The Goat American Novel

S2 Episode 3: Why Rams Great Till They Gotta Be Great?

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.

 

S2 Episode 4: You Will Contain the Goats

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.

Episode 5: Chores for Ghosts

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.

 

Live Show and Interview and Knott, a Podcast

Announcing our first Live Podcast Show! at Village Books in Bellingham June 07, pm. A free entertainment for families in the style of an old time Radio play... Reserve your seats here!

Also, this special episode contains our interview with friend-of-the-show Ben West, in which we get into the hows and whos and whys of The Goat American Novel.

Also: Check out our story about dolls on Knott, A Podcast. Andrew Knott is a very funny, very honest writer who speaks the humbling truth about being a writer/dad, and the tiny moments of everyday life which tell us who we are.

And Finally, Some Stories  about making the podcast:

How To Podcast With Your Whole Family

Lessons in Audio from the Punk Warehouse

Creating the Soundtrack to a Novel

Regular Goat programing returns later this week!

S2 Episode Six: I'm Still Not Sure How This Restraining Order Thing Works

In which the Sawyer continues his attempts to contain the nanny goats, who continue their attempt to find the bottom of a barrel of cherry brandy,

And, FM deepens her acquaintance with her new vegan karaoke friends

And, Grazzo pulls Layla back into the rainy night for yet another spooky supernatural mission.... into the Westerly barn.

Come see our live show! June 07, 2pm, Village Books Fairhaven. It's an all-ages entertainment in the style of an old Radio play... Reserve your seat here!

Season 2 Episode Seven: Clover's Big Night

In which Clover the boss sheep shows up, Queen to Queen, we learn about 19th century patent medicine, and there is a gruesome but satisfying resolution to a neighborhood pest problem. 

S2 Episode 8: The Russian Revolution

In which Mama Chichi finds some of her kids, Sawyer loses one of his, the pigs take leave of their senses or perhaps find all their marbles for the first time in their lives, and the farm is visited by a mysterious stranger from Goatko Ono's past...

 

Special thanks this week to the real FM, June Heggarty, and the channeled ghost of Thunder the Saanen billy goat. 

S2 Episode 9: The Cart, The Cage, The Pulley, and The Ramp

The Cart, The Cage, The Pulley, and The Ramp, in which Arcturix, Clover the sheep, and the goat herd prepare to take this tiger situation into their own hooves.  And Layla just really needs to focus on this garage sale right now. 

 

The Goat American Novel is written and produced by Hilde Festerling. Guest voice actors this week were Blair Tothill and Miku Alden. Thanks as always to our incredible cast: Caleb Alden, Gabriel Alden, Johnny Buker, Ursula Buker, Erin Alden. 

Thanks to the Steam Brass Band for our beautiful theme song, and to the musicians of the Electric Unicorn Studio Session for our in-episode music. Thanks to the foley artists of the Freesound.org community for some of these great sound effects.