Overthinking It Podcast

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Episode 724: HeadSpike+ May 16, 2022

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Peter Fenzel, Mark Lee, and Matthew Wrather haven’t been to see the newest Marvel blockbuster, so they report back from their own corners of the multiverse to overthink what they’ve been doing. Pete is revisiting our industrial past; Mark is celebrating the return of the American musical but for people with short attention spans; and Matt is having an art film marathon.

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The Mystery of Indy’s Sub Ride Solved

Community Season 3 Episode 4: “Remedial Chaos Theory”

The Rick and Morty Multiverse

The New Yorker review of Everything Everywhere All At Once

Episode 723: Reality Breaks 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)]

Daniel in "The Karate Kid" is harassed on his bike by members of the Cobra Kai. — **Episode 722: When It’s Bad, It’s Awful. When It’s Good, It’s So Good.** May 02, 2022
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Peter Fenzel, Mark Lee, and Matthew Wrather use the occasion of Mark’s long bike ride through New York City to talk about their experiences of traveling on two wheels. It ends up in a discussion of the thorny topics around transportation policy, which is *always* where it ends up, amirite?!

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Larry Crowne, The 40 Year Old Virgin, and American Transportation Policy

Episode 722: When It’s Bad, It’s Awful. When It’s Good, It’s So Good. 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)]

Bruce Banner wears a bike helmet in "The Hulk" (2003), directed by Ang Lee. — **Episode 722: When It’s Bad, It’s Awful. When It’s Good, It’s So Good.** May 02, 2022
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Peter Fenzel, Mark Lee, and Matthew Wrather use the occasion of Mark’s long bike ride through New York City to talk about their experiences of traveling on two wheels. It ends up in a discussion of the thorny topics around transportation policy, which is *always* where it ends up, amirite?!

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Larry Crowne, The 40 Year Old Virgin, and American Transportation Policy

Episode 722: When It’s Bad, It’s Awful. When It’s Good, It’s So Good. 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 721: Must Have Been My Imagination. It’s Probably Just the Wind. Apr 25, 2022

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Peter Fenzel and Matthew Wrather consider the rotoscoped animations of Joel Haver, and take the opportunity to talk about how comedy operates dynamics or dialectics of expectation and discovery in order to arrive at a realization of…something.

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Joel Haver’s Animations

Matthew Belinkie, Peter Fenzel, and Mark Lee managed to get together this week and play Back 4 Blood together. They overthink the experience with Socratic interlocutor Matthew Wrather, thinking through aspects of game design and difficulty, the social barriers to bromance, and the intended or unintended externalities of conducting your social life online. Bottom line, remember “Zoom Happy Hours”? This was a lot better.

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Episode 717: What Would Being Good Even Be For? 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 716: Big Panda Energy Mar 21, 2022

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Matthew Belinkie, Peter Fenzel, and Matthew Wrather overthink Pixar’s new film Turning Red, a coming of age story about a Chinese-Canadian girl growing up in Toronto in 2002. They find in it echoes of the movies of their own childhoods, from Teen Wolf to Labrynth, and examine how the filmmakers rewrite the story for the modern viewer looking back at 2002.