{"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":"Rising musician Sophie Hiroko getting ready to record her debut album","slug":"rising-musician-sophie-hiroko-getting-ready-to-record-her-debut-album","published_at":"2026-08-27T18:57:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/minnesota-now-4397657/rising-musician-sophie-hiroko-getting-ready-to-record-her-debut-album","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/minnesota-now-4397657","url":"https://www.mprnews.org/episode/2026/08/27/rising-musician-sophie-hiroko-getting-ready-to-record-her-debut-album","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-hiroko_20260827_128.mp3?awCollectionId=apm-MNNow&awEpisodeId=01M127TGPFW16DPXYZH5WP1DZD","summary":"On Minnesota Now, we play local music every day. And when we broadcast from the State Fair, that music is live. Sophie Hiroko is from from Duluth and has been making a pretty big name for herself in the Minnesota music scene. She won the 2025 Palomino grant from the Duluth band Trampled by Turtles, she released an EP, she was picked as one of First Avenue's best new bands of 2025, and she recently headlined at the 7th St. Entry. Now, she shared with MPR News that she has secured studio space to record her first studio album. Hiroko joined Minnesota Now host Nina Moini to talk about her music career and play two songs.","meta_description":"On Minnesota Now, we play local music every day. And when we broadcast from the State Fair, that music is live. Sophie Hiroko is from from Duluth and has…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1021,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/minnesota-now-4397657/episodes/rising-musician-sophie-hiroko-getting-ready-to-record-her-debut-album/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/rising-musician-sophie-hiroko-getting-ready-to-record-her-debut-album.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}