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The Simpsons and Predictive Programming

Explore episode Jun 17, 2026

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Introduction: The Simpsons as Soothsayer

At 6:30 · chapter starts 4:05

The hosts rattle off the hits: smartwatches, civilians in space, three Super Bowl winners, and most famously, Donald Trump's presidency — predicted in March 2000, a full 16.5 years before he won his first election. Then there's the extraordinary case of Homer's blackboard equation from a 1998 episode, which science author Dr. Simon Singh later determined came extremely close to predicting the mass of the Higgs boson — a particle CERN only confirmed in 2012. A snippet of the actual CERN announcement is played, adding weight to the claim. The hosts also mention the 2014 Ebola outbreak, a three-eyed fish near a nuclear plant, and Fox selling to Disney as examples. By one University of Albany professor's calculation, the show has made 1,224 correct predictions. The lucky-guess theory, the hosts note, is starting to sound less plausible.

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What Is Predictive Programming?

The Simpsons and Predictive Programming · Jun 17, 2026 Society & Culture

Predictive programming isn't about psychic powers. According to theorist Alan Watt, a shadowy global elite plans every major world event far in advance — and seeds those events into movies and TV shows to psychologically prepare the public. The goal: prevent mass civil unrest when the plans are finally executed.

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