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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308! Disavowing Your Creative Outputs

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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,...

307! Imagination Resolution

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How good is hi-res for our imagination? 

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306! Being Seen

Posted April 15, 202500:39:41

How do we make people feel seen? 

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305! Metabolizing Uncertainty

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How are we processing uncertainty differently? 

This week, Joey and Jess talk about Punxsutawney Phil, tariffs, the meme recession, Jason Bourne,...

304! Tools

Posted April 1, 202500:25:45

When do we tool or not tool? 

This week, Jess and Joey talk about rules aversion, AI, devil hamsters, banana slicers, tool expertise, and simplicity....