Rambler: Live From the City that Never Works

Austin Grey

Rambler: Live from the City That Never Works is an unpolished audio diary from inside a city addicted to being addicted. A sporadic monologue that tries to capture the quiet panic of catching fulfillment while staying busy. Equal parts dry humor and sincerity. We are not interested in answers, but I am going to ask a lot of questions, and you can bet on me rambling.

Episodes

  1. FEB 20

    A Couple Tips on Starting a Cult

    Send a text A lot of these new era cult leaders have it all wrong. I share a few lessons learned from some of the larger cults.

    13 min

  2. FEB 8

    I Love You: Ya Hunk of Junk

    Send a text Check out the brand new substack! This is a love letter the my car. The hunk of junk that refuses to get rid of me. My ride or die, even though I would prefer for it to die at this point. Shout out to the tiggy.

    11 min

  3. FEB 1

    Snowmageddon: Surviving Mother Earth's Cold Shoulder

    Send a text How do we survive the coldest days of the winter? Arguably not well. However, we do it together. Sometimes friends are the most important thing we thaw along the way.

    12 min

  4. JAN 25

    Flip a Coin: I am not Picking a Side

    Send a text A short, meandering rant about how I accidentally became “the guy with an opinion” after weighing in on the placement of an office plant. From there it spirals into workplace silence, wine-fueled kitchen debates about economics, movie opinions I can’t defend, and the general social pressure to always have a take—even when you don’t fully know what you’re talking about. It’s observational, a little self-owning, and mostly about the exhaustion of being expected to land somewhere, all anchored by a plant that keeps surviving bad decisions long after everyone involved has moved on.

    9 min

  5. JAN 18

    Wedding Season: We Really had a Good Thing Going

    Send a text Weddings have the potential to be the most beautiful thing in the world. Until the performative people took over.

    11 min

  6. JAN 13

    NYE - Who will the Kiss Be? Oh Please Not Her

    Send a text The stakes are high, for the first time in a year we have an excuse to kiss a girl, and odds are they are actually also looking for a kiss. Less face directly off with forced momentum and see if the object that moves everyone can move an immovable object.

    9 min

  7. JAN 5

    Airport Oddyssey - Destination Unknown but the Adventure is Navigating the Terminal

    Send a text What should have been a straightforward trip turns into a liminal, cocktail-fueled odyssey through the uniquely unhinged ecosystem of the airport. In Airport Odyssey, I unravel the disorientation of delayed timelines, forced small talk, and the strange authority figures who control your fate while insisting everything is “totally normal.”

    10 min

  8. JAN 5

    Beef with the Butcher - Escaping the Grocery Store with Minimal Injuries

    Send a text A simple errand spirals into a full-blown moral standoff when I walk into the deli section expecting sustenance and walk out questioning power, pride, and who’s really in charge behind the counter.

    10 min

  9. JAN 5

    Gym Bamboozlement - Getting Trapped in a Toxic Gym Relationship

    Send a text What starts as a reluctant step into a fluorescent-lit gym quickly turns into an existential comedy about routine, self-image, and how we end up places we once swore we’d never be.

    9 min
  • 9 Episodes

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Rambler: Live from the City That Never Works is an unpolished audio diary from inside a city addicted to being addicted. A sporadic monologue that tries to capture the quiet panic of catching fulfillment while staying busy. Equal parts dry humor and sincerity. We are not interested in answers, but I am going to ask a lot of questions, and you can bet on me rambling.

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