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The Herd with Colin Cowherd

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Football, Sports News, News, Sports, Basketball

4.3 • 10K Ratings

🗓️ 5 June 2025

⏱️ 53 minutes

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By now, most people know The Simpsons is the longest-running primetime scripted show in American TV history. And for fans of the show (and those engaged in pop culture generally) there are many examples of the iconic show correctly prediction the future, including the worlds of politics and sports. Today Action Network hosts Chad Millman and Simon Hunter welcome on two entertainment veterans and brother with deep ties to the show. Joel Cohen has worked on the show for decades and has written nearly 40 episodes. His brother Robert Cohen wrote Flaming Moe's, one of the show's most beloved episodes, and is a veteran of many successful Hollywood writers rooms. Together the group discusses the passionate, often ridiculous gambling culture among TV writers, how the show does or does not predict the future, and so much more. #Volume #herd

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1:18.2	Welcome to the favorites, the podcast, part of the volume podcast network.
1:21.4	I am Chad Milman of the Action Network. Today, I'm joined, as always, by my co-host, my companion, my compadre, my BFF, professional better Simon, Hunter.
1:29.7	Hello, Simon.
1:31.0	Chad, what a show we have today, brother.
1:33.4	Dude.
1:34.8	We got very special guests for a very special show.
1:41.1	We like to figure out on this show what is going to happen in the future.
1:48.4	I don't think any medium has been better at predicting what is going to happen in the future than the Simpsons, which not only is it the
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