ID10T with Chris Hardwick
{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2022}}
{{Short description|American interview podcast}}
{{Infobox Podcast
| title = I Think You're Overthinking It (formerly ID10T with Chris Hardwick; formerly The Nerdist Podcast)
| image = ID10T with Chris Hardwick.png
| hosting = Chris Hardwick
| language = English
| production = Katie Levine
| began = {{Start date and age|February 8, 2010}}
| genre = Comedy, entertainment, talk
| provider = Cadence13 (formerly: Nerdist)
| url = {{URL|https://id10t.com/podcast/|ID10T Podcast}}
| num_episodes = 1147 (as of June 17, 2025)
| list_episodes = List of The Nerdist Podcast episodes
| opentheme = "Hero of Time" by Fartbarf
}}
I Think You're Overthinking It (formerly The Nerdist Podcast, and ID10T with Chris Hardwick) is a weekly podcast "about what it really means to be a nerd" hosted by Chris Hardwick. From its launch in 2010 until 2018, Jonah Ray and Matt Mira were usual co-hosts, {{Citation |url= http://chicagoist.com/2011/11/15/nerdist_podcast_will_record_live_in.php |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20171106014651/http://chicagoist.com/2011/11/15/nerdist_podcast_will_record_live_in.php |url-status= dead |archive-date= November 6, 2017 |work= Chicagoist |last= Abernathy |first= Samantha |date= November 15, 2011 |title= Nerdist Podcast Will Record Live in Chicago |access-date= November 19, 2011 }} after which Hardwick hosted alone. {{Asof|2025|6|2|df=US}} before Hardwick became sole host. After a pause in 2022, the podcast was relaunched in June 2025.
Format
The audio podcasts were typically an hour in length and include conversations with notable comedians or entertainers, sometimes at their own home.{{cite news|last=Moody|first=Mike|title=Comedians Cut Loose on Chris Hardwick's 'Nerdist' Podcast|url=http://www.tvsquad.com/2010/02/24/comedians-cut-loose-on-chris-hardwicks-nerdist-podcast/|date=February 24, 2010|publisher=TV Squad|access-date=January 25, 2011|archive-date=January 26, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110126014607/http://www.tvsquad.com/2010/02/24/comedians-cut-loose-on-chris-hardwicks-nerdist-podcast|url-status=live}} Guests typically relate to either stand-up comedy, geek and nerd culture, or both. Occasional "hostful" episodes featured solely Hardwick, Ray and Mira.
History
The show launched February 8, 2010. It served as the flagship podcast for Nerdist Industries, which was founded in 2012 after the success of The Nerdist Podcast. The show's theme song was "Hero of Time" by the analog synthesizer band Fartbarf. Prior to the February 2018 name change, the theme song was "Jetpack Blues, Sunset Hues" by Anamanaguchi.
In 2012 Hardwick sold the Nerdist brand to the Legendary Entertainment, but remained as chief director of Nerdist. Hardwick's contract with Legendary Network ended at the end of 2017, and the podcast separated from Legendary-owned Nerdist Industries; in February 2018, the podcast was re-branded as ID10T with Chris Hardwick and moved to Cadence13. Hardwick changed the name after he moved it to become a part of his own ID10T merchandise and festival company. The podcast itself continued to operate under the same premise, with Hardwick, Mira, and Ray serving as hosts and Katie Levine serving as producer, although by this point other professional commitments had already meant Mira and Ray appeared increasingly infrequently on the show.{{cite web |last1=Jarvey |first1=Natalie |title=Chris Hardwick Rebrands 'Nerdist Podcast' as Long-Running Show Gets New Home (Exclusive) |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/chris-hardwick-rebrands-nerdist-podcast-as-long-running-show-gets-new-home-1081176 |website=The Hollywood Reporter |date=February 2, 2018 |access-date=July 19, 2019 |archive-date=June 7, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190607003649/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/chris-hardwick-rebrands-nerdist-podcast-as-long-running-show-gets-new-home-1081176 |url-status=live }} The phrase ID10T is technical error code for a computer malfunction caused by the human user.{{cite web|url=https://www.webopedia.com/amp/TERM/I/id10t_error.html|title=What is id10t error? Webopedia Definition|website=www.webopedia.com|date=May 31, 2007 |access-date=February 6, 2018|archive-date=February 6, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180206131644/https://www.webopedia.com/amp/TERM/I/id10t_error.html|url-status=live}}
The podcast went on a hiatus in June 2018 after Hardwick was accused of sexual assault and controlling behaviour by ex-partner Chloe Dykstra; {{cite web |last1=Maddaus |first1=Gene |title=Chris Hardwick Denies Allegations of Abuse of Ex-Girlfriend |date=June 15, 2018 |url=https://variety.com/2018/tv/news/chris-hardwick-chloe-dykstra-blacklist-allegation-1202848206/}} Hardwick denied the allegations. Following its return in November 2018, {{cite web |title=Episode 967 – Jamie Lee Curtis |url=https://id10t.com/podcast/episode-967-jamie-lee-curtis/ |publisher=ID10T Podcast |access-date=30 January 2023}} Mira and Ray did not appear on the podcast.
Hardwick published "Hello? Hello? Is this thing on?" the first episode in three years on 3 June 2025, where Chris outlined the reasons for the pod's absence over the past few years. The episode announced a return of the show in June 2025 and a new direction for it. He will be focusing on the concepts of starting new endeavors, hobbies, and other activities in middle age. Parenthood, picking up an instrument, getting out of one's own way, etc. The first episode will be with Ben Schwartz "Improv Master", talking about over-thinking things and how not to do so. The podcast will be renamed "I Think You're Overthinking it Podcast". He said several episodes have already been produced and that the episodes will drop every other week.
Live recordings
The first live recording of the show was on April 5, 2010, at the Largo in Los Angeles, with guest Adam Savage of MythBusters, and has since been recorded live a number of other times.{{cite news|last=Campos|first=Nicole|title=Nerds Own Largo! The Nerdist Podcast Goes Live with Mythbuster Adam Savage|url=http://blogs.laweekly.com/stylecouncil/2010/04/nerds_own_largo_the_nerdist_po.php|work=Style Council Blog|date=April 8, 2010|publisher=LA Weekly|access-date=January 25, 2011|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110305121412/http://blogs.laweekly.com/stylecouncil/2010/04/nerds_own_largo_the_nerdist_po.php|archive-date=March 5, 2011}}
In July 2011 the show was recorded live, at midnight, at the Montreal comedy festival Just for Laughs.{{cite news
|last=Leijon
|first=Erik
|title=The dean of dweebs: Chris Hardwick fine-tunes his nerd-dar at Just for Laughs
|publisher=Montreal Mirror
|date=July 28, 2011
|url=http://www.montrealmirror.com/wp/2011/07/28/the-dean-of-dweebs/
|access-date=November 15, 2011
|archive-date=November 14, 2011
|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111114072227/http://www.montrealmirror.com/wp/2011/07/28/the-dean-of-dweebs/
|url-status=live
}}
TV show
In 2011 the pilot and a Christmas Eve special aired, with Hardwick, Ray and Mira hosting. BBC America aired six more 'specials' throughout 2012. Beginning with episode 4 the show moved from a half-hour format to an hour.{{cite web |url=http://www.bbcamerica.com/the-nerdist/guide/season-1/ |title=Episode Guide – The Nerdist |publisher=BBC America |access-date=June 28, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141010201607/http://www.bbcamerica.com/the-nerdist/guide/season-1/ |archive-date=October 10, 2014 |url-status=dead }}{{cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xsAhyDRDdvE |title=Nathan Fillion: Sexception?! The Nerdist: Year In Review Sneak Peek #1 |date=December 14, 2011 |publisher=YouTube |access-date=June 28, 2014 |archive-date=February 26, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140226223638/http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xsAhyDRDdvE |url-status=live }}
| class="wikitable" | |||
| colspan="4"|Season 1 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Ep# | Theme | Airdate | Guests |
| 1 | Pilot | September 24, 2011 | Matt Smith, Craig Ferguson |
| 2 | Year In Review | December 24, 2011 | Wil Wheaton, Nathan Fillion, David Tennant, "Weird Al" Yankovic, Kumail Nanjiani, Simon Pegg |
| 3 | January Special | January 14, 2012 | Lily Loveless, Thomas Dolby, Kunal Nayyar, Alison Brie |
| 4 | Comic-Con | July 28, 2012 | Damon Lindelof, John Barrowman |
| 5 | Toys and Games | July 28, 2012 | Brooke Leigh Lawson, Gregory Crafts |
| 6 | Science | August 4, 2012 | Danica McKellar, Cara Santa Maria |
| 7 | Nerd Girls | August 11, 2012 | Randa Viets, Garfunkel and Oates, Felicia Day, Faith Harrison, Emily V. Gordon, Kumail Nanjiani |
| 8 | Time Travel | August 18, 2012 | Damon Lindelof, Tom Weston-Jones, Kumail Nanjiani |
| class="wikitable" | |||
| colspan="4"|Season 2 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Ep# | Theme | Airdate | Guests |
| 1 | The BBC Extravaganza | March 31, 2013 | Matt Smith, Tatiana Maslany, Dominic Monaghan and Matt Kirshen |
| 2 | Zombies! | April 6, 2013 | Robert Kirkman, Michael Rooker, Karen Gillan and Kyle Kinane |
| 3 | Breaking Mad | April 13, 2013 | Jon Hamm, Betsy Brandt, and Rory Scovel |
| 4 | Fantasy Nerdist | April 20, 2013 | Elijah Wood, Ben Schwartz, Kumail Nanjiani, and Katie Crown |
| 5 | Wonder Dungeon | April 27, 2013 | Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Gillian Jacobs, Paul Scheer and Rob Huebel |
| 6 | Tribute To Television | May 4, 2013 | Jack McBrayer, Eliza Dushku, and Joe Keckler |
| 7 | NASA Nerds | May 11, 2013 | Buzz Aldrin, Bobak Ferdowsi, and Maria Bamford |
| 8 | Beautiful People | May 18, 2013 | Joe Manganiello, Morena Baccarin, and Paul F. Tompkins |
| 9 | Tribute to Sci-Fi | May 25, 2013 | Guillermo del Toro, Katee Sackhoff, and Ron Funches |
| 10 | Superstar Comedian Week | June 1, 2013 | Seth Rogen, Evan Goldberg, Zach Galifianakis, and Natasha Leggero |
Reception
The podcast was ranked #3 in Rolling Stone{{'}}s "The 10 Best Comedy Podcasts of the Moment", published April 6, 2011{{cite news|last=Berkowitz|first=Joe|title=The 10 Best Comedy Podcasts of the Moment|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/news/the-10-best-comedy-podcasts-of-the-moment-20110406|date=April 6, 2011|publisher=Rolling Stone|access-date=November 3, 2011|archive-date=October 30, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111030064104/http://www.rollingstone.com/culture/news/the-10-best-comedy-podcasts-of-the-moment-20110406|url-status=live}} and #7 in Rolling Stone's "The 10 Best Comedy Podcasts of the Moment", published May 8, 2014.{{cite news|title=The 20 Best Comedy Podcasts Right Now|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/pictures/listen-up-the-20-best-comedy-podcasts-right-now-20140508/7-the-nerdist-0652117|date=May 8, 2014|publisher=Rolling Stone|access-date=December 21, 2014|archive-date=December 15, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141215064004/http://www.rollingstone.com/culture/pictures/listen-up-the-20-best-comedy-podcasts-right-now-20140508/7-the-nerdist-0652117|url-status=live}}
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