Chimpsplaining

Chimpsplaining

By Brett, Nate and JeffSociety & Culture
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Chimpsplaining episodes

  • 045: Lawns

    Mo Grunts is warned to get off the lawn and wonders why. Round table welcomes spring but not the return of TruGreen and all the other chemlawns.

    34 min
  • 044: Commercial DNA testing

    Confronted with ad after ad for commercial DNA testing companies, Mo Grunts asks why anyone would willingly submit to this kind of screening. Roundtable ponders high-tech genealogy and superficial health faddery.

    30 min
  • 043: Cannabis laws

    It's no secret that Mo Grunts enjoys some recreational pot smoking. What he doesn't understand is why it's both legal and illegal.

    34 min
  • 042: Managing Up

    Mo Grunts does a job shadow for his community college class and is stumped by an office supervisor directing staff to "manage up." Round table tackles an unwritten rule of getting ahead in the white-collar workplace. 

    31 min
  • 041: Finding yourself

    A corporate HR officer suggests Mo Grunts take a year to find himself. The chimps signs, But I'm right here! Round table tackles self-consciousness, metacognition and the search for meaning among the great apes.

    31 min
  • 036: Star Wars

    During a visit to Target, Mo Grunts confronts the Star Wars toy aisle and asks if Disney is ruining this franchise. Round table guys confront a galaxy far, far away that Alec Guinness dubbed "a fantasy world of second-hand childish banalities."

    38 min

About Chimpsplaining

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Mo Grunts is a chimpanzee at large in America and he's got a lot of questions. We try our best to answer.