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Peter Fenzel, Mark Lee, and Matthew Wrather overthink recent storms that Matt and Pete have experienced. They are all over the place, but the nut is that there is a great difference between the various symbolic uses to which we put water and the reality of encountering its destructive force.

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Episode 790: We Are All Weaker than the Water 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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Peter Fenzel, Mark Lee, and Matthew Wrather overthink The Guardians of the Galaxy: Vol. 3 which is about animal cruelty, oh and humans too. (Don’t be fooled when Matt calls it a romp!) The crew discuss the film’s themes, from the duty of care we owe one another to the benefits of being rag-tag to Pete’s surprising contention that this is the most Christian movie in current release.

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Episode 789: Sell Everything You Own and Get in a Spaceship 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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Peter Fenzel, Mark Lee, and Matthew Wrather overthink Matt’s trip to the Eras Tour. TL;DR: It was phenomenal. And Matt has seen Shakespeare the way it’s meant to be played.

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Episode 788: Joy at Being Seen 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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Peter Fenzel and Matthew Wrather follow a treasure map to the meaning of “X,” a letter with a semiotic gravity all its own. As Pete describes it, it is the only letter which stretches from pornography to divinity, from X-Rated to Xmas.

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Episode 787: What Marks the Spot?! 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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Peter Fenzel, Mark Lee, and Matthew Wrather finally get around to overthinking Star Trek: Strange New Worlds, the spin-off of a spin-off of a not very good idea to begin with. You know what? We like it.

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Episode 786: In Greek, Nostalgia Means “An Old Phaser Wound Which Does Not Heal” 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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Mark Lee and Matthew Wrather overthink the labor strife disrupting the entertainment industry, but we all know who the real disruptors are.

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Episode 785: An Uneasy Equilibrium 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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Peter Fenzel, Mark Lee, and Matthew Wrather overthink Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny, focusing on its multiple, contradictory theories of history which drive the plot and the characters’ relationships; noting the strange off-screen passing of Shia LaBoeuf; and celebrating the (sometimes glorious) mess that is the franchise’s sendoff of Harrison Ford.

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Episode 784: He Wants to Die in Antiquity 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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Peter Fenzel, Mark Lee, and Matthew Wrather overthink The Diplomat starring Keri Russell as the Ambassador to the Court of St. James’s. They consider the show’s very strong writing, its examination of diplomacy as a type of relationship and relationship as a type of diplomacy, its many satisfying plot twists, and its ending which is either infuriating or exciting.

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Episode 783: Will She or Won’t She (Launch a Cruise Missile)? 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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Peter Fenzel and Matthew Wrather really build out the world of the podcast.

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Episode 782: Meetings for the Meeting God, Briefings for His Briefing Throne 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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Matthew Belinkie, Peter Fenzel, and Matthew Wrather pop a Corona and settle down for a BBQ to overthink Fast X

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Episode 781: Fast Ten… Your Seatbelts 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)]