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 == Synopsis ==
-{{Desc|When [[Grampa]]'s girlfriend, [[Vivienne St. Charmaine]], goes missing under mysterious circumstances, Grampa is accused of murder. But when [[Kent Brockman]]'s new podcast, [[Guilty Grampa]], uncovers Grampa's innocence, Kent has to choose between reporting the truth and keeping his new fans.}}
+{{Synopsis|When [[Grampa]]'s girlfriend, [[Vivienne St. Charmaine]], goes missing under mysterious circumstances, Grampa is accused of murder. But when [[Kent Brockman]]'s new podcast, [[Guilty Grampa]], uncovers Grampa's innocence, Kent has to choose between reporting the truth and keeping his new fans.}}
 == Plot ==

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-'''"Podcast News"''' is the sixth episode of [[season 32]] of ''[[The Simpsons]]'' and the six-hundred and ninetieth episode overall. It originally aired on November 15, [[2020]]. The episode was written by [[David X. Cohen]] and directed by [[Matthew Faughnan]]. It guest stars [[Morgan Fairchild]] as [[Vivienne St. Charmaine]] and [[Stellan Skarsgård]] as {{Ch|Stellan Skarsgård|himself}}.
+'''"Podcast News"''' is the sixth episode of [[Season 32|broadcast season 32]] of ''[[The Simpsons]]'' and the six-hundred and ninetieth episode overall. It originally aired on November 15, [[2020]]. The episode was written by [[David X. Cohen]] and directed by [[Matthew Faughnan]]. It guest stars [[Morgan Fairchild]] as [[Vivienne St. Charmaine]] and [[Stellan Skarsgård]] as {{Ch|Stellan Skarsgård|himself}}.
 "Podcast News" was dedicated in memory of [[Alex Trebek]], who died on November 8.

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 |airdate= November 15, [[2020]]
 |guests= [[Morgan Fairchild]] as [[Vivienne St. Charmaine]]<br>[[Stellan Skarsgård]] as {{Ch|Stellan Skarsgård|himself}}
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 == Synopsis ==
-{{Desc|[[Grampa]] is accused of a crime. Meanwhile, [[Kent Brockman]] questions his career.}}
+{{Desc|When [[Grampa]]'s girlfriend, [[Vivienne St. Charmaine]], goes missing under mysterious circumstances, Grampa is accused of murder. But when [[Kent Brockman]]'s new podcast, [[Guilty Grampa]], uncovers Grampa's innocence, Kent has to choose between reporting the truth and keeping his new fans.}}
 == Plot ==
-At 2am in the morning, [[Homer]] is in the kitchen, trying to eat ham, when [[Lisa]] shows up holding her phone, listening to a podcast and pondering why someone is lying on it, and the next morning, at breakfast she shows up with bags under her eyes, having had no sleep, making [[Marge]] concerned.
+At 2 a.m., [[Homer]] is in the kitchen trying to eat ham when [[Lisa]] shows up holding her phone, listening to a podcast and pondering why someone is lying on it. The next morning at breakfast, she shows up with bags under her eyes, having had no sleep, making [[Marge]] concerned.
-At night, they found her under a blanket, listening to a crime podcast, ''[['Til Murder Do Us Part]]''. To try and understand her, Marge listens to them during the night, and shows up at Lisa's bedroom door with bloodshot eyes.
+At night, they find her under a blanket, listening to a crime podcast, ''[['Til Murder Do Us Part]]''. To try and understand her, Marge listens to them during the night and shows up at Lisa's bedroom door with bloodshot eyes.
-They start listening to podcast together and discussing them, and when Homer and [[Bart]] are going to visit [[Grampa]], they go to a live podcast recording. When Homer and Bart arrive at Grampa's door they find a bolo hanging from it, and when they open the door, they find him kissing with [[Vivienne St. Charmaine]], his new girlfriend. The two leave to have fun while Homer and Bart are mesmerized by the new love.
+They start listening to podcasts together and discussing them. When Homer and [[Bart]] go to visit [[Grampa]], Marge and Lisa attend a live podcast recording. When Homer and Bart arrive at Grampa's door, they find a bolo hanging from it, and when they open the door, they see him kissing [[Vivienne St. Charmaine]], his new girlfriend. The two leave to have fun while Homer and Bart are mesmerized by the new love.
-At the podcast live show at the [[Springfield Playhouse]], [[Tabitha Shingle]] is hosting the show, talking about {{W|James Reeb}}'s case. [[Kent Brockman]] arrives at the theater thinking that the podcasts wouldn't attract much attention, but instead finds it filled with people cheering.
+At the podcast live show at the [[Springfield Playhouse]], [[Tabitha Shingle]] hosts the show, talking about {{W|James Reeb}}'s case. [[Kent Brockman]] arrives at the theater thinking podcasts wouldn't attract much attention, but instead finds it filled with cheering people.
-Kent returns home just to find his whole family listening to podcasts. At the [[Channel 6 News]], Kent reports the breaking news that Vivienne has gone missing from a cruise and Grampa is accused of murder, before announcing that he is abandoning TV and joining the podcast craze on his ''[[Guilty Grampa]]'' podcast.
+Kent returns home to find his whole family listening to podcasts. At the ''[[Channel 6 News]]'', Kent reports the breaking news that Vivienne has gone missing from a cruise and Grampa is accused of murder, before announcing that he is abandoning TV and joining the podcast craze with his ''[[Guilty Grampa]]'' podcast.
-At the [[Streamteam Podcast Studio]], Kent starts broadcasting his podcast, where he interviews [[Agnes Skinner]], her reporting of hearing Vivienne saying "Abe, don't" just before the splash that occurred on the cruise. He then interviews [[Chief Wiggum]], with him saying Grampa said he doesn't remember what happened.
+At the [[Streamteam Podcast Studio]], Kent starts broadcasting his podcast, where he interviews [[Agnes Skinner]], who reports hearing Vivienne say "Abe, don't" just before the splash on the cruise. He then interviews [[Chief Wiggum]], who says Grampa claims he doesn't remember what happened.
-The [[Simpson family|family]] are gathered on the couch, listening to the podcast, when Grampa appeared at the window, scaring them. He tells them the story of how it happened. When he goes to the bathroom, the whole town starts accusing him and throwing bricks at the window.
+The [[Simpson family|family]] gathers on the couch listening to the podcast when Grampa appears at the window, scaring them. He tells them what happened. When he goes to the bathroom, the whole town starts accusing him and throwing bricks at the window.
-They decide to call in Kent to change his mind on Grampa being a murder, but many fail or report some bad stories about him. At [[Streami's]], {{Ch|Yeardley Smith}} brings her concerns about podcasts accusing real life people of murder to Kent but he shrugs it off.
+They decide to call in Kent to change his mind about Grampa being a murderer, but many fail or report bad stories about him. At [[Streami's]], {{Ch|Yeardley Smith}} brings her concerns about podcasts accusing real-life people of murder to Kent, but he shrugs it off.
-Kent finds a reason for the murder, Vivienne left all her money to him on the life insurance policy, and Grampa gets convinced to turn himself in for the murder. At the trial, he was found guilty and sentenced to life in prison at the [[Springfield Penitentiary]], but [[Dr. Hibbert]] shows up at the [[742 Evergreen Terrace|Simpson House]] with news proving his innocence.
+Kent finds a motive for the murder—Vivienne left all her money to him on a life insurance policy—and Grampa gets convinced to turn himself in. At the trial, he is found guilty and sentenced to life in prison at the [[Springfield Penitentiary]], but [[Dr. Hibbert]] shows up at the [[742 Evergreen Terrace|Simpson House]] with news proving his innocence.
-To make it public they take it to the [[Shampoo Shuttle Poditorium]], where Kent host his live podcast show. They show how with a tiny pod, used during a couple's colonoscopy, they traced her movements in the 24 hours after it, how she swam to the beach after falling off the boat and went to [[Mexico]], faking her death.
+To make it public, they take it to the [[Shampoo Shuttle Poditorium]], where Kent hosts his live podcast show. They show how, with a tiny pod used during a couple's colonoscopy, they trace Vivienne's movements in the 24 hours after it. She swam to the beach after falling off the boat and went to [[Mexico]], faking her death.
-Despite not wanting to, Kent reports the truth to the people, before announcing he's going back to news reporting. Grampa is upset after she left him, but after leaving [[Moe's Tavern]], he meets Vivienne on the sidewalk, where she reveals it was all a plan that they plotted. But seeing that it fails, they hid back in the place where people wouldn't notice them, back at the Retirement Castle.
+Despite not wanting to, Kent reports the truth to the public before announcing he's returning to news reporting. Grampa is upset after she left him, but after leaving [[Moe's Tavern]], he meets Vivienne on the sidewalk, where she reveals it was all a plan they plotted. But seeing that it failed, they hide back in the place where no one would notice them—back at the Retirement Castle.
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 They decide to call in Kent to change his mind on Grampa being a murder, but many fail or report some bad stories about him. At [[Streami's]], {{Ch|Yeardley Smith}} brings her concerns about podcasts accusing real life people of murder to Kent but he shrugs it off.
-Kent finds a reason for the murder, Vivienne left all her money to him on the life insurance policy, and Grampa gets convinced to turn himself in for the murder. At the trial, he was found guilty and sentenced to life in prison at the [[Springfield Penitentiary]], but [[Dr. Hibbert]] shows up at the [[732 Evergreen Terrace|Simpson House]] with news proving his innocence.
+Kent finds a reason for the murder, Vivienne left all her money to him on the life insurance policy, and Grampa gets convinced to turn himself in for the murder. At the trial, he was found guilty and sentenced to life in prison at the [[Springfield Penitentiary]], but [[Dr. Hibbert]] shows up at the [[742 Evergreen Terrace|Simpson House]] with news proving his innocence.
 To make it public they take it to the [[Shampoo Shuttle Poditorium]], where Kent host his live podcast show. They show how with a tiny pod, used during a couple's colonoscopy, they traced her movements in the 24 hours after it, how she swam to the beach after falling off the boat and went to [[Mexico]], faking her death.

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 |airdate= November 15, [[2020]]
 |guests= [[Morgan Fairchild]] as [[Vivienne St. Charmaine]]<br>[[Stellan Skarsgård]] as {{Ch|Stellan Skarsgård|himself}}
-|showrunner= [[Matt Selman]]<br>[[Al Jean]]
+|showrunner1= Matt Selman
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 == Production ==
-{{W|Bill Simmons}} was originally going to guest star in the episode.<ref>[http://www.thefutoncritic.com/listings/20201022fox13/ The Futon Critic - "Podcast News"]</ref> However, his dialogue wasn't recorded due to the {{W|COVID-19 pandemic}}.<ref>Wikisimpsons DM with [[Matt Selman]]</ref> {{W|Billie Eilish}} was also planned to guest star and sing the intro music to the ''Guilty Grampa'' podcast. However, the part was cut for time and the producers never reached out to her.<ref>[https://twitter.com/CesarWeGetIt/status/1431698288395227143?s=19 Cesar Mazariegos on Twitter - "Billie Eilish"]</ref>
+{{W|Bill Simmons}} was originally going to guest star in the episode.<ref>[http://www.thefutoncritic.com/listings/20201022fox13/ The Futon Critic - "Podcast News"]</ref> However, his dialogue wasn't recorded due to the {{W|COVID-19 pandemic}}.<ref>Wikisimpsons DM with [[Matt Selman]]</ref> [[Billie Eilish]] was also planned to guest star and sing the intro music to the ''Guilty Grampa'' podcast. However, the part was cut for time and the producers never reached out to her.<ref>[https://twitter.com/CesarWeGetIt/status/1431698288395227143?s=19 Cesar Mazariegos on Twitter - "Billie Eilish"]</ref>
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