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May 07, 2018Episode 514: Tony Stark Does Not Do Incognito Mode
Matt Belinkie, Pete Fenzel, and Mark Lee continue the discussion of Avengers: Infinity War, with deep dives on Hulk, Tony Stark, Drax, and the secret to Marvel’s success.
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“Why every Hollywood movie is a superhero movie”
Galactus
Episode 514: Tony Stark Does Not Do Incognito Mode 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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April 30, 2018Episode 513: Earth’s Mightiest Overthinkers
Overthinkers Matt Belinkie and and Josh McNeil as well as special guests Shiyan, Hannah Foell, and Ben Krinsky join Pete Fenzel and Matthew Wrather to talk Avengers: Infinity War.
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Thomas Robert Malthus
Normal Borlaug
Episode 513: Earth’s Mightiest Overthinkers 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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April 23, 2018Episode 512: Man-on-Bambi Violence
Peter Fenzel, Mark Lee, and Matthew Wrather are prompted by recent experiences with Iron Man and Ready Player One to take another look at The Iron Giant.
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IMDb
Wikipedia
The Star of Bethlehem (click to enlarge)
Episode 512: Man-on-Bambi Violence 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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April 16, 2018Episode 511: I Love Dogs
Peter Fenzel and Mark Lee overthink Wes Anderson’s latest film, Isle of Dogs, and how it tackles issues of cultural appropriation, translation, and masculinity.
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What Isle of Dogs Gets Right About Japan
Onigashima, the Demon Island from Momotaro
“Jurassic Bark,” aka the Futurama episode with the dog
Overthinking It articles on Mister Miyagi: criticism and defense
Momotarō (Japanese folk hero)
Overthinking Eurovision
NYC watch party: May 12, 2018
Eurovision videos on YouTube
Episode 511: I Love Dogs 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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April 09, 2018Episode 510: The Frozen Lake of Ice at the Bottom of All the Reboots
Peter Fenzel, Mark Lee, and Matthew Wrather are led by last week’s discussion of Ready Player One and a stray question about Magic: The Gathering to overthink nostalgia, the value of reboots, and whether an exhausted culture might eventually stop making them.
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Man vs. Bird
Paw Paws
Thundarr the Barbarian
List of Works produced by Hanna-Barbara Productions
Small Wonder (30th Anniversary Retro)
That’s not disturbing at all. (click to enlarge)
Episode 510: The Frozen Lake of Ice at the Bottom of All the Reboots 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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April 02, 2018Episode 509: Consider Yourself a Hero
Peter Fenzel, Mark Lee, and Matthew Wrather overthink Ready Player One, the different natures of the book and the movie, and the meaning of nostalgia.
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Ready Player One
Cullen Crisp and Eleanor Crisp from Kindergarten Cop
Nostalgia from the Online Etymology Dictionary
Episode 509: Consider Yourself a Hero 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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March 26, 2018Episode 508: Political Tentpole
Peter Fenzel, Mark Lee, and Matthew Wrather consider the taxonomy of parades: protest, carnival, St. Patrick’s, Greek street festival.
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2006 United States immigration reform protests
Rally to Restore Sanity and/or Fear
1999 Seattle WTO protests
The Revolutions Podcast
Episode 508: Political Tentpole 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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March 19, 2018Episode 507: Geometry
Peter Fenzel goes Maple Sugaring, and he, Mark Lee, and Matt Wrather are led to consider trees as a discursive object. Are trees beings? Are trees a being? Are there poems as lovely as them?
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“Mayflies” by Richard Wilbur
The Giving Tree by Shel Silverstein
“Trees” by Joyce Kilmber
Episode 507: Geometry 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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March 12, 2018 Episode 506: The Huey Lewisean Power of Love
Peter Fenzel, Mark Lee, and Matthew Wrather gather like Mmes. Whatsit, Who, and Which to overthink Disney’s A Wrinkle in Time.
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Episode 506: The Huey Lewisean Power of Love 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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March 05, 2018Episode 505: A Buddhist Excellence of Sex Spying
Peter Fenzel, Mark Lee, and Matthew Wrather partake in a garden of earthly delights and a lurid spectacle of flesh. One is the new film Red Sparrow starring Jennifer Lawrence, the other is the Cadillac CT6 Luxury Sedan.
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Red Sparrow: Movie, Novel
Cadillac CT6
Episode 505: A Buddhist Excellence of Sex Spying 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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