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Episode 44: Dead Air Jun 25, 2011

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Ryan Sheely, Jordan Stokes, and Matthew Wrather ought to hire a writing staff, like Glee did after the craptacular end to the second season.

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Episode 44: Dead Air 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 43: Post-Modern Royalty Apr 21, 2011

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Ryan Sheely and Matthew Wrather experience an Anabaptist rebirth of love and respect for TFT Podcast listeners while discussing the Modern Royalty episode of Gossip Girl.

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Episode 43: Post-Modern Royalty 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 42: Deaths Big and Little Mar 31, 2011

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Jordan Stokes and Matthew Wrather discuss the After School Special episodes of Glee, including the Alcohol and Sex episodes. It’s a remarkably calm, civil, clear-headed episode. I wonder what made the difference?

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Episode 42: Deaths Big and Little 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 41: I Know All The Songs Mar 24, 2011

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Ryan Sheely, Jordan Stokes, and Matthew Wrather discuss the “Regionals” episode of Glee, including forays into originality, Theodor Adorno, Harold Bloom, noise rock, and the differences between Depeche Mode and Pearl Jam.

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Episode 41: I Know All The Songs 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 40: Despite Our Best Efforts Mar 17, 2011

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Ryan Sheely and Matthew Wrather return, despite their best efforts, to overthink Gossip Girl and Glee, including epi-kiss-temology, Brechtian alienation, the use of the freeze frame, and sexual orienteering for the non-oriented.

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Episode 40: Despite Our Best Efforts 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 39: Dictator Tots Jan 30, 2011

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Ryan Sheely and Matthew Wrather discuss the premiere of MTV’s Skins and begin the 2011 Spring Semester of Gossip Girl.

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Episode 39: Dictator Tots 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 38: More or Loesser Jan 09, 2011

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Ryan Sheely, Jordan Stokes and Matthew Wrather almost get around to discussing the marriage, sectionals, and Christmas episodes of Glee.

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Episode 38: More or Loesser 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 37: Funny Hats and Shoulder Pads Dec 08, 2010

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Ryan Sheely and Matthew Wrather return to discuss recent episodes of Gossip Girl, wrapping up the Ben/Juliet/Serena plot with a consideration of structural and personal revenge, answering listener email, and looking forward to Lily Van Der Woodsen-Bass-Humphrey’s reign as a super-villainess.

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Episode 37: Funny Hats and Shoulder Pads 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 36: Trigynorite Nov 22, 2010

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Ryan Sheely returns with Matthew Wrather to discuss the past two episodes of Glee and one of Gossip Girl, focusing on granting and taking away agency and the relationship/sex matrix, with detours into the straight-edge movement and the semiotics of Breadsticks. (Hint: It’s a weiner.)

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Episode 36: Trigynorite 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 35: Stewardess of the Mind Nov 11, 2010

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Ryan Sheely returns with Matthew Wrather to discuss the past three episodes of Gossip Girl, focusing on the casualization of academic labor, the priority of social orders, the place of education in Gossip Girl, Weberian vs. Marxian conceptions of modernity, and the film language of alliances and and shifting

Required reading for next time: Armstrong, Elizabeth A., et al. “Is Hooking Up Bad for Young Women?” Contexts 9.3 (2010): 28–32.

Also, Wrather’s shameless plug for his show.

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Episode 35: Stewardess of the Mind 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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