Ellie 2.0 – Radio 12.2.19

The featured idealist this week is Irene Morgan, who was arrested in 1944 for refusing to give up her bus seat in favor of white-color persons in Virginia. She kicked the sheriff who tried to take her off the bus and tore up the citation he gave her. Eventually, she was arrested but she took…

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The Matt McNeil Show – 11.27.2019

Brett and Erik join Matt to begin today’s show with a discussion about their plans for Thanksgiving. A Bloomington woman continues her crusade against children making excessive use of a public park. Late in the show Jeff Stein joins Matt to speak about the volatile polls measuring Democratic support of Trump’s impeachment and the Republican’s…

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The Matt McNeil Show – 11.26.2019

On today’s episode of The Matt McNeil Show Matt tries to determine why all the sudden Republicans are concerned with daycare centers misusing date funds. Minnetonka’s water is being used as a communal toilet and the SW light rail continues to be built despite dishonest and dumb arguments against it.

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The Matt McNeil Show – November 25, 2019

On today’s show, Matt talks to our Thanksgiving expert, Terry John Zila about Thanksgiving food. He then talks about Trump’s atrocious decision to pardon Eddie Gallagher and let him retire as a Navy SEAL. He wraps up the show wishing Nick Zerwas well as he retires, but doesn’t forget some of the horrible policies he…

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“Living Healthy and Aging Well” with Ken Haglind – November 23, 2019

Rachel Schromen, attorney with Schromen Law, specializing in the areas of estate planning, medical assistance planning, probate, and estate/trust administration. She also has a certified therapy dog and provides services to hospice patients.

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I’m Awake – November 23, 2019

On Saturday’s show, Robert Pilot welcomes guests: State Rep. Kunesh-Podein’s updates Bev Bushyhead – Chair, Urban Indian Advisory Board at Minnesota Indian Affairs Council Emma Needham’s Essay Wendy Pilot discusses important information on our sacred animals Nancy Beaulieu – MN350 update Bob Blake from Red Lake Curtis West – Events and Ho Chunk news

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The Matt McNeil Show – 11.22.2019

Matt opens today’s show with the a bit of food journalism that is eerily familiar of the the infamous NYT’s “grape salad”. Who are these Minnesotans that need a recipe for salad and are they attending the same dinners as those who putting brownies out in lieu of turkey? Matt shares his Thanksgiving tips, the…

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The Matt McNeil Show – 11.21.2019

Matt opens today’s show with gust, Jack Rice. Together they discuss the ongoing impeachments hearings and the looming fallout facing Republicans as a result. Later in the show Matt takes listener calls and talks about everything from the construction of the light rail to Colin Peterson’s hypothetical position on the impeachment of an imagined democratic…

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The Matt McNeil Show – 11.20.2019

Matt’s celebrating the Trump impeachment! Is crime in Minneapolis being exaggerated to justify more police spending? Jeff Stein joins Matt to discuss the Trump’s impeachment hearings and weigh the effects this will have on Trump’s popularity within the party.

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The Matt McNeil Show – 11.19.2019

Cliff Schecter opens today’s episode of The Matt McNeil Show. How many new ways can Republicans find to be dishonest? Vindman defends his decisions. South Dakota’s new PSA seems inexplicably to be Pro-meth? MN Republicans try to give off the appearance of supporting emergency insulin while ultimately they’re just concerned with pleasing the pharmaceutical industry.…

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Ellie 2.0 Radio – 11.18.19

This week’s featured idealists are the Gulabi Gang (which isn’t a gang at all but an organization) which mobilizes women and some men in India to press for reforms around domestic violence and unprosecuted rapes of women. The Big Interview is with Michael Rexford, a Los Angeles attorney and idealist who’s founded LightHopeLife.org, a suicide…

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I’m Awake – 11.16.2019

Robert Pilot welcomes guests: Tim Purdon Co-Chair, American Indian Law and Policy Group; Co-Chair, Government and Internal Investigations Group State Rep. Kunesh-Podein’s updates Nancy Beaulieu MN350 update Emma Needham’s Essay hour 2: Wendy Pilot discusses important information on our sacred animals Colin Cash Sober Squad Curtis West Events and Ho Chunk News

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“Living Healthy and Aging Well” with Ken Haglind – 11.16.2019

Kari Benson, Executive Director of the Minnesota Board of Again. We are talking about the great work Kari and her organization does to ensure that older Minnesotans are effectively served by state and local policies and programs – in order to age well and live well.

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The Matt McNeil Show – 11.15.2019

Matt starts today’s show talking about how he witnessed a car crash into a store. And  then brought up how 2 people instead of trying to help decided to get their cell phones out instead. Then an update on today’s testimony at the impeachment hearings and how problematic Roger Stone’s convictions are for Trump. Also…

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Food Freedom Radio – 11.16.2019

On today’s episode of Food Freedom Radio Laura is joined by John Peterson of Ferndale Turkey, Emily Torgrimson of eatforequity.org and Benjamin Gross calls in two share his thoughts on a Richfield school throwing out 40 perfectly good lunches to shame student with more than $15 of cafeteria debt.

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The Matt McNeil Show – 11.13.2019

Matt begins today’s show with the big story of the day, the Trump impeachment hearings. A Richfield school wastes food solely to shame students with outstanding lunch debts. In the second half of the show Jeff Stein joins Matt to discuss their takes on today’s impeachment hearing and disagree on the broader likely effects thereof.

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The Matt McNeil Show – 11.12.2019

On today’s episode of The Matt McNeil Show, Matt takes aim at the “cold-complainers” and questions what is keeping them here. Jim Hagedorn insists that our global warming is just a hoax being pushed by the libtards over at the …Pentagon? A new scam is being perpetrated on Minnesotans by people claiming to work for…

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I’m Awake – November 9, 2019

Native Roots Radio November 9, 2019 1pm-3pm AM950Radio https://www.am950radio.com/listen-live/ https://www.facebook.com/NativeRootsRadioImAwake/ On Saturdays Show Robert Pilot welcomes guests: State Rep. Kunesh-Podein’s updates Winona LaDuke Honor the Earth Linda Thompson Minnesota Indian Women’s Sexual Assault Coalition Emma Needham’s Essay hour 2: Wendy Pilot discusses important information on our sacred animals Jamie S. Edwards Beats Rhymes and Democracy…

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The Matt McNeil Show – 11.06.2019

Matt begins today’s show outline the progressive victories both locally and nationally this past off-year election. What does this hint at for the 2020 election? Getting as many people out to the polls should be every progressive’s goal for this upcoming year. Later in the show Matt welcomes Jeff Stein on to talk the most…

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The Matt McNeil Show – 11.05.2019

On this episode of the Matt McNeil Show, Matt begins with discussing Kurt Suzuki’s handsy visit with Donald Trump. Republicans display their textbook hypocrisy by celebrating Kurt “MAGA” Suzuki while simultaneously telling liberal athletes and celebrities to “shut up” and do their job. St. Paul sorts out their trash. Matt explains the importance of voting…

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Ellie 2.0 Radio – November 4, 2019

Our highlighted idealist is Bayard Rustin, who began trying to change the world while in college and went on to be one of the most important civil rights organizers of the 20th century. The Big Interview is with me, moi, Ellie Krug; my producer Brett Johnson asks me about idealism and keeping hope in 2019…

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The Matt McNeil Show – 10.31.2019

Interview with Cliff Schecter started the show. Discussed VIndman testimony yesterday. Matt talked about whether moderates have a place in the senate. Collin Peterson is MN Joe as in Manchin. Then Matt spoke with Alyssa Thiede about Hennepin History Museums new exhibit on women’s suffrage.

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The Matt McNeil Show – 10.30.2019

On Today’s episode of The Matt McNeil Show, Matt looks forward to Halloween. A reminder that posting on social media is not the same as engaging in politics. Employees at Water Gremlin are being blamed for poisoning their children with lead. During the second half of the show Jeff Stein joins.

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The Matt McNeil Show – 10.29.2019

Matt opens today’s show reporting the on the great menace facing his decorative seasonal squash, raccoons. Worthington MN schools are now up to 50 students to a class, How can this be remedied and how can it be applied more broadly to the rest of Minnesota schools? Matt deals with ongoing “call-outs” over his military…

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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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Ellie 2.0 Radio 10/28/19

An Ellie’s Talking Head Show, we start out recognizing Brittany Spencer, a Fond du Lac, WI restaurant server who refused to wait on the table of two older customers who were making disparaging comments about a transgender customer in the restaurant—it was “morals vs. money.” We shift to the life and legacy of Elijah Cummings,…

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I’m Awake – October 26, 2019

In hour 1 Robert Pilot welcomes guests: State Rep. Kunesh-Podein’s updates Peggy Flanagan Lieutenant Governor of Minnesota Jamie Becker Finn Tara Houska Rebecca Crooks-Stratton Secretary/Treasurer at Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community (SMSC) Mark Charles Presidential Candidate Hour 2: Wendy Pilot discusses important information on our sacred animals and the passing of Emma Pilot Emma Needham’s Essay…

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The Matt McNeil Show – 10.25.2019

On today’s show Matt revisits how the awful 1998 movie, Armageddon, was such a precursor to Trump getting elected. Then Matt poses the question of it our country can survive the Trump administration. Also is Trump trying to throw political enemies in jail? And Minneapolis police union head Bob Kroll is back in the news…

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The Matt McNeil Show – 10.24.2019

On today’s episode of the Matt McNeil show, Matt compares the ongoing controversy surrounding the naming of the Washington Football team with a recent report of racist chants at a highschool girls soccer match, Trump may have hurt the Iron range more than previously predicted. Republicans want impeachment proceedings to be more transparent; Matt Gaetz…

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The Matt McNeil Show – 10.23.2019

On today’s episode, Matt begs Danielle Stella to get her affairs in order, Going to jail would only deprive us of the world’s most unintentionally entertaining person. MN Republicans appear to be hedging their bets and preparing for a blowout in the next election. In the second half of the show, Matt welcomes Jeff Stein.…

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The Matt McNeil Show – 10.22.2019

On Today’s episode of The Matt McNeil Show, Matt comments on how stories of canon wielding drug dealers seem relatively quaint in contrast to the recent headlines. Trump feels as though his impeachment proceedings are a “lynching”. How will the rest of Republicans react? Matt provides a list of Republican MN-House seats Democrats NEED to…

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I’m Awake – 10.19.2019

David Glass with The National Coalition Against Racism in Sport and Media. State Rep. Kunesh-Podein’s updates Winona LaDuke Honor the Earth Emma Needham’s Essay hour 2: Wendy Pilot discusses important information on our sacred animals Peggy Flanagan Lieutenant Governor of Minnesota Minnesota GovernorTim Walz Speaking at Indigenous Day Nancy Beaulieu MN350 Curtis West

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The Matt McNeil Show – 10.18.2019

On today’s episode of The Matt McNeil Show, Matt describes a delightful trip out to Taylor’s Falls in celebration of his birthday, and the plethora of aches and pains he brought back. He advocates for listeners to get out and door knock in the upcoming year; not just within their own communities but in potential…

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The Matt McNeil Show – 10.17.2019

To start Matt’s show for this episode Matt welcomed guest Cliff Schecter to discuss Trump and his ongoing communication (or lack thereof) with Turkey’s Erdogan. Later Matt rants about traffic and how trying to be neighborly often hurts more than it helps in transportation. Is open Enrollment doing more harm than good?

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The Matt McNeil Show – 10.16.2019

Matt McNeil summarizes last nights debate and speculates that Bernie’s recent heart attack will hurt his chance of being elected. In the second half of the show Jeff Stein calls in to further discuss Bernie’s health and look back on how health concerns impacted other presidents’ performance in office.

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The Matt McNeil Show – 10/15/2019

On today’s episode Matt discusses Trump’s pattern of not paying in full for services he uses; states and cities should band together for a class action lawsuit to seek the proper compensation. The disparity of of education quality in Minnesota is incredibly high, is classism against the poor and working class the culprit? ALarming statistics…

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Ellie 2.0 Radio – October 14, 2019

We start out featuring Fannie Lou Hamer, a Mississippi civil rights activist who suffered a horrific beating as she worked to register African Americans to vote in the early 1960’s. The Big Interview is with Benjamin Saulsberry of the Emmett Till Interpretive Center, who shares about how the death of Emmett Till has been called…

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