Overthinking It Podcast

Episode 17: No Mention of Zombies

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Matthew Wrather is joined by Matthew Belinkie and Mark Lee to overthink:

  • What constitutes a hotline
  • Why nobody cares about Synecdoche, New York
  • Our status as high priests of popular culture and the moral imperatives of same
  • Absence of odor
  • Kinds of Season Finales and TV Shows
  • The Baroque in Reality Television
  • Halloween
  • Museums and Orientalism

    • Overthink This

    Our weekly selections from the popular culture for your amusement and edification.

    • Lee: World War Z (https://www.amazon.com/dp/0307346617?tag=overtit-20)
    • Belinkie: Robocop Unicorn (http://www.flickr.com/photos/87258185@N00/sets/72157603724213121/)
    • Wrather: Lisa Loeb Jill Sobule Halloween Song (http://www.npr.org/blogs/bryantpark/2007/10/jill_sobule_sings_no_to_grownu.html)
      • UPDATE: Oops. It’s Jill Sobule, not Lisa Loeb. My bad. —mw

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