Football season is here (right?), making it the perfect time for a pigskin-based podcast! This time around, soccer threatens to usurp football in Arlen, leaving Bobby caught in a culture war battle between two different interpretations of masculinity. And because he's not incredibly famous yet, Will Ferrell is here! Will the ...
2023-10-16 04:00:02 +0000 UTC View Post
It's Lisa's birthday once more and for this special occasion, we welcomed first-time guest, comedian Django Gold, who just released the new stand-up special Bag of Tricks!...
2023-10-11 04:00:03 +0000 UTC View Post
Listeners! Fry is dead! That's right; dead serious about starring in one of the most emotional episodes of Futurama ever written! When a dangerous beekeeping mission sends the crew deep into a space hive, Leela finds herself saved by Fry, who seemingly expires at the business end of a giant stinger. But when her long...
2023-10-09 04:00:02 +0000 UTC View Post
As we explore an episode all about animation history, we're joined once again by the award-winning artist Nina Matsumoto! Yes, it's time for the greatest animated film of the 1990s, Itchy & Scratchy: The Movie, and Bart is very excited to see it. But ...
2023-10-04 04:00:02 +0000 UTC View Post
Chosen by premium patron ToonJay, it's time for us elder millennials to learn about Gen Z's favorite cartoon stepbrothers, Phineas and Ferb! Yes, we dig into the history of the 104 days of summer vacation and the careers of the show's creators. Then, it's time for some rock history as we discuss one of the most beloved eps, D...
2023-10-02 04:00:03 +0000 UTC View Post
Welcome to yet another October on the Talking Simpsons Network! While we don't have any seasonally appropriate spooky episodes on the docket, we'll do our best to "scare up" (sorry) some quality podcasts over the next 31 days. Join u...
2023-09-29 19:00:02 +0000 UTC View Post
We're settling into fall as our monthly community podcast gets back to normal just in time for our September installment. We start by discussing the big news for Simpsons, including the favorable end to the WGA strike for the show's writers, then chat about our upcoming plans including 2023-09-27 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 2005's Corpse Bride! Listen now to this f...
2023-09-25 04:01:01 +0000 UTC View Post
As The Nightmare Before Christmas grew from modest box office success to cult video hit to merchandising phenomenon, a sequel—spiritual or otherwise—was inevitable. It took a little over a decade, but in 2005, we finally got Corpse Bride: another modest box office success that didn't quite have the cultural staying power ...
2023-09-25 04:00:03 +0000 UTC View Post
If you missed our 2018 Portland live show with Bill Oakley, good news: we'll ...
2023-09-22 21:15:00 +0000 UTC View Post
As The Simpsons head to EPCOT for a special episode, we welcomed back Scott Gairdner, EPCOT lover/writer/actor/cohost of Podcast: The Ride! Not only do we dig into all of the the...
2023-09-20 04:00:02 +0000 UTC View Post
This month on TalKing of the Hill: it's spanking season, and Peggy's got a hankerin' for some spankerin'! When the vile Dooley finally crosses the line in Spanish class, Peggy stoops to using corporal punishment, and soon becomes the talk of the town. But after adopting the moniker of "Paddlin' Peggy," will she forget the Sub...
2023-09-18 04:00:01 +0000 UTC View Post
The Simpsons celebrate Halloween for the third time, and we get scarily accurate in our history of this episode! We've got the original script to help us note the many changed lines, plus all the references will finally be demystified. We also discuss our thoughts on scary dolls, the many King Kong films (especially the 1933 ...
2023-09-13 04:00:04 +0000 UTC View Post
Journey back with us to the year 2002, when one short-lived sci-fi TV series paid homage to another short-lived TV series! That's right, this month we're looking at the Futurama episode that reunited the entire Star Trek cast—except James Doohan (sick/disgruntled) and DeForest Kelley (dead)—for an all-star tribute to the ...
2023-09-11 04:00:01 +0000 UTC View Post
The Berkeley Studio Era of Talking Simpsons ends just as it began: With a Sideshow Bob episode! Yes, as record one more time in our old studio, we cover the season 14 episode that brings back Robert Underdunk Terwilliger and introduces an infamous (and somewhat familiar) culprit. How does Al Jean's new era deal with the retur...
2023-09-06 04:01:00 +0000 UTC View Post
It's been over five years since we last covered Daria, and while little has happened in terms of the show's potential reboot, that doesn't mean we've expended all of our possible thoughts on this beloved MTV cartoon. (Which may be why this podcast is nearly three hours long.)
Last time, we examined an episode wher...
2023-09-04 04:00:02 +0000 UTC View Post
After an exciting summer full of major life changes, it's time for things to get back to normal here as the Talking Simpsons Network gets ready for fall 2023! Not only do we have a great selection of Simpsons eps coming your way, but...
2023-08-31 14:59:01 +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 ring in the Pacific Northwest era of Talking Simpsons by catching you up on Simpsons news, as well as our very busy last few months. And, as always, we read and respond to your qu...
2023-08-30 04:00:02 +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 2006's Cars! Listen now to this free exte...
2023-08-28 04:01:02 +0000 UTC View Post
In a release that was a real turning point for the studio in many ways, we approach the 2006 film that sold a billion toy automobiles. So we dig into the many complex questions of the world of Cars, and the even more complex development of the film. Learn about an overlooked co-creator, how the film was a key part of Disney a...
2023-08-28 04:00:03 +0000 UTC View Post
We give a Duff Blimp-sized welcome back to the great Merritt K (check out her new Patreon) and dig into this Lisa-centric episode! After feeling "ugly" thanks to a cartoon, Lisa gets un...
2023-08-23 04:00:03 +0000 UTC View Post
Things are heating up on King of the Hill as the guys become volunteer firefighters in an episode that's equal parts The Three Stooges and Rashomon. And it all centers around an arson-based mystery where any of them could have been the culprit—well, except Hank. Also, Peggy succumbs to a debilitating groin injury! It's all ...
2023-08-21 04:00:02 +0000 UTC View Post
The Simpsons need a new place to live just as your humble hosts are also moving into new houses, though with fewer hilarious results. After a hockey game leads to termites that eventually send the family onto a reality show, we flashback to the turn-of-the-century style of reality programming that Simpsons writers loved mocki...
2023-08-16 04:00:04 +0000 UTC View Post
It might be hard to believe, but we haven't had a live show at PAX in four years. Why? We honestly couldn't say. But in 2023, we're making our grand return to the famed video game convention to celebrate the 28th anniversary of Mortal Kombat: The Journey Begins! And frankly, we'd love to see you there. Check out the details b...
2023-08-14 19:00:06 +0000 UTC View Post
Futurama is winding down—or so the writers think—so it's time for the show to start answering some big mysteries. Namely, how Fry really ended up in the future. Telltale shadows will be explained as we travel back to 1999 and witness how Nibbler is the puppet master of the entire Futurama saga thus far! And since...
2023-08-14 04:00:02 +0000 UTC View Post
For one of the best-written and animated eps of the series, we welcome back comedy performer/writer/musician/podcaster Tim Kalpakis from the band/podcast The Sloppy Boys (check out
In the year of the wonderous webcrawler's return to the Spider-Verse, we're also returning to his classic Saturday morning TV series for the second half of the epic two-parter meeting mutants. Yes, we're returning to the second season of the 1994 Spider-Man Animated Series for his crossover with the X-Men, which has origins i...
2023-08-07 04:00:02 +0000 UTC View Post
This week's well-endowed episode sees us exploring one of the horniest episodes of Simpsons ever with Large Marge. After accidentally getting cosmetic surgery, Marge has a chest expansion that gets a lot of attention. After the show finds every possible joke they can about Marge's honkers, we then learn there are downsides to...
2023-08-02 04:00:02 +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 1998's A Bug's Life! Listen now to this f...
2023-07-31 04:01:02 +0000 UTC View Post
For their second feature, Pixar decided to up the stakes by transitioning from the easier-to-render world of plastic things to the wild world of nature. The result is A Bug's Life, a fine film that mostly gets overlooked thanks to its status as one of the more forgettable Pixar films. On this episode of What A Cartoon Movie, ...
2023-07-31 04:00:03 +0000 UTC View Post
