We check in with Melody Hoffmann for her first public appearance since being downsized at Southwest Voices. What's next for Melody? What's the state of the hyperlocal news business?

Then we have an uncomfortable conversation about race as Minneapolis continues to reflect on five years since MPD murdered George Floyd. John explains why he's not taking responsibility for the Kenwood neighborhood.

As the rain forces us to take a shelter, we finish up with a conversation about what it's like to be a journalist subjected to a subpoena by an elected official and wanting to post about it - but being constrained by the strict fatherly rules of "Lawyer Dan" (Dan Suitor).

You'll want to watch on YouTube because in the middle of the episode a man shows us the big fish he just caught.

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