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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 Philosophy Social Sciences
Episodes
  • 341! What You Doing?

    341! What You Doing?
    Feb 24 2026

    What you doing and what you sharing?

    This week, Aaron, Joey, and Jess talk about battle rap, knitting, crochet, LitRPG, world building, and not finishing. They don’t talk about Fraggle Rock.

    references

    • Dungeon Crawler Carl by Matt Dinniman
    • Another Dimension of Us by Mike Albo
    • Pretty Pretty Boys from The Hazard and Somerset Mysteries by Gregory Ashe
    • The Gentleman's Guide to Vice and Virtue by Mackenzi Lee
    • Critical Nonsense Bookclub
    • LitRPG
    • R. A. Salvatore
    • ACOTAR aka A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J. Maas

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    42 mins
  • 340! Actuallys

    340! Actuallys
    Feb 9 2026

    When is the right time to actually?

    This week, Joey and Jess talk about corrections, status, intent, virtue, asymmetric information, and confidence intervals. They don’t talk about Thomas Brodie-Sangster.

    references

    • Bear Grylls
    • Patroclus

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    26 mins
  • 339! Medical Experiments

    339! Medical Experiments
    Feb 2 2026

    How far would you be willing to go to experiment with your health?

    This week, Joey and Jess talk about peptides, biohacking, Silicon Valley libertarian culture, Bryan Johnson, exercise, and salt. They don’t talk about The Gelflings.

    references

    • Confirmations Department: Yes, Tears for Fears
    • Vectorculture: Not For Human Consumption
    • Peptide
    • Mounjaro
    • Wired: Bryan Johnson Is Going to Die
    • Food & Wine: Morton vs. Diamond Crystal Kosher Salt: What’s the Difference?
    • Solid Wiggles

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    25 mins
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