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Peter Fenzel, Mark Lee, and Jordan Stokes overthink the first two episodes of the new Obi-Wan Kenobi Disney+ series. They ask, and attempt to answer, the surprisingly difficult question: who is Obi-Wan Kenobi?

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Episode 726: A Blue-Collar Job as a Sashimi Miner 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 scoot in close to the CRT television and fire up their favorite after school cartoons. And apparently they’re not the only ones—which leads them to a detailed history of POGs, as well as the new Chip ’n Dale Rescue Rangers live action film, staring Andy Samberg and John Mulaney. They discuss the peculiar dynamics of the Roger Rabbit-adjacent universe, the surprisingly dark tone of the film, and the themes of loneliness and nostalgia that give the film its heart.

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Episode 725: Passionfruit, Orange, and Guava 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 haven’t been to see the newest Marvel blockbuster, so they report back from their own corners of the multiverse to overthink what they’ve been doing. Pete is revisiting our industrial past; Mark is celebrating the return of the American musical but for people with short attention spans; and Matt is having an art film marathon.

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Episode 724: HeadSpike+ 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 and Mark Lee overthink the multiversal masterpiece, Everything Everywhere All At Once.

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The Mystery of Indy’s Sub Ride Solved

Community Season 3 Episode 4: “Remedial Chaos Theory”

The Rick and Morty Multiverse

The New Yorker review of Everything Everywhere All At Once

Episode 723: Reality Breaks 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 use the occasion of Mark’s long bike ride through New York City to talk about their experiences of traveling on two wheels. It ends up in a discussion of the thorny topics around transportation policy, which is always where it ends up, amirite?!

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Larry Crowne, The 40 Year Old Virgin, and American Transportation Policy

Episode 722: When It’s Bad, It’s Awful. When It’s Good, It’s So Good. 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 consider the rotoscoped animations of Joel Haver, and take the opportunity to talk about how comedy operates dynamics or dialectics of expectation and discovery in order to arrive at a realization of…something.

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Episode 721: Must Have Been My Imagination. It’s Probably Just the Wind. 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 join forces to overthink Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore. Spoiler alert: The secret is the plot.

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Episode 720: Dumbledore’s TENET 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 use the occasion of a New York Times think piece to overthink the phenomenon of the guitar solo. Where does it come from, what are its types, what (if anything!) does it accomplish?

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Episode 719: Straining for Sublimity 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 turn from their usual grandiose topics to the mundane and domestic: how to cook a pot of rice. In the process, they learn valuable lessons about life, about each other, and about cereal grains.

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Episode 718: I Made the Salt Waffles, and I Wanted Revenge 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 Mark Lee managed to get together this week and play Back 4 Blood together. They overthink the experience with Socratic interlocutor Matthew Wrather, thinking through aspects of game design and difficulty, the social barriers to bromance, and the intended or unintended externalities of conducting your social life online. Bottom line, remember “Zoom Happy Hours”? This was a lot better.

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Episode 717: What Would Being Good Even Be For? 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)]