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September 24, 2018Episode 534: BOOM!!!
Mark Lee, Jordan Stokes, and Matthew Wrather consider a classic: John McTiernan’s 1990 classic of espionage and suspense, The Hunt for Red October, starring Alec Baldwin and Sean Connery.
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The Hunt for Red October: Wikipedia, IMDb, Novel, Film
Tom Clancy
State Anthem of the Soviet Union
Competence Porn on TV Tropes
Barthes’s Effect of Reality (we called it the “reality function”)
Episode 534: BOOM!!! 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 17, 2018Episode 533: It’ll Make Sense When We Start Playing
Peter Fenzel, Mark Lee, Jordan Stokes, and Matthew Wrather sublimate their murderous urges into moving small tokens over a paper board printed with a hyperreal candy heckscape.
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Further Reading
Overthinking It Podcast Episode 13: Crossing Sections Off the Map
Board Games on Wikipedia
Settlers of Catan
Ticket to Ride
Pandemic
Sorry!
Parcheesi
Cribbage
Episode 533: It’ll Make Sense When We Start Playing 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 10, 2018Episode 532: The Dragon Bookmark
Peter Fenzel and Matthew Wrather pull the tassle out of the dragon bookmark in their discussion of solitude, being alone in repose, the English Romantic poets and their hiking practices, the desire not to rag on technology, one-handed phone use, naps, meditation (again), and what effect the attention economy and mental environment has on us.
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The Lake District
The Dragonbone Chair on Amazon
Dragon Beaded Bookmark
Acceptance and Resilience
Corn Whiskey: “The time when Americans drank all day long” from the BBC; “The History Of American Alcohol Consumption, Charted” from Digg; “A Nation of Sots” from The New Republic
“Solitude and Leadership”
Episode 532: The Dragon Bookmark 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 03, 2018Episode 531: You Are Not Worse Than You Are
Peter Fenzel, Jordan Stokes, and Matthew Wrather spend Labor Day doing some work on themselves: Considering what it means to improve your skills, your virtues, or your character at work, at the piano, and in relationships.
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Crucial Conversations Tools for Talking When Stakes Are High on Amazon
Street Parking: garage workouts
Hanon, The Virtuoso Pianist in 60 Exercises
Charles-Louis Hanon on Wikipedia
Eudaimonia on Wikipedia
Episode 531: You Are Not Worse Than You Are 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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August 27, 2018 Episode 530: The First Sharknado was Much More Serious
On the Overthinking It Podcast, we watched Sharknado—all six of them—so you didn’t have to. Matt Belinkie, Pete Fenzel, and Mark Lee discuss the surprising Greek tragedy of its overarching storyline, the meaning of those insane celebrity cameos, and different dimensions of badness in entertainment.
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Episode 530: The First Sharknado was Much More Serious 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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August 20, 2018Episode 529: Speaking on Behalf of All Asians
Peter Fenzel, Mark Lee, and Matthew Wrather travel first class to a Singapore where minute ethnic differences are rigorously observed, but class-consciousness only ranges from the obscenely wealthy to the incomprehensibly wealthy. Food, game theory, and the lived experience of the Asian diaspora.
Spoiler alert for Crazy Rich Asians, but it doesn’t matter—listen even if you haven’t seen the movie.
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“The symbolism of Crazy Rich Asians’ pivotal mahjong scene, explained” on Vox
Game Theory on Open Yale Courses
Prisoner’s Dilemma on Wikipedia
“Yellow” by Coldplay on Genius
Episode 529: Speaking on Behalf of All Asians 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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August 13, 2018Episode 528: You’re Only Making People Illegal
Peter Fenzel is Sylvester Stallone to Matthew Wrather’s Wesley Snipes in this analysis of the classic 90s action movie Demolition Man. We talk about order, fascism, race, crime, and the best artisanal rat burger in San Angeles.
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Demolition Man
Frida Kahlo
Pancho Villa
Civilization and Its Discontents
Episode 528: You’re Only Making People Illegal 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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August 06, 2018Episode 527: You Want This, So We Will Give You This
Peter Fenzel, Mark Lee, and Matthew Wrather do what people do over the summer—they buy Billy Joel tickets in advance.
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”How Ticketmaster’s Verified Fan program toys with the passions of fandom”
Backstage Riders
Episode 527: You Want This, So We Will Give You This 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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July 30, 2018Episode 526: Mission Impossible: Hell and High Helicopter
Peter Fenzel, Mark Lee, and Matthew Wrather ask the manifest ethical question of Mission Impossible: Fallout, which is not the actual point of the movie. They delve into the actual point: Kinesis, tactility, and losing face.
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My Darling Clementine
The Potsdam Giants
Wallace Stevens, “Notes toward a Supreme Fiction”
The Searchers
Episode 526: Mission Impossible: Hell and High Helicopter 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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July 23, 2018 Episode 525: She’s a Real GLOW-Getter
Peter Fenzel, Mark Lee, and Matthew Wrather are invaded by Ryan Sheely and TFT Punk Correspondent Rachel D to introduce their intellectual wrestler personas and discuss the gorgeous ladies of wrestling and the Gorgeous Ladies of Wrestling.
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Episode 525: She’s a Real GLOW-Getter 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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