Episode 81: The Arsenio Hall Show
The Overthinkers tackle the Golden Globes, the late night debacle (big winner: Arsenio), and the misattribution of agency.
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Philosophy on Overthinking It
Overthinking Battlestar Galactica: The Miniseries
Mlawski asks herself, “Do I really want to watch a show about how much humans deserve to die?”
Overthinking Lost: Who Spoils the Spoilers?
Spoiler alert.
Overthinking Lost: Episodes 1.0-1.7
Is Jack Thomas Hobbes in disguise? Is Locke Jesus? What’s the deal with those frigging polar bears? I may not have the answers, but I do have the questions.
Justice is Blonde: Theories of Crime and Punishment in Gossip Girl
The philosophical bases of punishment and the relationship between the police power of the state and economic elites in Gossip Girl.
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The Three Faces of Crank
Is Crank about man’s fear of emotional commitment? Globalization in the 21st Century? The human race’s search for meaning? Or none of the above?
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Stoicism, the Black Swan, and the Resurrection of Vin Diesel
Confronting Vin Diesel’s return and the essential chaos of existence.
Just How Deep DOES The Rabbit Hole Go?
If The Matrix was the deep, philosophical action-flick that professors wanted us to think it was, then what philosophy did its sequels contain?
Cartesian Dualism in Rick Springfield’s “Jessie’s Girl”
It’s taken scientists and philosophers centuries to beat back Cartesian dualism; then Rick Springfield comes along and undes all that good work.
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Tommy, Can You See Moesha?
A look at the Tommy Westphall Hypothesis.