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!

Hosts

Christina Warren

Follow film_girl

Brianna Wu

Follow briannawu

Simone De Rochefort

Follow doomquasar

Navigation

  • Previous Episode
  • Next Episode
  • Rocket Archives

    • Links

  • Sponsor

    • Rocket Merch
    Simone's Work at Polygon

    Follow _rocketfm

    #160: Flamethrowers and Teens

    February 1st, 2018 · 73 minutes

    Brianna and Christina are joined by The Daily Beast’s Taylor Lorenz to talk flame throwers, YouTube drama, buying Twitter followers, and bad award optics.

    Guest Starring: Taylor Lorenz

    This episode of Rocket is sponsored by:

    • Squarespace: Make your next move. Enter offer code ROCKET at checkout to get 10% off your first purchase.
    • Casper: Start sleeping ahead of the curve. Get $50 off select mattresses with the code ‘ROCKET’.

    Stream this episode

    Download: MP3 (33.42 MB)

    Links and Show Notes

    Taylor Lorenz (@TaylorLorenz) | Twitter
    Flamethrower — The Boring Company
    The Boring Company is really pushing the definition of “Flamethrower” | Ars Technica
    YouTuber Under Fire for ‘Acid Attack’ Prank Videos
    The Follower Factory - The New York Times
    Twitter Followers Vanish Amid Inquiries Into Fake Accounts - The New York Times
    Lies, Dumb Lies, and Richard Roeper’s Twitter Following - The Ringer
    Atari Founder Award Reexamined After Outcry Over History - Rolling Stone
    #NotNolan: why game creators are speaking out against the founder of Atari - The Verge
    Like and Subscribe: A podcast about YouTube culture by Julia / Taylor / Ross on Apple Podcasts
    Microsoft Channel 9 - YouTube