Matthew Wrather hosts with Peter Fenzel and Mark Lee to overthink second-tier awards in light of the Golden Globes and the Miss America pageant. What, exactly, is the virtue being celebrated when we give awards, and at what point does the institution surrounding that virtue become an end in itself?

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Episode 133: You Have Knives on Your Shoes 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)]