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Episode 15: Between Platform 9 and 3/4 and Martin Luther King, Jr. Blvd. 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)]

Wrather hosts a panel including Belinkie, Fenzel, Lee, and Stokes, overthinking:

And the second installment in our new feature, Overthink This:

As always you can email us at podcast at overthinkingit dot com, or call (203) 285-6401 to leave a voicemail that will be played back on the podcast. And would it kill you to visit the iTunes page and leave us a nice review?

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Episode 14: Is This Movie Based on a Novel? 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)]

Wrather, Lee, and Fenzel overthink peak oil and peak rock, the meaning of hip-hop, the ringtone bubble, politics, pornography, and artistic protectionism and offer a new feature, OTI picks, while Wrather manages to say something offensive to every nationality, ethnic group, and world religion. Spoiler alert for Wing Commander 3: Heart of the Tiger.

Warning: This podcast may be NSFW. Also, a lot of the offensive stuff is meant facetiously.

OTI Picks

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Episode 13: Crossing Sections off the Map 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)]

Wrather discusses music and the music industry with LA-based singer/songwriter Raya Yarbrough.

Raya’s sites: www.rayayarbrough.com | www.myspace.com/rayayarbrough

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Episode 12: Raya Yarbrough 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 Belinkie, Ryan Sheely, and Matthew Wrather overthink the 2008 Summer Olympics.

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Episode 11: SPECIAL: Olympics! 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)]

Wrather, Fenzel, Sheely and Stokes overthink The Dark Knight.

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UPDATE (2008-08-08): Spoilers related to (of all things) The Wire were inadvertently included in this podcast. They have been removed, and the link above has a spoiler-free edition of the podcast.

Episode 10: The Dark Knight 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)]

Wrather is joined by Belinkie, Fenzel, Shechner, and Stokes to rate Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull on a 5-whip scale. (Spoiler alert: The movie earns a “whip it”, but not a “whip it good.”)

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Episode 9: Indy 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)]

Wrather, Stokes, Sheely, and Fenzel overthink summer blockbuster Iron Man.

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Episode 8: Iron Man 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)]

Wrather, Stokes, Sheely, and Fenzel preview summer movie releases through June in the latest episode of the OTI Podcast. Yes, some of them have been released already. Deal with it.

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Episode 7: Summer 2008 Movie Preview, Part 1 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)]

Wrather interviews and hazes new blog author David Shechner, asking him the five questions that will sequence his pop culture DNA. (This was recorded before Shana started the comix.)

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Episode 6: Do The Hunch 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)]