Standing Up For Those Who Lack Voices – July 16, 2018

Our theme is “standing up for those who lack voices.” Block A: Ralph Lazo, a Latino teenager who, as a show of support for his Japanese friends, voluntarily interned himself at the Manzanar interment camp during WWII after the U.S. gov’t dislocated 100K persons of Japanese ancestry. Block B: an interview with Jenny Schulz, founder…

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The Matt McNeil Show – July 10, 2018

Matt talks with Jack Rice about President Trump announcing Brett Kavanaugh as his Supreme Court justice nominee. Democrat of the Day Julie Sandstede is a Minnesota politician and a member of the Minnesota House of Representatives representing District 6A.

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Ellie 2.0 – July 9, 2018

First expanded length show! Block A: Jerome Smith, a Freedom Rider who spoke truth to power when he was part of an informal meeting between Robert F. Kennedy; Block B: An interview with Stephanie Glaros of Humans of Minneapolis; Block C: My desire to do more to help make the world a better place and…

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Wall Of Power Radio Hour – July 7, 2018

Paul Metsa conducts a fascinating and fun interview with Pat Thomas (author, drummer, record producer, close personal friend of Syd Straw’s) about his great new 5 freakin’ pound book, “Did It! From Yippie to Yuppie: Jerry Rubin, An American Revolutionary. To trying to levitate the Pentagon with Allen Ginsberg, founding the Yippies with Abbie Hoffman,…

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The Matt McNeil Show – June 29, 2018

Matt returns from vacation! Matt talks the importance of unifying the Democratic party. Talks with Ben Olsen talks about his fundraiser for operation fishing freedom. Plus we hear from you, lots of great phone calls from listeners.

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The Matt McNeil Show – June 19, 2018

The 35W construction project is causing traffic nightmares. Also Matt on why someone needs to go to jail in the case of Minneapolis police officers drugging suspects. And Jeff Stein on Rudy Giuliani being a terrible lawyer, Trump trashing the FBI, and Trump’s “zero tolerance” immigration.

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The Matt McNeil Show – June 18, 2018

Commander McNeil reports for duty and talks about Trump inventing something called “Space Force.” Also was the CD5 convention really worth having? And Trump refuses to stop to immigrant kids from being separated from their parents.

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Ellie 2.0 – June 18, 2018

Block A: Leonard Riggio, the founder of Barnes & Noble and father of mass book retailing. Riggio understood that paperback books represented a way to allow middle class people to assemble libraries; he also subscribes to the theory that a single book can change one’s life; Block B: My experience in encountering people who are…

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Pimm’s Cup with Kelly Netishen and Hollie Blanchard

Kelly and Hollie, “The Art Girls” discuss their roles as Creative Directors at the Griffin Gallery in Bloomington MN. This episode tells you everything you need to know about how galleries work, what questions to ask and what you can find at Griffin

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The Matt McNeil Show – June 12, 2018

Matt speaks with Cliff Schecter as they breakdown Trump’s North Korea summit. Also why Republicans are too blinded to see why Trump is a huge disaster for their pocket books. And Bill Vikander is our Democrat of the Day running for MN-35A.

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James Meredith, the First African American to Attend Ole Miss & Ellie on Learning How to “Write Like a Human”

Block A: James Meredith, the first African American to attend Ole Miss, the University of Mississippi, and his persistence; Block B: My persistence in learning how to “write like a human” (as opposed to writing as a lawyer) and writing/launching my book, Getting to Ellen: A Memoir about Love, Honesty and Gender Change (2013).

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The Matt McNeil Show – June 8, 2018

Matt McNeil speaks with attorney general candidate Matt Pelikan about he got the DFL endorsement and his campaign against some big names in the DFL AG primary. Them Matt shares some thoughts on the unfortunate passing of Anthony Bourdain. And can Trump actually read (no joke)?

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The Matt McNeil Show – June 6, 2018

Matt talks about how to deal with Trump supporting trolls. Then a conversation about how the ag sector is so important to our economy and how Trump and The Republicans are messing it up. And a MinnPost article which speculates Why Keith Ellison is running for Attorney General.

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