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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229! Attractiveness

Posted July 12, 202300:27:54

How important is attractiveness? 

This week, Joey and Jess talk about self-rating, the butt phase, dating apps, dating profiles as brand strategy,...

228! Patriotism and Empanadas

Posted July 3, 202300:27:42

What is patriotic? 

This week, Jess, Aaron, and Joey talk about American Democracy, fusion foods, the spirit of the thing, beer holding, the...

227! Tendies

Posted June 26, 202300:26:56

Why are we all suddenly calling these chicken "tendies"? 

This week, Jess and Joey talk about children's food, compression, self-deprecation,...

226! Collective Vibes

Posted June 20, 202300:24:58

Do you believe in the idea that collective vibes could exist, and are we fully entering into a new vibe? 

This week, Joey and Aaron talk about...

225! The Year of DnD

Posted June 12, 202300:33:45

What have you learned in one year of playing DnD together? 

This week, Jess and Joey talk about Dungeons & Dragons, body doubling, Type 1...