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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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Friday Feb 28, 2025
Friday Feb 28, 2025
In which the Milk and Wool Producing Society Convenes, Layla films the greatest Yousnap video of all time, and the wider world is lured into the drama unfolding in the four farms neighborhood.
Saturday Mar 22, 2025
Saturday Mar 22, 2025
You Will Contain the Goats: In which everyone seems to be on an ill-fated mission, and we see how the kids up in the barn are faring after their battle with the tiger.
23 hours ago
23 hours ago
In which Grazzo is compelled- by the ghost to ghost hotline- to return to the earthly realm to do some very important farm chores.
Thank you as always to our amazing cast, Ursula Buker Johnny Buker Gabriel Alden Caleb Alden, to the musicians of the electric unicorn studio session, and to you, the listener.
An All-Ages Barnyard Comedy Thriller
What happens when the farmer is away, and the new farmhand isn’t prepared for what’s coming to the herd: barn hauntings, suspected chupacabra problems, a creepy new neighbor, and one chocolate crazed, possibly-immortal squirrel…
Welcome to The Goat American Novel, an all-ages barnyard comedy thriller! This richly-produced, serialized journey will take you deep into the life of a goat herd; goat rivalries, goat hauntings and goat legends, goat nemeses, goat drama. This podcast, produced by beloved family storyteller Hilde Festerling and three generations of her family, uses live music, sound design, character voicing, and many- so many!- goat impersonations to bring Barnyard Gothic to life. So gather round a roaring fire and Mom’s old laptop, snuggle in with your family, whatever shape your family is, even just you and your cat- and let us take you away with the herd.
Credits
Podcast written and performed by Hilde Festerling, with additional voice performances by Caleb Alden, Gabriel Alden, Erin Alden, Ursula Buker, and Johnny Buker. Produced by Hilde and Erin. Erin Alden is our art director- we’ll have her show art, farm maps, and coloring pages available soon-, Ursula Buker is our children’s library consultant, giving you, our all-ages audience, the content warnings and scariness-level preparation you need, and Johnny Buker is our technical director. Our incredible theme music is by the amazing Steam Brass Band, thank you so much for letting us use your sweet sound! And our beautiful, Live, in-episode music was performed by Elliott Tothill, Emma Radosevich, Joshua Rutherford, and Peter Hutchinson, at the Electric Unicorn studio in Bellingham.
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