En iyi Racket podcastleri (2025)

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Making Racket Special Movie Review 1:00:32

10d ago1:00:32

1:00:32

Siblings and Co-Hosts Allyson and Nathan talk about all things sports including Badger sports, NFL, NHL, MLB, and NBA. This week they do a yearly tradition of watching Hallmark's Holiday Touchdown: A Bills Love Story. Tune in for their review of the movie.WSUM tarafından oluşturuldu

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2025 MN Food/Drink Trends, Triumphs, Catastrophes, and Curiosities Feat. Critic Kirstie Kimball 1:09:07

17d ago1:09:07

1:09:07

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 Cassel of Racket to hashbrown out the year that (almost) was in Minnesota food and drink. Recs are offered. Shit is talked. And the seemingly ballooning craft beer bubble? You better believe it's spec…

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Making Racket 12/7/25 58:32

21d ago58:32

58:32

Siblings and Co-Hosts Allyson and Nathan talk about all things sports including Badger sports, NFL, NHL, MLB, and NBA. This week they discuss Badger Hockey, College Football, and D3 Schools.WSUM tarafından oluşturuldu

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Making Racket 11/30/25 52:33

28d ago52:33

52:33

Siblings and Co-Hosts Allyson and Nathan talk about all things sports including Badger sports, NFL, NHL, MLB, and NBA. This week they talk Badger football, and lots of college and NFL football.WSUM tarafından oluşturuldu

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Avoiding Death, Getting Weirder, Releasing Memoirs Feat. Mary Lucia 1:18:17

1M ago1:18:17

1:18:17

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 Weirder and Harder to Relate To, the brand-new memoir from Mary Lucia. The longtime Twin Cities DJ stopped by Racket HQ to talk about her book, and my goodness did we enjoy a long, fascinating conversa…

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Making Racket 11/23/25 57:17

1M ago57:17

57:17

Siblings and Co-Hosts Allyson and Nathan talk about all things sports including Badger sports, NFL, NHL, MLB, and NBA. This week they talk Badger wins, and fake penalties.WSUM tarafından oluşturuldu

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Making Racket 11/16/25 56:41

1M ago56:41

56:41

Siblings and Co-Hosts Allyson and Nathan talk about all things sports including Badger sports, NFL, NHL, MLB, and NBA. This week they talk with guest host Luke Seruma about football, badger sports, and old college football games.WSUM tarafından oluşturuldu

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Biggest MN Turkeys of 2025 49:41

1M ago49:41

49:41

A sincere and gratitude-stuffed "gobble, gobble" to all our RacketCast listeners ahead of this, one of the final episodes before Thanksgiving. As such, we're talkin' turkey—local folks deserving of our unenviable "Biggest MN Turkeys of 2025" designation, that is. (How did we possibly come up with this idea?) Em, Keith, and Jay go around the horn, p…

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Making Racket 11/9/25 57:43

2M ago57:43

57:43

Siblings and Co-Hosts Allyson and Nathan talk about all things sports including Badger sports, NFL, NHL, MLB, and NBA. This week they talk about the Badgers big win and mascot names.WSUM tarafından oluşturuldu

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Making Racket 11/2/25 54:11

2M ago54:11

54:11

Siblings and Co-Hosts Allyson and Nathan are joined by Guest Adrian Mohr to talk about all things sports including Badger sports, NFL, NHL, MLB, and NBA. This week, they talk about all the Badger Sports and do a climbing quiz.WSUM tarafından oluşturuldu

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Bonus: Twin Cities Election Guide Spectacular Feat. Naomi Kritzer 34:32

2M ago34:32

34:32

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 races, and even the surprisingly exciting Board of Estimate & Taxation races. Study up—Tuesday is Election Day! Kritzer's latest book, Obstetrix, will arrive next summer. Subscribe to RacketCast wherev…

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The Parkway Pervert Feat. John Waters 39:29

2M ago39:29

39:29

Eternally cool director/author/personality John Waters—aka the “Pope of Trash” aka the “People's Pervert” aka the “Prince of Puke”—makes his triumphant return this Saturday to the Parkway Theater. That's where Waters, 79, will perform his new "Going to Extremes" show on a Minneapolis stage he has visited eight times in recent years—more like the "P…

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Making Racket 10/26/25 55:10

2M ago55:10

55:10

Nathan and Guest Co-Host Talula Hayes talk about sports-ish, badger sports, jerseys, and pizza.WSUM tarafından oluşturuldu

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Making Racket 10/19/25 58:02

2M ago58:02

58:02

Siblings and Co-Hosts Allyson and Nathan talk about all things sports including Badger sports, NFL, NHL, MLB, and NBA. This week, they talk about the state of Badger Football and fake football plays.WSUM tarafından oluşturuldu

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Making Racket 10/05/25 39:22

3M ago39:22

39:22

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BookCast, Vol. 1 56:29

3M ago56:29

56:29

Sometimes, when you're a tiny media outlet with a biweekly podcast, several interview requests fall through and you're left with... three microphones and an hour to fill. And nobody can accuse us of not filling it! Inspired by a dictionary's tweet, Jay, Em, and Keith gathered for the first installment of BookCast, where we go 'round the horn to tal…

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Making Racket 09/28/25 55:01

3M ago55:01

55:01

Siblings and Co-Hosts Allyson and Nathan talk about all things sports including Badger sports, NFL, NHL, MLB, and NBA. This week, they are joined by Sports Director Vince Hesprich to talk about the NFL and Badger Sports.WSUM tarafından oluşturuldu

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Making Racket 09/21/25 52:55

3M ago52:55

52:55

Siblings and Co-Hosts Allyson and Nathan talk about all things sports including Badger sports, NFL, NHL, MLB, and NBA. This week they cover an abysmal weekend for Wisconsin Football, and play Sports Math!WSUM tarafından oluşturuldu

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The Surprising Afterlife of Alt-Weeklies Feat. Journalists Tricia Romano & Emma Silvers 1:10:26

3M ago1:10:26

1:10:26

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 down the tubes five years ago. And that fate more or less mirrors what's happening nationally with those spirited, smart, and sharp-elbowed publications that once covered news, arts, and culture all ac…

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Making Racket 09/14/25 59:19

3M ago59:19

59:19

Siblings and Co-Hosts Allyson and Nathan talk about all things sports including Badger sports, NFL, NHL, MLB, and NBA. This week they cover Badger Football, the Packers and other NFL games, and Baseball.WSUM tarafından oluşturuldu

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Making Racket 09/07/25 58:29

3M ago58:29

58:29

Siblings and Co-Hosts Allyson and Nathan talk about all things sports including Badger sports, NFL, NHL, MLB, and NBA. This week they cover Badger Football, the US Open, and other College Football happenings.WSUM tarafından oluşturuldu

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2025 MN Vikings Preview for Dummies Feat. Arif Hasan 1:07:55

4M ago1:07:55

1:07:55

In the grand tradition of this still-kinda-new podcast, we're bringing you conversations with smart and cool local sportswriters to preview upcoming seasons. The "for dummies" framing? The guests have nothing to do with that, and perhaps one day we'll stop the condescending approach. But today is not that day, dummies. This week we've got Arif Hasa…

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Emergency MN State Fair New Food Roundtable! 1:16:00

4M ago1:16:00

1:16:00

No time for extensive show notes—this is an emergency! Listen to all four Racket owner/editors gab for an hour-plus about all the Minnesota State Fair official new foods we gobbled Thursday. Gov. Tim Walz even makes an exclusive cameo. Subscribe to RacketCast wherever you get your podcasts—Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Pocket Casts, etc. • Wanna adverti…

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The Wheels on the Bus Feat. Metro Transit 53:25

5M ago53:25

53:25

How does public transit work in the Twin Cities? To find out, we invited Metro Transit GM Lesley Kandaras and bus driver Al Chang to our St. Louis Park studio. (Kandaras, a true company woman who has ridden all 60 MT routes, even took the bus there.) Transit enthusiasts should enjoy this convo about the successes, challenges, new developments, and …

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Bonus: How’d Lutsen Lodge Really Burn Down? Feat. Journalist Joe Friedrichs 28:27

5M ago28:27

28:27

For many Minnesotans, it wasn’t just another building on the North Shore—it was the beating heart of the North Shore. Over its 144-year history, Lutsen Resort had hosted countless weddings, family reunions, and friendly ski trips along the the intersection of Lake Superior and the Poplar River. So when the historic lodge burned down in early 2024, …

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Can Epstein's Ghost Sink Trump? Feat. Sen. Tina Smith 31:54

5M ago31:54

31:54

The ghost of Jeffery Epstein, sex-trafficking buddy to the elites, continues to haunt Trump World. Just this week the Wall Street Journal reported that the Justice Department warned Trump in May that his name is included in the Epstein files. (The White House called this "fake news.") Meanwhile, the drip, drip, drip of previously unknown Trump-Epst…

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Having Cancer Feat. Wedge LIVE!'s Taylor Dahlin and Racket's Keith Harris 1:34:56

6M ago1:34:56

1:34:56

After Racket's Keith Harris was diagnosed with colon cancer in 2022, he noticed how much the actual experience of having cancer differed from how we typically talk about it. He's joined on the pod today by independent journalist Taylor Dahlin (Wedge LIVE!, Twitter), who was diagnosed with breast cancer last year. Now that both are cancer-free, the …

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Bonus: No War With Iran Feat. Rep. Ilhan Omar 19:40

6M ago19:40

19:40

War: There's nothing worse. Yet the U.S. can't seem to stop waging it, with our latest target, Iran, being subjected to around dozen 30,000-pound GBU-57 "bunker buster" bombs on June 21. The illegal preemptive attack may have set Iran's nuclear program back by only a few months, according to one preliminary classified report. One day later, Preside…

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Politickin’ and Puntin’ Feat. Ex-MN Viking Chris Kluwe 46:27

6M ago46:27

46:27

Punter. Activist. Rocker. Writer. Gamer. And, now, politician. Ex-Viking Chris Kluwe endeared himself to (most) Minnesotans for eight seasons as he booted the ball while fighting for LGBTQ+ rights. From July 3-6, Kluwe will make his triumphant return to this state as a guest at sci-fi convention CONVergence in downtown Minneapolis. Before that, we …

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Our Big Forever Chemical Problem Feat. Reporters Sharon Udasin and Rachel Frazin 43:06

7M ago43:06

43:06

Two veteran reporters from The Hill—Sharon Udasin and Rachel Frazin—drop by the pod to discuss their new book, Poisoning the Well: How Forever Chemicals Contaminated America, which dropped this past April via Island Press. You'll learn about the accidental origins of PFAS chemicals, their consumer-facing ubiquity, and the massive health risk they p…

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How to Launch a Writer-Owned News/Arts/Culture Publication 1:05:55

7M ago1:05:55

1:05:55

It's a Very Special Episode of RacketCast! No guests this week. Instead, three of Racket's four co-owner/editors—Jay Boller, Em Cassel, and Keith Harris—will share the origin story of our local news, arts, and culture publication, which'll turn four this summer. All it takes? Four laid-off schmucks with a combined $4,000, plenty of Covid-era unempl…

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Terrorized In Your Own Home Feat. Davis Moturi 1:20:42

8M ago1:20:42

1:20:42

The horror Davis Moturi and his wife, Caroline, experienced after moving into a cute white house on Grand Avenue in south Minneapolis has been well-documented. Moturi, a 34-year-old Black man, quickly realized his neighbor, 54-year-old white man John Sawchak, was determined to make his life hell. Beginning in 2023, Sawchak's seemingly endless assau…

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Bonus: Wait, IS MN Beer In Trouble? Feat. David Berg of Schell's 20:36

8M ago20:36

20:36

Last fall Racket surveyed 44 Minnesota brewing pros and found that 63.6% believe the industry is in a positive place—not bad! Last month Racket highlighted Axios reporting that showed a 10.8% boost in Minnesota craft brewery production last year—nice! But David Berg, the longtime brewmaster at August Schell Brewing Co., isn't convinced by those typ…

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Timberwolves Playoffs Explainer for Dummies Feat. Podcaster Dane Moore 1:10:16

8M ago1:10:16

1:10:16

A fresh RacketCast ep, out one day early due to Wolves Fever gripping the state. Is it unwise to keep calling our listeners "dummies"? Perhaps, but that's what we did with our Twins preview pod, and we're doing it again for this Timberwolves explainer featuring the great podcaster Dane Moore. Dane joined us Wednesday afternoon from L.A., where hour…

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Playoff Season 58:05

8M ago58:05

58:05

Both the NBA and NHL have started playoffs, so Allyson and Nathan give you their predictions on how the seasons will end. They also discuss the NFL draft and the best names in the history of the MLB.WSUM tarafından oluşturuldu

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Late March Madness Review, Ballpark Grub, NBA News, and the Master's Tournament 57:04

8M ago57:04

57:04

If you didn't hear the news, March Madness has ended, and Allyson and Nathan are here to talk about the NCAA championship game. They also touch on new MLB ballpark foods and, in honor of the Master's tournament wrapping up, some of the best golfer names.WSUM tarafından oluşturuldu

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March Madness Update, Future for UW Basketball, and the MLB Season 56:34

8M ago56:34

56:34

Allyson and Nathan discuss the final four games of March Madness, changes for the men's and women's basketball programs at UW, and the start of the MLB season.WSUM tarafından oluşturuldu

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Sad Basketball News, UW Women's Hockey National Title Game, and Spring Break Updates 57:37

8M ago57:37

57:37

Allyson and Nathan talk about the end of the UW basketball and hockey seasons, miscellaneous sports news, and some of the best names in college basketball.WSUM tarafından oluşturuldu

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Bonus: Should MN Ban Billboards? Feat. Sen. John Marty 23:01

8M ago23:01

23:01

We're still figuring out what types of conversations y'all wanna hear on RacketCast, and our first experiment with a newsier, shorter installment was a certified hit. So here's another bonus ep along those lines: our chat with veteran state Sen. John Marty (DFL-Roseville) about whether Minnesota should ban billboards. Marty's eye-catching new bill …

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Building the Perfect Cheeseburger feat. Angry Line Cook and Burger Daddies 1:57:34

9M ago1:57:34

1:57:34

Twin Cities burger freaks: This is the episode for you. The proprietors of two elite food trucks—Angry Line Cook (Jesse Hedman and Mona Negasi) and Burger Daddies (Nikki and Brian Podgorski)—dropped by our studio for a long conversation about cheeseburgers, building your business from scratch, and life in the trenches of the food industry. (FYI: Wh…

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HOW Many Things to Do In Duluth Before You Die? feat. Reporter Jay Gabler 1:02:35

9M ago1:02:35

1:02:35

What's going on up there in Duluth? Plenty of stuff worth trying out ahead of your demise, that's for sure. Duluth News Tribune reporter Jay Gabler chronicled the exact number in his new book, 100 Things to Do In Duluth Before You Die. Jay, who you might remember from his time at 89.3 the Current, hopped on the pod to discuss the Zenith City's must…

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Bonus: Unions Shout WTF Over Guv’s WFH Reversal feat. MAPE 23:47

9M ago23:47

23:47

Late Tuesday, Gov. Tim Walz surprised around 40,000 state workers by announcing a mandatory 50% return-to-office policy for employees who live within 75 miles of their main work location. “This policy change supports the economic vitality of office districts like downtown St. Paul, bringing foot traffic back to businesses and public spaces,” the go…

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Badger Basketball and New Sports Rules 1:00:33

9M ago1:00:33

1:00:33

Hosts Allyson and Nathan talk March Madness, changes for UW women's basketball, and give their pitches for new rules that should be added to professional sports.WSUM tarafından oluşturuldu

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UW Sports, Softball Stories, and Superstar Cereal 58:17

9M ago58:17

58:17

Allyson, Nathan, and 2 special guests talk about Badger basketball and hockey, NBA records, and athlete cereal sponsorships.WSUM tarafından oluşturuldu

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2025 MN Twins Preview for Dummies feat. Aaron Gleeman 1:46:46

9M ago1:46:46

1:46:46

In the early '00s Aaron Gleeman's U of M journalism professors suspected he was chronically hungover. In reality, the young blogger was chronically exhausted from writing about baseball literally all night long. That set Gleeman on a path that includes Aaron's Baseball Blog (cute!), NBC Sports, Baseball Prospectus, and, since 2019, the Athletic, wh…

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Prosecutor Progress Report feat. Mary Moriarty 1:12:09

10M ago1:12:09

1:12:09

Voters elected Mary Moriarty as Hennepin County's top prosecutor in 2022, which, given the sweeping sociopolitical changes since, feels like 1,000 years ago. Just over two full years into the job, how has Moriarty's progressive vision of restorative justice unfolded while Minneapolis remains under a national microscope? We asked the first openly LG…

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Record Breaking Hockey, Badger Basketball Update, and Climbing Quiz 58:11

10M ago58:11

58:11

Allyson and Nathan discuss the record-breaking Wisconsin women's hockey team, tournament time for Badger basketball, NFL off-season updates, and climbing routes at Devil's Lake.WSUM tarafından oluşturuldu

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US Congressmen Doing PR Work for a Shady Foreign Billionaire 36:24

10M ago36:24

36:24

Rackets Podcast #31 India's second wealthiest person, Gautam Adani, is facing legal pressure from the U.S. government. This episode shows the legal, but unethical, means that wealthy donors can get U.S. congressmen to help clean up their image. It's a perfect example of the systemic corruption in D.C. and how money shapes our politics. Show notes a…

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A Lifetime in the Morning Zoo feat. KDWB's Dave Ryan 59:21

10M ago59:21

59:21

A terrestrial radio DJ... on a podcast?! Believe it: We've got Dave Ryan, the 101.3 KDWB morning show host since 1993, on the pod to talk pranks, legacy, the evolving nature of Top 40 radio, and the ill-fated Booty Cruises. (Our conversation cold-opens with him dealing with a Colorado exterminator—how can you cut tape that good?) Be sure read Rache…

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Poised to Pop Jukebox + Exploring Narrative Podcasting 1:25:08

11M ago1:25:08

1:25:08

We've got a double-header for ya, folks. In the leadoff spot: Keith and Jay discuss Poised to Pop, Racket's annual predictions for the year's most exciting new local music acts. (It is very different from Picked to Click, thank you very much!) Hear Keith's scouting reports, then dive into some of the best rock, jazz, techno, rap, etc. sounds curren…

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