In episode 123 of Overthink, Ellie and David get into the highs and lows of breakups. What, if anything, is valuable about breakups? Does society’s emphasis on monogamy affect how we conceptualize the end of relationships? And what do you do if your ex still has your Netflix password? Your hosts discuss everything from breakups in the age of social media and chemical solutions to heartache to what the laws against domestic abuse and stalking can tell us about how society views breakups. 

Ellie and David reflect on the highs and lows of friendship, from their own bond to Montaigne’s intimate connection to Étienne de La Boétie. From Aristotle’s Nichomachean Ethics to today’s loneliness epidemic, they question what friends do, how they hold each other accountable, and the deep ways in which our vices and virtues are shaped by our friends.

In episode 92 of Overthink, Ellie and David discuss love beyond monogamy with philosophy professor, podcaster, and author of Why It's OK To Not be Monogamous, Justin L. Clardy. They discuss love and special attachment beyond sacrifice. With personal stories, they question the role of marriage in consumer capitalism, and reimagine agency, identity, community, and relation in the world.

In episode 85 of Overthink, Ellie and David work through some of universities’ attempts at a sexual consent policy, discuss complex legal cases, and “gray rape.” They probe the limits of our idea of consent with cases of pain and grisly violence. They explore Ellie’s own proposal for rethinking our idea of consent. Is consent contractual? Performative? Magic? And, should it really be the central tenet of our sexual ethics?