The family embarrasses Homer in this backward episode, and we're exploring it all with special guest Joe Pickett and Nick Prueher of 2020-02-05 02:59:59 +0000 UTC View Post
Requested by premium subscriber ShyRanger, this week we return to Yu-Gi-Oh! for another duel, this time in a cyberpunk future with special guest LittleKuriboh! We chat about how YGO's arrived in a dystopian third series, try our best to understand the timel...
2020-02-03 02:00:01 +0000 UTC View PostAnother brand new month on the Talking Simpsons Network, and as before, we've got our monthly poll to pick the next subject of our premium podcast, What A Cartoon Movie! Each month we record a fresh, extra-long podcast about an animated film, and then release it for our $10 Patreon subscribers. And when we open up the voting,...
2020-02-01 13:46:27 +0000 UTC View Post
We've hit the shortest month of the year, and we're rolling along with more podcast fun to make these 29 days worthwhile! Our month begins with a discussion of an absolutely silly Yu-Gi-Oh! series alongside a VERY special guest, foll...
2020-01-31 20:01:01 +0000 UTC View Post
Ahoy-hoy and welcome to this month's episode of our community podcast! As we outlined in our 2020 update, the final Talking Simpsons slot of every month will now be occupied by an episode of Talk to the Audience, and we've got a grea...
2020-01-29 05:01:00 +0000 UTC View Post
Every month we wrap things up with a What A Cartoon Movie! This January Talking Simpsons Network is heading back to 2003 for the pioneering anime anthology, The Animatrix! Exclusively for our $10+ Patreon subscribers, we chat about The Wachowski S...
2020-01-27 01:59:59 +0000 UTC View Post
This month's WAC Movie is here in its new slot as the final What A Cartoon episode of the month, and boy, is this one is a biggie! Our longest podcast to date, all about The Matrix phenomenon and the anthology film inspired by it, The Animatrix! We talk about how The Wachowski Sisters teamed up with the Japanese animators tha...
2020-01-27 01:58:59 +0000 UTC View Post
This week we present the live podcast we did on January 14, 2020, the exact thirtieth anniversary of the first regular episode of The Simpsons! And we were joined for the occasion by the amazing live guest Jordan Morris from the 2020-01-22 04:04:37 +0000 UTC View Post
If you weren't at our big SF Sketchfest live show during January 2020, you missed out on a fantastic closing video you can only hear in the podcast. So here's the full video celebrating the characters no longer seen after season 1!
2020-01-22 04:03:44 +0000 UTC View Post
Thanks to the generous support of our patron Jibbly, this week we're taking a look at a fairly obscure entry that still persists nearly 30 years later in the form of action figures: Bucky O'Hare and the Toad Wars! Developed by G.I. Joe legend Larry Hama, Bucky entered the world in the mid-80s as the perfect pitch for a toyeti...
2020-01-20 05:00:01 +0000 UTC View Post
We welcome back on Andrew Jupin from the awesome We Hate Movies podcast! to help us return to another season one favorite! Homer loses his job and is driven to suicidal depression in this very ...
2020-01-15 03:59:59 +0000 UTC View Post
This week on the podcast, we start our new tradition of once a month returning to a cartoon we had previously covered, starting with this iconic episode of Batman: The Animated Series! All the coolest villains come together for a game of poker to tell their favorite stories of almost getting Batman, but there's more twists th...
2020-01-13 05:00:01 +0000 UTC View Post
Hey everybody! Just sending out this small update on our What A Cartoon! podcast plans for this month. Previously our schedule for January said that Street Sharks would be next, but some guest planning issues mean it'll be moved to February. In its...
2020-01-10 19:42:03 +0000 UTC View Post
Just in time for the 30th Anniversary, Talking Simpsons returns to the first season of the show to do a much deeper dive than we did the first time! And joining us is returning favorite Eric Szyszka from 2020-01-08 05:00:58 +0000 UTC View Post
This week our top-level patron David is back and he's got another new anime for us: Psycho-Pass! This scarily believable cyberpunk story is an exciting sci-fi series, and after going through the deep history of animation studio Production I.G., we detail our thoughts about the show's first episode, "Crime Coefficient." Listen...
2020-01-06 04:59:59 +0000 UTC View Post
It's the final Talking Simpsons community podcast of 2019 (technically), and we thank you for your patience as we restart our engines after a long break! Listen in and find out what we did during the holidays (mostly watch a bunch of movies), try to hold back from talking about Star Wars, and go over old Simpsons merch as wel...
2020-01-04 21:20:01 +0000 UTC View PostHappy New Year! It's a whole new decade for the Talking Simpsons Network, where our podcasts are growing bigger and better than ever! And just like usual, we've got our monthly poll to pick the next subject of our premium podcast, What A Cartoon Movie! Each month we record a fresh, extra-long podcast about an animated film, a...
2020-01-01 21:55:04 +0000 UTC View Post
Our professional artist friend and hardcore Simpsons fan Maddie Copp has returned from spending much of the year in Japan, making this the perfect time to discuss the season 10 finale! After the Simpsons live a thrifty life, they head to Tokyo for som...
2020-01-01 05:05:37 +0000 UTC View Post
Welcome to another year of What A Cartoon! If you missed our big update, you should know we're changing things up a bit—but you'll still be getting a ne...
2019-12-31 17:00:03 +0000 UTC View Post
Voice actor, YouTuber, and anime expert SungWon Cho is back to assist us in exploring another off-the-beaten-...
2019-12-30 05:01:00 +0000 UTC View Post
No, no! The Talking Simpsons Network has not disbanded! It's the end of another great year of podcasts for us here, and we've had the chance to sit down and think about 2020, and what it means for our shows.
In December alone, ...
2019-12-28 20:00:01 +0000 UTC View Post
It's the end of the month (and the whole year!) on the Talking Simpsons Network, so it's time for another of our in-depth, extra-long podcasts about animated feature films! In December, exclusively for our $10+ Patreon subscribers, we talk about B...
2019-12-27 22:37:21 +0000 UTC View Post
We've finally reached the end of Talking Futurama Season Two Part One! And our second 2019 miniseries comes to a close with the introduction of the eighth (and seldom seen) member of Planet Express, Cubert! When Professor Farnsworth realizes his days are numbered, he dusts off an annoying clone he hopes will carry on his lega...
2019-12-27 08:00:02 +0000 UTC View Post
We're closing out 2019 with one of 1999's best films, animated or otherwise, The Iron Giant! Our fun four hours of chat covers the career of Brad Bird, the strange origins of the film, how it flopped at the box office, and then the film's transformation into a cult hit. Then, we go moment by moment through this modern classic...
2019-12-27 07:31:29 +0000 UTC View Post
This week's episode is all about nerds coming together, so we called together the amazing nerds of Podcast: The Ride - Scott Gairdner, 2019-12-25 05:00:01 +0000 UTC View Post
We've got a big one this week as we celebrate the series OK K.O., and we're joined once more by Series Creator Ian Jones-Quartey and Executive Producer Toby Jones. We cover OK K.O.'s fina...
2019-12-23 05:00:02 +0000 UTC View Post
It's time for the surprise crossover of the 31st century! When Leela is catfished online by a seeming cyclops, she soon finds herself playing the Peg Bundy to an unworthy Al, making the Katey Sagal prophecy come true! Can Fry stop their upcoming wedding before this schemer's sick dreams come true? And has Bender finally stole...
2019-12-20 08:00:01 +0000 UTC View Post
It's a special anniversary this week as we celebrate the Simpsons Christmas Special turning 30. And to re-examine this classic, we've got OG Simpsons lovers (and the team behind the series OK K.O.) Ian Jones-Quartey and 2019-12-17 22:46:44 +0000 UTC View Post
Hi everyone, we've got a special poll for all of you, just in time for the 30th anniversary of the debut of The Simpsons. By now you've seen we did a special episode for the holidays of returning to Simpsons Roasting on an Open Fire to cover the episode anew. We got two of our favorite guests back for it, and we talked for fo...
2019-12-17 22:46:07 +0000 UTC View Post
December 17, 1989, was the debut of the first-ever episode of The Simpsons, and thanks to various production issues, the show debuted with its holiday episode: Simpsons Roasting on an Open Fire aka The Simpsons Christmas Special. We're doing lots to celebrate the 30th Anniversary of that debut, starting with sharing our 2017 ...
2019-12-17 17:17:29 +0000 UTC View Post
