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Episode 189: The Rut Not Taken

Matthew Wrather — Mon, 13 Feb 2012 05:01:46 +0000

Matthew Wrather, Peter Fenzel, Mark Lee, and David Shechner join forces to overthink vows in popular culture, the virtuosity, dignity, and sad passage of Whitney Houston, individual vs. social motivations for schadenfreude, and Magic: The Gathering.

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Further Reading

The Vow on Rotten Tomatoes

Channing Tatum on Wikipedia

Magic: The Gathering

Whitney Houston on Wikipedia

Good Hair on Amazon and on IMDb

Us Magazine

Rock Hudson

Charles Limb: Your Brain on Improv

Full Coverage of Magic: The Gathering Pro Tour Dark Ascension

Episode 189: The Rut Not Taken 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 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 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)

Episode 187: The Sam Awards 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 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

Episode 186: Wrong Enough to be Human 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 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

Episode 185: Decorative Arts 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 184: Cats That Look Like Hitler

Matthew Wrather — Mon, 09 Jan 2012 05:01:51 +0000

Matthew Wrather and Peter Fenzel overthink straw men, of the literal and logical varieties, and the false dichotomy between analysis and creativity.

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Further Reading

Straw Man

“You Can’t Handle the Reaper King,” by Doug Beyer, Wizards of the Coast

Episode 183: A Prize Anyone Can Edit

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

Matthew Wrather hosts with Peter Fenzel, Mark Lee, Josh McNeil, John Perich, and Jordan Stokes to overthink their resolutions for 2012, your personal Wikipedia vectors (and the strong Wikanthropic Principle), the difference between “eponymous” and “titular,” and Naruto vs. The Girl with The Dragon Tattoo, and the male gaze. That’s G-A-Z-E.

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Further Reading

The Anthropic Principle

The Gaze and Laura Mulvey

Christopher Plummer’s filmography

Humpty Dance Resources at Looptid.com

A Hypervortex of Ezra Pound’s Canto LXXXI at the University of North Carolina Greensboro

“Cut You Up with a Linoleum Knife,” by Mastodon

More on the Recent Magnitude 7.0 Earthquake in Tokyo

This Week’s Relevant Sentimetal Anime Fan Video, by LeandroShoiti

Episode 183: A Prize Anyone Can Edit 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 182: Holmes-o-eroticism

Matthew Wrather — Mon, 26 Dec 2011 05:01:48 +0000

Matthew Wrather hosts with Peter Fenzel, Josh McNeil, David Shechner, and Jordan Stokes to overthink Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows.

Brought to you by The Overview: Die Hard.

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Episode 181: Macroeconomics: KRUGBLIVION!

Matthew Wrather — Mon, 19 Dec 2011 05:59:21 +0000

Matthew Wrather hosts with Matthew Belinkie, Peter Fenzel, Mark Lee, Josh Mcneil, and David Shechner to overthink Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol.

Brought to you by The Overview: Die Hard.

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Further Reading

Aziz Ansari on the IMAX scandal.

The Origin of Ghost Dad.

The World’s Tallest Buildings, from Emporis buildings statistics.

Episode 181: Macroeconomics: KRUGBLIVION! 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 180: Michelle Bachmann America is Great Funtime

Matthew Wrather — Mon, 12 Dec 2011 05:01:57 +0000

Matthew Wrather hosts with Peter Fenzel, Mark Lee, and John Perich to overthink the fate of Community, the business strategy of Taylor Swift, how Ke$ha stays on-brand, and what Adam Smith thinks of the music business.

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Episode 180: Michelle Bachmann America is Great Funtime 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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