Overthinking It Podcast

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Episode 204: The Notional Ryan Seacrest May 28, 2012

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Matthew Wrather hosts with Peter Fenzel and special guest, 2012 Comedy Award Nominee Richard Sandling, creator of Tom Selleck’s Moustache and other videos. They discuss comedy, criticism, virality, and film adaption of novels.

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Episode 204: The Notional Ryan Seacrest 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 203: 2 Fast 2 Battleship May 21, 2012

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Matthew Wrather hosts with Peter Fenzel, Mark Lee and special guest Ben Adams to overthink the seminal summer film Battleship.

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Further Reading

Naval officer ranks

Starfleet ranks

NBDC Dial-a-bouy

The TRUE meaning of Battleship on IMDb

Episode 203: 2 Fast 2 Battleship 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 202: Putting on the Meat Dress May 14, 2012

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Matthew Wrather hosts with Mark Lee and John Perich to overthink listener feedback for the first time in six months and preview the summer movies of 2012.

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Further Reading

Mount Erciyes

Episode 202: Putting on the Meat Dress 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 201: A Smash Rate of A New Yorker per Second May 07, 2012

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Matthew Wrather hosts with Matthew Belinkie, Peter Fenzel, Mark Lee, Josh McNeil, and John Perich to overthink Marvel’s The Avengers, including: forming the team for Avengers 2; the destruction of Manhattan; the proper use of power and authority; the Joss Whedon factor; the problem of sequel escalation; and the potential for a Justice League movie.

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Further Reading

Kurt Busiek’s Astro City on Wikipedia

Astro City: Life in the Big City on Amazon

Episode 201: A Smash Rate of A New Yorker per Second 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 200: A Podcast Gotta Have A Code Apr 30, 2012

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Matthew Wrather hosts with Peter Fenzel, Mark Lee, John Perich, Dave Shechner, Ryan Sheely and special guests Cognac and Gonzo for an in-person podcast to overthink the Overthinking It Live show at Geek Week 2012, the remarkable achievement of 200 podcasts, the Law and Order episode of Community, the difference between risotto and fried chicken, how some people be colonizing Mars and other people be colonizing Venus, the infamous Double Andre, and the Pikachu-ification of narrative.

Many thanks to everyone for 200 episodes (plus!) of podcast listening.

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Episode 200: A Podcast Gotta Have A Code 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 199: The Art of Waaagh Apr 23, 2012

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Matthew Wrather hosts with Peter Fenzel and Mark Lee to overthink min-maxing themselves, work outside the square community, and the wedding-industrial complex.

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Further Reading

Min-Maxing on Wikipedia

Orcs on Wikipedia

WAAAGH on YouTube

Episode 199: The Art of Waaagh 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 198: Academy of Police Apr 16, 2012

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Matthew Wrather hosts with Peter Fenzel and, eventually, Mark Lee to overthink the recent documentary Bully, their favorite NC-17 movies, and why Game of Thrones is called Game of Thrones when they’res only one throne.

Update 2012-04-15T20:41:25: Apparently, I went through a time-warp when I recorded the intro for this episode. I guess I was imagining I had an extra month for my taxes.

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Episode 198: Academy of Police 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 197: That’s Kind of Their Value-Add Apr 09, 2012

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Matthew Wrather hosts with John Perich and Jordan Stokes to overthink the return of Game of Thrones.

Mild spoilers for the later volumes of George R. R. Martin’s A Song of Ice and Fire series.

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Episode 197: That’s Kind of Their Value-Add 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 196: I’ve Brought a GUI to a CLI Fight Apr 02, 2012

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Matthew Wrather hosts with Peter Fenzel, David Shechner and Special Guest Randal Schwartz to overthink all the hottest tech news and gadgets, and listen as Randal makes a very important announcement.

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Further Reading

The Atlatl on Wikipedia

Flush Toilets on Wikipedia

Urinals on Wikipedia

Episode 196: I’ve Brought a GUI to a CLI Fight 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 195: Super Hipster Beards in a German Fusion Brunch Place Mar 26, 2012

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Matthew Wrather hosts with Peter Fenzel, Mark Lee, John Perich, and Jordan Stokes to overthink The Hunger Games book and film.

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Further Reading

Titanic and Hunger Games Crossovers on FanFiction.net

The Hunger Games Movie “Katniss” 7 inch Action Figures

Episode 195: Super Hipster Beards in a German Fusion Brunch Place 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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