{"podcast":{"title":"Minnesota Now","slug":"minnesota-now-4397657","podcast_index_feed_id":4397657,"rss_url":"https://feeds.publicradio.org/public_feeds/minnesota-now","website_url":"https://www.mprnews.org/shows/minnesotanow","image_url":"https://img.apmcdn.org/e601b59f214a8e0f826ffa7d220b2508992ad11a/uncropped/9cdeb5-20241108-minnesota-now-with-nina-moini-2000.jpg","author":"Minnesota Public Radio","episode_count":70,"summary":"Live, down to earth, unscripted interviews that aim to connect, inform and entertain. Real people share real stories with MPR News host Nina Moini. It’s journalism that doesn’t take itself too seriously and puts people first.","last_synced_at":"2026-09-04T08:17:55.538195+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/minnesota-now-4397657"},"episode":{"title":"How the ever-growing State Fair crop art exhibit comes to life","slug":"how-the-ever-growing-state-fair-crop-art-exhibit-comes-to-life","published_at":"2026-08-27T18:35:14+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/minnesota-now-4397657/how-the-ever-growing-state-fair-crop-art-exhibit-comes-to-life","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/minnesota-now-4397657","url":"https://www.mprnews.org/episode/2026/08/27/how-the-evergrowing-state-fair-crop-art-exhibit-comes-to-life","audio_url":"https://pscrb.fm/rss/p/mgln.ai/e/5/dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/tracking.swap.fm/track/VnCzW2iO9G8z4eDWfXCd/play.publicradio.org/podcast/o/minnesota/podcasts/minnesota_now/2026/08/27/mn_now_20260827-shore_20260827_128.mp3?awCollectionId=apm-MNNow&awEpisodeId=01M126T4X5VP0WAQMH9KB6BF1X","summary":"For many Minnesotans, there are several State Fair staples. Maybe it's Sweet Martha’s, or the giant slide. Or maybe it's seeing the butter sculptures. Over the past several years, the crop art exhibit has joined the list of must-see attractions. Marta Shore is the woman behind putting the contest and exhibit together, as the crop art and scarecrow assistant superintendent. Shore spoke to Minnesota Now host Nina Moini at the MPR stage.","meta_description":"For many Minnesotans, there are several State Fair staples. Maybe it's Sweet Martha’s, or the giant slide. Or maybe it's seeing the butter sculptures. Ove…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":606,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/minnesota-now-4397657/episodes/how-the-ever-growing-state-fair-crop-art-exhibit-comes-to-life/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/minnesota-now-4397657/how-the-ever-growing-state-fair-crop-art-exhibit-comes-to-life.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}