Episode 624: Justice! At The Disco
On the Overthinking It Podcast, we tackle protest songs through the history of post-Civil War America.
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Donald Trump: The Human Laser Show
On President Trump, the Stone Mountain Lasershow Spectacular, and normalization of white supremacy.
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Comics, Death, and Eternity (Or, the problem of being a 75-year-old superhero)
What can we learn from the similarities and differences between Batman’s and Captain America’s lives after death?
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From Gettysburg to Area 51: A Study on Presidential Speechmaking by Presidents Lincoln and Whitmore
The President’s speech from Independence Day, reconsidered in light of the Gettysburg Address’s 150th anniversary.
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Is the Movie “Lincoln” Less Popular in the South?
Are movie audiences in former Confederate states less likely to see “Lincoln” due to lingering animosity from the Civil War?
Episode 231: They Did Go Hungry Again
The Overthinkers tackle Steven Spielberg’s Lincoln, starring Daniel Day Lewis.
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Sic Semper Zodanga: John Carter and the War of Martian Aggression
On the great civil war, testing whether the nation of Helium, or any nation so conceived and so dedicated, can long endure.
Overthinking the New Fall Lineup: One Very Specific Aspect of Hell on Wheels
However much it might like to be, Hell on Wheels is no Deadwood.
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