The Overthinkers

Joseph Holmes and Nathan Clarkson bring on film composer and author Joel Clarkson to discuss film score composing and why music is so important to our humanity.

Joseph Holmes and Nathan Clarkson open the new year by discussing whether or not there's any point to making New Year's Resolutions and what the best ways they've found to change their lives for the better.

This episode The Overthinkers overthink... each other! Join the whole Overthinkers team for a casual Christmas episode where everyone asks each other their favorite Christmas movies and says what they think that movie choice says about them. 

Joseph Holmes and Nathan Clarkson talk with special guest Sharonne Lanier about what special challenges there are being an actress of faith in both secular and faith-based films.

Joseph Holmes and Nathan Clarkson welcome back resident church and theology history buff Louis Giovino to discuss whether our modern Christmas traditions are more Christian or secular in origin, and whether or not that matters.

Joseph Holmes and Nathan Clarkson sit down and tackle one of the biggest philosophical questions of all time--"does free will exist?"--and combine psychology, theology, and philosophy in a free-flowing discussion that goes as deep as any episode yet.

Joseph Holmes and Nathan Clarkson are joined again by fellow video game nerd Nathan Sherrer to discuss whether or not video games can be called "art" and why.

Joseph Holmes and Nathan Clarkson welcome back actress and writer Keelia Clarkson to discuss why so many people (particularly women) love the True Crime genre.

Joseph Holmes and Nathan Clarkson discuss how Christians should handle politics and if there's a way to lower political polarization.

Horror films are incredibly popular, but are they actually harmful to us? Joseph Holmes and Nathan Clarkson discuss the good and bad sides of horror films and how you can tell the difference. 

Joseph Holmes and Nathan Clarkson discuss why so many people believe in aliens and monsters--and the answers get pretty deep.

Joseph Holmes and Nathan Clarkson invite Louis Giovino on the podcast to discuss what the catholic church really teaches about exorcisms and whether the kind depicted in Hollywood movies matches what seeming "real-life exorcisms" are like.

Joseph Holmes and Nathan Clarkson interview Luke Barnett, Vincent Masciale, and Tanner Thompson about their new satire of Christian Films "Faith Based", and ask whether the reason for Christian comedies don't do well is that Christians can't laugh at themselves. 

Joseph Holmes and Nathan Clarkson welcome returning guest Nathan Sherrer to discuss what's uniquely great about animation as an art form and why we still love watching them as adults.

People on the internet like to say "Get Woke, Go Broke". But is it true? Joseph Holmes and Nathan Clarkson discuss this controversial internet meme and what it gets right and where it falls short.

Joseph Holmes and Nathan Clarkson discuss with film critic and YouTube personality Kevin McCreary what the film critic adds the world. Do they help audiences and filmmakers? Or are they just bitter they can't make their own movie?

Joseph Holmes and Nathan Clarkson are joined by returning guest Nathan Sherrer to discuss why so many people believe we're living in a simulation.

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.

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.

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.

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?

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".

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.

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.

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?