Our second hour featured the delightfully "infamous" Naomi Kritzer, a sci-fi author who spends her downtime being the Batman of St. Paul’s down-ballot elections, providing deep-dives on candidates that the mainstream media treats like the fine print on a CVS receipt. We pivoted from local democracy to the big game, debating if your game-day spread should officially be more expensive than your mortgage and marveling at the woman baking her way to San Francisco like a carbohydrate-fueled Uber. We even touched on the Milan Olympic Village, where athletes are apparently taking sound baths—which is a great way to say "I'm stressed" in a way that sounds expensive.

Relevant Links:

• Stand With Minnesota
• Pre-order Obstetrix by Naomi Kritzer
• Read "The Year Without Sunshine"

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