Overthinking It Podcast

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January 20, 2014Episode 290: The In Medias Res of Choice
Matthew Belinkie, Peter Fenzel, and Matthew Wrather confuse narrative complexity with podcasting good.
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Peter Fenzel: @fenzelian
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Episode 290: The In Medias Res of Choice 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 13, 2014Episode 289: The Dark Carnival of our Civil Rights
Peter Fenzel, Mark Lee, John Perich, and Matthew Wrather overthink the controversy over the FBI declaring juggalos a gang and the controversy of Shia Labeouf declaring blatant plagiarism art.
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Further Reading
Insane Clown Posse on Wikipedia
ICP Official Site
“ACLU, Insane Clown Posse File Lawsuit Challenging FBI Gang Designation” (press release from aclu.org)
Chris Straub Explains the L’affaire Labeouf in words and comics; several
Will Ferrell as Ron Burgundy joins North Dakota TV newscast on YouTube
David and Bathsheba on Wikipedia
Episode 289: The Dark Carnival of our Civil Rights 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 06, 2014Episode 288: The Magical Quality of the Magic Box
Peter Fenzel, Mark Lee, and Matthew Wrather overthink Netflix, the Netflix queue, and the phenomenon of movies disappearing and reappearing on the service.
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Further REading
What’s New on Netflix Streaming from Vulture
List Of Notable TV Shows And Movies Expiring Soon On Netflix US Streaming on /r/NetflixBestOf
(Root Beer) Tapper
Hyperreality on Wikipedia
The Global and The Universal by Jean Baudrillard
Cards Against Humanity
Commodity Fetishism
Seneca the Younger on Wikipedia
Stoicism on Wikipedia
How Netflix Reverse Engineered Hollywood
Episode 288: The Magical Quality of the Magic Box 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 30, 2013Episode 287: There Only Had to Be One Scarface
Ben Adams, Matthew Belinkie, Peter Fenzel, and Matthew Wrather tackle The Wolf of Wall Street, the moral responsibility of movies, and the Greatest Dogecoin Heist of 2013.
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Matthew Belinkie
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Further Reading
Riddick’s Space Dog
Doge on Wikipedia
Doge (meme) on Wikipedia
The 40 Most Awkward Dogs of 2013
QWOP
An Open Letter To The Makers of The Wolf of Wall Street, and the Wolf Himself
Episode 287: There Only Had to Be One Scarface 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 25, 2013Ho-Ho-Hoverthinking It Podcast Supplement: Benedict Cumberbatch before He Went Crazy And Started A Cult
Ben Adams, Matthew Belinkie, Peter Fenzel and Matthew Wrather take a break from the current movie season to look back at the top grossing films of 2003, 1993, 1983… and 1913.
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Ho-Ho-Hoverthinking It Podcast Supplement: Benedict Cumberbatch before He Went Crazy And Started A Cult 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 23, 2013Episode 286: American Hustle: He Doesn’t Sell Real Estate. He Sells Fake Estate.
Matthew Belinkie, Peter Fenzel, Jordan Stokes, and Matthew Wrather tackle American Hustle, directed by David O. Russell and starring Christian Bale, Bradley Cooper, Amy Adams, and Jennifer Lawrence.
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Jordan Stokes
Matthew Wrather: @mwrather
Episode 286: American Hustle: He Doesn’t Sell Real Estate. He Sells Fake Estate. 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 16, 2013Episode 285: The Hobbit: You’re The Man Now, Smaug
Peter Fenzel, Mark Lee, and Matthew Wrather overthink Peter Jackson’s The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug in an extra-long episode to fit with an extra-long movie.
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Further Reading
Peter O’Toole in The Tudors on YouTube
“Making It Out” on The Overthinking It Podcast
The Hobbit 2 is Bad Fan Fiction by Christopher Orr on The Atlantic
Your Highness on IMDb
The Geek Hierarchy [PDF] from the Brunching Shuttlecocks
Episode 285: The Hobbit: You’re The Man Now, Smaug 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 09, 2013Episode 284: Forging Correctness in the Iron Crucible of Condescension
Peter Fenzel, Mark Lee, and Matthew Wrather overthink two related musical works: The Sound Of Music live telecast and Rebecca Black’s “Saturday.”
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Further Reading
Notes Toward a Supreme Fiction (excerpts) by Wallace Stevens
Saturday by Rebecca Black on YouTube
Rebecca Black’s Wikipedia Page details her conflict with Patrice Wilson
NBC’s The Sound of Music Live! on Hulu
Alternative Titles
Days of the Week Are Reasons for Celebration
I Usually say Correlation Does Not Equal Causation, But in This Case I’ll Make an Exception
De-Mileying
Sound Off in The Comments If You Think Matt’s a Winner
It Is True of The Supreme Fiction That It Must Change
The “We” in Friday is Construted to Include the Listener
Structure vs. Agency and Rebecca Black
Clear Eyes, Full Hearts, Solo Cups, Can’t Lose
Speaking of A Lot Of White People Singing
Took My Key Into The Side of Their Panzer Division Riding Through The Alps
Being On the Boat
Before He Cheats… Out.
Episode 284: Forging Correctness in the Iron Crucible of Condescension 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 02, 2013Episode 283: God Just Got A Ten Second Car
Peter Fenzel, Mark Lee, and Matthew Wrather, along with special guest Hannah Foell, the world’s foremost expert on The Fast and Furious franchise overthink the passing of Paul Walker, car culture, and why transportation safety statistics have no effect on our behavior.
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Hannah Foell: @hannanimal
Mark Lee: @goestotwelve
Matthew Wrather: @mwrather
Further Reading
The Librarian (franchise) on Wikipedia
The Horse Whisperer on IMDb
BASEketball on IMDb
The Zookeeper (2011) on IMDb
Harriet The Spy (novel) on Wikipedia
Paul Walker on Wikipedia
Thinking, Fast and Slow by Daniel Kahneman
juno.com
Fast & Furious: The Complete Collection and Fast & Furious 6 (Steelbook)
I drink my Thanksgiving a quarter mile at a time. RT @fenzelian: @hannanimal Thanksgiving drink ain't no ten-second race.
— Hannah Foell (@hannanimal) November 28, 2013
Episode 283: God Just Got A Ten Second Car 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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November 25, 2013Episode 282: I Volunteer as Hungry
Matthew Belinkie, Peter Fenzel, Mark Lee, and Matthew Wrather overthink The Hunger Games: Catching Fire starring Jennifer Lawrence.
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Peter Fenzel: @fenzelian
Mark Lee: @goestotwelve
Matthew Wrather: @mwrather
Episode 282: I Volunteer as Hungry 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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