{"podcast":{"title":"RacketCast","slug":"racketcast-7015734","podcast_index_feed_id":7015734,"rss_url":"https://feeds.acast.com/public/shows/66e37617547e9546dfc561ed","website_url":"https://racketmn.com","image_url":"https://assets.pippa.io/shows/cover/1726182892345-5e16c0b2-7e89-4f4a-a132-2e8c4cacc4f7.jpeg","author":"Racket","episode_count":57,"summary":"Bi-weekly podcast from Racket, the Twin Cities news/arts/culture publication. Featuring hyper-local recaps, reviews, interviews, debates, hot takes, and more from the crew behind your favorite reader-funded, worker-owned media org. Want to advertise on RacketCast ? Email us at advertise@racketmn.com. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-25T18:19:17.550217+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/racketcast-7015734"},"episode":{"title":"Celebrate Fancy Ray Day Feat. Local Comedy Legend Fancy Ray","slug":"celebrate-fancy-ray-day-feat-local-comedy-legend-fancy-ray","published_at":"2026-03-20T18:14:11+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/racketcast-7015734/celebrate-fancy-ray-day-feat-local-comedy-legend-fancy-ray","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/racketcast-7015734","url":"https://shows.acast.com/racketcast/episodes/69bd835a62f6c66afebda42c","audio_url":"https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/66e37617547e9546dfc561ed/e/69bd835a62f6c66afebda42c/media.mp3","summary":"Happy Fancy Ray Day! Well, actually, that honorary calendar date— as previously decreed  by the mayors of Minneapolis and St. Paul—isn't until March 28. But we wanted to get \"The Best Looking Man in Comedy\" on our podcast well in advance of the \"Fancy Ray Day Comedy Show\" he'll be headlining next Saturday at Spring Street Tavern in northeast Minneapolis. ( Click here  for tickets.) \"Fancy\" Ray McCloney is, of course, a Minnesota comedy institution, having worked the clubs since the '80s. He ran for governor in 1998. He has pitched your favorite places and products for decades, including a Taco Bell spot during the 2016 Super Bowl. He has officiated hundreds of weddings, \"mostly for tattooed white people,\" he says with a grin. His TV appearances span from local cable access to Maury Povich to  America's Got Talent . Fancy Ray was an elusive guest to book (naturally, he wanted a coinciding gig to pitch), but we got him in the studio for a wide-ranging talk that touches on philosophy, riffing with Tim and Eric, poetry, his longtime friendship with Little Richard, and so much more. Before any of that we get into 20ish minutes of What I Learned in Racket, in which we discuss... WE WENT FOR THE WINGS: A Visit to the Mall of America Hooters During Its Final Days ‘Wuthering Heights’ Is a Horny Bore; ‘The Bride!’ Is a Dizzying Clutter ‘It’s David vs. Goliath’: Inside the Fight to Kill Google’s Secrecy-Shrouded Hermantown Data Center Subscribe  to  RacketCast  wherever you get your podcasts—Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Pocket Casts, etc. • Wanna  advertise  on RacketCast? Email us at  advertise@racketmn.com . • Have a food/drink, event, or show recommendation? How about a civic hot take? General or specific questi…","meta_description":"Happy Fancy Ray Day! Well, actually, that honorary calendar date— as previously decreed by the mayors of Minneapolis and St. Paul—isn't until March…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":3954,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/racketcast-7015734/episodes/celebrate-fancy-ray-day-feat-local-comedy-legend-fancy-ray/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/racketcast-7015734/celebrate-fancy-ray-day-feat-local-comedy-legend-fancy-ray.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}