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School's back in session with the start of season 2 of The Simpsons, "Bart Gets an F."

Here is your itinerary:

Period 0: Chris and Nikki catch up with tales of family visits and turtle towers

14:00-21:22

Period 1: We're part of the Stitcher Network

21:23-24:20

Period 2: The Stern factor and finding the Clint

24:22-29:17

Period 3: The broken American educational system

29:18-35:40

Period 4: Bad study habits 101 and the APs

35:41-40:37

Period 5: Remedial critical thinking and becoming human

40:38-50:20

Lunch: Batman

50:21-53:26

Period 6: Faking and Cheating

53:49-59:20

After School: Happy Bu-Bu-Bu Birthday Bu-Bu-Bu Bing Crosbu-bu-bu-by

1:02:28-1:09:29

School Closure: Snow Day/Rain Day/Earthquake Day

1:12:43-1:18:34

Homework Assignments:

1. Follow us on twitter @kwikepod and like us on facebook.com/kwikepod

2. Tell us what your worst grade/subject was

3. Find us on iTunes and/or Stitcher.com and make us popular.

4. Watch The Simpsons Season 2: Simpson and Delilah

The Kwik-E-Podness continues with special guests H.P. Mendoza and Julie Wang as they and Nikki Thayer face the challenge of The Simpsons Jeopardy hosted by "Alex Trebek." Three contestants enter but who will emerge victorious from the nerdcave? Tune in to find out in this very special mega-mini-bonus episode.

The Kwik-E-Pod season 1 super happy special wrap-up show is here and we've brought in filmmaker H.P. Mendoza and friend of the show Julie Wang to eat lots of donuts and talk about The Simpsons with us. Hear the tale of the Mario pinata, Julie's exciting new career, when H.P. met Chris, shooting Fruit Fly, The Hong Kong connection, "knife goes in, guts come out," bring your own sperm, H.P. remembers when The Simpsons blew up, Simpsons did it, MST3K, The Simpsons effect, pre post-modernism, Family Guy is "rapey," censorship in comedy, comedy puberty, in defense of Pacific Rim, Cabin In The Woods, scary movies, Thriller, the changing of the guard, Tomacco, The Simpsons arcade game, emulationville, Final Fight, Bob's Burgers, Archer, spoilers and twists, I Am A Ghost, Night Sham, no happy endings, and the happy ending.

The season finale is here and Chris and Nikki are here to discuss with tales of woe and whimsy including gotcha journalism, childhood tv memories, toe fishing, Joe Isuzu, Jared from Subway, meth on you, the glass ceiling of gender representation in nerd culture, the intense emotional stress that sets up the episode, the weight of parenthood, a romantic date with Homer Simpson, Hannibal, chili con human, who is David Crosby, dude from Labyrinth, Lewis Carroll and math, local boob, finally finale, non-adventures in babysitting, raised by tv, you shouldn't do that on televison, Animal Planet, Better Know a Cesar, and a preview of our big super happy bonus fun show.

The Kwik-E-Pod Episode 012: Krusty Gets Busted conversation begins off the rails with Chris eating candy, Slideshow Blob, Itchy & Scratchy, webshows, late '90s MTV animation, clown jokes, new ice cream flavors, the weird introduction of Kent Brockman, everybody hates news anchors, the automatic news writing machine bias, "Like", we X-plore our X-Files X-fantasies, Data choking, bad magazine covers, Nikki wonders how to stop a clown, let's not bring back religious burnings, EARTHBOUND is back, Sideshow Bob's Cavalcade of Whimsy, Nikki's fear of pies, we tolerate Frasier, the first reference to Gore Vidal, and the moral of the story.

Episode 011 is introduced by a Frenchman and a Russian woman while Chris and Nikki discuss the details of The Crepes of Wrath, (evil) talking dolls, Beetlejuice, Nikki gets to talk about Pacific Rim, baguette wars, Agnes Skinner, more terrible kid movies, CineFX, Chris doesn't quite get his history correct when describing 1990 Albania, cheese eating surrender monkeys, Nikki's European vacation, Adil the exchange student, a brief glimpse of French art history, Chris incorrectly remembers when Maggie's first word occurs (it's Season 4), the embarrassing xenophobia of Americans, Radio Free Albania, foreign language syndrome, the revelations of Philip K. Dick, Bartman returns, French cuisine, TV Italia, and poor Buddy Ebsen.

Baby Bane introduces another great episode while Chris and Nikki discuss Pacific Rim, Chris educates on the proper usage of the phrase "Die Hard," we receive The Simpsons cereal from Europe, is Springfield purgatory?, The Columbia Records scam, Bart predates Goatse, ASL that you don't want to know, cartoon inebriation, Nikki's trip to the strip club, Rule 34 of the fax machine, random Futurama jokes, Barn(j)ey's dingy flophouse, a tour of Springfield's strip clubs, NOT Occam's Razor, NOT Roger Moore's law, Ochogato, the moral of the story, it's tough to be Smithers, fake names in the credits, America's next top BBC show, Chris has a mini-rage moment, and we discuss our dream cast for The Grapes of Wrath remake for some reason.

A dangerous but joyful presence introduces the show, Chris and Nikki discuss Snapchat, terrible gifts for parents, the adolation of Nikki, mallwalkers, Cut Hut, Suncoast Video, Hook Nook, Nikki's gotta catch 'em all, Marge's age, RC Cola, Jacques, Euro-sleaze, SF Brunch spots, Helen Lovejoy, The Big (crush on Maude) Lebowski, Chris explains what a Pin Spotter is, the 5 (or 8) stages of grief, Nikki's Pixar-colored glasses, and the fork in the road.

It's Episode 008: The Telltale Head. Your hosts, Chris and Nikki, get their hands dirty with Peter Rabbit, Sunday School, the 8th sin of gambling, Reverend Lovejoy, the heresy of The Simpsons, bad movie titles, what kinds of names are Dolph, Kearny, and Jimbo, theater hopping, Tweets are catchy, Infinite Jest, the pitfalls of Animal Crossing, the peer pressure network, kids in movies suck, the legend of Jebediah Springfield, snitch kids, cloud talk, the impatience of being a mob, Peppermint Patty?, Robocop, the Ludovico technique of relationships, win a Frances Ha date with Nikki, Chris is a blubbering crybaby and wonders if men have hormones? Yeah...it's that kind of show.

It's Episode 007. Chris and Nikki explore the great outdoors with tales of RV culture, a deep fried funeral, lemon flavored poop, camping, dog tents, everybody wants to be a cat, the Far Side, and bears, bears, bears. So many bears. Smokey the Bear, Humphrey the Bear, and even "Baboo?" the Bear.