Episode 666: Joke Not a Joke
On the Overthinking It Podcast, we tackle April Fools Day, which felt a little different this year, and the meaning of jokes and pranks.
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I Pity The Fool on Overthinking It
Geek Week Rewind: “Gold chains and social capital: Subaltern strategies of resistance and the coercive authority of the state in Mr. T-oriented fool-pitying”
The highlight of our Geek Week performance, in which Fenzel, Sheely, and Shechner present the political and sociological implications of our favorite hero, Mr. T.
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A Brief History of Fool-Pitying: Origins of the Phrase “I Pity the Fool”
An exploration of fool-pitying through history.