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Round Springfield
by Allie Goertz, Julia Prescott, and Maximum Fun
Round 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.
Episodes
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Smell Ya Later!
6 years, 3 podcast titles, 2 networks, 1 friendship that started it all. In this very special very last episode of Simpsons Pod, Allie and Julia reflect on all the life that happened from the moment they pressed "Record" all those years ago. The fans, the friends, the book deals, the live tours…
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Matt Groening
THE DAY IS FINALLY HERE. Allie and Julia round out the home stretch of RS with the heavy hitters of the heavy hitters -- the Papi of the Pod, the Sultan of the Simps, the Cartoonist Creator who started it all... a young upstart named Matt Groening! In this multi-hour (!) super-mega-episode, the...
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Mike Scully
Mike Scully returns! Come for the tales of his early writing career (meeting the legendary Don Knotts on his first staff job, "What a Country"!), stay for the lessons in being within eyesight of a producer when another writer quits so you can take their job! Mike's ascension of the Entertainment...
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Jeff Westbrook
This week, Allie and Julia talk to Simpsons co-executive producer, Jeff Westbrook! Together, he regales them with his unconventional path to the writers room – starting as an algorithms researcher, then a professor at Yale, then an engineer at AT&T Laboratories! We discuss his friendship and...
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Jeff and Samantha Martin
IT'S THE FINAL COUNTDOWN, BABIES. Our first ep in the final 5 of Round Springfield are here! Just in time for Father's Day – we're kicking off with the father-daughter writing team behind the episode, "Yokel Hero" – Jeff and Samantha Martin! You may remember Jeff from ECUS where he gabbed about...
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Round Springfield Update
There's only five more episodes left in our limited series Round Springfield! We're so excited to share some of the folks we have lined up in the near future -- but we're taking a bit of a step back from our regular schedule to secure and record with those heavy-hitters to bring you a…
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Donick Cary
An absolute legend – the great Donick Cary joins us on the latest episode. He's written some truly classic Simpsons episodes: "In Marge We Trust," "The Last Temptation of Krust," "Treehouse of Horror IX & X," "Thirty Minutes over Tokyo," and more! He throws it back to working at Late Night with...
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Treehouse of Horror XXXI
The podcast table's are turned as Allie's joined by friend of the show Jordan Morris ("Jordan, Jesse, GO!", "Bubble") to interview Julia about penning the latest "Treehouse of Horror" on The Simpsons. Together, they talk favorite moments, the thrill of killing Gil and all the extra stuff that...
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Round Springfield-verse Update!
There's only seven episodes left in this limited series! Allie and Julia share an update on the podcast – we'll be taking a short break as we secure more Simpsons folks. Stick around, Allie and Julia also catch up on what we've been up to in their quar corner. They've got movie and reality tv...
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Dana Gould
Dana Gould! Dana Gould! Dana Gould! Long time stand up comedian, and a prolific television writer joins us for a trip down memory lane. Dana served as co-executive producer for The Simpsons from 2002 to 2008, with an astonishing 145 episode credits according to IMDB –meaning Dana Gould has helped...
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Christine Nangle
Simpsons' consulting producer Christine Nangle joins us on the latest episode! Before The Simpsons Christine was a writer for Inside Amy Schumer, Saturday Night Live, Kroll Show, and The President Show – we get into all of it! Plus, we dig into her time studying improv and how it helped her find...
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Jay Kogen
We'll welcome back actor, director, writer, producer, Jay Kogen! He's probably best known for his Emmy-award winning work on Frasier, and contributions on Malcolm in the Middle and the Austin Powers film series. On The Simpsons he wrote some truly classic episodes like "Lisa the Greek," "Homer's...
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Round Springfield – #MaxFunDrive Final Week
It’s the final week of the #MaxFunDrive 2020! Thanks to everyone who has joined or upgraded their Maximum Fun membership so far. Right now is the best time to support this show and all of the Max Fun podcasts you love by starting a monthly membership or upgrading your existing one! Listen…
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David Silverman
We’re joined by legendary Simpsons director David Silverman! He's currently a consulting producer on The Simpsons – but he's contributed to the show in so many ways including animation and writing. We'll take a deep dive into old school cartoons. David throws us back to his childhood and explains...
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Round Springfield - #MaxFunDrive!
It's week two of the #MaxFunDrive! Right now is the best time to support this show and all of the Max Fun podcasts you love by starting a monthly membership or upgrading your existing one! Listen carefully and find out how you can help out during the drive, and get your very own Round Springfield...
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Maggie Roswell
The MaxFunDrive kicks off this week! Right now is the best time to support this show and all of the MaxFun podcasts you love by starting a monthly membership or upgrading your existing one! Listen carefully and find out how you can help out during the drive. We’re joined by legendary Simpsons…
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Liz Climo
We're thrilled to share this conversation with author and illustrator, Liz Climo! She'll tell us about her longtime stint at The Simpsons where she was a character artist and storyboard revisionist. Her path to The Simpsons is truly something else! She's the author of Please Don’t Eat Me, Rory…
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Brian Kelley
This week, we welcome back Simpsons writer Brian Kelley! Last time on "ECUS" we talked to him about the Season 29 premiere episode "The Serfsons". This time, we expand the conversation to include his experiences writing on Futurama, NewsRadio and the much-maligned Friends spin-off Joey! Brian's...
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A Message from Round Springfield
We’ll be back with a regular episode next week. If you’d like to support the Black Lives Matter movement here’s some of the organizations Max Fun staff have been donating to over the past couple weeks: NAACP Legal Defense Fund Black Lives Matter Black Lives Matter LA Reclaim the Block Know Your...
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Mike Price
We’re joined by long time “Simpsons” writer Mike Price! He’ll tell us how he got his start as a writer, and various odd jobs he picked up along the way. Mike is the creator of “F is for Family” and gives us the scoop on the latest season. You can check out new episodes on Netflix starting June...
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Maurice LaMarche
We're joined by voice acting legend Maurice LaMarche! He's a friend of our previous podcast version and thrilled to welcome him back. If you don’t know Maurice by name you certainly know his iconic voice work – he’s probably best known as The Brain in Animaniacs and Pinky and the Brain. His work...
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Cesar Mazariegos
This week, we're joined by Cesar Mazariegos. He's currently a staff writer on The Simpsons! We'll get the scoop on how The Simpsons is currently being made during quarantine. We'll also talk about his Stage 13 Original High & Mighty and his time working on the drama procedural Deception. We'll...
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Mike Reiss
Mike Reiss joins us on the latest episode of Round Springfield! He talks about his first big Hollywood gig working on "Airplane II: The Sequel." We also chat about punching up animated kids films like "The Lorax," "Ice Age," and "Despicable Me." Plus, he'll talk about the show he's most proud of...
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Bill Oakley
We're joined by Bill Oakley on the latest episode! He'll chat about some projects that never saw the light of day. Plus, he'll share some exciting information about the cult-classic Mission Hill. Of course, we'll also spend a good chunk of time chatting about his Instagram food reviews.
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The Simpsons Movie w/ Al Jean
We'll welcome Al Jean on this version of the podcast. And this time around we're chatting Simpsons! Listen up for some fun behind the scenes trivia about The Simpsons Movie. From how the movie was initially pitched to how it tested with audiences. Al brought in one of the drafts of the movie and...
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Carolyn Omine
We're joined by one of the longest serving Simpsons writers, Carolyn Omine! We'll chat about her long history with the show, and how she got her start in showbiz. She'll throw us back to her childhood in Hawaii and how formative that was for her creativity. Plus, politics, avocados, elementary...
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Josh Weinstein
Josh Weinstein talks really fast in this one. He tries to talk about every single show he's worked on post-Simpsons. Mission Hill! In Search of the Partridge Family! The Mullets! And, so much more. Can he recall 'em all? Will he have to return for another episode? Only one way to find out.
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Tim Long
We're thrilled to share our conversation with writer Tim Long! We'll talk at length about the feature film he wrote called The Exchange, which is currently in post production. He'll briefly discuss the time he had to explain The Simpsons to basketball player Yao Ming, and convinced him to...
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Yeardley Smith
This week, we’re trilled to shared our conversation with Yeardley Smith — the voice of LISA SIMPSON. She’ll throw us back to her childhood and opens up about her journey to The Simpsons. We’ll chat about her podcast Small Town Dicks — one of our favorite true crime podcasts out there! We’ll also...
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David X. Cohen
Welcome to Round Springfield! In this 20-episode limited series, Allie and Julia interview writers, directors, showrunners, and voice-actors from the Simpsons-verse on their various paths to working on The Simpsons – other projects, failed pilots, and beyond. This season, you can look forward to...
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Round Springfield - coming January 2020
Howdily doodily! We wanted to give everyone an update on what we've been up to during our break. Amusement Parks! Allie got taller! New exercise routines with our cats! Investing money on pumpkins! We're currently hard at work to bring you our brand new podcast, Round Springfield. The new show…
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Marge vs. The Monorail
Well, this might be the moment you've been waiting for since we started the podcast more than four years ago. We're finally going to chat about "Marge vs. The Monorail," join us for one last episode of Everything's Coming Up Simpsons! We're going to take a break and when we return we'll be...
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Allie and Julia HAVE NEWS
We've been doing this show for nearly four years now! In this episode, we'll share a behind the scenes look at the origins of the show, and recall some of our favorite moments. We're going to take a break and when we return we'll be reformatting Everything's Coming Up Simpsons , and giving birth…
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Summertime in Springfield
Join us as we relive some of our favorite Summer moments from The Simpsons. We're going to Mount Splashmore, Itchy and Scratchy Land, and making a stop in Australia. That's not all – plenty of fun awaits, buckle up kids school's out for Summer!
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Pride in Springfield
Pride month may be over, but this week we'll celebrate Pride in Springfield! Join us as we reflect on some of our favorite LGBTQ moments and characters from The Simpsons.
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The Call of the Simpsons w/ Mike Hollingsworth
This week, we're joined by Mike Hollingsworth! He's supervising director for "BoJack Horseman" and "Tuca & Bertie." He'll tell us a story about being one of the first animators that Netflix ever hired. Plus, we take a look at "The Call of the Simpsons" an episode from season one. Albert Brooks…
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The Simpsons Sing the Blues
We're doing something a little different this week. You've heard us discuss this topic in the past before, but we're dedicating the entire episode to The Simpsons first album released – "The Simpsons Sing the Blues." Julia breaks down a bunch of tunes on the album for us, and Allie listens to the...
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'Round Springfield w/ Sadie Dupuis
This week's guest is best known as singer-songwriter and guitarist of Speedy Ortiz. She's also got a sweet solo project under the name Sad13. Plus, she's got a song with Lizzo! Last year, she released her first book – "Mouthguard," which is available now wherever you get books. We're thrilled to...
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The 138th Episode Spectacular w/ Brendan Hay
We'll talk about the clip show of all clip shows with Brendan Hay. You've seen his work on "Dawn of the Croods," and as a writer on shows like "The Daily Show," and "Robot Chicken." Brendan's also the executive producer of "Harvey Girls Forever" on Netflix. Plus, he's written an episode of THE...
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Team Homer w/ Laurel Randolph
Cookbook author, and recipe developer Laurel Randolph joins us to discuss Team Homer. We'll also chat about her blog The Joy of Cooking Milhouse. She takes your favorite Simpsons recipes and makes them reality. Whale of a Wife Cake! Little Meatloaf Men! Nacho Hat! NonKrusty Brand Imitation…
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The Town w/ Mike Mitchell
This week, we dig into the archives to bring you an episode from long before the podcast joined Max Fun. Mike Mitchell (“The Birthday Boys", Doughboys Podcast, “Love” on Netflix) gives us a special behind-the-scenes look on what it’s like to go from Simpsons writer’s PA to VOICE ACTOR! You can...
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The Mothers of Springfield
We're breaking format this week to bring you a special episode that celebrates our favorite moms from Springfield. Listen up for some clips of our favorite mom moments from Mona, Agnes, Maude, Luann, Jacqueline, and of course, Marge!
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Marge in Chains w/ Jono Zalay
Comedian Jono Zalay joins us to talk about the time Marge spent time in jail. We find out the true culprit of the crime – was this incident really Grandpa's fault? Plus, why it's no fun to get the shingles and why you shouldn't skip out on jury duty. Don't miss this one!
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Lady Bouvier's Lover w/ Mike Carlson
Co-host of "Podcast: The Ride" Mike Carlson joins us to talk about theme park rides and The Simpsons. Plus, why we love an episode that really lets grandpa Abe Simpsons shine – even if the jokes are kind of mean. Trust us… this episode is quite a rollercoaster!
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Treehouse of Horror VI w/ David Smithyman
It's Halloween in Springtime with David Smithyman (Fresh Off The Boat). We'll chat about the three segments from this memorable episode – "Attack of the 50 Foot Eyesores," "Nightmare on Evergreen Terrace," and "Homer3" Smarch, Tron, erotic cakes, giant Kent Brockman, Paul Anka – this episode has...
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Bart Carny w/ Lindsay Katai
This week, we'll make the case for season 9 of The Simpsons by discussing "Bart Carny" with Lindsay Katai. Check her out as co-host of the podcast Teen Creeps. You'll be able to see Lindsay's work later this year on Cartoon Network's Infinity Train.
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Talking Alf w/ Al Jean
The longtime Simpsons showrunner returns to the Max Fun studios – this time around Al Jean joins us to discuss his contributions to "Alf."
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Kamp Krusty w/ Emily Heller
Welcome back Emily Heller for a discussion on Kamp Krusty. We’ll exchange stories about camp. Plus, Emily has some travel tips if you’ll be in Amsterdam anytime soon.
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An Interview w/ Head Ned of Okilly Dokilly
We're doing something a little different this week! We're joined by the lead singer of Okilly Dokilly, the world's only "Nedal" band. Yep, a subgenre of metal music themed around Ned Flanders. The band's new album "Howdilly Twodilly" drops March 29th. Jordan Morris guest hosts with Julia on this...
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Homer's Triple Bypass w/ David Silverman
We're joined by legendary Simpsons director David Silverman! He'll give is a behind the scenes look at an episode he directed. Find out why the episode terrified Allie and Julia when they were kids. Plus, why David believes his musical talents have helped his career in animation. The MaxFunDrive...
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
Round 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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Allie Goertz, Julia Prescott, and Maximum Fun
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Round 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...
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