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Mo Grunts is a chimpanzee at large in America and he's got a lot of questions. We try our best to answer.

Brett, Nate and Jeff


    • May 15, 2019 LATEST EPISODE
    • infrequent NEW EPISODES
    • 34m AVG DURATION
    • 45 EPISODES


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    045: Lawns

    Play Episode Listen Later May 15, 2019 33:57


    Mo Grunts is warned to get off the lawn and wonders why. Round table welcomes spring but not the return of TruGreen and all the other chemlawns.

    044: Commercial DNA testing

    Play Episode Listen Later May 2, 2019 29:56


    Confronted with ad after ad for commercial DNA testing companies, Mo Grunts asks why anyone would willingly submit to this kind of screening. Roundtable ponders high-tech genealogy and superficial health faddery.

    043: Cannabis laws

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 24, 2019 33:51


    It's no secret that Mo Grunts enjoys some recreational pot smoking. What he doesn't understand is why it's both legal and illegal.

    042: Managing Up

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 11, 2019 30:43


    Mo Grunts does a job shadow for his community college class and is stumped by an office supervisor directing staff to "manage up." Round table tackles an unwritten rule of getting ahead in the white-collar workplace. 

    041: Finding yourself

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 3, 2019 30:48


    A corporate HR officer suggests Mo Grunts take a year to find himself. The chimps signs, But I'm right here! Round table tackles self-consciousness, metacognition and the search for meaning among the great apes.

    040: Michael Jackson

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 27, 2019 36:27


    Mo Grunts was surprised to learn this guy is known for more than just his relationships with young chimps. 

    039: College sports and money

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 20, 2019 38:28


    Mo Grunts wonders why Coach K makes $9 million and Zion Williamson makes $0. Round table talks "amateurism" in big-money college sports.

    038: Almond milk and food ethics

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 13, 2019 35:20


    Mo Grunts likes nuts and he likes almonds but he's unsure what to make of almond milk. An expanded roundtable tackles food ethics.

    037: Truck Culture and Luxe SUVs

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 6, 2019 36:39


    Mo Grunts has seen the ads for high-dollar pick-ups and SUVs, asks how cowboys and plumbers can afford these rides.

    036: Star Wars

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 28, 2019 37:39


    During a visit to Target, Mo Grunts confronts the Star Wars toy aisle and asks if Disney is ruining this franchise. Round table guys confront a galaxy far, far away that Alec Guinness dubbed "a fantasy world of second-hand childish banalities."

    035: Public transit etiquette

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 20, 2019 35:56


    Mo Grunts just shoved his way off a crowded CTA platform and wants to know who raised these clueless commuters. 

    034: Morning Edition

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 13, 2019 38:14


    Mo Grunts can't understand why he feels so bad listening to NPR in the morning. Round table guys explain it's not just bad news -- it's Rachel Martin and bad journalism.

    033: Band Reunions

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 6, 2019 37:51


    Mo Grunts isn't a hardcore rock music chimp but does wonder why fans are into seance concerts for dead bands. 

    032: Universal Basic Income

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 30, 2019 33:59


    Mo Grunts is running for a local school board seat and seeks help from the roundtable guys with his position on Universal Basic Income.

    031: The Chicago Way

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 23, 2019 35:35


    Mo Grunts understands tribal politics but Chicago is a different kind of animal. Ain't the city ready for reform yet? he wonders.

    030: Running for Pleasure

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 16, 2019 31:36


    Chimps are naturally fit wild animals and Mo is concerned about the red-faced runners he sees pounding the pavement. Round table guys explain the existential perils of domesticity, mortality and smartwatch activity monitors.

    029: Dystopian Fiction

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 9, 2019 32:01


    Wrapping up a 12-week book club, Mo Grunts asks why we're reading so much dystopian fiction these days, yet not nearly enough Pierre Boulle?

    028: Incels

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 2, 2019 36:43


    What part of involuntary celibate doesn't Mo Grunts understand? Pretty much every part.

    027: Pottersville v. Bedford Falls

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 19, 2018 34:46


    Mo Grunts has never seen It's a Wonderful Life. Round table guys explain an anti-capitalist Christmas classic. Happy Holidays!

    026: Verbing and other word abuse

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 12, 2018 33:29


    Mo Grunts understand nouns and he understands verbs. But he's a little mixed up about the proliferation of nouns as verbs. "How do I language this?" someone asked him. "Use better English!" Mo signed.

    025: Office politics and culture

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 5, 2018 34:09


    Mo Grunts visits a typical office and is puzzled by the back-stabbing, posturing and kicking down. Mostly that it happens so quietly.

    024: FOMO

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 28, 2018 37:51


    Mo Grunts confronts the millennial psycho-social disorder and is left wondering whether his digital life is passing him by.

    023: Whataboutism

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 21, 2018 35:57


    Mo Grunts asks the round table to explain this cheap and corrosive form of rhetorical equivalency and misdirection.

    022: TV Reboots

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 14, 2018 33:43


    The new Thomas Magnum has no mustache and Roseanne has no Roseanne? Mo Grunts puzzles over the state of nostalgia television. 

    021: Midterms 2018: The Partition of America

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 6, 2018 63:52


    A little thought experiment from Mo Grunts: Why not partition the U.S. like India and Pakistan? A midterm elections special episode. 

    020: Halloween Special: Heaven's Gate

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 31, 2018 34:47


    Mo Grunts learns of the famous UFO cult, mass suicide squad, sexless, formless comet chasers. His initial thought: Huh. 

    019: Life coaches

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 24, 2018 26:01


    Mo Grunts encounters a life coach at the grocery store and is surprised she is not wearing a whistle or Bike coach shorts. 

    018: Gun Humpers

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 17, 2018 35:36


    Mo Grunts thinks humping is funny but isn't sure how it works with guns. Round table guys take up arms.

    017: Tomi Lahren and the GOP femdoms

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 10, 2018 31:24


    Mo surfs the web and wipes out when he clicks on a Tomi Lahren video. Round table guys try to help.

    016: Thought Leadership

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 3, 2018 34:34


    Mo Grunts's inbox is full of corporate marketing emails peddling expertise and thought leadership. Mo asks, You mean like Jane Goodall?  

    015: Nationalism in Sports

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 26, 2018 34:44


    Mo Grunts loves football and hockey and collision sports in general but he's a little confused about the anthem and flyovers.

    014: Trump Derangement Syndrome

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 19, 2018 34:15


    The commentariat is abuzz with talk of Trump Derangement Syndrome. Mo Grunts interrupts a game of Connect Four to ask, Huh?

    013: Romantic Comedies

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 12, 2018 32:44


    Mo Grunts turns to three middle-aged men for help understanding romantic comedies. Round table guys talk a lot of Cher.

    012: Reverse Mortgages

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 5, 2018 31:52


    Mo's been watching daytime TV and could use some money. Is this the right financial product for a chimp?

    011: Urban bike culture

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 29, 2018 32:26


    Mo's questions about urban bike culture prompt some potshotting on the roundtable. Share the road, jags!

    010: Peloton

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 22, 2018 35:05


    Mo Grunts encounters a Peloton stationary bike and asks about solo spinning and competitive indoor racing to nowhere.

    009: Zoos

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 15, 2018 29:02


    Mo Grunts learns that zoos exist. He asks: WTF?

    008: Siri and Alexa

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 8, 2018 32:48


    Encountering a "digital assistant" for the first time, Mo asks: Why can't people just type their own Internet searches?

    007: Tiny Houses

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 1, 2018 31:47


    Mo Grunts visits a tiny house and asks: Where are the little people?

    006: Twitter Mobs

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 25, 2018 34:16


    Mo Grunts ponders public justice, hashtag shaming and online gang-tackles in the Age of Twitter.

    005: Elon Musk

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 18, 2018 34:21


    Mo's been hearing a lot about "Elon Musk" and asks if this is a mating scent. We try to explain.

    004: Ponzi schemes

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 11, 2018 31:47


    Mo Grunts wonders: What makes a fool part with his money?

    003: Conspiracy Theories

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 4, 2018 32:12


    Mo Grunts asks the round table for help clearing some brain fog.

    002: Artisanal

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 27, 2018 27:23


    While eating a special snack cracker, Mo Grunts asks: What is "artisanal"?

    001: Grammar Police

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 20, 2018 29:11


    Mo Grunts asks: Who are the grammar police? 

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