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Peter Fenzel, Mark Lee, and Matthew Wrather overthink the re-release (remastered in 4k!) of the 1986 BMX movie Rad. It’s a struggle to sum up this film in a single word.

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Episode 631: Would That We All Could Be Rad Indeed 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 gather to overthink tests, assessments, assignments, quizzes, games, sports, and instruments musical and cognitive. The implications are sinister in proportion to the stakes.

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Episode 630: The Call and Response of Problem and Solution 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 wanna dance with somebody. They wanna feel the heat with somebody. Yeah, they wanna dance with somebody. With somebody who loves them.

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Episode 629: Everybody Dance Now 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 film of Lin Manuel Miranda’s Hamilton.

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Episode 628: An Extraordinarily Rich Meal 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, Mark Lee, and Matthew Wrather meet in Edinburgh to overthink Will Ferrell’s Eurovision mock-u-homage, Eurovision Song Contest: The Ballad of Fire Saga. We are devotees of Eurovision and very sorry that the pandemic has forced its cancellation, and this movie, whatever its drawbacks, does a number of things that kiiiiinda fill the gap. For now.

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Also, please enjoy this video in which the Eurovision Song Contest parodies itself better than this movie does:

Episode 627: Sex Panther Matthew Crawley’s Dacha 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 rewind twenty-four years to watch Independence Day, thinking about how time and current circumstances have changed or deepened our feelings about the movie.

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The 10 Best Things About America I Learned from Independence Day

Episode 626: You’ll Get Your Chance. You’ll All Get Your Chance. 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 join to mark Fathers’ Day by looking at some song where fatherhood plays a roll — fathers good, bad, and (mostly) indifferent populate songs from every genre from the last several decades and try to heed the promise (or warning): “You know I’m gonna be like you, dad. You know I’m gonna be like you.”

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Episode 625: His Life Got Flipped, Turned Right-Side-Up 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 return their focus pop culture, examining the structure and function of protest music through the years. How do the intrinsic and instrumental protests relate? How does an “I” become a “we”? Who are “we” anyway, and what are we not going to take? What, in short, is going on?

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Episode 624: Justice! At The Disco 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 Matt Wrather encourage you to take care of yourself during stressful times, and have some suggested ways you can provide, and think about, your own self-care.

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Episode 623: Motörhead Mindfulness 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 read Martin Luther King Jr.’s “Letter from a Birmingham Jail.”

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Episode 622: Write Long Letters, Think Long Thoughts, and Pray Long Prayers 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)]