Joel Cohen on How to Lose a Marathon & Writing for The Simpsons

Joel H. Cohen is a Canadian writer who has written for Saturday Night Live, Suddenly Susan and The Simpsons. He penned the famous season three episode of "Flaming Moe's." Joel received a Bachelor of Science degree in 1988 from the University of Alberta. He was born in Calgary.

Outside of writing for "The Simpsons", he's also the author of the best-selling book "How to Lose a Marathon"  — a hilarious retelling of Joel's training for and running the NY Marathon.

In this episode, we discuss:

• 2013 NYC Marathon…the documentation
• Getting off the couch (an idiots guide)
• Post-Marathon contemplation…what just happened?
• How to keep going?
• Inspirations
• Self Reflection, what did I learn about this process?
• How to prepare for the marathon.
• What is the next challenge?
• Time travel and sculling and coxswains (pronounced cock son!)
• Favorite Video Games
• “Less velour”
• Running motivations as applied to life
• “The Simpsons” (Yes, admit you sung that) and keeping it fresh