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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 233: Bilbo Has Diabetes Dec 17, 2012

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Peter Fenzel, Ben Adams, and Mark Lee overthink The Hobbit, the future of the Lord of the Rings franchise, Life of Pi, and SantaCon.

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Episode 233: Bilbo Has Diabetes 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 232: Are You Not Edged? Dec 10, 2012

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Peter Fenzel, Mark Lee, and Matthew Wrather overthink the avant-garde in art.

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Further Reading

Masscult and Midcult (PDF) by Dwight Macdonald
Avant Garde and Kitsch (1939) [pdf]
Upper Middle Brow by William Deresiewicz

Episode 232: Are You Not Edged? 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 231: They Did Go Hungry Again Dec 03, 2012

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Matthew Belinkie, Peter Fenzel, Mark Lee, Josh McNeil, and Matthew Wrather overthink Steven Spielberg’s Lincoln, starring Daniel Day Lewis.

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Rejected Titles for this episode

I’m Actually Not Completely Down with Bat Out Of Hell III
Big Political Meshugaas
Jesus And A Number of Other Pretty Good Politicians
One Argument I’ve Had a Lot with Random Strangers on The Internet for No Reason
Logan Shrugged
Best Achievement in Facial Hair
Boyfriend from Girls Was in This!

Episode 231: They Did Go Hungry Again 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 230: There’s Nothing New under The Hipster Cowboy Hat Nov 26, 2012

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Ben Adams, Peter Fenzel, Mark Lee, John Perich, and Matthew Wrather overthink How to Live Without Irony.

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Further Reading

Support Overthinking It when you shop at Amazon.com or
Amazon.co.uk.
How to Live Without Irony from the New York Times
The Hipster and The Hippocampus

Episode 230: There’s Nothing New under The Hipster Cowboy 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 229: For Certain Definitions of Vampire Nov 19, 2012

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Peter Fenzel and Matthew Wrather talk about Vampires, Werewolves, Zombies, and Twilight: Breaking Dawn 2. Special Thanks to Phil from Michigan for his email question.

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Episode 229: For Certain Definitions of Vampire 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 228: That’s Some Kings Quest 2 Level Detective Work Nov 12, 2012

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Peter Fenzel, Mark Lee, John Perich, Jordan Stokes and Matthew Wrather overthink Skyfall, the latest entry in the James Bond francise, focusing on the place of bond—and the British empire—in the modern world, on the latent homoeroticism of all Bond villains, and on Javier Bardem’s luminescent dye job glowing in the loamy Scottish dusk.

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Further Reading

La Brea Tar Pits on Wikipedia
Skyfall Lyrics

Episode 228: That’s Some Kings Quest 2 Level Detective Work 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 227: Four-Lighting Your Friends Nov 05, 2012

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Peter Fenzel, Mark Lee, and Matthew Wrather—the dynamic trio of the OTI podcast—gather once more to overthink the end of Daylight Savings Time, the Disney-Lucasfilm merger, and the belated fourth anniversary of this podcast.

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Episode 227: Four-Lighting Your Friends 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 226: Hugh Grant: Beyond Thunderdome Oct 29, 2012

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Ben Adams, Matthew Belinkie, Peter Fenzel, Mark Lee, and Matthew Wrather overthink Cloud Atlas.

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Rejected Titles for this Episode

“How I Met Your Mother Of All Earthquakes”
“Hard R Umbrella Impalement Sequence”
“He’s on a ledge! That totally raises the stakes.”
“Tur-robot-ducken”
“Cable: Live at the Acropolis”
“Objectification Oriented Programming”
“import (holocaust);”
“A Good Teaching Moment from the Studios”
“Maybe Ryan Reynolds is Available for Green Lantern 2”
“Chekov’s Birthmark”
“Google German Ron Paul”

Episode 226: Hugh Grant: Beyond Thunderdome 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 225: We’re Going To Wasteland Oct 22, 2012

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Ben Adams, Peter Fenzel, Mark Lee, and Matthew Wrather are joined by Zack Johnson (Jick on Kingdom of Loathing) to overthink Zack’s trip to Graceland, Ben Affleck’s Argo, the responsibilities of creator and audience when squaring a work of art with historical fact, the importance of footnotes, and, if you can believe it, listener feedback.

We’re not sure when Mark Lee will publish his book separating the good guys from the bad guys in all eras of history, but when he does, we’re sure we want you to buy it through our Amazon affiliate link.

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Further Reading

Episode 225: We’re Going To Wasteland 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 224: He Has Two Levers Oct 15, 2012

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Peter Fenzel, Mark Lee, and Matthew Wrather are joined by Chris Noessel, co-author of Make It So: Interaction Design Lessons from Science Fiction, to talk about fictitious user interfaces; they also cover Lee’s visit to New York Comic-Con 2012.

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Further Reading

Make It So

Episode 224: He Has Two Levers 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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