Overthinking It Podcast

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October 17, 2016Episode 433: Democracy is the Ultimate Kayfabe
Peter Fenzel, Mark Lee, and Matthew Wrather are joined by special guest Rob Cesternino of “Rob Has A Podcast”, to discuss presidential politics in an age of reality television.
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Our Guest
Rob Cesternino appeared twice on Survivor, and now hosts “Rob Has A Podcast,” focusing on reality television, and “Post Show Recaps,” focusing on scripted TV.
Rob Has A Podcast
Post-Show Recaps
@robcesternino on Twitter
Your Panel
Peter Fenzel: @fenzelian
Mark Lee: @goestotwelve
Matthew Wrather: @mwrather
Episode 433: Democracy is the Ultimate Kayfabe 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 10, 2016Episode 432: You Are Not Flat
Peter Fenzel and Matthew Wrather overthinking difficult cultural experiences like watching the Presidential Debates or listening to “Save A Horse, Ride A Cowboy” at a wedding.
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Peter Fenzel: @fenzelian
Matthew Wrather: @mwrather
Episode 432: You Are Not Flat 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 03, 2016Episode 431: The Zipcodes in the Marvel Netflix World
Peter Fenzel, Mark Lee, and Matthew Wrather discuss their favorite Sagas, what makes Epic and Saga different, and why understanding Saga may hold the key to understanding Expanded Universe storytelling.
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Matthew Wrather: @mwrather
Further Reading
Saga and Epic
The Jeffersons
The Godfather Saga
Metamorphoses
Arrested Development
The Hero with a Thousand Faces
Episode 431: The Zipcodes in the Marvel Netflix World 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 26, 2016Episode 430: That Divorce was Right On Trend
Peter Fenzel, Mark Lee, and Matthew Wrather consider their favorite combinations of things, really try to figure out what makes a bit work, and then segue into the discourse, disingenuous counter-discourse, and meta-discourse (drink, drink, drink!) of some recent Internet controversies.
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Peter Fenzel: @fenzelian
Mark Lee: @goestotwelve
Matthew Wrather: @mwrather
Further Reading
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— Karen Gillan (@karengillan) September 21, 2016
Episode 430: That Divorce was Right On Trend 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 19, 2016Episode 429: “I consider it to be one of the best shows on television. I’m a crazy person.”
Peter Fenzel, Mark Lee, and Matthew Wrather talk about what they’re watching now, why the Emmy awards isn’t as good as your average football game, and what “reality” even means, man.
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Peter Fenzel: @fenzelian
Mark Lee: @goestotwelve
Matthew Wrather: @mwrather
Episode 429: “I consider it to be one of the best shows on television. I’m a crazy person.” 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 12, 2016Episode 428: Check Your Starfleet Privilege
Matthew Belinkie, Peter Fenzel, Mark Lee, and Matthew Wrather are joined by Trekonomics author Manu Saadia to celebrate the 50th Anniversary of Star Trek with (another!) consideration of what makes Trek special as a kind of show, as a body of thought, and as a tradition handed down from being to being.
THERE IS A SECRET SECOND TOPIC TO THIS PODCAST.
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Manu Saadia is the author of Trekonomics and a previous guest on the podcast.
Follow him on twitter @trekonomics.
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Matthew Belinkie
Peter Fenzel: @fenzelian
Mark Lee: @goestotwelve
Matthew Wrather: @mwrather
Further Reading
“Overthinking It Podcast Episode 408: Boldly Going, and So Forth”
Trekonomics
“The Enduring Lessons of ‘Star Trek’” by Manu Saadia
Masks
How Much for Just The Planet
“Far Beyond The Stars” on Wikipedia and Memory Alpha
Episode 428: Check Your Starfleet Privilege 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 05, 2016Episode 427: What an Idiot You Are to Have a Job
Peter Fenzel, Mark Lee, and Matthew Wrather express their solidarity with working people everywhere by considering the patronizing and hostile attitude of American popular media toward wage-earning. Happy Labor Day.
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Peter Fenzel: @fenzelian
Mark Lee: @goestotwelve
Matthew Wrather: @mwrather
Episode 427: What an Idiot You Are to Have a Job 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 29, 2016Episode 426: Gotta Catch And Release ’Em All
Ben Adams, Peter Fenzel, Mark Lee, and Matthew Wrather usually spend their summers cooped up in dark, air-conditioned movie theaters. But for this episode, they emerge into the great American wilderness, slap on the sunblock and the bug spray, and trek through our National Parks and Forests wondering why there are no good landscape shots in movies anymore.
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Ben Adams: @badamsnavy
Peter Fenzel: @fenzelian
Mark Lee: @goestotwelve
Matthew Wrather: @mwrather
Further Reading
The Millennial Whoop
Ghost Ship Moment
Milleneal Mattresses
“Blame millennials for the vanishing bar of soap”
“I Can’t Stop Reading One-Star Yelp Reviews of National Parks”
“18 of the biggest national park and forest cameos in the movies”
Pete’s Dragon (2016)
True Grit: Old and New
Syringe Tide
Episode 426: Gotta Catch And Release ’Em All 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 22, 2016Episode 425: Lord Commander Stryker of Lord of the Hobbits
Peter Fenzel, Mark Lee, and Matthew Wrather remember their favorite moments of the 2016 Olympics in Rio, wonder what Jon Snow is doing in an Infinity commercial, deliver a solid undergraduate poetry survey lecture on meter and prosody, and delve in to the sexy-dangerous capital-R Romanticism of William Blake’s The Tyger.
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Peter Fenzel: @fenzelian
Mark Lee: @goestotwelve
Matthew Wrather: @mwrather
Further Reading
Claressa Shields
At Rio Olympics, the National Anthem Sounds … Sad?
Simone Biles’ Vault
William Blake: Songs of Innocence and of Experience (text)
Episode 425: Lord Commander Stryker of Lord of the Hobbits 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 15, 2016Episode 424: Stranger Things: The Horror Is at Home
Rachel D, Birthday Boy Peter Fenzel, Ryan Sheely, and Matthew Wrather are joined by guest Sam Reich to overthink Srangter Things, discussing the show’s nature as a period piece, its unexpected non-relation to Lost and Twin Peaks, its surprising gay subtext, and what we expect in season 2.
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Sam Reich heads up College Humor Video and is the executive producer of Adam Ruins Everything on TruTV.
samreich.com
@samreich on Twitter
@samreich on Instagram
Your Panel
Rachel D
Peter Fenzel: @fenzelian
Ryan Sheely: @ryanmsheely
Matthew Wrather: @mwrather
Episode 424: Stranger Things: The Horror Is at Home 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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