{"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":"Three Republicans, one endorsement: Inside the GOP's fight for Minnesota Governor","slug":"three-republicans-one-endorsement-inside-the-gop-s-fight-for-minnesota-governor","published_at":"2026-05-22T09:30:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/essential-minnesota-7677952/three-republicans-one-endorsement-inside-the-gop-s-fight-for-minnesota-governor","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/essential-minnesota-7677952","url":"https://traffic.megaphone.fm/STB1832505015.mp3","audio_url":"https://traffic.megaphone.fm/STB1832505015.mp3","summary":"As Minnesota Republicans head into their state convention, three very different candidates are vying for the party’s endorsement for governor: House Speaker Lisa Demuth, businessman Kendall Qualls and MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell. Minnesota Star Tribune reporters Walker Orenstein and Nathaniel Minor break down who these candidates are and what their campaigns reveal about the future of the Minnesota GOP.","meta_description":"As Minnesota Republicans head into their state convention, three very different candidates are vying for the party’s endorsement for governor: House Speak…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1567,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/essential-minnesota-7677952/episodes/three-republicans-one-endorsement-inside-the-gop-s-fight-for-minnesota-governor/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/three-republicans-one-endorsement-inside-the-gop-s-fight-for-minnesota-governor.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}