Best of Interviews

Matt is joined by Dr. Joe Eastman. He talks about how Omicron became so infectious, what kind of January and February we could be looking at with Omicron, if mice might have been the original source of COVID and more.

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Walter Jacobs is the author of Sparked: George Floyd, Racism, and the Progressive Illusion.

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Jeff Stein of the Iowa Politics Report joins Matt every Wednesday at 4:35.

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Catch Sven’s weather with Matt every Thursday at 5:35.

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Jeff and Matt’s special Year in Review Show. Jeff regularly joins the Matt McNeil Show Wednesdays at 4:35.

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Larry Millett is an author and former architecture critic at the St. Paul Pioneer Press.

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Jack Rice is a noted defense attorney and a frequent guest for legal analysis on the Matt McNeil Show, as well as occasional guest host.

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Bill Lindeke is the author of St. Paul.

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Terri Fritsma is the lead healthcare workforce analyst at the Minnesota Department of Health.

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Aaron Rupar is a journalist and the author of the newsletter Public Notice.

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Amy Sullivan is the author of Opioid Reckoning.

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John Crippen is the executive director of the Hennepin History Museum.

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Meteorologist Sven Sundgaard provides detailed forecasts for BringMeTheNews and his brand new Patreon, as well as making regular appearances on the Matt McNeil Show every Thursday at 5:35.

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David Pepper is the former chairman of the Ohio Democratic Party.

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Carolyn Holbrook and David Mura are the editors of We Were Meant to Rise.

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Gary Goodman is the author of The Last Bookseller.

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Terry Zila is a Twin Cities-based chef and caterer.

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Sarah Wasserman is the author of The Death of Things.

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Deloris Pringle is on the Board of Trustees at the Penn Center in Beaufort, South Carolina.

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Matt and Bill Corbett (Mystery Science Theater 3000 and RiffTrax) talk entertainment.

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Sven joins Matt to recap yesterday’s unprecedented weather. Catch Sven every Thursday at 5:35 on the Matt McNeil Show.

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Catch Jeff Stein of the Iowa Business and Politics Report every Wednesday with Matt at 4:35.

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Deena Winter of the Minnesota Reformer discusses the latest developments in the Kim Potter trial with Matt.

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Matt McNeil speaks with MST3K alum Trace Beaulieu about a brand new riff of Manos Los Hands of Fate taking place tomorrow. Order tickets at: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/the-mads-manos-the-hands-of-fate-all-new-live-riff-w-mst3ks-the-mads-tickets-204058964857

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Matt is joined by meteorologist Sven Sundgaard. They talk about certain worms being invasive species, the cold snap we saw earlier this week, the possibility of a 60 degree day next week and of course this weekend’s big snowstorm that’s on the way.

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Jeff Stein of the Iowa Business Report and the Iowa Politics Report joins the Matt McNeil Show every Wednesday at 4:35 discussing national politics.

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Matt speaks with Rick Smith of the Rick Smith show (listen weeknights live from 8-10 PM on AM950). Matt and Rick talk about how Democrats need to win back working class union voters and how it’s important to focus on kitchen table issues.

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Matt is joined by Bring Me the News meteorologist Sven Sundgaard. They talk about Sven’s winter forecast preview, wild fires expanding to Montana, snow chances for the Twin Cities the next few days and more.

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Jeff Stein of the Iowa Business Report joins Matt every Wednesday at 4:35.

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Jack Rice joins Matt to start hour 2. They talk about the trial last week of the three men convicted of murdering Ahmaud Arbery and the trial and jury selection of Kim Potter, who shot Daunte Wright and claimed she meant to reach for her taser instead of gun.

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Terry joins Matt for his annual Thanksgiving food discussion.

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Austin Durry, one-half of local music sensation Durry speaks with Matt about his career and music.

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Catch Sven every Thursday at 5:35 with a weekly weather update on the Matt McNeil Show.

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Host of Unprecedented and The Daily Beast’s Cliff Schecter makes one of his periodic visits with Matt talking national politics.

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Matt is joined by Jeff Stein for our usual Wednesday visit. They discuss Paul Gosar being reprimanded by the US House for his anime video depicting him killing AOC, how social media has led to political echo chambers and Iowa Governor Kim Reynolds using COVID relief money to pay for her own staff.

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Matt McNeil speaks with Denise Specht, President of Education Minnesota. She talks about how this year has been tough for teachers amid the pandemic and angry parents over cultural wedge issues. She also talks about staffing shortages, teachers being called back into work while sick and more.

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Matt McNeil is joined by Jack Rice. They talk about the DOJ issuing an warrant to arrest Steve Bannon, the mess that is the Kyle Rittenhouse trial, the trial of shooting of Ahmaud Arbery and more.

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Catch Sven every Thursday at 5:35 with a weekly weather update on the Matt McNeil Show.

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Minneapolis lawyer and activist Nekima Levy Armstrong gives an in-depth discussion of her thoughts on Minneapolis issues.

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Jeff Stein of the Iowa Business Report joins Matt every Wednesday at 4:35.

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Matt is joined by Kris Ehresmann, director, MDH Infectious Disease Epidemiology, Prevention, and Control Division. She talks about vaccinated children ages 5-11, Minnesota counties with low vaccination rates, booster shots and more.

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Catch Sven every Thursday at 5:35 with your weather on the Matt McNeil Show.

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Jeff Stein joins for his usual Wednesday visit. Matt and Jeff talk about why last night’s elections were not a bellweather, why Terry McAuliffe was a weak candidate, New Jersey’s surprisingly close election for governor, how Glenn Youngkin was able to distance himself from Trump, a successful moderate Democrat winning a write in campaign for…

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Matt starts the show being joined by MN Secretary of State Steve Simon. They talk about tomorrow’s elections, election security and integrity, voter registration information, how to track results and more!

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Catch Sven every Thursday at 5:35 on the Matt McNeil Show with your weekly weather update.

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Matt is joined by Bill Corbett of RiffTrax and formerly Mystery Science Theater 3000. They talk about a live RiffTrax Halloween show Oct. 26 they having coming up (https://www.rifftrax.com/live). They also talk about why there are so many bad horror movies.

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Matt discusses Minnesota politics with Michael Brodkorb, including the lack of GOP response to Gov. Walz’s reelection announcement, GOP gubernatorial candidates, and redistricting.

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Catch Jeff Stein’s national politics report on the Matt McNeil Show every Wednesday at 4:30.

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Cliff Schecter joins Matt to start off hour 2 of the show. They talk about Colin Powell’s legacy, whether Powell was the last moderate Republican, Trump trying to defy the January 6th commission with executive privilege and more.

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Matt is joined by Theresa Meis, host of the podcast MinnCentral Currents. They talk about how her podcast covers news that often gets underreported in central Minnesota as opposed to the extremist rhetoric that often gets covered instead.

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Catch Sven’s weather every Thursday around 5:35 PM on the Matt McNeil Show!

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Aaron and Matt discuss national politics including the possibility of another Trump run in 2024.

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Matt speaks with former MN house rep. Erin Maye Quade, who announced she will be seeking the DFL Senate nomination in the south metro district 57, which is currently held by DFLer Sen. Greg Clausen.

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It’s our usual Wednesday visit with national political expert Jeff Stein. Matt and Jeff start non-political talking about comedians Jim Gaffigan and Jeff Foxworthy coming to Minnesota. Then they discuss Trump trying to derail the House 1/6 committee with executive privilege, Chuck Grassley getting endorsed by Donald Trump, Kyrsten Sinema and Joe Manchin causing headaches…

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Jack joins Matt to discuss the 7th Street shooting over the weekend along with the decision not to charge officers in the death of Winston Smith, and more.

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Matt is joined by Ogimaa Giniw Ikwe of Native Roots Radio who is live in Washington DC to discuss today being Indigenous People’s Day. They discuss the history of colonialism, native representation in government (and how even native elected officials are still ignored by most politicians), stopping Lines 3 and 5 and more.

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Brett Johnson speaks with newly elected DFL Senate leader Melisa Lopez Franzen (district 49). They talk about the upcoming special session that will primarily focus on distributing COVID relief money to front line workers.

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Sven Sundgaard joins Matt for his weekly weather update.

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It’s the usual Wednesday visit with national political expert Jeff Stein. Matt and Jeff talk about Stephanie Grisham’s new book, Trump’s choice of foods for his 2020 election night party, whether Ron DeSantis poses a threat to Trump’s possible 2024 candidacy, Kristi Noem’s nepotism, Mitch McConnell backing down on the debt ceiling fight and more.

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Greg Donofrio of the Hennepin History Museum joins Matt to discuss the impact of I-35W’s construction.

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Twin Cities comedian Robert Baril joins Matt to talk about recording a standup show that could air on Amazon Prime, headlining the House of Comedy and more!

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Matt McNeil is joined by Bring Me the News meteorologist Sven Sundgaard. They talk about the abnormally hot and humid late September weather, some rain in the weekend forecast, problems with long-term forecasting several months out, the remainder of the hurricane season, fall colors in the Twin Cities and more.

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State Rep. Jamie Becker-Finn joins Matt to discuss chronic wasting disease in deer.

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Jeff and Matt talk the news of the week, from debt ceiling and infrastructure to South Dakota political bombshells.

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Matt speaks with former chief Hennepin County public defender Mary Moriarty, who will be running for Hennepin County Attorney in 2022. They discuss Moriarty’s unique background as a public defender, why she’s running and what she’d like to do if elected.

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Matt speaks with Kris Ehresmann, Director of the MDH Infectious Disease Epidemiology, Prevention, and Control Division. She talks about COVID outbreaks at the MN State Fair and schools, contact tracing, the upcoming flu season and COVID booster shots.

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Sven stops by to talk about the recent rains we had, and our short and medium-term weather outlook.

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Cliff Schecter joins Matt. Cliff talks about how Mary Trump was served a lawsuit from Donald Trump while on Cliff’s podcast, the November 2020 Trump memo showing that they knew there was no election fraud, other ways Republicans could try to overturn elections and the upcoming debt ceiling showdown.

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It’s our weekly visit with national political expert Jeff Stein. Matt and Jeff talk about the November 2020 Trump memo showing that they knew there was no election fraud, 2022 US House elections and more.

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Ogimaa Giniw Ikwe of Native Roots Radio joins Matt. She talks about the MN DNR’s very shady relationship with Enbridge on Line 3. Enbridge so far has had 28 environmental violations on Line 3 but only received one fine from the DNR. We also talk about the lack of legacy media reporting on the environmental…

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Sven recaps the overnight severe storms and what could be ahead for us this weekend and next week.

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Reuters’ Brad Heath joins Matt to discuss his findings on MPD’s response times to calls following George Floyd’s death. www.reuters.com/legal/government/…shows-2021-09-13/

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We’re joined by criminal defense attorney Jack Rice. Matt and Jeff discuss why the Minnesota Supreme Court overturned the 3rd degree murder charge of former Minneapolis police officer Mohamed Noor, who shot and killed Justine Ruszczyk Damond. They also talk about a judge again throwing out the Minneapolis police ballot question, Minnesota parents suing to…

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Jeff Stein joins for his usual Wednesday visit. Matt and Jeff discuss the California recall election and whether the results were surprising to Jeff. They also talk about why Gavin Newsom was able to beat the recall by such a wide margin and why Larry Elder was a gift to the Newsom campaign. And thoughts…

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Matt talks today’s California gubernatorial recall election with The San Francisco Chronicle‘s Dustin Gardiner.

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Matt McNeil speaks with candidate for Minneapolis mayor, Kate Knuth.

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Greg drops by to talk with Matt about his upcoming episode pf GhostBox Radio this Sunday at 4 PM here on AM950, as well as answering questions from Matt, and Robert Pilot checks in too!

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Sven discusses our recent new dry spell, your weekend ahead, and a preview of what may lie ahead this winter.

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Michael Brodkorb joins Matt to discuss details related to the fallout of Anton Lazzaro’s arrest, the race for the new GOP chair, and messaging for the GOP.

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We’re joined by Torey Van Oot of Axios Twin Cities. She highlights the return to schools in MN among COVID concerns, right wing anti-vaxxers harassing school board members, Paul Gazelka announces he’s running for governor and more.

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It’s our usual Wednesday visit with Jeff Stein. Matt and Jeff talk about school mask mandates, hospital capacity issues with COVID around the country, Biden focusing on rising meat and food prices.

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Brett Johnson speaks with Papajohn Kolstad and the Hot Club of East Lake who will be performing at Crooners Supper Club Thu., Sep. 9 at 6:30 for a fundraiser for Health Care for All MN (tickets at HCA-MN.org).

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It’s our usual Wednesday visit with Jeff Stein. Matt and Jeff talk about the withdrawal from Afghanistan, whether the withdrawal could hurt Biden and Democrats in 2022, Kevin McCarthy threatening phone companies if they cooperate with the 1/6 investigation, Texas’s new extreme anti-abortion law and more.

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Brett Johnson speaks with Aaron Brown of Minnesota Brown about an editorial he wrote in the Minnesota Reformer about the past, present and future of labor in northern Minnesota and the Iron Range.

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Matt McNeil speaks with Bonnie Bina, chair of the Douglas County DFL and John Peters, 2020 DFL state Senate opponent of Paul Gazelka. They discuss a fundraiser for rural DFLers this Saturday from 12:00 PM to 3:00 PM at Alexandria City Park with Governor Tim Walz as one of the speakers. Find more info at:…

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We’re joined by state auditor Julie Blaha. We discuss Blaha’s experience at the state fair, reforming the way Minnesota does small asset forfeiture, her thoughts on COVID from a numbers and data perspective and more!

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We’re joined by Jay Boller, co-editor and co-founder of the new Minnesota news site, the Racket (https://racketmn.com/). Many former City Pages journalists are behind the efforts of the Racket. We talk about some of their recent stories, including one about fake abortion clinics in Minnesota.

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Matt is joined by meteorologist Sven Sundgaard of Bring Me the News. They discuss today’s quick moving heavy rain storm, how the heavy rain actually led to some wildfire smoke in the Twin Cities, more storms on the way Friday and Saturday, drought conditions throughout Minnesota, and the warmest summer ever on record in Minnesota…

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