Grumble Goat
Welcome to Grumble Goat:
A comedic grumbling of mundane trivialities.
Mat Labotka and Veronique Hurley grumble through life's little pet peeves.
Do you hate gum? Have you ever thought about it? You probably hate gum without even realizing it. Follow Mat's absurd infuriation down the rabbit-hole into frustration, while Veronique's bouyant optimism keeps us afloat...
of the Grumble Goat.
Learn more about your hosts:
matlabotka.com & veroniquehurley.com
- Update frequency
- every 9 days
- Average duration
- 17 minutes
- Episodes
- 176
- Years Active
- 2020 - 2025
Box Liquid
The world is a messy place. Earth is a chaotic, teeming, moist stew of life, death, decay, and El Ninos. But we humans love order. We thrive on organization and structure. And we love rectangles…
00:17:27 |
Mon 19 Sep 2022
Commercials
As humankind developed, our ancestors decided that different grunts could have different meanings. From language’s humble beginnings, it did not take long before one caveman doubtlessly claimed tha…
00:17:25 |
Mon 05 Sep 2022
Slow Moving People
Behold! The future is now! Long has humankind dreamed of an age where labor could be performed by automaton. Fields are sowed by the growling colossus of steel oxen. Clothes are sewn by the whir…
00:16:27 |
Mon 29 Aug 2022
The Beach
Eons ago, somewhere along our long evolutionary line, a creature had sense enough to get out of the ocean. The terrifying depths hold every manner of horrible nightmare: frigid currents, clouded da…
00:14:54 |
Mon 22 Aug 2022
People on Bicycles
Life is driven by rhythm. There are heartbeats, breaths, and circadian rhythms. And so, collectively, society has rhythms. Like an ant colony with traffic lights, the collective moves with organi…
00:17:46 |
Mon 15 Aug 2022
Minions
The new term for ‘Mainstream Popularity,’ is ‘Going Viral.’ The national attention used to be captured by iconic trends that picked up steam and slowly rose to prominence. Pet rocks, the Hula-Hoop…
00:17:22 |
Mon 08 Aug 2022
Humidity
At some point along the evolutionary timeline, some creature had sense enough to get out of the water. A quick dip is fun, but living the soggy lifestyle of blobfish isn’t for everyone. Humanity p…
00:17:12 |
Mon 01 Aug 2022
Memorization
If all the world is a stage, then it must be the abandoned studio floor of Whose Line is it Anyway. Everybody seems to be improvising and nobody can find the script. On a legitimate theatre stage,…
00:16:06 |
Mon 25 Jul 2022
Heels
Guest Grumbler: Christina Germaine
Evolution may have created the intelligent mind and sinuous body that is humankind, but humankind has added its own upgrades. The barefoot, naked cavemen that …
00:15:49 |
Mon 11 Jul 2022
Strangers Taking Pictures
The Digital Age has led to an explosion of photography. Since we all have our phones in our hand twenty-four hours a day, the photo app has become a second set of eyes. We pay the ‘Cloud’ shamans …
00:16:15 |
Mon 04 Jul 2022
Reruns: Listening
We don’t have a fresh Grumble this week, but it may be time to revisit the topic of ‘Listening.’ It seems some in our government have lost this skill. Almost as if we are governed by a shadowy, ro…
00:15:21 |
Mon 27 Jun 2022
Food Commentary
Food is life. Food is the very foundation of Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs. Humans need food multiple times every single day. Humanity has reached an age of plenty, where food is merely the touch o…
00:17:52 |
Mon 20 Jun 2022
Nonsense Photographs
In our fleeting mortality, humans have long dreamed of capturing a moment in time. The long, arduous evolution from cave-paintings through the Renaissance showed our dedication to the idea of captu…
00:16:52 |
Mon 13 Jun 2022
Happy Endings
Civilization is nothing more than a collection of stories. The encyclopedia is the running catalogue of tales that make up reality. But we also use fiction to relate society’s values through story…
00:16:30 |
Mon 06 Jun 2022
Birthdays
After names, the most fundamental identity we have is age. Any news article, wanted poster, or Bumble match lists that number directly next to our moniker. Every time the sun rises through the Ast…
00:16:25 |
Mon 30 May 2022
Reruns: Gift Giving
Back by popular demand! Veronique wants to share her favorite episode this week! In honor of Guest Grumbler, Spencer’s birthday, here is his episode on Gift Giving!
Generosity sometimes seems lik…
00:18:03 |
Mon 23 May 2022
Garbage by the Door
Since the advent of cave-painting, humankind has developed a taste for a well-kept home. From the chimney sweep to Marie Kondo, we have added task upon task to the list of expected labor necessary …
00:15:55 |
Mon 09 May 2022
Mascara
From the ancient days of humankind, we have captured the beauty of the world in the form of painting. From cave-painting to pointillism, from hieroglyphics to Manga, we strive to capture perfection…
00:17:32 |
Mon 25 Apr 2022
Reruns: 10,000 Steps
Back by popular demand! Veronique wants to share her favorite episode this week! Winner of the G.O.A.T. Award for Best Episode!
Historically, wrist watches have benefited mankind by counting the …
00:15:39 |
Mon 18 Apr 2022
Honking
No animal has mastered the use of sound like Humankind has. We invented language. We invented music. We didn’t invent sonar, bats and dolphins taught that to us, but we did perfect it. Unfortuna…
00:16:49 |
Mon 11 Apr 2022
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