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Two Target Dramas, One Big Mining Ban, and Minneapolis' Lead Pipe Scramble
State Fair Must-Eats, Union Bingo on Dan Patch, and a 4-H Musical That'll Wreck You
What Happens When a Restaurant Has No Prices? Plus, the Local Dinner Series Run by Grandmas
A $5 Million Park Board Showdown. Plus, Pinocchio Returns to Children's Theatre
These Suburbs are More Diverse than the TC. Plus, MN's First-Ever Black Book Fair and Reuniting Pets with Deported Owners
Why All Elections Should Get the MN Treatment. Plus, Pop-Ups Worth the Line
Duluth's Best Kept Secrets. Plus, Gaelynn Lea On Her Debut Memoir
ShotSpotter's False Positives, the Whiskey Scheme that Built St. Paul, and Korean-Inspired Live Guitar
State Fair's 'Biggest Battle,' a $32M Budget Hole, and Bauhaus Brewery's Dramatic Comeback
All-Women Governor’s Race. Plus, Nudity at Fringe Fest and Radish Farm Stop
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Two Target Dramas, One Big Mining Ban, and Minneapolis' Lead Pipe Scramble
A racist Halloween costume lands Target in hot water AGAIN and this time teachers are calling for a full boycott. Today we dig into what...

State Fair Must-Eats, Union Bingo on Dan Patch, and a 4-H Musical That'll Wreck You
It's State Fair week at City Cast Twin Cities, and we’re going all in. But before the fair talk, we dig in to a stack of listener mailbag...

What Happens When a Restaurant Has No Prices? Plus, the Local Dinner Series Run by Grandmas
A Twin Cities dinner series is turning immigrant home cooking into radical acts of storytelling. Mecca Bos, founder of BIPOC Foodways All...

A $5 Million Park Board Showdown. Plus, Pinocchio Returns to Children's Theatre
Minneapolis parks are ranked among the best in the country, so what happens when funding doesn't keep pace with rising costs? Park Commis...

These Suburbs are More Diverse than the TC. Plus, MN's First-Ever Black Book Fair and Reuniting Pets with Deported Owners
This weekend, Minneapolis becomes home to the very first Midwest Black Book Fair. Dr. Terresa Hardaway shares how she built it (and how t...

Why All Elections Should Get the MN Treatment. Plus, Pop-Ups Worth the Line
Good pop-ups are restaurant quality. We’ll talk about the ones worth waiting down the block for. Election Day is closer than you think, a...

Duluth's Best Kept Secrets. Plus, Gaelynn Lea On Her Debut Memoir
Today we are revisiting a conversation about what makes Duluth punch so far above its weight in music and arts. We’ll head north with Kri...

ShotSpotter's False Positives, the Whiskey Scheme that Built St. Paul, and Korean-Inspired Live Guitar
Today, we dig into Minneapolis's long-running and expensive ShotSpotter gunshot detection program with Ella Stern of the Minnesota Spokes...

State Fair's 'Biggest Battle,' a $32M Budget Hole, and Bauhaus Brewery's Dramatic Comeback
With the State Fair just around the corner, Minnesota and Ramsey County are taking an unusual legal step – suing two local gangs to stop...

All-Women Governor’s Race. Plus, Nudity at Fringe Fest and Radish Farm Stop
Have you ever watched a primary election this closely? From the voter turnout to the candidates, Tuesday’s election was historic. We run...


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