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		<title>Episode 259: Man of Steel: And Jor-El Shall Restore Amends</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Jun 2013 04:05:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<itunes:explicit>no</itunes:explicit><itunes:subtitle> The Overthinkers tackle Man of Steel. Episode 259: Man of Steel: And Jor-El Shall Restore&amp;nbsp;Amends originally appeared on Overthinking It, the site subjecting the popular culture to a level of scrutiny it probably doesn't deserve. [Latest Posts | Podc</itunes:subtitle><itunes:author>Overthinking It (overthinkingit.com)</itunes:author><itunes:summary> The Overthinkers tackle Man of Steel. Episode 259: Man of Steel: And Jor-El Shall Restore&amp;nbsp;Amends originally appeared on Overthinking It, the site subjecting the popular culture to a level of scrutiny it probably doesn't deserve. [Latest Posts | Podcast (iTunes Link)] </itunes:summary><itunes:keywords>entertainment,culture,film,movies,tv,music,books,comics,pop,culture,commentary,analysis</itunes:keywords><feedburner:origLink>http://www.overthinkingit.com/2013/06/17/otip-episode-259/</feedburner:origLink><enclosure url="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/OverthinkingItPodcast/~5/pdItZ7F9Oa8/otip259.mp3" length="163" type="audio/mpeg" /><feedburner:origEnclosureLink>http://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/traffic.libsyn.com/mwrather/otip259.mp3</feedburner:origEnclosureLink></item>
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		<title>Podcast Supplement: Game of Thrones Season 3 Recap</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 13 Jun 2013 19:20:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Episode 258: Superman during The Purge</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 10 Jun 2013 04:01:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[<a href="http://www.overthinkingit.com/2013/06/10/otip-episode-258/" title="Episode 258: Superman during The&nbsp;Purge"><img src="http://www.overthinkingit.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/otip-logo-2012-150x150.jpg" alt="Episode 258: Superman during The&nbsp;Purge" class="thumbnail alignleft"></a><p>The Overthinkers tackle fictional surveillance states, PRISM, and The Purge.</p><p><div style="margin: 5px 0; padding: 10px; background: #eee;"><p style="margin:0; padding:0;"><a href="http://www.overthinkingit.com/2013/06/10/otip-episode-258/">Episode 258: Superman during The&nbsp;Purge</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://www.overthinkingit.com">Overthinking It</a>, the site subjecting the popular culture to a level of scrutiny it probably doesn't deserve. [<a href="http://www.overthinkingit.com">Latest Posts</a> | <a href="http://www.overthinkingit.com/category/podcast/">Podcast</a> (<a href="http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewPodcast?id=274948280">iTunes Link</a>)]</p></div><br /><br /></p>]]></description>
				<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.overthinkingit.com/category/podcast/otip/"><img class="alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-25235" title="otip-logo-2012" alt="" src="http://www.overthinkingit.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/otip-logo-2012-150x150.jpg" width="150" height="150" /></a>Peter Fenzel, Mark Lee, and Matthew Wrather discuss fictional dystopian surveillance states, recourse to works of fiction in political discourse, PRISM, and <em>The Purge</em>.</p>
<p>Spoilers for George Orwell&#8217;s <em>Nineteen Eighty-Four</em>.</p>
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<h2>Further Reading</h2>
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<li><a href="http://www.overthinkingit.com/2008/08/10/big-brother-is-hugging-you/">Big Brother is Hugging You</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.imdb.com/character/ch0010021/">Hedley Lamarr</a> from <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blazing_Saddles">Blazing Saddles</a> vs. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hedy_Lamarr](Hedy Lamarr)</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_purge">The Purge</a></li>
</ul>
<h2>Alternative Titltes for This Episode</h2>
<ul>
<li>It’s Watchmen All The Way Down</li>
<li>TCP/IP Werewolf Communications</li>
<li>The Surveillance State that Makes Us Buy Cereal</li>
<li>Big Wrather is Watching</li>
<li>In The 24th Century, Nobody Hates Each Other Because Everybody Hates Each Other</li>
<li>I Just Purged All Over Myself</li>
</ul>

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		<title>Episode 257: Arrested Development: A New Start</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[<a href="http://www.overthinkingit.com/2013/06/03/otip-episode-257/" title="Episode 257: Arrested Development: A New&nbsp;Start"><img src="http://www.overthinkingit.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/otip-logo-2012-150x150.jpg" alt="Episode 257: Arrested Development: A New&nbsp;Start" class="thumbnail alignleft"></a><p>The Overthinkers tackle the fourth season of Arrested Development.</p><p><div style="margin: 5px 0; padding: 10px; background: #eee;"><p style="margin:0; padding:0;"><a href="http://www.overthinkingit.com/2013/06/03/otip-episode-257/">Episode 257: Arrested Development: A New&nbsp;Start</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://www.overthinkingit.com">Overthinking It</a>, the site subjecting the popular culture to a level of scrutiny it probably doesn't deserve. [<a href="http://www.overthinkingit.com">Latest Posts</a> | <a href="http://www.overthinkingit.com/category/podcast/">Podcast</a> (<a href="http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewPodcast?id=274948280">iTunes Link</a>)]</p></div><br /><br /></p>]]></description>
				<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.overthinkingit.com/category/podcast/otip/"><img class="alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-25235" title="otip-logo-2012" alt="" src="http://www.overthinkingit.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/otip-logo-2012-150x150.jpg" width="150" height="150" /></a>Peter Fenzel, Mark Lee, and Matthew Wrather are joined by Ben Snitkoff to overthink the fourth season of <em>Arrested Development</em> on Netflix.</p>
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<h2>Further Reading</h2>
<ul>
<li>[NPR’S <em>Arrested Development</em> Running Joke Guide](http://apps.npr.org/arrested-development/</li>
</ul>

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<h2>Further Reading</h2>
<ul>
<li><a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0134247/">Felicity</a> on IMDb</li>
<li><a href="http://www.overthinkingit.com/2008/08/12/the-philosophy-of-batman-literary-theory-edition/">The Philosophy of Batman: Literary Theory Edition</a> by Jordan Stokes</li>
<li><a href="http://www.slate.com/articles/arts/the_completist/2013/05/star_trek_movies_and_tv_series_which_are_the_best_why.single.html">I Boldly Went Where Every Star Trek Movie and TV Show Has Gone Before</a> by Matthew Yglesias</li>
</ul>
<h2>OTI Classics</h2>
<ul>
<li><a href="http://www.overthinkingit.com/2009/02/19/star-trek-2-the-eels-have-eyes/">The Eels Have Eyes</a> by John Perich</li>
</ul>

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		<itunes:explicit>no</itunes:explicit><itunes:subtitle> The Overthinkers tackle Baz Luhrmann's interpretation of The Great Gatsby and the 2013 Eurovision Song Contest. Episode 254: Gatsby… You Don&amp;#8217;t Have to Put on The Green&amp;nbsp;Light originally appeared on Overthinking It, the site subjecting the popul</itunes:subtitle><itunes:author>Overthinking It (overthinkingit.com)</itunes:author><itunes:summary> The Overthinkers tackle Baz Luhrmann's interpretation of The Great Gatsby and the 2013 Eurovision Song Contest. Episode 254: Gatsby… You Don&amp;#8217;t Have to Put on The Green&amp;nbsp;Light originally appeared on Overthinking It, the site subjecting the popular culture to a level of scrutiny it probably doesn't deserve. [Latest Posts | Podcast (iTunes Link)] </itunes:summary><itunes:keywords>entertainment,culture,film,movies,tv,music,books,comics,pop,culture,commentary,analysis</itunes:keywords><feedburner:origLink>http://www.overthinkingit.com/2013/05/13/otip-episode-254/</feedburner:origLink><enclosure url="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/OverthinkingItPodcast/~5/8pU_n0LP-lw/otip254.mp3" length="163" type="audio/mpeg" /><feedburner:origEnclosureLink>http://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/traffic.libsyn.com/mwrather/otip254.mp3</feedburner:origEnclosureLink></item>
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		<title>Episode 253: Iron Man 3: Bitten by a Radioactive 1980s</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 May 2013 04:01:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[<a href="http://www.overthinkingit.com/2013/05/06/otip-episode-253/" title="Episode 253: Iron Man 3: Bitten by a Radioactive&nbsp;1980s"><img src="http://www.overthinkingit.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/otip-logo-2012-150x150.jpg" alt="Episode 253: Iron Man 3: Bitten by a Radioactive&nbsp;1980s" class="thumbnail alignleft"></a><p>The Overthinkers tackle Iron Man 3.</p><p><div style="margin: 5px 0; padding: 10px; background: #eee;"><p style="margin:0; padding:0;"><a href="http://www.overthinkingit.com/2013/05/06/otip-episode-253/">Episode 253: Iron Man 3: Bitten by a Radioactive&nbsp;1980s</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://www.overthinkingit.com">Overthinking It</a>, the site subjecting the popular culture to a level of scrutiny it probably doesn't deserve. [<a href="http://www.overthinkingit.com">Latest Posts</a> | <a href="http://www.overthinkingit.com/category/podcast/">Podcast</a> (<a href="http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewPodcast?id=274948280">iTunes Link</a>)]</p></div><br /><br /></p>]]></description>
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<h2>Further Reading</h2>
<ul>
<li><a href="http://movies.nytimes.com/2013/05/03/movies/iron-man-3-with-robert-downey-jr.html?ref=movies&#038;_r=0&#038;pagewanted=all">NY Times Review of Iron Man 2 by Manohla Dargis</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.rottentomatoes.com/critic/manohla-dargis/">Manohla Dargis on Rotten Tomatoes</a>
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<li><a href="https://lh3.ggpht.com/_8ie37mgxIXA/SRZhQgxwn7I/AAAAAAAAE08/m8-LFJNukLo/s1600-h/Egg+Fu+Bolland.jpg">Egg Fu</a></li>
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		<title>Episode 252: Perhaps. But Not Today.</title>
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<p><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1600609872/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&#038;camp=1789&#038;creative=390957&#038;creativeASIN=1600609872&#038;linkCode=as2&#038;tag=overtit-20"><img src="http://www.overthinkingit.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/hammer-of-witches-cover-198x300.jpg" alt="Hammer of Witches by Shana Mlawski" width="198" height="300" class="alignleft size-medium wp-image-28717" /></a><br />
<h2>Hammer of Witches by Shana Mlawski</h2>
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<li><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1600609872/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&#038;camp=1789&#038;creative=390957&#038;creativeASIN=1600609872&#038;linkCode=as2&#038;tag=overtit-20">Hammer of Witches (Hardcover)</a><img src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=overtit-20&#038;l=as2&#038;o=1&#038;a=1600609872" width="1" height="1" border="0" alt="" style="border:none !important; margin:0px !important;" /></li>
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<h2>Further Reading</h2>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/If_I_Had_a_Hammer">If I Had A Hammer</a></li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Street_Sharks">Street Sharks</a> on Wikipedia and <a href="http://streetsharks.wikia.com/wiki/Street_Sharks_Wiki">Street Sharks</a> on Wikia</li>
<li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7OanxuFt4Lc">Hammer Time</a> from <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0372588/">Team America World Police</a></li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hammerspace">Hammerspace</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.overthinkingit.com/2010/06/14/star-trek-borg-midlife-crises-in-best-of-both-worlds/">Borgs of Innocence and Experience</a></li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muppet_Babies">Muppet Babies</a></li>
<li><a href="http://whatever.scalzi.com/2013/04/12/the-big-idea-shana-mlawski/">The Big Idea: Shana Mlawski</a> on <a href="http://whatever.scalzi.com/">John Scalzi’s Whatever</a></li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_mysterious_cities_of_gold">The Mysterious Cities of Gold</a></li>
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