{"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":"2026 MN Twins Preview for Dummies Feat. The Athletic’s Aaron Gleeman","slug":"2026-mn-twins-preview-for-dummies-feat-the-athletic-s-aaron-gleeman","published_at":"2026-04-03T15:46:55+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/racketcast-7015734/2026-mn-twins-preview-for-dummies-feat-the-athletic-s-aaron-gleeman","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/racketcast-7015734","url":"https://racketmn.com/","audio_url":"https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/66e37617547e9546dfc561ed/e/69cfcdc8f57702d2d97a9b6d/media.mp3","summary":"🎶 Take me out to the ball game 🎶 🎶 Take me out with the crowd 🎶 🎶 Buy me some peanuts and  RacketCast  (?!) 🎶 Calm down!  RacketCast  will remain free of charge for this (slightly delayed) season preview of your  reportedly hopeless  2026 Minnesota Twins. As always, for no reason in particular, we'll be framing it through the \"for dummies\" lens, though our guest is no dummy: He's Aaron Gleeman, the best damn baseball writer/reporter in town. You can—and should!—subscribe to and support his  Gleeman & the Geek  Twins podcast, featuring co-host John Bonnes,  here ; you can read all of his writing via the Athletic  here . And for the What I Learned in Racket enthusiasts out there, tough luck! We're short-staffed this week, so our usual hoopla-loaded gabbing up top won't hit—very '26 Twins-like, when you think about it—your ears this week. No crying in baseball and podcasting. 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":"🎶 Take me out to the ball game 🎶 🎶 Take me out with the crowd 🎶 🎶 Buy me some peanuts and RacketCast (?!) 🎶 Calm down! RacketC…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":3392,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/racketcast-7015734/episodes/2026-mn-twins-preview-for-dummies-feat-the-athletic-s-aaron-gleeman/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/racketcast-7015734/2026-mn-twins-preview-for-dummies-feat-the-athletic-s-aaron-gleeman.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}