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!
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Episodes
Saturday Aug 29, 2020
Saturday Aug 29, 2020
Joseph Holmes and Nathan Clarkson talk with Trevor Tyson of the "Trevor Talks" podcast about depictions of mental health and mental illness in pop culture and what storytellers can do better.
Sunday Aug 23, 2020
Sunday Aug 23, 2020
Joseph Holmes and Nathan Clarkson discuss the current popularity and controversial nature of superheroes and why they think that superheroes are important for our world.
Sunday Aug 16, 2020
Sunday Aug 16, 2020
Joseph Holmes and Nathan Clarkson are joined by professor and film critic Alissa Wilkinson to discuss postmodernism in society and in art and the common ways people who talk about it misunderstand it.
Sunday Aug 09, 2020
Sunday Aug 09, 2020
Co-hosts Joseph Holmes and Nathan Clarkson ask the question who is art primarily for: the artist who makes it, the audience who appreciates it, or someone else?
Sunday Aug 02, 2020
Sunday Aug 02, 2020
Co-hosts Joseph Holmes and Nathan Clarkson invite very special guest, Dallas Jenkins, to discuss why it's so hard to make a good film about Jesus and how Dallas tried to solve those problems, as well as the problem of making good faith-based films in general, with his TV series "The Chosen".
Sunday Jul 26, 2020
Sunday Jul 26, 2020
Joseph Holmes and Nathan Clarkson discuss what nostalgia is and whether our culture's current love for nostalgia is more of a good thing or bad thing.
Sunday Jul 19, 2020
Sunday Jul 19, 2020
Joseph Holmes and Nathan Clarkson talk with special guest Boze Herrington about why we love mysteries so much and what that says about us as human beings.
Sunday Jul 12, 2020
Sunday Jul 12, 2020
Co-hosts Joseph Holmes and Nathan Clarkson weigh in on the subject on all the internet's lips: "cancel culture". What is it and is it as bad as people say? Why or why not?
Sunday Jul 05, 2020
Sunday Jul 05, 2020
What are some of the best female characters in movies, books, and video games? And how do they subvert some of the problematic trends of portraying women in pop culture? Joseph Holmes and Nathan Clarkson bring on special guest Joy Clarkson of the podcast "Speaking with Joy" to discuss these matters and more on this hilarious and insightful episode.
Sunday Jun 28, 2020
Sunday Jun 28, 2020
With recent months giving people a lot of time at home, Joseph Holmes and Nathan Clarkson ask the question: is isolation good for artists? Or are there some dangers to watch out for?
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.