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July 05, 2013 Podcast Supplement: The Fast and the Furious, Tokyo Drift
Peter Fenzel and a special guest, Boston-area comedian Hannah Foell, overthink The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift in a special Podcast Supplement.
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Podcast Supplement: The Fast and the Furious, Tokyo Drift 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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July 01, 2013 Episode 261: If The Day is Going to Be Saved
Matthew Belinkie, Josh McNeil, and Matthew Wrather overthink the failure of institutions in the current crop of summer blockbusters.
Ed. Note: This was a live recording and we had a little trouble with the settings on the microphone. Stick with us. The audio sets itself right after about 12 minutes.
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Episode 261: If The Day is Going to Be Saved 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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June 24, 2013 Episode 260: Take the Zombie Challenge
Ben Adams, Matthew Belinkie, Peter Fenzel, Jordan Stokes, and Matthew Wrather overthink World War Z, considering both the film with Brad Pitt and Max Brooks’s book.
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Episode 260: Take the Zombie Challenge 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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June 17, 2013 Episode 259: Man of Steel: And Jor-El Shall Restore Amends
Peter Fenzel, John Perich, and Matthew Wrather overthink Man of Steel, the latest reboot of the Superman franchise.
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Episode 259: Man of Steel: And Jor-El Shall Restore Amends 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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June 13, 2013 Podcast Supplement: Game of Thrones Season 3 Recap
Peter Fenzel, and Matthew Wrather recap Game of Thrones Season 3, in a special Podcast Supplement.
*SPOILER ALERT* for Game of Thrones Season 3. (We also discuss some adaptation choices from the books, but don’t discuss future developments.)
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Podcast Supplement: Game of Thrones Season 3 Recap 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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June 10, 2013Episode 258: Superman during The Purge
Peter Fenzel, Mark Lee, and Matthew Wrather discuss fictional dystopian surveillance states, recourse to works of fiction in political discourse, PRISM, and The Purge.
Spoilers for George Orwell’s Nineteen Eighty-Four.
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Further Reading
Big Brother is Hugging You
Hedley Lamarr from Blazing Saddles vs. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hedy_Lamarr](Hedy Lamarr)
The Purge
Alternative Titltes for This Episode
It’s Watchmen All The Way Down
TCP/IP Werewolf Communications
The Surveillance State that Makes Us Buy Cereal
Big Wrather is Watching
In The 24th Century, Nobody Hates Each Other Because Everybody Hates Each Other
I Just Purged All Over Myself
Episode 258: Superman during The Purge 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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June 03, 2013Episode 257: Arrested Development: A New Start
Peter Fenzel, Mark Lee, and Matthew Wrather are joined by Ben Snitkoff to overthink the fourth season of Arrested Development on Netflix.
Spoiler Alert for all four seasons of Arrested Development.
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Further Reading
[NPR’S Arrested Development Running Joke Guide](http://apps.npr.org/arrested-development/
Episode 257: Arrested Development: A New Start 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 27, 2013 Episode 256: Are We Not Fast? Are We Not Furious?
Ben Adams, Peter Fenzel, Mark Lee, and Matthew Wrather overthink (Fast &) Furious 6.
Spoiler Alert for Fast & Furious 6 and the whole franchise.
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Episode 256: Are We Not Fast? Are We Not Furious? 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 20, 2013Episode 255: I Think I Like Star Trek 2 Better Than Star Trek 2
Peter Fenzel, Mark Lee, Jordan Stokes and Matthew Wrather are joined by Ben Krinsky to overthink J. J. Abrams’s Star Trek Into Darkness.
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Spoiler Alert for Into Darkness and the whole Star Trek Universe.
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Further Reading
Felicity on IMDb
The Philosophy of Batman: Literary Theory Edition by Jordan Stokes
I Boldly Went Where Every Star Trek Movie and TV Show Has Gone Before by Matthew Yglesias
OTI Classics
The Eels Have Eyes by John Perich
Episode 255: I Think I Like Star Trek 2 Better Than Star Trek 2 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 13, 2013 Episode 254: Gatsby… You Don’t Have to Put on The Green Light
Matthew Belinkie, Peter Fenzel, and Matthew Wrather deliver an episode epic in both length and scope, covering high school reading lists classics, the Eurovision Song Contest, and Baz Luhrmann’s cinematic interpretation of The Great Gatsby.
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Episode 254: Gatsby… You Don’t Have to Put on The Green Light 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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