Round Springfield
267 episodes - English - Latest episode: almost 3 years ago - ★★★★★ - 371 ratingsRound Springfield is a Simpsons-adjacent podcast hosted by Allie Goertz and Julia Prescott where they interview writers, directors, showrunners, and voice-actors from the Simpsons-verse on their various paths to Springfield, failed pilots, other projects, and beyond. In this 20-episode limited series, you'll hear David X. Cohen talk Futurama, Josh Weinstein talk Mission Hill, and Yeardley Smith dig deep into her diverse path of becoming Lisa Simpson.
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Episodes
You Only Move Twice (with Matt Mira)
June 29, 2015 18:32 - 56 minutes - 52.3 MBMatt Mira (Nerdist Podcast, Attack of the Show, Talk Salad and Scrambled Eggs) joins Allie and Julia to talk Bond-inspired classic "You Only Move Twice."
BONUS Father's Day Episode (with Travis Goertz and Tim Prescott)
June 24, 2015 22:27 - 48 minutes - 45.7 MBIt's Daddy-Daughter Day! Allie and Julia go back to where their Simpsons fandom originally began by chatting with their Dad's about comedy, writing, and the heart of the show.
Marge Be Not Proud & How I Spent My Strummer Vacation (with Mike Scully)
June 23, 2015 16:25 - 1 hour - 90.4 MBMike Scully (The Simpsons, Parks & Rec, Everybody Loves Raymond) talks to Allie and Juia about the origin of two of his favorite episodes, parental guilt, the importance of speaking up in writer's room and more in this super special episode of Everything's Coming Up Podcast!
A Star is Burns (with Jonah Ray)
June 15, 2015 19:22 - 1 hour - 64.8 MBJonah Ray (The Meltdown, Nerdist Podcast) joins Allie Goertz and Julia Prescott to gab A Star is Burns, Marge and Homer's legal separation, and the origin of POGs!
Das Bus (with Nick Ross)
June 08, 2015 16:53 - 53 minutes - 50.3 MBNick Ross (AKA Canadian darling @NickBossRoss) joins Allie Goertz and Julia Prescott to talk Das Bus, childhood, and heartbreak.
I Love Lisa (with Adam Wilson)
June 01, 2015 17:39 - 44 minutes - 42 MBAdam Wilson (@theleanover, brilliant writer, funny person) chats with the girls about youthful heartache, unrequited affection, and how we're all just a little bit Lisa deep down inside. This one's a good one, guys. We go real deep.
Bart's Soul (with Myq Kaplan)
May 27, 2015 04:00 - 52 minutes - 48.6 MBThis week we talk Bart's Soul with special guest Myq Kaplan! What a treat.
Radioactive Man (with Samm Levine)
May 18, 2015 16:41 - 57 minutes - 53.5 MBSamm Levine (Freaks and Geeks, Inglourious Basterds, Kevin Pollack's Chat Show), chats with the girls about an episode near and dear to his heart, given his child actor upbringing. The gang talks terrible Stage Moms, Samm's Dad's unbridled enthusiasm for having an episode of "Law and Order" shot in his house, and his lesson that, "Simpsons Quotes Only Work as Ice Breakers with the Coolest of Women."
Bart on the Road (with DC Pierson)
May 11, 2015 18:05 - 1 hour - 65.9 MBThere's doin's a transpirin' with DC Pierson (Derrick Comedy, Mystery Team, UCB-er, published author multiple times) who chats with the girls about deep cut references, identifying with Lisa Simpson, and how sometimes in life - you just gotta acknowledge that geode.
Selma's Choice (with Emily Heller)
May 04, 2015 16:59 - 54 minutes - 51.2 MBEmily Heller (Ground Floor on TBS, Conan, Late Night with Seth Meyers) talks early lessons in feminism, sympathy for Marge and how bad-ass The Simpsons were in demonstrating the okay-ness of a childless lifestyle.
Itchy and Scratchy Land (with Ben Schwartz)
April 27, 2015 16:03 - 1 hour - 62.3 MBBen Schwartz (House of Lies, Parks and Rec) leads Allie and Julia through an odyssey of incredibly-nerdy-Simpsons-themed voicemail messages, theories of how the series will end, and how this episode is a perfect parody of Disneyland, Jurassic Park, and even Terminator.
A Fish Called Selma (with Josh Weinstein)
April 20, 2015 14:51 - 1 hour - 74.1 MBJulia and Allie interview THE FIRST GUEST WHO ACTUALLY WORKED ON THE SIMPSONS, and it's not just any guest IT'S FREAKIN' JOSH WEINSTEIN. This a good one, you guys. Buckle up and get ready for plenty of peeks behind the curtain and show secrets. We're still pinching ourselves.
Treehouse of Horror V (with Nick Wiger)
April 13, 2015 15:59 - 52 minutes - 48.6 MBNick Wiger (Comedy Bang Bang) spooks Allie and Julia with a discussion on Treehouse of Horror V!
Homer's Phobia (with Louis Pietzman)
April 06, 2015 18:42 - 52 minutes - 49.4 MBLouis Peitzman (Buzzfeed Senior Editor) engages Allie Goertz and Julia Prescot with his personal connection to The Simpson family's first visit with an openly gay man in Homer's Phobia.
Simpsons Already Did It (with Zack Pearlman)
April 01, 2015 17:43 - 51 minutes - 47.9 MBZack Pearlman (FOX's "Mulaney", "Key and Peele", "The Inbetweeners") enlightens both Allie and Julia on South Park's first Emmy-nominated episode and how the sentence, "Simpsons Did It" has been undoubtedly repeated over and over in writer's rooms worldwide.
Flaming Moe's (with J. Elvis Weinstein)
March 30, 2015 07:00 - 52 minutes - 49.1 MBJ Elvis Weinstein (MST3K, Freaks and Geeks) sets the stage for Allie and Julia on what the world was like when The Simpsons Cheers-centric episode first aired.
Bart's Comet (with Alex Hirsch)
March 21, 2015 22:29 - 1 hour - 75.5 MBAhoy hoy! In this VERY FIRST EPISODE uber talented Alex Hirsch (creator of Disney XD's, "Gravity Falls") leads Allie and Julia through "Bart's Comet" an episode that he tenderly loves, despite the fact that it gave him a childhood mortality crisis.