Best of Interviews
Steve Simon (Matt McNeil Show 1/17/20)
Matt McNeil speaks with secretary of state Steve Simon about Minnesota’s new hybrid caucus/primary system.
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Read MoreRep. Jamie Becker-Finn (Matt McNeil Show 01.16.2020)
Ben Gleib (Matt McNeil Show – 01.15.2020)
Dane Smith on the Minnesota Equity Blueprint
Brett Johnson speaks with Dane Smith, president emeritus of Growth and Justice, about the Minnesota Equity Blueprint. The Minnesota Equity Blueprint is a comprehensive, non-partisan, long-term plan for shared prosperity in a healthier environment. It brings together people from both political parties, people from urban and rural area and business leaders to make a more…
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Read MoreLindsey Port (Matt McNeil Show – 01.14.2020)
Ken Martin (Matt McNeil Show – 01.13.2020)
Jack Rice (Matt McNeil Show – 01.10.2020)
Michael Brodkorb (Matt McNeil Show – 12.27.2020)
Jeff Stein (Matt McNeil Show – 01.08.2020)
Theresa McCormick (Matt McNeil Show – 12.25.2019)
Ron Latz (Matt McNeil Show – 01.01.2020)
Rick Gerber (Matt McNeil Show – 12.25.2019)
Rena Moran (Matt McNeil Show – 01.01.2020)
Ola Larsmo (Matt McNeil Show – 12.26.2019)
Martin Keller (Matt McNeil Show – 12.26.2019)
Jay Weiner (Matt McNeil Show – 12.24.2019)
Christopher Lehman (Matt McNeil Show – 01.02.2019)
Brian Horrigan (Matt McNeil Show – 12.24.2019)
Andy Sturdevant (Matt McNeil Show – 01.02.2019)
Jason Pine (Matt McNeil Show – 12.27.2020)
Jeff Stein (Matt McNeil Show – 12.31.2019)
A duplicate upload of The Matt McNeil Show for 12.31.2019.
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Read MorePaul Metsa (Matt McNeil Show – 12.20.2019)
Cliff Schecter (Matt McNeil Show – 12.19.2019)
Rick Vogt (Matt McNeil Show – 12.12.2019)
Cliff Schecter (Matt McNeil Show – 12.11.2019)
Eric Black of MinnPost (12/10/19)
Eric Black of MinnPost joins Brett Johnson to talk about several impeachment topics including what Gerlald Ford thought of impeachment and whether we actually have co-equal branches of government.
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Read MoreClare Donald (Matt McNeil Show – 12.06.2019)
Terry John Zila (Matt McNeil Show – 11.25.19)
Jack Rice (Matt McNeil Show – 11.21.2019)
Jeff Stein (Matt McNeil Show – 11.20.2019)
Cliff Schecter (Matt McNeil Show – 11.19.2019)
Molly Beck (Matt McNeil Show – 11/18/2019)
Todd Casey of Better Futures AM (11/14/19)
Dan Goldberg (AM950 11/15/19)
Jack Rice (Matt McNeil Show – 11.14.2019)
Todd Casey of Better Futures MN
Brett Johnson spoke with Todd Casey, one of the shift supervisors at Better Futures Minnesota. Todd talked about his experience working for Better Futures Minnesota and how they’ve helped him transition to a post-incarceration life.
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Read MoreJeff Stein (Matt McNeil Show – 11.12.2019)
Rose Roach of MN Nurses Association and Healthcare for All MN
Alan Collinge of Student Loan Justice (AM950 10/29/19)
Cliff Schecter (Matt McNeil Show – 10.31.19)
Alyssa Thiede (Matt McNeil Show – 10.31.19)
Jeff Stein (Matt McNeil Show 10.30.2019)
Prof. David Flynn on State Owned Banks
After one of our recent 4 PM shows we had several callers suggest that Minnesota should have a public, state government owned bank. So Brett Johnson then spoke with University of North Dakota economics professor David Flynn about how North Dakota, despite being heavily Republican, has a state owned bank. They discuss the history of…
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Read MoreJeff Stein (Matt McNeil Show 10/23/2019)
Cliff Schecter (Matt McNeil Show 10.17.2019)
Jack Rice (Matt McNeil Show 10/14/2019)
Jack Rice (Matt McNeil Show 10/10/2019)
Jeff Stein (Matt McNeil Show 10/09/2019)
Peter Callahan of MinnPost (10/2/19)
Brett Johnson speaks with Peter Callahan of MinnPost. They discuss a couple of topics: the prospects of a special session and compromise on emergency insulin funding. And how the “Farmer Labor” part of “DFL” got to be in the party.
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Read MoreQuinn Nystrom (Matt McNeil Show 10/03/2019)
Anat Shenker-Osorio (Matt McNeil Show 10/01/2019)
Jeff Stein (Matt McNeil Show 09/25/2019)
Cliff Schecter (Matt McNeil Show 09/24/2019)
Molly Beck (Matt McNeil Show 9/19/19)
Matt starts today’s show speaking with Molly Beck of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel about Wisconsin politics including Sean Duffy and Jim Sensenbrenner not running for reelection and the latest on the Foxxcon boondoggle.
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Read MoreJack Rice (Matt McNeil Show 9/17/19)
Matt starts today’s show by talking to Jack Rice about the international impacts of the bombings of Saudi oil fields over the weekend and the Israeli elections.
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Read MorePhilip Bither (Matt McNeil Show 09/11/2019)
David Schultz (MN Progressive Repartee 9/4/19)
Brett Johnson was recently joined by Hamline University political science professor David Schultz. They discussed parallels on how the DFL is trying to drive young voter turnout in 2020 with legalizing recreational marijuana to what the DFL did in 2012 getting young voters to the polls to vote against the anti-marriage amendment. They also talked…
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Read MoreJeff Stein (Matt McNeil Show 09/04/2019)
Matt McNeil – Curt Brown Interview
Matt speaks with Curt Brown, author of Minnesota, 1918: When Flu, Fire, and War Ravaged the State. In 1918, Minnesota and its residents were confronted with a series of devastating events that put communities to the test, forcing them to persevere through untold hardship. First, as the nation immersed itself in the global conflict later…
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Read MoreMatt McNeil – Doug Hoverson Interview
Matt speaks with Doug Hoverson, author of The Drink That Made Wisconsin Famous: Beer and Brewing in the Badger State. Few places on Earth are as identified with beer as Wisconsin, with good reason. Since its first commercial brewery was established in 1835, the state has seen more than 800 open and more than 650…
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Read MoreMatt Lee Ashley – MN Progressive Repartee – 8/14/19
Simon Clark – MN Progressive Repartee – 8/14/19
Chip Hallbach – MN Progressive Repartee – 8/14/19
Cliff Schecter (Matt McNeil Show 08/15/2019)
Quinn Nystrom (Matt McNeil Show 08/15/2019)
Bill Corbett (Matt McNeil Show 08/13/2019)
Tommye Myrick – The Matt McNeil Show – July 25, 2019
Tommye Myrick, actress from “Cane River” about the romance between two African Americans who come from a different class background. This 1982 feature film is being screened at the Walker Art Center Friday July 26th 2019. It took a year to restore the film. The director Horace Jenkins was an Emmy-award winning documentary filmmaker, and…
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Read MoreCliff Schecter (Matt McNeil Show 07/22/2019)
Jeff Stein (Matt McNeil Show 07/17/2019)
Amada Simula (Matt McNeil Show 7 – 10 – 19)
Quinn Nystrom 7/9/19
Jack Rice (MN Progressive Repartee 7/5/19)
Brett Johnson speaks with lawyer and former CIA officer Jack Rice about Iran. They discuss how the Trump administration has escalated tensions between the US and Iran and what an all-out war between the two countries would look like.
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Read MorePhilip Bither (Matt McNeil Show 6/27/19)
Thom Hartmann Joins Brett & Hunter – June 24, 2019
We talk about his new book, “The Hidden History of Guns and the Second Amendment,” and his event at Next Chapter Bookstore on Saturday (more at AM950Radio.com).
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Read MoreQuinn Nystrom (The Matt McNeil Show – June 13, 2019)
Jeff Stein (Matt McNeil Show 06/12/2019)
Molly Beck – (Matt McNeil Show 6/10/19)
Susan Du (Matt McNeil Show 6/7/19)
Matt speaks with Susan Du of City Pages about her story where Minnesota workers allege wage theft occurred at state-subsidized project in Thief River Falls.
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Read MoreJohn Marty (Matt McNeil Show – 6/6/19)
Dr. Scott Shamblott (Minnesota Progressive Repartee 05/29/2019)
Jeff Stein (Matt McNeil Show 05/29/2019)
Ian Millhiser – MN Progressive Repartee – May 28, 2019
Jeff Stein (Matt McNeil Show 05/22/2019)
Trace Beaulieu (Matt McNeil Show 05/21/2019)
Senators Jim Carlson And Greg Clausen – 5/20/19
State Senators Jim Carlson And Greg Clausen join Alan Miller to talk about Sunday’s state budget agreement.
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Read MoreJared Yates Saxton – May 7, 2019
Doug Pagitt spoke with Jared Yates Sexton, author of The Man They Wanted Me to Be. They discuss how toxic masculinity led to the rise of Donald Trump and Jared’s personal experiences growing up with father figures who had similar personality traits as Trump.
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Read MoreCliff Schecter (Matt McNeil Show 05/06/2019)
Jeff Stein (Matt McNeil Show 5/1/2019)
Molly Beck (Matt McNeil Show 4/26/19)
Melanie Adams (Matt McNeil Show 4/25/19)
Melanie A. Adams is senior director, guest experiences & educational services at Minnesota Historical Society.
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Read MoreJeff Stein (Matt McNeil Show 04/24/2019)
Adam Duininck – (Matt McNeil Show 4/15/19)
North Central State Regional Council of Carpenters Director of Government Affairs
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Read MoreJeff Stein (Matt McNeil Show 4/10/2019)
Tim Schaefer – (MN Progressive Repartee 4/4/19)
Cliff Schecter – (Matt McNeil Show 3/29/19)
Cliff Schecter breaks down the Mueller Report and challenges the notion that there was no collusion.
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Read MorePavel Py’s – (Matt McNeil Show 3/29/19)
Pavel Py’s of curator of the Walker Art Center joins to talk about upcoming events.
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Read MoreDermot Flanagan (Matt McNeil Show 3/22/19)
Dermot Flanagan joins to talk Brexit and its effects on Ireland.
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Read MoreMolly Beck (Matt McNeil Show 3/22/2019)
Molly Beck joins to talk the latest on the Republicans attempts to take away the power of the Governor and Attorney General after Democrats claimed the seats back in the midterms.
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Read MoreKevin Featherly (MN Progressive Repartee 3/11/19)
On the Minnesota Progressive Repartee, Brett Johnson spoke the capitol reporter for MinnLawyer, Kevin Featherly, about the latest legislative news. They talked about the Senate hearing on legalizing marijuana, some “interesting” arguments Republicans made against a proposed equal rights amendment, and possible changes to Minnesota’s parole system.
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