ROMIO w/ Kate Berlant

Selling sex is illegal, but consenting to sexual activity by swapping cryptocurrency on the blockchain is innovation. That's the genius idea of Romio's founder Maya Rauss (Kate Berlant) whose brand of Silicon Valley-friendly techno-feminism has led to a career of fighting the exploitation of women's bodies online by profiting off that exploitation for herself. But Romio's contractors are struggling with crypto prices cratering mid-sex act, and the company's growth has been slowed by clashes with her ruthless competitors in the for-profit dating sphere. With Noa's own love life on the rocks, will he be able to help Romio convince its users to migrate all human relationships onto the blockchain?   Cast:  CEO Maya Rauss … Kate Berlant Noa Lukas … Sam West Elena Lin … Zoe Chao Brontë ... Claudia O'Doherty Tom “Woz” Joyce … Mark Proksch Brontë’s Lawyer … Cathryn Mudon Ivey; Ad Voice … Kelly Hudson Romio Users … Pat O’Brien, Julia Smith   Created/Written by: Matt Klinman, Chris Sartinsky, Sam West Directed by: Matt Klinman and Sam West Executive Producers: Matt Powers, Jeff Ross, Adam Sachs Producers: Hanna Armour and Julia Smith Casting: Hanna Armour, JP Buck, Matt Powers Senior Director of Business Development: Willie Navarre Legal: David Melmed   Smartr was produced by Western Sound Executive Producer: Ben Adair Technical director: Dan Leone Editor and sound designer: Dan Leone Assistant editor: Audrey Ngo Mix Engineer: Johnny Vince Evans Assistant engineer: Chaz Sexton Production assistants: Annet Rangel, Jefferson Yen Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.