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286: BAN TOWN!

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Jul 2, 2020

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In an extra-long episode, we cover how many social media platforms are finally bringing down the banhammer; meanwhile, Apple keeps stepping in it with developers, most recently with changes to Apple Arcade. Then we bring on a special guest to talk about the most important story of the day: ridiculous YouTube drama.

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Jul 2, 2020

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Countdown to excitement! Every week Christina Warren, Brianna Wu and Simone de Rochefort have accelerated geek conversation. Tech, comics, movies, games and books, no galaxy is off limits! Hosted by Christina Warren, Simone De Rochefort, and Brianna Wu.

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Rocket 2: Truly Outrageous: Your intrepid hosts are joined by Isometric's Georgia Dow to lay the smack down about what's going on at Microsoft, debate whether you should be able to really 'feel' your video games and finally prove why 'Jem and the Holograms' is a TV show that inspire by Rocket
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Rocket 28: We Vote With Our Dollars: Simone's dislike of scary movies, Christina's article on the recent AshelyMadison hack and the return of Google Glass before getting into the recent drama on Twitter and at Gawker. by Rocket
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Rocket 4: I Cannot Be Left Shark: A fight breaks out on Rocket this week, as your intredpid hosts try to decide which one of them is the 'Left Shark' After this, Christina fills us in on what happened at TUAW, Brianna ponders driverless Taxis and Simone gives her superbowl recap. by Rocket
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Rocket 5: Gravely in the Wrong: Your favourite Left Shark aficionados are back to talk about how the daily show revolutionised the web and the way we consume TV, what the FCC are up to with Net Neutrality and Sony breaks Bri's heart. by Rocket
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Rocket 29: Security Through Obesity: This week, Brianna, Christina, and Simone discuss car DJ etiquette, Windows 10, and Planned Parenthood's website being hacked before wrapping up with a conversation about Bond. James Bond. by Rocket
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Rocket 17: I Can Run for President!: This week Christina get's to (finally) talk about getting her own Apple Watch, before your hosts discuss Carly Fiorina's Presidential run, the struggle for women running tech companies, using Periscope to watch boxing, and Avengers: Age of Ultron. by Rocket
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Rocket 37: Special Kind of Octopus: This week, Christina and Simone are joined by Serenity Caldwell to talk about the iPhone 6S, share stories of murdered iPhones, and discuss the Pebble Time Round before getting excited for season 2 of Serial. by Rocket
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