{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/66e37617547e9546dfc561ed/6929bb8b3bcb8b52549b1e3c?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Avoiding Death, Getting Weirder, Releasing Memoirs Feat. Mary Lucia","description":"<p>Wishing you and yours a joyous and spiritually fulfilling Black Friday. Make sure your frenzied consumerism arrives at&nbsp;<a href=\"https://www.upress.umn.edu/9781517918866/what-doesnt-kill-me-makes-me-weirder-and-harder-to-relate-to/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><em>What Doesn't Kill Me Makes Me Weirder and Harder to Relate To</em></a>, the brand-new memoir from Mary Lucia.</p><p><br></p><p>The longtime Twin Cities DJ stopped by Racket HQ to talk about her book, and my goodness did we enjoy a long, fascinating conversation about Lucia helping launch REV105, becoming the drive-time star at 89.3 the Current, and enduring a stalker who turned three years of her life into a waking nightmare. These days, Looch is teaching the youth how to do radio at&nbsp;<a href=\"https://racketmn.com/its-your-job-to-keep-it-moving-a-30th-anniversary-oral-history-of-radio-k\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">our favorite frequency</a>, Radio K. (Editor's note: We're experimenting with new recording software, which slightly fucked up the intro recording quality... skip to the 25-minute mark to hear the Lucia interview in pristine sound.)</p><p><br></p><p>Catch two, count 'em&nbsp;<em>two</em>, upcoming&nbsp;<em>What Doesn't Kill Me</em>&nbsp;release parties—December 9 at the Granada Theater with past&nbsp;<em>RacketCast</em>&nbsp;guest Lizz Winstead (more info&nbsp;<a href=\"https://granadampls.com/granada-events-calendar/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">here</a>) and December 10 at the Landmark Center with Andrea Swensson (more info&nbsp;<a href=\"https://rchs.com/event/history-revealed-mary-lucia/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">here</a>).</p><p><br></p><p>Before all that, we field reader voicemails for&nbsp;<a href=\"https://racketmn.com/racketcast-ep-39-biggest-mn-turkeys-of-2025\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Turkey of the Year</a>&nbsp;snubs and, of course, conduct another thrilling installment of What I Learned In Racket.</p><p><br></p><p><strong><em>Subscribe</em></strong><em>&nbsp;to&nbsp;</em>RacketCast<em>&nbsp;wherever you get your podcasts—Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Pocket Casts, etc.</em>&nbsp;•&nbsp;<em>Wanna&nbsp;</em><a href=\"https://racketmn.com/advertise\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><strong><em>advertise</em></strong></a><em>&nbsp;on&nbsp;</em>RacketCast<em>? Email us at&nbsp;</em><a href=\"mailto:advertise@racketmn.com\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><em>advertise@racketmn.com</em></a><em>.</em>&nbsp;•&nbsp;<em>Have a food/drink, event, or show recommendation? How about a civic hot take? General or specific question?&nbsp;</em><strong><em>Call 619-RACKTIP</em></strong><em>&nbsp;(619-722-5847) with your first name + city + 3-min.-maximum voicemail, and we might play it on a future episode.</em>&nbsp;•&nbsp;<em>Special thanks to local band&nbsp;</em><a href=\"https://open.spotify.com/artist/4GDMgNwab1ODFfJyM5EfMq\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><strong><em>Van Stee</em></strong></a><em>&nbsp;for supplying our podcast music!</em></p>","author_name":"Racket"}