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
Being Sick
It is the age of technology. Civilians have the ability to joyride into space. Warfare has evolved into isolated strikes by unmanned drones. At the touch of a button, food is delivered to your do…
00:16:19 |
Mon 08 Nov 2021
Grim Grumbling Ghosts
The days are growing shorter. The darkness encroaches as the weather grows chill. The veil to the nether seems more and more threadbare. It is that bloodcurdling time of year known as Halloween. …
00:17:57 |
Mon 01 Nov 2021
Nuclear Power
Earth is more than a rock. Gaia, or Mother Nature, has gifted us with bountiful energy. The ocean currents rage ceaselessly throughout the globe. The air whips through the atmosphere, sometimes s…
00:15:52 |
Mon 25 Oct 2021
Malls
Civilizations develop around commerce. Communities begin with trade and bartering; but a city, a capital, a metropolis hatches from a metronomic economy. Like a heartbeat, goods arrive at a focal …
00:16:26 |
Mon 18 Oct 2021
Awkward Commercials
Guest Grumbler: Emeka Nwafor
Trading goods and services is a natural part of life. Crows and cats pay for food with – sometimes unwelcome – gifts. But humanity, as with all natural things, has …
00:16:52 |
Mon 11 Oct 2021
Rainy Day Dog Poop
In our long history, humans have created many companions: Tamagotchi, Roomba, Zune, Shake Weight… but no artificial companion will ever replace Man’s Best Friend. Dogs are the quintessential domest…
00:15:56 |
Mon 04 Oct 2021
Unwaxed Bowling Lanes
Since time immemorial, humankind has celebrated the athlete. There is a primal sense of combat in sport which allows us to release our more aggressive urges vicariously from the comfort of an armch…
00:16:21 |
Mon 27 Sep 2021
Motorcycles
Guest grumbler: Molly Densmore
The dawn of civilization – the moment humanity ascended above all other animals as the one true ruler of Earth – was when Humankind harnessed the power of fire. Ev…
00:14:45 |
Mon 20 Sep 2021
Online Recipes
Life relies on certain elemental replenishments. There is Oxygen – tasteless, odorless, monotonous air. There is water – which we’ve all but replaced with Caramel Mochas or Mountain Dew. And then…
00:14:57 |
Mon 13 Sep 2021
Iced Cappuccino
Guest grumbler: Mary Elise Jones
One of the most primal and eternal conflicts in the universe is the everlasting battle between hot and cold. It is the chaos of the Big Bang, the massive energy …
00:16:18 |
Mon 06 Sep 2021
Bicycle Laws
The automobile has revolutionized human civilization in countless ways: drive-ins, drive-throughs, drive-ways, parking garages, walk-signals, etc. Cars far outnumber humans in this world; and consi…
00:16:41 |
Mon 30 Aug 2021
Toe Rings
Guest grumbler: Patricia McCarthy
Through the long eons of life on this planet, evolution has sculpted the most efficient, perfect forms for the animals that grace the Earth. The human body is a…
00:15:59 |
Mon 23 Aug 2021
Measuring Things
Guest Grumbler: Corey Thompson
Previous to the internet age, information sharing across the globe was logistically improbably. Ergo, as civilizations developed in different corners of the Earth,…
00:15:40 |
Mon 16 Aug 2021
Subway Hate
The billions of cells that make up our bodies all require oxygen. Evolution has provided a streamlined solution to this crucial need: the circulatory system. This is your heartbeat, your pulse, yo…
00:15:32 |
Mon 09 Aug 2021
Lengthy Podcasts
The internet has reversed the erstwhile stream of entertainment. Content used to flow down to the masses from elite studios; and the peons sucked what enjoyment they could out of corporate-sifted f…
00:15:36 |
Mon 02 Aug 2021
Organic Food
The universe is a vast, empty vacuum of nothingness, dotted here and there with noxious gasses and dead rocks. Earth, however, is a teaming, mutating, breathing, chaotic ball of lush life. Organic…
00:15:33 |
Mon 26 Jul 2021
High Fructose Corn Syrup
Our lives are often based on routine. Easily, we slip into the schedule of work and sleep. But enrichment comes from the sweet variety of life. There are many sweet things the world presents us f…
00:15:42 |
Mon 19 Jul 2021
Gate Crowding
Humankind loves a crowd. We are a social animal. The ‘gatherer’ in ‘Hunter/Gatherer’ may often be mistaken for gathering of fruits and nuts, but we are gatherers, nonetheless. We gather at our lo…
00:16:08 |
Mon 12 Jul 2021
Individualized Plans
The modern world that we’ve created is driven by algorithms. Every human is numbered at birth, every car has a unique VIN number, and this podcast is blasted out from a particular IP address. Some…
00:14:56 |
Mon 14 Jun 2021
Umbrellas
In the vast expanse of the universe, Life is seemingly unique to Earth. When we discover new planets, the very first question astronomers ask is: Is there water? Water is the key to all life as we…
00:15:52 |
Mon 07 Jun 2021
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