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Overthinking It PodcastEpisode 667: Is George Clooney Really Batman?Support Overthinking It by becoming a member for $5/month!
Peter Fenzel and Matt Wrather have spent literally hundreds of episodes overthinking different movies and TV shows, but have never really turned the overthinking on acting itself. So they try. But what’s their motivation?
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2021-04-1200 minOverthinking It PodcastEpisode 594: The Wasabi ConjectureSupport Overthinking It by becoming a member for $5/month!
Peter Fenzel, Mark Lee, and Matthew Wrather try to answer a question about the nature of the good, untangle necessary vs contingent phenomenon, and figure out what even is Overthinking It, vis-a-vis a discussion of cumin.
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2019-11-1800 minOverthinking It PodcastEpisode 591: Pre-recorded from the Internet, It’s Overthinking ItSupport Overthinking It by becoming a member for $5/month!
Peter Fenzel, Mark Lee, and Matthew Wrather stay up late to watch some sketches from this season of Saturday Night Live. Just kidding, they stream individual sketches before performing a cold open, a couple segments, and a musical guest.
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2019-10-2800 minOverthinking It PodcastQuestion of the Week 475: Favorite WesternsIn recent months, the Question of the Week has been a bonus audio podcast available to Overthinking It Members at the “Well Actually” level and higher in the Digital Library. We’re happy to share it with all podcast listeners this week, and hope you will support Overthinking It by becoming a member today!
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2017-08-0700 minOverthinking It PodcastEpisode 420: Ghostbusters: Lean In to the Proton PackRachel D, Peter Fenzel, Mark Lee, Ryan Sheely, and Matthew Wrather start a scrappy small business to self-actualize and provide mutual support while, by the way, busting the ghosts of the patriarchy as they overthink the 2016 Ghostbusters remake.
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2016-07-1800 minOverthinking It PodcastEpisode 419: Pokemon: The War of All against AllMatthew Belinkie, Peter Fenzel, Mark Lee, and Matthew Wrather gather to overthink the various celebratory and dystopian discourses (drink) around Pokemon Go, touching briefly on whether their pets have had a secret life.
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2016-07-1100 minOverthinking It PodcastEpisode 418: Independence Day: Spoilers for NonsensePeter Fenzel, Mark Lee, and Matthew Wrather consider American Independence day in pop culture before training their plasma weapons on Independence Day Resurgence, which has none of the charm, thrill, or scientific rigor of its predecessor.
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2016-07-0400 minOverthinking It PodcastEpisode 417: Brentrance, or BrintrusionPeter Fenzel and Matthew Wrather look forward with great anticipation to the coming of Independence Day: Resurgence, and move on to consider what cosmopolitan Britishness has meant in the popular culture, focusing mostly on James Bond and Action Man, and the disjunction between outsiders’ and insiders’ view of a national identity.
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2016-06-2700 minOverthinking It PodcastEpisode 416: Animating the OctopusPeter Fenzel and Matthew Wrather discuss Epic Showdowns, from the NBA finals to Game of Thrones‘s Battle of the Bastards to Brexit to Bewitched vs. I Dream of Jeannie, and discuss cultural appropriation, Pixar’s Finding Dory, the fallibility of memory, aging, why people think funereal birthday cards are funny, and the idea of a November Rain-ian construct.
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2016-06-2000 minOverthinking It PodcastEpisode 415: Hamilton Doesn’t ScaleBen Adams, Mark Lee, and Matthew Wrather talk about what it means for a musical like Hamilton to be a “mass” cultural phenomenon, about the high price of tickets to the show, and about the story, lyrics, and message of this newest American musical theater phenomenon.
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2016-06-1300 minOverthinking It PodcastEpisode 414: Turtle Body PositivityPeter Fenzel, Richard Rosenbaum, and Matthew Wrather talk about how to make an adult children’s film, about embracing the absurd, why Meghan Fox’s performance is surprisingly good, and why less Krang is more Krang.
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2016-06-0600 minOverthinking It PodcastEpisode 413: X-ellence in X-MenningPeter Fenzel, Mark Lee, Ryan Sheely, and special guest Geoff Ross overthink the latest entry in the X-Men franchise, X-Men: Apocalypse.
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2016-05-3000 minOverthinking It PodcastEpisode 412: If I Wanna Get On The Bus, I Can Get On The BusPete Fenzel, Mark Lee, and Matt Wrather discuss the qualities of intimacy and charm that make the Happiest Chewbacca video compelling, and delve deep into some #firstworldproblems around travel by air, train, bus, and car.
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2016-05-2300 minOverthinking It PodcastEpisode 411: Potemkin Sausage FactoryWe discuss some of the stranger aspects of a contest that tended more toward pop homogeneity in 2016, the arcane voting system, why some live performances have better production than others, and then attempt to arrive at an explanation of why we love some reality competition shows… and can’t stand others.
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2016-05-1600 minOverthinking It PodcastEpisode 410: Audit The Avengers!We discuss the bizarre structure of the film, with two movie stuck together; structures of trans-national governance; the difference between supervision and oversight; how effective regulation of The Avengers might work; the talking vs. the action; and we pay special attention to Spiderman, Scarlet Witch, and Black Panther.
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2016-05-0900 minOverthinking It PodcastEpisode 409: Full On Point Break Terminal Velocity Maximum OverdriveIn this episode, noted commentators Fenzel & Wrather take on the work of noted comedians Key & Peele, in a conversation about race, masculinity, code-switching, and whether we should just let popcorn movies be popcorn movies. (Spoiler alert: hell no!) We also weigh in on who should cover Prince.
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2016-05-0200 minOverthinking It PodcastEpisode 408: Boldly Going, and So ForthIn this episode, Peter Fenzel, Mark Lee, and Matthew Wrather are joined by author Manu Saadia, fulfilling his dream of appearing on Overthinking It, to remember Prince and talk economics in the Star Trek universe.
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Manu Saadia is the author of Trekonomics, which analyzes the economic system in the world of Star Trek.
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2016-04-2500 minOverthinking It PodcastEpisode 407: Are You There, Matt? It’s Me, Netflix.In this episode, Peter Fenzel, Mark Lee, and Matthew Wrather give some business advice to the Walt Disney company, save The Jungle Book from its own bad headline puns, and talk character, camp, viewer education, and, yes, donkey effing while considering Season 2 of Tina Fey’s The Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt, now out on Netflix.
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2016-04-1800 minOverthinking It PodcastEpisode 406: WillennialsIn this episode, Peter Fenzel and Matthew Wrather give the Next Generation award.
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2016-04-1100 minOverthinking It PodcastEpisode 405: A Compliment that Felt Like a WoundOnce the podcast is done, Matt Wrather puts a post in the CMS about what the group of him, Peter Fenzel, and Mark Lee discussed on the podcast.
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2016-04-0400 minOverthinking It PodcastEpisode 404: Lex Luthor Presents Mary Shelley’s BlackwaterBen Adams, Peter Fenzel, Mark Lee, and Matthew Wrather gather to overthink Batman v. Superman: Dawn of Justice, directed by Zack Snyder’s and starring Ben Affleck and Henry Cavill. It’s Warner Bros.’s opening salvo in the DC Cinematic universe, sure to grind joylessly forward in a dutiful blue-tinged miasma of confused storytelling, half-drawn characters, and contradictory philosophizing. Our take is not as bad as some of what you’ve heard out there.
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2016-03-2800 minOverthinking It PodcastEpisode 403: I Will Block And UnfriendPeter Fenzel, Mark Lee, and Matthew Wrather gather to overthink the social implications of the verdict against Gawker in the Hulk Hogan sex tape trial, the role of aggregation vs. curation in news publishing, the omnipresence of surveillance technology in our lives, how the culture metabolizes its own circumstances to narrativize social change, the B+ student’s version of Rawls’s veil of ignorance, and the increasingly permeable barrier between public and private.
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2016-03-2100 minOverthinking It PodcastEpisode 402: The Product and Its Effect on the Floor or on Your ButtPeter Fenzel, Mark Lee and Matthew Wrather overthink the phenomenon of the modern movie trailer by looking at recent examples for “Captain America: Civil War” and “Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice.” We also share a little derision—or is it admiration?—for the Nickelodeon Kids’ Choice awards.
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2016-03-1400 minOverthinking It PodcastEpisode 401: Stop Shaming the BunnyPeter Fenzel, Mark Lee and Matthew Wrather are joined by guest Arjun Gupta to overthink Zootopia, Disney’s new animated film about animal racism.
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Our guest Arjun Gupta calls himself a “Storyteller and a Service Member.” As an actor, he currently appears on the SyFy show Magicians, and you may have seen him on How to Get Away with Murder and Nurse Jackie. His own podcast, American Desis, which Arjun hosts alongside comedian Akaash Singh, is geared to discovering what it means to be a Sou...
2016-03-0700 minOverthinking It PodcastEpisode 400: Part of the Problem is That You Didn’t Invite Vin DieselPeter Fenzel, Mark Lee and Matthew Wrather overthink the 88th Academy Awards, hosted by Chris Rock.
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2016-02-2900 minOverthinking It PodcastEpisode 399: Selena Gomez Gets PedanticPeter Fenzel, Mark Lee and Matthew Wrather overthink the books they actually might have liked reading in High School, and preview the eight nominees for Best Picture in the 2016 Oscars. We are not sure that a policy of compulsory reverence is the best way to get people to actually revere art.
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2016-02-2200 minOverthinking It PodcastEpisode 398: Deadpool: Superhero Joint CustodyPeter Fenzel, Ryan Sheely and Matthew Wrather overthink the new Deadpool movie starring Ryan Reynolds.
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2016-02-1500 minOverthinking It PodcastEpisode 397: Hardcore NormalRachel D, Peter Fenzel, Ryan Sheely and Matthew Wrather overthink the ads and halftime performances of Super Bowl L.
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2016-02-0800 minOverthinking It PodcastEpisode 396: Tell Me More, Tell Me MorePeter Fenzel and Matthew Wrather overthink Idris Elba’s future roles, the cultural problems Grease Live will have to surmount, the balance of good and bad things in Louis C.K.’s new show Horace and Pete, and launch the Nicholas Sparks challenge to promote Overthinking It Memberships.
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2016-02-0100 minOverthinking It PodcastEpisode 395: The Human Condition as it Exists on the InternetPeter Fenzel, Mark Lee, and Matthew Wrather overthink the best and worst of human nature on Twitter, wonder what really motivates our action online, and launch Overthinking It Meberships to our podcast listeners.
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2016-01-2500 minOverthinking It PodcastEpisode 394: I Was a Big Fan of My WorkPeter Fenzel, Mark Lee, John Perich, and Matthew Wrather discuss why they are boycotting the Oscars, and for what reason, before discussing mortality, identity, and liberal education in connection with the passing of David Bowie and Alan Rickman.
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2016-01-1800 minOverthinking It PodcastEpisode 393 with Jonathan Kite: Be the Thing that You Claim to BePeter Fenzel, Mark Lee, and Matt Wrather talk with actor Jonathan Kite, well-known for playing Oleg on 2 Broke Girls, about sitcoms, stand-up, and the craft of acting.
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Our guest Overthinker Jonathan Kite is a classically-trained actor, stand-up comedian, and master impressionist. He is well-known the world over as “Oleg” on the CBS sitcom Two Broke Girls.
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2016-01-1100 minOverthinking It PodcastEpisode 392: Very Cowabunga, Somewhat CowabungaPeter Fenzel, Mark Lee, and Matt Wrather deploy the tools of management consulting to gauge the success of their New Year’s resolutions, as well as the success of the Rebellion, Resistance, Empire, and First Order in the Star Wars universe.
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2016-01-0400 minOverthinking It PodcastEpisode 391: Star Wars: A Child Is A Reboot of the Grittiest SortBen Adams, Matt Belinkie, Peter Fenzel, Mark Lee, Ryan Sheely, and Matt Wrather continue their discussion of Star Wars: The Force Awakens.
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2015-12-2800 minOverthinking It PodcastEpisode 390: Star Wars: The Millennial FalconBen Adams, Matt Belinkie, Peter Fenzel, Mark Lee, John Perich, Ryan Sheely, and Matt Wrather join to discuss Star Wars: The Force Awakens.
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2015-12-2100 minOverthinking It PodcastEpisode 389: I Find Your Lack of Tickets DisturbingMark Lee and Matthew Wrather pick up their instruments for a raucous sing-a-long and analysis of beloved Christmas songs.
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2015-12-1400 minOverthinking It PodcastEpisode 388: It’s Just You Guys Who Think that Comedy Doesn’t TravelPeter Fenzel, Mark Lee, and Matthew Wrather are joined by Josh Thomas of the TV Show Please Like Me to talk about producing a non-American TV show for an american audience.
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Josh Thomas is an Australian comedian, writer, actor, and creator of the show Please Like Me which airs in the US on the Pivot cable network.
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2015-12-0700 minOverthinking It PodcastEpisode 387: Creed: The Fresh Prince and the PauperRachel D, Peter Fenzel, Ryan Sheely, and Matthew Wrather join to overthink talk about “Creed.”
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2015-11-3000 minOverthinking It PodcastEpisode 386: Many Years Ago an Archer Was ForetoldPeter Fenzel, Mark Lee, and Matt Wrather overthink The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 2.
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The Overview: Star Wars Episodes IV, V, and VI
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2015-11-2300 minOverthinking It PodcastEpisode 385: The Golden Arches Means There Are Infinite HamburgersPeter Fenzel, Ryan Sheely, and Matt Wrather overthink artisanality and authenticity in our food, our social relations, and our popular entertainment.
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2015-11-1600 minOverthinking It PodcastEpisode 384: You’re 98% compatible BondPeter Fenzel, Ryan Sheely, and Matt Wrather overthink Spectre, the newest entry into the James Bond franchise, starring Daniel Craig..
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2015-11-0900 minOverthinking It PodcastEpisode 383: The Most Genuine FakePeter Fenzel, Mark Lee, Ryan Sheely, and Matt Wrather overthink their Halloween experiences using the tools of social science to analyze land use, urbanism, and counter-cultural authenticity.
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2015-11-0200 minOverthinking It PodcastEpisode 382: Getting to Bomb YouMark Lee, Jordan Stokes, and Matt Wrather overthink the legitimate stage and mark the release of the Star Wars trailer by sharing their favorite movie trailer memories.
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2015-10-2600 minOverthinking It PodcastEpisode 381: Marty McFly DayMatthew Belinkie, Pete Fenzel, and Mark Lee commemorate the 30th anniversary of the Nintendo Entertainment System and the Back to the Future milestone date of October 21, 2015.
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2015-10-1900 minOverthinking It PodcastEpisode 380: Postponing the Larger ReckoningBen Adams, Pete Fenzel, and Matthew Wrather discuss how TV stories are told in two- and three-episode arcs, and check in with Matthew Belinkie and Mark Lee about New York Comic Con 2015.
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2015-10-1200 minOverthinking It PodcastEpisode 379: The Space Program of the 50s, 60s, 70s…and TodayBen Adams, Pete Fenzel, Mark Lee, and Ryan Sheely tackle the science, politics, and music of the Ridley Scott movie The Martian.
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2015-10-0500 minOverthinking It PodcastEpisode 378: Like Kermit the Frog, He Seems Rife for Hot TakesMatthew Belinkie, Peter Fenzel, Mark Lee, and Matthew Wrather celebrate the 7th anniversary of the podcast by overthinking the Muppets, the Volkswagen scandal, and Pope Francis’s visit to the United States.
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2015-09-2800 minOverthinking It PodcastEpisode 377: A Vin Diesel Solution to a Whitey Bulger ProblemPeter Fenzel, Mark Lee, and Matthew Wrather overthink favorite villains from our childhood entertainment, the current state of “Peak Television,” and Black Mass, the Whitey Bulger biopic starring Johnny Depp.
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2015-09-2100 minOverthinking It PodcastEpisode 376: In Europe, Nothing is Just the BeginningPeter Fenzel, Mark Lee, and Matthew Wrather overthink Mark’s European vacation.
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The Overview: Scott Pilgrim vs. The World
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2015-09-1400 minOverthinking It PodcastEpisode 375: Because I Could Not Stop for Lunch, Lunch Kindly Stopped for MePeter Fenzel and Matthew Wrather join forces to overthink The Man From Uncle and great sandwiches in popular culture.
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2015-09-0700 minOverthinking It PodcastEpisode 374: Murder is Literature by Other MeansBen Adams, Matthew Belinkie, Peter Fenzel, and Matthew Wrather overthink horror film and the cinema of the late, great Wes Craven.
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2015-08-3100 minOverthinking It PodcastEpisode 373: We Didn’t Make That Myth into A Real ThingPeter Fenzel, Mark Lee, and Matthew Wrather overthink the cultural phenomenon of summer.
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2015-08-2400 minOverthinking It PodcastEpisode 372: Straight Outta Compton: A Story of the SaintsRachel D, Peter Fenzel, Ryan Sheely, and Matt Wrather are joined by special guest D. J. Bean to overthink Straight Outta Compton, the new film about Eazy-E, Ice Cube, Dr. Dre, and N.W.A.’s seminal album.
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2015-08-1700 minOverthinking It PodcastEpisode 371: Dream-Like Camp StateMatthew Belinkie, Rachel D, Ryan Sheely, and Matt Wrather overthink Wet Hot American Summer: First Day of Camp as well as reflect on sixteen years of the Daily Show.
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2015-08-1000 minOverthinking It PodcastEpisode 370: Mission Impossible: Trust but VerifyPete Fenzel and Matt Wrather join another of their insta-classic two-handers to discuss Mission Impossible: Rogue Nation, starring Tom Cruise, Simon Pegg, Ving Rhames, and Alec Baldwin. We also touch on Billy Corgan, what we want from celebrities, philosophical ethics, the trolley problem, and the passing of “Rowdy” Roddy Piper.
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2015-08-0300 minOverthinking It PodcastEpisode 366: You Drop This Acid, You Will Travel Through TimeBen Adams, Peter Fenzel, Mark Lee and Matthew Wrather overthink Terminator Genisys.
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2015-07-0600 minOverthinking It PodcastEpisode 365: Everything You Thought You Knew about the Author’s Intention Is Wrong, And What Happens Next Will Blow Your MindBen Adams, Mark Lee, and Matthew Wrather discuss recent Supreme Court decisions, why the law is like a TV Recap, and what Stanley Fish thinks about Aaron Sorkin.
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2015-06-2900 minOverthinking It PodcastEpisode 364: Inside Out: I Know Now Why You Cry, And I’m Going To Do ItPeter Fenzel, Ben Adams, and Mark Lee discuss Inside Out through the lens of Robert Plutchik’s psychoevolutionary theory of emotion and, what else, Terminator.
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2015-06-2200 minOverthinking It PodcastEpisode 362: L’Entourage, c’est moiBen Adams, Rachel D, Peter Fenzel, Ryan Sheely, and Matt Wrather overthink the film of Entourage, the bro-phobia or fatigue around its cultural reception, the problems of bro-ness, and what luxury means in the age of Uber.
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2015-06-0800 minOverthinking It PodcastEpisode 361: The Golden Age of Television is OverBen Adams, Ryan Sheely, and Matt Wrather overthink the demise of the Golden Age of television, discussing shows like Game of Thrones, Mad Men, and Bloodline.
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2015-06-0100 minOverthinking It PodcastEpisode 360: I’m Glad We Fixed the Drone ProblemPeter Fenzel and Mark Lee overthink nationalism at the Eurovision Song Contest and Simon Pegg’s controversial comments on geek culture.
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2015-05-2500 minOverthinking It PodcastEpisode 359: Mad Max: The Threat of Abrasion is Ever-PresentPeter Fenzel, Mark Lee, and Matthew Wrather overthink Mad Max: Fury Road, starring Tom Hardy and Charlize Theron
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2015-05-1800 minOverthinking It PodcastEpisode 357: The Broken Windows Theory of AvengingBen Adams, Peter Fenzel, Mark Lee, John Perich and Matthew Wrather assemble to overthink Avengers: Age of Ultron.
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2015-05-0400 minOverthinking It PodcastEpisode 356: Jump into The VortexPeter Fenzel and Matthew Wrather are joined by special guest Lenny Jacobson of Comedy Central’s Big Time in Hollywood, FL to discuss comedy, tragedy, talent, and making your family watch your childhood creation.
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2015-04-2700 minOverthinking It PodcastEpisode 354: Don Draper’s SeppukuPeter Fenzel, Mark Lee, John Perich, and Matthew Wrather overthink the start of the final half of the final season of Mad Men, the crisis of American Masculinity as epitomized in Jon Hamm and Vin Diesel, the folly of learning history from TV shows, and Hillary Clinton’s playlist for 2016.
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2015-04-1300 minOverthinking It PodcastEpisode 353: It’s Curious That It’s FuriousBen Adams, Peter Fenzel, and Matthew Wrather overthink Furious 7, starring Vin Diesel and Paul Walker.
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2015-04-0600 minOverthinking It PodcastEpisode 351: The Baggage and The GloryMatthew Belinkie, Peter Fenzel, and Matthew Wrather are joined by guest Eugene Kotlyarenko to discuss the filmmaking process, the relationship between artist and audience, and what makes someone watchable.
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2015-03-2300 minOverthinking It PodcastEpisode 350: Fashion Police BrutalityPeter Fenzel, Mark Lee, and Matthew Wrather overthink the hottest startups and apps out of SouthBy, Carcast Redux, the roast of Justin Bieber, and Kathy Griffin’s stand for kindness.
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2015-03-1600 minOverthinking It PodcastEpisode 349: The Best, Illest QuotesPeter Fenzel, Mark Lee, John Perich and Matthew Wrather overthink Kanye West at Oxford, Guy Fieri in the Grocery Store, and Harrison Ford at the controls of a plane.
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2015-03-0900 minOverthinking It PodcastEpisode 342: There Were No Pumpkin Spice Lattes in The Poor Theater of GrotowskiPeter Fenzel, Mark Lee, and Matthew Wrather discuss the long and storied history of Overthinking.
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2015-01-1900 minOverthinking It PodcastEpisode 339: Serial: Are You Allowed to be Entertained?Ben Adams, Peter Fenzel, Shana Mlawski, and Matthew Wrather overthink the end of the Overthinking Cowboy Bebop series and the ethics of storytelling in Serial and Into The Woods.
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2014-12-2900 minOverthinking It PodcastEpisode 334: As God Is My Witness, I’ll Never Go On the Hunger Games AgainPeter Fenzel, Mark Lee, and Matthew Wrather overthink The Hunger Games: Mockingjay, Part 1 starring Jennifer Lawrence.
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2014-11-2400 minOverthinking It PodcastEpisode 333: All About That TonsurePeter Fenzel, Mark Lee, and Matthew Wrather overthink the downside of Megan Trainor, the backside of Robert Pattinson, and the flipside of Taylor Swift and Spotify.
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2014-11-1700 minOverthinking It PodcastEpisode 332: My Watch Is Saying, “That’s The Best Thing about High School Girls”Matthew Belinkie, Peter Fenzel, Mark Lee, and Matthew Wrather are joined by special guest Zack Johnson of Kingdom of Loathing to overthink Christopher Nolan’s Interstellar, starring Matthew McConaughey.
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2014-11-1000 minOverthinking It PodcastEpisode 331: Ecce Homo: Paul Walker Floats in Slow MotionPeter Fenzel and Matthew Wrather overthink the Furious 7 trailer, and compare the instrumental value of the careers of Paul Walker and Eric Roberts.
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2014-11-0300 minOverthinking It PodcastEpisode 330: John Wick: “Cut us, do we not bleed? Wrong us, do we not revenge?”Ben Adams, Peter Fenzel, Mark Lee, and Jordan Stokes overthink board game movie adaptations and the Keanu Reeves revenge thriller John Wick.
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2014-10-2700 minOverthinking It PodcastEpisode 329: “You’re a loose cannon but you’re a dang good time lord.”Peter Fenzel, Mark Lee, and Matthew Wrather overthink their week in pop culture.
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2014-10-2000 minOverthinking It PodcastEpisode 328: Gossip GrootPeter Fenzel, Mark Lee, Shana Mlawski, and Matthew Wrather overthink New York Comic Con 2014.
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2014-10-1300 minOverthinking It PodcastEpisode 327: Saturday Morning: Has It Been Raptured, or Has It Been Left Behind?Peter Fenzel, Mark Lee, and Jordan Stokes overthink the Rapture in pop culture, the end of Saturday morning cartoons, and the role that sugary breakfast cereal played in their enjoyment.
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2014-10-0600 minOverthinking It PodcastEpisode 326: Becoming the Hater you HatePeter Fenzel, Mark Lee, and Matthew Wrather drink the haterade.
Overthinking It Podcast Episode 13, the beginning of our uninterrupted weekly run, was published 6 years ago today. “Crossing Sections off The Map”
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2014-09-2900 minOverthinking It PodcastEpisode 325: I Speak of The Booty That Is to Come after MeBen Adams, Peter Fenzel, Mark Lee, and Matthew Wrather overthink songs about booty, the changing of the seasons, and the fall TV lineup.
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2014-09-2200 minOverthinking It PodcastEpisode 324: Skeptical as a SchoolgirlPeter Fenzel, Mark Lee, and Matthew Wrather overthink Adulthood in popular culture, jumping off from A. O. Scott’s New York Times article.
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2014-09-1500 minOverthinking It PodcastEpisode 320: The Expendables 3: A Midsummer Night’s RailgunPete Fenzel and Matthew Wrather overthink The Expendables 3, the arc of the Expendables trilogy from self-serious to self-referential, and the role the Expendables Kidz play in the developing mythos. They also comment on the sad passing of Robin Williams and the reaction to news of his death.
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2014-08-1800 minOverthinking It PodcastEpisode 315: A Car That’s Full of Dreams and Not Actual Car PartsPete Fenzel, Mark Lee and Matt Wrather overthink the cultural experience of driving and buying cars.
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How do you say ballin’ in German?
“You won’t believe what happens when a dozen r...
2014-07-1400 minOverthinking It PodcastEpisode 312: Tom Cruise Deserves A WinMatthew Belinkie, Pete Fenzel, Mark Lee, and Matthew Wrather overthink the World Cup, Edge of Tomorrow (for real this time), and feeling sorry for Tom Cruise.
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2014-06-2300 minOverthinking It PodcastEpisode 309: Why is This Podcast Different from All Other Podcasts?Pete Fenzel, Mark Lee, Shana Mlawski and Matthew Wrather tackle Listener Feedback. Thanks to Mary, Bob, Agam, Daniel E & Fran, Robin, Logue, and Stephen DeBow!
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Dayenu on Wik...
2014-06-0200 minOverthinking It PodcastEpisode 303: You’re Not a Person If You Don’t Have a PersonalityMark Lee, Shana Mlawski, and Matt Wrather overthink Buzzfeed Quizzes, the problem(s) with the internet, and their favorite bears in popular culture.
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2014-04-2100 minOverthinking It PodcastEpisode 302: Nobody Friend-zones LeonardoPeter Fenzel, Mark Lee, Richard Rosenbaum, Jordan Stokes, and Matthew Wrather overthink the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Turtles Forever and Richard Rosenbaum’s book Raise Some Shell.
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2014-04-1400 minOverthinking It PodcastEpisode 300: One of the Finest Moments of My Adult LifeMatthew Belinkie, Peter Fenzel, Mark Lee, and Matthew Wrather count down the 10 best moments of 300 Overthinking It Podcasts with contributions from listeners who have heard them all.
Thank you so much to our “300 Club” listeners — Brian (Pasteur), Amanda, Joseph, Gab, Marc (Mezdef), Sean, and Andrew, and special thanks to Andrew for his 300-episode annotations.
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2014-03-3100 minOverthinking It PodcastEpisode 299: Turgid, OverlongPeter Fenzel, Mark Lee, Shana Mlawski and Matthew Wrather overthink Divergent — the novel by Veronica Roth and its film adaptation.
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2014-03-2400 minOverthinking It PodcastEpisode 287: There Only Had to Be One ScarfaceBen Adams, Matthew Belinkie, Peter Fenzel, and Matthew Wrather tackle The Wolf of Wall Street, the moral responsibility of movies, and the Greatest Dogecoin Heist of 2013.
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2013-12-3000 minOverthinking It PodcastEpisode 285: The Hobbit: You’re The Man Now, SmaugPeter Fenzel, Mark Lee, and Matthew Wrather overthink Peter Jackson’s The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug in an extra-long episode to fit with an extra-long movie.
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2013-12-1600 minOverthinking It PodcastPodcast Supplement: Popfixers #1, “Termination”We’re releasing the first episode of Overthinking It Popfixers as supplement to the Overthinking It Podcast! In this episode, Ben Adams, Matt Belinkie, and Mark Lee propose and debate their solutions to the Terminator invasion of Los Angeles, hosted by Pete Fenzel.
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2013-10-1800 minOverthinking It PodcastOverthinking It Book Club: Ender’s Game IntroductionBen Adams and Matthew Wrather kick off the Overthinking It Book Club with an introduction to Orson Scott Card’s Ender’s Game.
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The Overthinking It Book Club
The book club is an experiment to see if we, the worldwide community of overthinkers, can have as much fun looking at a work of literature as we have when we talk about movies, TV shows, and music. Beginning the week of September 23, we’re going to s...
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Overthinking It Book ClubOverthinking It Book Club: Ender’s Game IntroductionThe Overthinking It Book Club kicks off with a look at Ender’s Game.
Overthinking It Book Club: Ender’s Game Introduction originally appeared on Overthinking It, the site subjecting the popular culture to a level of scrutiny it probably doesn't deserve. [Latest Posts | Podcast (iTunes Link)]
2013-08-2106 minOverthinking It PodcastEpisode 268: There’s Always Event HorizonMatthew Belinkie, Peter Fenzel, Jordan Stokes, John Perich, and Matthew Wrather overthink your listener feedback.
This podcast is dedicated to the memory of John Hollander, a great teacher and scholar.
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Dr. John Hollander
As of last Saturday
(much for the worse)
can’t be described as the
metapreeminent
living exponent of
metrical verse.
—Jordan Stokes
Figgeldy Higgedly
Dr. John Hollander
Maitre of verse forms that
Others would poach,
Stirring with brilliance,
Est Quod Benedictus, the
Holl...
2013-08-1900 minOverthinking It PodcastEpisode 238: The Poor Man’s Liam NeesonMatthew Belinkie, Peter Fenzel, and Matthew Wrather overthink Arnold Schwarzenegger and The Last Stand and talk about comebacks, the meaning of the film, the importance of the international box office, and which action stars have—and haven’t—aged gracefully.
And they remind you to come to the Overthinking It Fifth Birthday Party, Saturday, January 26, in New York City.
This episode of the Overthinking It Podcast is dedicated to the memory of TC Cheever. Read his OTI guest article, “Just Say No to Wonka“.
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2013-01-2100 minOverthinking It PodcastEpisode 93: You Were the Man Once, DogMatthew Wrather hosts with Peter Fenzel, Mark Lee, and Josh McNeil for the first installment of their annual overthinking of Summer Movies, covering Clash of the Titans through The A-Team.
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2010-04-1200 minOverthinking It PodcastEpisode 92: It Was Originally WoofMatthew Wrather hosts with Natalie Baseman, Mark Lee, and Jordan Stokes to overthink listener feedback, including racial sensitivity, the Goofy Movie and the typology of cartoon dogs, the origin of anti-hipster sentiment, and scriptural elements and aesthetic considerations in Alice in Wonderland.
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2010-04-0500 minOverthinking It PodcastEpisode 88: Career Advice for Busta RhymesIn grand Overthinking It tradition, Matthew Wrather and Peter Fenzel cover the 2010 Oscars by barely talking about them, concentrating instead on the rapidly decentralizing media landscape, the counterproductive use of racial and gender distinctions (e.g., first woman “Best Director”), and career advice for Busta Rhymes.
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