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Peter Fenzel, Mark Lee, and Matthew Wrather opt out of this week’s summer blockbuster and instead observe the anniversary of D-Day by watching Saving Private Ryan.

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Episode 571: Eight Guys Walking across France 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, Amanda Avisati Jorda, and Matthew Wrather overthink Booksmart, a new teen comedy starring Beanie Feldstein and Kaitlyn Dever. They ask, “what even is a teen comedy?” before delving into the film, it’s slightly disorganized tone and focus, and its winning idiosyncrasy and comedy.

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Episode 570: I Did Not Know That This Generation’s Emilio Estevez Was a Woman 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 convene an adjudication of John Wick Chapter 3: Parabellum (Post bellum, ergo propter bellum?), talking about why we still care about John Wick, the film’s somewhat perplexing milieu, the villain problem, and why this dog can’t ever be the dog.

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Episode 569: John Wick, Unlike Jon Snow, Knows to Pet His Dog 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 overthink Game of Thrones. We liked the final episode, even though so much nonsense has transpired at this point that it’s hard to bring yourself to care. But we discuss the finale, the final season, and where the characters all end up. Bonus discussion: a really good capsule history of Westeros and Essos from Pete.

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Episode 568: The Rich Tapestry of Whatever 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 overthink sitcoms, what The Bing Bang Theory was really about all along, and how half-hour comedies help the society come to terms with its changes and irresolvable conflicts.

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Episode 567: You’re a Nerd. This is about Things That You Like. 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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Episode 566: A Coal-Town Boy Who Just Wants to Dance 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 are joined by guests Ben Krinsky and Shiyan to overthink Avengers: Endgame. They spend some time discussing the journey each major character has undergone, and consider the implications of plotting out an endgame not just for the Infinity War, but for such a sprawling and complex story as the MCU’s current phase.

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Episode 565: Portals 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 forgotten the reason for the season: Bunnies. We enjoy a discussion of the many powerful symbolic resonances of the fecund rabbit, the tricky hare, and the cute bunny. And we sate our hunger on a brace of coneys.

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Episode 564: A Brace of Coneys 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 the new Hellboy to discuss the only Hellboy that matters—the one from 2014 directed by Guillermo del Toro and starring Ron Perlman. They find different ways to discuss the triangle between nature, nurture, and choice,and they realize that all Smashing Pumpkins songs are actually

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Episode 563: The Demon in You, The Demon in Me 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 mark the arrival of blockbuster season and reflect on linear and cyclical time, the various ways of organizing a sequence of poems, and why we tell the same stories over and over.

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Episode 562: If Winter is Coming, Can Spring Be Far Behind? 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)]