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Cooler Heads

Cooler Heads

Written by: Jess and Johnny
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 Everything’s on fire — and everyone’s yelling. Hot takes. Bad faith. Outrage as a business model. But here’s the thing: when everyone’s losing their mind… keeping yours is a radical act. This is Cooler Heads — where we cut through the noise, torch the BS, and talk like adults. No panic. No propaganda. Just cooler heads prevailing.Jess and Johnny Social Sciences
Episodes
  • The Algorithm Made Me Do It

    The Algorithm Made Me Do It
    Jan 20 2026

    This week, we welcome another friend of the show, Ilya, for a wide-ranging conversation on the evergreen subject of AI. We explore the origins of thought and language, and how early, habitual engagement with AI may atrophy those human capacities. Along the way, we examine a recent case involving a young man in Pennsylvania who used ChatGPT as both therapist and pickup-artist coach—with predictably chaotic results.
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    1 hr and 2 mins
  • The Renee Good Shooting: What Happened in Minneapolis

    The Renee Good Shooting: What Happened in Minneapolis
    Jan 14 2026

    This week, friend of the show Evan Barker joins us to discuss the recent ICE-involved shooting of Renee Good in Minneapolis, and the subsequent fallout. Evan also fills us in on the details of her new book.


    Preorder Evan’s book here: “Nothing Left, Confessions of a Democratic Operative”
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    1 hr and 1 min
  • Looksmaxxing, God Help Us

    Looksmaxxing, God Help Us
    Jan 6 2026

    While America invades Venezuela, Johnny and Jess discuss looksmaxxing and one of its biggest proponents, an influencer named Clavicular. What’s the nature of beauty? Is Clavicular some modern result of our image-obsessed algorithm culture? Will the world still love us when we’re no longer young and beautiful?
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    1 hr and 2 mins
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