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Episode 57: Freude

Matthew Wrather — Sat, 11 Feb 2012 00:43:10 +0000

Ryan Sheely, Jordan Stokes, and Matthew Wrather discuss Friday Night Lights, with topics including the multiple meanings of Nirvana, Graph Theory, and Christian Hardcore Punk. What do you think?

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Episode 188: No Drop Trou for Bizarro

Matthew Wrather — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 06:13:27 +0000

Matthew Wrather, Peter Fenzel, David Shechner and Jordan Stokes overthink Super Bowl ads, the transformation in contemporary marketing, the year of the dog, hashtag, & worker, and pooping on the field.

0:00–6:59 Question of the Week.
7:00–20:00 Marketing strategy; dogs, robot factories, and The Avengers.
24:00–27:59 Puppy Bowl’s Socratic purity.
28:00–34:00 Half time show.
34:01–41:59 Epic poetry of Ahmad Bradshaw.
42:00–56:59 David Beckham’s underwear and thresholds of potential rejection.
57:00–1:09:00 Old Navy ad deconstruction.

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Further Reading

Micro Bio-Spin^® Columns with Bio-Gel^® P-30

Polar Soda’s Conflict with Coke

Watch 2012 Super Bowl Commercials

Puppy Bowl VIII

“Anxiety relievable by purchase,” from David Foster Wallace, and other quotes about advertising on GoodReads

Bizarro, on the Superman Wiki

“Bizarro,” from Sealab 2021

Episode 188: No Drop Trou for Bizarro 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)]

Episode 56: Spoilers for The Princess Bride

Matthew Wrather — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 18:12:42 +0000

Ryan Sheely and Matthew Wrather discuss the revelation of Gossip Girl’s identity and whether this actually portends a change for the show. Digressions into the essential conservatism of the world of Gossip Girl, the gratifying reappearance of Wallace Shawn, and competing views of romantic love.

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References

Milgrom, et al., “The Role of Institutions in The Revival of Trade”
Sanjek, ed., Fieldnotes: The Makings of Anthropology
Emerson, et al. Writing Ethnographic Fieldnotes (2 ed.)

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Episode 187: The Sam Awards

Matthew Wrather — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 05:09:21 +0000

Matthew Wrather, Peter Fenzel, Mark Lee and John Perich overthink Man on a Ledge, heists, hustlers, and the hermeneutic circle. And then take a long flight over the Pacific and watch movies on a plane.

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Further Reading

Introduction to Literary Theory, Professor Paul H. Fry, Open Yale Courses, iTunes U

The Hermeneutic Circle

An Anarchist FAQ

The ‘Do Rap Rap’ Improv Comedy Game, with Les McGeeHee: Part 1 (How to Play), Part 2 (Example)

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Episode 55: Salient Cleavage

Matthew Wrather — Sat, 28 Jan 2012 01:30:25 +0000

Ryan Sheely and Matthew Wrather return to Friday Night Lights, discussing season 1 episodes 9 and 10, covering edited volumes, the perks of organizing conferences, what lies east of Dillon, and why it’s different for girls.

References

The Political Salience of Cultural Difference by Daniel A. Posner

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Episode 186: Wrong Enough to be Human

Matthew Wrather — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 05:01:43 +0000

Matthew Wrather, Peter Fenzel, Jordan Stokes and John Perich overthink Steven Soderbergh’s Haywire and Neil Young’s hatred of contemporary music technology.

0:00–18:53 Question of the week: What’s your favorite Kate Beckinsale movie?
18:54–39:10 Haywire
39:11–58:17 Neil Young and music technology
58:18–1:00:43 Closing

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Further Reading

Kate Beckinsale

Steven Soderbergh

Neil Young Angered By “Sound Of Music Today”

You Are Not a Gadget: A Manifesto

Nike Air Force Ones

Tips for Saving Oil, from DotcomTuscon

The Power Squat

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Episode 54: Pascal’s Wager

Matthew Wrather — Sun, 22 Jan 2012 08:54:47 +0000

Ryan Sheely and Matthew Wrather resume watching Gossip Girl after the hiatus of that show (and this one). Topics include Engaged and Underage, religion, melodrama, and thermodynamics.

References

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Episode 185: Decorative Arts

Matthew Wrather — Mon, 16 Jan 2012 05:01:02 +0000

Matthew Wrather, Peter Fenzel, and Mark Lee overthink public infrastructure, Martin Scorsese’s Hugo, and the intersection of entertainment and technology.

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Further Reading

Marketing Myopia by Theodore Levitt

Sliders, Sliders, Sliders

Golden Globe Winners 2012: Full List

Duck Tales, “Too Much of a Gold Thing,” part 1 (TV) vs. Duck Tales the Movie: Treasure of the Lost Lamp, Part 1 (MOVIE)

City Water Tunnel No. 3, New York, NY, from the New York City Department of Environmental Protection (PDF)

Friends of the Los Angeles River

The Delta Terminal, formerly the Pan Am Terminal at JFK (also this), but oops.

Decorative Arts at the Met

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CONSUME! The Overview is Fixed.

Matthew Wrather — Tue, 10 Jan 2012 18:28:47 +0000

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The Overview: They Live

Lee — Mon, 09 Jan 2012 16:17:18 +0000

Before Occupy Wall Street introduced the 99 percent and the 1 percent into the discourse, They Live gave us the story of the bubblegum-lacking, ass-kicking common man under the heel of the mind-controlling alien elite.

So put on your glasses, get a copy of John Carpenter’s cult classic about economic injustice, and download this latest edition of The Overview, our series of alternative audio commentary tracks for your favorite movies. In this installment, Matthew Belinkie, Peter Fenzel, Mark Lee, David Shechner, and Jordan Stokes uncover the shocking conspiracies behind the genteel facade of modern life.

THE ELITE OF SOCIETY CONTROL THE MEDIA AND THE ECONOMY AT THE EXPENSE OF THE COMMON PEOPLE

FAMOUS ONE-LINERS FROM ACTION MOVIES CAN BE TOTALLY DISCONNECTED FROM THE PLOT AND YET BE TOTALLY BAD ASS

And, the biggest reveal of them all:

CONSTRUCTION IS A UNION JOB

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