{"podcast":{"title":"Essential Minnesota","slug":"essential-minnesota-7677952","podcast_index_feed_id":7677952,"rss_url":"https://feeds.megaphone.fm/essentialminnesota","website_url":null,"image_url":"https://megaphone.imgix.net/podcasts/bc053764-f646-11f0-af37-4358c03a09a8/image/e978c9ce6b10da51398ae11d72bee4d8.png?ixlib=rails-4.3.1&max-w=3000&max-h=3000&fit=crop&auto=format,compress","author":"The Minnesota Star Tribune","episode_count":40,"summary":"Every Friday host Melissa Townsend brings her distinct curiosity and humor to these weekly deep-dive conversations with journalists from the Minnesota Star Tribune. Together they dig into interesting and important local stories that matter to Minnesota and beyond. It’s what the Minnesota Star Tribune does best. Available Fridays at 4:30 A.M. Central.","last_synced_at":"2026-09-18T20:19:33.591844+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/essential-minnesota-7677952"},"episode":{"title":"Inside the Making of the Annunciation Diaries","slug":"inside-the-making-of-the-annunciation-diaries","published_at":"2026-08-21T09:30:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/essential-minnesota-7677952/inside-the-making-of-the-annunciation-diaries","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/essential-minnesota-7677952","url":"https://traffic.megaphone.fm/STB5202741495.mp3","audio_url":"https://traffic.megaphone.fm/STB5202741495.mp3","summary":"On Aug. 27, 2025, a gunman opened fire through the windows of Annunciation Catholic Church in Minneapolis as students gathered for all-school Mass. Over the past year, several families filmed their experiences in video diaries. We hear some of their reflections and come to understand how this community is working to move forward. Video Journalist Amanda Anderson Reporter Reid Forgrave","meta_description":"On Aug. 27, 2025, a gunman opened fire through the windows of Annunciation Catholic Church in Minneapolis as students gathered for all-school Mass. Over t…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2318,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/essential-minnesota-7677952/episodes/inside-the-making-of-the-annunciation-diaries/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/essential-minnesota-7677952/inside-the-making-of-the-annunciation-diaries.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}