The Matt McNeil Show – February 4, 2019

Matt talks about his appearance on Fox News and his debate about Ralph Northam with a right wing Philly talk show host. Find the interview here: https://video.foxnews.com/v/5998001355001/. Mobile home residents in Marshall are demanding improvements to their park. Also the Duluth News Tribune endorses the Republican is the special election in SD11 saying he’s pro-union…

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Ellie 2.0 Radio – February 4, 2019

We’re talking about idealists who do remarkable things for their times. First off is Maurice Willows, who convinced the American Red Cross to provide relief to the Black community in Tulsa OK following the horrendous race riot of 1921 (it was the only relief organization to provide assistance); the Big Interview is with William Doherty,…

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Alex Jones Calls The Minnesota Progressive Repartee – January 31, 2019

Hunter Hawes and Erik Nelson get a call from Alex Jones that the St Paul Winter Carnival is a false flag red herring about the government weaponizing the weather through HAARP.

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The Matt McNeil Show – January 30, 2019

Matt talks about the cold weather and how people in the Sun Belt aren’t usually bragging about their weather in the summer. And how was there a big natural gas outage in the northern exurbs? Scott Walker and Donald Trump’s FoxConn plan is blowing up in their face. Also Jeff Stein on national politics including…

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The Matt McNeil Show – January 29, 2019

Matt talks about how the cold weather we’re getting now was not that unusual a few decades ago. We still do nothing about global warming. Also why weren’t the Blue Lives Matters folks out in full force after the shooting of police officers in Houston? Does it have anything to do with the shooters of…

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Andrew Yang (Democratic Presidential Candidate)

Hunter Hawes speaks with 2020 Democratic presidential candidate Andrew Yang. Yang is an entrepreneur and founder of Venture for America. Its mission is “to revitalize American cities and communities through entrepreneurship” by training recent graduates and young professionals to work for startups in emerging cities throughout the United States. Hunter and Yang discuss his background…

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Ellie 2.0 Radio – January 28, 2019

The theme is idealists who unify rather than divide. We start with Larry Itliong, who organized Filipino farm workers in California’s Central Valley and joined with Cesar Chavez to win grape grower recognition in the mid-1960s; the Big Interview is with Brad Hart, the idealistic and nonpartisan mayor of Cedar Rapids, Iowa whose optimism and…

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Liberal Arts Media – Full Circle Theater

Liberal Arts Radio featuring:  Rick Shiomi Co-Artistic Director of Full Circle Theater,  Discussing “Caught”, a play by Christopher Chen being produced at Full Circle Theater & The Mikado adapted and produced by the Gilbert and Sullivan Very Light Opera Company. Special Segment – an interview mixed with a selected reading of Caught by Christopher Chen

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The Matt McNeil Show – January 22, 2019

Alan Miller fills in for Matt McNeil and talks about the Trump’s border wall and why Democrats need to hold firm against it. Also Alan’s letter to to the Star Tribune about Kirsten Gillibrand and the resignation of Al Franken.

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Phil Wolgin – Minnesota Progressive Repartee (1/22/19)

Brett Johnson of the Minnesota Progressive Repparte spoke with Phil Wolgin, managing director immigration policy at the Center for American Progress. They tackled a big question that sometimes gets missed in the border wall debate. Do border walls actually work? They also talk about some of the poison pills that were put in the so-called…

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The Matt McNeil Show – January 22, 2019

Brett Johnson and Hunter Hawes fill in for Matt. Topics include Trumps border wall compromise which Philip E. Wolgin the managing director of Immigration Policy at the Center American Progress joins to break down the details. Calls on the topic.

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Ellie 2.0 Radio – January 21, 2019

This week, I highlight John Delaney, a Maryland Congressman who’s running for president; he announced way back in 2017 and has already visited all 99 Iowa counties. I also talk about Marshall Medoff, and amateur scientist-idealist who very well may have discovered a new way to make fuel and plastic substitutes. In Block C, I…

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I’m Awake – January 19, 2019

Join Robert Pilot, with a packed two hours of Native Roots Radio News and Native Roots Radio I’m Awake. Shows includes: Winona LaDuke of Honor The Earth Amoreina Espinosa Youth speaking her truth and asking support for Mary Anne Quiroz Carson West calling in Hour Two, Wendy Burtis Pilot will be talking about ” Coyote Killing Contest” that are…

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The Matt McNeil Show – January 16, 2019

Matt talks about the Blue State Ball where tickets are now on sale! Why did Jordan High School basketball fans decide that when hosting a Minneapolis HS team to display Trump and MAGA signs? Then Jeff Stein joins to talk about the now cancelled State of the Union address and what Trump might do instead,

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The Matt McNeil Show – January 14, 2019

We start off today’s show with two dumb stories about the “Bird Box Challenge” and a drunk bus driver. Then Matt draws parallels between All the President’s Men and current times with Trump. Plus your calls on Trump being a traitor to the United States.

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Ellie 2.0 Radio – January 14, 2019

An Ellie’s Talking Head show highlighting Hollywood idealists—Ellen DeGeneres and Tom Hanks. In Block C, I talk about an interaction with a grandmother and her grandson on a Minneapolis street; I found it in me to have compassion and overcome my fear of being panhandled.

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Native Roots Radio Presents: I’m Awake – January 12, 2019

Join Robert Pilot, with a packed two hours of Native Roots Radio News and Native Roots Radio I’m Awake. Shows includes: Winona LaDuke of Honor The Earth Barry Hand, Educator, Activist Hour Two, Wendy Burtis Pilot will be discussing detrimental effects of animals kept in captivity, the dangers for spectators and the people who take…

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The Matt McNeil Show – January 9, 2019

North Dakota tries to introduce a bill to make Bible teachings mandatory. Matt has a theory why it always occurs at this time of year. Minnesota has a special election coming up. Jeff Stein joins the program to talk 2020, Trump’s emergency border security address, and the white house not paying its water bill because…

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The Matt McNeil Show – January 8, 2019

Matt gets a massage before the show, but don’t worry, he’s still the aggressive progressive! Also it’s the first day of the legislature and Kurt Daudt and the house GOP are throwing tantrums. Philip Bither of the Walk Art Center tells us what they have upcoming. And Trump, no surprise, is not very smart.

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The Matt McNeil Show – January 7, 2019

Matt talks about the swearing in ceremony of all the new DFL elected officials. Also how Tru Shrimp chose South Dakota over Minnesota and the “argument” they made about “burdensome” water regulations. And Alicia Donahue of Women’s March MN joins to talk about how their group plans to keep pressing on after a successful 2018.

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Ellie 2.0 Radio – January 7, 2019

This week’s idealist is St. Paul Mayor Melvin Carter, who’s ushered in a new era of imagination and energy to create a “St. Paul for everyone”; the Big Interview is with Hadeel Abouhasira, a young Richmond VA attorney of Palestinian descent who’s trying to give back; and in Block C, I talk about visiting beautiful…

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I’m Awake – January 5, 2019

Join Robert Pilot, with a packed two hours of Native Roots Radio News and Native Roots Radio I’m Awake. Shows includes: Winona LaDuke of Honor The Earth Barry Hand, Educator, Activist Hour Two, Wendy Burtis Pilot will be discussing detrimental effects of animals kept in captivity, the dangers for spectators and the people who take…

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The Matt McNeil Show – January 4, 2019

Matt talks Donald Trumps insane attempt at getting funding for a border wall. Also Matt breaks down exactly what a wall would require and how all estimates are extremely low-ball. Remember the old MN GOP headquarters being evicted? They were suppose to move to a cheaper location but it ends up in Edina?! Where have…

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I’m Awake – December 29, 2018

Join Robert Pilot, with a packed two hours of Native Roots Radio News and Native Roots Radio I’m Awake. Shows includes: Jerry Dearly speaking on the 38 plus 2 Guadalupe Lopez of the Minnesota Indian Women’s Sexual Assault Coalition will speak her truth along with Lica Lopez. Hour Two, Wendy Pilot will be discussing HSUS’s…

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The Matt McNeil Show – December 25, 2018

Thank You for Shopping: The Golden Age of Minnesota Department Stores Author Kristal Leebrick joins Matt. Laurentian Divide: A Novel, Author by Sarah Stonich joins to talk about the 2nd book in her trilogy in the bottom part of the hour.

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The Matt McNeil Show – December 24, 2018

Allen Beaulieu joins in the first half of the show to talk about his new book “Prince: Before the Rain” Mary Krugerud joins the second half to talk about her book The Girl in Building C. The True Story of a Teenage Tuberculosis Patient.

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The Matt McNeil Show – December 21, 2018

Larry Millet joins to speak about his newest book Metropolitan Dreams The Scandalous Rise and Stunning Fall of a Minneapolis Masterpiece. Michael Brodkorb and Alison Mann authors of their new book The Girls Are Gone the book examines the events which led to Sandra Grazzini-Rucki case.

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The Matt McNeil Show – December 20, 2018

Matt gives a preview of all the great interviews he lines up the next couple weeks. Then tragedy in Wadena, as the mayor thinks there aren’t enough nativity scenes in the town. Then Trump withdraws troops from Syria. Did his boss, Putin, have something to do with it? Also Trump has another rough week…especially with…

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The Matt McNeil Show – December 18, 2018

St Louis Park landlords are able to kick tenants out without due process stirs up some heated calls on both sides. Should vigilante justice be allowed where people call each others landlords rather than the police. Michael Flynn former National Security Advisor to Donald Trump. In December 2017, Flynn pleaded guilty to a felony charge…

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The Matt McNeil Show – December 17, 2018

Matt talks about how the DOW is down again today…could bigger losses be on the horizon. Also new DFL rep elect Heather Edelson receives some negative messages regarding being a mom and state rep at the same time. Matt shares a similar personal story about how lots of men are uncomfortable with wives making more…

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Ellie 2.0 Radio – December 17, 2018

The idealist for this week is Daniel Ellsberg, who in 1971 leaked the infamous Pentagon Papers as a way of changing the conversation about the Vietnam War, highlighting the government’s failure to be honest with Americans; in the Big Interview, I talk with David Liners, a priest-turned-nonprofit founder, who oversees WISDOM in Wisconsin—a collection of…

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I’m Awake – December 15, 2018

Join Robert Pilot, with a packed two hours of Native Roots Radio News, and Native Roots Radio “I’m Awake”. Shows include, A recorded speech from Clyde Belcourt on the History of American Indain Movement and The Wall Of Forgotten Natives. On our Sacred Animal Section, Wendy Pilot will be giving us an update on the…

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