Episode 807: A Wise Man, Eh?
On the Overthinking It Podcast, we tackle the classic O. Henry story, “The Gift of the Magi.”
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Episode 663: I Don’t Wanna Be a Terminator
On the Overthinking It Podcast, we tackle some questions about game design and donkey sauce.
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Episode 562: If Winter is Coming, Can Spring Be Far Behind?
On the Overthinking It Podcast, we tackle the changing of the season from winter to blockbuster, with the “Avengers” and “Game of Thrones” finales immanent.
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Episode 476: And I Was There, And I Was There, And I Was There…
On the Overthinking It Podcast, we tackle the classic musical film “The Wizard of Oz,” starring Judy Garland, and read the novel by L. Frank Baum that it’s based on.
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Episode 473: Teach Me How to Dunkirk
On the Overthinking It Podcast, we tackle Christopher Nolan’s brutally intense but very compelling new film “Dunkirk.”
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Quality Matters: On Cultural Success and Failure
Could it be that the main determinant of an artwork’s reception is whether or not it’s any good?
The Art of Narrativizing
How do you add a story where no story was ever intended?
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The Madness of Frank Underwood
Frank Underwood is possibly the least crazy person on television. So why does he keep talking to people that no one else can see?
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Episode 290: The In Medias Res of Choice
The Overthinkers confuse narrative complexity with podcasting good.
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The Evitability of Football Narratives
Read the morning-after headlines from Super Bowl XLVII and you’ll get a sense for the inevitable story that played out in New Orleans – of destiny being fulfilled. The Baltimore Ravens’ defense, pushed around for most of the second half … Continued
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