Overthinking It Podcast

On the Overthinking It Podcast, we draft the ultimate children’s bookshelf. Episode 945: It’s a STEM Book AND a Leaf Book originally appeared on Overthinking It , the site subjecting the popular culture to a...

On the Overthinking It Podcast, we commit to “The Commitments,” and remember Glen Hansard. Episode 944: Working Class Person Who Is Working originally appeared on Overthinking It , the site subjecting the...

On the Overthinking It Podcast, we tackle Disney’s tween-industrial complex: the “Descendants” franchise and the “Zombies” franchise. Episode 943: Get Me Ortega! originally appeared on...

On the Overthinking It Podcast, we examine Slow Horses, the long-running Apple TV spy series, and the Mick Herron books it adapts. Episode 942: The Moment the Gary Oldman Hits [REPOST] originally appeared on...

On the Overthinking It Podcast, we celebrate the career and pet pigs of the late Sam Neill. Episode 941: Laser-cut Crazy Eyes originally appeared on Overthinking It , the site subjecting the popular culture to a level...

On the Overthinking It Podcast, three old friends tackle the recent Broadway production of Sondheim’s “Merrily,” streaming on Netflix. Episode 940: It’s Like Tenet, But It Works originally...

On the Overthinking It Podcast, we tackle “Death of a Salesman” (not “THE Death of a Salesman”). Episode 939: Big Willy Style and Little Willy Style originally appeared on Overthinking It , the...

On the Overthinking It Podcast, we tickle and terrify ourselves tackling a recent spate of horror films produced by comedy directors. Episode 938: Living in the Problem originally appeared on Overthinking It , the site...

On the Overthinking It Podcast, we tackle the Knicks’ NBA Championship, decades in the making, and all of our personal identifications, whether appropriate or not. Episode 937: What’s Your Favorite Emotion...

On the Overthinking It Podcast, we walk through the wall into the highly meme-able bizarro world known as either “The Backrooms” or just “Backrooms,” it’s hard to know for sure. Episode 936: They...

On the Overthinking It Podcast, we tackle “The Mandalorian and Grogu.” Episode 935: It’s Blastin’ Time originally appeared on Overthinking It , the site subjecting the popular culture to a level of...

On the Overthinking It Podcast, we tackle modern classic “10 Things I Hate about You,” based on an Early Modern classic by Shakespeare. Episode 934: Medium, Medium, Medium, Can’t You See? originally...

<p >Support Overthinking It by becoming a member for $5/month!</p> <p> </p> <p>Peter Fenzel, Jordan Stokes (for his sins, an academic), and Matthew Wrather overthink The Pervert’s Guide to Ideology, a film essay written...

<p >Support Overthinking It by becoming a member for $5/month!</p> <p>Pete Fenzel, Mark Lee, and Matt Wrather emerge from the toxic jungle to save humanity from its warmongering ways through incredible acts of bravery...

<p >Support Overthinking It by becoming a member for $5/month!</p> <p>“Let them cook,” they said. So we did, and we watched. Matt Wrather and Peter Fenzel welcome the third season of “24 in 24,” a serialized one-day...