I spent 45 years at the Minnesota Renaissance Festival, long enough to love it, and long enough to watch it calcify. When #MeToo arrived in 2017, it surfaced real grievances. But it didn't stop there. It found a community quietly hungry for something to feel strongly about. Were the activists right to be agitated? Perhaps, but also just as likely is th…
Member Exclusive: What Doesn't Kill You Makes You Bored (*Audio)
The calcification of creativity and competition.
Apr 01, 2026
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