{"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":"Covering the MN ICE Invasion Feat. Reporters Madison McVan & Max Nesterak","slug":"covering-the-mn-ice-invasion-feat-reporters-madison-mcvan-max-nesterak","published_at":"2026-02-06T16:33:38+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/racketcast-7015734/covering-the-mn-ice-invasion-feat-reporters-madison-mcvan-max-nesterak","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/racketcast-7015734","url":"https://racketmn.com","audio_url":"https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/66e37617547e9546dfc561ed/e/698617e25ad8bc4f7c98aed6/media.mp3","summary":"Small but mighty, the Minnesota Reformer continues to deliver some of the best Operation Metro Surge coverage in the state. We're fans, we suspect you're fans, so we figured: Let's get reporters Madison McVan and Max Nesterak on the pod to discuss their ongoing coverage of the federal invasion.  Here's a link  to Max's big feature story;  here's a link  to Madison's piece about ICE resistance going mainstream. But before any of that, our own small/mighty crew engaged in a spirited round of What I Learned in Racket. Here's what we learned... They Asked for Donations to Buy $10 Burritos. They Raised More Than $10K. Bruce Springsteen and Tom Morello Rouse Anti-Fascist Fervor at First Ave Gas Masks, Signal Chats, and a Honda Fit: Chasing ICE With Will Stancil 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":"Small but mighty, the Minnesota Reformer continues to deliver some of the best Operation Metro Surge coverage in the state. We're fans, we suspect you're…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":3649,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/racketcast-7015734/episodes/covering-the-mn-ice-invasion-feat-reporters-madison-mcvan-max-nesterak/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/racketcast-7015734/covering-the-mn-ice-invasion-feat-reporters-madison-mcvan-max-nesterak.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}