{"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":"The Parkway Pervert Feat. John Waters","slug":"the-parkway-pervert-feat-john-waters","published_at":"2025-10-31T13:14:37+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/racketcast-7015734/the-parkway-pervert-feat-john-waters","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/racketcast-7015734","url":"https://racketmn.com","audio_url":"https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/66e37617547e9546dfc561ed/e/6904b63dcce74301993fa5c1/media.mp3","summary":"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 \"Parkway Pervert.\" Ahead of the gig we chatted about Walker Art Center glory holes, Coen bros friendship/fandom, fearing the Mall of America, and how, in 2025, nobody can take a freaking joke. But first! Here are the stories we gabbed about during What I Learned In Racket... Meet the Volunteer Pilots Flying Patients From Red States to Reproductive Care What I Saw at This Weekend’s Minnesota MAHA Fest Scared the Hell out of Me This episode of  RacketCast  is brought to you by   TPT's  You Are Here: Wicked Minnehaha . 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 question?  Call 619-RACKTIP  (619-722-5847) with your first name + city + 3-min.-maximum voicemail, and we might play it on a future episode.  •  Special thanks to local band  Van Stee  for supplying our podcast music! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.","meta_description":"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…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2369,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/racketcast-7015734/episodes/the-parkway-pervert-feat-john-waters/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/racketcast-7015734/the-parkway-pervert-feat-john-waters.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}