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Critical Nonsense

Critical Nonsense

By: SYLVAIN
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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.Copyright 2026 Critical Nonsense Biographies & Memoirs Philosophy Social Sciences
Episodes
  • 345! How We Learn
    Mar 31 2026

    How should we learn beyond school?

    This week, Joey and Jess talk about framing work as learning, human observation, vocational training, osmotic learning, pen and paper, and the wheel. They don’t talk about Simple Machines Records.

    references

    • You're only 16, Joey, you don't have a rep yet.
    • Dr. Jared Cooney Horvath on How Screen Time Hurts Kids' Cognitive Development
    • Osmosis Jones
    • Deutsche Welle: Back to basics: Sweden aims to de-digitalize youth
    • Taqi ad-Din Muhammad ibn Ma'ruf
    • Did a turkish man invent a steam engine 200 years before the industrial revolution and only made it to spin doner kebab?

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    25 mins
  • 344! Relationshipping
    Mar 23 2026

    What fictional characters should we be shipping today?

    This week, Aaron and Jess talk about soap, fan fiction, Back to the Future, ensemble shows, reading the book vs. seeing the movie, and reimagined universes. They don’t talk about Such Great Heights.

    references

    • Spirk
    • The Traitors
    • Who Framed Roger Rabbit
    • Kate McKinnon Gets Weird While Eating Spicy Wings | Hot Ones
    • The New York Times: Why an A.I. Video of Tom Cruise Battling Brad Pitt Spooked Hollywood
    • Kenny G
    • God of War: Sons of Sparta

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    37 mins
  • 343! I Love You
    Mar 9 2026

    Who can I say "I love you" to?

    This week, Jess and Joey talk about expressions of love, social and gender dynamics, rejection, promiscuous love giving, monoliths, and Bad Bunny. They don’t talk about the Pixies or Deee-Lite.

    references

    • Eight Types of Love in Greek Philosophy
    • Taj Mahal

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    22 mins
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