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Overthinking It Podcast

Overthinking It subjects the popular culture to a level of scrutiny it probably doesn’t deserve.

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Episode 624: Justice! At The Disco Jun 15, 2020

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Peter Fenzel, Mark Lee, and Matthew Wrather return their focus pop culture, examining the structure and function of protest music through the years. How do the intrinsic and instrumental protests relate? How does an “I” become a “we”? Who are “we” anyway, and what are we not going to take? What, in short, is going on?

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Episode 624: Justice! At The Disco 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 623: Motörhead Mindfulness Jun 08, 2020

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Mark Lee and Matt Wrather encourage you to take care of yourself during stressful times, and have some suggested ways you can provide, and think about, your own self-care.

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Episode 623: Motörhead Mindfulness 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 622: Write Long Letters, Think Long Thoughts, and Pray Long Prayers Jun 01, 2020

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Peter Fenzel, Mark Lee, and Matthew Wrather read Martin Luther King Jr.’s “Letter from a Birmingham Jail.”

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“Letter from a Birmingham Jail” (full text)

Episode 622: Write Long Letters, Think Long Thoughts, and Pray Long Prayers 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 621: The Trip Cinematic Universe May 25, 2020

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Peter Fenzel, Mark Lee, and Matthew Wrather discuss the latest installment of The Trip, directed by Michael Winterbottom and starring Steve Coogan and Rob Brydon. This installment takes the frenemies to Greece, retracing the steps (oar-strokes?) of Odysseus, and addresses history, mortality, and masculinity. Fair warning: It’s a lot.

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“As Not Seen on TV” from the New York Times

Episode 621: The Trip Cinematic Universe 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 620: Why Don’t You Put the Bloodhound in a Little Sherlock Holmes Hat? May 18, 2020

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Peter Fenzel, Mark Lee, and Matthew Wrather pay tribute to the great Fred Willard (c1930s—2020) by overthinking and appreciating him in Best in Show, the Christopher Guest mockumentary about dogs and their people.

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Episode 620: Why Don’t You Put the Bloodhound in a Little Sherlock Holmes Hat? 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 619: Wrestling in Silence May 11, 2020

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Peter Fenzel, Mark Lee, and Matthew Wrather gather virtually to overthink gathering in person. We talk about theater, wrestling, comedy and music, and wonder what it would take to create a virtual experience that is as satisfying as the real thing.

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“Baumol’s Cost Disease” from Wikipedia

Episode 619: Wrestling in Silence 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 618: I Feel Personally Attacked by This Dataset May 04, 2020

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Matthew Belinkie, Peter Fenzel, Mark Lee, and Matthew Wrather test their knowledge of pop music decade-by-decade, and ovethink what accounts for the gaps.

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“Identifying Generational Gaps in Music” from The Pudding
’79–’83 from The Hood Internet

Episode 618: I Feel Personally Attacked by This Dataset 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 617: Strivers, Sycophants, and Nincompoops Apr 27, 2020

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Ben Adams, Mark Lee, and Matthew Wrather, spurred by (a lack of?) news out of North Korea and autocracies everywhere, overthink The Death of Stalin, Armando Iannucci’s comedy about the days before and after the dictator’s death.

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DPRK News Service on Twitter
“Bailey Building and Loan vs. Macy’s Incorporated” from Overthinking It

Episode 617: Strivers, Sycophants, and Nincompoops 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 616: The Brotherhood of the Traveling Pants Apr 20, 2020

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Peter Fenzel, Mark Lee, and Matthew Wrather overthink Pixar’s Onward, newly released on Disney+. OK, so. Ian is a Lightfoot and Barley is a Stout and the disembodied pants are a Ghostwise. But if Ian is a sorcerer and Laurel is a fighter and Colt is a paladin… what is Barley?

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Episode 616: The Brotherhood of the Traveling Pants 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 615: His Knife Wasn’t Out Enough Apr 13, 2020

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Ben Adams, Peter Fenzel, Mark Lee, and Matthew Wrather gather in the conservatory to solve the mystery of overthinking Knives Out, the florid, atmospheric, and political whodunnit from Rian Johnson.

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Episode 615: His Knife Wasn’t Out Enough 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)]

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