Cliff Schecter with Matt – January 25, 2024

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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Matt McNeil with Matt Robison and Paul Hodes (1/18/24)

Matt McNeil was joined by Matt Robison and Paul Hodes from the podcast Beyond Politics. They preview next week’s New Hampshire primary. Hodes is a former New Hampshire Congressman and National Co-Chair of Barack Obama’s 2008 campaign. Robison is a former senior congressional staffer and campaign manager.

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Sen. Bobby Joe Champion with Todd – January 12, 2024

Senator Bobby Joe Champion attended North High School and graduated with degrees in Political Science and Law from Macalester College and William Mitchell College of Law. Champion is now a practicing attorney with skill sets in negotiation, extensive legal and business analysis, and advocacy. Champion is a lifelong resident of North Minneapolis and currently lives…

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Cliff Schecter with Matt – January 4, 2024

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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Paul Metsa with Matt – Holiday Shows 2023-24

Paul Metsa is an acclaimed Minnesota musician and Iron Ranger who hosts the Wall of Power Radio Hour every Saturday at 6 PM on AM950. He is an expert on Bob Dylan and recently co-wrote a book called Blood In The Tracks about the Minneapolis-based musicians who backed Dylan on his iconic Blood on the…

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Dr. Robert Adams of the Penn Center with Matt – Holiday Shows 2023-24

Located on beautiful St. Helena Island, at the very heart of Gullah culture, surrounded by glimmering marshes, and nestled beneath the silvery moss-draped limbs of massive live oaks… is Penn Center. The campus of the former Penn School, one of the nation’s first schools for formerly enslaved people, is one of the most significant African…

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Cliff Schecter with Matt – Holiday Shows 2023-24

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…

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Brett Johnson with Patrick Coolican (12/19/23)

Brett Johnson was joined by editor-in-chief of the Minnesota Reformer, Patrick Coolican. They talk about the following Reformer stories: https://minnesotareformer.com/2023/12/14/minnesota-supreme-court-gets-us-closer-to-ending-the-travesty-of-minnesota-school-segregation/ https://minnesotareformer.com/briefs/north-dakota-continues-to-mull-legal-challenge-over-minnesota-carbon-free-energy-law/ https://minnesotareformer.com/2023/12/19/commission-finalizes-new-minnesota-state-flag/

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Paul Metsa with Matt – December 15, 2023

Paul Metsa is a longtime musician and host of the Wall of Power Radio Hour on AM950 every Saturday at 6 PM. He will be performing his 25th anniversary concert with Sonny Earl at the Dakota Jazz Club on Wednesday, December 20. Tickets and information at https://www.dakotacooks.com/event/paul-metsa-sonny-earl/

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Matt McNeil with Cliff Schecter (12/6/23)

Matt was joined by columnist, political analyst, author and podcast host Cliff Schecter. They talk about Kevin McCarthy announcing his resignation, extremist US House speaker Mike Johnson standing up for Jan. 6 insurrectionists, yet another mass shooting (this time at UNLV) and more. Find Cliff’s YouTube channel at: https://www.youtube.com/@cschecter

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Deena Winter with Brett 11/28/23

Deena Winter has covered local and state government in four states over the past three decades, with stints at the Bismarck Tribune in North Dakota, as a correspondent for the Denver Post, city hall reporter in Lincoln, Nebraska, and regional editor for Southwest News in the western Minneapolis suburbs.

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Terry John Zila with Matt – November 20, 2023

Terry joins Matt from New Orleans to preview this Thanksgiving week’s spread. Terry John Zila has been experimenting in the kitchen his entire life. Twenty years in the restaurant industry has exposed him to a wide variety of cooking styles. In his private dining and corporate events and in-home cooking classes, he uses that culinary…

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Jack Rice with Matt – November 15, 2023

Jack is a nationally recognized and award winning criminal defense lawyer, awarded 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 from the MSBA for 2020, and is an…

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Cliff Schecter with Matt – November 15, 2023

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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Linda LeGarde Grover with Matt – November 2, 2023

Linda LeGarde Grover weaves an intimate and complex novel of Mozhay Point and its people with A Song over Miskwaa Rapids. Margie Robineau, fighting for her family’s long-held allotment land, uncovers events connected to a long-ago escape plan, and the burial—at once figurative and painfully real—of not one crime but two. While Margie pieces the facts…

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Michael Norton with Matt – October 17, 2023

MIKE TAKES AN INTERDISCIPLINARY APPROACH TO MOST CHALLENGES, USING PRAGMATIC GRIT FROM GROWING UP ON A CHICKEN FARM IN THE OZARKS AND HIS BACKGROUND IN QUANTITATIVE SOCIAL SCIENCE AND POLICY TO FIND THE BEST SOLUTIONS TO COMPLEX PROBLEMS. He advises clients for litigation and compliance on federal, state, and local regulatory issues spanning environmental, trade,…

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Matt McNeil with Matthew Batt (10/26/23)

Matt was joined by University of Minnesota English professor Matthew Batt. He recently wrote a memoir titled, “The Last Supper Club.” About the memoir: The story of how Matthew Batt, a forty-something professor on sabbatical, found himself returning to a job waiting tables. And loving it. In this rare and vivid memoir, he details the…

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Matt Robison with Matt McNeil – October 23, 2023

Matt Robison is a writer, podcast host, and political analyst who focuses on trends in demographics, psychology, policy, and economics that are shaping American politics. His work has been featured extensively on Newsweek, AlterNet, and Raw Story. He is the co-host of the Beyond Politics podcast with former Congressman Paul Hodes, broadcast on WKXL in…

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Jeremy Norton with Matt – October 23, 2023

Beyond an adrenaline ride or a chronicle of bravura heroics, this unflinching view of a Minneapolis firefighter reveals the significant toll of emergency response In this remarkable memoir, Jeremy Norton marshals twenty-two years of professional experience to offer, with compassion and critique, an extraordinary portrayal of emergency responders. Trauma Sponges captures in arresting detail the personal and…

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Matt with John Fugelsang (10/19/23)

Fan favorite from the Stephanie Miller Show and Sirius XM’s “Tell Me Everything” John Fugelsang joins Matt to talk about the Republican Civil War, right wing Christianity, music and the Sexy Liberal Show on Saturday. Order your PPV pass to the Sexy Liberal show at https://sexyliberal.com/

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Stephanie Miller with Matt – October 18, 2023

Catch the Stephanie Miller Show every weekday morning from 8-11 right here on AM950! Saturday, October 21, Stephanie, John Fugelsang, and friends will host the Sexy Liberal Comedy Show live from Los Angeles! You can purchase a PPV pass at sexyliberal.com.

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Patrick Coolican with Brett – October 17, 2023

J. Patrick Coolican is Editor-in-Chief of Minnesota Reformer. Previously, he was a Capitol reporter for the Minneapolis Star Tribune for five years, after a Knight-Wallace Fellowship at the University of Michigan and time at the Las Vegas Sun, Seattle Times and a few other stops along the way. He lives in St. Paul with his…

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Katy Tessman with Matt – October 13, 2023

Katy Tessman soars to new heights with her eagerly awaited second album, “Fly,” marking her return to songwriting and performing after a twenty-year hiatus. The album weaves a tapestry of uplifting melodies and heartfelt ballads, resonating with themes of self-discovery and resilience.

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Max Nesterak with Brett – October 10, 2023

Max Nesterak is the deputy editor of the Reformer and reports on labor and housing. Previously, he was an associate producer for Minnesota Public Radio after a stint at NPR. He also co-founded the Behavioral Scientist and was a Fulbright Scholar to Berlin, Germany.

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J.P. Der Boghossian with Matt – October 10 2023

J.P. is the host of the podcast This Queer Book Saved My Life. J.P. has spoken throughout the Midwest on a variety of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion topics: how to develop intercultural competency skills, LGBTQ health equity, racial equity, implicit biases, and culturally responsive organizations. His recent essays are featured in The Sun Isn’t Out…

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Michael Brodkorb with Matt – October 9, 2023

I’m Michael Brodkorb. I’m a husband and a father. I work in communications, media, and research. I ran a marathon. I rescued ducklings from a sewer. I also wrote an award-winning true-crime book. Overall, I’ve done some bad – I’ve done some good. If you follow my website for updates, you’ll learn about both.

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