Episode 456: Fighter Pilot, Space Commander, Mass- Murdering Plumber
On the Overthinking It Podcast we ask who has designed our wasted time, and how and why they’ve done it.
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Psychology on Overthinking It
Thalassophobia
Think there aren’t many opportunities to be afraid of giant floating alien heads? Then you must not play many video games.
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Episode 364: Inside Out: I Know Now Why You Cry, And I’m Going To Do It
The Overthinkers tackle Inside Out through the lens of Robert Plutchik’s psychoevolutionary theory of emotion and, what else, Terminator.
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Hannibal as Therapist; Hannibal as Transformer
Hannibal considered as a therapist, and as a transformer. (Not the Michael Bay kind, thank you very much.)
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What Kind of Magic: The Gathering Karaoke Wizard Are You?
Tommie, Jodie and Spike are the wizards on the mic.
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Episode 303: You’re Not a Person If You Don’t Have a Personality
The Overthinkers tackle Buzzfeed Quizzes and what’s wrong with the internet.
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Keys to Your Brains: Plants vs. Zombies vs. Operant Conditioning
Plants vs. Zombies 2, and the psychology of “grinding” in casual video games.
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The Mind is the Medium: Mental Illness in Pop Culture, Part 1
What we talk about when we talk about fictional characters with mental illness.
The Overthinker Becomes the Overthunked
A new psychological study proves Overthinking It fans are nice people. D’awwww.
Shrinking Santa’s Head
Santa Claus vs. the birth of psychology
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