Overthinking It Podcast

Matthew Wrather is joined by Natalie Baseman, Peter Fenzel, Mark Lee, Josh McNeil, John Perich, and special guest Keith Harrington to overthink Kick Ass, ass kicking in general (which is to say agency and the protagonist), and the Hit Girl controversy.

Along the way, they plug OTI’s appearance at Geek Week, Clichemageddon 2, and the Mr. T Party.

→ Download Episode 95 (MP3)

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Episode 95: I’d Kick That 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)]

The 2010 Summer Movie Preview continues as Matthew Wrather hosts with Matthew Belinkie, Peter Fenzel, and Mark Lee. They also discuss favorite dust clouds in popular culture, shatter the myth of post-racial america, and admit that a zombie Confederacy actually sounds kind of bad-ass.

→ Download Episode 94 (MP3)

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Episode 94: Post-Racial Dust Cloud 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)]

Matthew Wrather hosts with Peter Fenzel, Mark Lee, and Josh McNeil for the first installment of their annual overthinking of Summer Movies, covering Clash of the Titans through The A-Team.

→ Download Episode 93 (MP3)

Don’t miss the podcast recording livestream on the Overthinking It Podcast Ustream Channel every Sunday at 9:15pm ET (6:15pm PT).

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Episode 93: You Were the Man Once, Dog 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)]

Matthew Wrather hosts with Natalie Baseman, Mark Lee, and Jordan Stokes to overthink listener feedback, including racial sensitivity, the Goofy Movie and the typology of cartoon dogs, the origin of anti-hipster sentiment, and scriptural elements and aesthetic considerations in Alice in Wonderland.

During the listener feedback episodes, we often remind you to make a donation to help us cover the costs of running Overthinking It. If you can’t — or even if you can — you can help us too: Fill out this listener survey. It’ll help us make the podcast self-sufficient so we won’t have to annoy you with our public-radio shakedowns month. And we’re always grateful for the kickbacks we get when you shop at Amazon or buy our awesome t-shirts (now including on OTI logo shirt!).

→ Download Episode 92 (MP3)

Don’t miss the podcast recording livestream on the Overthinking It Podcast Ustream Channel every Sunday at 9:15pm ET (6:15pm PT).

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Episode 92: It Was Originally Woof 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)]

Matthew Wrather hosts with Matthew Belinkie, Peter Fenzel, Mark Lee, Josh McNeil, and Jordan Stokes to overthink comic adaptations we’d like to see, the aesthetic problems of representing role playing games, the current state of Magic the Gathering, and why the critical consensus on Hot Tub Time Machine is wrong.

→ Download Episode 91 (MP3)

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Episode 91: Prince Kong 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)]

Matthew Wrather hosts with Matthew Belinkie, Peter Fenzel, Josh McNeil and John Perich—several of them, for the first time, in one room—to overthink movie gimmicks, 3D, Alice in Wonderland, aspect ratios, backstory, and rebooting the universe.

→ Download Episode 90 (MP3)

Don’t miss the podcast recording livestream on the Overthinking It Podcast Ustream Channel every Sunday at 9:15pm ET (6:15pm PT).

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Episode 90: The Gobots of the Munsters 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)]

Matthew Wrather hosts with Natalie Baseman, Peter Fenzel, Mark Lee, and Josh McNeil to overthink cult entertainment, what makes a cult, Chat Roulette, and this totally weird Bar Mitzvah Natalie went to this one time.

→ Download Episode 89 (MP3)

Don’t miss the podcast recording livestream on the Overthinking It Podcast Ustream Channel every Sunday at 9:15pm ET (6:15pm PT).

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Episode 89: Wang-Free Zone 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)]

In grand Overthinking It tradition, Matthew Wrather and Peter Fenzel cover the 2010 Oscars by barely talking about them, concentrating instead on the rapidly decentralizing media landscape, the counterproductive use of racial and gender distinctions (e.g., first woman “Best Director”), and career advice for Busta Rhymes.

→ Download Episode 88 (MP3)

Don’t miss the podcast recording livestream on the Overthinking It Podcast Ustream Channel every Sunday at 9:15pm ET (6:15pm PT).

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Episode 88: Career Advice for Busta Rhymes 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)]

Matthew Wrather hosts with Peter Fenzel, Mark Lee, and Josh McNeil to answer listener questions, including such topics as fan fiction, the Internet on TV, our scriptural bent, procedural television, and the probable casting of the inevitable Catcher in the Rye movie.

We’re still livestreaming the podcast recording on Ustream (on the Overthinking It Podcast Page, where it will return in two weeks on Sunday at 9:15pm ET (6:15pm PT). (Next week, we’ll be watching the Oscars, and the livestream will start late.)

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Episode 87: McLovin Caulfield 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)]

Matthew Wrather hosts with Peter Fenzel, Mark Lee, and Josh McNeil to overthink Academy Award Nominations, with detours into what makes an Oscar-worthy performance, the meaning of meaning, and movies Fenzel has always wanted to make.

We’re still livestreaming the podcast recording on Ustream (on the Overthinking It Podcast Page, where it will return next week on Sunday at 9:15pm ET (6:15pm PT). (In two weeks, we’ll be watching the Oscars.)

Want new episodes of the Overthinking It Podcast to download automatically? Subscribe in iTunes! (Or grab the podcast RSS feed directly.)

Tell us what you think! Leave a comment, use the contact form, email us or call (203) 285-6401.

Update Feb 22, 2010 10:49am: Oscars are two weeks from today, not one week. We’ll be livestreaming like normal next week.

Episode 86: One Hit, You’re Naked 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)]