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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.
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Jordan Stokes
Matthew Wrather: @mwrather
Theory for Turntables Live: Purple Rain Listening Party and Live Podcast Taping
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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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Mark Lee: @goestotwelve
John Perich: @perich
Matthew Wrather: @mwrather
Theory for Turntables Live: Purple Rain Listening Party and Live Podcast Taping
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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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December 22, 2014Episode 338: The Hobbit (Under Circumstances of Extreme Metal-itude)
Peter Fenzel, Mark Lee, and Matthew Wrather overthink the end of The Colbert Report and The Hobbit: The Battle of Five Armies, which is metal as hell.
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Jordan Stokes
Matthew Wrather: @mwrather
Further Reading
OTIP Episode 316: Why Baptize Your Hatchet in Fish Blood? Why Not?! featuring a parody rendition of “Bat out of Hell”
“Get Low” lyrics
Patriotic “Never Forget” T-Shirts with Eagles on Them: A Historical Retrospective
DragonForce, “Through The Fire And Flames” on YouTube
Episode 338: The Hobbit (Under Circumstances of Extreme Metal-itude) 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 15, 2014Episode 337: A Great Flowering of Empathy and Fellow-Feeling
Peter Fenzel, Mark Lee, Jordan Stokes and Matthew Wrather overthink the the Sony leaks, casual racism, the morality of sharing private information, and the effect on the economy of Middle Earth of the desolation of Smaug; and, in honor of Chris Rock, they share their own personal Top Five.
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Jordan Stokes
Matthew Wrather: @mwrather
Further Reading
Musa I of Mali on Wikipedia
U.S. Code: Title 5
Thomas Pynchon, V.
Joel McHale’s free TV
“Sea Lioning” becomes a verb
Chris Rock: in converstaion with Frank Rich, and writing in The Hollywood Reporter
Twelfth Night II.3
The Ring of Gyges
Episode 337: A Great Flowering of Empathy and Fellow-Feeling 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 08, 2014Episode 336: Black Mirror – The Pig Effing Trolley Problem
Matthew Belinkie, Peter Fenzel, Ryan Sheely, and Matthew Wrather are joined by guest podcasters and significant others Rachel D and Fiona S to overthink Black Mirror.
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Ryan Sheely: @ryanmsheely
Matthew Wrather: @mwrather
…and special guests Rachel D and Fiona S
Further Reading
Black Mirror on Netflix
Commissioner John Koskinen on irs.gov and Wikipedia
The Glorious Revolution
Episode 336: Black Mirror – The Pig Effing Trolley Problem 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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