Episode 818: How Often Do You Think about the Tokugawa Shogunate?
On the Overthinking It Podcast, we tackle the new adaptation of “Shogun,” streaming on Hulu.
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Episode 794: De Bello Gallico
On the Overthining It Podcast, we tackle thinking about the Roman Empire.
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Episode 784: He Wants to Die in Antiquity
On the Overthinking It Podcast, we tackle “Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny,” Harrison Ford’s last outing as the character.
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Episode 774: This’ll be the Day That I Die… I Just Ate a Brownie.
On the Overthinking It, we tackle the song “American Pie,” and why a world leader would sing it at karaoke.
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Episode 772: I’m Not a Derry Girl, Not Yet a Derry Woman
On the Overthinking It Podcast, we tackle “Derry Girls” and the relationship of comedy to history.
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Episode 743: I Thought They Looked Snazzy on the Outside!
On the Overthinking It Podcast, we tackle the uncertain state of men’s wear.
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Episode 713: The Whole Scottish Independence Goat Farming Thing Didn’t Work Out
On the Overthinking It Podcast, we tackle “The King’s Man,” not the prequel we wanted but the prequel we deserve.
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Episode 657: How We Climbed, or Were Clumb
On the Overthinking It Podcast, the conclusion of our close reading of Amanda Gorman’s inaugural poem, “The Hill We Climb.”
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Episode 656: “Us” is Also the Country that the Poem is About
On the Overthinking It Podcast, we offer a close-reading of the first half of Amanda Gorman’s inaugural poem, “The Hill We Climb.”
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Episode 652: Escalators!
On the Overthinking It Podcast, we tackle “Wonder Woman 1984,” starring Gal Gadot, Chris Pine, Kristen Wiig, and Pedro Pascal.
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