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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312! Creating With Friends

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Do we need to create more with friends? 

This week, Joey and Jess talk about consuming, the value cycle, parallel play, time horizons, water-based...

311! Bravery

Posted June 2, 202500:21:20

How do we muster the courage? 

This week, Jess and Joey talk about fear, Inside Out 2AndorThe Mandalorian,...

310! Stress

Posted May 20, 202500:44:02

How do we stress professionally? 

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309! Dating Optimization

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How is this world optimized for dating? 

This week, special guest Chloe returns to chat with Joey about high yield investment strategies, influencers,...

308! Disavowing Your Creative Outputs

Posted April 28, 202500:32:39

How do you approach reclaiming or disavowing your creative outputs that you don't love? 

This week, Aaron, Joey, and Jess talk about Smithee-ing,...