Get your tissues ready for this week's episodes: “Lisa’s Substitute” (season 2, episode 19) and "Mother Simpson" (season 7, episode 8). We discuss these two very important episodes for Lisa and Homer and the insight they offer into issues of mentorship and abandonment during childhood. Not to mention, each episode has a truly ICONIC guest star. 

Historical Highlights:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Texas#Texas_Revolution

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walt_Whitman#Life_and_work