Overthinking It Podcast

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Episode 124: Strangely Apropos Nov 15, 2010

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Matthew Wrather hosts with Peter Fenzel, John Perich, and special guest Randal Schwartz to introduce a fun new game (“Ironic, Unfortunate, or Strangely Apropos?”) while discussing their veteran status, the film Unstoppable, and the release of Call of Duty.

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Episode 123: Frotterage Nov 08, 2010

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Matthew Wrather hosts with Peter Fenzel and David Schechner to discuss the brain/brawn continuum, the culture of fat empowerment, the morality of science, and their advice for Conan O’Brien.

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Episode 122: Pancakes and Politics Nov 01, 2010

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Matthew Wrather hosts with Matthew Belinkie and Mark Lee to discuss the deeper meanings of the Saw franchise and with Peter Fenzel for a firsthand report from the Rally to Restore Sanity.

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Episode 121: Mark Lee! Polo! Oct 25, 2010

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Matthew Wrather hosts with Natalie Baseman, Peter Fenzel, and Mark Lee to answer listener feedback, covering geeks (again), taking a controversial stand against hate, and wondering who chooses the chosen ones.

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Episode 120: Magical Realist Jackass-scape Oct 18, 2010

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Matthew Wrather hosts with Peter Fenzel, Mark Lee, and Jordan Stokes to overthink IMDb’s 20th anniversary, the cinematic masterpiece Jackass 3D, the move from obscure to mainstream culture, and the cultural meaning of mortification of the flesh.

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Episode 119: Negative Capability Oct 11, 2010

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Mathew Wrather hosts with Peter Fenzel to discuss the changing landscape of the American holiday, and featuring a special guest segment by Mark Lee about New York Comic-Con, fandom, ILM, and CGI.

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References

Top Cow Comic’s “Asset” by Filip Sablik

Light and Magic: Creating the Impossible, a documentary on ILM on the occasion of their 35th anniversary premieres Nov 12, 9 PM on Encore

Episode 119: Negative Capability 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 118: Spoiler… Facebook Exists. Oct 04, 2010

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Matthew Wrather hosts with Natalie Baseman, Peter Fenzel, Mark Lee, and John Perich, to overthink The Social Network.

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Episode 118: Spoiler… Facebook Exists. 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 117: The Sharktopodcast Sep 27, 2010

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Matthew Wrather hosts with Peter Fenzel and Mark Lee, kicking off Year 3 of the Overthinking It Podcast with a detailed examination of the many tentacles of meaning in Roger Corman’s modern classic, Sharktopus. Also, Lee is a French TV star.

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Episode 117: The Sharktopodcast 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 116: Discourse… Drink! Sep 20, 2010

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Matthew Wrather hosts with Peter Fenzel, Mark Lee, and John Perich to celebrate two years of releasing the Overthinking It Podcast every week with some well-deserved navel-gazing.

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Episode 116: Discourse… Drink! 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 115: Danger Has a Two-Year Contract Sep 13, 2010

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Matthew Wrather hosts with Peter Fenzel, Mark Lee, and special guest Randal Schwartz (fresh from Dragon*Con) to answer listener feedback (much of it about Inception).

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Episode 115: Danger Has a Two-Year Contract 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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