{"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":188,"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":"2026-07-20T16:20:54.536495+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/city-cast-twin-cities-7539282"},"episode":{"title":"Downtown Developers Want Data Centers. Plus, Glassblowing Classes and Riverfront Upgrades","slug":"downtown-developers-want-data-centers-plus-glassblowing-classes-and-riverfront-upgrades","published_at":"2026-06-24T08:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/city-cast-twin-cities-7539282/downtown-developers-want-data-centers-plus-glassblowing-classes-and-riverfront-upgrades","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/city-cast-twin-cities-7539282","url":"https://traffic.megaphone.fm/CC6117622813.mp3","audio_url":"https://traffic.megaphone.fm/CC6117622813.mp3","summary":"Minneapolis and St. Paul are both set to see some major developments along the Mississippi River in the coming years, and there's already plenty of great amenities to check out on the riverfront in North Minneapolis. There's also a lot of talk about bringing data centers to downtown Minneapolis as the city council is voting on whether or not to implement a six-month moratorium on new data center development in tomorrow's meeting. And St. Paul Mayor Kaohly Her posted a video about how she's currently learning to swim via a program offered by St. Paul Parks, so we wanted to highlight some of the great adult education offerings available in the Twin Cities. Learn more about the topics discussed in today's episode: Few people realize how amazing the North Minneapolis riverfront is about to become (MinnPost) Ramsey County wants to spend $170M on park and housing in downtown St. Paul (Star Tribune) Data Centers Pushed as a Solution for Rampant Downtown Minneapolis Office Vacancies (Star Tribune) Browse Minneapolis community education offerings (Minneapolis Public Schools) Browse St. Paul community education offerings (St. Paul Public Schools) Become a City Cast Twin Cities Neighbor Learn more about the sponsors of this June 24th episode: North Canna - get 30% of your first purchase at northcanna.com Indeed Brewing Company Studio J-Bo 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":"Minneapolis and St. Paul are both set to see some major developments along the Mississippi River in the coming years, and there's already plenty of great…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2115,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/city-cast-twin-cities-7539282/episodes/downtown-developers-want-data-centers-plus-glassblowing-classes-and-riverfront-upgrades/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/downtown-developers-want-data-centers-plus-glassblowing-classes-and-riverfront-upgrades.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}