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No Work, School, or Spending This Fri. Feat. Local Labor Leaders
Episode 43
Summoning our best Jocko Conlan voice: Steeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee-rike!
You won't hear our guests—Minneapolis Regional Labor Federation President Chelsie …
8 months, 3 weeks ago
Bonus: What’s Going on in MN? Feat. Never Post
Episode 42
You've heard Racket's Em Cassel co-hosting RacketCast, certainly. But have you ever heard her guesting on another podcast entirely?
That's the not-so-…
9 months, 1 week ago
2025 MN Food/Drink Trends, Triumphs, Catastrophes, and Curiosities Feat. Critic Kirstie Kimball
Episode 41
It's our last podcast ep of 2025!
As such, we invited new Racket dining correspondent Kirstie Kimball of beyond beurre blanc to join fellow critic Em …
10 months, 1 week ago
Avoiding Death, Getting Weirder, Releasing Memoirs Feat. Mary Lucia
Episode 40
Wishing you and yours a joyous and spiritually fulfilling Black Friday. Make sure your frenzied consumerism arrives at What Doesn't Kill Me Makes Me …
10 months, 3 weeks ago
Biggest MN Turkeys of 2025
Episode 39
A sincere and gratitude-stuffed "gobble, gobble" to all our RacketCast listeners ahead of this, one of the final episodes before Thanksgiving.
As such…
11 months ago
Bonus: Twin Cities Election Guide Spectacular Feat. Naomi Kritzer
Episode 38
Naomi Kritzer, author of the best Twin Cities election guide for 20+ years, drops by the pod to assess mayoral races, City Council races, Park Board …
11 months, 2 weeks ago
The Parkway Pervert Feat. John Waters
Episode 37
Eternally cool director/author/personality John Waters—aka the “Pope of Trash” aka the “People's Pervert” aka the “Prince of Puke”—makes his triumpha…
11 months, 2 weeks ago
BookCast, Vol. 1
Episode 36
Sometimes, when you're a tiny media outlet with a biweekly podcast, several interview requests fall through and you're left with... three microphones…
1 year ago
The Surprising Afterlife of Alt-Weeklies Feat. Journalists Tricia Romano & Emma Silvers
Episode 35
Alt-weeklies: The four Racket founders/editors used to work at one, City Pages, before Star Tribune Media Co. flushed it and its 40-plus-year legacy …
1 year, 1 month ago
2025 MN Vikings Preview for Dummies Feat. Arif Hasan
Episode 34
In the grand tradition of this still-kinda-new podcast, we're bringing you conversations with smart and cool local sportswriters to preview upcoming …
1 year, 1 month ago