Overthinking It Podcast

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  • Episode 584: The One Where They Talk about Friends by Talking about Dawson’s Creek

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    Peter Fenzel, Mark Lee, and Matthew Wrather will be there for each other, and there for you, and there to overthink Friends, in all its farcical, melodramatic, zeitgeist-defining glory.

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    • Friends
    • Must See TV
    • Episode 584: The One Where They Talk about Friends by Talking about Dawson’s Creek 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 583: The Performance of Crescendo

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      Peter Fenzel and Matthew Wrather step up to the mic and start the swearing as they tackle the stand specials Content Provider by Stewart Lee and Strange Times by Joe Rogan, two remarkably similar shows that couldn’t be more different.

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      Episode 583: The Performance of Crescendo 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 582: The Big Lie of Full House

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      Peter Fenzel, Mark Lee, and Matthew Wrather sing lullabies to soothe babies (and themselves) to sleep. I hope Harvey Fierstein doesn’t show up…

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      • “Edelweiss” from The Sound of Music
      • ‘Netflix CEO Reed Hastings: Sleep Is Our Competition” from Fast Company
      • Episode 582: The Big Lie of Full House 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 581: In America, Slipknot is Funny

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        Peter Fenzel, Mark Lee, and Matthew Wrather strap their hands across the engines of Blinded by the Light, a coming-of-age film fantasia based on the memoir about Sarfraz Manzoor about growing up in a Pakistani family in Margaret Thatcher’s England.

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        Further Reading
        • “Teen Culture Is the Culture of Oppression and It Is the Best” from Jezebel
        • Episode 581: In America, Slipknot is Funny 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 580: America Isn’t a Treasure, It’s a Treasure Hunt

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          Peter Fenzel, Mark Lee, and Matthew Wrather overthink National Treasure, starring Nicholas Cage, which lucks its way into some profound observations on what it means to be an American.

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          Further Reading
          • “Nicolas Cage on his legacy, his philosophy of acting and his metaphorical—and literal—search for the Holy Grail.” from the New York Times
          • Episode 580: America Isn’t a Treasure, It’s a Treasure Hunt 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 579: The Indispensables

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            Matthew Belinkie, Peter Fenzel, and Matthew Wrather team up to overthink Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw. Does the Fast & Furious franchise still have interesting things to say in the medium of projectile vehicles? Oh hell yes.

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            Further Reading
            • Mannerism
            • Rond de jambe
            • Homosociality
            • Episode 579: The Indispensables 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 578: Bounty Lawyer DGAF

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              Peter Fenzel, Mark Lee, and Matthew Wrather head for the Hollywood Hills as they consider Once Upon a Time in… Hollywood from the perspective of representation and reality. (And “reality.”)

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              Further Reading
              • “Take Fountain.”
              • Quiddity on Wikipedia
              • “In Flanders Fields” by John McCrae
              • Sharon Tate
                • “Our revels now are ended…” from The Tempest, 4.1
                • Once Upon a Time in the West: IMDb, Wikipedia
                • Once Upon a Time in the West: The Massacre of McBain Family (YouTube)
                • Audie Murphy
                • Episode 578: Bounty Lawyer DGAF 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 577: The Moon Landing Wasn’t NOT Staged

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                  Peter Fenzel, Mark Lee, and Matthew Wrather overthink the moon landing on its anniversary—what it meant at the time and now, what sort of moral judgements we can make about it in our woke age, and whether “moon shot” projects are even possible anymore.

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                  Further Reading
                  • “Why ‘Moon Shot’ Has No Place in the 21st Century” from Wired
                  • “The Apollo 11 Mission Was Also a Global Media Sensation” from the New York Times
                  • Episode 577: The Moon Landing Wasn’t NOT Staged 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 576: Hail Hydra

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                    Peter Fenzel and Matthew Wrather test their creative mettle on the greek isle of Hydra as they overthink Marianne & Leonard: Words of Love. Is Leonard Cohen a disciplined poet, spiritual seeker, and voice of a generation or is he just a depressed asshole boyfriend who’s only happy when you’re watching him be sad?

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                    Further Reading
                    • Marianne Ihlen
                    • Leonard Cohen (Wikipedia)
                    • Nick Broomfield (IMDb)
                    • Marianne & Leonard: Words of Love
                    • Rainer Wolfcastle on Inside the Actor’s Studio
                    • Episode 576: Hail Hydra 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 575: A Snap is Something Thanos Does for Money

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                      Peter Fenzel returns (he had been far from home) to join Mark Lee and Matt Wrather to discuss Spider-Man: Far From Home, the bagatelle at the end of the MCU Symphony.

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                      Episode 575: A Snap is Something Thanos Does for Money 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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