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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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,...

277! Innumeracy

Posted September 3, 202400:29:21

How do we do math learning better? 

This week, Joey and Jess talk about numeracy, literacy, discrete math, Carl Sagan, Cleopatra, and sushi....

276! Fridgescaping

Posted August 26, 202400:38:29

What does fridgescaping tell us about ourselves? 

This week, Aaron, Joey, and Jess talk about weirdly shaped foods, bookshelves, trad wives,...

275! Musical Turn Ons

Posted August 19, 202400:45:27

What turns your ears on? 

This week, Aaron, Joey, and Jess talk about Detroit, groove, algorithms, Clyde Stubblefield, sampling, and flow states....

274! Science Tourism

Posted August 12, 202400:35:06

How do we make more science tourism happen? 

This week, Jess and Joey talk about scientific pilgrimage, CERN, the Large Hadron Collider, inspiring...