Mat Labotka & Veronique Hurley
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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 buoyant optimism keeps us afloat… of the Grumble Goat.
Based on 5 episodes we listened to · September 2026
On the True Crime shelf, Grumble Goat supplies comic scrutiny of everyday social offenses, from queueing etiquette to curbside trash.
Grumble Goat turns everyday irritation into comic cross-examination. Matt Labodka states the grievance, then Veronique Hurley tests its logic through conversation, teasing out the assumptions beneath impatience, restaurant technology, public bathroom rules, and physical…
Matt Labodka can make a bathroom sign feel like a personal affront, if your patience is similarly thin.
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A theatrical grudge against queues turns everyday waiting into a sharply observed comic ordeal.
Waiting in line becomes the whole case file in this brisk, comic review of impatience. Matt Labodka tracks the petty suspense of free movie screenings, bad weather, uncertain entry, Shakespeare in the Park, Equity lines, and a checkout queue dragged out by technical excuses,…
A loose, comic complaint about restaurant technology getting between diners and the people serving them.
A waiter's ordering device becomes the starting point for a broader, funny complaint about what gets lost when restaurant service is pushed through technology.
A city-issued can turns other people's coffee into a small civic grievance.
A city-issued garbage can becomes a strangely public object once it is left at the curb, drawing half-finished coffee cups and open takeout containers into a townhouse bin that was meant to stay clean.
A sore neck becomes a comic spiral through bodily resentment, guilt, caffeine, and the need to drink water.
A weeklong sore neck turns into a small comic inquiry into the frustrations of having a body. The host moves through stretches, Advil, rest, and recovery before fixating on the idea that pain means something is wrong, then spins that into an argument with the brain.
A bathroom warning becomes a comic argument about plumbing, potty training, and what people still try to flush.
That Bathroom Sign turns a routine bathroom warning into a small comic investigation of why shared bathrooms need reminders in the first place.
ABC Audio's Theranos fraud series that also introduces its other true-crime podcasts.
LA Times reporter Christopher Goffard traces con man John Meehan's fraud, abuse, and its Bravo TV adaptation.
Matt Labodka opens Grumble Goat by arguing that lines are worse than the thing on the other side, from 2014 free movie queues to Bryant Park holiday-market crowds.
Matt Labodka opens Grumble Goat by arguing that restaurant servers should not take orders while staring at handheld POS devices.
Grumble Goat's "Curbside Garbage" centers on Marianne Goodell, who says Mayor Adams's curbside-can ordinance turned her Brooklyn can into a target for coffee cups, takeout containers, and dog-poop bags.
Veronique Hurley opens Grumble Goat’s “I hate true crime” grumble by admitting she loves the genre and needed a break from its death-heavy stories.
Matt Labodka opens Grumble Goat’s “Mugs” by objecting to cupboards full of mugs that do not stack.
Matt Labodka asks why pain has no built-in snooze button after a week of neck pain.
Matt Labodka opens Grumble Goat with a complaint about the bathroom sign that says "don't throw things in the toilet," and he links it to childhood potty training, "number one, number two, and number three is the toilet paper." He pushes the point with examples like Starbucks cups and a half-eaten Chipotle burrito, then says the sign appears in "every restaurant, every bar, every library." Veronique Hurley joins "What's Got Your Goat?" with a starter grumble about people bringing long-stem roses into restaurants for Valentine's Day, where they crowd the table and the room.
The host rants comically about the inconvenience of locked-up products in drugstores.
The host rants humorously about billionaires turning evil instead of using their wealth for good.
The hosts celebrate their 100th episode with a humorous awards ceremony, reflecting on changes over two years and their most improved status.
The host rants about competition over collaboration mentalities, using soccer as an example, in a comedic grumbling style.
The host rants about the hypocrisy of teaching morality while society votes for corrupt leaders.