Posts by Matthew Wrather on Overthinking It

Episode 180: ESM – Electronic Sad Music

On the TFT Podcast, we listen to and discuss The Weeknd’s “Beauty Behind the Madness” and talk with Luke Temple of Here We Go Magic.

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Episode 380: Postponing the Larger Reckoning

On the Overthinking It Podcast we discuss the effect of two- and three-episode arcs on television narrative and get a live report from New York Comic Con.

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Episode 179: Slap Bass in the Face

On the TFT Podcast, we listen to and discuss Carly Rae Jepsen’s “Emotion” and talk with Christopher Guanlao of Silversun Pickups.

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Episode 379: The Space Program of the 50s, 60s, 70s…and Today

On the Overthinking It Podcast, we tackle the science, politics, and music of the Ridley Scott movie “The Martian.”

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Episode 178: Real People Have Arena Rock Feelings

On the TFT Podcast, we listen to and discuss Chvrches’s “Every Open Eye,” and talk with Craig Finn about his early love of Styx.

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Episode 378: Like Kermit the Frog, He Seems Rife for Hot Takes

On the Overthinking It Podcast, we celebrate our seventh anniverary with a discussion of the Muppets, the Volkswagen scandal, and Pope Francis’s visit to the United States.

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Episode 177: Journey to the Center of the Turducken

On the TFT Podcast, Matt and Ryan listen to and discuss Lana Del Rey’s “Honeymoon” and talk with the band Jr. Jr. about influence, originality, and their new album “Jr. Jr.”

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Episode 377: A Vin Diesel Solution to a Whitey Bulger Problem

On the Overthinking It Podcast, we tackle favorite villains from our childhood entertainment, the current state of “Peak Television,” and “Black Mass,” the Whitey Bulger biopic starring Johnny Depp.

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