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RacketCast, Ep. 59: Emergency 2026 MN State Fair New Food/Drink Roundtable!
Is it the Year of the Sausage, the Year of Skin, the Year of Bao, or something else entirely? We discuss.
Happy Birthday, Racket!
In today's Flyover news roundup we we reflect on five years and give thanks to you, dear reader.
Is There an End to the Story of Jacob Wetterling?
A new documentary implicates the tales Minnesotans have told about the boy’s disappearance for 37 years.
Time for the Annual Obligatory State Fair Open Thread
As we do every Friday, we're turning Racket over to you, the readers.
The Best, Worst, and Most Middling New Foods of the 2026 Minnesota State Fair
The return of our peerless, pitiless Scarf!, Shrug, Skip system.
Freeloader Friday: 118 Free Things To Do This Weekend
Plus 40 free shows to check out at the State Fair.
On the Big Screen This Week: Litigious Toons, Existential Dread, and a Murderous Kid’s Show Unicorn
Pretty much all the movies you can catch in the Twin Cities this week.
Fact Check: How Exaggerated is MN GOP’s Ceaseless $9B Fraud Claim? (Spoiler: Extremely.)
Plus more bad MPS news, Hmong funeral garb, and two attenuated celebrity death local angles in today's Flyover news roundup.
‘I Literally Can’t Get Enough of Minnesota’: 17 Albums in, Lambchop Finds Fresh Inspiration Up North
Inspired by traditional psalm singing and the Minnesotans he surrounds himself with, Kurt Wagner’s new album is the best of his 40-year career.
Despite Monday’s Stumble, the Lynx Maintain Their March Toward the WNBA’s Top Playoff Seed
What can the league's best team learn from their first-ever loss to the Golden State Valkyries?
