{"podcast":{"title":"City Cast Twin Cities","slug":"city-cast-twin-cities-7539282","podcast_index_feed_id":7539282,"rss_url":"https://feeds.megaphone.fm/CC7003452906","website_url":"https://twincities.citycast.fm/","image_url":"https://megaphone.imgix.net/podcasts/308d746e-a3ab-11f0-a04a-97d3c92185f4/image/9b2ebe576ab440a4c86510692cc8ece7.png?ixlib=rails-4.3.1&max-w=3000&max-h=3000&fit=crop&auto=format,compress","author":"City Cast","episode_count":161,"summary":"Join Sean McPherson and the City Cast Twin Cities team every weekday morning as we bring you the day's conversations about life in the Twin Cities. With our cast of journalists, activists, experts and residents, we celebrate our wins with beaming pride, critique our shortcomings with the attention of a seed art judge and mutter “that’s interesting” for anything in between. Alongside our daily newsletter, we put the spotlight on the news and culture of the Twin Cities from every perspective we can find – including yours. It’s like a potluck where everyone’s invited and no one brings grape salad. So whether you've been here long enough to remember the Halloween blizzard of 1991, or you just bought your first winter coat, bring your dish over and let's talk. Learn more and subscribe to our newsletter at ⁠twincities.citycast.fm⁠.","last_synced_at":"2026-06-10T18:17:49.495199+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/city-cast-twin-cities-7539282"},"episode":{"title":"Are the Twin Cities #1 for Women’s Sports? Plus, What To Buy Right Now at the Farmers Market","slug":"are-the-twin-cities-1-for-women-s-sports-plus-what-to-buy-right-now-at-the-farmers-market","published_at":"2026-05-05T08:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/city-cast-twin-cities-7539282/are-the-twin-cities-1-for-women-s-sports-plus-what-to-buy-right-now-at-the-farmers-market","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/city-cast-twin-cities-7539282","url":"https://traffic.megaphone.fm/CC9976833865.mp3?updated=1777934090","audio_url":"https://traffic.megaphone.fm/CC9976833865.mp3?updated=1777934090","summary":"As spring ramps up, you might be wondering what the best produce to get at farmers markets is – besides ramps of course! City Cast Twin Cities Host Sean McPherson gets the down low from beyond beurre blanc’s Kirstie Kimball on what to snag and how to act (please don’t try and barter with the farmers) at our farmers markets. Plus Saara Hassoun, president of our USL W Soccer team the Minnesota Aurora, gets into why the Twin Cities might be America's best metro area for women athletes … and what we could still improve. Finally, we open up a big, overflowing mailbag and Executive Producer Anna Weggel gives her cottage cheese power ranking. Learn more about the topics discussed in today's episode: Guide to Mill City Market (beyond beurre blanc) 3 Places to Get Local Vegetables All Year Long (beyond beurre blanc) Aurora FC Learn more about the sponsors of this May 5th episode: Ordway Center for the Performing Arts Want to get in touch? Follow us @CityCastTwinCities on ⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠, or email us at ⁠⁠⁠twincities@citycast.fm⁠⁠⁠. You can also call or text us at 612-217-0637. For more Twin Cities news, make sure to sign up for our morning newsletter, City Cast Twin Cities. Looking to advertise on City Cast Twin Cities? Check out our options for podcast and newsletter ads at⁠⁠⁠ citycast.fm/advertise⁠⁠⁠.","meta_description":"As spring ramps up, you might be wondering what the best produce to get at farmers markets is – besides ramps of course! City Cast Twin Cities Host Sean M…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2111,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/city-cast-twin-cities-7539282/episodes/are-the-twin-cities-1-for-women-s-sports-plus-what-to-buy-right-now-at-the-farmers-market/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/city-cast-twin-cities-7539282/are-the-twin-cities-1-for-women-s-sports-plus-what-to-buy-right-now-at-the-farmers-market.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}