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.

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045: Lawns

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.

044: Commercial DNA testing

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.

043: Cannabis laws

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. 

042: Managing Up

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.

041: Finding yourself

Mo Grunts was surprised to learn this guy is known for more than just his relationships with young chimps. 

040: Michael Jackson

Mo Grunts wonders why Coach K makes $9 million and Zion Williamson makes $0. Round table talks "amateurism" in big-money college sports.

039: College sports and money

Mo Grunts likes nuts and he likes almonds but he's unsure what to make of almond milk. An expanded roundtable tackles food ethics.

038: Almond milk and food ethics

Mo Grunts has seen the ads for high-dollar pick-ups and SUVs, asks how cowboys and plumbers can afford these rides.

037: Truck Culture and Luxe SUVs

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."

036: Star Wars

Mo Grunts just shoved his way off a crowded CTA platform and wants to know who raised these clueless commuters. 

035: Public transit etiquette

Mo Grunts can't understand why he feels so bad listening to NPR in the morning. Round table guys explain it's not just bad news -- it's Rachel Martin and bad journalism.

034: Morning Edition

Mo Grunts isn't a hardcore rock music chimp but does wonder why fans are into seance concerts for dead bands. 

033: Band Reunions

Mo Grunts is running for a local school board seat and seeks help from the roundtable guys with his position on Universal Basic Income.

032: Universal Basic Income

Mo Grunts understands tribal politics but Chicago is a different kind of animal. Ain't the city ready for reform yet? he wonders.

031: The Chicago Way

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

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