Essential Minnesota
The Minnesota Star Tribune

Essential Minnesota

No. of episodes
48
Latest episode
2026-10-30

Where can you listen?

Every Friday host Melissa Townsend brings her distinct curiosity and humor to these weekly deep-dive conversations with journalists from the Minnesota Star Tribune. Together they dig into interesting and important local stories that matter to Minnesota and beyond. It’s what the Minnesota Star Tribune does best. Available Fridays at 4:30 A.M. Central.

Episodes

Questions & Answers

How many episodes are there of Essential Minnesota?

There are 48 episodes avaiable of Essential Minnesota.

What is Essential Minnesota about?

We have categorized Essential Minnesota as:

  • Society & Culture
  • News
  • Politics

Where can you listen to Essential Minnesota?

Essential Minnesota is available, among others places, on:

  • Spotify
  • Apple Podcasts
  • Podtail
  • Google Podcasts

When did Essential Minnesota start?

The first episode of Essential Minnesota that we have available was released 29 January 2026.

Who creates the podcast Essential Minnesota?

Essential Minnesota is produced and created by The Minnesota Star Tribune.