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May 18, 2009 Episode 46: Institutionalized
Matthew Wrather hosts a panel including Peter Fenzel, Mark Lee, and John Perich, overthinking enduring instutions—college and the Catholic church—in honor of graduation season and Angels and Demons.
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Episode 46: Institutionalized 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 11, 2009 Episode 45: Abrams and Nimoy at Tanagra
Matthew Wrather hosts a panel including Matthew Belinkie, Peter Fenzel, and Mark Lee to overthink Star Trek, the (spoiler alert) awesome franchise reboot, and look at the future from a variety of perspectives–political, ethnic, pop cultural, technological.
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Episode 45: Abrams and Nimoy at Tanagra 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 04, 2009 Episode 44: Where’s The Beef?
Mark Lee hosts as he, Peter Fenzel, John Perich, Ryan Sheely, and Matthew Wrather (what what?!) go through some listener feedback, pick on the host, talk racial normativity, and engage in an epic rap battle on the merits of Kanye.
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Episode 44: Where’s The Beef? 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 27, 2009Episode 43: Just So Movies
Matthew Wrather hosts as he, Peter Fenzel, Mark Lee, and Jon Perich overthink 2009’s Summer Movies through June. (Considering that last week they spent a lot of time talking about art, this probably qualifies as going from the sublime to the ridiculous.) Covering:
Pre-Season: Watchmen, Fast and Furious, The Hannah Montana Movie
May: X-Men Origins: Wolverine, Star Trek, Angels & Demons, Terminator Salvation, Night At The Museum 2: Battle of The Smithsonian, Pixar’s Up
June: Land of the Lost, The Taking of Pelham 123, Year One, Transformers: Revenge of The Fallen
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Episode 43: Just So Movies 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 20, 2009Episode 42: What Art Ain’t
Matthew Wrather hosts as the panel (Matthew Belinkie, Peter Fenzel, and Mark Lee) overthink:
Crank truancy
Rage (the rage of Achilles, son of Peleus)
Pretending to be pretentious
Our Sean Connery impersonations
Dragonball
What Art Ain’t
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As promised: Hitler is mad about things.
Ottawa Public Transit: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aU5X7m9kUio
The Dragonball Movie: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eYltu4usfXk
Episode 42: What Art Ain’t 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 13, 2009Episode 41: A Show About Nothing
Matthew Wrather hosts with panelists Peter Fenzel, Mark Lee, and John Perich to overthink:
Pointless deaths on television
Television suicide: Don’t do it! You’ve got so much to live for!
Easter: The least telegenic of holidays
Crank 2: The type of all narrative
Two kinds of high schools
Shows that may not rise from the dead
Joss Whedon: A critical assessment
Overthink This
our pop cultural picks for this week
Wrather: Emergency: This Book Will Save Your Life
Lee: Terminator – The Sarah Connor Chronicles – The Complete First Season on DVD (Or on Blu-Ray)
And don’t miss Bear McCreary’s work on the Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles Soundtrack Album
Perich: The Long Good Friday
Fenzel: DarkSyde Phil’s YouTube Channel
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Episode 41: A Show About Nothing 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 11, 2009 Terminator: Sarah Connor Chronicles Supplement 2
Mark Lee, Jordan Stokes, and Matthew Wrather consider the season (and series?) finale of Terminator: Sarah Connor Chronicles.
Is this really the end? Is there no fate but what we make? Find out what you can do to bring T:SCC back for year three.
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April 09, 2009 Terminator: Sarah Connor Chronicles Supplement 1
In a special supplement to the podcast, Mark Lee and Matthew Wrather overthink Terminator: Sarah Connor Chronicles Season 2, missed opportunities in plotting, the difference between movie and TV storytelling, and predictions for the season (series?) finale.
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April 06, 2009 Episode 40: Broadcasting from A North Korean Satellite
Mark Lee, Pete Fenzel, and John Perich speculate on what a North Korean communications satellite would broadcast, bid farewell to ER, complain about hospital shows, and reflect on their memories of The Matrix. This episode was recorded in bullet time.
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Episode 40: Broadcasting from A North Korean Satellite 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 30, 2009 Episode 39: Chips Are Free. Dinner Extra.
Matthew Belinkie, Peter Fenzel, Ryan Sheely, and Matthew Wrather overthink guilty pop cultural pleasures, Dante’s Inferno (the movie based on the video game), the Jack Bauer cowboy/superhero myth, sexting, the Home Alone Syndrome, improbable sequels, and movie songs that tell you the plot of the movie.
Listeners from North Dakota: Please visit Paradiso restaurant and send us some pictures.
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Episode 39: Chips Are Free. Dinner Extra. 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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