Overthinking It Podcast

(Update: still listening in 2019!) I love this podcast! The podcasters have great camaraderie and their conversation sparkles with wit. They are at their best when bantering about their own lives, so don't mind the numerous tangents. Also, not every episode is a gem, but you'll still be entertained and still appreciate the effort these guys put out each week!

This was the first podcast I was ever a regular listener to, and I haven't missed an episode since around 2013. I enjoy listening to the guys just talking, even if I haven't seen the movie yet. But when they touch on pop culture that I've already enjoyed, I feel like their conversations help illuminate parts of the story that even I didn't pick up on.

For 8 years and counting I have dropped witty thoughts and analysis in casual conversations around pop culture thanks to overthinking it.

iTunes is telling me I already reviewed this podcast five years ago, but since I have listened to every episode since then (usually the day it comes out) and I’ve gone back and listened to all previous episodes (and then re-listened), I thought it was time to review it again. Five stars! Best podcast on the web! If you want some semi-scholarly (and at times mind-blowing, see the chorus of iron girders in the Superman episode) pop culture analysis and a lot of heartening friendship, then listen to this! It really is about the podcasters as characters almost as much as it is about the pop culture content. What would this be without Wrather’s pedantry and Fenzel’s enthusiastic monologues and hearty giggles? My favorite is the brunch podcast, but I think you have to be a little familiar with the podcasters in order to really enjoy it, so I would start with something like the Star Wars episodes (390 & 391) or episode 293 on the LEGO Movie or the great Superman episode itself, 259.