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.
Courtney Hagle is a deputy research director at Media Matters, where she has worked since October 2018. She has a bachelor’s degree in political science from Boston University, and she minored in history.
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Nancy Nelson fills in for Matt today. Today’s show focuses on the decision of Joe Biden to no longer seek re-election. DFL First Vice Chair Margie Hoffa also joins Nancy for most of the second hour.
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Marge Hoffa is a native Minnesotan who has been heavily involved in the Minnesota DFL Party for the past two decades. She grew up near Duluth, where her father raised cattle and worked for the railroad. She attended high school in Northfield and Prior Lake, and then went to Augsburg College in Minneapolis.
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On today’s show: – Cliff Schecter on the RNC. – Dr. Taiyon J. Coleman joins to talk about her new book, Traveling without Moving. – Matt makes enemies of Joe Mauer fans. – The software outage that grounded many flights around the country. – Cal Bahr unsurprisingly makes some offensive comments about women. – How…
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Matt is joined by Dr. Taiyon J. Coleman to talk about her new book, Traveling without Moving.
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Cliff joins Matt today to react to Trump’s lie-filled and meandering RNC speech, Republicans paying tribute to Trump, JD Vance’s anti-women stances and more.
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On today’s show: – How the national media is failing with their fawning RNC coverage. – The GOP flirts (or maybe more) with fascism as they spread signs at the RNC that says, “Mass Deportations Now.” – Bill Corbett from MST3K – Dr. Joe Eastman on President Biden’s COVID diagnosis. – Matt’s thoughts on how…
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Dr. Joe Eastman is an expert disease analyst and modeler who makes frequent appearances on the Matt McNeil Show to discuss COVID and other disease spreads. Today Matt and Dr. Joe talk about President Biden’s COVID diagnosis and how COVID effects older people. Plus we get updates on bird flu and more.
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Matt was joined by Bill Corbett, from RiffTrax and formerly from Mystery Science Theater 3000. They talk about how the new Deadpool movie might impact the superhero genre, Twister somehow getting a sequel, then some political topics and more! See RiffTrax live at State Theatre Minneapolis on July 27!
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Emmy nominations; news and notes from the RNC; Adam Schiff calls for Biden to withdraw; things going on around town; Royce White files; Somali-American journalist explains some of the issues with fraud in his community; coal ash spill from Minnesota Power in north central Minnesota.
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