{"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":"ICE Is Still Here. Plus, Why Do So Many People Hate the State Flag?","slug":"ice-is-still-here-plus-why-do-so-many-people-hate-the-state-flag","published_at":"2026-06-22T08:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/city-cast-twin-cities-7539282/ice-is-still-here-plus-why-do-so-many-people-hate-the-state-flag","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/city-cast-twin-cities-7539282","url":"https://traffic.megaphone.fm/CC4373299155.mp3","audio_url":"https://traffic.megaphone.fm/CC4373299155.mp3","summary":"As the national media has largely moved on from ICE's actions in the Twin Cities, Minneapolis council member Jason Chavez has continued to spread awareness of ICE's ongoing presence. Sean and contributor PaviElle French sit down with Chavez to talk about what he is seeing in his neighborhood and hearing from his constituents. Sean and PaviElle also talk about a recent Star Tribune poll that found only about 30% of Minnesotans statewide approve of our state flag design. Listeners and readers share their comments when Sean opens up the mailbag. Learn more about the topics discussed in today's episode: Minnesota Poll: New state flag deeply unpopular (Star Tribune) Become a City Cast Twin Cities Neighbor Learn more about the sponsors of this June 22nd episode: North Canna - get 30% of your first purchase at northcanna.com Indeed Brewing Company Paddle & Portage 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":"As the national media has largely moved on from ICE's actions in the Twin Cities, Minneapolis council member Jason Chavez has continued to spread awarenes…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2017,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/city-cast-twin-cities-7539282/episodes/ice-is-still-here-plus-why-do-so-many-people-hate-the-state-flag/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/ice-is-still-here-plus-why-do-so-many-people-hate-the-state-flag.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}