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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 2025 Critical Nonsense Philosophy Social Sciences
Episodes
  • 313! No-Phone Zones

    313! No-Phone Zones
    Jun 17 2025

    How do you feel about no-phone zones?

    This week, Joey and Aaron talk about AI, parenting, over-responsibility, constant access, bluetooth speakers, and biking while texting. They don’t talk about Nowadays.

    references

    • Rabbit r1 AI agent
    • The Humane AI Pin
    • The Gentleman's Guide to Vice and Virtue by Mackenzi Lee
    • The Last Sun by K. D. Edwards
    • The Bobiverse
    • The Traitors
    • Quad Press Release: "81% of Gen Z report wishing it was easier to disconnect from digital devices"

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    22 mins
  • 312! Creating With Friends

    312! Creating With Friends
    Jun 9 2025

    Do we need to create more with friends?

    This week, Joey and Jess talk about consuming, the value cycle, parallel play, time horizons, water-based cooking, and Ciabatta. They don’t talk about Real Genius.

    references

    • Superstar
    • "My grand theory of life is to just hammer the shit out of quadrant 4"
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    28 mins
  • 311! Bravery

    311! Bravery
    Jun 2 2025

    How do we muster the courage?

    This week, Jess and Joey talk about fear, Inside Out 2, Andor, The Mandalorian, stoking action, and antidotes. They don’t talk about booze.

    references

    • I can run the world from my mama's house.
    • The New York Times: A.G. Sulzberger: A Free People Need a Free Press

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    21 mins
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