Overthinking It Podcast

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  • Episode 335: Why Would The Millennium Falcon Blow Up the White House?

    Peter Fenzel, Mark Lee, Jordan Stokes, and Matthew Wrather overthink the Star Wars Episode VII Teaser Trailer and Band Aid 30’s “Do They Know It’s Christmas? (2014).”

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    • Peter Fenzel: @fenzelian
    • Mark Lee: @goestotwelve
    • Jordan Stokes
    • Matthew Wrather: @mwrather
    • Further Reading

      • “I designed a better lightsaber than J.J. Abrams while I was in line for coffee this morning” on The Verge
      • Star Wars: The Force Awakens Photos – Let’s Over-Analyze the First Trailer
      • Swiss Army Knife
      • “What is Bayhem?” from Every Frame a Painting
      • “Space Opera” on Wikipedia
      • Dear JJ Abrams
      • Star Wars Episode 1 Teaser Poster
      • 22 Jump Street (affiliate link). You’re welcome.
        • “Do They Know It’s Christmas” ~ Band Aid 1984 on YouTube
        • “Bob Geldof” on Wikipedia
        • “USA for Africa – We Are The World” on YouTube
        • “When ‘Purple Rain’ Came Falling Down” on Medium
        • “Angélique Kidjo”
        • Kipling: “The Sack of the Gods”, “If—”
        • Episode 335: Why Would The Millennium Falcon Blow Up the White House? 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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        • Episode 334: As God Is My Witness, I’ll Never Go On the Hunger Games Again

          Peter Fenzel, Mark Lee, and Matthew Wrather overthink The Hunger Games: Mockingjay, Part 1 starring Jennifer Lawrence.

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          • Peter Fenzel: @fenzelian
          • Mark Lee: @goestotwelve
          • Matthew Wrather: @mwrather
          • Further Reading
            • The World of Ice & Fire: The Untold History of Westeros and the Game of Thrones
            • Tie Fighter Special Edition
            • Thrustmaster Hotas Warthog Joystick
            • Weber Spirit E320 Liquid Propane Gas Grill
            • Save The Cat! The Last Book on Screenwriting You’ll Ever Need by Blake Snyder
            • Episode 334: As God Is My Witness, I’ll Never Go On the Hunger Games Again 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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            • Episode 333: All About That Tonsure

              Peter Fenzel, Mark Lee, and Matthew Wrather overthink the downside of Megan Trainor, the backside of Robert Pattinson, and the flipside of Taylor Swift and Spotify.

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              • Peter Fenzel: @fenzelian
              • Mark Lee: @goestotwelve
              • Matthew Wrather: @mwrather
              • Further Reading
                • Watched on the Treadmill: 40 Minutes of Dance Videos by Fenzel on Overthinking It
                • “Lorde, Racism, and Hip-hop”
                • “Robert Pattinson steps out with questionable new haircut”
                • Tonsure on Wikipedia
                • “Thursday Grammar: Impostrophe!” by Wrather on Overthinking It
                • “Tonsure the safety of our nation”
                • Duck’s A** on Wikipedia
                • Rat-tial on Google Image Search
                • Nora Jane Struthers and the Party Line
                • Episode 333: All About That Tonsure 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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                • Episode 332: My Watch Is Saying, “That’s The Best Thing about High School Girls”

                  Matthew Belinkie, Peter Fenzel, Mark Lee, and Matthew Wrather are joined by special guest Zack Johnson of Kingdom of Loathing to overthink Christopher Nolan’s Interstellar, starring Matthew McConaughey.

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                  • Matthew Belinkie
                  • Peter Fenzel: @fenzelian
                  • Zack Johnson: @zapjackson
                  • Mark Lee: @goestotwelve
                  • Matthew Wrather: @mwrather
                  • Further Reading

                    Episode 332: My Watch Is Saying, “That’s The Best Thing about High School Girls” 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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                  • Episode 331: Ecce Homo: Paul Walker Floats in Slow Motion

                    Peter Fenzel and Matthew Wrather overthink the Furious 7 trailer, and compare the instrumental value of the careers of Paul Walker and Eric Roberts.

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                    • Peter Fenzel: @fenzelian
                    • Matthew Wrather: @mwrather
                    • Further Reading
                      • Furious 7 Trailer
                      • Eric Roberts on IMDb
                      • “There’s No Such Thing as Free Speech and It’s a Good Thing Too” [pdf] by Stanley Fish
                      • Episode 331: Ecce Homo: Paul Walker Floats in Slow Motion 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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                      • Episode 330: John Wick: “Cut us, do we not bleed? Wrong us, do we not revenge?”

                        Ben Adams, Peter Fenzel, Mark Lee, and Jordan Stokes overthink board game movie adaptations and the Keanu Reeves revenge thriller John Wick.

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                        • Ben Adams: @badamsnavy
                        • Peter Fenzel: @fenzelian
                        • Mark Lee: @goestotwelve
                        • Jordan Stokes
                        • Further Reading
                          • “Five Board Games That Would Make Better Movies Than Michael Bay’s ‘Ouija'”
                          • Sad Keanu
                          • Chevrolet Chevelle
                          • Mark Lee’s dog, Harper Lee (who was not harmed in the making of this podcast):
                          • Episode 330: John Wick: “Cut us, do we not bleed? Wrong us, do we not revenge?” 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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                          • Episode 329: “You’re a loose cannon but you’re a dang good time lord.”

                            Peter Fenzel, Mark Lee, and Matthew Wrather overthink their week in pop culture.

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                            • Peter Fenzel: @fenzelian
                            • Mark Lee: @goestotwelve
                            • Matthew Wrather: @mwrather
                            • Further Reading

                              • Piano search results on Amazon

                              • [PIE CHART]

                              • Cristela at IMDb

                              • “Is Doctor Who Bad for Women?” and “Fixing Doctor Who – Season Five Edition” on Overthinking It

                              • Scary Movie and Not Another Teen Movie on IMDb

                                Episode 329: “You’re a loose cannon but you’re a dang good time lord.” 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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                              • Episode 328: Gossip Groot

                                Peter Fenzel, Mark Lee, Shana Mlawski, and Matthew Wrather overthink New York Comic Con 2014.

                                [audio:http://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/traffic.libsyn.com/mwrather/otip328.mp3]

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                                • Peter Fenzel: @fenzelian
                                • Mark Lee: @goestotwelve
                                • Shana Mlawski: @shanamlawski
                                • Matthew Wrather: @mwrather
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                                  Further Reading
                                  • Alliteration on Wikipedia
                                  • Alliterative Titles: Darkman III: Die Darkman Die, Finding Forrester, Dirty Dancing, Krazy Kat, Gossip Girl
                                  • The Americans Season 1 and The Americans Season 2 on Amazon (affiliate links)
                                  • Cedar Rapids
                                  • Episode 328: Gossip Groot 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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                                  • Episode 327: Saturday Morning: Has It Been Raptured, or Has It Been Left Behind?

                                    Peter Fenzel, Mark Lee, and Jordan Stokes overthink the Rapture in pop culture, the end of Saturday morning cartoons, and the role that sugary breakfast cereal played in their enjoyment.

                                    [audio:http://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/traffic.libsyn.com/mwrather/otip327.mp3]

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                                    Your Panel
                                    • Peter Fenzel: @fenzelian
                                    • Mark Lee: @goestotwelve
                                    • Jordan Stokes
                                    • Further Reading
                                      • “This Is the First Weekend in America With No Saturday Morning Cartoons”
                                      • “The 20 Best Saturday Morning Cartoons of All Time”
                                      • “Americans Aren’t Eating Their Wheaties”
                                      • Left Behind, the one with Kirk Cameron
                                      • Episode 327: Saturday Morning: Has It Been Raptured, or Has It Been Left Behind? 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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                                      • Episode 326: Becoming the Hater you Hate

                                        Peter Fenzel, Mark Lee, and Matthew Wrather drink the haterade.

                                        Overthinking It Podcast Episode 13, the beginning of our uninterrupted weekly run, was published 6 years ago today. “Crossing Sections off The Map”

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                                        Your Panel
                                        • Ben Adams: @badamsnavy
                                        • Peter Fenzel: @fenzelian
                                        • Mark Lee: @goestotwelve
                                        • Matthew Wrather: @mwrather
                                        • Further Reading
                                          • The “Whatcha Say” Odyssey: From Imogen Heap to Jason Derulo
                                          • YouTube Videos: “Hide and Seek”, “Whatcha Say”
                                          • “The Troll Slayer: A Cambridge classicist takes on her sexist detractors”
                                          • Lincoln’s Second Inaugural
                                          • Episode 326: Becoming the Hater you Hate 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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