Jay Boller

RacketCast, Ep. 39: Biggest MN Turkeys of 2025 - Racket No disrespect to actual turkeys—we're talkin' local bozos.

my favorite (now annual!) racketcast episode of the year is here:

RacketCast, Ep. 39: Biggest MN Turkeys of 2025 - Racket No disrespect to actual turkeys—we're talkin' local bozos.

Did you make the cut? 😬

RacketCast, Ep. 38: Twin Cities Election Guide Spectacular Feat. Naomi Kritzer - Racket A special bonus episode to prepare you for voting.

Brush up on the ballot with @naomikritzer.bsky.social !

RacketCast, Ep. 37: The Parkway Pervert Feat. John Waters - Racket His prescription for these divided times? 'You have to make people laugh, then they'll listen, and then you have sex with 'em.'

Podcasting through paternity leave!

Meet the Volunteer Pilots Flying Patients From Red States to Reproductive Care - Racket Removing barriers to bodily autonomy, one prop plane flight at a time.

more and more people are coming to minnesota for reproductive or gender-affirming care. i talked to some of the pilots who can help 'em get here.

My first @racketmn.com article is LIVE AF!!!

I am famously Racket-pilled and insist you all subscribe to their esteemed press.

Trump officials discussed sending elite Army division to Portland, text messages show A high-ranking White House official was indiscreetly texting about the Portland, Ore., planning last weekend, according to messages shared with the Minnesota Star Tribune.

Wild scoop from the Minnesota Star Tribune, which includes a high-ranking Homeland Security official calling Kash Patel a “giant douche canoe” www.startribune.com/trump-offici...

Trump officials discussed sending elite Army division to Portland, text messages show A high-ranking White House official was indiscreetly texting about the Portland, Ore., planning last weekend, according to messages shared with the Minnesota Star Tribune.

The messages show high-level officials in the Trump administration discussing the possible deployment of the Army’s 82nd Airborne Division, an infantry force that has dropped into combat zones in both World Wars, Vietnam and Afghanistan.

Who's Bankrolling 'A Precarious State,' Rick Kupchella's New Twin Cities Doomer Doc? - Racket Plus Replacements biopic in the works, enter the STOP Slumlords Ordinance, and Barn Bluff history in today's Flyover news roundup.

I watched the whole thing (huge pain tolerance for ingesting bad media), and every "solution" involves lower corporate tax rates, deregulation, and punching left. It's the same old project, nothing new here.

Who's Bankrolling 'A Precarious State,' Rick Kupchella's New Twin Cities Doomer Doc? - Racket Plus Replacements biopic in the works, enter the STOP Slumlords Ordinance, and Barn Bluff history in today's Flyover news roundup.

Who exactly is paying for all this vague scaremongering?

Would the Honeycrisp of Hops Revitalize MN Beer? - Racket The University of Minnesota’s efforts to breed a hardy hop could help local growers and breweries. Here’s why we don’t have it yet.

The University of Minnesota’s efforts to breed a hardy hop could help local growers and breweries. Here’s why we don’t have it yet. racketmn.com/would-the-ho...

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Racket editors visit the mythical land of Saint Paul

My favorite part of the Sibling Rivalry that @moreneighbors.org and @sustainstpaul.bsky.social hosted at @blackhartstp.com tonight was when the @racketmn.com editors were forced to talk about Saint Paul & they mentioned the survey in which I chastised them about not talking about Saint Paul enough.

'Call It the Clown Car': An Oral History of Minneapolis's 35-Candidate 2013 Mayoral Election - Racket Thirty-five candidates. Three dozen debates. Two unrelated pirate-centric elements. The first real test of ranked-choiced voting and, finally, a new mayor.

a while ago i became obsessed with the 2013 mayoral race in mpls: 35 candidates, yes, but also the city’s first real test of ranked-choice voting, + the race set up our current political landscape in both predictable and surprising ways.

jay & i interviewed lots of people about it—here’s a 🎁 link!

'Call It the Clown Car': An Oral History of Minneapolis's 35-Candidate 2013 Mayoral Election - Racket Thirty-five candidates. Three dozen debates. Two unrelated pirate-centric elements. The first real test of ranked-choiced voting and, finally, a new mayor.

Thirty-five candidates. Three dozen debates. Two unrelated pirate-centric elements. The first real test of ranked-choice voting and, finally, a new mayor.

'Call It the Clown Car': An Oral History of Minneapolis's 35-Candidate 2013 Mayoral Election - Racket Thirty-five candidates. Three dozen debates. Two unrelated pirate-centric elements. The first real test of ranked-choiced voting and, finally, a new mayor.

Nobody ASKED for a 6,000-word oral history on the wildest mayoral election in city history, but here it is:

Racket's Sept-Member Fall Membership Drive: Get Your First Month for $1! - Racket Heckuva deal for new members.

C'mon...

Fun times talking about the importance of altweeklies with the crew of @racketmn.com @coyotemedia.org and @emmaruthless.bsky.social and @usefulnoise.bsky.social
we talk about the good, bad, and the ugly of them and I tell the story of one of my favorite and most notorious columns.

We Reviewed Guy Fieri's New Line of Holiday Gas Station Food. For Journalism. - Racket Steer clear of this part of Flavortown.

I went to gas station Flavortown.

Poster in style of a band announcement. Text at top: Sibling Rivalry 9/25/2025. Middle of Page: Representing Minneapolis, followed by Three headshots of people in middle center. At bottom lists names of people in headshots: Jessica Armbruster, Jay Boller, and Keith Harris AKA Team Racket. Tickets can be purchased at actionnetwork.org/ticketed_events/sibling-rivalry/

HUGE TEAM MINNEAPOLIS ANNOUNCEMENT! 📣

Saint Paul better prepare for trouble! Team N4MN is excited to announce that Jessica Armbruster, Jay Boller, and Keith Harris aka Team Racket will be repping us on the mic one week from today at Sibling Rivalry!

Tickets: actionnetwork.org/ticketed_eve...

At the Palace, Rilo Kiley Reminds Adults What They’ve Lived Through - Racket Touring for the first time since 2008, the reunited band brought fans back to the 2000s, a time it’s hard to be nostalgic for.

and here's my Rilo Kiley review again, for the daytime crew

Racket's Sept-Member Fall Membership Drive: Get Your First Month for $1! - Racket Heckuva deal for new members.

Some are calling it the deal of the century—it's certainly the deal of the month. Now through the end of September (er, Sept-member), sign up for Racket for a single dollar!

We ordered 60, about 30 left. This run is LIMITED.

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Gimme a Freakin' Break! Alleged Union Buster Ann Kim Was Never 'Canceled.' - Racket Plus U of M labor drama, Euro Target cometh, and one sweet little cabin in today's Flyover news roundup.

Come on, man.

What Happens When Progressive Companies Meet Unionizing Workers? - Racket In the Twin Cities, the outcomes have rarely ended without acrimony.

i will shut up about the ann kim stuff now, but my colleague @jayboller.bsky.social wrote a really thoughtful, nuanced version of this story back before her whole labor fiasco even happened, which i would encourage you to read!

great lede, I don't remember writing it!

19th-Century St. Paul Mayors, Ranked by Hotness - Racket Seven months ago, for some reason, we ranked the long-dead Minneapolis mayors. Now, petards hoisted, we finally conclude this two-part series.

Finally the content I crave racketmn.com/19th-century...

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Hear Racket contributor Seth A. Richardson talk with @wccoradio.bsky.social about his Palmer's Bar longread 👇

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