The Overthinkers

A place where you can have fun thinking deeply about all the big and beautiful questions of life complete with cutaways. Hosts Joseph Holmes and Nathan Clarkson explore subjects of art, faith, philosophy, culture, and more with some of today’s leading and most influential minds and figures. So put your thinking caps and your laughing socks on and come on in!

Episodes

Oct 30, 2022

55 min

Joseph Holmes and Nathan Clarkson ask why our culture is so obsessed with serial killers. Why do women want to marry them and men want to be like them? Joseph and Nathan dip into the psychology and give some surprising answers.

Oct 23, 2022

45 min

Is Halloween The Devil's Holiday? Harmless fun? Joseph Holmes and Nathan Clarkson give their take as two millennial Christian men who grew up in Christian subculture.

Oct 17, 2022

44 min

If being frightened is so unpleasant, why do people seek out opportunities to be scared, like in ghost stories, horror movies, and skydiving? Joseph Holmes and Nathan Clarkson discuss and come up with some potentially controversial answers.

Oct 9, 2022

1hr 4 min

Get ready for spooky storytime! Joseph Holmes and Nathan Clarkson bring on storyteller extraordinaire Alex Foley to push back on their skepticism at the existence of ghosts. 

Oct 3, 2022

54 min

Why do humans fear something as inevitable as death? How do we overcome the anxiety and depression of facing our own mortality? Joseph Holmes and Nathan Clarkson discuss the data, the philosophy, and the way forward.

Sep 25, 2022

59 min

Is fitness just for vanity or something we should aspire to? Nathan Clarkson and Joseph Holmes talk to fitness coach and actor Josh Murray about whether our physical health matters and if fitness is the right solution. 

Sep 19, 2022

52 min

Should you base your decisions more on how you feel or how you think? Do we think too much or feel too much as a society? A strong thinker (Nathan Clarkson) and an overthinking feeler (Joseph Holmes) discuss on this latest episode.

Sep 11, 2022

54 min

Joseph Holmes and Nathan Clarkson take on hustle culture and the anti-work movement and discuss what's toxic about both and how you know whether you're working too hard or not hard enough.

Sep 4, 2022

58 min

Joseph Holmes and Nathan Clarkson discuss why so many people believe conspiracy theories, and when they think it is and is not justified. They also reveal what their favorite conspiracy theories they believe are.

Aug 28, 2022

50 min

Joseph Holmes and Nathan Clarkson talk about the importance of mentorship and how to both find and become a mentor with reclamation podcast host and Director of Leadership and Discipleship, Tony Miltenberger.

The Show

A home for the creative intellectual who wants to have fun thinking deeply. Through interviews with influential and interesting guests; The Overthinkers ask the big and beautiful life-questions about faith, philosophy, art, culture, and humanity. Come and join the often deep and always hilarious conversation. 

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