{"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":"2026-09-23T22:17:01.328022+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/minnesota-today-413993"},"episode":{"title":"State rep. pleads guilty to driving while intoxicated; Hospital merger moves forward","slug":"state-rep-pleads-guilty-to-driving-while-intoxicated-hospital-merger-moves-forward","published_at":"2026-08-28T20:43:31+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/minnesota-today-413993/state-rep-pleads-guilty-to-driving-while-intoxicated-hospital-merger-moves-forward","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/minnesota-today-413993","url":"https://www.mprnews.org/episode/2026/08/28/state-rep-pleads-guilty-to-driving-while-intoxicated-hospital-merger-moves-forward","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_today/2026/08/28/mntoday_v1_20260828_64.mp3?awCollectionId=apm-MNTdy&awEpisodeId=01M151T20EEPRZX5CTS7SP2PFS","summary":"A state representative has pleaded guilty to one count of misdemeanor driving while intoxicated stemming from a traffic stop earlier this year. And the planned merger of North Memorial Health and Sanford Health is moving forward. Those stories and more from today’s evening update from MPR News. Hosted by Todd Melby. Music by Gary Meister.","meta_description":"A state representative has pleaded guilty to one count of misdemeanor driving while intoxicated stemming from a traffic stop earlier this year. And the pl…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":281,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/minnesota-today-413993/episodes/state-rep-pleads-guilty-to-driving-while-intoxicated-hospital-merger-moves-forward/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/state-rep-pleads-guilty-to-driving-while-intoxicated-hospital-merger-moves-forward.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}