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November 18, 2019Episode 594: The Wasabi Conjecture
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Peter Fenzel, Mark Lee, and Matthew Wrather try to answer a question about the nature of the good, untangle necessary vs contingent phenomenon, and figure out what even is Overthinking It, vis-a-vis a discussion of cumin.
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Further Reading
The Hero’s Journey on Overthinking It
“The Waste Land” by T.S. Eliot
“In Memory of W. B. Yeats” by W. H. Auden
“The Truth about Wasabi”
Episode 594: The Wasabi Conjecture 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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November 11, 2019Episode 593: Strong Sad Trogdor Fenzel
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Peter Fenzel, Mark Lee, and Matthew Wrather overthink names and naming: the sounds and meanings of names; the many dimensions of decision-making about children; and why you shouldn’t name your chocolate lab “Mocha.”
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Kinder App
“Adam’s Task” by John Hollander
Gustavo Dudamel
The Second Triumvirate
Episode 593: Strong Sad Trogdor Fenzel 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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November 04, 2019Episode 592: We Have to Do the Thing that We Have to Do in the Movie
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Peter Fenzel, Mark Lee, and Mattthew Wrather overthink Terminator: Dark Fate, what Terminator movies mean in general, and how this one falls short. We also talk about
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The Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus
Episode 592: We Have to Do the Thing that We Have to Do in the Movie 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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October 28, 2019Episode 591: Pre-recorded from the Internet, It’s Overthinking It
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Peter Fenzel, Mark Lee, and Matthew Wrather stay up late to watch some sketches from this season of Saturday Night Live. Just kidding, they stream individual sketches before performing a cold open, a couple segments, and a musical guest.
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Further Reading
Our SNL Playlist
Phoebe Waller-Bridge on SNL (just cause we mentioned it)
Episode 591: Pre-recorded from the Internet, It’s Overthinking It 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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October 21, 2019Episode 590: Big Trouble in Big China
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Peter Fenzel, Mark Lee, and Matthew Wrather overthink the chilling effect of business and pop-culture support for state actions to limit freedom of speech and thought.
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Further Reading
“List of companies under China’s censorship orders” from Reddit
“KRANG BAILOUT FAILS: FOOT CLAN DECLARES BANKRUPTCY” by Peter Fenzel on Overthinking It
“Box Office Revenue In China: How It Works” from ChinaFilmInsider
Carrollton Market, NOLA
Trick Mirror: Reflections on Self-Delusion by Jia Tolentino
Episode 590: Big Trouble in Big China 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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October 14, 2019Episode 589: Begun, This Will Smith Clone War Has
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Matthew Belinkie, Peter Fenzel, Mark Lee, and Matthew Wrather encounter their younger selves in honor of Gemini Man, which reunites three titans of 1990s cinema: Ang Lee, Will Smith, and Will Smith. They wonder how they could encounter their younger selves and how such an encounter might go. And Pete reveals a huge plot twist.
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Further Reading
Mark Lee’s 90s Sketchbook
“Tapestry” on Memory Alpha
Disney’s The Kid
“What is a Naruto run and how is it linked to Area 51?”
Episode 589: Begun, This Will Smith Clone War Has 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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October 07, 2019 Episode 588: Le Goose, C’est Moi
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Peter Fenzel, Mark Lee, Jordan Stokes, and Matthew Wrather try to restore the social order after it has been disrupted by an unlikely agent of chaos: An untitled goose.
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Episode 588: Le Goose, C’est Moi 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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September 30, 2019 Episode 587: Notional Loudness
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Peter Fenzel, Mark Lee, and Matthew Wrather examine This Is Spinal Tap, a movie for its time, for our time, and/or for all time. We discuss what is dated and what is enduring about the mockumentary rockumentary, and we spend a minute waxing sentimental about the eleventh anniversary of the OTI Podcast.
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Episode 587: Notional Loudness 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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September 23, 2019Episode 586: Lady Edith Hops in Her Bentley Because She’s BALLIN’!
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Peter Fenzel and Matthew Wrather make ready the great house for the King and Queen’s visit as they overthink the Downton Abbey movie.
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Downton Abbey
Overthinking It’s TV Recap Podcast
King George V
Mary, Princess Royal
Yorkshire
Episode 586: Lady Edith Hops in Her Bentley Because She’s BALLIN’! 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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September 16, 2019Episode 585: Three Theories of “Brittany Runs a Marathon”
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Peter Fenzel and Matthew Wrather strap on their running shoes and take off to overthink Brittany Runs a Marathon, a sentimental movie about self-improvement, a movie about individual decision making within an unhealthy environment, and a movie about mutual empathy and community.
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“Brittany Runs a Marathon Movie Erases Fat Runners” (Vulture)
Episode 585: Three Theories of “Brittany Runs a Marathon” 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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