"My rabies has taken a turn for the worse; I am starting to hallucinate. When I close my eyes I can see strange characters running around, chasing colorful geometric shapes in a dark and infinite limbo. I have stopped closing my eyes." - Dale Gribble
After Bobby befriends a plucky, pie eating raccoon named Bandit, Dale goes from regular crazy to rabies crazy after a run-in with thi...
2025-08-18 04:00:02 +0000 UTC View Post
"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 own father for a Blockbuster Video gift ...
2025-08-13 04:00:05 +0000 UTC View Post
"There's nothing personal about this. That thing screwed up my delivery. This time, it's BUSINESS." - Turanga Leela
Leela develops an Ahab-like fixation with a Moby Dick-like space whale who chomps the latest Planet Express delivery and drags the crew through fourth-dimensional space. But, in the end, we learn that obsession makes whales of us all.
2025-08-11 04:00:03 +0000 UTC View Post
"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 pursue their parents in a city-hopping adv...
2025-08-06 04:00:03 +0000 UTC View Post
Look! Up in the sky! It's a bird! It's a plane! No, it's another podcast about Superman! (Please have your eyes examined.) Yes, we last checked in on the Man of Steel's '90s adaptation during the dawn of COVID, but with Superman fever currently sweeping the nation, there's never been a better time to discuss one of this underappreciated series' finest episodes. So listen in as Superman goes toe...
2025-08-04 13:39:06 +0000 UTC View Post
We'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 questions and comments from the most recent ro...
2025-07-30 04:00:05 +0000 UTC View Post
Another month has passed at the Talking Simpsons Network, and that means we've got another awesome podcast about an animated feature film! This month, our $10 Patreon subscribers get to hear us talk about 2001's Atlantis: The Lost Empire! Listen now to this free extended preview, and then subscribe at the $10...
2025-07-28 04:01:01 +0000 UTC View Post
In the late '90s, directors Gary Trousdale and Kirk Wise (Beauty & The Beast, The Hunchback of Notre Dame) decided to roll the dice and produce an animated feature unlike anything anything else from the Disney Renaissance. This film would wash its hands of big, Broadway tunes, and instead focus on big, bold adventure at the turn of the 20th century. Unfortunately, filmgoers took one ...
2025-07-28 04:00:04 +0000 UTC View Post
Welcome to another August on the Talking Simpsons Network! As summer cranks up the heat, we're here to cool you down with some lengthy podcasts best listened to in a dank room. And remember, if you'd like to listen to this month's episodes of TalKing of the Hill and Talking Futurama, you'll need to sign u...
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, we learn that some animals are just jerks.
Our guest: Andrew Jupin from We Hate Movies
2025-07-23 04:00:06 +0000 UTC View Post
"We invested all that time—and effort, maybe—in Hank, and he has forsaken us!" - Dale Gribble
Hank befriends a very Hank-like man, and finds this crazy bastard's ways a lot more appealing than the usual gang of alley dopes. Mourning their lost friendship, Bill and Dale eventually learn that the way back into Hank's heart could involve burying themselves alive for two days.
2025-07-21 04:00:04 +0000 UTC View Post
"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, causing Edna to leave him at the altar. And when Comic Book Guy comes along to pick up the pieces of this shattered relationship, we're all left wondering if this episo...
2025-07-16 04:00:05 +0000 UTC View Post
"The mob did it. I saw the whole thing while also having hot sex with the Donbot's daughter. I'm scared and great at sex!" - Bender Bending Rodriguez
While crashing a robot mafia wedding, Bender witnesses a horrible, clamp-based crime against Calculon. To save his metallic skin, he enters the witness protection program; but his cover could be blown when his Planet Express pals (and fresh ...
2025-07-14 04:00:03 +0000 UTC View Post
Since we're taking the week off, we thought we'd dig through the Talking Simpsons video archives and unearth something previously made available only to $10 patrons. (And before you could even host videos on Patreon—it was complicated.) Yes, travel back with us to the fabled date of October 30, 2018, when we sat down to take a look at the failed X-Men pilot that nonetheless informed the very ...
2025-07-09 04:00:06 +0000 UTC View Post
For the first week of July, we're taking some time off to rest and recharge. Which gives YOU a whole seven days to finally catch up with all of our podcasts! So we'll see everyone next Monday (7/14) for the Talking Futurama episode about "The Silence of the Clamps," and next Wednesday (7/16) for the Ta...
2025-07-07 04:00:05 +0000 UTC View Post
"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 benevolent Christian attitude. Will Homer's lac...
2025-07-02 04:00:03 +0000 UTC View Post
Another month has passed at the Talking Simpsons Network, and that means we've got another awesome podcast about an animated feature film! This month, our $10 Patreon subscribers get to hear us talk about 2002's Lilo & Stitch! Listen now to this free extended preview, and then subscribe at the $10 level (or up y...
2025-06-30 04:01:01 +0000 UTC View Post
With Pixar and DreamWorks working in tandem to make Disney's 2D output look like a relic of the past, the studio needed an early '00s success—and badly. Thankfully, along came Lilo & Stitch; and while it wasn't a mega-hit on par with The Lion King, it proved there were still a few years' worth of gas in the traditional animation tank. Lilo's humble girl-and-her-alien-dog-thing story shrug...
2025-06-30 04:00:05 +0000 UTC View Post
After celebrating a decade of Talking Simpsons, we've got a great July planned with some big guests on the way! As in previous years, we're taking off the first full week of July, but we'll be sharing some vintage premium content as a special treat. And remember, if you'd like to listen to this month's...
2025-06-27 21:48:02 +0000 UTC View PostYou may have heard the audio clip on our 10th anniversary podcast, but here's the video version of the Doughboys wishing us well on this podcasting milestone. (Wow!) Check out their Patreon for more great stuff.
2025-06-26 04:00:04 +0000 UTC View Post
It'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 an animated series with no end in sight. And...
2025-06-25 04:00:06 +0000 UTC View Post
"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 Defiant Ones?
Our guest: <...
2025-06-18 04:00:03 +0000 UTC View Post
"The day before Thanksgiving is, in my opinion, one of the busiest travel days of the year." - Peggy Hill
Hank's insistence on defending the honor of propane leads to the Hills getting stranded at the airport on Thanksgiving. Will they make it Montana to show Mother Platter which cooking fuel reigns supreme? And, more importantly, will Peggy get a chance to make her traditional Brown Bett...
2025-06-16 04:00:04 +0000 UTC View Post
"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 space program geared towards blue-collar slo...
2025-06-11 04:00:03 +0000 UTC View Post
"I thought they were selfish, yet, in the end, it was I who thought they were selfish." - Bender Bending Rodriguez
Gunderson's Unshelled Nuts presents a trio of holiday-themed parables about acquiring the precious natural resources used to fuel Xmas, Robanukah, and Kwanzaa. Featuring special guest star Al Gore as Captain Lance Starman!
2025-06-09 04:00:04 +0000 UTC View Post
The very first episode of Talking Simpsons originally went live on June 24, 2015, meaning we're very close to ringing in 10 whole years of podcasting cromulence! To celebrate, we'll be putting together a 10th anniversary show at the end of the month, and we'll need YOUR help. Just like on a standard ep...
2025-06-06 19:00:05 +0000 UTC View Post
"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 for a DUI, he has to decide what he love...
2025-06-04 04:00:04 +0000 UTC View Post
Hot on the heels of Fox Kids' Batman: The Animated Series and X-Men, Marvel brought us Fantastic Four, the first animated adaptation of the publisher's First Family in over 15 years. And, after a disastrous initial season, the series finally reached the coveted rank of "above average"—though it never went on to be remembered as fondly as its contemporaries. This month on What A Cartoon, join ...
2025-06-02 04:00:03 +0000 UTC View Post
At long last, we've reached 10 full years of the Talking Simpsons podcast! To celebrate, we're replacing this month's Talk to the Audience podcast with a special, self-indulgent anniversary episode, but don't worry—our regular schedule remains unaltered. And remember, if you'd like to listen to this ...
2025-05-30 19:00:18 +0000 UTC View Post
We'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 check in on the end of broadcast season 36, learn about Milhouse's new voice actor, consider buying expensive new LEGO sets, and mourn the recent passing of a Simpsons writer. And, as always, we read and respond to your questions and comments from the most recent ...
2025-05-28 04:00:07 +0000 UTC View Post