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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272! Generational War

Posted July 29, 202400:29:27

How does one engage in a generational war? 

This week, Joey and Aaron talk about Millenials, marketing demographics, being an afterthought, the...

271! Feelings

Posted July 22, 202400:24:42

How do we decide what feelings matter? 

This week, Jess and Joey talk about Inside Out 2, compound emotions, cognitive development,...

270! How We Argue

Posted July 15, 202400:29:30

How should we be arguing? 

This week, Joey and Jess talk about argument realms, Theranos, Steve Jobs, facts vs. feelings, and band names. They...

269! Being a Champion

Posted July 11, 202400:36:16

This week, Joey, Aaron, and Jess talk about the Boston Celtics, Jayson Tatum, Nikola Jokić, celebrity, debates, and Caitlin Clark. They don’t talk...

268! Predicting the Future

Posted July 1, 202400:21:28

How do we predict the future? 

This week, Joey and Jess talk about polling, phone phobia, targeted advertising, e-mail compartmentalization,...