Conspiracy Theories

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The Simpsons and Predictive Programming

Explore episode Jun 17, 2026

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9/11, NSA, and the Show's Darkest Predictions

At 15:54 · chapter starts 15:40

The hosts highlight two of the show's darkest apparent predictions. First: The Simpsons Movie, released in 2007, depicted the NSA listening in on citizens' private conversations — years before Edward Snowden's 2013 revelations confirmed the agency was doing exactly that. Second: a 1997 episode showed Lisa holding a travel magazine advertising New York trips, with a large '9' positioned next to the World Trade Center silhouette in a way that resembled '11'. Some viewers believe this was a deliberate subliminal reference to 9/11. Showrunner Al Jean dismisses the latter as an insane coincidence. The hosts then pivot with a loaded observation: the government actually has been rewriting Hollywood scripts for decades — which means the line between coincidence and coordination is blurrier than most people realize.

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