{"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":"Widespread racial and ethnic disparities persist, according to new health inequities analysis","slug":"widespread-racial-and-ethnic-disparities-persist-according-to-new-health-inequities-analysis","published_at":"2026-04-29T11:30:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/minnesota-today-413993/widespread-racial-and-ethnic-disparities-persist-according-to-new-health-inequities-analysis","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/minnesota-today-413993","url":"https://www.mprnews.org/episode/2026/04/29/widespread-racial-and-ethnic-disparities-persist-according-to-new-health-inequities-analysis","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/2026/04/29/mntoday_Widespread_racial_and_ethnic_disparities_persist__according_to_new_health_inequities_analysis_20260429_64.mp3","summary":"A DFL gun violence prevention package faces one last committee hurdle Wednesday in the Minnesota Senate. Gov. Tim Walz delivered his final State of the State speech Tuesday . The two-term Democrat had plenty of support from members of his party as he listed off the changes his administration has ushered through. A new health inequities analysis released Wednesday shows widespread racial and ethnic disparities persist in Minnesota . Runoff from this week’s snowmelt and heavy rain continues to keep rivers running high in northeastern Minnesota. A flood warning goes into effect Thursday morning along the South Kawishiwi River near Ely.","meta_description":"A DFL gun violence prevention package faces one last committee hurdle Wednesday in the Minnesota Senate. Gov. Tim Walz delivered his final State of the St…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":288,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/minnesota-today-413993/episodes/widespread-racial-and-ethnic-disparities-persist-according-to-new-health-inequities-analysis/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/widespread-racial-and-ethnic-disparities-persist-according-to-new-health-inequities-analysis.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}