Mo Grunts is a chimpanzee at large in America and he's got a lot of questions. We try our best to answer.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Mo Grunts was surprised to learn this guy is known for more than just his relationships with young chimps.
Mo Grunts wonders why Coach K makes $9 million and Zion Williamson makes $0. Round table talks "amateurism" in big-money college sports.
Mo Grunts likes nuts and he likes almonds but he's unsure what to make of almond milk. An expanded roundtable tackles food ethics.
Mo Grunts has seen the ads for high-dollar pick-ups and SUVs, asks how cowboys and plumbers can afford these rides.
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."
Mo Grunts just shoved his way off a crowded CTA platform and wants to know who raised these clueless commuters.
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.
Mo Grunts isn't a hardcore rock music chimp but does wonder why fans are into seance concerts for dead bands.
Mo Grunts is running for a local school board seat and seeks help from the roundtable guys with his position on Universal Basic Income.
Mo Grunts understands tribal politics but Chicago is a different kind of animal. Ain't the city ready for reform yet? he wonders.
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.
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?
What part of involuntary celibate doesn't Mo Grunts understand? Pretty much every part.
Mo Grunts has never seen It's a Wonderful Life. Round table guys explain an anti-capitalist Christmas classic. Happy Holidays!
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.
Mo Grunts visits a typical office and is puzzled by the back-stabbing, posturing and kicking down. Mostly that it happens so quietly.
Mo Grunts confronts the millennial psycho-social disorder and is left wondering whether his digital life is passing him by.
Mo Grunts asks the round table to explain this cheap and corrosive form of rhetorical equivalency and misdirection.
The new Thomas Magnum has no mustache and Roseanne has no Roseanne? Mo Grunts puzzles over the state of nostalgia television.
A little thought experiment from Mo Grunts: Why not partition the U.S. like India and Pakistan? A midterm elections special episode.
Mo Grunts learns of the famous UFO cult, mass suicide squad, sexless, formless comet chasers. His initial thought: Huh.
Mo Grunts encounters a life coach at the grocery store and is surprised she is not wearing a whistle or Bike coach shorts.
Mo Grunts thinks humping is funny but isn't sure how it works with guns. Round table guys take up arms.
Mo surfs the web and wipes out when he clicks on a Tomi Lahren video. Round table guys try to help.
Mo Grunts's inbox is full of corporate marketing emails peddling expertise and thought leadership. Mo asks, You mean like Jane Goodall?
Mo Grunts loves football and hockey and collision sports in general but he's a little confused about the anthem and flyovers.
The commentariat is abuzz with talk of Trump Derangement Syndrome. Mo Grunts interrupts a game of Connect Four to ask, Huh?
Mo Grunts turns to three middle-aged men for help understanding romantic comedies. Round table guys talk a lot of Cher.
Mo's been watching daytime TV and could use some money. Is this the right financial product for a chimp?
Mo's questions about urban bike culture prompt some potshotting on the roundtable. Share the road, jags!
Mo Grunts encounters a Peloton stationary bike and asks about solo spinning and competitive indoor racing to nowhere.
Encountering a "digital assistant" for the first time, Mo asks: Why can't people just type their own Internet searches?
Mo Grunts visits a tiny house and asks: Where are the little people?
Mo Grunts ponders public justice, hashtag shaming and online gang-tackles in the Age of Twitter.
Mo's been hearing a lot about "Elon Musk" and asks if this is a mating scent. We try to explain.
Mo Grunts wonders: What makes a fool part with his money?
Mo Grunts asks the round table for help clearing some brain fog.
While eating a special snack cracker, Mo Grunts asks: What is "artisanal"?
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