed Elson
Host: Ed Zitron
Publisher: Cool Zone Media and iHeartPodcasts