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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 514: Tony Stark Does Not Do Incognito Mode May 07, 2018

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Matt Belinkie, Pete Fenzel, and Mark Lee continue the discussion of Avengers: Infinity War, with deep dives on Hulk, Tony Stark, Drax, and the secret to Marvel’s success.

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Episode 514: Tony Stark Does Not Do Incognito Mode 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 513: Earth’s Mightiest Overthinkers Apr 30, 2018

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Overthinkers Matt Belinkie and and Josh McNeil as well as special guests Shiyan, Hannah Foell, and Ben Krinsky join Pete Fenzel and Matthew Wrather to talk Avengers: Infinity War.

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Episode 513: Earth’s Mightiest Overthinkers 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)]

The Star of Bethlehem — Episode 512: Man-on-Bambi Violence Apr 23, 2018
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Peter Fenzel, Mark Lee, and Matthew Wrather are prompted by recent experiences with Iron Man and Ready Player One to take another look at The Iron Giant.

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IMDb

Wikipedia

The Star of Bethlehem (click to enlarge)

Episode 512: Man-on-Bambi Violence 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 511: I Love Dogs Apr 16, 2018

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Peter Fenzel and Mark Lee overthink Wes Anderson’s latest film, Isle of Dogs, and how it tackles issues of cultural appropriation, translation, and masculinity.

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What Isle of Dogs Gets Right About Japan
Onigashima, the Demon Island from Momotaro
“Jurassic Bark,” aka the Futurama episode with the dog
Overthinking It articles on Mister Miyagi: criticism and defense
Momotarō (Japanese folk hero)

Overthinking Eurovision

Episode 511: I Love Dogs 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)]

Vicki, the robot girl from Small Wonder, has a lightbulb in her mouth. — Episode 510: The Frozen Lake of Ice at the Bottom of All the Reboots Apr 09, 2018
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Peter Fenzel, Mark Lee, and Matthew Wrather are led by last week’s discussion of Ready Player One and a stray question about Magic: The Gathering to overthink nostalgia, the value of reboots, and whether an exhausted culture might eventually stop making them.

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Man vs. Bird

Paw Paws

Thundarr the Barbarian

List of Works produced by Hanna-Barbara Productions

Small Wonder (30th Anniversary Retro)

That’s not disturbing at all. (click to enlarge)

Episode 510: The Frozen Lake of Ice at the Bottom of All the Reboots 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 509: Consider Yourself a Hero Apr 02, 2018

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Peter Fenzel, Mark Lee, and Matthew Wrather overthink Ready Player One, the different natures of the book and the movie, and the meaning of nostalgia.

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Further Reading

Ready Player One
Cullen Crisp and Eleanor Crisp from Kindergarten Cop
Nostalgia from the Online Etymology Dictionary

Episode 509: Consider Yourself a Hero 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 508: Political Tentpole Mar 26, 2018

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Peter Fenzel, Mark Lee, and Matthew Wrather consider the taxonomy of parades: protest, carnival, St. Patrick’s, Greek street festival.

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Episode 508: Political Tentpole 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 507: Geometry Mar 19, 2018

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Peter Fenzel goes Maple Sugaring, and he, Mark Lee, and Matt Wrather are led to consider trees as a discursive object. Are trees beings? Are trees a being? Are there poems as lovely as them?

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“Mayflies” by Richard Wilbur
The Giving Tree by Shel Silverstein
“Trees” by Joyce Kilmber

Episode 507: Geometry 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 506: The Huey Lewisean Power of Love Mar 12, 2018
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Peter Fenzel, Mark Lee, and Matthew Wrather gather like Mmes. Whatsit, Who, and Which to overthink Disney’s A Wrinkle in Time.

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Episode 506: The Huey Lewisean Power of Love 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 505: A Buddhist Excellence of Sex Spying Mar 05, 2018

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Peter Fenzel, Mark Lee, and Matthew Wrather partake in a garden of earthly delights and a lurid spectacle of flesh. One is the new film Red Sparrow starring Jennifer Lawrence, the other is the Cadillac CT6 Luxury Sedan.

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Red Sparrow: Movie, Novel
Cadillac CT6

Episode 505: A Buddhist Excellence of Sex Spying 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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