The Matt McNeil Show
Monday-Friday 3PM-5PM
Matt McNeil is a proud Minnesotan, on live weekdays from 3pm to 5pm. Matt has been living most of his life in the state of his birth. He's a husband, a father of three, a veteran, and a broadcaster. He's worked in radio for over 25 years, starting with Armed Forces Radio in Nuremberg, Germany. He currently lives in Hopkins.
On his show Matt talks politics from a Democrat/Progressive perspective, but he'll also venture into parenting, religion, entertainment, sports, gardening, business, cooking, and many other subjects. He interviews politicians, political insiders, authors, pundits, entertainers, and artists, and loves talking to the listeners.
Besides being on air, you can read his thoughts at the 'Progressive Citizen X' blog.
Matt McNeil is a proud Minnesotan, on live weekdays from 3pm to 5pm. Matt has been living most of his life in the state of his birth. He's a husband, a father of three, a veteran, and a broadcaster. He's worked in radio for over 25 years, starting with Armed Forces Radio in Nuremberg, Germany. He currently lives in Hopkins. On his show Matt talks politics from a Democrat/Progressive perspective, but he'll also venture into parenting, religion, entertainment, sports, gardening, business, cooking, and many other subjects. He interviews politicians, political insiders, authors, pundits, entertainers, and artists, and loves talking to the listeners. Besides being on air, you can read his thoughts at the 'Progressive Citizen X' blog.
Matt and Patrick talk movies and TV; COVID report; state legislature update with marijuana and clean cars; the continued pandemic of mass shootings in this country and how it pushes white narrative; the lack of empathy in Republican circles; how to better manage our public safety departments with splitting the police into multiple departments for…
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The bell and wheel allegedly stolen from a military memorial and given to Minnetonka High School will be given back to the Minneapolis Parks Board; virus; grand jury indicts the four Floyd officers; racist policing continues in Minneapolis; Paul Bunyan’s arm broken in Bemidji; Rep. Kaohly Her joins Brett to discuss the winding-down but heating-up…
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Matt recaps his recent days; Gov. Walz announces an upcoming end to all state-mandated COVID restrictions; the bell and the wheel at Minnetonka High School, revisited; bald eagles shot in northern Minnesota, reward offered; Republicans in the state senate go hard-line on the state budget out of desperation; Sven Sundgaard joins the show to discuss…
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Todd Mikkelson is in for Matt. The messes left by the Trump administration and how well Biden has cleaned them up; Todd speaks to State Sen. Erin Murphy; state Republicans go hard-line to stop the clean cars act and get Walz to end his emergency powers; what are the Republicans even trying to do in…
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Brett Johnson fills in for Matt today. We cover the Republican controlled state Senate making a budget offer filled with poison pills to the DFL controlled house. We also are joined by Patrick Coolican of the Minnesota Reformer talking about news at the legislature and how the 2022 race for Governor is shaping up. And…
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Hour 1 segment 1: Matt is unexpectedly back today from what was supposed to be a scheduled hip surgery last week and he’ll explain why (hint: bureaucracy in our private healthcare system). Hour 1 segment 2: Matt continues talking about the circumstances around his delayed hip surgery and the issues of having a profit based…
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Todd Mikkelson fills in for Matt today. Todd starts out discussing Joe Biden’s speech to Congress earlier this week; State Rep. Kelly Morrison speaks with Todd; police reform and the challenges it faces in the state legislature; Plymouth school shooting update; State Sen. Susan Kent speaks with Todd; discussing some of the hot topics of…
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