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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234! Reconsuming Content

Posted August 21, 202300:34:17

This week, Joey and Jess talk about Chuck Klosterman, Bluey (again), the Mona Lisa, High Fidelity, Kafka, and Shakespeare. They don’t talk...

233! Gamifying Sleep

Posted August 14, 202300:36:47

What things that we need should we be gamifying? 

This week, Joey and Jess talk about not getting enough sleep, Pokémon, mixed expertise, incentivized...

232! Contradiction

Posted August 7, 202300:40:29

How do we deal with contradiction? 

This week, Jess, Joey, and Aaron talk about Björk, Barbie, G-strings, Elf on a Shelf, multiverses, and compartmentalization....

231! Finding Empathy

Posted July 31, 202300:41:45

Where might we find more empathy for each other? 

This week, Jess and Joey talk about etiquette, niceties, deplaning, consideration, the inverse...

230! Unexpected Audiences

Posted July 24, 202300:31:54

How should we think about things that are created that wind up being more beloved by audiences that weren't the original target? 

This week,...