The Goat American Novel

Oct 08 2024 13 ep. 42 mins 19
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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.

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Episode 1: It Was Not Any Barn She Knew

Jan 12 2024 37 mins  
What happens when the farmer is away, and the new farmhand isn’t prepared for what’s coming to the goat herd: barn hauntings, suspected chupacabra problems, a creepy new neighbor, and one chocolate crazed, possibly-immortal squirrel… Episode One Discussed: -Haunted Barns? -Spiders are Building Things with Their Butts -FM Radio: Old time machine, invisible yet all around you

Episode 2: The Milk and Wool Producing Animals’ Neighborhood Society

Jan 12 2024 33 mins  
Episode Two- Discussed: -Alpaca Twerking -“Mother, bring out The Lump” -Creepy Rich Neighbor? 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 abandoned Westerly barn?

Episode 3: The Ballad of Ruby One-Horn

Jan 26 2024 43 mins  
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.com/goatamericannovel/ The Goat Am

Episode 4: The Corn Brings the Chickens, The Chickens Bring the Noise

Feb 09 2024 36 mins  
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 story with a lot of characters) and

Episode 5: Roars, Thunderbutts, Rattling engines

Feb 23 2024 41 mins  
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 of characters up! View the Map and

Episode 6: Tings In Te Barn

Mar 08 2024 60 mins  
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 Daughter. Featured also this week i

Episode 7: Sawyer Does the Chores. With Literature.

Mar 21 2024 41 mins  
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, Courtney Lyons, the musicians of the

Episode 8: Who, Exactly, Has Got The Power?

May 17 2024 45 mins  
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 the Electric Unicorn sessions, and t

Episode 9: Smash it, Silver. Smash it Good

May 31 2024 50 mins  
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 ongoing excellent contributions! To

Episode 10: There's a Gate In The Floor

Jun 14 2024 41 mins  
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 excellent contributions! Where to fin