Overthink

Ellie Anderson from Pomona College and David Peña-Guzmán from San Francisco State University are two philosophy professors who take the questions you stay up at night thinking about and run them through centuries of philosophical thought. Overthink releases biweekly, has 162 episodes averaging about 55 minutes each, and holds a 4.8-star rating from 456 reviews. The topics are wonderfully specific: an episode on manipulation, another on why we find things cute, one about whether meritocracy is actually fair. Anderson and Peña-Guzmán have a genuine friendship that shows in how they talk to each other, disagreeing respectfully and building on each other's points rather than just taking turns. They reference thinkers like Foucault, Epicurus, and Marcuse, but they always connect the philosophy back to lived experience. You do not need a philosophy background to follow along. The show is for people who think too much and want to do something productive with that tendency. If you have ever spiraled into a question like "am I being authentic or just performing authenticity" and wished someone could help you think through it more clearly, Anderson and Peña-Guzmán are exactly the guides you want. The philosophy becomes a tool for self-understanding, not an academic exercise.