Overthinkers Anonymous

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You have just stumbled onto a BONUS EPISODE...

Or is it a crossover episode? Maybe it's both.

Either way, don't overthink it.

In this backed-up bonus episode, Jonah and Leeann have a crack at analyzing and assessing posts from the r/AITA subreddit, attempting to answer—on a case-by-case basis—the age-old question:

"Am I the Asshole?"

[This podcast was originally recorded on September 29, 2022, for Leeann's podcast ⁠Get Psyched⁠ but was left in the vault.

Since this episode is a repurposed recording originally intended for another podcast, I decided to make this a bonus episode for season 2.]

...am I the asshole for making this a bonus episode?

The 2023 Writers Guild of America strike is over at last!But, for Max, an overthinker who exists, the battle to reclaim his birth name from a faceless streaming service has just begun.Greenlight this, HBO.

In this on-demand after-school special, confused grown-ups Boba-T (no relation to Ice-T), Ethan Drory (AKA Droryboy), and HBO Max (not to be confused with the streaming service) play "hot potato conch shell" and wing their ways through an honest-to-goodness chit-chat about adulting, and how there aren't any instruction manuals for navigating it—or doing it well.

Oh, the places you'll go:

• why HBO Max rebranding to "Max" was a big bad move
• manifesting by living in "future tense" ("The Law of Assumption" from Ethan's POV)
• the struggle of providing value and monetizing your skills as an artist (navigating the Creator economy)
• why people tend to treat bartenders with more respect than servers
• how social media is corrupting youth's perceptions of themselves (and the world)

Producer credits for musical interludes/segments:

• Resolute Audio
• Anemone
• Bopper Beats
• Droryboy

DISCLAIMER: Overthinkers Anonymous is NOT affiliated with HBO and, by extension, does not answer to Warner Bros. Discovery. The guest that self-identified as "HBO Max" in this episode does not represent the streaming service formerly known as "HBO Max" that is now currently known as "Max" (much to HBO Max's chagrin).HBO Max did not disclose the meaning of the acronym "HBO" in his name.It is safe to assume it is not an acronym for "Home Box Office."

"Stop trying to make 'The 7' happen."- The Fall Queen

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In this full-circle photography meet-up (AKA "instameet"), Jonah (AKA @channelsurfcinema), Kristin (AKA @kristinbreit), Jeff (AKA @jeffreypaulkelly), and Chan (AKA @vividribbon) reminisce and recount memories of UrbanYEG, a local photography community and Instagram account based in Edmonton, AB (Treaty 6 Territory) and the impact it has had on each of their lives and careers.Topics discussed in this episode:

• How each of us became involved with UrbanYEG, and how we've grown as creatives since then
• Watershed moments that impact the trajectory of our lives (and the people we become)
• The downsides of shaping our own online identities (e.g., how our profiles can "precede" us)
• How imposter syndrome and overthinking can feel like an out-of-body experience

Credits for musical interludes/segments featured in this episode:

• Blue Dot Sessions

UrbanYEG's Official Instagram Page⁠Streets of Edmonton: Sights and Scenes Captured Before the Zombie Apocalypse Ruined Everything⁠

YOU WOULDN'T DOWNLOAD A BLOODY CAR...

Why not rob a record store with your friends instead?

And find some peace of mind

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In this uncompressed ZIP file, Drakula the Impala (100% NOT a vampire) and Luke Martino (50% of indie pop/rock band ⁠⁠Retrofile⁠⁠) download a Chevy Impala from Limewire, rob Sunrise Records for some Radiohead vinyls, and find some ⁠⁠Peace of Mind⁠⁠ along the way.

Need further enticement, mortal?Sink those sharp, sparkly fangs into the following topics:

• How do we, as artists, deal with our inner critics?
• Self-imposing due dates for more productivity
• "Vibey" vs "Goofy" vs "Memeworthy"
• What does Drake's "Hotline Bling" even mean?
• Why retrofuturism is so captivating

Find Retrofile on ⁠⁠Spotify⁠⁠, Apple Music, ⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠, ⁠⁠YouTube⁠⁠, and their ⁠⁠official website⁠⁠.

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Drakula the Impala would like to express his heartfelt gratitude to Luke and Noah Martino (100% of Retrofile) for blessing this episode with their bops.

Credits for musical interludes/segments featured in this episode:

• Blue Dot Sessions
• Retrofile
• Mo Stacks
• Christian Andersen⁠
• Caro Be & Leviaté⁠⁠
• Luwaks⁠

You WON'T believe this audio is NOT butter.It's not peanut butter either.[Warning: this podcast is NOT gluten-free, dairy-free or vegan-friendly.]

In this far-flung Costco run, Macklemore N. Cheese and KD sink their teeth into a juicy potpourri of topics, like life-changing food hacks, what motivates them as content creators to continually cook stuff up in the digital age, all while chewing the fat about all things pop culture—from Rob Zombie reviving "The Munsters," to the late 2000s "Twilight Craze," to actors who nailed their portrayals of beloved comic book characters.

After returning their thoroughly sanitized shopping cart, Macklemore N. Cheese ranks his Top 10 Films that Turn 10 in 2023, which will be the focus of an upcoming episode of KD's podcast, ⁠KDTime⁠ (to be released sometime in the next ten years).

Credits for musical interludes/segments featured in this episode:

• Blue Dot Sessions
• William Blue
• PME

Find KD on ⁠Instagram⁠ and check out her podcast ⁠KDTime⁠.

When is the right time to pursue your destiny?

Yesterday, you said tomorrow...

Memento Mori, right?

In this sit-down comedy special, a Modern Man (not to be confused with Florida Man) and Zakary Haines (a stand-up comic who is "just trying to make it to 30") ad-lib and riff about the social constructs and societal expectations that inhibit everyone from living a simple life of just laying naked on a beach, divine timing and destiny, pursuing your dreams (in spite of fearing failure more than death itself), cutting out the news from your media diet, and the wild and wacky world of stand-up comedy in 2023.

Credits for musical interludes/segments featured in this episode:

My intro in this episode was inspired by (and is a tribute to) comedy legend George Carlin's ⁠Modern Man⁠.

Check out Zakary Haines on ⁠YouTube⁠, ⁠Tik Tok⁠, and Instagram.

O Captain! My Captain!

Rise up and hear the bells;

Season 2 is here...

In this newly unlocked level, PBNJ and PME overthink about the weirdness and moral complexity of the Super Mario Bros. universe, the impact that our favourite video games have had on our upbringings, how AI and ChatGPT will transform the way artists create, the hidden theme underlying Tetris (it's about love), and what motivates us to get out of bed in the morning (and Carpe diem).

Credits for musical interludes/segments featured in this episode:

Listen to PME's music on Spotify and browse his beat catalogue on BeatStars.

A long overdue trailer.

In this unfaithful comic book adaptation, real-life superheroes Agent 37 and a Philosopher walk into a bar... but it turns out to be closed due to a pandemic. So they buy some melatonin off the deep web instead, and lucid dream (up to the 5th dimension) to overthink about the resurgence of superheroes, hypersanity, an Ayahuasca trip gone awry, the sliminess of Uber, and the juiciness of CRISPR.

In this week-long philosophical dialogue, So-crates and Fra-ser endlessly pontificate about metaphysics, truth vs. skepticism, Bruno Mars being a time doctor with the voice of an angel, why God is inherently undefinable, and why we should petition to change the name of the planet Uranus.