Critical Nonsense

High-low brow conversations about culture, science, and tech. With hosts Joey Camire, Aaron Powers, and executive producer/nerd herder Jess Vander. SYLVAIN is a strategy and design company.

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282! Spontaneous Brilliance

Posted October 7, 202400:30:21

How do you do spontaneous brilliance? 

This week, Aaron, Joey, and Jess talk about pressure, boredom and safety, theatre, peopling, jewelry making,...

281! Bicycle Innovation

Posted October 3, 202400:26:58

Can we learn about coming up with creative ideas from bikes today? 

This week, Jess and Joey talk about bike infrastructure, dad wagons, folding...

280! Phone Bans

Posted September 23, 202400:34:52

How do we know if we're doing the right thing for potentially the wrong reasons? 

This week, Joey and Jess talk about The Anxious Generation,...

279! Abstraction

Posted September 17, 202400:28:18

What is your comfort level with abstraction? 

This week, Jess and Joey talk about math, the transitive property, cookbooks, slang, strange attractors...

278! Jazzing

Posted September 10, 202400:36:28

What can jazz teach us about making stuff together? 

This week, Aaron and Jess talk about mistakes, improvisation, leadership, asking questions,...