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Sean Bonner and Jessica Gao talk/rant about news, entertainment, politics, technology, privacy, art and whatever else seems interesting to at least one of them. Sometimes with guests. Fun!

sean bonner, Jessica Gao


    • Oct 22, 2015 LATEST EPISODE
    • infrequent NEW EPISODES
    • 48m AVG DURATION
    • 21 EPISODES


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    021: Cats

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 22, 2015 50:00


    Sean & Jessica talk about cats.

    020: All of the things together

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 29, 2015 7:42


    This is another mini episode which I've decided just to go ahead and call full episodes, and it's about jamming lots of things together.

    Viva Riot Unepisode 18b

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 24, 2015 14:58


    Super short episode where I just ramble into the H4N briefly and immediately upload it with no further thought or processing. Maybe this sucks, you let me know.

    018: Disney Riot

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 13, 2015 41:26


    Jessica is out this week and instead we have an experimental new episode with Sean and Tara Tiger Brown which sounds like it was recorded in a car on an iPhone because in fact it was recorded inside their car on an iPhone as they drove home from Disneyland. Enjoy!

    017: Poon Talk

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 16, 2015 65:05


    For the first time in at least 5 years the Bad Skaters Club is reunited. Sean and Jessica welcome guest Bill Poon to the show. We talk about the history of our friendship and attempts on each others lives, giant robots, as well as the fact that Bill currently drives hookers from A to B for a living which gives him some fun insight into the sex worker industry which he's happy to share with all of you.

    016: All Followup All The Time

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 6, 2015 49:54


    Sean and Jessica talk about Jessica and the happy fun time she's had over the last month including being robbed and having a teratoma tumor as an uninvited holiday guest.

    015: Melissa Pierce, Chocolate and Acid

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 3, 2014 67:18


    Sean & Jessica talk with Melissa Pierce about her Grace Hopper movie, road tripping, travel, Jessica's health, Soylent, Pandas and stuff.

    014: Dan Kaminsky, n00ds and the Nickelback Effect

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 9, 2014 61:46


    Our first guest! In this episode we talk with Dan Kaminsky about The Fappening and who to blame, Overalls, The Nickelback Effect, The Strain, Death By Selfies and fried stuff

    013: Love Knots

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 31, 2014 60:06


    Possibly the most disgusting episode of Viva Riot to date. We talk murder and dismemberment, Uber drivers and sexual assault and Jessica introduces us to the wonder and exciting world of knotting. Then we talk about some other stuff.

    012: Dolphins Friends

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 12, 2014 55:20


    This week we talk about "very special" animal friends, movies we've seen recently and Michael Bay, Calvin & Hobbes, GSH apps and fake news.

    011: We Look At Stuff

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 3, 2014 27:18


    In this shortish holiday weekend episode we look at things and talk about them, also we discuss how TV will kill you, who are these "scientists" you hear about, Facebook messing with your head, Photoshoppery and cashcats.

    010: Episode X - The Sexisode

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 1, 2014 47:52


    Depressing followups followed by Dave Chappelle, tentacle porn, Etsy, Sexy Filler, Disturbing texts, Nerds getting some action, giant stone vaginas, Walt's boner, and how to make sweet love to your iPad.

    009: Erotic Monsters

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 20, 2014 35:09


    Jessica is not dead yet, Raccoons at the White House, Cat Owners From Hell, A brand new Cross My Heart Hope To Die Song, One Direction Erotic Fanfic, Dinosaur Erotic Fanfic, Bigfoot Erotic Fanfic

    008: Animal Friends In Jail

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 13, 2014 44:34


    Animal friends, more Slender Man, Flesh Lights, stolen girls gym uniforms, pervs in Japan, criminal judges, prisons, orange is the new black, Ghostbusters and stuff Sean bought this week. And more background noise (sorry). Show notes at vivariot.com

    007: That's Mr Slendermen to you

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 6, 2014 44:51


    Making a legit go at a regular schedule here - Sean and Jessica talk about Godzilla, Uber, Slender Man, Tiananmen Square, neglecting your kids, heavy metal, make-up and trashy reality TV

    006: New Beginnings

    Play Episode Listen Later May 30, 2014 53:39


    Kind of a new format here, Sean and Jessica talk about Lyft, Florida, LARPers, Fake Good Coffee, Soylent, Software replacing people, Blacklist, Walking Dead, Zombies and Hannibal all the while being interrupted by the gardener.

    005: Mailchimp

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 17, 2014 54:15


    Rather than the usual "I hung out with XXX and talked about XXX" this episode is just the audio from a talk I gave this morning at Mailchimp Headquarters in Atlanta Georgia. The talk was about me, and what I do and what I've done covering music and design and web and Safecast and more. I'll upload the slides from the talk to slideshare.net/seanbonner so you can follow along at home.

    004: Adrian Storey

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 24, 2013 75:47


    Another episode from Tokyo, this time I talk to filmmaker Adrian Storey about some of the darker sides of Japanese culture, racism, privacy, encryption, PGP, ecigs, smoking, and some of what he's been up to recently.

    003: Jessica Gao

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 21, 2013 67:28


    I spend some time chatting with TV writer Jessica Gao about gutter ethnic food, the shows she's been working on, martial arts, poop, robot toilets, technology and parents. It's a blast.

    002: Matt Alt

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 12, 2013 49:20


    Running with the "hang out with old friends and talk about a bunch of crap" theme that I established in episode 001, here I catch up with Matt Alt while in Tokyo and we talk about early world wide web communities, super robots, radioactive shakes, Japan, and lots more.

    001: Chuck Ragan

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 29, 2013 49:20


    In the first episode of Viva Riot I catch up with my old bud Chuck Ragan and talk touring and old times and one of the craziest tour stories ever from '95 with a new bit info I've kept secret for 18 years...

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