Think Bunnicula the Vampire Rabbit meets Babe the Pig, but it’s all goats. An all-ages barnyard comedy thriller from subversive family storyteller Hilde Festerling. This richly-produced, serialized journey will take you deep into goat rivalries, goat hauntings and goat legends, goat nemeses, goat drama. Featuring live music, immersive barnyard gothic sound design, and theatrically performed goat impersonations in full character for you and your family to enjoy.
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Episode 12: The Ascendance of Arcturix
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In this Season Finale, the existing high caprine drama collides with the imagination and practical skills of a little brother on the move. Will all the rising action be wrapped up? No, listeners, we are still in the middle of our saga, but this double episode will settle some questions and hopefully, leave you in bleeting eagerness for Season Two. …
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In which some go totally Crackergoat, and some tell our Farmer Boy how they really feel. Featuring an epic showdown between Sawyer, champion of the underdog, and Scott, the guy who can't be fussed to pick the soul of the underdog out of the cracks in his $900 sneakers. Thanks as always to Ursula Buker, Gabriel Alden, Caleb Alden, Johnny Buker, Erin…
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In which the dangers lurking in the barn begin to reveal themselves. And family dinner gets heated when the new neighbor drops by to borrow some hay. Thanks as always to Ursula Buker, Gabriel Alden, Caleb Alden, Johnny Buker, Erin Alden, Courtney Lyons, the musicians of the Electric Unicorn sessions, and the Steam Brass Band for their ongoing excel…
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Episode 9: Smash it, Silver. Smash it Good
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In which an unlikely trio of young goats find an old, high, cracked window, and they smash it good. Goatko Ono shares her wisdom, and her wisdom is kinda gross. Thanks as always to Ursula Buker, Gabriel Alden, Caleb Alden, Johnny Buker, Erin Alden, Courtney Lyons, the musicians of the Electric Unicorn sessions, and the Steam Brass Band for their on…
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Episode 8: Who, Exactly, Has Got The Power?
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In which a meeting of the Milk and Wool Producing Animals Society collides with a daisy chain, and the yearlings' Demonic Possession theory collides with the awesome force of Squirrel Power. But who, really, has got the power? Thanks as always to Ursula Buker, Gabriel Alden, Caleb Alden, Johnny Buker, Erin Alden, Courtney Lyons, the musicians of th…
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Episode 7: Sawyer Does the Chores. With Literature.
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It's time for Sawyer to do the first round of morning chores. But will he be able to do it without striking terror and/or inciting revolution in the hearts of the animals? How will Zipnog cope with no regular supply of The Brown? And what is Goatina up to? Thanks as always to Ursula Buker, Gabriel Alden, Caleb Alden, Johnny Buker, Erin Alden, Court…
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In which ouija boards- one regular, one made out of an accursed farm sign- are consulted regarding the supernatural business on the farm. How many ghosts are in this episode? It's not an exact science, but Ruby One Horn is surely here, and at least one haunted cat.... Special thanks this episode to Cora Lyons Smoker, guest starring at the Baker's D…
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Episode 5: Roars, Thunderbutts, Rattling engines
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As FM makes her last preparations to drive away and leave Pearl and Sawyer in charge, two of the kids break out in search of apples. Or is it prize-winning pumpkins? Or is it fear itself they'll wind up chasing? CW: There is one scary moment! We forgot to warn in the intro! Kids, Mangoat and Silver will be fine! We have a map of the farms and list …
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Episode 4: The Corn Brings the Chickens, The Chickens Bring the Noise
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In which FM reaches out to her neighbors- the familiar and the frightening, the sensible and the strange, for help with her animals while she takes The Seaside Cure. But first, a squirrel. We have a map of the farms and list of characters up! View the Map and Character Guide Here. Feel free to consult the character list freely (we confess, it's a s…
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In which the big sister yearling goats tell the kids a terrifying rural legend about the one-horned goat, and FM receives an unexpected visitor, crossing the borders in dreamland to deliver a message... Special thanks this week to Courtney Lyons for filling in! Follow us! Instagram for behind the scenes fun (and goat videos): https://www.instagram.…
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Episode 2: The Milk and Wool Producing Animals’ Neighborhood Society
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In this episode, we meet the whole herd, and their neighbors, and we see the goats try- and mainly succeed- to boss all the other animals around. But do the goats, sheep, alpacas, or their respective humans, yet scent the danger wafting from the 100 year old barn? Where to find me: The Goat American Novel website: https://goatamericannovel.podbean.…
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The start of our journey, in which we meet the farmer and the four kids of the herd, and we listen in on their conversations, their wild goatly imaginings, their dreams... Discussed: Haunted Barns(?), Spiders are building things with their butts, and FM radio- an old time machine, invisible but all around you. Where to find me: The Goat American No…
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