Podcasts about Minnesota, United States

Somebody angry about a bullpen is the likeliest first sound on this page. Minnesota's shows are pro-sports argument by a wide margin, filed under Sports and split by franchise: the Twins get taken apart from the seventh inning out, the Vikings from the quarterback room out, and the Timberwolves and Wild are heard in the middle of playoff series, working through a matchup game by game. Around that sit a statewide news program, a Northfield one, a college-sports show and a score-by-score account of youth ultimate.

What Minnesota is

Minnesota is an Upper Midwest state of roughly 5.7 million people on the Canadian border, anchored by Minneapolis and St. Paul, with Duluth on Lake Superior and the Mississippi rising in its north woods. It is known for lakes, long winters and a full set of major-league teams in the Twin Cities.

The Twins, argued from the bullpen out

Reusse Unchained sounds like a loose sports-bar argument that knows the archive. In the clip from "Minnesota Twins have no chance to win with this bullpen", Royce calls the plan "idiotic"; the same window has a voice asking whether anyone in St. Paul or Wichita throws 98, and preferring that gamble in the seventh inning to Justin Topa trying to fool people. Pat's question about James Outman, Bailey Ober and the thinking behind the lineup, "What are they trying to preserve here?", is the show's register in a line.

The SKOR North Twins Show is the same argument with the payroll sheet open. The Opening Day loss to Baltimore yields the page's sharpest verdict, that Royce Lewis batting eighth and then being pinch-hit for is "an absolute disgrace", with Phil Mackey adding that Lewis is "on your own" because the organization has bailed on him. An older clip from the manager search insists a hire will not fix "a rotten core", and the September titles ask "Are Minnesota Twins in position to win in 2027?"

Gleeman and The Geek works the pitching staff arm by arm: Pablo López's torn UCL turning a March injury into a full-season Tommy John, Brooks Lee coming off a benching to turn an 0-2 count into a two-run single. MN for the Win goes series by series in its titles, and its spring clips run from David arguing that releasing Liam Hendriks and Andrew Chafin signals real bullpen uncertainty to a standing grievance about the M-crown design on Twins hats.

The Vikings and the quarterback room

The Vikings have the largest share of shows here, and their titles keep returning to Kyler Murray, JJ McCarthy and what signing one means for the other. The Viking Age Podcast is two fans thinking out loud at speed, interrupting and correcting each other; its combine clip counts the Vikings as connected to eight, maybe nine, quarterbacks in a single week, and Adam Patrick argues that Minnesota's offseason cannot be worse than Arizona's Murray situation. The show titled Minnesota Vikings brings in the principals: Kevin O'Connell on how Murray turns broken pass plays into 40-yard touchdown runs, Ben Leber calling Caleb Banks a top-10 talent if his foot injury is not chronic, Cy Amundson on the Tailgate saying the Vikings should "squash" Green Bay even if the Packers rest everyone.

The draft is the other beat. Purple Daily argues with edges: Caleb Downs belongs around the top ten because he is a step ahead on film, Thor holds that the draft community fetishizes foot speed over football skills, and a 4.5 RAS score means little if the tape shows a lineman throwing his hands. Locked On Vikings has Arif Hasan on a BYU corner who reportedly ran a 4.29 forty, and a detour through old games: Cam Newton and the Panthers in sub-zero cold at the old TCF stadium, the over-the-shoulder catch from Kirk in overtime in New Orleans. VikingsTerritory Breakdown takes the front-office view, with Mark Craig totalling John Schneider's last four drafts at 571 starts and 30 of 38 players still on the Super Bowl team, and Ryan Kelly's retirement at 32 leaving the Vikings without a real center answer.

Wolves and Wild, mid-series

Flagrant Howls is a sports-radio table that will spend a while on a host's baby's double ear infection before getting to the overtime win over Houston, a game in which both teams touched 98 and 99.7 percent win probability and a Scott Foster whistle became the officiating flashpoint. It also carries Kevin Garnett's return to Target Center, with Garnett saying the reunion is about what's next, not just nostalgia. Locked On Wolves does the film work: how Denver's 14-0 third-quarter run in Game One grew out of rushed Minnesota shots that fed the Nuggets' transition game, and, from a loss without Anthony Edwards, how Ben Beecken saw the perimeter stunts and rotations disrupt Detroit.

Locked On Wild is measured and rapid at once, two fans with an analyst's spine, and its clips are all Dallas: whether Filip Gustavsson's last month means Jesper Wallstedt should start Game 1, Jake Oettinger's 4-2 playoff record and 2.01 goals-against against Minnesota, and a blueprint of net-front rebounds rather than perimeter play. Wild Digest runs on trade reports, a Wallstedt rumor involving an Atlantic team and Bill Guerin's deadline plans after Team USA's golden goal, under titles like "This basically confirms it..." and "It's Official...".

Gophers and the school game

Gophers 101 covers Minnesota college sports, and its clips catch a coaching upheaval: Bob Motzko and the Gophers parting ways, Brad Frost out, and Judd Zulgad arguing that Gopher hockey now needs a general manager, not just a coach. Minnesota Youth Ultimate Podcast is score by score: Washburn over Edina 10-9 at the Hopkins Hustle, Mounds View surviving Woodbury 16-15 and White Bear Lake 14-13 to preserve its title streak, division previews, and in June "2026 Minnesota State Champions".

Off the field: the state and Northfield

MPR News with Angela Davis is the statewide conversation. Its Science Museum of Minnesota episode sets revenue falling from $42 million to $31 million, with layoffs, furloughs and the end of summer camps, beside a voice describing a friend who is autistic and treats the museum as home. Katty Frink suggests the question to ask after a relapse, "What can I help you with?", and Jeff Miller explains why coyotes escort dogs away from dens in spring. KYMN Morning Show | KYMN Local News is Northfield's, and it is where local government is heard at the mechanical level: Superintendent Dr. Matt Hillmann on high school project bids that came in 20 percent, or $19 million, over projections; City Clerk Lynette Peterson laying out 2026 filing dates and three council openings; four St. Olaf faculty connecting economics, music, fossilized coral and the Artemis mission at a live event.

Where to start

• For the Twins argument: Reusse Unchained or The SKOR North Twins Show, with Gleeman and The Geek for the pitching staff worked arm by arm.
• For the Vikings: The Viking Age Podcast on the quarterbacks, Purple Daily on the draft.
• For the playoff series as they were being played: Locked On Wolves and Locked On Wild.
• Away from sport: MPR News with Angela Davis for the state, KYMN Morning Show | KYMN Local News for Northfield.

The Minnesota feed on this page plays clips from these shows.