{"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":"Whatever Happened to Lizzo? Plus, Feds Release ICE Shooting Evidence, and You All Have a Lot to Say","slug":"whatever-happened-to-lizzo-plus-feds-release-ice-shooting-evidence-and-you-all-have-a-lot-to-say","published_at":"2026-07-15T08:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/city-cast-twin-cities-7539282/whatever-happened-to-lizzo-plus-feds-release-ice-shooting-evidence-and-you-all-have-a-lot-to-say","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/city-cast-twin-cities-7539282","url":"https://traffic.megaphone.fm/CC5316543608.mp3","audio_url":"https://traffic.megaphone.fm/CC5316543608.mp3","summary":"What happens to a pop star when the world moves on? Andrea Swensson and Denzel Belin join the show today to talk about the rise and fall of Lizzo, who used to call Minneapolis home. Then, we break down the latest in the state's investigation into the killings of Renee Good and Alex Pretti, and we open up a spicy hot mailbag which is filled to the brim with positivity and filled to at least the half brim with negativity about bike lanes! Learn more about the topics discussed in today's episode: Become a City Cast Twin Cities Neighbor How Lizzo Became One of Pop Culture’s Great Flops (The Atlantic) An Oral History of Lizzo's Rise to Fame from Minneapolis (Mpls.St.Paul Magazine) Feds share evidence in Good, Pretti shootings with state investigators months after stonewalling (Sahan Journal) Feds turn over evidence in killings of Renee Good, Alex Pretti by immigration agents (Minnesota Reformer) ICE Agent Charged in Minnesota Shooting Does Not Agree to Leave Texas (New York Times) Learn more about the sponsors of this July 15th episode: The Cedar Cultural Center Studio J-Bo Twin Cities PBS Minnehaha Falls Art Fair 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":"What happens to a pop star when the world moves on? Andrea Swensson and Denzel Belin join the show today to talk about the rise and fall of Lizzo, who use…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2131,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/city-cast-twin-cities-7539282/episodes/whatever-happened-to-lizzo-plus-feds-release-ice-shooting-evidence-and-you-all-have-a-lot-to-say/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/whatever-happened-to-lizzo-plus-feds-release-ice-shooting-evidence-and-you-all-have-a-lot-to-say.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}