{"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":"Can Epstein's Ghost Sink Trump? Feat. Sen. Tina Smith","slug":"can-epstein-s-ghost-sink-trump-feat-sen-tina-smith","published_at":"2025-07-24T19:21:40+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/racketcast-7015734/can-epstein-s-ghost-sink-trump-feat-sen-tina-smith","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/racketcast-7015734","url":"https://shows.acast.com/racketcast/episodes/688287c4e0a86cc3abc6c393","audio_url":"https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/66e37617547e9546dfc561ed/e/688287c4e0a86cc3abc6c393/media.mp3","summary":"The ghost of Jeffery Epstein, sex-trafficking buddy to the elites, continues to haunt Trump World. Just this week the Wall Street Journal  reported  that the Justice Department warned Trump in May that his name is included in the Epstein files. (The White House called this  \"fake news.\" ) Meanwhile, the drip, drip, drip of previously unknown Trump-Epstein entanglements keeps accelerating— videos ,  photos ,  sketches . To discuss all of this, U.S. Sen. Tina Smith (DFL-Minnesota) joins us on this episode of  RacketCast . Smith has positioned herself on the frontlines of the posting wars, sharing eyebrow-raising Trump-Epstein developments with the abandon of a lawmaker who, at 67 and with retirement fast approaching, has few fucks left to give. But first! Here are the stories we gabbed about during What I Learned In Racket... Meet Minnesota’s Rocketman: Inside the Incomparable Life of Ky Michaelson Let’s Try Bloomington’s Buzziest Egg Sandwich 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! This week's RacketCast is brought to you by  CannaCon a nd also by  Minneapolis Cultural Districts . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.","meta_description":"The ghost of Jeffery Epstein, sex-trafficking buddy to the elites, continues to haunt Trump World. Just this week the Wall Street Journal reported &…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1914,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/racketcast-7015734/episodes/can-epstein-s-ghost-sink-trump-feat-sen-tina-smith/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/racketcast-7015734/can-epstein-s-ghost-sink-trump-feat-sen-tina-smith.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}