The One Where We Go to The Minnesota State Fair

Summer’s Over. Time to Party. I’m Partying THE HARDEST!

Between the first and second season of the show when it was A Reasonable Day, Alyssa and Kevin recorded a bonus episode about attending the Minnesota State Fair on opening day, and catch up briefly about their respective summers.

 

Alyssa Savino is a writer, a pop culture enthusiast, and is "deeply Midwestern." Subscribe to her newsletter, Soft Earlobe, listen to her "mini-podcast" (often about snacks) Xylophone Break, and follow her on Twitter and Instagram.

Kevin Krein is a writer and host of the Anhedonic Headphones Podcast. His music writing (and some of his non-music writing) is on Anhedonic Headphones, or you can follow him on Twitter and Instagram.

 

Theme Music: 

"Your Type" (Instrumental), written by Carly Rae Jepsen, Rami Yacoub, Carl Falk, Wayne Hector, and Tavish Crowe; performed by Carly Rae Jepsen. 

 

Episode Music Credits:

“Rollercoaster,” written by Jack Antonoff and John Hill; performed by Bleachers. Strange Desire, RCA, 2014.

“These Summer Nights,” written by Miranda Scott Johnson; performed by Mïrändä. Self-released, 2021.

“Summertime,” written by Donnie Wahlberg and Nasri Atweh; performed by New Kids on The Block. The Block, Interscope, 2008.

“Summertime,” written by Will Smith, Jeffrey A. Townes, Robert Bell, Ronald Bell, George Brown, Robert Mickens, Lamar Hula Mahone, Craig Simpkins, Charles Smith, Alton Taylor, Dennis "D.T." Thomas, and Richard Westfield; performed by DJ Jazzy Jeff and The Fresh Prince. Homebase, Jive/RCA, 1991. 

“Summertime Sadness,” written by Elizabeth Grant and Rick Nowels; performed by Lana Del Rey. Born to Die, Polydor/Interscope, 2012.

“Summertime,” written by Harriet Wheeler and David Gavurin; performed by The Sundays. Static and Silence, DGC, 1997.

“Feels Like Summer,” written by Donald Glover and Ludwig Göransson; performed by Childish Gambino. RCA, 2018.

“Summer Love,” written by Carly Rae Jepsen, Patrik Berger, John Hill, Dave Palmer, Daniel Ledinsky; performed by Carly Rae Jepsen. Dedicated Side B, Interscope/Cherry Tree, 2020.

“Last Summer,” written and performed by Danielle Durack. Bashful, self-released, 2019.

“Summer Girl,” written by Danielle Haim, Alana Haim, Este Haim, Rostam Batmanglij, Ariel Rechtshaid, and Lou Reed; performed by Haim. Women in Music Pt 3, Polydor, 2020.

“So Nice (Summer Samba),” written by Norman Gimbel, Marcos Valle, and Paulo Sergio Valle; performed by Bebel Gilberto. Tanto Tempo, Ziriguiboom, 2000.

“Ferris Wheel,” written by John Hill, Amelia Meath, and Nick Sanborn; performed by Sylvan Esso. Free Love, Lomo Vista, 2020. 

“Rollercoaster,” written by Edele Lynch, Keavy Lynch, Lindsay Armaou, Sinead O’Carroll, Ray Hedges, Martin Brannigan, and Tracy Ackerman; performed by B*Witched. B*Witched, Epic, 1998.

“We’re Going to The State Fair—See You There!,” a television jingle from KARE 11, 2017.