Ron Vara's guest appearances

Ron Vara

NOPE

Elon Musk

Kevin Hart

Gigi Hadid

Jim Acosta

Donald Trump

Bill Clinton

Nancy Pelosi

Tracy Morgan

Betsy Ross

Bernie Sanders

Tucker Carlson

Bradley Cooper

Jeff Bezos

James Dean

Mark Zuckerberg

OwlTail

Kendall Roy

Lauren Goode

Amid one of the most troubling weeks in recent memory, we were joined by Friend of Nope Lauren Goode, senior writer for WIRED and host of the Gadget Lab podcast, to shut it all down. In a rapidly escalating war of words, hobgoblin Rudy Giuliani–now the subject of an ongoing counterintelligence investigation–called former national security adviser John Bolton an “atomic bomb” in response to Bolton’s assessment that Giuliani is “a hand grenade.” Meanwhile, Joe Biden maintained his steady drumbeat of terrible grandpa jokes, insisting several times this week–including at the lackluster Democratic debate–that he will beat Donald Trump “like a drum.” And Trump’s China muse, Peter Navarro, has his own muse: Ron Vara, an economist Navarro is fond of quoting, even though he doesn’t exist. WeWork’s continues to unravel, and it now must contend with cancerous phone booths and dysfunctional pineapple water dispensers. Millennials are eschewing crockery and eating off tables. A Russian man is suing because he says a cryptocurrency turned him gay. And, finally, we discuss Lauren’s column about how, in the #MeToo era, the appeal of various gadgets can no longer be divorced from the creepy behavior of their inventors.    HEAR US ON ITUNES  https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/this-week-in-nope/ OVERCAST  https://overcast.fm/itunes1312654524/this-week-in-nope  SPOTIFY https://open.spotify.com/show/07WFZhd5bgY1l1BspArfRJ STITCHER https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/this-week-in-nope SOUNDCLOUD https://soundcloud.com/user-518735966/tracks POCKET CASTS https://pca.st/SrJY  RADIO PUBLIC https://radiopublic.com/this-week-in-nope-GAOx3N    In this week’s episode:  Read Lauren’s piece in WIRED:  “Andy Rubin’s New Phone Thing Isn’t Just a New Phone Thing” Listen to the  Gadget Lab podcast.    Big #YUPs to… Penzey’s Spices, a Wisconsin-based company that raised almost $500,000 this week for pro-impeachment ads on Facebook.  Ronan Farrow - buy his book “Catch and Kill”  here. Kendall Roy and his BDE  The latest cover story of WIRED, highlighting the people who are trying to save humanity. 

Amid one of the most troubling weeks in recent memory, we were joined by Friend of Nope Lauren Goode, senior writer for WIRED and host of the Gadget Lab podcast, to shut it all down. In a rapidly escalating war of words, hobgoblin Rudy Giuliani–now the subject of an ongoing counterintelligence investigation–called former national security adviser John Bolton an “atomic bomb” in response to Bolton’s assessment that Giuliani is “a hand grenade.” Meanwhile, Joe Biden maintained his steady drumbeat of terrible grandpa jokes, insisting several times this week–including at the lackluster Democratic debate–that he will beat Donald Trump “like a drum.” And Trump’s China muse, Peter Navarro, has his own muse: Ron Vara, an economist Navarro is fond of quoting, even though he doesn’t exist. WeWork’s continues to unravel, and it now must contend with cancerous phone booths and dysfunctional pineapple water dispensers. Millennials are eschewing crockery and eating off tables. A Russian man is suing because he says a cryptocurrency turned him gay. And, finally, we discuss Lauren’s column about how, in the #MeToo era, the appeal of various gadgets can no longer be divorced from the creepy behavior of their inventors.  HEAR US ON ITUNES <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/this-week-in-nope/id1312654524?mt=2" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/this-week-in-nope/</a> OVERCAST <a href="https://overcast.fm/itunes1312654524/this-week-in-nope" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> https://overcast.fm/itunes1312654524/this-week-in-nope</a> SPOTIFY <a href="https://open.spotify.com/show/07WFZhd5bgY1l1BspArfRJ" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://open.spotify.com/show/07WFZhd5bgY1l1BspArfRJ</a> STITCHER <a href="https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/this-week-in-nope" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/this-week-in-nope</a> SOUNDCLOUD <a href="https://soundcloud.com/user-518735966/tracks" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://soundcloud.com/user-518735966/tracks</a> POCKET CASTS <a href="https://pca.st/SrJY" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://pca.st/SrJY</a> RADIO PUBLIC <a href="https://radiopublic.com/this-week-in-nope-GAOx3N" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://radiopublic.com/this-week-in-nope-GAOx3N</a> In this week’s episode:  Read Lauren’s piece in WIRED: <a href="https://www.wired.com/story/andy-rubins-essential-gem-google-android/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> “Andy Rubin’s New Phone Thing Isn’t Just a New Phone Thing”</a> Listen to the <a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/gadget-lab-weekly-tech-news/id266391367" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> Gadget Lab</a> podcast.  Big #YUPs to… <a href="https://www.penzeys.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Penzey’s Spices</a>, a Wisconsin-based company that raised almost $500,000 this week for pro-impeachment ads on Facebook.  Ronan Farrow - buy his book “Catch and Kill” <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Catch-Kill-Ronan-Farrow/dp/0316486639" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> here</a>. Kendall Roy and his BDE <a href="https://www.wired.com/story/wired25-stories-people-racing-to-save-us/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> The latest cover story of WIRED</a>, highlighting the people who are trying to save humanity.

E98: Kendall Roy Beats Ron Vara Like a Drum! (feat. Lauren Goode)