Overthinking It Podcast

Matthew Wrather and Mark Lee welcome political operative Josh McNeil to Overthink™: Viral Video and the Election SNL: Funny or Not Funny 100% of Statistics are Made Up The City of Las Vegas Favorite Fictional Presidents Overthink This McNeil: Sons … Continued Episode 18: Erection Fever originally appeared on Overthinking It, the site subjecting the popular culture to a level of scrutiny it probably doesn't deserve. [Latest Posts | Podcast (iTunes Link)]

Matthew Wrather is joined by Matthew Belinkie and Mark Lee to overthink: What constitutes a hotline Why nobody cares about Synecdoche, New York Our status as high priests of popular culture and the moral imperatives of same Absence of odor … Continued Episode 17: No Mention of Zombies originally appeared on Overthinking It, the site subjecting the popular culture to a level of scrutiny it probably doesn't deserve. [Latest Posts | Podcast (iTunes Link)]

Apparently, the MP3 of this podcast somehow got corrupted in transit to our server. Apologies. Here is the full Episode 16, reposted for the benefit of automated podcatchers like iTunes. Speaking of which, if you like the show, subscribe on … Continued [REPOST] Episode 16: Mint Milanos originally appeared on Overthinking It, the site subjecting the popular culture to a level of scrutiny it probably doesn't deserve. [Latest Posts | Podcast (iTunes Link)]

In a rare two-hander, Wrather and Fenzel overthink: Seeing Movies Alone (and being a dick) Mocking the Afflicted Tyler Perry, Entrepreneur The Nature of Spoilers The South Park Indy Rape Episode Email questions and comments to podcast AT overthinkingit DOT … Continued Episode 15: Between Platform 9 and 3/4 and Martin Luther King, Jr. Blvd. originally appeared on Overthinking It, the site subjecting the popular culture to a level of scrutiny it probably doesn't deserve. [Latest Posts | Podcast (iTunes Link)]

Wrather hosts a panel including Belinkie, Fenzel, Lee, and Stokes, overthinking: The ontological status of the Chihuahua, and its place in the cultural landscape of Beverly Hills The Constitution, By-Laws, and Code Of Ethics of the Chihuahua Club of America … Continued Episode 14: Is This Movie Based on a Novel? originally appeared on Overthinking It, the site subjecting the popular culture to a level of scrutiny it probably doesn't deserve. [Latest Posts | Podcast (iTunes Link)]

Wrather, Lee, and Fenzel overthink peak oil and peak rock, the meaning of hip-hop, the ringtone bubble, politics, pornography, and artistic protectionism and offer a new feature, OTI picks, while Wrather manages to say something offensive to every nationality, ethnic … Continued Episode 13: Crossing Sections off the Map originally appeared on Overthinking It, the site subjecting the popular culture to a level of scrutiny it probably doesn't deserve. [Latest Posts | Podcast (iTunes Link)]

All Episodes Subscribe in iTunes Wrather discusses music and the music industry with LA-based singer/songwriter Raya Yarbrough. Raya’s sites: www.rayayarbrough.com | www.myspace.com/rayayarbrough Download Episode 12 (AAC Format) Episode 12: Raya Yarbrough originally appeared on Overthinking It, the site subjecting the popular culture to a level of scrutiny it probably doesn't deserve. [Latest Posts | Podcast (iTunes Link)]

All Episodes Subscribe in iTunes Matthew Belinkie, Ryan Sheely, and Matthew Wrather overthink the 2008 Summer Olympics. Download Episode 11 (AAC Format) Episode 11: SPECIAL: Olympics! originally appeared on Overthinking It, the site subjecting the popular culture to a level of scrutiny it probably doesn't deserve. [Latest Posts | Podcast (iTunes Link)]

All Episodes Subscribe in iTunes Wrather, Fenzel, Sheely and Stokes overthink The Dark Knight. Download Episode 10 (revised) in AAC Format UPDATE (2008-08-08): Spoilers related to (of all things) The Wire were inadvertently included in this podcast. They have been … Continued Episode 10: The Dark Knight originally appeared on Overthinking It, the site subjecting the popular culture to a level of scrutiny it probably doesn't deserve. [Latest Posts | Podcast (iTunes Link)]

All Episodes Subscribe in iTunes Wrather is joined by Belinkie, Fenzel, Shechner, and Stokes to rate Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull on a 5-whip scale. (Spoiler alert: The movie earns a “whip it”, but not a … Continued Episode 9: Indy Movies originally appeared on Overthinking It, the site subjecting the popular culture to a level of scrutiny it probably doesn't deserve. [Latest Posts | Podcast (iTunes Link)]

All Episodes Subscribe in iTunes Wrather, Stokes, Sheely, and Fenzel overthink summer blockbuster Iron Man. Download Episode 8 (AAC Format) Episode 8: Iron Man originally appeared on Overthinking It, the site subjecting the popular culture to a level of scrutiny it probably doesn't deserve. [Latest Posts | Podcast (iTunes Link)]

All Episodes Subscribe in iTunes Wrather, Stokes, Sheely, and Fenzel preview summer movie releases through June in the latest episode of the OTI Podcast. Yes, some of them have been released already. Deal with it. Download Episode 7 (AAC Format) Episode 7: Summer 2008 Movie Preview, Part 1 originally appeared on Overthinking It, the site subjecting the popular culture to a level of scrutiny it probably doesn't deserve. [Latest Posts | Podcast (iTunes Link)]

All Episodes Subscribe in iTunes Wrather interviews and hazes new blog author David Shechner, asking him the five questions that will sequence his pop culture DNA. (This was recorded before Shana started the comix.) Download Episode 6 (AAC Format) Episode 6: Do The Hunch originally appeared on Overthinking It, the site subjecting the popular culture to a level of scrutiny it probably doesn't deserve. [Latest Posts | Podcast (iTunes Link)]

All Episodes Subscribe in iTunes Amid a large number of semi-relevant digressions, Matthew Belinkie, Ryan Sheely, Jordan Stokes, and Matthew Wrather discuss the trainwreck phenomenon of Britney Spears, the alarming link between corn and horror, and the terrible things that … Continued Episode 5: Nasty, Brutish and Short originally appeared on Overthinking It, the site subjecting the popular culture to a level of scrutiny it probably doesn't deserve. [Latest Posts | Podcast (iTunes Link)]

All Episodes Subscribe in iTunes In this bonus episode of the Overthinking It Podcast, Jordan Stokes interviews Bear McCreary, composer of the Battlestar Galactica and Terminator: Sarah Connor Chronicle TV series. Enjoy! Download This Episode (AAC Format) Bonus Episode: Interview with Bear McCreary originally appeared on Overthinking It, the site subjecting the popular culture to a level of scrutiny it probably doesn't deserve. [Latest Posts | Podcast (iTunes Link)]

All Episodes Subscribe in iTunes Belinkie, Wrather, and Fenzel analyze presidential and gubernatorial sex scandals throughout American history, touching on Eliot Spitzer and “Kristen” (Ashley Alexandra Dupré), Bill Clinton and Monica Lewinsky, Hugh Grant and a cut rate Sunset Blvd. … Continued Episode 4: Pubic Servant originally appeared on Overthinking It, the site subjecting the popular culture to a level of scrutiny it probably doesn't deserve. [Latest Posts | Podcast (iTunes Link)]

All Episodes Subscribe in iTunes Episode 3 of the Overthinking It podcast takes its cues from Terminator Week on the blog, and features conversations highlighting: The Terminator Franchise: Its Place in Cinematic History The Terminator Mythology Aaahnuld Paradoxes of Terminator … Continued Episode 3: How to Survive a Terminator Attack originally appeared on Overthinking It, the site subjecting the popular culture to a level of scrutiny it probably doesn't deserve. [Latest Posts | Podcast (iTunes Link)]

All Episodes Subscribe in iTunes Part 2 of Podcast Episode 2 features a discussion of the 2008 Academy Awards between Pete Fenzel, Ryan Sheely, Matt Wrather, and—for reasons passing understanding—the same anonymous political operative as Part 1. Download Episode 2 … Continued Episode 2: Oscar the Slouch originally appeared on Overthinking It, the site subjecting the popular culture to a level of scrutiny it probably doesn't deserve. [Latest Posts | Podcast (iTunes Link)]

All Episodes Subscribe in iTunes The Matts (Belinkie and Wrather) discuss the live action films nominated for Oscars®. Download Episode 1 (AAC Format) Episode 1: Salute Your Shorts originally appeared on Overthinking It, the site subjecting the popular culture to a level of scrutiny it probably doesn't deserve. [Latest Posts | Podcast (iTunes Link)]