 Gao and "Rick and Morty" co-creator, Dan Harmon, collaborated on a podcast series entitled "Whiting Wongs" that discussed race and privilege in Hollywood.Gao also wrote and executive produced the second season of the show "Take My Wife".Gao left "Rick and Morty" after the third season to develop a sitcom for ABC, which landed a pilot episode order in 2019, directed by Jude Weng.