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Essential Minnesota

Every Friday some of the best reporters in Minnesota dig into one important local story. Host Melissa Townsend brings her distinct curiosity and humor to these weekly deep-dive conversations with…

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Latest episodes

  1. Summer Break -- we'll be back the week of August 10th7 Aug 2026
  2. Summer Break -- we'll be back the week of August 10th31 Jul 2026
  3. Minnesota elections face new challenges as federal support is pulled back24 Jul 2026
  4. Minnesota’s Wildfires: Smoke, the Boundary Waters & Climate Change17 Jul 2026
  5. Lynx’s Cheryl Reeve Breaks One More Record10 Jul 2026
  6. How Minnesota's new flag became a political flashpoint26 Jun 2026
  7. The investigation into the OALC church and its abusers19 Jun 2026
  8. Mistakes and Mysteries: Inside the manhunt for assassin Vance Boelter12 Jun 2026
  9. Bonus: Assassin Vance Boelter Pleads Guilty11 Jun 2026
  10. Behind the fall of the Minneapolis Chief of Police5 Jun 2026