Episode 607: The Banging Scheme
On the Overthinking It Podcast, we tackle cheating in sports (no, seriously).
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What Better Call Saul Gets Right About Being A Lawyer
A real lawyer weighs in on how well AMC’s Better Call Saul understands the profession.
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The Constitution of Westeros
When you play the game of thrones, you win or you die. But that doesn’t mean the game doesn’t have rules.
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Martian Law: Is Mark Watney Really a Space Pirate?
Is Matt Damon really a space pirate? And could Jesssica Chastain really be subject to a court martial?
Episode 365: Everything You Thought You Knew about the Author’s Intention Is Wrong, And What Happens Next Will Blow Your Mind
On the Overthinking It Podcast, we tackle recent Supreme Court decisions, why the law is like a TV Recap, and what Stanley Fish thinks about Aaron Sorkin.
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Episode 339: Serial: Are You Allowed to be Entertained?
The Overthinkers tackle the ethics of storytelling in “Serial” and “Into The Woods.”
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Sport Court: Is Biathlon a Sport?
The Sport Court reconvenes to challenge a the claim of another Winter Olympic event to “sport” status: Biathlon.
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Sport Court: Is Figure Skating a Sport?
The Supreme Sport Court of the United States delivers a conclusive legal opinion on a question as old as the Winter Olympics: Is figure skating a sport?
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Episode 289: The Dark Carnival of our Civil Rights
The Overthinkers tackle the FBI’s designation of juggalos as a gang and Shia Laboeuf’s deisgnation of plagarism as art.
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Interstellar Extradition, Part I: The Man of Snow
Does General Zod have the authority to demand the extradition of Superman by the United States?