{"podcast":{"title":"RacketCast","slug":"racketcast-7015734","podcast_index_feed_id":7015734,"rss_url":"https://feeds.acast.com/public/shows/66e37617547e9546dfc561ed","website_url":"https://racketmn.com","image_url":"https://assets.pippa.io/shows/cover/1726182892345-5e16c0b2-7e89-4f4a-a132-2e8c4cacc4f7.jpeg","author":"Racket","episode_count":57,"summary":"Bi-weekly podcast from Racket, the Twin Cities news/arts/culture publication. Featuring hyper-local recaps, reviews, interviews, debates, hot takes, and more from the crew behind your favorite reader-funded, worker-owned media org. Want to advertise on RacketCast ? Email us at advertise@racketmn.com. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-25T18:19:17.550217+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/racketcast-7015734"},"episode":{"title":"2025 MN Vikings Preview for Dummies Feat. Arif Hasan","slug":"2025-mn-vikings-preview-for-dummies-feat-arif-hasan","published_at":"2025-09-05T12:39:56+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/racketcast-7015734/2025-mn-vikings-preview-for-dummies-feat-arif-hasan","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/racketcast-7015734","url":"https://racketmn.com","audio_url":"https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/66e37617547e9546dfc561ed/e/68bada1b4629f1c6bea8756c/media.mp3","summary":"In the grand tradition of this still-kinda-new podcast, we're bringing you conversations with smart and cool local sportswriters to preview upcoming seasons. The \"for dummies\" framing? The guests have nothing to do with that, and perhaps one day we'll stop the condescending approach. But today is not that day, dummies. This week we've got  Arif Hasan  (The Athletic, Bleacher Report, Zone Coverage) on the pod, a veteran Minnesota Vikings cataloger and founder of the awesome reader-funded football website  Wide Left . Hasan breaks down the fracturing sports media landscape, explains the top causes for optimism and concern regarding your Vikes, and even roasts the living shit outta the Green Bay Packers, a team that's near and dear to your host's heart. But first! Here are the stories we gabbed about during What I Learned In Racket... Helen Hoover: The Pioneering MN Nature Writer You’ve ‘Never Heard Of’ Finally Gets Her Due A Chronic Hater Attempts to Enjoy the Minnesota Renaissance Festival Subscribe  to  RacketCast  wherever you get your podcasts—Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Pocket Casts, etc.  •  Wanna  advertise  on  RacketCast ? Email us at  advertise@racketmn.com .  •  Have a food/drink, event, or show recommendation? How about a civic hot take? General or specific question?  Call 619-RACKTIP  (619-722-5847) with your first name + city + 3-min.-maximum voicemail, and we might play it on a future episode.  •  Special thanks to local band  Van Stee  for supplying our podcast music! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.","meta_description":"In the grand tradition of this still-kinda-new podcast, we're bringing you conversations with smart and cool local sportswriters to preview upcoming seaso…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":4075,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/racketcast-7015734/episodes/2025-mn-vikings-preview-for-dummies-feat-arif-hasan/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/racketcast-7015734/2025-mn-vikings-preview-for-dummies-feat-arif-hasan.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}