Cathy Wurzer hosts TPT's Almanac at MPR State Fair Booth

The Great Big Wheel towers over Machinery Hill
The 15-story-tall Great Big Wheel towers over Machinery Hill on the first day of the Minnesota State Fair on Thursday, Aug. 24, 2017.
Evan Frost | MPR News

MPR's Cathy Wurzer, and Eric Eskola co-hosted TPT's Almanac program at the Minnesota Public Radio State Fair booth for a live noon hour broadcast on Friday.

Guests included MPR political reporter Brian Bakst, University of Minnesota climatologist Mark Seeley, storyteller Kevin Kling, MPR's longtime State Fair political debates moderator Gary Eichten, a panel of political scientists, and sheep!

To listen to the full program, click the audio player above.

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