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Join your friends Bob Mackey and Henry Gilbert (plus a rotating roster of guests) for a chronological and cromulent exploration of the greatest show ever made!
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- Talking Simpsons - Family Guy "North by North Quahog" With Chris Plante · 2 h 30 min"It's worth the risk, Lois; to save the world another two hours of torture. We gotta get rid of this thing for the sake of Jesus and Snoopy and all the other beloved children's…
- Talk To The Audience?!? - October 2026 · 1 h 31 minWe've reached the end of the month, which means it's time for another episode of our community podcast! This time around, we mostly have one thing to talk about: the long-awaited…
- Talking Simpsons - A Star is Burns With Toby Jones · 2 h 44 min"Let's just say it moved me... to a bigger house! Oops! I said the quiet part loud and the loud part quiet." - Krusty the Clown It's time for another cheesy cartoon crossover as…
- Talking Simpsons - The Heartbroke Kid · 2 h 8 min"Oh, honey, please take this seriously. When people used to ask me how you were doing, I said, 'At least he's got his health.' Now you've got NOTHING!" - Marge Simpson When…
- Talking Simpsons - Homer vs. Patty and Selma With Stephen Sajdak · 2 h 21 min"Oh, okay, Marge. I'll get along with them. Then, I will hug some snakes. Yes, I will hug and kiss some poisonous snakes! ...Now THAT'S sarcasm." - Homer Simpson Homer's failed…
- Talk To The Audience?!? - September 2026 · 2 h 5 minWe've reached the end of the month, which means it's time for another episode of our community podcast! This time around, listen in as we dish about a bounty of Simpsons-related…
- Talking Simpsons - Don't Fear the Roofer With Drew Mackie · 2 h 14 min"Wow, it's been so long since I've been with someone who doesn't know what a selfish pig I am." - Homer Simpson When massive downpours strike Springfield, Homer seeks roofing…
- Talking Simpsons - Bart vs. Australia With Tom Walker · 2 h 4 min"In America, we stopped using corporal punishment and things have never been better. The streets are safe, old people strut confidently through the darkest alleys, and the weak…
- Talking Simpsons - Future-Drama With Steve Yurko · 2 h 14 min"We can do anything now that scientists have invented magic." - Marge Simpson Join us as we travel to the far-off future world of 2013, where Lisa's Yale full scholarship to Yale…
- Talking Simpsons - Homie the Clown With Chris Cabin · 2 h 18 min"When I started this clown thing, I thought it would be nothing but glory—you know, the glory of being a clown? I tell ya, it's hard, tiring work. But when I see the smiles on…
- Talk To The Audience?!? - August 2026 · 1 h 35 minWe've reached the end of the month, which means it's time for another episode of our community podcast! This time around, listen in as we report on the big, bad, boatload of…
- Talking Simpsons - The Seven-Beer Snitch · 2 h 6 min"I only did what I had to do to survive... in a style befitting a French monarch." - Homer Simpson When Springfield's new concert hall goes bust, Mr. Burns buys the property and…
- Talking Simpsons - Bart's Comet With Mike Mitchell · 1 h 47 min"Of course I'm right. If I'm not, may we all be horribly crushed from above somehow." - Homer J. Simpson When a prank backfires and Bart is forced into Skinner servitude, he…
- Talking Simpsons - Mobile Homer · 2 h 8 min"These are my new friends! They like me for me... and my plumbing and gas hookups." - Homer Simpson When Marge forces the family to scrimp and save beyond reason, a resentful…
- Talk to the Audience?!? - July 2026 · 1 h 37 minWe've reached the end of the month, which means it's time for another episode of our community podcast! As usual, we're behind the eight-ball when it comes to Comic Con news, but…
- Talking Simpsons - And Maggie Makes Three With Justin Decloux · 2 h 28 min"I was in heaven. If horse racing is the sport of kings, then surely bowling... is a... very good sport as well!" - Homer Simpson Journey back with us to the distant year of…
- Talking Simpsons - Goo Goo Gai Pan · 2 h 5 min"Jub-Jub can't take care of me when I'm old and sick. All he can do is eat me when I'm dead" - Selma Bouvier The perpetually unlucky in love Selma suddenly experiences menopause…
- Talking Simpsons - The Mike Reiss Interview · 55 minThe Talking Simpsons Network is taking a week off, so to fill the content gap, we've decided to post a Patreon-exclusive interview from our archives! If you like this and want to…
- Talking Simpsons - Homer the Great With Andrew Jupin · 2 h 23 min"I've never felt so accepted in all my life. These people look deep within my soul and assign me a number based on the order in which I joined." - Homer J. Simpson Who controls…
- Talk To The Audience?!? - June 2026 · 1 h 31 minWe've reached the end of the month, which means it's time for another episode of our community podcast! This time around, listen in as we discuss a new slate of Disney+ exclusive…
- Talking Simpsons - On a Clear Day, I Can't See My Sister · 1 h 57 min"Oh, I always hoped we wouldn't be one of those 'restraining order' families." - Marge Simpson Bart's prankery against Lisa goes too far, causing the two siblings to be separated…
- Talking Simpsons - Fear of Flying with Eric Szyszka · 2 h 15 min"Come on, Marge; I wanna shake off the dust of this one-horse town. I wanna explore the world! I wanna watch TV in a different time zone! I wanna explore strange, exotic malls…
- Talking Simpsons - There's Something About Marrying · 2 h 28 min"As long as two people love each other, I don't think god cares whether they both have the same hoo-hoo or ha-ha." - Marge Simpson When tourism starts declining thanks to several…
- Talking Simpsons - Bill Oakley Talks Space: 1972 and The Simpsons · 35 minFriend of the show Bill Oakley returns once again, and this time, he's got an exciting new project to plug: Audible's Space: 1972. Listen in as we talk to Bill about his ongoing…
- Talk to the Audience?!? - May 2026 · 1 h 23 minWe've reached the end of the month, which means it's time for another episode of our community podcast! As this slow news season continues, we report on the continued lack of…
- Talking Simpsons - Grampa vs. Sexual Inadequacy With Mike Drucker · 2 h 16 min"Dad... How come you never gave me any encouragement? Maybe I could have been something more than I am. Like a travel agent... to a great scientist. Or the inventor of a…
- Talking Simpsons - Pranksta Rap With Bryan Quinby · 2 h 14 min"Rap music belongs in the rubbish bin. It encourages punching, boastfulness, and rudeness to hos!" - Marge Simpson Despite the protests of his mother, Bart sneaks off to a…
- Talking Simpsons - Homer Badman With Mattie Lubchansky · 2 h 4 min"It's just hard not to listen to TV; it's spent so much more time raising us than you have." - Bart Simpson After a trip to a candy convention, Homer lands hot water when his…
- Talk To The Audience?!? - April 2026 · 1 h 39 minWe've reached the end of the month, which means it's time for another episode of our community podcast! This time around, we're celebrating the inception of World Simpsons Day…
- Talking Simpsons - American Dad! "Pilot" · 2 h 43 min"Francine, you be very careful out there today—we're at terror alert orange! Which means something might go down somewhere in some way at some point in time... So look sharp!"…
- Talking Simpsons - Lisa on Ice With Jesse Farrar · 2 h 9 min"It's your child versus mine. The winner will be showered with praise; the loser will be taunted and booed until my throat is sore!" - Homer J. Simpson In order to pass gym…
- Talking Simpsons - Homer and Ned's Hail Mary Pass With Alex Navarro · 2 h 25 min"Smithers, we could make a fortune with these Bible pictures. And I've been looking for a way to launder the money I made selling club soda as flu vaccine." - C. Montgomery Burns…
- Talking Simpsons - Bart's Girlfriend With Lindsay Katai · 2 h 4 min"Jessica, I don't think we should hang out together anymore. You're turning me into a criminal, when all I want to be is a petty thug." - Bart Simpson Bart falls in…
- Talk to the Audience?!? - March 2026 · 1 h 36 minWe've reached the end of the month, which means it's time for another episode of our community podcast! This time around, we discuss the little Simpsons news available in this…
- Talking Simpsons - Mommie Beerest With Stuart Wellington · 1 h 59 min"One thing Moe Szyslak has never had is a partner. Nor a wife, a friend, a chum, a casual acquaintance, a pen pal, a parrot, a meaningful conversation, a brief hug, or eye…
- Talking Simpsons - Treehouse of Horror V With Ian Jones-Quartey · 2 h 8 min"Relax, kids; I've got a GUT FEELING Uter is around here somewhere. After all, isn't there a little Uter in all of us? In fact, you might even say we just ATE UTER and he's in…
- Talking Simpsons - Midnight Rx With Luke Savage · 1 h 43 min"Because of the Xanax, I'm not overanxious about being a Simpson anymore. I am a little anxious about being on Xanax, but the Zoloft covers that nicely." - Lisa Simpson Mr. Burns…
- Talk To The Audience?!? - February 2026 · 1 h 31 minWe've reached the end of the month, which means it's time for another episode of our community podcast! To close out the month of February, we talk about The Simpsons' 800th…
- Talking Simpsons - Sideshow Bob Roberts With Chris Wade · 1 h 46 min"I'm currently incarcerated... Convicted of a crime I didn't even commit! Huh! 'Attempted murder;' now, honestly, what is that? Do they give a Nobel Prize for 'attempted…
- Listen to This Week's Exclusive Episode and Give to a Good Cause! · 3 minYour regularly scheduled episode of Talking Simpsons is being pushed to next week for a very good reason: we've decided to shift our priorities a bit and cover an infamous…
- Talking Simpsons - Fat Man and Little Boy With Chris James · 2 h 16 min"My son's making so much cash in the t-shirt game that I don't have to work another day in my life! ...Assuming my health does not deteriorate as I age." - Homer Simpson When…
- Talk to the Audience?!? - January 2026 · 1 h 12 minWe've reached the end of the month (and the beginning of a new year), which means it's time for another episode of our community podcast! This time around, we discuss the most…
- Talking Simpsons - Itchy & Scratchy Land With Mike Carlson · 2 h 27 min"This truly was the best vacation ever. Now let us never speak of it again." - Marge Simpson When The Simpsons head to a new, Krusty-sponsored amusement park, they find just…
- Talking Simpsons - She Used to Be My Girl · 2 h 12 min"She's taken my daughter to an erupting volcano? That's it! She's off the Christmas card list." - Marge Simpson An old high school chum returns to Springfield, and Marge can't…
- Bonus New Year's Episode - Talking Futurama "The Late Philip J. Fry" · 1 h 57 minThe Talking Simpsons Network is taking a week off for the holiday season, so to fill the content gap, we've decided to post an episode of our Patreon-exclusive Talking Futurama…
- Bonus Holiday Podcast - What A Cartoon Movie - Toy Story · 4 h 15 minHappy New Year! In case you didn't know, every month we release the premium podcast, What A Cartoon Movie. And, as we take a week off to rest and recharge, we're giving all of…
- Talk To The Audience?!? - December 2025 · 1 h 52 minWe've reached the end of the month, which means it's time for another episode of our community podcast! This time around, we discuss the most recent Simpsons episodes…
- Talking Simpsons - Another Simpsons Clip Show · 1 h 25 min"Mom, romance is dead. It was acquired in a hostile takeover by Hallmark and Disney, homogenized, and sold off, piece by piece.'" - Lisa Simpson In what's probably the worst…
- Talking Simpsons - Sleeping with the Enemy · 1 h 50 min"Sometimes you have to adopt your son's bully in order to bring your own family temporarily closer." - Marge Simpson After her own children lose interest in her motherly ways…
- Talking Simpsons - Lisa's Rival With Betsy Sodaro · 1 h 39 min"I can't live the button-down life like you. I want it all: the terrifying lows, the dizzying highs, the creamy middles. Sure, I might offend a few of the bluenoses with my cocky…
