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See Us LIVE (Again) in Portland With Bill Oakley!

If you missed our 2018 Portland live show with Bill Oakley, or 2024-09-16 19:00:07 +0000 UTC View Post

TalKing of the Hill - Wings of the Dope

This month, we're covering one of the most unexpectedly touching installments of King of the Hill—and one that marks an important turning point for Luanne. Her period of mourning comes to an end when Buckley's Angel appears to give guidance; but is he there to help Luanne with a beauty school test, or to show her a new path...

Talking Simpsons - Cape Feare With Mike Drucker

It's the end of the first era of Simpsons writers as we welcome back returning favorite, comedy writer Mike Drucker (pre-order his ...

Talking Futurama - Proposition Infinity

If our TalKing of the Hill discussion about capital punishment had your sides splitting, get ready to hear us talk about a marginally less depressing subject: the battle to legalize same-sex marriage! And this subject ties into the time capsule of a Futurama we're covering this month, where Amy's love for bad boys causes her ...

Talking Simpsons - Treehouse of Horror XIV With Will Sloan

Season 15 begins with a big Halloween special, and we're joined by Will Sloan, Jerry Lewis expert and cohost of podcasts The Important Cinema Club and 2024-09-04 04:00:03 +0000 UTC View Post

What A Cartoon! - Batman: Caped Crusader "The Killer Inside Me"

A little over 30 years after it premiered, Batman: The Animated Series is back! (Kind of.) Caped Crusader takes the form of a spiritual sequel to WB's hit '90s series, though one closer to Bruce Timm's original pitch. This time around, the cartoonish qualities are replaced with pure noir, making this a more subtle, moody, and...

Talking Simpsons Network - The September 2024 Schedule

This summer flew by as they often do, but never fear, as Autumn 2024 will be similarly podcast-filled! Coming in September, we've got some great new/returning Talking Simpsons guests as our coverage of season 15 begins alongside sea...

Talk To The Audience?!? - August 2024

We've reached the end of the month, which means it's once again time for another installment of our community podcast! Join us we discuss the incredible amount of Simpsons news from San Diego Comic-Con and D23, including updates about new Treehouse of Horror and Disney+ exclusive episodes, a new Christmas two-parter, and more...

A Preview of What A Cartoon Movie for Tarzan

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 1999's Tarzan! Listen now to this free ex...

What A Cartoon Movie! - Tarzan

We end our Summer of the Disney Renaissance with the film that most mark as the finale to that era, 1999's adaptation of Tarzan. A big box office success that redefined Edgar Rice Burrough's character for a new century, we dig into the questionable colonial roots of the story as well as how Disney adapted it into a surprising...

Talking Simpsons - The Yellow Album With Alex Navarro

Just as we did for The Simpsons Sing The Blues, we're joined by Alex Navarro from 2024-08-21 04:00:06 +0000 UTC View Post

TalKing of the Hill - Death and Texas

This month, we're covering a VERY Texan topic: capital punishment! When a supposed former student reaches out to Peggy from death row, she proudly signs up to be his personal tutor. But things take a turn for the worse when Peggy's Boggle-based education program leads to her smuggling him a very special kind of "timer sand." ...

Talking Simpsons - Homer's Barbershop Quartet With Katie Plattner

We start season five with a first-time guest to help us with this Beatles parody: Katie Plattner, from the podcast Screw It, We're Just Gonna Talk About The Beatles and 2024-08-14 04:00:04 +0000 UTC View Post

Talking Futurama - Attack of the Killer App

As the first Comedy Central season of Futurama rolls on, it's time for the series to cover a world-changing gadget invented in the years Fry and the gang didn't grace your television screen. Yes, "what if [character] get smartphone" may seem like a common premise for modern-day reboots, but Futurama was doing it nearly 15 yea...

Talking Simpsons - Krusty Gets Kancelled With Mark Malkoff

We welcome back podcaster/comedy writer Mark Malkoff—host of the new podcast Inside Late Night, as well as the very fitting 2024-08-07 04:00:05 +0000 UTC View Post

What A Cartoon! - X-Men '97 "To Me, My X-Men"

It's time for us to cover something recent that's also all about the 1990s: It's time for X-Men '97! Learn how the fan-favorite Marvel adaptation ended up as a Disney streaming series, and how many of the original people involved returned. Then we deconstruct the series premiere, with all the deep comic references properly ex...

Talk To The Audience?!? - July 2024

While The Simpsons news wasn't as busy as the real news this month, there's still a ton to catch up on in the July edition of our monthly community podcast. Not only that, but we had a month full of cool podcast guest appearances mixed with personal annoyances that took up more than a week of our lives. Then we catch up on al...

Talking Simpsons Network - The August 2024 Schedule

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. This month, we'll be discussing the Futurama episode that gave ...

A Preview of What A Cartoon Movie for Pocahontas

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 1995's Pocahontas! Listen now to this fre...

What A Cartoon Movie! - Pocahontas

With five years of box office success and a Best Picture nomination behind them, Disney was ready to take some big risks with their latest animated feature. A mix of actual history and myth, Pocahontas emerged in 1995 as a new kind of animated feature; one that rarely went for humor, took on racial prejudice, and dared to not...

Talking Simpsons - Marge in Chains With Stephen Sajdak

We're covering an allegedly prophetic episode of Simpsons, and for that, we're joined once more by Stephen Sajdak, cohost of the We Hate Movies podcast! After the Osaka Flu ravages Sprin...

Talking Japanese - Full House "Road to Tokyo"

Welcome to the inaugural episode of Talking Japanese, the podcast miniseries that examines how Western media interfaces with Japanese culture. For our debut, we're talking about Full House—the sitcommiest sitcom that ever sitcommed— and its very brief visit to Japan. (Which, for the record, consists of more than two rooms...

Talking Simpsons - Moe Baby Blues With Chris Cabin

As we close out season 14, we've got returning guest Chris Cabin from the podcast We Hate Movies! Toge...

TalKing of the Hill - Revenge of the Lutefisk

A new reverend comes to Arlen—a woman minister—and she comes bearing gifts! In this case, it'e lutefisk: a Scandinavian treat that Bobby devours during a potluck to welcome this new church leader. But when his guts reject this culinary concoction during the next day's mass, Bobby has an extreme bathroom event that leads t...

Talking Simpsons - Whacking Day with Dan McCoy

Bart is expelled from school as animal cruelty is celebrated, and for such heady topics we welcome back the cohost of The Flop House Podcast/Emmy-winning writer, Dan McCoy! ...

Check Out Our Recent Podcast Guest Appearances!

We know—we don't record nearly enough podcasts. Thankfully, other shows are there to pick up the slack by inviting us on to talk about various subjects. And it's been happening a lot lately! In case you missed some of our rec...

Talking Futurama - In-A-Gadda-Da-Leela

As we enter the summer months, Futurama is also heating up with an episode that takes a trip straight to Planet Horny! (If you're reading this during some other season, please disregard that first sentence.) When Zapp and Leela seemingly crash on a distant planet and witness the destruction of Earth, they have no choice but t...

PAX West 2023 Live Show - Mortal Kombat: The Journey Begins Official 28th Anniversary Panel

Hey folks, since we're taking the week off, we wanted to post a little something to keep you busy. So please enjoy the video version of our Pax West 2023 live show!

Note: the actual panel doesn't begin until 03:49.

And here's our description of the panel, straight from the official PAX website: 2024-07-03 04:00:02 +0000 UTC View Post

The Talking Simpsons Network is Taking the Week Off!

Hey everybody,

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 (7/8) for the Talkin...

Talking Simpsons Network - The July 2024 Schedule

Summer is heating up here for Talking Simpsons Network, which means some holiday surprises. And that'll be followed by Futurama and King of the Hill episodes which are both fairly biblical, not to mention some fan-favorite guests re...