Overthinking It Podcast

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Episode 814: Mission Impossible: Into Darkness Feb 05, 2024

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Peter Fenzel, Mark Lee, and Matthew Wrather overthink Mission: Impossible — Dead Reckoning (Part One), the interminably named latest entry in the M:I franchise, now available on streaming. They discuss the metaphor of dead reckoning and how it applies to the characters in the film, and lament that the evil A.I. is really underdeveloped as a character.

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Bluey Episodes Discussed:

Season 2, Episode 24: Flat Pack
Season 2, Episode 26: Sleepytime
Season 2, Episode 50: Baby Race
Season 3, Episode 41: Stickbird

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Episode 811: Stickbird is Goose 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)]

Episode 810: Sincerity is My Bit Jan 08, 2024

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Peter Fenzel and Matthew Wrather overthink an article about “the bit.” They discuss what constitutes a “bit,” and why it’s probably a bad idea to make it the basis of your whole social presentation.

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Peter Fenzel, Mark Lee, and Matthew Wrather tie a bow on 2023 by revisiting a couple of movies and TV shows they haven’t been able to devote a full podcast to. For Mark, it’s the Barbenheimer phenomenon, a marketing miracle whose like we shall not soon see again; for Pete, the Korean reality competition Physical 100, which is the real Squid Game game show, and not just because it’s streaming on Netflix; and for Matt, Poker Face, an anthology of lovingly-crafted mini-movies featuring the creative talents of Rian Johnson and Natasha Lyonne.

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Episode 809: It’s Tough to End a Squid Game 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)]

Episode 808: Bradley Cooper’s WandaVision Dec 25, 2023

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Peter Fenzel, Mark Lee, and Matthew Wrather are joined by Jordan Stokes to overthink Maestro, Bradley Cooper’s impressionistic biopic of Leonard Bernstein and his complicated life, career, and marriage. They discuss the proper pronunciation of Bernstein, the man’s idiosyncratic place in classical music as a conductor and a composer, the film’s episodic style and narrative technique, and the film’s ambivalent message about art, creativity, and family.

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Episode 808: Bradley Cooper’s WandaVision 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)]

Episode 807: A Wise Man, Eh? Dec 18, 2023

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Peter Fenzel, Mark Lee, and Matthew Wrather partake in our Christmas tradition of overthinking a literary work. This year it’s O. Henry’s short story The Gift of the Magi. The story is great fun (as long as you don’t get the version published by the U.S. State Department), and they discuss themes of gift giving, connections to the biblical magi, and the ultimate question: isn’t it ironic? Don’t you think?