Who will win today's cage match? Welcome to The Smackdown! For the next several weeks Brittany is hosting debates in cities and regions across the United States to find out who and what are the most influential things from those places. This episode Brittany lands in the Minneapolis-St. Paul area, the Twin Cities, and debates with Minnesota Public Radio reporters Kyra Miles and Jacob Aloi .

There will be winners. There will be losers. There will be surprises.

This episode was produced by Barton Girdwood with support from Liam McBain, Corey Antonio Rose and Alexis Williams. It was edited by Jessica Placzek. Our executive producer is Jasmine Romero.

Our VP of programming is Yolanda Sangweni..