{"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":"Livestreaming a Crisis Feat. Unicorn Riot","slug":"livestreaming-a-crisis-feat-unicorn-riot","published_at":"2026-02-20T18:52:37+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/racketcast-7015734/livestreaming-a-crisis-feat-unicorn-riot","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/racketcast-7015734","url":"https://racketmn.com","audio_url":"https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/66e37617547e9546dfc561ed/e/6998ad7568ec8626d2203745/media.mp3","summary":"Ever read  this week's Racket feature story  and think to yourself: \"Boy, I'd sure love to hear an entire hour-long conversation about how Niko Georgiades helped launch Unicorn Riot, provided incredible on-the-ground coverage of the George Floyd uprising, and kept producing livestream video coverage into the present, including during Operation Metro Surge?\" Boy, have we got a treat for you! But, before all that, we've got our regular What I Learned in Racket segment, which this week includes  an original poetry reading  by Keith Harris—*snap, snap, snap.* Catch up below: ICE Cost Lake Street Businesses at Least $46M. These Weekly Cash Mobs Help Them Claw Back Profit. Corporate Communications in ‘Uncertain, Stressful, and Volatile Times’: How MN Employers Failed to Address the ICE Occupation Streaming the Siege: At Every Turn, ICE’s MN Invasion Has Been Captured on Video 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":"Ever read this week's Racket feature story and think to yourself: \"Boy, I'd sure love to hear an entire hour-long conversation about how Niko…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":5213,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/racketcast-7015734/episodes/livestreaming-a-crisis-feat-unicorn-riot/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/racketcast-7015734/livestreaming-a-crisis-feat-unicorn-riot.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}