Overthinking It Podcast

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March 02, 2015Episode 348: They Are Not The Hell Your Whales
Peter Fenzel, Mark Lee, and Matthew Wrather overthink #TheDress, subjectivity, the passing of Leonard Nimoy, and whether Leslie Knope lives in a Frank Underworld.
This episode is sponsored by American Crime, premiering Thursday, March 5 at 10/9 central on ABC.
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Further Reading
Qualia
Konstantin Stanislavski
The Magic If (in the Stanislavski System)
Mahzarin Banaji
Leonard Nimoy: IMDb, Wikipedia
Slash Fiction
“The are not the hell your whales.” on YouTube
“The Ballad of Bilbo Baggins” on YouTube
Star Trek (film franchise)
Syd Field’s books
“The Two Faces of Sly” on Overthinking It
Parks and Recreation
House of Cards on Netflix
Episode 348: They Are Not The Hell Your Whales 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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February 23, 2015Episode 347: John Fact becomes John Myth, and John Myth becomes John Legend
Peter Fenzel, Mark Lee, and Matthew Wrather overthink the 87th Academy Awards.
This episode is sponsored by American Crime, premiering Thursday, March 5 at 10/9 central on ABC.
[audio:http://podone.noxsolutions.com/launchpod/overthinkingit/mp3/otip347.mp3]
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Further Reading
“Structure, Sign, and Play in the Discourse of the Human Sciences”
Engl300: Introduction to the Theory of Literature
Episode 347: John Fact becomes John Myth, and John Myth becomes John Legend 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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February 16, 2015Episode 346: Are You Familiar with The Work of Chris Kattan?
Peter Fenzel, Mark Lee, and Matthew Wrather overthink the 40th annviersary of Saturday Night Live, and wonder why it was fun in the first place. They also spend a little time wondering about the 50 Shades phenomenon.
[audio:http://podone.noxsolutions.com/launchpod/overthinkingit/mp3/otip346.mp3]
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Further reading
The Origin of 50 Shades
Hammer of Witches by Shana Mlawski
Dialectic on Wikipedia
Notes toward a Supreme Fiction on Wikiquote
Gilda Radner on Wikipedia
“Lycidas” by John Milton
Episode 346: Are You Familiar with The Work of Chris Kattan? 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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February 09, 2015Episode 345: During Wind and Rain
Peter Fenzel and Matthew Wrather discuss the weather.
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Episode 345: During Wind and Rain 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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February 02, 2015Episode 344: We Aren’t What You Think We Are
Matthew Belinkie, Peter Fenzel, Mark Lee, John Jordan Stokes, and Matthew Wrather overthink the commercials and halftime show from Super Bowl XLIX.
[audio:http://podone.noxsolutions.com/launchpod/overthinkingit/mp3/otip344.mp3]
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Jordan Stokes
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Theory for Turntables Live: Purple Rain Listening Party and Live Podcast Taping
Get Information and Tickets
Episode 344: We Aren’t What You Think We 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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January 26, 2015Episode 343: The 800-Pound Benedict Cumberbatch in The Room
Ben Adams, Peter Fenzel, Mark Lee, John Perich, and Matthew Wrather overthink deflate-gate, Mozart in the Jungle, and the Alan Turing biopic The Imitation Game starring Benedict Cumberbatch.
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Theory for Turntables Live: Purple Rain Listening Party and Live Podcast Taping
Get Information and Tickets
Further Reading
Answers to the question of the week
P versus NP Problem
Banach–Tarski paradox
Magnetism
Keynesian Multiplier
Second law of thermodynamics
Mozart in the Jungle (video) and the book the series is based on
The Imitation Game
Episode 343: The 800-Pound Benedict Cumberbatch in The Room 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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January 19, 2015Episode 342: There Were No Pumpkin Spice Lattes in The Poor Theater of Grotowski
Peter Fenzel, Mark Lee, and Matthew Wrather discuss the long and storied history of Overthinking.
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Further Reading
OTI Classic: The Philosophy of Batman
Kubla Khan
Tilda Swinton
Charlton Heston in Wayne’s World 2
Eudora (email client)
“Moodwatch” now in Euroda 5.0 (September 12, 2000)
Fade In by Michael Piller [PDF]
Episode 342: There Were No Pumpkin Spice Lattes in The Poor Theater of Grotowski 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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January 12, 2015Episode 341: It’s Nice That There are Films That are Ambitious
Peter Fenzel, Mark Lee, John Perich, and Matthew Wrather overthink contemporary prestige pictures, including Inherent Vice, Birdman, and TAK3N.
[audio:http://podone.noxsolutions.com/launchpod/overthinkingit/mp3/otip341.mp3]
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John Perich: @perich
Matthew Wrather: @mwrather
Further Reading
Question of the week: What shoudl get taken in Taken 4?
Taken 4: Double Takin’
T4KEN
Adjusting for Ticket Price Inflation
Inherent Vice
Thomas Pynchon
Every Frame a Painting
Commedia dell’arte and lazzi on Wikipedia
Thomas Pynchon Names
Birdman
Episode 341: It’s Nice That There are Films That are Ambitious 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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January 05, 2015Episode 340: Generation Skeletor
Matthew Belinkie, Peter Fenzel, Mark Lee, John Perich, and Matthew Wrather introduce the concept of Overthinking for the benefit of new listeners, and discuss Grown-Ups 2, Chip ‘n’ Dale Rescue Rangers, and the plays of William Shakespeare.
[audio:http://podone.noxsolutions.com/launchpod/overthinkingit/mp3/otip340.mp3]
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Peter Fenzel: @fenzelian
Mark Lee: @goestotwelve
John Perich: @perich
Matthew Wrather: @mwrather
Further Reading
Galavant
“Schwarzenegger ‘F*** You’: Did Gov Send Lawmaker Obscene Message Through Acrostic Poem?”
“Meet the Two Guys Who Are Doomed to Watch ‘Grown Ups 2’ for Eternity” from Vice
Title Announcements
“Sylvester Stallone Announces ‘Rambo 5’ Title”
“The Next James Bond Movie Is Spectre, and It Has a Cast Full of Villains” from io9
“Rocky Spin-Off Creed To Shoot In January”
“171 Starbucks” by Mark Malkoff
Episode 340: Generation Skeletor 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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December 29, 2014Episode 339: Serial: Are You Allowed to be Entertained?
Ben Adams, Peter Fenzel, Shana Mlawski, and Matthew Wrather overthink the end of the Overthinking Cowboy Bebop series and the ethics of storytelling in Serial and Into The Woods.
[audio:http://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/traffic.libsyn.com/mwrather/otip339.mp3]
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Peter Fenzel: @fenzelian
Shana Mlawski: @ShanaMlawski
Matthew Wrather: @mwrather
Further Reading
Overthinking Cowboy Bebop: the first post and the final one
Shana and Doctor Who: Is Doctor Who Bad for Women? and Fixing Doctor Who, Season Five Edition
PodcastOne
Into The Woods
Serial
Comprehensive Criminal Procedure, 3rd Edition
Rabia’s Blog
“Adversary System” on Wikipedia
This American Life
The Moth
Sadly, Not Bernadette Peters
Episode 339: Serial: Are You Allowed to be Entertained? 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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