Episodes
Yes, the season may be over, but that doesn't mean Fargo fans are done speculating and looking for answers to lingering questions. Tracy and Jay discuss some of the most pressing loose ends and finally get an answer to the question: What do the Kitchen Brothers sound like? Brad and Todd Mann join us to talk about the challenges and the fun in playing the dapper and silent Kitchen Brothers.
Published 01/07/16
Yes, the season may be over, but that doesn't mean Fargo fans are done speculating and looking for answers to lingering questions. Tracy and Jay discuss some of the most pressing loose ends and finally get an answer to the question: What do the Kitchen Brothers sound like? Brad and Todd Mann join us to talk about the challenges and the fun in playing the dapper and silent Kitchen Brothers.
Published 01/07/16
Who survived the sprawling Midwestern mayhem? The end of the second season of "Fargo" brings it home to Minnesota. Plus: We interview Adam Arkin, the director of this season's final two episodes and the actor behind Kansas City corporate boss Hamish Broker.
Published 12/15/15
Who survived the sprawling Midwestern mayhem? The end of the second season of "Fargo" brings it home to Minnesota. Plus: We interview Adam Arkin, the director of this season's final two episodes and the actor behind Kansas City corporate boss Hamish Broker.
Published 12/15/15
The television show "Fargo" has people split: Are the accents accurate or over-the-top? A dialect coach gives a crash course in the Minnesota sound.
Published 12/11/15
The television show "Fargo" has people split: Are the accents accurate or over-the-top? A dialect coach gives a crash course in the Minnesota sound.
Published 12/11/15
The promise of a massacre at Sioux Falls is finally fulfilled. The "Fargo" body count hits double digits at the Motor Motel. Plus: We talk to costume designer Carol Case about how to achieve a vintage look on a show where there's a lot of blood.
Published 12/08/15
The promise of a massacre at Sioux Falls is finally fulfilled. The "Fargo" body count hits double digits at the Motor Motel. Plus: We talk to costume designer Carol Case about how to achieve a vintage look on a show where there's a lot of blood.
Published 12/08/15
So much happened in episode 8, we asked Erdrich back to discuss and analyze the latest turns in the story of Hanzee Dent and the Gerhardts.
Published 12/03/15
So much happened in episode 8, we asked Erdrich back to discuss and analyze the latest turns in the story of Hanzee Dent and the Gerhardts.
Published 12/03/15
Peggy and Ed Blumquist get away to the cabin for the weekend -- and they have a man in their trunk for the trip. Plus: We talk to poet and writer Heid Erdrich. She grew up in North Dakota in the '70s and is Ojibwe. She shares her take on the show's treatment of Native American characters and what rings true about the depiction of 1979 in the Upper Midwest.
Published 12/01/15
Peggy and Ed Blumquist get away to the cabin for the weekend -- and they have a man in their trunk for the trip. Plus: We talk to poet and writer Heid Erdrich. She grew up in North Dakota in the '70s and is Ojibwe. She shares her take on the show's treatment of Native American characters and what rings true about the depiction of 1979 in the Upper Midwest.
Published 12/01/15
Show creator Noah Hawley said last night's episode of 'Fargo' was one of his favorite in the series -- it was also one of the most brutal. We discuss everything that went down and we interview actor Emily Haine, who plays Noreen Vanderslice on the show.
Published 11/24/15
The Gerhardt crime family storms little Luverne, Minn. with mixed results. (Beware the cattle prod.) And we talk to Ted Danson's real-life counterpart, Rock County Sheriff Evan Verbrugge. He tells us what Luverne is really like and about his own encounter with some mysterious lights.
Published 11/17/15
The Gerhardt crime family storms little Luverne, Minn. with mixed results. (Beware the cattle prod.) And we talk to Ted Danson's real-life counterpart, Rock County Sheriff Evan Verbrugge. He tells us what Luverne is really like and about his own encounter with some mysterious lights.
Published 11/17/15
In episode five, it's all out war -- and Ronald Reagan has arrived, just in time. Plus: We talk to "Fargo" music supervisor Maggie Phillips about the '70s, character anthems and what went into shaping the soundtrack of the show.
Published 11/10/15
This episode of 'Fargo' is steeped in war with Vietnam, the war on cancer and the conflict that's about to break loose between Fargo and Kansas City. We also interview St. Paul native Rachel Keller, who plays wily Gerhardt granddaughter Simone.
Published 11/03/15
We'll be back with a recap of episode 4 on Tuesday, but in the meantime we wanted to share two interviews from Southern California Public Radio's The Frame. They spoke with show creator Noah Hawley and composer Jeff Russo.
Published 10/29/15
Standoffs in Fargo, crime-solving at the hair salon, black ice, black asphalt, and a dash of Camus. Plus: We hear from the real-life sheriff's deputy who had a famous encounter with a mysterious ball of light near the North Dakota-Minnesota border in 1979.
Published 10/27/15
In episode two, the Kansas City mob comes to Fargo, N.D. -- and everyone might want to avoid the butcher shop for a while. We also interview NPR TV critic Eric Deggans about how "Fargo" fits into the changing TV landscape.
Published 10/20/15
We recap the first episode of season two where we meet North Dakota's reigning crime family and the intrepid state troopers of Luverne, Minn. We also talk to Dave Kenney about Minnesota in the 1970s -- and how a UFO sighting at that time makes perfect sense.
Published 10/13/15
"Fargo," the television show based on the Coen brothers' 1996 film, returns for a second season this Monday. To get prepared, we're studying up on season one and unloading everything we know about season two. We also talk to Rahul Hamid from NYU, who taught a class called, "The Coen Brothers: Failure and the American Dream."
Published 10/06/15