Episode 17: No Mention of Zombies

Matthew Wrather is joined by Matthew Belinkie and Mark Lee to overthink:

• What constitutes a hotline
• Why nobody cares about Synecdoche, New York
• Our status as high priests of popular culture and the moral imperatives of same
• Absence of odor
• Kinds of Season Finales and TV Shows
• The Baroque in Reality Television
• Halloween
• Museums and Orientalism

Overthink This
Our weekly selections from the popular culture for your amusement and edification.

• Lee: World War Z (https://www.amazon.com/dp/0307346617?tag=overtit-20)
• Belinkie: Robocop Unicorn (http://www.flickr.com/photos/87258185@N00/sets/72157603724213121/)
• Wrather: Lisa Loeb Jill Sobule Halloween Song (http://www.npr.org/blogs/bryantpark/2007/10/jill_sobule_sings_no_to_grownu.html)
  UPDATE: Oops. It’s Jill Sobule, not Lisa Loeb. My bad. —mw

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Episode 17: No Mention of Zombies 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)]