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May 12, 2014Episode 306: Unfamiliar with Jack Bauer or Tea But Mostly Tea
Ben Adams, Peter Fenzel, Mark Lee, and Matt Wrather are joined by special guest Tim Swann to overthink the British perspective on 24: Live Another Day, and wrap up Eurovision 2014.
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Ben Adams: @badamsnavy
Peter Fenzel: @fenzelian
Mark Lee: @goestotwelve
Matthew Wrather: @mwrather
And special guest Tim Swann: @tetrarchangel
Further Reading
Starwhal
London Agent Lady Penelope
TV Recaps Podcast on iTunes and via RSS
Five Eyes on Wikipedia
The United Kingdom Explained on YouTube
Conchita Wurst, “Rise Like a Phoenix” (Austria) on YouTube
Psycomedia Podcast
Episode 306: Unfamiliar with Jack Bauer or Tea But Mostly Tea 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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May 05, 2014Episode 305: Destroying Star Wars In Order To Save It
Peter Fenzel, Mark Lee, and Matt Wrather overthink their thoughts about what little we know of Star Wars: Episode VII, and talk about good fans make bad sequels.
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Further Reading
Faye Dunaway, Steve Guttenberg, Jack Nicholson, and Matthew Wrather on IMDb
The Guttenberg Bible: A Memoir by Steve Gutenberg (affiliate link)
List of Police Academy Characters on Wikipedia
I, Frankenstein on Amazon.com (affiliate link)
Star Wars on IMDb
Fade In Michael Piller google search
Joseph Campbell: Film on Wikipedia!
Londo Mollari (character) on IMDb
4 Rules to Make Star Wars geat Again video and followup essay
Think Tank: What Do the Stormtroopers Think of Vader? on Overthinking It
Sharktopus: Sequel on Wikipedia
The Anxiety of Influence on Wikipedia, and a contemporary review by John Hollander, in pace requiescat
Episode 305: Destroying Star Wars In Order To Save It 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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April 28, 2014Episode 304: Nickelback Lyrics About Japanese Schoolgirls
Peter Fenzel, Mark Lee, and Matt Wrather overthink the issues of identity and appropriation in the controversy over Avril Lavigne’s “Hello Kitty.”
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Matthew Wrather: @mwrather
Further Reading
Digging up meaning from the rubble of an excavated Atari landfill from Ars Technica
Airwolf on Wikipedia
Wolfenstein 3D on Wikipedia
Roc (TV Series) on Wikipedia
“Hello Kitty” Music Video on YouTube
“Hello Kitty” lyrics
And the Internet goes crazy: Vox, HuffPo, TMZ
Robert Palmer – Simply Irresistible on YouTube
Kawaii on Wikipedia
Episode 304: Nickelback Lyrics About Japanese Schoolgirls 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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April 21, 2014Episode 303: You’re Not a Person If You Don’t Have a Personality
Mark Lee, Shana Mlawski, and Matt Wrather overthink Buzzfeed Quizzes, the problem(s) with the internet, and their favorite bears in popular culture.
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Further Reading
When Games Pretend to Be Games They Aren’t on Overthinking It
The Rock-afire Explosion
Party Pat
Adventure Time: Bears Karaoke
“Exit, pursued by a bear”
The Bear and the Maiden Fair on the Westeros.org Wiki
Wonder WoBear photos on Overthinking It
ASVAB
Which Star Trek Captain Are You?
Episode 303: You’re Not a Person If You Don’t Have a Personality 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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April 14, 2014Episode 302: Nobody Friend-zones Leonardo
Peter Fenzel, Mark Lee, Richard Rosenbaum, Jordan Stokes, and Matthew Wrather overthink the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Turtles Forever and Richard Rosenbaum’s book Raise Some Shell.
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Support Overthinking It when you Buy Raise Some Shell on Amazon.
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Richard Rosenbaum: @roboghostvampyr
Matthew Wrather: @mwrather
Episode 302: Nobody Friend-zones Leonardo 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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April 07, 2014Episode 301: Dude, Your Hydra’s Hailing
Peter Fenzel and Matthew Wrather overthink Captain America: Winter Soldier and whisper “Hail Hydra” in one another’s ear.
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Episode 301: Dude, Your Hydra’s Hailing 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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April 02, 2014Podcast Supplement: The Zero Hour in which the Mother is Met
Ben Adams and Matthew Belinkie recap the finale of How I Met Your Mother in a special podcast supplement. SPOILER ALERT.
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Podcast Supplement: The Zero Hour in which the Mother is Met 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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March 31, 2014Episode 300: One of the Finest Moments of My Adult Life
Matthew Belinkie, Peter Fenzel, Mark Lee, and Matthew Wrather count down the 10 best moments of 300 Overthinking It Podcasts with contributions from listeners who have heard them all.
Thank you so much to our “300 Club” listeners — Brian (Pasteur), Amanda, Joseph, Gab, Marc (Mezdef), Sean, and Andrew, and special thanks to Andrew for his 300-episode annotations.
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Matthew Wrather: @mwrather
Further Reading
Who held the record for longest time standing on one foot?
“Osama Bin Laden Loves Taylor Swift” on Google
Episode 99: I’m Bruce Springsteen and I Approve This Message from the TFT Podcast
Sport Court With Great Power Comes… a TV Pilot by Andrew Buonopane on Overthinking It
The Wire on Overthining It
Episode 300: One of the Finest Moments of My Adult Life 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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March 24, 2014Episode 299: Turgid, Overlong
Peter Fenzel, Mark Lee, Shana Mlawski and Matthew Wrather overthink Divergent — the novel by Veronica Roth and its film adaptation.
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Shana Mlawski: @shanamlawski
Matthew Wrather: @mwrather
Buy the Book (Shana’s)
Hammer of Witches by Shana Mlawski (affiliate link)
Further Reading
“Addams Groove” Lyrics by M C Hammer
The Greatest Furniture in Fiction [Think Tank] on Overthinking It
“common hats” on Google Image Search
Game of Thrones Double Dactyls on Overthinking It
Episode 299: Turgid, Overlong 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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March 17, 2014Episode 298: A Requirement For Jerk
Peter Fenzel and Matthew Wrather overthink lost-key points, who can and can’t judge whom, video game adaptations, and the vexing moral ethical conundrum of jerk-shaming.
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Episode 298: A Requirement For Jerk 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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