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#400: Ad Liminim

August 26th, 2022 · 71 minutes

On a very special episode of Rocket, a very special special guest plays judge, jury, and exe-juiceioner, in a devious trivia game designed by our very own Brianna Wu. PLUS: Subscribe to Rocket Booster for our very first extra helping of Dessert!

#399: This Show Contains Poop

August 18th, 2022 · 58 minutes

The chip industry reacts to a new upset, and Adam Neumann is BACK IN THE REAL ESTATE GAME. Stay tuned for the next 399 episodes of Rocket because this is all we'll be talking about!

#398: Delicious Workflow

August 11th, 2022 · 58 minutes

Howdy folks, who's enjoying Apple's new battery percentage indicator? No one? This week on Rocket we're discussing the cloudy future of Unity after an acquisition offer by AppLovin, as well as review workflows and our FAVORITE NEW ESPORT.

#397: We Fixed Instagram

August 4th, 2022 · 64 minutes

Rocket Ruled yet again — Adam Mosseri, longtime fan of Rocket, definitely listened to our episode last week before he walked back Instagram's changes. Twitter v. Musk heats up, and yet another pretender thinks NFT books could be a thing.

#396: RIP Instagram

July 28th, 2022 · 51 minutes

We're talking about Instagram's awful updates, the first crypto insider trading scandal, and NFT books on a deliciously bad episode of ROCKET!

#395: Get Your Apple $$$

July 21st, 2022 · 56 minutes

Apple has settled with NO WRONGDOING in its keyboard lawsuit, and some of us are looking forward to purchasing one (1) song on Apple Music with our newfound wealth. Discord is coming to Xbox, and FaZe clan is coming to SPACs!

#394: Reunited and It Feels So Good

July 14th, 2022 · 62 minutes

Last week, Sunny Balwani is CHARGED, Elon Musk is being SUED BY TWITTER, and so, so much more. We got Rocket Ruled pretty hard but it's finally time for our take on the tech drama of the day.

#393: Scam Console

July 7th, 2022 · 63 minutes

Brianna and Christina talk about the best new console scam, Apple’s new Lockdown Mode, and the #Gentleminions Meme.

#392: A Show For Gamers

June 30th, 2022 · 55 minutes

Brianna and Simone chat about this week's Nintendo Direct, AND the return of Axie Infinity transactions, in a gamer-tastic episode of ROCKET!

#391: The Winds of Crypto Winter

June 23rd, 2022 · 56 minutes

Reviews for Apple's new 13-inch MacBook Pro with the M2 chip are out. And it's… a weird machine? Then, cryptominers are dumping their GPUs on the market, and we discuss ways that streaming services could better compete in a saturated marketplace.