Shield Supplement 1 [REPOST]
In a special podcast supplement, the Overthinkers tackle the antepenultimate episode of the Shield. WARNING: Contains Spoilers!
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Episode 19: The Cabinet of Dr. Obama
The Overthinkers suggest a cabinet for Barack Obama made up of superheroes and other fictional characters.
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The New Design
We’re excited to launch a new design on Overthinking It today. We hope the wider format, fancy moving graphics, clearer typography (we harldy Courier New ye), and prominent placement of posts from the archives makes the site a more enjoyable … Continued
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Overthinking Politics: A Look Back
Some highlights of our Overthought⢠political coverage. Don’t forget to vote. Video The Dark Bailout Yes Grimace Can Verbs: Absent Audio Obama Rasta Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles KRANG BAILOUT FAILS Foot Clan Declares Bankruptcy KRANG RESCUE APPROVED Shredder: Tonight I … Continued
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Episode 18: Erection Fever
Matthew Wrather and Mark Lee welcome political operative Josh McNeil to Overthinkâ˘: Viral Video and the Election SNL: Funny or Not Funny 100% of Statistics are Made Up The City of Las Vegas Favorite Fictional Presidents Overthink This McNeil: Sons … Continued
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Overthinking It: Now with 100% more Twitter
Overthinking It thinks there may be something to this Twitter malarkey we’ve been hearing so much about on the series of tubes. So we decided to see for ourselves. Follow us @overthinkingit.
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Episode 17: No Mention of Zombies
Matthew Wrather is joined by Matthew Belinkie and Mark Lee to overthink: What constitutes a hotline Why nobody cares about Synecdoche, New York Our status as high priests of popular culture and the moral imperatives of same Absence of odor … Continued
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Thursday Grammar: Begging The Question
The phrase “begs the question” does not mean “raises the question.” “Beg the question” means “engage in circular reasoning” (within a single syllogism), or, more precisely, “assume the truth of the proposition you purport to be proving.” For example, the … Continued
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[REPOST] Episode 16: Mint Milanos
Apparently, the MP3 of this podcast somehow got corrupted in transit to our server. Apologies. Here is the full Episode 16, reposted for the benefit of automated podcatchers like iTunes. Speaking of which, if you like the show, subscribe on … Continued
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Thursday Grammar: The Proof of the Posting is in the Reading
[Ed. Note: Yes, it is not Thursday. But something happened. See, I wrote all these posts in one afternoon and the scheduled them weeks into the future. This week, we were scheduled to run my masterpiece about the much misunderstood … Continued
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