Overthinkers Anonymous

"Metaphorically speaking, you gotta build your life from building blocks, but you don't always get to control what building blocks you get."
– Mel

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In this fan-made Tetris webcomic, two self-aware squares, Tetromino and Mel, go beyond the 2D blocks and comic book panels, and overthink about the overlaps between Western culture, Asian identity, and art.

Stages:

• Is Tetris really a "perfect game"? (yes, it is)
• Comic book adaptations vs. the media literacy crisis: Did Alan Moore's Watchmen and Zack Snyder's obsession with The Dark Knight Returns ruin the fun of superhero movies?
• Putting the Science in Sci-Fi: stories that live up to the name of the genre (and instances where science-fiction blurs the lines with fantasy)
• Surveillance capitalism and the right to be forgotten: how do we assert our autonomy over how the world remembers us?
• Mel defines, describes, and debunks misconceptions surrounding Schizophrenia

Credits for music featured in this episode:

• Blue Dot Sessions
• PME
• Ava Low
• geodesis

"Uhhh... Filipino?'

— Kuya Adobo

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In this exotic Halo-halo dessert, two Filipino-Canadian sinigang fanatics, Kuya Adobo and Ate Ube, transcend the generational tsismis and overthink the complexities of living in the West: the balancing act of race, identity, and existing “in between” cultures (as part of the diaspora).

Non-traditional toppings:

• Context collapse // how, on the internet, we never really know who (beyond our target audience) will see and/or "get" our work
• Filipino cuisine going mainstream? // that one time ube (purple yam from the Philippines) became a huge trend, and whether it will become a mainstay in Western culture

• On Asian and Western identity // our experiences of being children of immigrants, and the challenges of living multiculturally, code-switching, and exoticization of mixed identities (e.g. "wasians")
• Postpone the Apocalypse? // the dangers of the "AI superintelligence race" mixed with the hubris and greed of tech oligarchs (see: recipe for dystopia)
• The Psychology of the Batman Effect // how creating an "alter-ego" as an artist can empower you to do the hard thing and break out of your shell

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Credits for musical interludes/segments featured in this episode:

• Blue Dot Sessions
• Adelyn Paik
• G Mills
• Loyee

⁠Terra Incognita (a Neon-Noir Sci-Fi Anthology)

the possibility that love is not enough (a poem)

"Are you living the human experience if you don't lose your mind a couple times?"

– Still Human

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In this cosmic reality check, STILL HUMAN and EJAZZ (AKA The Alien AKA David), dissolve their Egos and overthink about staying human during inhuman times, and what it means to be one of the "crazy ones" that dream of a better world, for oneself and everyone else.

Dollops of enlightenment:

• What does it mean to be crazy? To be sane? To be enlightened?
• On "staying human" during inhuman times (what it means to hold onto one's humanity)
• Is the over-saturation of AI-generated art causing a resurgence of interest in human-made art?
• Seeking spiritual connection for inner peace: Ego death, Buddha-mind and finding God
• Reasons to feel hopeful in spite of all the propaganda, brainrot and doomerism

Credits for music featured in this episode:

• Blue Dot Sessions
• Ealot
• Christoffer Moe Ditlevsen
• Power Druid
• Maya Lourenco
• Ejazz & Bruno Gillick

Find Ejazz on Instagram, and find his music on Spotify, Apple Music, YouTube Music, Tidal, and Soundcloud

Terra Incognita (a Neon-Noir Sci-Fi Anthology)

"How much would a cow cost you?"

– Canadian Grit

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In this fresh, never-frozen square beef patty, The Canadian Baconator and Canadian Grit (Jamie Jackson) rewrite the recipe for humanity's future, leaving their phones on the back burner, and reverse-engineering the combo of factors (through the scopes of history, psychology, and politics) that are currently contributing to humanity's downfall...

And what can anyone really do about it?

Topic menu:

• DID FAMILY GUY RUIN THE SIMPSONS? 📺 How Family Guy's cutaways and non-sequitur humour influenced other animated shows and rippled out to pop culture at large
• HYBRID REALITY DISORDER 📵 How our collective tech addiction keeps us immersed in the digital world and the real world, leaving us anxious and unsatisfied
• WHAT'S A CANADIAN, ANYWAY? 🍁 What does it mean to have a national identity? What does it mean to identify with a nation and how does that relate to nation-states and nationalism?
• WELTSCHMERZ, SCHADENFREUDE, FREMDSCHÄMEN, AND RESSENTIMENT 📔 Four words that illustrate how people process collective fear & trauma in 2026
• DIGITAL DIETS AND REALITY TUNNELS 🚇 How algorithms can keep us trapped in echo chambers and personalized newsfeeds that never challenge our beliefs or assumptions, and how to resist the pull of propaganda and groupthink

Producer credits for interludes/segments featured in this episode:

• Blue Dot Sessions
• Arthur Benson
• Blue Saga
• Jerry Lacey
• Rachel Sandy

Canadian Grit: North of Ordinary (Jamie's Podcast)

Desiderata (by Max Ehrmann) [Original Text]

"I'm sorry... what?"

– Filmgoers in 2025

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In this direct-to-streaming sequel, time-lords Doctor Whenever, KD Time, and HBO Max (joined by the AI chatbot Grok) capitalize on the present moment, point their telescopes towards an uncertain future, all to answer the time-sensitive question...

How do we save cinema before it's too late?

Topic queue:

• Netflix's multi-billion dollar acquisition of Warner Bros. and what this means for the future of Hollywood
• Can we take Netflix's word that they will keep releasing films in movie theatres?
• Grok (as Leo) flexes its improvisational and storytelling capabilities, laying out possibilities for where the industry is headed
• Are independent filmmakers the last lifeline for saving cinema as an art form?
• What does cinema mean to us?

Credits for interludes/segments featured in this episode:

• Blue Dot Sessions
• Anemone

KD Time Podcast

episode TWENTY-ONE: Doctor Whenever and the Enormous TARDIS

"We're cute and sour."

— Clumsy (The Calamansi Club)

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In this sour {and not too sweet} studio sesh, Carefree (for mental health reasons) fills in for a careless drummer, and sits down in a recording studio with Chaotic, Cloudy, and Clumsy (three members of The Calamansi Club, an Edmonton-based indie-rock band) to talk about why starting a band (i.e., human connection) might be the recipe for happiness.

Club etiquette:

• The Calamansi: A tiny, but massively flavourful citrus fruit from the Philippines, that looks like a spherical-shaped lemon-lime hybrid, with a yellow-orange inside
• Why genuine human connections and social bonds are essential for humans
• How Western society, capitalism, and hyper-individualism lead to social disconnection and apathy
• The "Performative Man" phenomenon, and why Wikipedia should change the title of the entry to "Matcha Male"
• Two exclusive live musical performances from The Calamansi Club

Credits for interludes/segments featured in this episode:

• Blue Dot Sessions
• dasloe
• The Calamansi Club

Find The Calamansi Club on Instagram, Spotify, Apple Music, and YouTube.

"I fear oblivion..."

— Augustus (from Animal Crossing)

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In this new horizon, island villagers J.J. Slider (island phenomenon), Leeann (DJ Psyched) and PME (local lazy villager) chop wood and stack bells, overthinking about dark Animal Crossing fan theories, creativity, and the meaning of life (and after-life).

DIY episode recipe:

• Does Animal Crossing actually take place in purgatory?
• What does Tom Nook really want?
• Why are the villagers in Animal Crossing: New Horizons so damn nice?
• A throwback segment to episode AITA (from season 2) and discuss some posts on r/AITA
• Creating content on your own timeline (instead of feeling obligated to post regularly for your audience)

Credits for musical segments/interludes in this episode:

• Blue Dot Sessions
• PME

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Me, Myself and I by PME on Bandcamp

episode THIRTEEN: Video Gameboy Society

episode AITA: Am I the Asshole for Making this a Bonus Episode?

train all day

fly into the sun

before night

- Icarus Starfucker

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In this glitch in the manosphere, frequent flyers Icarus Starfucker, Stephen Curtis, and 780.MASOCHIST fly high (but not too high), shooting the breeze about a wide span of topics that dovetail into the dilemma of what it means to be a good man in a world of pain.

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In the wings:

• What does it mean to fly too close to the sun?
• Being an "ex-overthinker" — is it possible to overcome the habit of overthinking or, like any addiction, are you only "recovered" until you start again?
• The life-changing magic of getting slapped in the face during sex
• How Masochism (as a spicier alternative to Stoicism) can empower you to navigate life's uncertainties
• Why everyone should learn at least one martial art

Credits for musical interludes/segments in this episode:

• Blue Dot Sessions
• Anemone
• Nbhd Nick
• Victor Lundberg
• William Blue & Matt Byrnell

GREETINGS FELLOW EARTHLINGS!

DOES THE FUTURE SEEM DARK AND DISMAL?

DOES HUMANITY’S INHUMANITY SCARE YOU?

HOW ABOUT AN EMPATHY RENAISSANCE?

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In this interstellar phone call, A REAL HUMAN BEING and AN ALIEN find some room to breathe and talk real shit — all while trying to heal their people with love.

Call log:

• What do aliens REALLY think of humanity?
• SOCIAL ALIENATION — the challenges of growing up as a misfit/outcast/black sheep
• THE GAIA HYPOTHESIS — humans need planet Earth to survive, but would she be better off without us?
• How art and literature deepen our capacity for EMPATHY and WISDOM
• Finding BEAUTY in sadness & grief: how hearts must be broken in order to grow and become whole again

Credits for musical interludes/segments in this episode:

• Blue Dot Sessions
• Harry Edvino
• Monsoon & Ejazz
• Drift Far Away
• SergeQuadrado
• Rand Aldo

⁠Love is the Dankest of All Memes⁠

⁠Terra Incognita (a Neon-Noir Sci-Fi Anthology)⁠

“Myths are public dreams, dreams are private myths.”

- Joseph Campbell

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In this wild, wild Wake-Induced Lucid Dream (WILD), Oscar WILD sees a dream therapist, Melissa Johnson (host of the Dream Hub Podcast) and talks about the wild shit he has witnessed in deep REM states.

Stay awake for this one!

Sweet dreams:

• Dream Therapy: how journaling our dreams can help us understand ourselves and the inner workings of our minds
• Making sense of the symbolism and subconscious messages woven into our dreams
• A dream where I met Superman in a pharmacy (and he asks me to punch him in the face)
• Tips for talking to dream characters and how to “re-enter” dreams you've already dreamt
• Lucid Living: how lucid dreaming can be an extension of mindfulness and presence in waking life

Credits for interludes/musical segments in this episode:

• Blue Dot Sessions
• Broad Sky
• Anemone

Find Melissa's work on her official website, Instagram, and The Dream Hub Podcast.

This episode was recorded before the passing of David Lynch, who is mentioned in this episode. Rest in peace, visionary from another place. 🙏