{"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":"Minneapolis is Opening its Doors. Plus, a Northeast Café Fighting Back","slug":"minneapolis-is-opening-its-doors-plus-a-northeast-caf-fighting-back","published_at":"2026-05-06T08:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/city-cast-twin-cities-7539282/minneapolis-is-opening-its-doors-plus-a-northeast-caf-fighting-back","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/city-cast-twin-cities-7539282","url":"https://traffic.megaphone.fm/CC8328499871.mp3?updated=1778022442","audio_url":"https://traffic.megaphone.fm/CC8328499871.mp3?updated=1778022442","summary":"Doors Open Minneapolis is back this weekend with 75 venues across the city unlocking their doors for free, giving you access to places you'd never otherwise get inside. Today we've got Heidi Swank, Executive Director of Rethos, walking us through where to go, how to plan your day, and some of the coolest new additions this year. Then we sit down with Stephanie March of Salt Cure Restaurant Recovery Fund and Melissa Borgmann of Café Marguerite to talk about the Salt Cure Restaurant Recovery Fund and how the Twin Cities food community rallied together in the wake of Operation Metro Surge. Plus, City Cast is hosting an event at Café Marguerite on May 12th. Come hang with us! And a quick sports update: the Wolves bandwagon is getting full. Jump on now. Learn more about the topics discussed in today's episode: City Cast at Cafe Marguerite The Salt Cure Restaurant Recovery Fund “This Is What It Means to Be Minnesotan” (ProPublica) Become a City Cast Twin Cities Neighbor Doors Open Minneapolis Learn more about the sponsors of this May 6th 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":"Doors Open Minneapolis is back this weekend with 75 venues across the city unlocking their doors for free, giving you access to places you'd never otherwi…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2321,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/city-cast-twin-cities-7539282/episodes/minneapolis-is-opening-its-doors-plus-a-northeast-caf-fighting-back/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/minneapolis-is-opening-its-doors-plus-a-northeast-caf-fighting-back.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}