Overthinking It Podcast

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  • Episode 325: I Speak of The Booty That Is to Come after Me

    Ben Adams, Peter Fenzel, Mark Lee, and Matthew Wrather overthink songs about booty, the changing of the seasons, and the fall TV lineup.

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    • Ben Adams: @badamsnavy
    • Peter Fenzel: @fenzelian
    • Mark Lee: @goestotwelve
    • Matthew Wrather: @mwrather
    • Further Reading
      • Final Fantasy VI “Book” Club
      • Overthinking It Maling List
      • Booty Videos: “All About That Bass”, “Anaconda”, “Booty”
      • Church Crowns
      • Shoulder Pads
      • RuPaul, “Supermodel (Of The World)” on YouTube
      • Broadcast Syndication and the Universal Television Action Pack on Wikipedia
      • Fall 2014 TV Lineup
      • Alternative Titles
        • Our Question Of The Week Is Booty Related
        • Pirate Technology Is Far Beyond Anything Cavemen Could Have Comprehended
        • Corn And Fire
        • Speaking Of Corn And Fire, We’re Talking About Butts
        • If Max Martin Is In Our Audience, You’re Welcome
        • Brim Jobs
        • It’s All There. It’s All Big.
        • The Fault In Our Stars Is A Duck From Space
        • Hurry Up With My Damn Croissant
        • The Booty Is Being Enacted In Various Sorts Of Ways
        • The Sexy 1984-style Police State
        • Soft-rock-steampunk Technology Notwithstanding
        • Be The Booty You Want To See In The World
        • I Don’t Think You Heard Me
        • We’re Going To Do Just As Well With Sports Puns As We Did With Butt Puns
        • The Booty Was So Big It Squeezed All The Other Content Out Of The Podcast
        • It Jumps To King Tut Getting His Associate’s Degree
        • Bad Judge: Night Court
        • Episode 325: I Speak of The Booty That Is to Come after Me 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 324: Skeptical as a Schoolgirl

          Peter Fenzel, Mark Lee, and Matthew Wrather overthink Adulthood in popular culture, jumping off from A. O. Scott’s New York Times article.

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          Your Panel
          • Peter Fenzel: @fenzelian
          • Mark Lee: @goestotwelve
          • Matthew Wrather: @mwrather
          • Further Reading
            • “Caught in the Act”, John Lahr’s profile of Al Pacino from The New Yorker
            • “The Strange & Curious Tale of the Last True Hermit”
            • “The Midrange Archetype” on the Magic: The Gathering website
            • “Scarf Guy” on BuzzFeed
            • Fashionable Gentleman
            • Breeches and Hose on Google Image Search
            • “The Death of Adulthood in American Culture”
            • Episode 324: Skeptical as a Schoolgirl 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 323: Thumbs Up to All The Duck Brothers Out There

              Ben Adams, Pete Fenzel and Matthew Wrather overthink the legacy of Joan Rivers and the ascendancy of digital photography and its various social uses.

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              Your Panel
              • Ben Adams: @badamsnavy
              • Peter Fenzel: @fenzelian
              • Matthew Wrather: @mwrather
              • Further Reading
                • Joan Rivers on the Ed Sullivan Show
                • “How Babylon 5 is Transferred to DVD”
                • “Settled” from xkcd
                • “In an Iranian Image, a Missle Too Many” from the New York Times
                • “Photograph” by Nickelback lyrics on Rap Genius
                • From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler (affiliate link)
                • Episode 323: Thumbs Up to All The Duck Brothers Out There 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 322: Hello Kitty: The Horrible Sanrio Dystopia

                  Pete Fenzel and Mark Lee overthink Sin City 2’s box office flop, the taxonomy of Hello Kitty, and the appeal of watching live video game streaming on Twitch TV.

                  [audio:http://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/traffic.libsyn.com/mwrather/otip322.mp3]

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                  • Mark Lee: @goestotwelve
                  • Further Reading
                    • List of worst box office flops
                    • Breaking news: Hello Kitty is and is not a cat
                    • From Scooby to Scrappy: An Analysis of Cartoon Doghood
                    • This is why people want to watch other people play video games
                    • Amazon’s Twitch acquisition is about beating Google and Apple
                    • Episode 322: Hello Kitty: The Horrible Sanrio Dystopia 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 321: The VMAs: Shmorg Shmorg Shmorg, I Have These Songs, Shmorg Shmorg Shmorg

                      Pete Fenzel, Mark Lee, Jordan Stokes and Matthew Wrather overthink the VMAs, the state of pop (and country music), Max Martin, the Floyd lick, the utility of the hashtag and the new show Selfie.

                      [audio:http://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/traffic.libsyn.com/mwrather/otip321.mp3]

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                      • Peter Fenzel: @fenzelian
                      • Mark Lee: @goestotwelve
                      • Jordan Stokes
                      • Matthew Wrather: @mwrather
                      • Further Reading
                        • Wiz Khalifa and Amber Rose
                        • Victoria Justice
                        • Jeremy Scott
                        • Demi Lovato
                        • Nicki Minaj vs. The ’60s Star Trek Uniforms
                        • Floyd Cramer
                        • Max Martin
                        • Episode 321: The VMAs: Shmorg Shmorg Shmorg, I Have These Songs, Shmorg Shmorg Shmorg 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 320: The Expendables 3: A Midsummer Night’s Railgun

                          Pete Fenzel and Matthew Wrather overthink The Expendables 3, the arc of the Expendables trilogy from self-serious to self-referential, and the role the Expendables Kidz play in the developing mythos. They also comment on the sad passing of Robin Williams and the reaction to news of his death.

                          [audio:http://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/traffic.libsyn.com/mwrather/otip320.mp3]

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                          • Peter Fenzel: @fenzelian
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                          • Further Reading
                            • “Robin Williams, 1951–2014” on Overthinking It
                            • Toys on IMDb
                            • Hamlet on IMDb
                            • The Expendables 3 on Rotten Tomatoes
                            • Episode 320: The Expendables 3: A Midsummer Night’s Railgun 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 319: The Things You Liked Actually Were Awesome

                              Pete Fenzel, Rihcard Rosenbaum and Matthew Wrather overthink the new Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles movie, and propose products that Amazon can stop selling.

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                              Here is a picture of Richard’s Gazebo:

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                              • Peter Fenzel: @fenzelian
                              • Richard Rosenbaum: @roboghostvampyr
                              • Matthew Wrather: @mwrather
                              • Further Reading
                                • Honda Emblems (affiliate link)
                                • Episode 319: The Things You Liked Actually Were Awesome 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 318: The Awe is in the AWEsome Mix

                                  Pete Fenzel and Matthew Wrather overthink Guardians of the Galaxy, the Gathering of the Juggalos, and the special properties of Ibiza.

                                  [audio:http://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/traffic.libsyn.com/mwrather/otip318.mp3]

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                                  • Peter Fenzel: @fenzelian
                                  • Matthew Wrather: @mwrather
                                  • Further Reading
                                    • It’s All Gone Pete Tong
                                    • March of the Juggalos on YouTube (NSFW)
                                    • Images of Zartan
                                    • Richard Moll on IMDb
                                    • Episode 318: The Awe is in the AWEsome Mix 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 317: He Seems Older and Wiser and Less Half of an Animal

                                      Pete Fenzel, Mark Lee, and Matt Wrather overthink hypothetical ComicCon announcements and talk about new releases Hercules and Boyhood.

                                      [audio:http://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/traffic.libsyn.com/mwrather/otip317.mp3]

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                                      • Peter Fenzel: @fenzelian
                                      • Mark Lee: @goestotwelve
                                      • Matthew Wrather: @mwrather
                                      • Episode 317: He Seems Older and Wiser and Less Half of an Animal 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 316: Why Baptize Your Hatchet in Fish Blood? Why Not?!

                                        Pete Fenzel, Mark Lee, Shana Mlawski and Matt Wrather overthink their Purge plans, their reaction to parodist-laureate “Weird Al” Yankovic’s latest album, and the many logical failings of Snowpiercer.

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                                        Your Panel
                                        • Peter Fenzel: @fenzelian
                                        • Mark Lee: @goestotwelve
                                        • Shana Mlawski: @ShanaMlawski
                                        • Matthew Wrather: @mwrather
                                        • Further Reading

                                          • Tesla Motors
                                          • AirBnB Logos
                                          • Pee Wee Big Adventure
                                          • Categorical Imperative
                                          • Mandatory Fun (affiliate link)
                                          • Poodle Hat (album) on Wikipedia
                                          • Episode 316: Why Baptize Your Hatchet in Fish Blood? Why Not?! 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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