IN THE KNOW

Minnesota Daily

In the Know: Breaking Down the U's News is a weekly podcast from the Minnesota Daily, the independent, student-run media group at the University of Minnesota.

  • 37 minutes 37 seconds
    Fall 2025 semester wrapped

    Elections, ICE activity, campus safety, sports highlights and the pop culture moments that dominated the fall. 

    14 December 2025, 8:11 pm
  • 12 minutes 57 seconds
    Netflix to acquire Warner Brothers for $72 billion

    What does this mean for streaming services, movie theaters and Minnesotan movie lovers? 

    5 December 2025, 11:20 pm
  • 17 minutes 34 seconds
    Our lives get bigger, social media gets smaller

    UMN students, faculty and a high schooler reflect on screen time, phone bans and what it takes to truly unplug

    2 December 2025, 9:31 pm
  • 16 minutes 33 seconds
    What does it mean to be Latino at the U of M?

    Latino students share how the group, Mi Gente, has shaped their university experience and become a second-family. 

    21 November 2025, 8:27 pm
  • 18 minutes 23 seconds
    How the nationwide SNAP freeze impacted University students

    Hear from students, food shelf organizers and university staff about how college students struggle with food insecurity and the SNAP freeze

     
    14 November 2025, 10:49 pm
  • 14 minutes 44 seconds
    When Washington stops, we all feel it

    Two UMN political experts unpack the partisan battle, public frustration and what’s at stake for Minnesotans during this government shutdown. 

    7 November 2025, 9:10 pm
  • 27 minutes 39 seconds
    What students really think of AI

    University students and Minnesota Daily journalists share their concerns about AI’s uses, future, and the policies shaping its place on campus.

     

    ALL CONTRIBUTORS: Ceci Heinen, Jeff Young, Wren Warne-Jacobsen, Vivian Wilson, Callie Burch, Amy Watters, Matthew Jegers, Atticus Marse, Lucas Vasquez, Grace Aigner.

     

    Extra editing help from Rob McGinley Meyers.

    3 November 2025, 10:59 pm
  • 9 minutes 51 seconds
    More than a t-shirt: The competitive nature of intramural sports

    Intramural athletes share how intensity, passion and pride drive games that are supposed to be “just for fun.”

    26 October 2025, 2:42 am
  • 24 minutes 23 seconds
    Special episode: Interview with Mary Lawlor, United Nations Special Rapporteur on Human Rights Defenders

    Mary Lawlor discusses her role as special rapporteur, her outlook on human rights defenders and how the United States is affecting the global human rights landscape. 

    22 October 2025, 5:04 pm
  • 17 minutes 42 seconds
    Budget cuts leave architecture students struggling to keep up

    Students pursuing a bachelors of science in architecture uncover the mental, financial and physical intensity of the program.

    21 October 2025, 9:19 pm
  • 22 minutes 37 seconds
    The people pushing cancer research forward

    Meet the scientists at the University of Minnesota who are finding new ways to treat one of the world’s toughest diseases

    12 October 2025, 5:43 pm
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