CES 2026: Part Three (Tuesday)

January 7, 2026

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🎙️ The Voices & The Context

The Format: Casual live podcast from CES 2025 in Las Vegas, with rotating guests in a marathon-style banter session hosted from the Palazzo Hotel.
The Key Players:
- Host: Ed Zitron, tech critic and newsletter writer, driving cynical roasts.
- Guests: Victoria Song (The Verge wearable/health tech reporter, "cursed tech" expert); Adam Conover (comedian, Factually host); Rory Kecklin Jones (broadcaster, newsletter writer); Robert Evans (Behind the Bastards); Chloe Radcliffe (stand-up comedian, CES newbie); others like Edon Gueso Jr.
- Chemistry crackles with insider jabs, dad jokes, and escalating absurdity.
The Vibe: Hilariously cynical and fun—tech bros get roasted amid open-bar tacos, focusing on snake oil gadgets over hype.

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What you'll learn

1 (00:00) **🎙️ Introduction: Victoria Song, Adam Conover, Rory Kecklin Jones**
2 (02:30) **Bodily Fluids & Wearables Trend**
3 (13:00) **CES Press Conferences & History**
4 (19:00) **Teeth Tech & Useless Gadgets**
5 (23:00) **Sex Tech Pavilion History**
6 (27:00) **AI Demo Fails & Human Interaction**
7 (35:00) **Intuit AI Tax Chat Risks (Robert Evans Joins)**

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Show Notes

Welcome to Better Offline’s coverage of the 2026 Consumer Electronics Show - a standup radio station in the Palazzo Hotel with an attached open bar where reporters, experts and various other characters bring you the stories from the floor.

In Tuesday’s second episode, Ed is joined by Victoria Song of The Verge, writer Rory Cellan-Jones,
Robert Evans of Behind The Bastards, standup comedian and host of the Factually Podcast Adam Conover, and standup comedian and actor Chloe Radcliffe to talk about the useless numbers generated by wearables, Chinese peptides, how absolutely nobody at CES is Steve Jobs, LLMs getting read-write access to your taxes, and a bunch of stuff about sex toys that I recommend you do not listen to if you have children around.

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