Critical Nonsense

Recent Episodes

Posted August 28, 2023 • 00:36:34

How do we wrestle with history?

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

Posted August 21, 2023 • 00:34:17

This week, Joey and Jess talk about Chuck Klosterman, Bluey (again), the Mona Lisa, High Fidelity, Kafka, and Shakespeare. They don’t talk...

Posted August 14, 2023 • 00:36:47

What things that we need should we be gamifying?

This week, Joey and Jess talk about not getting enough sleep, Pokémon, mixed expertise, incentivized...

Posted August 7, 2023 • 00:40:29

How do we deal with contradiction?

This week, Jess, Joey, and Aaron talk about Björk, Barbie, G-strings, Elf on a Shelf, multiverses, and compartmentalization....

Posted July 31, 2023 • 00:41:45

Where might we find more empathy for each other?

This week, Jess and Joey talk about etiquette, niceties, deplaning, consideration, the inverse...