The 138th Simpsons Podcast

When penniless con-artist Marge Bouvier is sent to Italy to convince wealthy sap Seymour Skinner to come home, she's tempted by the trappings of his affluent lifestyle. But there's a big fat fly in the ointment: Skinner's clingy, dim-witted mooch of a houseguest, Homer Simpsley. Lies, lust and Italian lira are abound. Episode number: 808 Season number: D+ E5 Production code: 36ABF19 Or...

Homer's addiction to the show Storage Battles leads to the family finding a storage locker filled with Grampa's old wrestling memorabilia. After they confront Grampa with it, Mr. Burns brings Grampa back into the world of wrestling, with Grampa becoming Glamorous Godfrey once more. But the effect it has on Bart starts to eat at Grampa's conscience. Episode number: 522 Season number: S2...

Homer and Marge's fun couples' date night goes off the rails when Marge learns Homer left the kids unsupervised with only the doorbell camera as a babysitter. Frustrated with her imperfect husband, a tipsy Marge stirs up a trilogy of fantasies of a different Homer. Episode number: 806 & 807 Season number: D+ E4 Production code: 36ABF20 & 36ABF21 Original airdate: June 17, 2026 Show...

Bart is inspired by Geoff Jenkins to become a cartoonist, in which he creates a popular comic and later internet series titled "Angry Dad", which is based on Homer's anger problems. Homer becomes the town's laughing stock and decides to give up anger completely. Episode number: 287 Season number: S13 E18 Production code: DABF13 Original airdate: April 28, 2002 Showrunner: Al Jean...

In "Dial 'M' for Murder or Press # to Return to Main Menu," Lisa is forced into a murder scheme by Bart. In "Don't Have a Cow, Mankind," Springfield is once again overrun by zombies thanks to Krusty Burger's latest burger. Finally, in "There's No Business Like Moe Business," a musical has Moe bleeding Homer dry to create the perfect microbrewed bee...

When Mr. Burns terminates the employee prescription drug program, the citizens of Springfield are no longer able to afford their very expensive but much-needed prescription drugs. In order to keep the town medicated, Homer, Grampa, Apu, and Flanders travel to Canada to buy the drugs with fake Canadian health care cards. Episode number: 341 Season number: S16 E6 Production code: FABF16 Original air...

Moe develops an Internet relationship with a beautiful woman named Maya. When the two agree to meet face to face, Moe is shocked to discover that Maya is three feet tall. Meanwhile, Marge wants Homer to spend more time with Maggie. Homer obliges and finds himself in luck when he discovers a children's play area right next to Moe's Tavern. Episode number: 436 Season number: S20 E16 Producti...

After scathing articles about Mr. Burns are published in newspapers, Burns buys all the media outlets. In response to the propaganda Burns is now pushing, Lisa decides to start her own paper and writes an article about Mr. Burns' manipulation. Furious, Burns attempts to take down Lisa's paper, but she refuses to go quietly. Episode number: 335 Season number: S15 E22 Production code: FABF18...

Springfield becomes the site of the first presidential primary. The townspeople soon get sick of all of the presidential candidates sucking up to them, and decide to support their own write-in candidate: Ralph Wiggum. Episode number: 410 Season number: S19 E10 Production code: KABF03 Original airdate: January 6, 2008 Showrunner: Al Jean Written by: Michael Price Directed by: Michael Polcino Click...

Homer's thumb is cut off following breakfast, and the story follows three different paths. Homer's day: as he and Marge race to get his thumb reattached. Lisa's day: as she misses the bus and tries to get to school so that she can win the science fair. Bart's day: as he and Milhouse make use of a stash of fireworks that Fat Tony has illegally smuggled into the country. In the end,...

When Homer is left an ice cream truck after the owner passes away, he becomes an ice cream man. Meanwhile, Marge puts all the leftover popsicle sticks to use by making them into sculptures. But when Homer hits her sculptures with his new truck, their relationship goes down a rocky road. Episode number: 385 Season number: S18 E7 Production code: HABF22 Original airdate: November 26, 2006 Showrunner...

A self-driving car company comes to Springfield, poaching all of the power plant employees with their fun work environment. Mr. Burns and Waylon Smithers go undercover to figure out what motivated the employees to leave. Episode number: 644 Season number: S30 E5 Production code: XABF18 Original airdate: November 4, 2018 Showrunner: Al Jean Written by: Rob LaZebnik Directed by: Timothy Bailey Click...

An elderly British secret agent, Terrance, comes to Springfield in search of the Grey Fox, a Russian spy. He suspects that Grampa is the elusive spy and enlists Homer's help to take him down. Episode number: 705 Season number: S32 E21 Production code: QABF13 Original airdate: May 16, 2021 Showrunner: Al Jean Written by: Carolyn Omine Directed by: Michael Polcino Click the link below to contact...

After Grampa blows Springfield's chance to get an NFL franchise, he becomes hated by the town and goes to an assisted suicide center. But when the center is shut down before he is euthanized, Grampa gets a new lease on life and becomes a toreador. While he becomes loved by the townspeople, Lisa becomes disappointed in him. Episode number: 372 Season number: S17 E16 Production code: HABF09 Orig...

Homer recalls a tense family vacation to the Grand Canyon with the Flanders family. At first, the Flanders' perfection puts the families at odds, but when they get stranded and Ned and Homer go for help, the families finally bond. Episode number: 593 Season number: S27 E19 Production code: VABF12 Original airdate: April 24, 2016 Showrunner: Al Jean Written by: J. Stewart Burns Directed by: Mic...

When Bart starts to bond with Ned Flanders, Homer becomes jealous of their new relationship. To get back at Bart, Homer becomes a father figure to Nelson Muntz. However, when Nelson plans to get back at Bart, it's up to Homer to save his son. Episode number: 678 Season number: S31 E16 Production code: ZABF11 Original airdate: March 15, 2020 Showrunner: Al Jean Written by: Story: Al Jean Telepl...

When Marge gets fed up with the thankless duty of chauffeuring her kids around, she begins working as a driver for a transportation app service. Meanwhile, Homer bankrupts Moe when he watches over the bar for one night, which forces Moe to take a temporary job as a janitor at the nuclear plant. Episode number: 566 Season number: S26 E14 Production code: TABF07 Original airdate: February 15, 2015 S...

When Bart enacts revenge against new gym teacher Coach Krupt, Willie's shack gets destroyed in the crossfire. The Simpson family take him in and Lisa decides to turn Willie into a proper gentleman for a school project. Meanwhile, Homer rips his favorite blue pants and starts an ambitious advertising campaign to bring the brand back. Episode number: 368 Season number: S17 E12 Production code: H...

Homer strikes up an unlikely friendship with Kirk Van Houten, which leads to them launching a hugely successful business venture together - a "crumbless" cracker that sweeps the nation. But when Kirk's darkest secrets are revealed, Homer has to choose between his family and his fortune... and may just end up going in jail. Episode number: 805 Season number: S37 E15 Production code: 3...

Marge's crusade to get the family dog in better shape leads to her entering Santa's Little Helper in canine agility competitions and a trip to the National Dog Show in Philadelphia. There, Marge and Homer suddenly find themselves — and the dog — mixed up in a historical conspiracy adventure worthy of a "National Treasure" movie. Episode number: 804 Season number: S37 E14 Producti...

In "Oh, the Places You'll D'oh!", The Fat In The Hat rides around Springfield wreaking havoc in a rhyming take on a popular children's tale. In "Dead and Shoulders", Bart is beheaded during a kite accident, his head is attached to Lisa's body, and they must live together as one. Finally, in "Freaks No Geeks", The Burnsum and Bailey Circus stops in Spri...

While calling Animal Control over a badger taking residence in Santa's Little Helper's doghouse, Homer discovers that Springfield has two different area codes—and ends up leading a revolt that splits the town in two. Episode number: 250 Season number: S12 E2 Production code: BABF20 Original airdate: November 5, 2000 Showrunner: Mike Scully Written by: John Swartzwelder Directed by: Shaun C...

When Marge, Lisa, and Bart find out how hard Homer struggles to keep a roof over their heads, they enroll him in a Rock & Roll fantasy camp to relax at for a week. But when it comes to an end, Homer wants to keep his rock star lifestyle. Episode number: 293 Season number: S14 E2 Production code: DABF22 Original airdate: November 10, 2002 Showrunner: Mike Scully Written by: Mike Scully Directed...

Marge and Homer's marriage is tested when they travel to a tropical island to compete for a million dollars on Marge's favorite reality competition show. After getting eliminated in the first round, Marge finds out that it was all Homer's fault. Episode number: 641 Season number: S30 E2 Production code: XABF15 Original airdate: October 7, 2018 Showrunner: Matt Selman Written by: Renee...

Homer's enthusiasm skills land him a job at a secretive company with a mind-altering agenda. Episode number: 803 Season number: S37 E13 Production code: 37ABF07 Original airdate: January 4, 2026 Showrunner: Matt Selman Co-showrunner: Brian Kelley Written by: Jeff Westbrook Directed by: Matthew Nastuk Click the link below to contact us, listen to past episodes, merch, and more! ⁠https://linktr....