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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239! Honesty

Posted September 25, 202300:34:19

What is the role of truth and how should we think about how it's changing? 

This week, Joey and Jess talk about misinformation, wallets, the...

238! Procrastitivity

Posted September 18, 202300:29:38

In what ways is procrastitivity useful ... or not? 

This week, Aaron, Joey, and Jess talk about procrastination styles, Maya Angelou, procrastavoidance,...

237! Names

Posted September 11, 202300:29:12

What's in a name? 

This week, Aaron, Joey, and Jess talk about Cher, dysmorphia, name commonality, De'Coldest Crawford, permutations, and nick...

236! Life Decisions

Posted September 6, 202300:31:53

What things should we be leaving up to chance? 

This week, Joey and Jess talk about the expectation of rightness, hiring, outsourcing decisions,...

235! Conceiving History

Posted August 28, 202300:36:34

How do we wrestle with history? 

This week, Jess and Aaron talk about rote learning, putty, history as study vs. history as culture, stories,...