The Simpsons
product on 22 shows · 2 statements across 2 episodes · said 84 times in 49 episodes since 2015
Invest Like the Best 12 
My First Million 10 
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the Startup Ideas Podcast 7 
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Acquired 5 
the Y Combinator Startup Podcast 5 
the a16z Podcast 5 
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Cheeky Pint 3 
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BG2 Pod 1 
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2026 10 mentions in 6 episodes 2 per episode
- Disney: The Renaissance and the Empire · Acquired
- Why Claude Feels Different (And What That Means for AI) | The a16z Show
- The state and future of nuclear waste
- Compliance at scale and why TAM is a distraction with Christina Cacioppo of Vanta
- Stop Shipping AI Slop. Design with Weavy AI, Claude etc.
- "Ralph Wiggum" AI Agent will 10x Claude Code/Amp
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2025 27 mentions in 13 episodes 2 per episode
- How Barry Diller Built Entertainment Empires · Invest Like The Best
- Ari Emanuel’s "Anti-AI" Bet on Live Entertainment · Invest Like The Best
- I built an AI startup in 65 minutes (using ChatGPT, Leonardo AI, Kling AI, ElevenLabs)
- AI, Attention, and Ownership: Ari Emanuel Explains the Next Era of Entertainment
- Julia DeWahl of Antares on building nuclear reactors for the US military
- Ex Mr. Beast Manager Explains The Creator Economy
- How to build a $16B car company with RJ Scaringe, founder of Rivian
- This Idea is Destroying American Universities · Joe Lonsdale
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2024 7 mentions in 7 episodes 1 per episode
- Groupon and Descript: Andrew Mason
- Reddit hit 1M users in 1 year. The key was listening to users—& not doing what they said. | Reddi... · PMF Show
- “Beaming” people anywhere in the world with David Nussbaum of Proto
- A Nuclear Comeback: Are New Reactors the Answer?
- E168: Can Google save itself? Abolish HR, AI takes over Customer Support, Reddit IPO teardown
- Ep# 15 | WTF is Climate Change? Nikhil ft. Sunita, Bhumi, Navroz and Mirik · Nikhil Kamath
- E162: Live from Davos! Milei goes viral, Adam Neumann's headwinds, streaming's broken model & more
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2023 10 mentions in 5 episodes 2 per episode
- E124: AutoGPT's massive potential and risk, AI regulation, Bob Lee/SF update
- Wondery: Hernan Lopez
- Ep 53: Joe Gebbia Changed the World with Airbnb. Here's What He's Building Next. · Joe Lonsdale
- Why It's Time to Be A Techno-Optimist
- Adam Rodman – The Case for Nuclear (Climate Solutions EP.4, Capital Allocators EP.304)
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2022 6 mentions in 5 episodes 1 per episode
- The Browser (with Brendan Eich, Chief Architect of Netscape + Mozilla and CEO of Brave) · Acquired
- Writing, Religion, and Walt Disney with David Perell
- Oklo's Amazing Small Reactor That Can Reuse Nuclear Waste · Joe Lonsdale
- WordPress & Automattic: Matt Mullenweg
- Adam McKay on how to make a movie about climate change
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2021 10 mentions in 3 episodes 3 per episode
- MFM #168 - How to Reverse Engineer Businesses, The Indonesian King of Coal & the Story of Adidas
- How Course Businesses Work & How Irish Pubs as a Service is Making Millions | My First Million #183
- Why Dunder Mifflin Should Be a Real Company & A Look Inside MicroAcquire | My First Million #203
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2020 1 mention in 1 episode
2019 2 mentions in 2 episodes 1 per episode
2018 2 mentions in 2 episodes 1 per episode
2017 7 mentions in 3 episodes 2 per episode
2016 1 mention in 1 episode
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2 statements about The Simpsons, every show
Diller: The Simpsons is likely entertainment's most profitable product ever
“Yeah, well, it's that, but it's also probably the single most profitable entertainment product ever invented.”
Zhao: Learned English and Western humor from SpongeBob and The Simpsons
“Yeah, it's real. I moved to Canada pretty late 16 years ago, and what I learned is, yeah, in, in China, you can learn English, but it is typically just grammar and doing exams. What you're missing is the context, the culture. So you have to watch SpongeBob or …”