What time is it? Foreign Policy Time! Lemonhope and the conundrum of freedom
When is it right to overthrow a dictatorship? What if you’re made of lemons?
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Cartoons on Overthinking It
Overthinking Adventure Time: Creation, Frustration, and Masturbation
Let’s compare All the Little People to East of Eden.
Phineas and Ferb: The Myopia of Childhood
Just because they can build anything doesn’t mean they’re ready to grow up.
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The Bioethics of The Clone Wars
If Yoda says it’s okay, how unethical can it be?
Episode 157: Optimus…I just met a Prime named Optimus.
The Overthinkers tackle Transformers: Dark of the Moon.
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Solidarity is Illusion: The Political Economy of My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic
My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic propagates the illusion that an egalitarian society can be maintained among groups with massive biologically inherent gaps in ability and economic utility.
Episode 92: It Was Originally Woof
The Overthinkers tackle listener feedback.
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The Bittersweet Dramatic Irony of Cartoon Network’s Clone Wars
Who’s gonna tell all the eight-year-olds how this war ends?
Pixar’s Up: Paradise Lost at Paradise Falls
What goes Up must come down.
Saturday Morning Cartoons
It’s Saturday. Keep your PJs on, grab a bowl of sugary cereal, plop yourself on the floor 9 inches from the TV, and commence mouthbreathing. [via Big Contrarian] http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QmcKGcKW76M
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