{"podcast":{"title":"Minnesota Today","slug":"minnesota-today-413993","podcast_index_feed_id":413993,"rss_url":"https://feeds.publicradio.org/public_feeds/mpr-news-update","website_url":"https://www.mprnews.org/","image_url":"https://img.apmcdn.org/1f56da009a58910c3568f259c9aa670783c09471/square/12e558-20220913-minnesota-today-podcast-art-2000.jpg","author":"Minnesota Public Radio","episode_count":100,"summary":"Minnesota Today from MPR News brings you the most important stories from around the state. All on your schedule. Get updated on the latest news in about five minutes, every weekday morning and evening.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-25T20:19:24.782595+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/minnesota-today-413993"},"episode":{"title":"Air quality issues likely this summer due to drought, high ozone levels","slug":"air-quality-issues-likely-this-summer-due-to-drought-high-ozone-levels","published_at":"2026-05-07T20:28:32+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/minnesota-today-413993/air-quality-issues-likely-this-summer-due-to-drought-high-ozone-levels","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/minnesota-today-413993","url":"https://www.mprnews.org/episode/2026/05/07/air-quality-issues-likely-this-summer-due-to-drought-high-ozone-levels","audio_url":"https://pscrb.fm/rss/p/mgln.ai/e/5/dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/play.publicradio.org/podcast/o/minnesota/podcasts/minnesota_today/2026/05/07/mntoday_V1_Ryan_20260507_64.mp3","summary":"Minnesota officials are forecasting air quality issues this summer due to wildfire smoke and high ozone levels. Meteorologists with the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency say drought conditions are increasing the risk of wildfires and they're expecting 12 to 16 days of smoky air this summer. And a Minneapolis man pleaded guilty this morning to spraying vinegar on Congresswoman Ilhan Omar earlier this year. Those stories and more in today’s evening update from MPR News. Hosted by Emily Reese. Music by Gary Meister.","meta_description":"Minnesota officials are forecasting air quality issues this summer due to wildfire smoke and high ozone levels. Meteorologists with the Minnesota Pollutio…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":293,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/minnesota-today-413993/episodes/air-quality-issues-likely-this-summer-due-to-drought-high-ozone-levels/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/minnesota-today-413993/air-quality-issues-likely-this-summer-due-to-drought-high-ozone-levels.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}