Episodes 100
Avg. Duration 30m
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Apple Rating 5.0 (43)
Since Apr 2024
Latest Episode May 2026

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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.

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351! Trusting Our Instincts

May 26, 2026 26m

How do you identify with your instincts? This week, Joey and Jess talk about storking, gut instincts, the Ship of Theseus, entity, background signal processing, and birds. They don’t talk about…

350! Summer of Sillies

May 20, 2026 28m

What are you looking forward to during the new summer of Silliness? This week, Aaron, Joey, and Jess talk about Scary Movie 6, Street Fighter, existential dread, edge lords, Dave Chappelle, and 702.…

349! What's So Important?

May 07, 2026 21m

What happens when something you liked becomes Important? This week, Joey and Jess talk about "Mr. Brightside", Nirvana, Adam Duritz, Owl City, and ennui. They don’t talk about Keisha…

348! Zombies

Apr 28, 2026 33m

What happens if the Internet dies? This week, Joey, Jess, and Aaron talk about One Internet, Poob, attribution, destinations, AI Porn, and knowlege creation. They don’t talk about Fela…

347! Making People Laugh

Apr 20, 2026 27m

When was the last time you felt destabilized in a safe environment? This week, Joey and Jess talk about dad jokes, child entertainment strategies, comedy, silliness support, two-legged stools, and…

346! Hating the Player

Apr 13, 2026 40m

When is it okay to hate the player, not the game? This week, Jess and Aaron talk about The Traitors, Chevy Chase, Kobe Bryant, villainy, Timothée Chalamet, and Omarosa vs. New York. They don’t talk…

345! How We Learn

Mar 31, 2026 25m

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…

344! Relationshipping

Mar 23, 2026 37m

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…

343! I Love You

Mar 09, 2026 22m

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…

342! Wild Prognostications 2026!

Mar 02, 2026 39m

What's to come in 2026? This week, Wild Prognostications returns! Jess, Aaron, and Joey make their predictions for the new year, discussing privacy as luxury [3:28], the romance resurgence [4:28],…

341! What You Doing?

Feb 24, 2026 42m

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…

340! Actuallys

Feb 09, 2026 25m

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…

339! Medical Experiments

Feb 02, 2026 25m

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.…

338! Short-Form Video

Jan 13, 2026 29m

Why do we keep using short-form video? This week, Joey and Jess talk about dopamine culture, friction, flow state, floating, smoking, and green juice. They don’t talk about…

337! Dressing Up

Jan 05, 2026 28m

How do you dress for success? This week, Aaron and Joey talk about fashion plates, professionalism, drag, archetyping, navigating differences, and respect. They don’t talk about…

336! 2025 Wild Prognostications: A Year in Review!

Dec 29, 2025 1h 8m

This week, Aaron, Jess and Joey revisit their 2025 prognogs from Episode 296. They talk about the micro social media surge, cynicism, platform madness, informed styling, blockbusters, weaponized…

335! Giving a Fart

Dec 15, 2025 38m

What does your Zero Farts Land future look like? This week, Aaron, Joey, and Jess talk about fucks. And farts. references Empire: Jamie Lee Curtis Is Done Compromising – And She’s Not Slowing…

334! How to Strategy

Dec 03, 2025 34m

How do you strategy? This week, Aaron and Joey talk about Elliott Kalan, the School of Let's Figure It Out, emotional distance from work, working in teams, meandering, and strategy that bleeds. They…

333! Hanlon’s Razor

Nov 24, 2025 35m

Why do we expect the worst? This week, Aaron and Jess talk about simple solutions, Karen moments, assuming malice, Thanos, Falkland's Law, and lemmings. They don’t talk about the famous former power…

332! Remembering Important Details

Nov 11, 2025 25m

How has technology made us less sure of ourselves? This week, Jess and Joey talk about technological change, Christmas cards, scraping, phone numbers, friendships, and FaceTime. They don’t talk about…

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