218! Pop Music Solos

Bonus episode: A takeover! Kristy shares a recent edition from SYLVAIN’s Progress Report newsletter: The State of Youth: A New Paradigm for Growing Up, written by Chief Strategy Officer Chris Konya.For more from SYLVAIN's Progress Report, see progressbysylvain.co.

What's the best way to unlock a sense of financial security in all of us? This week, Aaron, Joey, and Jess talk about voting, the economy, financial insecurity, the post-scarcity world, unequal distribution, and intergenerational trauma. They don’t talk about A$AP Rocky. references Werewolf Bar Mitzvah The Ballad of the Witches' Road (Agatha Through Time Version) Pascal's wager Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs Financial Independence, Retire Early (FIRE): How It Works r/Fire Run's House 

What happens when your mind changes? This week, Joey and Jess talk about nuclear power, Three Mile Island, solar power, the Overton window, abortion, and tokamaks. They don’t talk about Eddie Kendricks. references Hemingway on bankruptcy The Three Mile Island accident Overton window Tokamaks 

What do we do about power distance? This week, Joey and Jess talk about organizational hierarchy, Geert Hofstede, authoratative leadership, omakase, decision-making, and Mr. Oizo. They don’t talk about Flat Stanley. references IF This is 40 Mark Menjívar's "Refrigerators" Geert Hofstede's 6-D model of national culture Mr. Oizo's "Flat Beat" Mr. Oizo aka Quentin Dupieux 

How many things are we surrounded by that have use cases that we're not thinking about? This week, Joey and Jess talk about Ozempic, Cialis, blockchain, invention, solar panels, and pessimism vs. optimism. They don’t talk about chainsaws. references Semaglutide (Ozempic) Tadalafil (Cialis) 

How do you do spontaneous brilliance? This week, Aaron, Joey, and Jess talk about pressure, boredom and safety, theatre, peopling, jewelry making, and Quiplash. They don’t talk about combustion. references "Orinoco Flow" by Enya Quiplash Athena Podcast: Inside of You with Michael Rosenbaum: PATTON OSWALT: Refusing to Settle, The Issue for Comedians Today & Emotions Reconciling Loss "Streest of Philadelphia" by Bruce Springsteen 

Can we learn about coming up with creative ideas from bikes today? This week, Jess and Joey talk about bike infrastructure, dad wagons, folding bikes, stacked bikes, e-bikes, and mobility mixes. Oddly, they don’t talk about Bike Kill. references The Science of Cycology: can you draw a bicycle? Penny-farthing Tall bike Brompton Velocipede The Asahi Shimbun: High school kids build Edo Period tricycle out of home center buys Rack City, bitch The New York Times: The Hustlers Who Make $6,000 a Month by Gaming Citi Bikes Red Panda Rascal Rides: 10 Best Family Cargo Bikes For Hauling Your Kids 

How do we know if we're doing the right thing for potentially the wrong reasons? This week, Joey and Jess talk about The Anxious Generation, social media, polio, experimentation, modes, rodents, and sesame paste. They don’t talk about Yusei Kikuchi. references The Anxious Generation: How the Great Rewiring of Childhood Is Causing an Epidemic of Mental Illness by Jonathan Haidt Hank Green on X How to Bake Pi: An Edible Exploration of the Mathematics of Mathematics by Eugenia Cheng The Ezra Klein Show podcast: On Children, Meaning, Media and Psychedelics The New Yorker How CoComelon Captures Our Children’s Attention Corrections Department: Colloid 

What is your comfort level with abstraction? This week, Jess and Joey talk about math, the transitive property, cookbooks, slang, strange attractors and chameleons. They don’t talk about cake math. references How to Bake Pi: An Edible Exploration of the Mathematics of Mathematics by Eugenia Cheng Transitive Property The Langlands Program: The Biggest Project in Modern Mathematics Look Around You 

What can jazz teach us about making stuff together? This week, Aaron and Jess talk about mistakes, improvisation, leadership, asking questions, saltine crackers, and Tori Amos. They don’t talk about girls that eat pizza but never gain weight. references Amelia Bedelia Marc Mommaas and the New York Jazz Workshop Corrections Department: Miles Davis, not John Coltrane, was the one who didn't fear mistakes.. (Trane was a perfectionist). Corrections Department: Count Basie, not Cab Calloway Hidden Brain Podcast: You 2.0: Taking Control of Your Time Revisiting Critical Nonsense 211!: Question Asking Tori Amos "Silent All These Years" Deathloop