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Talking Simpsons - Treehouse of Horror XV With Merritt K
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1:54:39"Homer, please; don't tempt the gods! I mean GOD—there's one god! Only one. Well, sometimes there's three..." - Ned Flanders Broadcast season 16 begins with three spooky tales that probably should have aired less than a week after Halloween. Ned Flanders receives deadly premonitions, Lisa becomes a Victorian-era detective, and the entire family tak…
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Syndication: The Sweetest Plum With Found Footage Fest
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2:02:25September 19, 1994: a day that will live in... Wait, what's the opposite of infamy? 31 years ago, the lives of Simpsons fans changed forever when their favorite show went from a weekly thing to a twice-daily thing thanks to the power of syndication. In this week's format-breaking podcast, we take a look at the programming package that made a certai…
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Talk To The Audience?!? - October 2025
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1:43:58We've reached the end of the month, which means it's time for another episode of our community podcast! With this episode, we welcome you to the beginning of constant, round-the-clock coverage of The Simpsons Movie sequel; it's coming, and you're going to be hearing about it for the next 20 months. After dishing dirt on Hollyweird, we discuss the b…
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Talking Simpsons - Secrets of a Successful Marriage With Nina Matsumoto
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2:32:21"Marge, look at me. We've been separated for a day, and I'm as dirty as a Frenchman. In another few hours I'll be dead. I can't afford to lose your trust again!" - Homer Simpson To regain some confidence and overcome his supposed slowness, Homer takes on a new part-time job teaching a class on marriage at the Springfield Adult Education Annex. But …
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"I can't be held responsible for what my goons were ordered to do!" - Charles Montgomery Burns After yet another brush with death, Mr. Burns realizes the people of Springfield would rather dance on his grave than celebrate his legacy. But instead of committing various good deeds to restore his reputation, he buys every media outlet in town, except …
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Talking Simpsons - Lady Bouvier's Lover With Toby Jones
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2:21:53"You know, you remind me of a poem I can't remember, and a song that may never have existed, and a place I'm not sure I've ever been to..." - Abe Simpson Marge plays matchmaker and forges a love connection between her mother and Abe Simpson, despite Homer's protests that this pairing will make their children retroactively inbred. But their cozy sen…
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Talking Simpsons - Bart-Mangled Banner With Brendan James
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2:11:14"Son, I've learned one thing in this life. To stay out of trouble, just say nothing. Don't rock the boat. Don't even get IN the boat! Just buy some ice cream and walk around the pier. But don't go in the bathrooms; they're filthy." - Homer Simpson When Bart unwittingly moons the American flag, the town of Springfield ends up in hot water, and The S…
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Talk To The Audience?!? - September 2025
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1:49:12We've reached the beginning of the month, which means it's time for another episode of our community podcast! Because Henry is on assignment/vacation in L.A./Japan for the next few weeks, Wife of the Show Nina Matsumoto joins Talk to the Audience to discuss the few scraps of news available before season 37's long-awaited premiere. And, as always, w…
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Talking Simpsons - The Boy Who Knew Too Much With Jordan Morris
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2:04:04"I know you can read my thoughts, Bart. Just a little reminder: if I find out you cut class, your ass is mine. Yes, you heard me. I think words I would never say." - Seymour Skinner When Bart plays hooky and witnesses what results in Springfield's trial of the century, he finds himself up to his neck in hot chowder. Or is it chowdah? Whatever the c…
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Bonus Episode: King of the Hill's Reboot Season
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1:09:08On this special free feed preview, we're finally discussing King of the Hill's long-teased and long-awaited reboot. Listen in and learn how this new season came into being—and how we were kinda in on the ground floor—get to know the creative staff behind it, and find out just what happened to our favorite Arlenians over the past 15 years... or was …
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Talking Simpsons - The Way We Weren't
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1:53:59"She was the prettiest girl I'd ever seen... Uh, until I met your mother—who made that girl look like a Godzilla made of garbage!" - Homer Simpson In yet another canon-defying flashback episode, we head to summer camp, where many established characters somehow know each other despite their differing ages and backgrounds. As Homer and Marge weave th…
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Talking Simpsons - Sweet Seymour Skinner's Baadasssss Song With Dan McCoy
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1:58:59"That photo was taken shortly before I was shot in the back; which was very strange, because it was during a Bob Hope show. I was trying to get Joey Heatherton to put on some pants, for god's sake!" - Seymour Skinner It's The Simpsons' 100th episode, and the show is finally giving people what they want: almost no Homer, and a complete study/reinven…
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Talk To The Audience?!? - August 2025
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1:31:38We've hit the beginning of the month, which means it's time for another episode of our community podcast! This time around—in the wake of Comic-Con—it's been a slow news month, but we at least have the broadcast season 37 premiere and Ella McCay to discuss. (That's right, THE Ella McCay!) And, as always, we read and respond to your comments and que…
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Talking Simpsons - Simple Simpson with Matt McMuscles
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1:42:43"No trap can hold Homer Simpson—uh, but I'm not Homer Simpson! I'm the Pie Man! Homer Simpson, away! I mean, the Pie Man!" - Homer Simpson (The Pie Man) When Lisa is publicly humiliated, Homer transforms his love of pastries and violence into a new alter ego: Pie Man. But when Burns discovers this hero's secret identity, Homer becomes a tool for ev…
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Talking Simpsons - Burns' Heir With Eva Anderson
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1:48:08"Kids, you tried your best, and you failed miserably. The lesson is: never try." - Homer Simpson When a brush with the reaper inspires Mr. Burns to seek out an heir, he quickly finds one in the form of Bart Simpson. But as Bart grows more estranged from his family, we find the true test of a son's love comes down to whether or not he'll execute his…
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Talking Simpsons - Catch 'em if You Can
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2:18:47"We have to grab this chance for romance now, or we'll never be alone. Not till Lisa's in college and we've lost contact with Bart." - Homer Simpson When Bart and Lisa don't show proper reverence for the 1970 film Love Story, Homer and Marge decide to take a Flanders-funded sex trip to Miami. But when the kids find out they've been deceived, they p…
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Talk to the Audience?!? - July 2025
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1:43:33We've reached the end of the month, which means it's once again time for another installment of our community podcast! Join us as we mourn Simpsons composer Alf Clausen, check in on broadcast season 37, discuss the latest Simpsons-related Comic-Con news, and remind everyone that Marge isn't actually dead. And, as always, we read and respond to your…
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Talking Simpsons - Bart Gets an Elephant With Andrew Jupin
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2:04:17"You never know when an old calendar might come in handy. Sure, it's not 1985 right now, but who knows what tomorrow will bring?" - Homer Simpson In this spiritual sequel to Lisa's Pony, Bart forces KBBL's hand and wins a much larger herbivore: an elephant named Stampy. And as the giant beast slowly gets over the impulse to shove Bart in his mouth,…
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Talking Simpsons - My Big Fat Geek Wedding With Stephen Sajdak
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1:54:24"My beloved is napping in the many folds of my Spider-Man t-shirt. As for me, I am popping kettle corn." - Comic Book Guy After eight years, the Skinner/Krabappel pairing comes to an abrupt end when Seymour gets cold feet and leaves Edna at the altar. And when Comic Book Guy comes along to pick up the pieces of this shattered relationship, we're al…
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Bonus Episode - Talking Futurama "Lrrreconcilable Ndndifferences" With Chris Wade
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1:53:28The Talking Simpsons Network is taking a week off, so to fill the content gap, we've decided to post an episode of our Patreon-exclusive Talking Futurama podcast miniseries! If you like this episode and want to hear the rest (with more to come every month), head over to Patreon.com/TalkingSimpsons and sign up at the $5 level. Once you do, you'll ha…
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Talking Simpsons - Homer Loves Flanders With Libby Watson
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2:10:32"Don't worry, Bart; it seems like every week something odd happens to the Simpsons. My advice is to ride it out, make an occasional smart-aleck quip, and by next week we'll be back to where we started from, ready for another wacky adventure." - Lisa Simpson Homer and Ned become fast friends, but Homer's oafish behavior slowly grates on Ned's benevo…
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The Talking Simpsons 10th Anniversary Spectacular
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2:56:04It's finally happened: Talking Simpsons has turned a whopping ten years old! And to ring in the occasion, we're replacing this month's episode of Talk to the Audience with a little—well, BIG—celebration of ourselves. Listen in to hear us discuss our humble roots, the many growing pains of running a podcast network, and the future of talking about a…
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Talking Simpsons - The Wandering Juvie With Bryan Quinby
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2:13:06"All these years, I watched you turn our son into a time bomb, and yet I did nothing. So, in a way, I, too, am a victim... of you." - Homer Simpson A prank gone awry lands Bart in juvenile hall, where he becomes an unwitting escapee thanks to a new prison pal. Will he survive life as a fugitive? And, more importantly, is 2004 too late to parody The…
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Talking Simpsons - Deep Space Homer With Maddie Copp
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2:00:18"You know, Homer, when I found out about this I went through a wide range of emotions. First I was nervous, then anxious, then wary, then apprehensive, then... kinda sleepy, then worried, and then concerned. But now I realize that being a spaceman is something you have to do." - Marge Simpson In a bid to win his family's respect, Homer enters a spa…
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Talking Simpsons - Co-Dependents' Day With Eric Szyszka
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2:09:28"My drinking problem is out of control. At Oktoberfest, all I could think about was beer! I couldn't even celebrate... the harvest!" - Marge Simpson After the newest Cosmic Wars prequel inspires Bart and Lisa to seek fan justice, a trip to wine country rejuvenates Homer and Marge's relationship with the power of alcohol. But when Homer frames Marge…
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