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Episode 64: The Lava Lamp of Society May 19, 2012

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Sheely and Wrather mark the little death of Gossip Girl season 5, focusing on the cyclical aspects of the finale, sociology’s individual vs. society chicken and egg problem, heteroglossic discourse, and more.

We’re taking suggestions for TFT Summer School. What should be on the syllabus? Leave a comment below.

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Episode 64: The Lava Lamp of Society 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 63: The Teat and The Spear May 12, 2012

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Sheely and Wrather return to Friday Night Lights Season 1 Episodes 13–17, covering: the controversial Time Magazine Cover and attachment parenting; paternalism and agency; the political science of Dillon, TX; navigating the prerogatives of overlapping group membership; and the endless battle between the teat and the spear.

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References

Attachment Parenting on Wikipedia

These Suckling Toddlers

Some Other TIME Cover Options

Esther Duflo on “Human Values and the Design of the Fight against Poverty”

James C Scott, Seeing Like a State: How Certain Schemes to Improve the Human Condition Have Failed

James C Scott, The Art of Not Being Governed: An Anarchist History of Upland Southeast Asia

I Say This As a Durkheimian, Not As An Angry Teenager T-Shirt

The Paleo Solution by Robb Wolf

The Omnivore’s Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals by Michael Pollan

Food Politics by Marion Nestle

Style in The Wire on Vimeo

Episode 63: The Teat and The Spear 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 62: Bart Lives May 01, 2012

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Sheely and Wrather reunite and welcome guest poster Cognac for the first episode of TFT recorded in person (following the first episode of Gossip Girl that Sheely and Wrather have ever watched together), covering Season 5 Episodes 19, 20, 21 and 22 (the “It Girl”, “Salon”, “Jack Is My Father”, and “Roving Harlotry” episodes), covering the return of Bart Bass as well as certain aspects of corruption, surveillance, and the control of information.

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Episode 62: Bart Lives 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 61: Testater Hater Apr 09, 2012

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Special guest TFT podcaster Cognac (@likecognac) returns to set Wrather straight on The Hunger Games, then tackle Gossip Girl’s plot to deny Ivy Cece’s estate.

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References

The Trolley Problem on Wikipedia

Episode 61: Testater Hater 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 60: Reasons not Rules Mar 29, 2012

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Sheely and Wrather return to Gossip Girl, address the possibility of change in the social order, and consider whether The Hunger Games is a TFT-worthy franchise.

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Episode 60: Reasons not Rules 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 59: Make It Drizzle Mar 24, 2012

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Sheely and Wrather return to provide a prolegomenon to any future effing teenagers: A reasoned, sober, sincere account of what TFT actually is and why they’re doing it.

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References

Merlin Mann on Wikipedia, and his show Back to Work on the 5by5 Network

Pressfield, S., The War of Art

King, G. et al., Designing Social Inquiry: Scientific Inference in Qualitative Research

Jasanoff, S., States of Knowledge: The Co-production of Science and the Social Order

Episode 59: Make It Drizzle 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 58: The Georgina Sausage Feb 28, 2012

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Special Episode!

Sheely and special guest Cognac discuss the post-wedding, Valentines Day, and #cecedies episodes of Gossip Girl. Topics include surveillance and legitimacy, the anatomy and change of institutions, subcultural knowledge, inheritance law, and real vs. enacted grief.

Includes spoilers for Downton Abbey Season 2 and the Wire.

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References

Levi et al: Conceptualizing Legitimacy, Measuring Legitimating Beliefs

Madison: Federalist 51

North, Institutions, Institutional Change and Economic Performance (Political Economy of Institutions and Decisions)

The Law and Order Database

Subcultural Handshakes: Rao: Peak Attention and the Colonization of Subcultures

Delta Parameters: Ostrom and Crawford, “A Grammar of Institutions”

Episode 58: The Georgina Sausage 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 57: Freude Feb 11, 2012

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Ryan Sheely, Jordan Stokes, and Matthew Wrather discuss Friday Night Lights, with topics including the multiple meanings of Nirvana, Graph Theory, and Christian Hardcore Punk. What do you think?

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Episode 57: Freude 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 56: Spoilers for The Princess Bride Feb 02, 2012

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Ryan Sheely and Matthew Wrather discuss the revelation of Gossip Girl’s identity and whether this actually portends a change for the show. Digressions into the essential conservatism of the world of Gossip Girl, the gratifying reappearance of Wallace Shawn, and competing views of romantic love.

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References

Milgrom, et al., “The Role of Institutions in The Revival of Trade”
Sanjek, ed., Fieldnotes: The Makings of Anthropology
Emerson, et al. Writing Ethnographic Fieldnotes (2 ed.)

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Episode 56: Spoilers for The Princess Bride 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 55: Salient Cleavage Jan 28, 2012

Show notes

Ryan Sheely and Matthew Wrather return to Friday Night Lights, discussing season 1 episodes 9 and 10, covering edited volumes, the perks of organizing conferences, what lies east of Dillon, and why it’s different for girls.

References

The Political Salience of Cultural Difference by Daniel A. Posner

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Episode 55: Salient Cleavage 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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