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.
Aaron Rupar is an independent journalist covering US politics and media, and publisher of the Public Notice newsletter. He was a pioneer of using SnapStream to post real-time video tweet threads of political events. Before going independent, Rupar covered the Trump administration for Vox. https://substack.com/@aaronrupar
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Jack Rice joins Matt to discuss the aftermath of Trump’s conviction; Republican reactions from yesterday; trolls; Republican hypocrisy of supporting Trump; Royce White and Amy Klobuchar; German songs.
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Jack is a nationally recognized and award winning criminal defense lawyer, awarded Among the Best Criminal Defense Lawyer of 2024, Minnesota Super Lawyer for 2023, Among the Best Lawyers of 2022, winner of the Minnesota Attorney of the Year Award for 2021 and founder of Jack Rice Defense. He was awarded the Professional Excellence Award…
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Blues Brothers and Chicago-themed films; avian flu; Trump tape of racial slur comes to light; Trump trial reaches a verdict; Trump found guilty of hush money payment case; Cliff Schecter joins for immediate analysis on Trump’s conviction; DFL leaders call on Nicole Mitchell to resign.
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Cliff Schecter is the President of Libertas LLC, a public relations and political strategy firm. He is the author of the 2008 bestselling book The Real McCain, a syndicated columnist, and co-owner of We Act Radio, AM 1480 in Washington DC. He also sits on the Board on the Ohio Innocence Project. You can follow him on…
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On today’s show: – How society treats rapists better than transgender people. – Updates on the WhatsApp group chat of a Mississippi Police Department that condoned (and encouraged) racism and police brutality. – Our weekly Jeff Stein visit. – Timberwolves update. – The balancing act of too much vs. too little discipline in schools. –…
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It’s our weekly visit with national political expert Jeff Stein. They talk about jury deliberations in Trump’s trial, Samuel Alito flying Christian Nationalist flags at his home and more.
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Memorial Day yesterday; Republicans finding out life isn’t so much better in red states; Trump trial closing arguments begin; Brett has his Tuesday visits with Matt and Patrick Coolican; shortage of school counselors in Minnesota; Minnesota sends disaster assistance to Iowa tornado sites.
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Patrick Coolican is editor-in-chief of the Minnesota Reformer. He joins Brett every Tuesday around 4:15 to discuss the Reformer’s latest stories.
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Cliff Schecter joins the show for the first half hour; the modern GOP; decline of local newspapers; federal lawsuit filed against Live Nation; Memorial Day; Rochester removes problematic councillor from meeting; State Trooper involved in fatal car accident; George Floyd was four years ago this weekend.
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