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The Cracked Podcast

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Facts, jokes, and more from the Internet’s leading comedy website, Cracked.com. Every week, host Alex Schmidt brings together comedians, authors, scientists, and Cracked staffers, to celebra...

Episodes

20 of 29 episodes

How The Simpsons’ Planet of the Apes Musical Was Born | Simpsons Taught Me Everything

This episode of STME features one of the original Simpsons writers, Josh Weinstein discussing iconic Simpsons bit, "The Planet of The Apes:...

01:07:38Sep 28, 2025

The Definitive Guide to Groundskeeper Willie with Michael Swaim

This Groundskeeper Willie video’s going to have it ALL - the length and girth of a Dan Carlin history podcast, the tightly-scripted humor of...

01:56:21Sep 7, 2025

How One Simpsons Joke Made Bill Oakley Famous 30 years Later | Simpsons Taught Me Everything

This episode of STME features the one and only Bill Oakley, legendary Simpsons writer, co-creator of Mission Hill, and originator of the Sim...

00:52:40Jul 20, 2025

14 Times Whole Towns Became Delusional Springfield-style | The Simpsons Taught Me Everything

This week on The Simpson's Taught Me Everything, Michael Swaim sits down with Robert Brockway of Cracked fame to unpack14 Times Whole Towns...

01:02:27Jun 23, 2025

A Master of Scams and Cons Reacts to Marge vs. The Monorail (featuring Brian Brushwood) | The Simpsons Taught Me Everything

Michael Swaim brings in Brian Brushwood (Scam School/Scam Nation, Modern Rogue), a magician and his expert witness in scams, for episode thr...

01:08:47Jun 15, 2025

The Simpsons Reference That Unlocked Buddy Hackett's Best Joke | The Simpsons Taught Me Everything

On episode two of the Simpsons Taught Me Everything Podcast, Michael Swaim is joined by fellow comedy writer, Danielle Radford (Honest Trail...

00:49:15Jun 8, 2025

The Sex-Crazed Con Man Who Inspired Conan's Monorail Episode | The Simpsons Taught Me Everything

Each and every week, Michael Swaim & his guests are going to zoom way, way too far in on a single Simpsons bit and unpack it for a month's w...

01:03:31Jun 1, 2025

Introducing: The Simpsons Taught Me Everything

Everything Michael Swaim knows about the world, he learned from The Simpsons —and now, he's passing on all that useless information to you....

00:01:00May 21, 2025

How Bizarre (Or Great) Will The 2020 Election Be?

Alex Schmidt is joined by Sarah Pappalardo (Reductress) and Dave Weigel (The Washington Post) for a look ahead at an election that’s practic...

00:59:30Jun 1, 2020

5 Weird Ways The 1990s Never Ended

Alex Schmidt is joined by Adam Tod Brown and Chet Wild, the hosts of Unpopular Opinion’s “The 90s Sucked” podcast. They’re exploring huge, m...

01:05:33May 25, 2020

6 Little-Known Crises And Lockdowns Of U.S. History

Alex Schmidt is joined by Jody Avirgan (FiveThirtyEight, 30 For 30) and Nicole Hemmer (historian, author 'Messengers Of The Right'). Jody &...

01:11:40May 18, 2020

7 Bizarre Moments From Bizarrely Long-Running TV Shows

Alex Schmidt is joined by the incredible Andy Daly, star of ’Review’ and all of the rest of TV. This podcast is inspired by Dalton Wilcox’s...

00:57:15May 11, 2020

Bizarre Myths & Amazing Facts About Animals & Coronavirus

Alex Schmidt is joined by comedy writer & “Creature Feature” podcast host Katie Goldin for a run through animal-specific myths springing up...

01:05:39May 4, 2020

Common Beliefs That Make Disasters Worse (with Jason Pargin)

Alex Schmidt is joined by New York Times-bestselling author Jason Pargin (pen name David Wong) for a close look at mistakes society needs to...

01:19:03Apr 27, 2020

Sports In The Time Of Coronavirus (with Jason Benetti)

Alex Schmidt calls up Chicago White Sox play-by-play announcer Jason Benetti, to explore what it’s like simulating a sports season that may...

00:43:06Apr 20, 2020

6 Things Shut Down By Coronavirus (That Shouldn’t Return)

Alex Schmidt is joined by Adam Tod Brown (Unpopular Opinion, MTV, Playboy) and Dan Hopper (Ranker, The New Yorker, CollegeHumor) for a look...

01:01:29Apr 13, 2020

The Surprising Scientific Truth About Living As An Outsider

Alex Schmidt is joined by journalist Olga Khazan, author of ‘Weird: The Power of Being an Outsider in an Insider World’. They’ll take a deep...

01:02:33Apr 6, 2020

11 Bizarre Psy-Ops Real Governments Tried To Pull Off

Alex Schmidt is joined by comedians/podcasters Adam Tod Brown (Unpopular Opinion) and Jeff May (Sideshow’s Side Show) for the strangest, sil...

00:48:49Mar 30, 2020

11 Little-Known Dumb Details Of Big Historical Events

Alex Schmidt is joined by Billy Wayne Davis (Conan, Adult Swim) and Kandice Martellaro (Stan Against Evil, Femmebot PhD) for the silliest mi...

00:51:37Mar 23, 2020

11 TV Shows That Secretly Gave Themselves Baffling Canon

Alex Schmidt is joined by Siobhan Thompson (Rick and Morty, Dimension 20) and Andrew Ti (Mixed-ish, Yo Is This Racist?) for a trip through t...

01:00:57Mar 16, 2020