A deep-dive into The Simpsons by two guys whose lives have been defined by the show.
Episodes
Tuesday Jun 19, 2018
Tuesday Jun 19, 2018
Season four of The Simpsons kicks off with two ridiculously good episodes, one of which, frankly, *fucks* - and we get to it after discussing The Brady Bunch for a while. In Kamp Krusty, the kids are betrayed by their favourite clown (who is also one of our favourite clowns, all told) and in A Streetcar Named Desire Marge attacks Ned with a broken bottle and we get very excited and yell a bit.
Also in this ep - we ponder future merchandise for the podcast, ponder some weird birthday cards we've seen, and harmonise perfectly on a song, somehow. We also really dig into The Simpsons this week, if that's your thing! Which it might be, since this is, nominally, a Simpsons podcast.
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Tuesday Jun 05, 2018
Tuesday Jun 05, 2018
In 1997, James was published for the first time. His letter in Simpsons Comics, which detailed why Homer was his favourite character on The Simpsons, was the first of many things James would write for print; it was the first step on a journey he has spent his life walking.
Along the way the comic was lost, thrown out in a house clean when James was a child. For years, he has been haunted by the memory of the lost comic, the proof he had of that one early moment of pride and success. In 2017, James started Pods in the Key of Springfield, hoping to carve out a new Simpsons-related legacy, but still the comic loomed over him. He became sad, isolated, weird.
In a very special Pods in the Key of Springfield, Nick, sick of James’ whining, proposes that the two seek out the issue and set James’ tormented mind at ease. But to find it, they realise, they’ll need the help of one of the Internet’s premiere investigators – Alex Goldman, of Reply All fame.
Can a soul be set at ease after twenty years of torment? Can James and Nick catch the attention of their favourite podcaster? Is there such a thing as ethical consumption under capitalism? Join us for answers to these, and maybe a few other questions too.
(Special thanks to Mike Irving on this one as well)
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Tuesday May 22, 2018
Tuesday May 22, 2018
This week James and Nick check out The Shining! It's a film James has seen before, but Nick, naturally enough, hasn't - how does it hold up against the image he's created in his head after watching The Simpsons over and over again? Let's find out!
Tuesday May 08, 2018
Tuesday May 08, 2018
This week, on the Internet's top Danny DeVito fan podcast, we finally get around to Danny DeVito's second - and last significant - appearance on The Simpsons, a hit TV show from the 90s. Herb Powell is back! There's a lot of sperm in this episode too, so it's, you know, our wheelhouse. I guess.
We also go over our top five episodes for season 3 of The Simpsons, which is, in many ways, the *third* season of the show.
Then, right at the end, we have a special exclusive interview. I don't want to spoil the surprise.
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Tuesday Apr 24, 2018
Tuesday Apr 24, 2018
This week the stars of James' favourite movie pop by Springfield in The Otto Show, and then one of the actors from James' favourite show pops up in Bart's Friend Falls in Love. It's a good week, is what I'm saying.
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Tuesday Apr 10, 2018
Tuesday Apr 10, 2018
We've finally bagged us a Homer this week with two absolute bangers. I'm very tired and I don't think anyone reads the descriptions on these episodes, because it's all right there in the title, right? We cover those two episodes of The Simpsons this time. They're really good! You know they're good! Please check out this podcast that we worked hard on.
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Tuesday Apr 03, 2018
Tuesday Apr 03, 2018
In this week's episode of Pods in the Key of Springfield - a podcast that mostly focuses on The Simpsons - we watch and discuss the 2009 Eric Bana documentary Love the Beast. Don't overthink it. We'll go back to The Simpsons next week.
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Tuesday Mar 27, 2018
Tuesday Mar 27, 2018
Did you ever have to take a career aptitude test in school? What did it tell you it would be? Did you live up to your full potential, or are you wallowing now as a freelance journalist, a fool who fondly remembers that time he had a letter published in an old Simpsons comic and decided to base his life on that warm feeling it gave him? In Separate Vocations, Bart becomes a good little boy, and we unpack the anti-authority streak at the heart of this good episode. In Dog (Daaaawg) of Death, the dog (Santos L Halper) nearly dies, and, uh, we get silly.
Pods in the Keyu of Springfield! The episode specific cover art you're going to see on some sites/podcatchers will make...some sense if you listen to the episode.
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Tuesday Mar 20, 2018
Tuesday Mar 20, 2018
The baseball stars of Homer at the Bat lived full lives outside of their episode of The Simpsons, as it turns out, and we've got all the hot goss! This week your little podboys are joined by Elliot Jay O'Neill (from The Simpsons Index) to discuss the sordid lives of the nine ringers (well...seven of them were kind of sordid, at least). It's like one of those episodes of The Dollop you liked so much! Come join us as James and Elliot react incredulously to Nick's various saucy revelations.
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Tuesday Mar 13, 2018
Tuesday Mar 13, 2018
We're talkin' podcast / James and Nick watch the Simpsons / We're talkin' podcast / A show on television / Bart the Lover's expansion of the lore / Steve Sax, and his run in with the law.... etc etc.
Hello! This week we've got two absolute belters to discuss - Bart the Lover, the stealth highlight of the season so far, and Homer at the Bat, in which there's an outside chance of seven misfortunes, but nine misfortunes are unlikely (it's the softball ep that everyone loves). Your two podfriends discuss the yo-yo crazes of their youth, come up with some new Tinder banter, and consider the possibility that Colossus is in league with Shellbyville. We even sing! Something for everyone.
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