This week, we've got a dose of girl power as Harley and Ivy team up in an episode that's certainly about empowerment and not the fantasies of any particular writer and/or artist. When Harley briefly breaks up with The Joker, she finds a new partner-in-crime in Poison Ivy, who tries her best to turn her new friend into an independent woman. But two forces threaten to break up this stric...
2022-12-02 05:00:04 +0000 UTC
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No, the calendar isn't lying: the holiday season is upon us once again. And unlike the so-called hero of the Yuletide season, your pals at the Talking Simpsons Network are hard at work for more than just a single day per year! This year, we'll be filling your stockings with podcasts about Fox ...
2022-11-30 17:00:10 +0000 UTC
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Hope everyone had a happy Turkey Day, as we catch up with a whole month worth of news for both our podcast and The Simpsons. We reflect on the most recent episodes and other news, announce some upcoming podcasts (with teases of our upcoming live show!), and talk about the many cool games/f...
2022-11-30 05:00:05 +0000 UTC
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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 2012's ParaNorman! Listen now to this free extended preview, and then subscribe at the $10 level (or up your cu...
2022-11-28 05:11:00 +0000 UTC
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We've talked about plenty of Disney and Pixar works previously on What A Cartoon Movie, but this month, we'll be exploring an animation studio previously untouched by our network: Laika! Built from the bones of Will Vinton Studios, this Oregon-based stop-motion studio specializes in off-kilter ideas that probably wouldn't be greenlit anywhere else. And that description perfectly sums up ParaNor...
2022-11-28 05:10:01 +0000 UTC
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After a failed attempt to clobber some criminals, Bruce Wayne wakes up in a world where his parents are alive, he's not Batman, and Selina Kyle is his blushing bride. What's going on here? Has the Batman program been retooled? Or could this be the work of a villain who specializes in mind control? If you've been alive for the past 30 years, you likely know the answers to these questions—but's...
2022-11-25 05:00:07 +0000 UTC
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This week we join the family on their controversial trip to Brazil, and our buddies Toby Jones (Regular Show, OK K.O.) and Maddie Queripel (Regular Show, Infinity Train) are along for the ride! After a bunch of jokes about early '00s phone companies, th...
2022-11-23 05:00:03 +0000 UTC
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Welcome to the finale of King of the Hill season two! In this cautionary tale of big business run amok, the vile-but-reliable Mega Lo Mart starts carrying propane, leaving Hank jobless. And to add salt to the wound, he ends up working for the massive retailer, and under the thumb of Luanne's boyfriend, Buckley. But Hank has much more to worry about than a massive loss of dignity when proper pro...
2022-11-21 05:01:00 +0000 UTC
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Batman: The Animated Series made a habit of giving corny old villains memorable makeovers, and The Clock King stands as one of the most stunning examples. Like many of Batman's most sympathetic foes, his story is one of a normal guy completely undone by a very bad day. In this case, we've got an uptight weirdo who gently transitions into becoming an even more time-obsessed domestic terrorist af...
2022-11-18 05:00:04 +0000 UTC
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It's your football lock of the week as we welcome back our pal Alex Navarro from Nextlander to discuss the intersection of gambling and fatherhood. We not only talk a ton of behind-the-scenes details of the real-life football bets that inspired this...
2022-11-16 05:00:04 +0000 UTC
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Welcome to Futurama production season four! And this final chunklet of the Fox run opens by shining the spotlight on an unlikely character: Kif Kroker. When Zapp Brannigan's second-in-command becomes with child (or children), Amy may have to exchange her freewheeling, party-boarding youth for a life of motherhood. Will Kif have to struggle through the pains of parenthood alone? Find out the ans...
2022-11-14 05:00:05 +0000 UTC
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Welcome to the second season of Blabbin 'Bout Batman: The Animated Series! (And thank you for being a patron.) We're kicking off eight full weeks of this podcast series with an unlikely pick—and one not concerning a colorful supervillain with strange powers. This early episode shows just what the BTAS team could get away with thanks to its hard-boiled story about two middle-aged gangsters tha...
2022-11-11 05:00:08 +0000 UTC
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For this week's episode, we needed an expert on goofing on public domain media, so we invited back our pal Conor Lastowka from Rifftrax and the 372 Pages We'll Never Get Back podcast! It's tim...
2022-11-09 05:00:05 +0000 UTC
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Thanks to premium patron Jason, we're covering our first-ever Disney Channel original, Kim Possible! We travel back 20 years to the age of beepers--when things were or weren't "the drama" as we dig into the adventures of Kim, Ron, Sheego, and the rest. Learn how the series was created, what the stars are doing now, and follow along as we discuss the season one episode Kimitation Nation. That's ...
2022-11-07 05:00:04 +0000 UTC
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Once more we're joined by the amazing Matt McMuscles (check out his YouTube channel and his Patreon!), this time for a tale of fraud and '90s birthdays. After Bart has a disappointing birthday pa...
2022-11-02 04:00:03 +0000 UTC
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Time to grab the pumpkin you didn't turn into a jack-o'-lantern because it's now turkey season for everyone at Talking Simpsons Network. We've got some great stuff planned as the year winds down, including the first time we've covered a Dinsey Channel original series, plus the fertile season 4 premiere...
2022-10-31 18:00:09 +0000 UTC
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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 deep into one of the most 1980s-style films ever, The Transformers The Movie from 1986! Listen now to this free extended p...
2022-10-31 04:01:03 +0000 UTC
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Animated kids films were different 40 years ago: Some of the top animators in Japan are hired to make toy commercials for American children where they can watch all their favorite characters get shot to death onscreen! Yes, we're digging deep into the 1986 Transformers film that was meant to start a new era of the toy franchise but instead traumatized a generation of youngsters--all with a rock...
2022-10-31 04:00:06 +0000 UTC
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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 discuss the newest episodes of season 34, a fully playable version of the Waterworld parody seen in The Springfield Files, Vice's new documentary on The Simpsons, and Vulture's new ranking of every Treehouse of Horror segment to date. And, as always, we read and r...
2022-10-26 04:00:04 +0000 UTC
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After having so much fun with the first season, we can't wait to launch season two of Blabbin 'Bout Batman: The Animated Series this Friday, November 11th! This podcast miniseries covers eight of our (additional) favorite episodes of Batman: The Animated Series, spanni...
2022-10-24 19:00:06 +0000 UTC
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The results are in! Thanks to your votes, next month's episode of the What A Cartoon Movie podcast will be about 2012's ParaNorman. Folks on the $5 level of our Patreon can hear the extended free preview of ...
2022-10-21 19:01:00 +0000 UTC
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This week we welcome back the great Bryan Quinby from Street Fight Radio and The P.O.D.cast as the show travels to Branson in Abe Simpson's quest for love. We discuss seniors d...
2022-10-19 04:00:05 +0000 UTC
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When Bobby gets diagnosed with ADD, Peggy becomes a stay-at-home mom to give her son the attention his deficit disorder requires. But the humdrum housewife lifestyle leads Peggy to pick up the guitar, and her new teacher threatens to indoctrinate this former substitute teacher into one of Hank's most feared isms: Feminism. Listen in as we explore this topical and touching episode that ...
2022-10-17 04:01:01 +0000 UTC
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We welcome back our friend/video game historian Chris Kohler, as we take a trip through parenthood AND the early 1980s! Yes, this week we learn how Homer married Marge, as well as how Bart was born, how Homer got his job, and tons more in this classic ep full of memorable '80s trivia worth explaining. We'd tell you more about...
2022-10-12 04:00:05 +0000 UTC
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It's a first for our network; the yes/no poll for November's What A Cartoon Movie podcast was incredibly split. So split, in fact, we've decided to put a pause on Mr. Magoo's Christmas Carol (for now) and launch a brand-new poll with a group of selections that should make everyone happy.
2022-10-10 19:00:06 +0000 UTC
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We've reached the end of Futurama production season three! ...Even though this one landed at the end of broadcast season four. (Long before this point, we stopped asking questions about Fox's air order.) Discover the secret of cilantro and how well this episode nails its source material on this weeks PODCASTUUUUU!
2022-10-10 04:00:04 +0000 UTC
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That's right, we've got THE Alexander Edward from the great podcast Minion Death Cult for this ep all about old west movie stars! We chat about teamsters in Simpsons, Bart's troubles with a dog, lots of old references to cowboy movies, and a whole...
2022-10-05 03:59:01 +0000 UTC
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This week, it's time to believe in the podcast that believes in you! Thanks to premium patron Devin, we're finally taking a look at Gurren Lagann: the late '00s anime sensation that's also the first series directed by future Studio Trigger co-founder Hiroyuki Imaishi. Listen in as we explore this anti-Evangelion and its big, stupid robots, crazy bursts of animation, and stirring speeches—basi...
2022-10-03 04:00:05 +0000 UTC
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Time to grab a light sweater and a pumpkin, because fall is here once more on the Talking Simpsons Network, with a bunch more podcasts coming your way. That's the regular Talking Simpsons, Talking Futurama, TalKing of the Hill, and What A Cartoon coming out alongside our once-a-month $10 premium podcas...
2022-10-01 17:47:20 +0000 UTC
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We've entered the spooky season once again, and while this month's offerings don't come anywhere close to the world of horror, somehow we stumbled into an alternate theme: transforming robots! That's right, we're starting the month with a newer—well, 15 years old—example of this very toyetic concep...
2022-09-30 16:01:02 +0000 UTC
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