Episode 2: Folklore
Aug 25, 2026 · 40 min · 10 segments
What is folk culture? Delve into folk lore, folk music and folk art with state auditor Julie Blaha, comic Phoebe Bottoms, and singer-songwriter Emmy Woods.
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Aug 25, 2026 · 40 min · 10 segments
What is folk culture? Delve into folk lore, folk music and folk art with state auditor Julie Blaha, comic Phoebe Bottoms, and singer-songwriter Emmy Woods.
Julie BlahaGuest
Emmaline ChildsHost
Emmy WoodsGuest
Bryan ClapperHost
And I bring that up because I think the Minnesota State Fair is really the epicenter of Minnesota folk culture.
Every nook and cranny, every single culture that's in Minnesota comes to that spot, that great Minnesota get together.
You know, I was listening to a, a different podcast, and I'm not gonna name them 'cause we don't wanna like help anybody else out, um, on the way over here and they were talking about, um, they were interviewing a candidate for Senate in Iowa, and he was talking about how great the Iowa State Fair is.
And the host's, uh, partner happens to be from Minnesota, and so he was trying to stick up for Minnesota.
But, um, you know, he described the Iowa State Fair in sort of the superficial way that a lot of people think of our fair, which is it's got great food and rides and you can win prizes-
Um, so I wanna know like what makes it uniquely Minnesotan? What cultural aspects at our fair do you think make it uniquely Minnesotan?
You know, most people are like looking for all the new foods at the fair, the viral foods, but I think one really special thing about that is that a lot of those viral foods are actually home recipes-
And quite literally, for a lot of these vendors, there's grandmas and moms and aunties back home making these things-
And I bring that up because I think the Minnesota State Fair is really the epicenter of Minnesota folk culture.
Every nook and cranny, every single culture that's in Minnesota comes to that spot, that great Minnesota get together.
You know, I was listening to a, a different podcast, and I'm not gonna name them 'cause we don't wanna like help anybody else out, um, on the way over here and they were talking about, um, they were interviewing a candidate for Senate in Iowa, and he was talking about how great the Iowa State Fair is.
And the host's, uh, partner happens to be from Minnesota, and so he was trying to stick up for Minnesota.
But, um, you know, he described the Iowa State Fair in sort of the superficial way that a lot of people think of our fair, which is it's got great food and rides and you can win prizes-
Um, so I wanna know like what makes it uniquely Minnesotan? What cultural aspects at our fair do you think make it uniquely Minnesotan?
You know, most people are like looking for all the new foods at the fair, the viral foods, but I think one really special thing about that is that a lot of those viral foods are actually home recipes-
And quite literally, for a lot of these vendors, there's grandmas and moms and aunties back home making these things-
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