The Screaming Goat is a weekly debate show recorded in North Texas. We argue about politics, technology, the news, and the slow strange thing that's happening to America's neighborhoods. No teleprompter. No PR coaching. Just two friends who genuinely disagree, recording until someone laughs.
Goats see almost everything coming. Their pupils are rectangular — 320° of view, no blind spots to speak of. Politics is mostly blind spots. We thought that was funny.
Also: the screaming part is a recording mishap. Episode 3, the studio mic clipped on a bad take. We left it in. By episode 8 a listener edited it into the cold open. By episode 12 it was the cold open. The name followed.
"If a goat had to host a podcast about America, it would scream more than ours does." — a listener, week 4
Grew up in Los Angeles. Moved to Texas in 2014 for the cost of living and stayed for the BBQ. Manages enterprise software platforms by day. Reads three newspapers and a stack of substacks before breakfast.
Thomas is the show's resident skeptic-of-everything-tech-companies-promise. If a CEO says "trust and safety" on a podcast, Thomas can usually quote you the SEC filing where they slashed the team by 60%.
Born in Tennessee, raised in Mississippi, schooled in Texas. Defense attorney for fourteen years. Has read more search warrants than most people have read books. Believes the Constitution is a load-bearing wall and you should know what you're knocking down before you swing the hammer.
Douglas brings the show's anchor: the unsexy, granular, "yes but what does the law actually say" perspective. Also: the best dad jokes per minute of any podcast in the Metroplex.
