{"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":"The Wheels on the Bus Feat. Metro Transit","slug":"the-wheels-on-the-bus-feat-metro-transit","published_at":"2025-08-08T18:18:38+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/racketcast-7015734/the-wheels-on-the-bus-feat-metro-transit","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/racketcast-7015734","url":"https://racketmn.com","audio_url":"https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/66e37617547e9546dfc561ed/e/68961c1286fca136286a0ef1/media.mp3","summary":"How does public transit work in the Twin Cities? To find out, we invited Metro Transit GM Lesley Kandaras and bus driver Al Chang to our St. Louis Park studio. (Kandaras, a true company woman who has ridden all 60 MT routes, even took the bus there.) Transit enthusiasts should enjoy this convo about the successes, challenges, new developments, and total disinterest in building a subway system surrounding our town's bus and light rail operator. But first! We engage in the second-ever (and possibly last-ever) installment of \"Birthday Breakdown\" to celebrate Jay's big 3-8. And here are the stories we gabbed about afterward during What I Learned In Racket... Racket’s Year in Review: August 2024-July 2025 Best Budget Bites: $9.99 Roast Beef Sandwich From Maverick’s Real Roast Beef 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":"How does public transit work in the Twin Cities? To find out, we invited Metro Transit GM Lesley Kandaras and bus driver Al Chang to our St. Louis Park st…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":3205,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/racketcast-7015734/episodes/the-wheels-on-the-bus-feat-metro-transit/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/racketcast-7015734/the-wheels-on-the-bus-feat-metro-transit.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}