{"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":"Minnesota Now: Aug. 31, 2026","slug":"minnesota-now-aug-31-2026","published_at":"2026-08-31T18:23:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/minnesota-now-4397657/minnesota-now-aug-31-2026","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/minnesota-now-4397657","url":"https://www.mprnews.org/episode/2026/08/31/minnesota-now-aug-31-2026","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/2026/08/31/mn_now_20260831_fullshow_20260831_128.mp3?awCollectionId=apm-MNNow&awEpisodeId=01M1CCHAYPY668J8BT6AN0XF9E","summary":"Federal officials have decided not to charge an ICE agent in the shooting of a man in Minneapolis this winter. It follows an unsuccessful attempt to extradite the agent, who was released from a Texas jail last week. The Nepali community in Minnesota is coming together to collect relief for the thousands of people affected by devastating floods in their home country and in Tibet. And Meta's putting in place new rules for kids on Instagram and Facebook as a part of a multi-billion dollar settlement. We learned more about what these changes will mean for kids and families. Plus, a soon-to-be-released anthology edited by two Minnesota poets contemplates the history and future of policing.","meta_description":"Federal officials have decided not to charge an ICE agent in the shooting of a man in Minneapolis this winter. It follows an unsuccessful attempt to extra…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":3368,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/minnesota-now-4397657/episodes/minnesota-now-aug-31-2026/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/minnesota-now-aug-31-2026.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}