Ep. 75: Yeardley Smith & Ryan Kalil

Head to Tosche station and make a stop at the royal palace, it's a new episode of Go Fact Yourself!

Yeardley Smith has been the voice of Lisa Simpson since 1989. Yeardley’s normal voice actually sounds very similar to the voice of her famous character, but she’ll explain the subtle ways that it’s changed over the years. You can hear Yeardley on “The Simpsons” and on the true crime podcast “Small Town Dicks.” Plus, she was an expert on episode 57 of Go Fact Yourself!

Ryan Kalil is a ten-year veteran of the NFL. He played center for the Carolina Panthers for most of his career. Even though he’s spent most of his life as an athlete, his early passions were steeped in pop culture and comedy. He’ll tell us about how his love for superheroes led to him becoming a jock. Ryan is also the founder of the production company Mortal Media.

Our guests will answer questions about the dark side of the force, the strong side of sports and the Walt Disney family of entertainment.

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Areas of Expertise:

Yeardley Smith: Cooking, knitting and Princess Diana 

Ryan Kalil: The life and work of Walt Disney, The movie The Rocketeer and The original Star Wars trilogy.

Appearing in this episode:

J. Keith van Straaten

Helen Hong

Yeardley Smith

Ryan Kalil

With guest experts:

Ingrid Seward, writer of 18 books on the royal family and the editor of “Majesty Magazine.”

Anthony Daniels, actor best known for playing the role of C-3PO in the Star Wars films. 

Go Fact Yourself was devised and produced by Jim Newman and J. Keith van Straaten, in collaboration with Maximum Fun. 

Theme Song by Jonathan Green

Maximum Fun's Senior Producer is Laura Swisher

Associate Producer and Editor is Julian Burrell.

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