>> "ALMANAC" IS A PRODUCTION OF TWIN CITIES PBS FOR THE STATIONS OF MINNESOTA PUBLIC TELEVISION ASSOCIATION.

>> Cathy: WE ARE AT THE MPR NEWS STATE FAIR BOOTH FOR "ALMANAC" AT THE FAIR.

>> Eric: THE WAIT A MINUTE, WE DO A TV V SHOW.

I AM CONFUSED.

>> Cathy: "ALMANAC"'S NEXT.

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>> Cathy: WOW!

WE'RE BEEN DOING THIS FOR NEARLY 15 YEARS NOW, AND WE'RE ALWAYS THRILLED TO DO IT AGAIN.

HELLO, I'M CATHY WURZER.

TODAY TWIN CITIES PBS IS WORKING WITH MINNESOTA PUBLIC RADIO NEWS TO BRING YOU A LIVE EDITION OF "ALMANAC" FROM THE MINNESOTA STATE FAIRGROUNDS.

AND WE HAVE A GREAT SHOW LINED UP FOR YOU.

>> ERIC: AND I'M ERIC ESKOLA.

A SPECIAL WELCOME TO ALL O HEY, THANKS, FOR THAT SITTING OVATION.

A SPECIAL WELCOME TO ALL OF OUR FANS ON PUBLIC RADIO AND TV.

WE HAVE A LOT TO SHARE IN THE NEXT HOUR.

WE'LL TALK POLITICS OF COURSE.

FALL WEATHER CHAT WITH MARK SEELEY.

BIRDCHICK IS HERE, AND IF YOU'RE GOOD AND IN THE LIVE AUDIENCE, YOU MIGHT GET TO ASK HER A QUESTION.

>> Cathy: VERY EXCITING.

DID WE MENTION LIVE MUSIC AND SPORTS?

AND A KEVIN KLING STATE FAIR STORY.

WE HAVE A LOT TO GET TO, SO LET'S DIVE IN.

WE START WITH POLITICS OF COURSE.

MARY LAHAMMER IS OUT IN THE CROWD.

>> Mary: YEAH, THE STATE FAIR IS ALWAYS FULL OF POLITICKING AND THE REST OF THIS YEAR, WITH THE MIDTERMS, WE'LL HAVE PLEBT OF CAMPAIGNING.

I WAS HERE BRIGHT AND EARLY ON THE OPENING DAY AND CAUGHT UP WITH ALL OF THE TOP CANDIDATES.

>> THREE, TWO, ONE!

>> Mary: U.S.

SENATOR AMY KLOBUCHAR IS ALWAYS AT THE OPENING GATE, BUT THIS YEAR THERE'S NEW PURPOSE.

>> WHEN YOU'RE AT THE FAIR AND THEY COME UP AND SAY MY PRESCRIPTION DRUG IS DELAYED, COULD YOU HELP ME, THAT'S REAL.

>> Mary: CHANGED IT TO THE WORD GOVERNOR?

>> I AM NOTHING BUT CONSISTENT.

WHICH IS VERY IMPORTANT RIGHT NOW IN OUR POLITICS WHEN THINGS ARE CRAZY.

HAVING SOMEONE THAT'S GOING TO BE THERE FOR THEM INCLUDING YOUR STATE FAIR LOCATION.

>> Mary: ONLY AT THE FAIR IS YOUR OPPONENT AMICABLY WITHIN EARSHOT.

HERE'S REPUBLICAN GUBERNATORIAL CANDIDATE, HOUSE SPEAKER LISA DEMUTH.

>> THAT'S FINE.

I MEAN, IN A TIED LEGISLATURE, MARY, YOU KNOW ANYTHING CAN HAPPEN.

SO WHEN WE GET A CHANCE TO WORK CLOSE BY, ABSOLUTELY FINE.

I THINK THAT'S WHAT PEOPLE NEED TO SEE.

THERE'S NO REASON TO NOT BE IN THE SAME SPACES.

>> Mary: WHAT ARE YOU HEARING?

>> FRAUD IS UNBELIEVABLE.

EVERY SINGLE CONVERSATION P CONVERSATION IS ALWAYS GET RID OF THIS FRAUD.

>> Mary: ANDIDATES FOR THE OPEN U.S.

SENATE SEAT ALSO SPENT THE DAY AT THE FAIR.

ONLY ONE SPENT MONEY ON A BOOTH AND THAT CANDIDATE MICHELLE TAFOYA OF COURSE.

>> THIS IS THE GREAT MINNESOTA GET TOGETHER.

>> Mary: HOW IMPORTANT IS THIS INVESTMENT TO BE HERE IN YOUR OWN BOOTH?

>> THIS WAS A PRIORITY FOR US.

WE'RE HEARING REALLY GOOD THINGS.

THE POLLING'S STARTING TO LOOK REALLY GOOD SINCE THE PRIMARY.

NOW WE KNOW THE OPPONENT.

GLAINL GLAI >> Mary: DEMOCRAT PEGGY FLANAGAN WON THE PRIMARY.

>> I THINK ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF KEEPING THE SEAT BLUE, CONTINUING TO FIGHT FOR MINNESOTANS.

AND, YOU KNOW, THAT'S THE WORK.

AND WE'RE GOING TO VISIT WITH FOLKS HERE.

AND EAT OUR WAY THROUGH THE FAIR.

>> Mary: DO YOU NOT HAVE A BOOTH?

>> YEAH, WE'RE JUST GOING TO BE AT THE MINNESOTA DFL.

[ Applause ] >> CATHY: JOINING US NOW TO TALK ABOUT THE 2026 GOVERNOR'S RACE, U.S.

SENATE RACE AND MORE, TWO PUBLIC MEDIA POLITICAL JOURNALISTS.

WHO ARE THE BEST IN THEIR FIELD.

MARY LAHAMMER HANDLES THE POLITICAL BEAT AT TWIN CITIES PBS AND IS HOST OF OUR SISTER PROGRAM, "ALMANAC: AT THE CAPITOL."

BRIAN BAKST IS SENIOR POLITICAL EDITOR FOR MPR NEWS AND HOST OF "POLITICS FRIDAY."

GOOD TO SEE YOU GUYS.

>> GLAD TO BE HERE.

>> Cathy: YOU KNOW, I THINK MARY LAHAMMER, WAS IT LAST YEAR ON THIS VERY STAGE, WE WERE WONDERING IF SENATOR KLOBUCHAR WOULD RUN FOR GOVERNOR?

>> Mary: I KNOW WE HAVE A LOT OF REGULARS.

DOES ANYBODY REMEMBER EXACTLY ONE YEAR AGO WHEN WE LOADED WHAT SEEMED LIKE AN ABSOLUTELY PREPOSTEROUS THEORY AND THERE WERE GASPS AND AHS FROM THE CROWD.

AND SENATOR KLOBUCHAR SAID PEOPLE HAD SPENT TOO MUCH TIME IN THE BEER GARDEN, WHEN WE DARED TO JUST THE RUMOR THAT SHE WAS GOING TO ENTER THE RACE FOR GOVERNOR?

AND GOVERNOR WALZ WAS NOT GOING TO RUN FOR REELECTION.

WE REMINDED HER OF THAT EXACTLY ONE YEAR LATER, AND, GOSH, ISN'T THAT WHAT HAPPENED?

WHAT A SWICIAL, AND HAT A LOT OF NEW ENERGY.

I'VE BEEN DOING A LONG TIME, SO MANY NEW FACES.

SO MUCH NEW ENERGY AT THE OPENING GATE AT ALL THOSE CANDIDATES BOOTHS.

LOT OF YOUNG NEW PEOPLE TOO, STANDING IN LINE.

I THINK THERE IS FRESH ENERGY IN MINNESOTA POLITICS RIGHT NOW.

>> Cathy: HAT DO YOU THINK?

>> IT'S GOING TO BE A BLOCK BUSTER YEAR NO MATTER WHAT.

EVERYTHING THAT'S IMPORTANT IN MINNESOTA IN TERMS OF OFFICES, SENATE, THE LEGISLATURE'S N THE LINE.

ALL THE CONSTITUTIONAL OFFICES.

THERE ARE A LOT OF NEW CANDIDATES, A LOT OF NEW FACES AND AS MARY SAID, WHO KNOWS WHICH KIND OF VOTERS ARE GOING TO SHOW UP?

WE LEARNED A LITTLE BIT ROM THE PRIMARY, BUT THERE'S STILL A LOT MORE TO LEARN.

>> Mary: AND WE SHOULD JUST SAY OUT LOUD, WOMEN AT THE TOP OF THE TICKET.

THAT IS EXCITING AND THE FIRST TIME EVER.

>> Eric: ARE WE HOPING TO GET SOME RESH IDEAS OR DOES IT GO BACK TO KIND OF THE GREATEST HITS OF IMMIGRATION AND FRAUD AND CRIME AND AFFORDABILITY?

>> I THINK IT'S A BIT OF BOTH.

YOU HAVE PROBABLY THE TWO MOST SUBSTANTIVE GOVERNOR CANDIDATES THAT YOU'VE HAD IN A WHILE, STEEPED IN POLICY.

SO THE MAKINGS ARE THERE.

THERE COULD BE A DEBATE OVER THE DIRECTION OF THE STATE, HOW TO MOVE FORWARD IN THIS NEW ECONOMY WITH A.I.

ON THE DOORSTEP AND ALL KINDS OF THINGS THAT COULD REALLY DISRUPT THE WAY MINNESOTA GETS US TAX REVENUE AND THE WAY THAT MINNESOTANS LIVE.

AND SO THERE'S THE MAKINGS OF IT.

BUT AS YOU KNOW, THE EASY BUMPER STICKER MESSAGES TEND TO WIN THE DAY.

>> Cathy: ARE THOSE EASY BUMPER STICKER MESSAGES, I WONDER HOW DATA CENTERS PLAY INTO THIS?

>> Mary: AND A TOTAL UNKNOWN.

AND IT'S PLAYING ON THE LEFT, ON THE RIGHT.

BRINGING VERY INTERESTING FOLKS ON THE FAR LEFT AND FAR RIGHT OGETHER.

AND A LOT OF NOT IN MY BACKYARD.

WE DON'T KNOW HOW DATA CENTERS ARE PLAYING.

AND THEN ALSO COME BACK TO BRIAN, THE U.S.

SENATE RACE TOO IS BRINGING A LOT OF NEW ENERGY.

FLANAGAN A OT OF NEW ENERGY.

TAFOYA, A LOT OF NEW ENERGY.

SO THAT IS BRINGING NEW FACES OUT TOO.

>> Eric: WHAT DO WE KNOW ABOUT DEBATES FOR THE STATEWIDE CANDIDATES?

>> PLEASE, LET'S HAVE THEM.

AS MANY OF THEM AS WE CAN.

>> Eric: WHY IS THIS SUCH AN EFFORT TO GET PEOPLE TO DEBATE?

>> IT'S REALLY PART OF THIS CAMPAIGN CHANGE WHERE CANDIDATES WANT TO BE IN THE CONTROLLED ENVIRONMENTS.

THEY WANT TO SPEAK TO THEIR AUDIENCES ON THEIR PLATFORMS AND MAYBE COMINGLE WITH EVERYONE ELSE EVERY ONCE IN A WHILE.

SO WE'RE PUSHING FOR THEM.

WE HOPE TO HAVE THEM.

WE'RE -- OPEN INVITATION IF YOU'RE RUNNING FOR BIG OFFICE YEAR, COME ON ON OVER.

>> Mary: WE KNOW THAT CRAIG AND FLANAGAN DID A LOT IN THE SENATE RACE AND I TALKED TO MICHELLE TAFOYA A BIT.

ARE YOU GOING TO DEBATE?

AND SHE SAID ABSOLUTELY.

SHE COMES FROM MEDIA.

SHE WANTS TO DO IT.

SHE'S BEEN SAYING YES TO A LOT MORE INTERVIEWS AND SHE PROMISES THAT SHE WILL DEBATE.

>> Cathy: WHAT ABOUT THE ATTORNEY GENERAL'S RACE?

THAT IS A CLOSE ONE ACCORDING TO POLLS.

>> THE LAST TWO HAVE BEEN VERY CLOSE.

YOU HAVE KEELED ELLISON WHO'S RUNNING FOR A THIRD TERM.

HE'S GOT THE FRAUD ISSUE HE'S WORKING TO CONTEND WITH.

YOU'VE GOT RON SCHUTZ, AN ATTORNEY RUNNING.

WHAT TYPES OF CASES HE WOULD PURSUE AS ATTORNEY GENERAL, WHICH ONES HE WITH DROP.

THERE'S GOING TO BE A LOT OF CONVERSATION IN THAT ONE.

>> Mary: ND DON'T SLEEP ON THE AUDITOR'S RACE.

THAT IS AN OPEN SEAT.

"ALMANAC" HAD THE FIRST DEBATE RECENTLY.

SO ONE SHOULD BE AN INTERESTING ONE TO WATCH AS WELL.

>> Eric: HOW TAFOYA GOING FOR THE LOWER TAB FEES?

>> YEAH, SHE HASN'T REALLY ANSWERED EXACTLY WHERE THE MONEY WOULD COME FROM IN THE LONG TERM.

>> Eric: VENTURA GOT HIS START HERE AT THE STATE FAIR.

>> Mary: ABSOLUTELY, THAT'S WHERE HE TOOK OFF.

DEMUTH HAS SPENDING TIME HERE.

SHE HAS A BOOTH.

PEGGY FLANAGAN IS THE ONLY TOP TIER CANDIDATE THAT DID NOT SPEND THE MONEY ON A BOOTH.

>> Cathy: IS THAT STRANGE?

IT FEELS IKE IT IS.

>> Mary: SHE SAID IT'S NOT ABOUT MONEY.

SHE ON WITH 20 MILLION SPENT AGAINST HER.

SHE'S GOING TO BE AT THE PARTY BOOTH.

>> Cathy: YOU GUYS ARE GREAT AS ALWAYS.

BRIAN BAKST, MARY LAHAMMER.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

WE'RE GOING TO HEAD OUT TO THE CROWD RIGHT NOW TO SEE WHAT TANE DANGER AND SHELETTA BRUNDIDGE ARE UP TO AND THEN ERIC AND I WILL TALK SPORTS WITH ERIC NELSON.

>> HEY, I AM TANE DANGER HERE WITH SHELETTA BRUNDIDGE!

SO YOU ARE USED TO SEEING US TETHERED TO A MONITOR IN STUDIO B, BUT THERE IS NOWHERE I WOULD RATHER BE THAN WITH A WONDERFUL ENTIRELY FULL AUDIENCE HERE AT THE MINNESOTA STATE FAIR!

AND SO YOU, AUDIENCE, ARE GOING TO GET SOME TIME TO ASK THE BIRDCHICK SOME QUESTIONS.

THERE'S GOING TO BE A KEVIN KLING ESSAY.

AND YOU HAVE SOMETHING COOKING.

>> Sheletta: I WANT MY MATERNITY CLOTHES BECAUSE WE'RE GOING TO BE EATING.

BEFORE I DO THAT, MY FRIEND ERIC NELSON, SPORTS AFICIONADO IS TALKING TO CATHY AND ERIC.

>> Eric: THAT'S RIGHT.

THE MINNESOTA LYNX ARE JUST ONE WIN AWAY FROM CLINCHING THE TOP SEED IN THE WNBA PLAYOFFS.

THE VIKINGS ARE FINISHING UP THE PRESEASON FRIDAY NIGHT.

AND THE MINNESOTA TWINS CONTINUE THEIR ROLLER COASTER SEASON WITH A RECORD BELOW .500 BUT STILL IN THE PLAYOFF HUNT.

HERE WITH HIS FIRST "ALMANAC: AT THE FAIR" VISIT, ERIC NELSON.

LONGTIME TWIN CITIES SPORTS REPORTER AND CO-HOST OF THE RADIO AND TV SHOW "10,000 TAKES."

>> Cathy: WELCOME.

>> YEAH, GREAT TO BE HERE.

>> Eric: I'M CURIOUS ABOUT THE BUSINESS END OF BASKETBALL WITH THE NEW SALE OF THE WOLVES AND THE LYNCH.

LYNX.

HOW DO YOU SORT THAT OUT?

>> I THINK IT'LL BE BUSINESS AS USUAL.

BILLIONAIRE GOING TO TEAM UP WITH A-ROD.

THE REAL NEWS WAS THE ACQUISITION OF JONATHAN CAMINGA THE OTHER DAY.

WHO WAS WITH ATLANTA.

HE'S FROM THE CONGO.

HE'S GOING TO BRING MORE ENERGY TO THIS TEAM.

THEY'RE GOING TO BE FUN TO WATCH.

I DON'T KNOW IF THEY CAN OUTPACE OKLAHOMA CITY AND SAN ANTONIO, THAT'S HE GOLD STANDARD IN THE WEST.

BUT NOW YOU HAVE ANT.

YOU LEMELO.

I'M HEARING THAT THEY'RE ALREADY PALLING UP.

THEY'RE GOING TO BE FUN ON THE FLOOR.

SO THIS TEAM IS GOING TO BE VERY NTERESTING.

>> Eric: LYNX HAVE DYNASTY WRITTEN ON HEM A LITTLE BIT?

>> THEY NEED TO GET THEIR FIFTH TITLE.

THEY HAD A HICCUP THE OTHER NIGHT AGAINST GOLDEN STATE.

BUT THEY STILL HAVE THE BEST RECORD IN THE WNBA.

THEY'LL PLAY ATLANTA ON SUNDAY, AND THEN THEY TAKE OFF FOR A COUPLE WEEKS, THE FEBA WORLD CUP OF BASKETBALL BREAK.

>> Cathy: SAY, WHAT ABOUT MILES?

MUST BE ROOKIE OF THE YEAR, RIGHT?

>> I DON'T KNOW IF WE HAD THE ROOKIE MAKE THE KIND OF SPLASH IN MENTAL HEALTH LIKE IN MENTAL HEALTH MINNESOTA LIKES SINCE RANDY MOSS.

THE W HAS KATEIN THE W HAS KATE KATEIN CLARK, BUT OLIVIA MILES HAS BEEN UNBELIEVABLY GOOD.

>> Eric: DO YOU BUY HOW THE VIKING QUARTERBACK SITUATION HAS MADE ITSELF PLAIN HERE?

>> WELL, HEY, IT'S A POLITICAL YEAR AND KYLER WON IN A LAND SLIDE.

I THINK IT WAS THE RIGHT THE MOVE.

J.J.

MCCARTHY'S BANGS UP AGAIN.

THEY PLAY TONIGHT AGAINST DENVER OUT IN COLORADO.

CARSON WENTZ SHOULD BE OUR -- YOU CAN'T HAVE A REVOLVING DOOR AT QUARTERBACK EVERY SEASON.

>> Cathy: I MEAN, AND USUALLY THERE'S ALWAYS SOMETHING THAT HAPPENS WHEN IT COMES TO INJURIES, RIGHT?

I MEAN, INEVITABLY.

SO I WONDER HERE, WHERE MIGHT THEY FINISH THE SEASON?

>> I THINK YOUR POINT IS THE KEY ONE.

FIRST OF ALL, LET'S START WITH THE OFFENSIVE LINE.

CHRISTIAN DARRISAW HAS MISSED A LOT OF GAMES THE LAST TWO SEASONS.

BRIAN O'NEILL ON THE RIGHT SIDE, SAME THING.

THE O-LINE HAS TO STAY IN TACT.

LET'S NOT FORGET KYLER MURRAY, CARSON WENZ AND J.Y.

ALL MISSED GAMES LAST YEAR.

>> Eric: WHY DO I CARE ABOUT WALKER JENKINS?

>> HE'S BEEN BRILLIANT AT TRIPLE-A, ST.

PAUL.

BYRON BUXTON STILL BATTLING THAT HIP INJURY.

THE TWINS HAVE LIMPED BACK FROM THAT WEST COAST ROAD TRIP.

THEY HAVE TO WIN THIS SERIES AGAINST CHICAGO, ALSO AGAINST DETROIT, AND THEN NEXT WEEKEND, THEY'RE IN CHICAGO TO TAKE ON THE SOX, IF THEY DON'T HAVE SUCCESS IN THE NEXT THREE SERIES, THEY COULD BE IN TROUBLE.

>> Cathy: SO WE'RE LOOKING FOR THAT FINAL WILD CARD SLOT, RIGHT?

>> EXACTLY.

THEY STILL HAVE A FLICKER OF HOPE, BUT THEY'RE FALLING FURTHER DOWN THE LADDER.

THE FINAL WILD CARD SPOT IS WHAT THE TWINS HAVE A REALISTIC CHANCE FOR, BUT THE PAST WEEK DID NOT HELP THEIR CAUSE.

>> Cathy: BEFORE YOU GO.

U OF M GOPHER FANS OUT IN THE STANDS?

SURE.

WHAT ABOUT THEM?

>> THEY WILL PLAY EASTERN ILLINOIS NEXT HURSDAY NIGHT.

THEY'RE FAVORED BY 43.

THAT'S WHAT WE CALL A BODY BAG GAME.

BUT THEY GET A BIG CHECK FROM THE GOPHERS.

>> Eric: ON THAT NOTE, ERIC NELSON, GIVE HIM A HAND.

>> THANK YOU.

>> Eric: LET'S HEAD OUT TO THE CROWD AND SEE WHAT SHELETTA AND TANE ARE UP TO.

>> SHELETTA: SHELETTA BRUNDIDGE HERE AGAIN.

ARE WE HAVING FUN AT THE MINNESOTA STATE FAIR OR WHAT?

YOU KNOW, I'LL BE BACK TRYING SOME NEW STATE FAIR FOODS.

I'VE BEEN SNEAKING, TANE, TO SEE WHERE THEY ARE.

>> WELL, SURE, FOOD AT THE FAIR IS FUN, BUT YOU KNOW WHAT'S REALLY FUN?

A GEOGRAPHY QUIZ!

FINE, WE'RE GOING TO DO IT ANYWAY.

SO -- BUT RIGHT NOW, MINNESOTA'S FAVORITE BIRD PERSON IS UP ON THE STAGE.

BIRDCHICK, BIRDCHICK!

>> BIRDCHICK!

BIRDCHICK!

BIRDCHICK!

BIRDCHICK!

>> Cathy: I HAVE TO SAY, IN OUR 40 YEARS OF "ALMANAC," WE'VE NEVER HAD A GUEST HAVE A CHANT.

FOR A GUEST, NO.

>> YOU'VE MADE MY DAY!

THANK YOU!

>> Cathy: OH, MY GOSH.

ALL RIGHT, Y'ALL, IT'S STATE FAIR TIME, RIGHT?

AND DID YOU KNOW THAT WARBLERS, VIEROS, AND ORIOLES ARE ON THE MOVE OVERHEAD?

NO?

THEY'RE LEAVING MINNESOTA.

AND I AM CRUSHED PERSONALLY BECAUSE IT MEANS THAT FALL IS RIGHT AROUND THE CORNER.

WE HAVE AN EXPERT THAT CAN HELP US IDENTIFY THE SIGHTS AND SOUNDS IN THE AIR.

SHARON STITELER IS HERE.

MANY PEOPLE IN THE BIRDING WORLD KNOW HER AS "BIRDCHICK."

THIS IS YOUR FIRST TIME AT THE FAIR ON "ALMANAC."

>> ON "ALMANAC."

I'VE DONE A LOT AT THE FAIR.

I USUALLY WORK THE ASK US ABOUT BIRDS BOOTH AT THE D.N.R.

>> Cathy: AND YOU'RE A CROP ART ARTIST?

>> YES, I DID IT FOR THE FIRST TIME THIS YEAR.

AND IT'S ON THE WALL.

IT'S BEEN A LIFE GOAL.

>> Cathy: SO AS THEY SAY, I'M DEEPLY DEPRESSED RIGHT NOW BECAUSE BIRDS ARE LEAVING.

>> YES, BUT THE GREAT THING ABOUT MIGRATION IS, IT LASTS FOR MONTHS.

MIGRATION KIND OF STARTED AT THE END OF JULY.

HAWK RIDGE STARTED THEIR ANNUAL RAPTOR COUNT JUST A WEEK OR TWO AGO.

AND WE AN WATCH BIRDS MAI GRATE ALL THE WAY THROUGH NOVEMBER.

>> Eric: DO THEY FLY AT NIGHT?

>> THEY DO.

THERE'S A GREAT WEBSITE CALLED BIRDCAST.ORG.

AND IT WILL GIVE YOU FORECASTS FOR WHEN THE IRDS ARE GOING TO MOVE AT NIGHT.

THERE AREN'T AS MANY BIRDS OF PREY OUT.

LAST NIGHT IN RAMSEY COUNTY, WE HAD OVER 650,000 BIRDS FLY OVER JUST A COUNTY!

YEAH, SO IT WILL GIVE YOU THAT KIND OF INFORMATION.

YOU CAN PUT IN WHATEVER COUNTY YOU'RE IN, AND IT ILL TELL YOU THE PEAK OF MIGRATION.

BIRDS WERE FLYING AT AN AVERAGE OF 1600 FEET.

>> Cathy: IS THIS WHY WE SHOULD KEEP OUTSIDE LIGHTS OFF?

>> YES, IT'S A GOOD IDEA, AND, YOU KNOW, NOT ONLY IS IT A DANGER FOR BIRDS TO FLY INTO, BUT BRIGHT LIGHTS CAN ALSO BE A DISTRACTION FOR THIS NAVIGATION.

A REAL CLASSIC EXAMPLE IS THE TRIBUTE IN LIGHT THAT HAPPENS ON SEPTEMBER 11TH, SOMETIMES THEY HAVE TO SHUT THAT OFF PERIODICALLY.

GOOGLE BIRDS TRAPPED IN TRIBUTE TO LIGHT.

IT'S INSANE.

IT LOOKS LIKE THERE'S A THOUSAND DRAGON FLIES IN THERE.

IT'S ALL BIRDS.

>> Eric: WISCONSIN AND MINNESOTA ARE STUDYING A DIE-OFF OF LOONS?

>> THEY PROBABLY ARE.

I MEAN, WE'VE HAD A DROUGHT THIS YEAR.

WE'VE HAD A LOT OF THINGS GOING ON.

SO THE RED WINGED BLACK BIRDS, IN ST.

LOUIS PARK, THEY HAD COMPLETE NEST FAILURE ANY SUMMER.

I WAS LIKE, WHY AM I NOT HEARING THEM?

>> Eric: WHAT'S THE RULEMAKINGRESULTOF FAILURE OF O?

>> IT COULD BE LACK OF FOOD.

BECAUSE I ASKED SVEN ABOUT THIS, WHAT WAS GOING ON IN MAY?

HE WAS LIKE, IT WAS SUPER DRY.

THAT WOULD AFFECT INSECT PRODUCTION AND IF THEY DON'T HAVE ENOUGH INSECTS TO RAISE THEIR YOUNG, THEY'RE NOT GOING TO BE SUCCESSFUL.

>> Cathy: SAY, WE REALLY HAVEN'T DONE THIS "ALMANAC" AT THE FAIR, THIS PARTICULAR THING WE'RE GOING TO DO.

WE'RE GOING TO GO OUT IN THE AUDIENCE AND TAKE QUESTIONS.

>> I LOVE IT.

ASK ME ANYTHING.

>> Cathy: MARY?

>> Mary: I'M IN THE AUDIENCE.

I'M GUESSING WE HAVE A GOPHER FAN OR ALUM WITH A QUESTION HERE.

>> YEAH, MY QUESTION IS, HOW OFTEN DO BIRDS AND SQUIRRELS EXCHANGE NESTST?

WE HAD THAT HAPPEN IN A TREE RIGHT OUTSIDE OUR HOUSE.

>> THAT'S A REALLY GREAT QUESTION.

IT'S SOMETHING THAT HAPPENS.

IT'S NOT SUPER COMMON.

BUT I HAVE SEEN A LOT OF GREAT HORNED OWLS TAKE OVER OLD SQUIRREL NESTS.

SO, YOU KNOW, BIRDS ARE RESOURCEFUL.

IF THEY SEE AN OPPORTUNITY, THEY'RE GOING TO MAKE A NEST OUT OF IT.

I WONDER WHICH BIRD SPECIES YOU HAD.

>> Cathy: MARY, ANOTHER ONE?

>> I HAVE A COLLEAGUE AND SHE'S NOW BEEN ATTACKED BY A RED WINGED BLACK BIRD TWICE, TWO YEARS IN A ROW.

SO DO YOU HAVE ANY ADVICE ON HOW TO MAYBE AVOID THAT SITUATION?

>> ES, IT'S SUPER EASY.

DON'T WALK NEXT TO A RED WING BLACK BIRD NEST.

THAT'S OW YOU KNOW WHERE THEY'RE NESTING.

BIRDS GET REALLY ANGRY, SOMETIMES VIOLENT AROUND THEIR NESTS.

AND IT'S LIKE, YOU KNOW, IF YOU WEREN'T SO UPPITY LIKE THAT, PEOPLE WOULDN'T KNOW WHERE YOUR NEST IS.

BUT YEAH, IF YOU KNOW WHERE THAT RED BING BLACK BIRD IS GOING TO NAIL YOU OR YOUR DOG, JUST GIVE IT ABOUT TEN FEET.

>> Cathy: THAT IS INTERESTING.

I DID NOT KNOW THAT.

SAY, MARY, YOU'RE OUT THERE WAY IN THE BACK.

>> SO THERE'S A LOT OF DEVELOPMENT BEING PLANNED ALONG THE RIVER IN OUR CITY.

HOW CAN OUR COMMUNITY BEST APPROACH DEVELOPMENT IN A WAY THAT IS GOING TO HELP BIRD SPECIES, ESPECIALLY MIGRATORY BIRDS?

IS IT BIRD SAFE GLASS.

IS IT BUILDING HEIGHTS?

>> IT'S ABOUT ALL OF IT, BUT I WILL SAY ONE OF THE NUMBER ONE BEST THINGS YOU CAN DO IS PLANT SOME NATIVE PLANTS.

GET TREES.

GET SHRUBS.

THEY DON'T EVEN HAVE TO BE BERRY BUSHES.

YOU WANT ALL KINDS OF THINGS BECAUSE OAK TREES, NOT ONLY DO THE A CORNS PROVIDE FOOD, BUT THE INSECTS THAT FIELD ON THE LEAVES, THAT'S AN IMPORTANT SOURCE OF FOOD.

SO WE NEED TO LOOK AT WINDOWS.

WE NEED TO BE BETTER AT HOW WE DO ARCHITECTURE, BUT THE NUMBER ONE THING IS COMMIT TO PLANT ONE NATIVE PLANT IN OUR YARD THIS FALL.

>> Cathy: OKAY, SO THAT HELPS IN TERMS OF NATURAL FOOD SOURCES.

IS THAT WHY SOMETIMES YOU PUT OUT FEEDERS IN THE SUMMER AND REALLY NOBODY VISITS?

>> THAT'S USUALLY MORE YOU HAVE OLD OR BAD FOOD.

BUT, NO -- I'M SORRY, I DIDN'T REALIZE THAT WAS YOUR QUESTION, CATHY.

>> Cathy: THAT'S FINE.

I'M SHAMED NOW.

>> BUT NO, IT'S -- THESE PLANTS ALSO PROVIDE SHELTER.

NOT JUST FOOD.

THEY'RE WAY MORE MULTIFACETED THAN A BIRD FEEDER, AND IT'S FOOD THAT WILL LAST NO MATTER WHAT.

MY FLOWERS WHEN I GO OUT OF TOWN, THEY STILL FEED MY HUMMING BIRDS.

>> Eric: MARY'S GOT ONE.

>> HEY, BIRDCHICK, I'M WONDERING WHAT'S UP WITH THE SAND HILL CRANES.

I'VE NEVER HAD THEM IN MY AREA.

I'M IN THE WESTERN SUBURBS.

AND THIS MORNING, THEY GAVE ME A FOUND FAREWELL OFF TO THE FAIR.

I WAS ABOUT TEN FEET ROM THEM IN MY DRIVEWAY, TWO, A PAIR.

>> YOU ARE SO LUCKY!

THAT'S ONE OF MY FAVORITE SOUNDS.

I LOVE IF SO MUCH.

I HAVE A TATTOO OF A SAND HILL CRANE.

WE HAVE DONE SUCH A GREAT JOB OF HABITAT PRESERVATION, AND DOING ALL SORTS OF THINGS LIKE NOT PUTTING OUT AS MUCH D.D.T.

SAND HILL CRANES WOULD HAVE BEEN AFFECTED BY THAT OO.

AND SO WE PROVIDE GREAT HABITAT.

WE GIVE THE BIRDS SPACE TO GROW.

WE DON'T SHOOT THEM WILLY NILLY.

AND NOW WE HAVE SO MANY SAND HILL CRANES IN MINNESOTA THAT I DON'T NEED TO DRIVE TO NEBRASKA TO GO SEE THEM IN MARCH.

IT'S INCREDIBLE.

WE'RE REALLY A FORTUNATE STATE THAT KNOWS HOW TO TAKE CARE OF WILDLIFE.

>> Cathy: OKAY, SO YOU'VE MENTIONED, YOU'VE BEEN AT THE FAIR BEFORE.

DOES THE D.N.R.

HAVE BIRD SHOWS?

>> THEY DO SOMETIMES.

THE BOOTH THAT I HAVE WORKED AND THAT I'M GOING TO GO VISIT A FRIEND OF MINE THERE AFTER I'M DONE HERE IS CALLED THE ASK US ABOUT BIRDS BOOTH AND IT'S BIRDERS FROM ALL OVER THE STATE, AND WE WILL ANSWER YOUR QUESTIONS, AND WE LOVE TO SHARE THE WEIRDEST QUESTIONS.

>> Cathy: I BET.

SO, BY THE WAY, HAWK RELINQUISHMENT, DULUTH, GO UP THERE RIGHT NOW, RIGHT?

>> AND SECRET TO DOING THAT, GO ON DAYS WHEN WINDS ARE UT OF THE NORTHWEST.

THAT'S WHEN YOU'RE GOING TO SEE THE MOST HAWKS.

>> Eric: BIRDCHICK, EVERYBODY!

>> Cathy: YEAH, SHE'S THE BEST!

WE LOVE YOU.

THANKS, SHARON.

SO FUN TO HAVE HER AT THE FAIR THIS YEAR.

AMAZING.

OKAY, SO SPEAKING OF FOOD, WE'RE GOING TO HEAD BACK OUT TO THE CROWD WHERE SHELETTA BRUNDIDGE, MARY LAHAMMER HAVE SOME TASTY TREATS.

>> Sheletta: OH, MY GOD, CATHY AND ERIC, YOU ARE GOING TO WANT TO GET OFF THAT STAGE AND GET OVER HERE.

THE FARMERS UNION HAS GOTTEN HERE AND I HAVE FOUND THE FOOD!

OKAY, MARY, THIS LOOKS FABULOUS AND FUN.

YOU GOT TO GIVE ME THE SKINNY ON ALL THESE NEW FAIR FOODS.

>> Mary: EVERY YEAR THE MINNESOTA FARMERS UNION HAS THE HOTTEST NEW FOOD, AND THEY WORK WITH MINNESOTA GROWN FOOD.

THIS IS SUPPOSED TO BE A AGRICULTURAL FAIR.

THEY ACTUALLY LIVE AND BREATHE.

WE HAVE THE APPLE DOUGHNUT HAM GRINDER.

GARY WORDISH, FARMERS UNION PRESIDENT, COME ON AND START DISTRIBUTING.

AND THEN HERE'S THE OTHER FOOD.

SO YOU CAN START WITH THAT.

AND THEN IT IS THE FARMERS MUFF FIN MUFF MUFFIN TOP.

SHELETTA, ARE WE GOING TO TRY IT OURSELVES HERE?

>> Sheletta: YES WE ARE!

>> Mary: LET'S TRY NE!

CAN WE GET A REACTION FROM ANYONE YET?

ANYONE, ANYONE?

MA'AM, WHAT DO YOU THINK?

>> I THINK IT'S YUMMY.

I MEAN, WHAT'S NOT TO LIKE?

>> Mary: I THINK THERE'S SOME LOCAL INGREDIENTS.

GARY, WHERE IS THAT HAM FROM?

>> HIDDEN STREAM OUT IN MINNESOTA.

>> Mary: IS IT LOCAL APPLES?

>> APPLES COME FROM PLEASANT VALLEY ORCHARD OUT IN SCHAFER, MINNESOTA.

>> Mary: SO YOU CAN EAT FOOD AND KNOW YOUR FARMER IS GROWING IT LOCALLY.

SHELETTA.

EXPWHRESH I HAVE, BUT IT'S WELL WORTH THE WAIT.

ANDREW IS EATING THE SANDWICH.

HOW IS THAT?

>> AMAZING.

TEN OUT OF TEN.

>> Mary: AND YOUR BLUE BERRY MUFFIN, DID YOU TRY THAT YET?

OOH, HE'S GOING FOR THE BIG PIECE!

YOU CAN DO THAT.

AS LONG -- ARE YOU A MEMBER OF TWIN CITIES PBS?

>> YES.

EXPWHRAIRM EXPWHRA >> Mary: OKAY, THEN YOU CAN HAVE THE BIG PIECE.

ARE YOU A SUSTAINER?

>> YES.

>> Mary: OKAY, BIG PIECES FOR THE SUSTAINER.

LET'S GO BACK UP TO THE STAGE.

>> Eric: IT IS ONE OF THE FINEST "ALMANAC" STATE FAIR TRADITIONS.- KEADITIONS.- KEVIITIONS.- KEVIN IONS.- KEVIN KLNS.- KEVIN KLIN.- KEVIN KLING SHARING A STORY ABOUT WHAT CONNECTS ALL OF US HERE AT THE GREAT MINNESOTA GET-TOGETHER.

LET'S GIVE IT UP FOR STORYTELLER EXTRAORDINAIRE KEVIN KLING.

GLEFNLG, EVERYBODY.

>> Kevin: HEY, EVERYBODY.

IF WE ARE WHAT WE EAT, THEN I AM THE STATE FAIR!

YEARS AGO, I TAUGHT A STORYTELLING COURSE FOR AN ENGLISH AS A SECOND LANGUAGE CLASS.

SO THERE ARE PEOPLE FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD.

AND WE GOT ON THE TOPIC OF FOOD.

IT WAS INCREDIBLE.

THE WHOLE CLASS JUST TOOK OFF.

EVERYBODY HAD STORIES.

THERE WERE HUGS.

THERE WERE LAUGHTER.

THERE WAS TEARS.

THEN A HUGE ARGUMENT BROKE OUT ON WHO COULD EAT THE HOTTEST FOOD.

IT WAS ASIA VERSUS AFRICA, MEXICO JUMPED IN AND SOUTH AMERICA.

I'M FROM MINNESOTA, SO I STOOD OUT OF THAT ONE.

I MEAN, IT'S WHY E CALL LINGONBERRIES SWEDISH JALAPEÑOS.

I MEAN, WE JUST DON'T DO HOT WELL.

I THINK OF THE WONDERFUL MINNESOTA HUMORIST HOWARD MOHR.

HE TALKED ABOUT THE MIDWESTERN PALATE.

HE SAID, DON'T WORRY; IF YOUR FOOD HAS TOO MUCH COLOR OR FLAVOR, WE HAVE WHITENERS.

MAYONNAISE, MARSHMALLOWS, RANCH DRESSING, CREAM OF MUSHROOM SOUP.

IT'S TRUE.

I THINK FOR THE FIRST 40 YEARS OF MY LIFE, I DIDN'T EAT ANYTHING OUT OF THE SHADE OF BEIGE.

BUT IN THAT LANGUAGE CLASS, EVERYBODY TALKED ABOUT THEIR FAVORITE FOODS, AND THE SENSE OF REV REPUBLICANS TOOK OVER.

CONJURING MEMORIES AND PEOPLE THEY LOVED.

BECAUSE LOOK, FOOD IS FAMILY.

FOOD IS TIME TRAVEL.

THE PRESERVES AND PICKLES AND PIES CONNECT US WITH OUR ANCESTORS.

THE CORN AND WILD RICE AND MAPLE SYRUP, TO THE FOLKS THAT WERE FIRST HERE.

AND THEN TO THE NEW TRADITIONS THAT ARE COMING.

THERE ARE HYBRIDS.

I CAN'T WAIT.

WORD OUT THAT CHEF YIA VANG HAS TEAMED UP WITH KRAMARCZUK'S TO MAKE A HMONG CORN DOG.

I AM A CORN DOG PUREST, BUT I AM TINGLING.

YOU KNOW WHAT IT TAKES TO MAKE A MINNESOTAN TINGLE?

A FEW YEARS AGO, I'M DRIVING BY THE FAVOR AND I'M ON MY WAY TO A MEETING IN ST.

PAUL.

AND I WAS DRIVING BY THE STATE FAIR.

I COULDN'T HELP MYSELF.

I PARKED IN FRONT OF A FIRE HYDRANT, PAID THE ADMISSION, RAN IN, AND GOT A CORNDOG, RAN BACK OUT, AND STILL MADE THE MEETING.

NO TICKET, GOT IN THE CAR AND MADE THE MEETING.

WOULD I DO IT AGAIN?

IN A HEARTBEAT.

I TELL YOU, WHEN THAT CORN DOG MONKEY IS ON YOUR BACK, YOU'LL DO ANYTHING TO GET THAT CORN DOG.

SO IF YOU'RE LIKE ME, AND I KNOW I AM -- IF YOU GET THAT HANKERING FOR A CORN DOG, HERE'S A WORD OF ADVICE.

WEAR A YELLOW SHIRT.

IT WILL PAY OFF.

THEN TAKE A BITE.

AND REMEMBER, YOU ARE THE STATE FAIR!

THANK YOU.

>> Eric: KEVIN KLING!

THANKS, KEVIN.

KAOMI LEE IS ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE STAGE WITH SOME SPECIAL MUSICAL GUESTS, BUT FIRST ANOTHER HAND FOR KEVIN KLING.

>> Kaomi: THANK YOU, ERIC!

I'M HERE WITH QUILLAN AND KIM ROE, THE FOUNDING MEMBERS OF THE ROE FAMILY SINGERS, THANK YOU SO MUCH.

IT'S A MINNEAPOLIS GROUP.

FEATURES BANJO, AUTOHARP, FIDDLE, APPALACHIAN CLOGGING.

I THINK OF ARCADE FIRE MEETS APPALACHIAN FOLK.

BUT -- AND YOU GUYS ARE ALSO PLAYING LATER TODAY.

AT THE PRYES STAGE AT THE SHILLING ADD TORE YUM IN THE WEST END AT 4:00, 5:00, AND 6:00.

IT'S A FREE SHOW.

AND IF YOU ARE WATCHING HOME ON YOUR COUCH, JUST SIT BACK AND RELAX.

SO SO QUILLAN AND KIM, THANKS FOR STOPPING BY.

QUILL EVERYONE DID NOT WANT TO GO INTO A MUSICAL BAND WITH YOUR PARTNER, WHY IS THAT?

>> I DON'T KNOW WHY.

THAT'S A HARD QUESTION.

BUT, YEAH.

KIM SAID, AS SOON AS WE GOT MARRIED, KIM STARTED TELLING ME, LET'S START A BAND TOGETHER.

AND I KEPT SAYING -- >> HE SAID IT WAS A BAD IDEA.

>> NO, I DON'T WANT TO DO IT.

>> Kaomi: AND OBVIOUSLY IT'S NOT, BECAUSE 23 YEARS LATER, MCKNIGHT FELLOWSHIP FOR MUSIC PERFORMANCE.

YOU'RE ON A LABEL.

AND YOU HAVE A RESIDENCY AT THE 331 CLUB FOR 21 YEARS.

SO SUCCESS, HOW IS THAT IMPACTED YOU?

>> IT'S WONDERFUL.

THE MCKNIGHT IN PARTICULAR WAS A HUGE THING.

IT ALLOWED US TO LEAVE OUR DAY JOBS AND START DOING THIS FULL TIME AND WE'VE BEEN DOING IT NOW FOR 15 EARS?

>> ALMOST 15.

>> Kaomi: TELL US WHAT YOU'RE PLAYING.

>> WE'RE GOING TO DO A SONG HERE CALLED "CALENDAR YEAR."

>> Kaomi: OKAY, THE ROE FAMILY SINGERS.

♪ ♪ >> >> ♪ AND HE'S WAITING ♪ ♪ THERE ON THAT ISLAND ♪ ♪ AND THOSE ARE TEARS HE'S CRYING ♪ ♪ FOR A WIFE HE CAN'T REACH ♪ ♪ CAUSE SALVATION ♪ ♪ IF HALF CONCENTRATION ♪ ♪ AND THREE-FOURTHS PERSPIRATION ♪ ♪ AND HER NAME'S ♪ AND HER NAME NAME'S PENELOPE ♪ ♪ SHE KNOWS THERE'S NO HOPING ♪ ♪ TO REACH THROUGH THE AIR ♪ ♪ AND TO FIND THAT HE'S LANE HAS LANDED ON ♪ ♪ SOMETHING THERE ♪ ♪ SO NOW HE'S SINGING ♪ ♪ SOMEWHAT UNTIMELY ♪ ♪ HOOK, LINE, AND TIME ME ♪ ♪ TO THE COUNTER OF THE BAR ♪ ♪ BUT WHILE HE'S SINKING ♪ ♪ INTO HIS DRINKING ♪ ♪ HE'S DREAMING AND THINKING ♪ ♪ ABOUT RIDING IN HIS CAR ♪ ♪ HE'S DRIVING AND DRIVING ♪ ♪ TO FIND THE END OF THE ROAD ♪ ♪ EVEN THOUGH HE'S NOT SURE ♪ ♪ THAT SOMEWHERE HE ♪ ♪ WANTS TO GO ♪ ♪ THERE'S NO USE IN COMPLAINING ♪ ♪ HE KNOWS THE REASONS WHY ♪ ♪ FATE IS IF I ♪ FATE IS IF A FICKLE MISTRESS♪ ♪ AND NOW SHE'S PASSING HIM BY ♪ ♪ THEY SAY JESUS ♪ ♪ LOOKS AFTER DRUNKS AND BABIES ♪ ♪ SO HE'S THINKING MAYBE ♪ ♪ HE'LL COME AND FIND ME HERE ♪ ♪ BUT WHILE HE'S SINKING ♪ ♪ INTO HIS DRINKING ♪ ♪ THE SAVIOR IS THINKING ♪ ♪ BUY THAT MAN A BEER ♪ ♪ >> Kaomi: THANK YOU!

GIVE IT P FOR QUILLAN AND KIM ROE!

>> THANK YOU SO MUCH!

>> Kaomi: THEY'LL BE BACK LATER IN THE SHOW SO DON'T GO ANYWHERE.

RIGHT NOW WE'RE GOING BACK TO TANE AND SHELETTA.

>> Sheletta: THANK YOU.

THEY WERE AMAZING.

THE ROE FAMILY SINGERS.

THIS BEAUTIFUL MUG I HAVE IN MY HAND WITH SOME SPECIAL INFORMATION ON THAT THAT MARY LAHAMMER WILL TALK ABOUT IN JUST A MOMENT.

BUT THE MOMENT THAT EVERYONE HERE HAS BEEN WAITING FOR ALL DAY.

TANE DANGER'S GEOGRAPHY QUIZ.

>> Tane: YAY!

YOU WHO WATCH "ALMANAC" KNOW, KAOMI IS GOING ALL OVER MINNESOTA, MARY LAHAMMER HAS HER RACES TO WATCH WHICH TAKES HER ACROSS THE STATE.

AND IF OME FOLKS HAVE SEEN THE SEGMENTS WE'VE DONE WITH THE SKETCHES OF MINNESOTA PROGRAM I DO, PART OF THE VOICES RISING: 250TH OF THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE, WE HAVE BEEN OVER A LOT OF MINNESOTA.

SO WE HAVE THREE PEOPLE HERE TO GUESS HOW MANY COUNTIES HAS "ALMANAC" BEEN TO THIS YEAR?

I'M SURE YOU'VE WATCHED EVERY EPISODE AND YOU'VE BEEN COUNTING AT HOME.

SO HERE WE GO.

TELL US YOUR NAME AND THEN GIVE US YOUR GUESS.

CLOSEST WITHOUT GOING OVER WINS.

READY, SET GO?

>> MAGGIE FROM MINNEAPOLIS, AND I'M GOING TO GUESS 42.

>> 42.

>> HI, PAUL IN MINNEAPOLIS.

AND 43.

>> OH, COME ON!

>> LAURA FROM ROBBINSDALE.

87.

>> Tane: WOW, YOU THOUGHT WE GOT TO EVERY COUNTY?

THAT IS AMBITIOUS.

ALL OF YOU HAVE DRAMATICALLY GONE OVER!

QUICKLY, NEW GUESS?

>> 28.

>> 27.

>> 25.

>> Tane: I'M GOING TO JUST GIVE IT.

IT'S 20.

20.

IT'S 20.

YOU BREAK MY RULE.

SO WE'RE GOING TO GIVE YOU THIS FAB WILL YOU SAY MINNESOTA PBS MUG.

AND I KNOW FOR A FACT WE'RE ACTUALLY GOING TO BE GETTING DOWN HERE VERY SOON.

ALL OVER MINNESOTA, CAN E DO A BIG ROUND OF APPLAUSE FOR THESE FOLKS?

AND MAYBE -- OKAY, WE'RE GOING TO THROW IT BACK TO CATHY AND ERIC ON THE STAGE!

>> Cathy: OH, TANE DANGER, WE LOVE YOU.

IT HAS BEEN A HOT, SMOKY, DRY SUMMER HERE IN THE GREAT STATE OF MINNESOTA.

THE FORECAST FOR THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS HERE AT THE FAIR IS FOR HIGH TEMPS IN THE 80S AND MAYBE SOME RAIN.

FINGERS AND TOES CROSSED FOR THAT.

BUT IT'S NOT ENOUGH TO CHANGE THE DEEPENING DROUGHT.

NEARLY 80% OF THE STATE IS NOW IN AT LEAST MODERATE DROUGHT.

WITH A SUPER EL NIÑO ON THE WAY, WHAT WILL FALL AND WINTER BRING US?

JOINING US IS A MINNESOTA TREASURE, METEOROLOGIST MARK SEELEY IS WITH US.

YEAH!

THE AUTHOR OF "MINNESOTA WEATHER ALMANAC" AND A FREQUENT GUEST ON "MORNING EDITION" AND "ALMANAC."

HERE ON TWIN CITIES PBS.

GOOD TO SEE OU, MY FRIEND.

>> GOOD TO BE HERE, CATHY.

I'D LIKE TO ASK THE AUDIENCE.

I'VE BEEN A METEOROLOGIST FOR 51 YEARS AND A CLIMATOLOGIST FOR 49 YEARS AND I'VE NEVER ASKED THIS OF THE AUDIENCE.

HOW ABOUT A BIG BOO FOR THE MONTH OF JULY THIS YEAR?

>> Cathy: YOU'RE GOING TO BOO JULY?

>> Eric: WHAT HAPPENED THERE?

>> WE HAD 77,000 ACRES BURN IN WILD FIRES.

WE HAD MULTIPLE AIR QUALITY ALERTS.

WE HAD MULTIPLE HEAT ADVISORIES.

AND EXTREME HEAT WARNINGS AND WE HAD VERY LITTLE RAIN.

>> Cathy: UGH!

>> NOW, THE COMBINATION OF ALL THOSE MADE IT REALLY A VERY, VERY CHALLENGING MONTH.

>> Cathy: I DROVE NEARLY TEN HOURS OUT OF MONTANA TO GET HERE.

I KNOW.

I LOVE THIS SHOW SO MUCH.

AND I NOTED, OF COURSE MONTANA, VERY DRY.

I GOT TO WESTERN MINNESOTA, IT WASN'T AS BAD, BUT YOU STARTED TO HEAD SOUTH, AND THE WHEELS CAME OFF THE BUS, THE CROPS DON'T LOOK GOOD AROUND THE TWIN CITIES EITHER.

>> YEAH, YOU'RE RIGHT.

FOR THE LAST SIX WEEKS ACCORDING TO THE USDA REPORTS, WE'D HAD A DECLINE IN OUR MAJOR CROP CONDITION.

THEIR PERCENTAGE THAT'S STILL IN GOOD TO EXCELLENT CONDITION HAS BEEN DECLINING WEEK BY WEEK.

AND OF COURSE THE DROUGHT HAS BEEN EXPANDING BEEN EXPAND EXPANDING AERIALLY S WELL AS INTENSIFYING.

WE'VE GOT SOME AREAS OF THE STATE NOW THAT NEED ANYWHERE FROM 6 TO 12 INCHES OF RAIN JUST TO SORT OF CATCH UP TO AVERAGE.

SO THEY'RE REALLY IN A DIRE SITUATION.

THE MOST DISCONCERTING THING I CAN SEE, AND I THINK I'M IN AGREEMENT WITH MOST OF THE OTHER WEATHER PEOPLE IN THE STATE, CATHY, IS THAT THE OUTLOOK MODELS DON'T FAVOR US JUST SNAPPING OUT OF THIS.

IN FACT, WE'RE GOING O CARRY THIS INTO THE ADD AME THIS INTO THE ADD A AUTUMN SEAS, WHICH OF COURSE MIGHT MEAN WE'RE GOING TO FACE A DIFFICULT FIRE THREAT IN THE FALL MONTHS.

>> Eric: CATHY TOLD ME THAT SUPER EL NINO IS A VIDEO GAME.

WHAT CAN WE EXPECT FROM THAT SYSTEM?

>> Cathy: WHAT IS IT, FIRST?

>> YEAH, THE SUPER EL NINO, WE'VE ONLY EPISODES -- SO WE ONLY HAVE A HANDFUL OF EPISODES, LIKE EIGHT OR NINE IN HISTORY, THAT HAVE BEEN CLASSIFIED WHERE THEY'RE SUPER WARMUP OF THE EQUATORIAL OF THE PACIFIC SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURES.

BUT THE ASSOCIATION WITH MINNESOTA S IT LOOKS MILD TEMPERATURE-WISE FOR THE AUTUMN SEASON AND THEN THE EARLY WINTER.

ALMOST ALL THE MODELS AGREE ON THAT, ERIC.

THERE'S VERY LITTLE DEVIATION.

WITH RESPECT TO PRECIPITATION, FOUR OF THE SIX FAVOR A CONTINUATION OF THE DROUGHT.

NOT ONLY NO THE FALL, BUT INTO THE WINTER SITUATION.

THERE ARE TWO MAVERICK MODELS OUT THERE.

I CALL THEM MAVERICK BECAUSE THEY DEVIATE FROM WHAT THE OTHERS ARE SAYING WHERE WE MIGHT SUDDENLY IN OCTOBER AND NOVEMBER, WE MIGHT SUDDENLY START TO GET WETTER THAN NORMAL, AND THAT WOULD BE A BLESSING FOR US.

>> Cathy: SO THE PROBLEM IS OF COURSE AS YOU GO INTO THE FALL AND IT'S BEEN SO DRY, THE SOILS FREEZE UP AND IT DOESN'T HAVE THE NECESSARY RECHARGE, BECAUSE HEN YOU'RE BEHIND THE EIGHT-BALL IN THE SPRING, AREN'T YOU?

>> YES, AND OUR MINNESOTA AGRICULTURE IS SO DEPENDENT ON FALL RECHARGE OF OUR SOIL MOISTURE.

OUR FARMERS EED TO RELY ON THAT ALMOST EVERY YEAR.

SO THAT GOING INTO THE NEXT SPRING, THEY HAVE A GOOD SETUP FOR THEIR CROPS.

>> Eric: AND STREAM LEVELS MUST BE WORRY SOME.

>> AND LAKES, ERIC.

EVERYTHING IS DECLINING TO VERY LOW VOLUME FLOW IN OUR WATERSHEDS AND VERY LOW LAKE LEVELS.

AND THAT'S LIKELY O CONTINUE.

SO WE WILL HAVE TO ALL BE REALLY GOOD MINNESOTANS.

LET'S ALL BE AS GOOD AS WE CAN AND PRAY TO THE GOOD LORD THAT WE GO THE OTHER WAY AS WE GO INTO THE FALL AND WINTER.

>> Cathy: SO WE'RE GOING TO KICK SUMMER TO THE CURB HERE SHORTLY, IGHT?

THE OFFICIAL START OF FALL IS -- >> SEPTEMBER 1.

METEOROLOGICAL FALL.

ASTRONOMICAL WITH THE AUTUMNAL EKEQUINOX.

>> Cathy: THERE'S ALWAYS ONE DAY WHERE EVERYONE SWEATS LEEK A HOG AT THE FAIR.

>> I DON'T SEE IT THIS YEAR.

IT LOOKS LIKE TOMORROW, TUESDAY, THURSDAY, AND THEN PERHAPS LABOR DAY.

THOSE FOUR DAYS HAVE THE HIGHEST CHANCE FOR RAIN TO OCCUR HERE AT THE FAIRGROUNDS.

SO TOMORROW, TUESDAY, THURSDAY, AND THEN LABOR DAY.

BUT NO SIGN OF ANY 90-DEGREE TEMPERATURES.

>> Cathy: OKAY, GOOD.

I APPRECIATE EVERYTHING YOU DO.

YOU, AGAIN, YOU'RE A MINNESOTA TREASURE.

YOU AND I ARE GOING TO BE OUT HERE -- >> OH THE QUIZ.

NEXT TRIE.

FRIDAY OVER AT DAN PATCH.

30TH ANNIVERSARY.

I CAN'T BELIEVE 30 YEARS HAS GONE BY.

>> Cathy: I KNOW.

>> Eric: MARK SEELEY!

>> Cathy: THANK YOU SO MUCH!

MARY LAHAMMER!

WE'RE GOING TO TALK NATIONAL POLITICS IN JUST ABOUT A MINUTE BUT OF COURSE MARY'S IS IN THE CROWD.

WE'RE GOING TO GET OUR PROFESSOR TRIO SETTLED IN.

MARY, TAKE IT AWAY.

>> Mary: YES, SPEAKING OF THE CROWD, WE WANT TO THANK TANE AND SHELETTA AND THIS AMAZING CROWD.

THANKS TO ALL OF YOU FOR SHOWING UP FOR THIS, FOR OUR WONDERFUL SIMULCAST WITH MINNESOTA PUBLIC RADIO.

SPEAKING OF INNESOTA, OUR NEW NAME: MINNESOTA PBS.

NO MORE TPT.

WE APPRECIATE PEOPLE FOR STILL WEARING THE TWIN CITIES PBS, TPT.

BUT NOW OUR NEW FAMILY INCLUDES KSMQ.

THAT'S AUSTIN, WINONA, ROCHESTER, STATION.

SO WE ARE NOW MINNESOTA PBS.

YOU CAN HEAD TO OUR WEBSITE.

THAT'S STILL TPT.ORG, AND FIND OUT ABOUT OUR NAME, EXPANDING TO MINNESOTA PBS ON SEPTEMBER 1ST.

THAT IS WHEN IT BECOMES OFFICIAL.

AGAIN, IF YOU'RE LISTENING TO US ON MINNESOTA PUBLIC RADIO, AT 11:00, YOU CAN STILL WATCH REGULAR "ALMANAC," STILL ON TPT, BUT MINNESOTA PBS, 7:00 P.M.

THANKS, BACK TO YOU UP ON THE STAGE.

>> Eric: THANKS, MARY.

ONE MORE POLITICAL CONVERSATION FOR YOU NOW.

HERE TO TALK NATIONAL POLITICS, A TRIO OF POLITICAL SCIENTISTS.

CINDY RUGELEY MADE THE DRIVE DOWN I-35 TO JOIN US.

SHE HEADS UP THE POLITICAL SCIENCE DEPARTMENT AT UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA, DULUTH.

THE UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA'S TWIN CITIES CAMPUS IS WHERE PROFESSOR KATHRYN PEARSON TEACHES POLITICS.

HERE, TOO, IS LARRY JACOBS.

HE HEADS THE CENTER FOR POLITICS AND GOVERNANCE, PART OF THE HUMPHREY SCHOOL AT THE U OF M. PROFESSOR JACOBS, I THINK ALL OF US NEED A LITTLE BIT OF A UNSCRAMBLING OF WHERE ALL OF THE VOTING AND ELECTION ACTIVITY IS GOING ON.

AND WHAT IT MEANS FOR MINNESOTA IN NOVEMBER.

IF ANYTHING.

>> WELL, OBVIOUSLY IT'S GOING TO BE A HIGH TURNOUT MIDTERM ELECTION.

WE SAW THAT WITH THE PRIMARY.

WE'VE GOT SOME VERY COMPETITIVE RACES, I THINK.

THE GOVERNOR RACE, THE SENATE RACE HERE.

THAT'S GOING TO DRIVE TURNOUT.

WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A TON OF MONEY.

I MEAN, TENS OF MILLIONS OF DOLLARS ARE GOING TO POUR IN HERE.

AND DON'T EVEN BOTHER WATCHING TV, BECAUSE IT'S GOING TO BE ALL OVER AND ON THE INTERNET.

SO WE'RE GOING TO BE THE CENTER.

IF YOU LOOK AT THE U.S.

SENATE, THIS COULD BE THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN DEMOCRAT-REPUBLICAN MAJORITY.

>> Eric: WHAT LEGAL THINGS ARE GOING TO SHAKE OUT OVER EARLY VOTING, MAIL-IN VOTING, OR IS THAT ALL GOING TO BE NOT AVAILABLE FOR THIS NOVEMBER?

>> WELL, STAY TUNED.

I MEAN, YESTERDAY, A U.S.

DISTRICT JUDGE STOPPED FOR 14 DAYS THE IMPLEMENTATION OF PRESIDENT TRUMP'S EXECUTIVE ORDER TO SORT OF FEDERALIZE MAIL-IN VOTING -- [ Cheers and applause ] BUT I THINK IT IS LIKELY THAT WILL GO TO THE U.S.

SUPREME COURT.

AND I DON'T THINK -- AND SO THAT IS MAKING IT VERY CHALLENGING FOR SECRETARIES OF STATE NATIONWIDE.

INCLUDING SOME STATES THAT, YOU KNOW, ONLY HAVE MAIL-IN VOTES, OF COURSE MINNESOTA USES MAIL-IN VOTING AS DO A LOT OF STATES INCLUDING THOSE WITH REPUBLICAN SECRETARIES OF STATES WHO ARE -- >> Cathy: HOW BIG OF A MESS COULD THIS BE PROFERS RUGELEY?

>> IT COULD BE A BIG MESS.

I'M SURPRISED IT'S BEEN THIS CHAOTIC.

I MEAN, THE CONSTITUTION CLEARLY ASSIGNS TO STATES ELECTION RESPONSIBILITIES AND IT IS GETTING KIND OF LATE.

I THINK THAT THE SUPREME COURT, WHAT THEY SAID THE OTHER DAY WAS NOT THAT -- THEY WEREN'T RULING ON THE MERITS OF THE CASE.

THEY JUST SAYING YOU JUST BROUGHT IT TO US TOO EARLY.

AND IT IS MESS A RIGHT NOW AND CHAOTIC.

>> Cathy: WHAT KIND OF AN ISSUE ARE THE PRESIDENT'S TARIFFS AND TRADE WAR WITH CANADA?

HOW MIGHT THAT PLAY OUT AS WE HEAD INTO THE ELECTION LARRY JACOBS?

>> OBVIOUSLY THIS IS A BIG ISSUE AND FOR DONALD TRUMP AND THE REPUBLICANS, THEY NEED TO MOBILIZE REPUBLICANS.

AND, YOU KNOW, WHAT'S HAPPENING WITH TARIFFS AND TRADE ARE HITTING REPUBLICAN AREAS.

YOU LOOK IN MINNESOTA.

YOU KNOW, A LOT OF HE AGRICULTURAL AREAS ARE WHERE WE SEE A LOT OF REPUBLICANS.

NOW, IT DOESN'T MEAN THOSE FOLKS ARE GOING TO VOTE DEMOCRAT.

I DON'T EXPECT HAT.

BUT MIGHT THEY SIT IT OUT?

YEAH, THAT'S A REAL POSSIBILITY.

AND WHEN YOU START TO LOOK AT THE POLLS IN TERMS OF LIKELY TURNOUT MODELS, DEMOCRATS HAVE A REAL ADVANTAGE.

SO THIS MAY REINFORCE THAT ADVANTAGE.

>> Eric: I'M WONDERING IF THERE'S ANY DATA ON THE CANDIDATE THAT SPENDS THE MOST WINS THE MOST TIMES, OR IS THAT NOT TRUE?

>> SO IT GETS VERY COMPLICATED BECAUSE CLEARLY THE MOST COMPETITIVE RACES RAW THE MOST MONEY.

AND SO THE WINNERS WITH THE LOWEST VOTE MARGINS ACTUALLY HAVE THE MOST MONEY SPENT IN THEIR RACES BECAUSE ALL THE MONEY IS SPENT ON ONLY A HANDFUL OF RACES, PROBABLY 40 RACES OUT OF 435 IN THE U.S.

HOUSE.

MAYBE 9 OR 10 IN THE U.S.

SENATE.

BUT TAKEN TOGETHER, MONEY TYPICALLY DOES HELP CANDIDATES.

IF YOU HAVE MORE MONEY, YOU'RE BETTER ABLE TO MOBILIZE VOTERS, GET THE WORD OUT.

BUT ALSO THE CANDIDATE WITHOUT THE MOST MONEY DOESN'T NECESSARILY WIN.

LOOK AT MINNESOTA'S PRIMARY ON THE D.F.L.

SIDE FOR THE U.S.

SENATE.

ANGIE CRAIG OUTSPENT PEGGY FLANAGAN AND LOST BY 20 POINTS.

>> Cathy: CINDY RUGELEY.

>> IT MAKES MORE DIFFERENCE FOR A CHALLENGER THAN IT DOES FOR AN INCUMBENT.

BECAUSE THEY HAVE TO VIE FOR THE ATTENTION.

WE'VE GOT OPEN RACES HERE SO IT WON'T MAKE A DIFFERENCE.

ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WAS MOST INTERESTING IN THE PRIMARY DEALT WITH THE ORGANIZATIONAL EFFORT BY A LOT OF THE GROUPS AND I THINK MANY OF THEM WERE LINED UP BEHIND LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR FLANAGAN.

AND SO ORGANIZATION MATTERS, PARTICULARLY WHEN YOU HAVE SOME OF THESE GROUPS THAT ARE SO ACTIVE RIGHT NOW AND PROMOTING THE DEMOCRATIC CANDIDATES.

>> Eric: ISN'T PRESIDENT TRUMP'S P.A.C.

SITTING ON 400 MILLION TO SPREAD AROUND AS HE SEES FIT?

>> ABSOLUTELY.

AND THE REPUBLICANS ARE VERY EXCITED ABOUT THAT.

ALONG WITH SOME OF THE SUPREME COURT RULINGS THAT ARE GOING TO ALLOW THE PARTY AND THE CANDIDATES TO OW COLLABORATE.

IN WAYS THEY HADN'T BEEN ALLOWED IN THE PAST.

THE QUESTION WITH DONALD TRUMP, AS ALWAYS, IS, HOW IS HE GOING TO DO THIS?

WHERE IS HE GOING O PUT THE MONEY?

IS IT GOING TO BE BASED ON FAVORITISM FOR THOSE CANDIDATES HE LIKES OR IS IT GOING TO FOLLOW THE ADVICE OF, YOU KNOW, FRANKLY, THE POLITICAL PROFESSIONALS WHO SAY A DOLLAR HERE IS GOING TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE?

>> THE OTHER DIE >> THE OTHER DI DYNAMIC HERE IS THAT WE KNOW, POLITICAL SCIENCE RESEARCH AND ELECTION RESULTS TELL US THAT IN MIDTERM ELECTIONS THE PARTY IN THE WHITE HOUSE TYPICALLY LOSES SEATS.

AND THE EXTENT OF THAT LOSS IS USUALLY CONTINGENT ON THE PRESIDENT'S POPULARITY.

IN SOME OF THESE SWING DISTRICTS, THAT WILL REALLY AFFECT REPUBLICAN CANDIDATES, SO EVEN INCREASED SPENDING IF IT'S WITH THE SUPPORT AND CAMPAIGNING WITH TRUMP, IT WON'T NECESSARILY BE HELPFUL.

>> ONE OF THE INTERESTING THINGS IS THE PRESIDENT IS SAYING HE'S GOING TO START SPENDING THE MONEY ON THE CAMPAIGN, BUT HE WANTS IT TO FOCUS ON HIM.

BUT AS KATHRYN JUST POINTED OUT THE INCUMBENT PRESIDENT IS ALWAYS ON THE BALLOT IN MIDTERM ELECTIONS.

>> YEAH, I THINK IT'S LIKELY THE DEMOCRATS ARE GOING TO DO WELL, BUT PROBABLY NOT AS WELL AS THE DEMOCRATS THINK THEY WILL.

THERE ARE SOME REAL FACTORS AND FORCES HERE THAT I THINK ARE GOING TO TEMPER HOW THE DEMOCRATS DO.

OBVIOUSLY REDISTRICTING.

IT'S A NET GAIN OF SIX SEATS.

ALSO, WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE NUMBER OF COMPETITIVE SEATS FOR THE HOUSE, IT'S JUST ABOVE, YOU KNOW, THREE DOZEN.

AND THIS IS AT A -- OUT OF 435.

SO THERE'S JUST NOT THAT MANY SEATS THAT ARE ACTUALLY UP FOR GRABS.

THEN YOU GET INTO THE PERCEPTION OF SOME DEMOCRATS AS IDEOLOGICALLY EXTREME, AND THAT IS GOING TO BE ATTACKS ON SOME DEMOCRATIC CANDIDATES.

SO WILL THE DEMOCRATS DO AS WELL AS YOU MIGHT EXPECT GIVEN HOW UNPOPULAR DONALD TRUMP IS?

PROBABLY NOT.

>> Eric: WHO'S UNDECIDED STILL?

>> PROBABLY, NO ONE, HONESTLY.

MIDTERM ELECTIONS ARE ABOUT MOBILIZATION AND TURNOUT.

TYPICALLY TURN OUT IS ABOUT 20 POINTS LOWER THAN GENERAL ELECTIONS, AND SO BOTH SIDES ARE REALLY GOING TO BE TRYING TO GET THEIR PARTISANS OUT.

SOME SWING VOTERS, LOOK AT A CASE LIKE IDAHO.

WHY WOULD WE EIGHTEEN WHY WOULD WE EIGHT EVEN BE TALKG ABOUT THAT?

AN INDEPENDENT CANDIDATE IS IN CONTENTION WHEREAS WE NORMALLY WOULDN'T SEE THAT DYNAMIC.

>> Cathy: ABOUT 30 SECONDS.

FINAL THOUGHTS FROM BOTH OF YOU.

CINDY RUGELEY?

>> I THINK IT'S GOING TO BE AN INTERESTING, INTERESTING RACE.

I MEAN, RIGHT NOW, THE POLLS ARE GOING TO CHANGE JUST BECAUSE OF A WHOLE LOT OF REASONS DEALING WITH HOW THEY SCREEN POLLS RIGHT NOW.

>> Cathy: LARRY JACOBS, 20 SECONDS?

>> YOU DON'T HAVE ANY OF THE MAJOR CANDIDATES ON THIS STAGE.

IN THE PAST, YOU HAVE.

SO WHY WON'T THE REPUBLICANS COME UP HERE?

AND I THINK IT'S A DELIBERATE STRATEGY.

THEY WANT TO MAINTAIN THEIR IMAGE AS BEING ELECTABLE, WHICH HASN'T BEEN THE CASE IN THE PAST.

AND I THINK THEY'RE FEARFUL OF QUESTIONS YOU MIGHT ASK ABOUT IMMIGRATION NFORCEMENT OR ABORTION THAT WOULD SPLIT THE COALITION THEY NEED BETWEEN THE HARD REPUBLICAN AND THE INDEPENDENT REACHING OUT -- >> Cathy: AND OF COURSE WE HAVE INVITATIONS TO ALL THE CANDIDATES.

>> Eric: I HEAR THE BELL RINGING HERE.

>> Cathy: THANK YOU!

>> Eric: THANK YOU TO THESE ACADEMICS AND EVERYONE WHO JOINED US TODAY.

YOU'VE BEEN A FABULOUS AUDIENCE.

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TUNE IN TONIGHT AT 7:00 ON THE MINNESOTA PBS STATION OF YOUR CHOICE TO SEE MY FANCY SHIRT.

>> Cathy: HE DOES HAVE A FANCY COWBOY SHIRT FOR SURE.

FAIRGOVERNORS, DO NOT TO VISIT THE MPR BOOTH HERE AT JUDSON AND NELSON.

STOP BY NEXT FRIDAY AT 10:00 A.M.

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THAT'S UP ON THE OLD MACHINERY HILL.

REMEMBER THAT, BACK IN THE DAY, KIDS?

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IF YOU'RE LISTENING ON THE RADIO OR HERE IN PERSON, THE ROE FAMILY SINGERS HAVE THREE PERFORMANCES THIS AFTERNOON AT THE SCHILLING STAGE IN THE WEST END.

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