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Overthinking It Podcast

Overthinking It subjects the popular culture to a level of scrutiny it probably doesn't deserve.

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Episode 288: The Magical Quality of the Magic Box

Episode 288: The Magical Quality of the Magic Box

Peter Fenzel, Mark Lee, and Matthew Wrather overthink Netflix, the Netflix queue, and the phenomenon of movies disappear... Read more

6 Jan 2014

Ranked #2

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Episode 614: What Is a Tiger? What Does That Even Mean?

Episode 614: What Is a Tiger? What Does That Even Mean?

Support Overthinking It by becoming a member for $5/month! Peter Fenzel, Mark Lee, and Matthew Wrather have strong feeli... Read more

6 Apr 2020

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Episode 415: Hamilton Doesn’t Scale

Episode 415: Hamilton Doesn’t Scale

Ben Adams, Mark Lee, and Matthew Wrather talk about what it means for a musical like Hamilton to be a “mass” cultural ph... Read more

13 Jun 2016

Ranked #4

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Episode 278: The Star Wars Trilogy Isn’t Over Until the Yub Nub Song is Sung

Episode 278: The Star Wars Trilogy Isn’t Over Until the Yub Nub Song is Sung

Matthew Belinkie, Peter Fenzel, Mark, Lee, and Matthew Wrather are joined by Zach Giallongo, writer and illustrator of “... Read more

28 Oct 2013

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Episode 600: This Is How You Make Up Nonsense

Episode 600: This Is How You Make Up Nonsense

Support Overthinking It by becoming a member for $5/month! Peter Fenzel, Mark Lee, and Matthew Wrather count down the 10... Read more

30 Dec 2019

Ranked #6

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Episode 431: The Zipcodes in the Marvel Netflix World

Episode 431: The Zipcodes in the Marvel Netflix World

Peter Fenzel, Mark Lee, and Matthew Wrather discuss their favorite Sagas, what makes Epic and Saga different, and why un... Read more

3 Oct 2016

Ranked #7

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Episode 424: Stranger Things: The Horror Is at Home

Episode 424: Stranger Things: The Horror Is at Home

Rachel D, Birthday Boy Peter Fenzel, Ryan Sheely, and Matthew Wrather are joined by guest Sam Reich to overthink Srangte... Read more

15 Aug 2016

Ranked #8

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Episode 377: A Vin Diesel Solution to a Whitey Bulger Problem

Episode 377: A Vin Diesel Solution to a Whitey Bulger Problem

Peter Fenzel, Mark Lee, and Matthew Wrather overthink favorite villains from our childhood entertainment, the current st... Read more

21 Sep 2015

Ranked #9

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Episode 379: The Space Program of the 50s, 60s, 70s…and Today

Episode 379: The Space Program of the 50s, 60s, 70s…and Today

Ben Adams, Pete Fenzel, Mark Lee, and Ryan Sheely tackle the science, politics, and music of the Ridley Scott movie The ... Read more

5 Oct 2015

Ranked #10

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Episode 421: This Is Why We Star Trek

Episode 421: This Is Why We Star Trek

Peter Fenzel, Mark Lee, and Matthew Wrather are joined by former podcast guest Benjamin Krinsky to discuss Star Trek Bey... Read more

25 Jul 2016

Ranked #11

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Episode 595: Childhood Is Not a Movie for Kids

Episode 595: Childhood Is Not a Movie for Kids

Support Overthinking It by becoming a member for $5/month! Peter Fenzel, Mark Lee, and Matthew Wrather sob through 90% o... Read more

25 Nov 2019

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Episode 433: Democracy is the Ultimate Kayfabe

Episode 433: Democracy is the Ultimate Kayfabe

Peter Fenzel, Mark Lee, and Matthew Wrather are joined by special guest Rob Cesternino of “Rob Has A Podcast”, to discus... Read more

17 Oct 2016

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Episode 336: Black Mirror – The Pig Effing Trolley Problem

Episode 336: Black Mirror – The Pig Effing Trolley Problem

Matthew Belinkie, Peter Fenzel, Ryan Sheely, and Matthew Wrather are joined by guest podcasters and significant others R... Read more

8 Dec 2014

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Episode 320: The Expendables 3: A Midsummer Night’s Railgun

Episode 320: The Expendables 3: A Midsummer Night’s Railgun

Pete Fenzel and Matthew Wrather overthink The Expendables 3, the arc of the Expendables trilogy from self-serious to sel... Read more

18 Aug 2014

Ranked #15

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Episode 391: Star Wars: A Child Is A Reboot of the Grittiest Sort

Episode 391: Star Wars: A Child Is A Reboot of the Grittiest Sort

Ben Adams, Matt Belinkie, Peter Fenzel, Mark Lee, Ryan Sheely, and Matt Wrather continue their discussion of Star Wars: ... Read more

28 Dec 2015

Ranked #16

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Episode 310: Standing At The Edge of Tomorrow

Episode 310: Standing At The Edge of Tomorrow

Ben Adams, Pete Fenzel, Mark Lee, Shana Mlawski and Matthew Wrather prepare to tackle Tom Cruise’s latest, Edge of Tomor... Read more

9 Jun 2014

Ranked #17

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Episode 420: Ghostbusters: Lean In to the Proton Pack

Episode 420: Ghostbusters: Lean In to the Proton Pack

Rachel D, Peter Fenzel, Mark Lee, Ryan Sheely, and Matthew Wrather start a scrappy small business to self-actualize and ... Read more

18 Jul 2016

Ranked #18

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Episode 488: Thor: Macklemore

Episode 488: Thor: Macklemore

Peter Fenzel, Mark Lee, and Matthew Wrather try desperately to prevent the end of the world as they discuss Thor: Ragnar... Read more

6 Nov 2017

Ranked #19

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Episode 341: It’s Nice That There are Films That are Ambitious

Episode 341: It’s Nice That There are Films That are Ambitious

Peter Fenzel, Mark Lee, John Perich, and Matthew Wrather overthink contemporary prestige pictures, including Inherent Vi... Read more

12 Jan 2015

Ranked #20

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Episode 503: The Killmonger Doctrine

Episode 503: The Killmonger Doctrine

Peter Fenzel and Matthew Wrather are joined by the actual people they saw Black Panther with: In LA, Matt and Josh, and ... Read more

19 Feb 2018

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