The Matt McNeil Show

Matt talks with MN State Representative Rick Hansen about environmental issues and Brett Johnson interviews Axios Twin Cities representative Torey Oot.

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Matt talks about old photos he found at home; today’s COVID update; MDH Infectious Disease Director Kris Ehresmann announces her retirement; Dr. Joseph Eastman joins Matt to discuss COVID models; Gov. Walz proposes “Walz Checks”; MN State Senator Lindsey Port is Democrat of the Day; things keep getting worse for Sheriff Hutchinson; robbery suspects arrested;…

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Hour 1 segment 1: Matt goes through some old photos at home from his younger days. MNDOT announces new names for snowplows this year. Hour 1 segment 2: A Minnesota Boogaloo Bois member gets 2 years in a plot to attack the Minnesota Capitol. And the Star Tribune reports a southern Minnesota man has been…

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DFL Chair Ken Martin is today’s Democrat of the Day; Matt responds to his interview with Martin; GOP State Sen. Bill Ingebrigtsen announces he will retire from the state senate; Crow Wing County residents want a forensic audit of the county’s election results despite GOP dominance in elections there; Brett speaks with Max Nesterak of…

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Hour 1 segments 1/2: Matt talks about his experience getting COVID last week. Fortunately he is now fully recovered and did not have symptoms. Hour 1 segment 3: Why there are large segments (mainly right wingers) who are okay with the needless suffering of themselves and others. Hour 1 segment 4: We playback an interview…

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Todd Mikkelson guest hosts. Today’s COVID update; the stupidest things Republicans have been up to lately.

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Brett Johnson hosts hour 1, talking sports, COVID updates, and redistricting. Todd Mikkelson hosts hour 2 talking January 6-related issues.

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Hour 1 segment 1: Matt has a COVID scare at home. If he needs to quarantine could we spend a whole show riffing the movie Armageddon. Mike Lindell runs some fuzzy math and says over 300 million Americans should be jailed for voter and election “fraud.” Hour 1 segment 2: Pete Stauber is touting extra…

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Sven Sundgaard hired by MPR; COVID denial continues despite the astronomical case numbers; today’s COVID updates and stories; Clyde Bellecourt dies at 85; Brett speaks to Mother Jones’s Anthony Conwright about 1/6; returning to more COVID stories.

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Hour 1 segment 1: We start with some sports news today as the Vikings fire both GM Rick Spielman and coach Mike Zimmer. Then Matt shares a story about a sermon he heard from a pastor at a church that he visited about how people who are vaccinated don’t need to be enemies with those…

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Matt presents an interview with Ellie 2.0.

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Hour 1 segment 1: We start today’s show being 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. Hour 1 segment 2: Your calls including how…

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Matt’s crime roundup; Jeff Stein’s Wednesday visit; author Walter Jacobs joins Matt to discuss his book Sparked: George Floyd, Racism, and the Progressive Illusion; Matt calls out the GOP for their continued 1/6 delusions; two southern Minnesota men plead guilty to 1/6 crimes; today’s COVID update.

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State Sen. Roger Chamberlain retweets a tweet from the recent Denver mass shooter; following up on the Rebecca Brannon story on searching Sheriff Hutchinson’s car from last week; today’s COVID update; Jim Hagedorn tests positive; the failure of the media to reduce sensationalism in reporting; Brett speaks with MinnPost’s Peter Callaghan; Matt talks about the…

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Hour 1 segment 1: We’re back after the holidays! We start with sports and how the Wild played poorly when hosting the Winter Classic. Then Matt’s prediction about Kirk Cousins comes true, as he missed a key game last night vs. the Packers after he refused to get vaccinated and caught COVID. Hour 1 segment…

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Jeff Stein joins Matt for their year in review conversation; today’s COVID update; woman hurt inside a cave behind Minnehaha Falls; Minnesota Reformer details how a journalist got access to Hennepin County Sheriff Dave Hutchinson’s wrecked vehicle from his drunk driving accident; Sven Sundgaard’s weekly weather visit.

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On today’s show Matt welcomes: Deloris Pringle of the Penn Center Sara Wasserman, author of The Death Of Things Chef Terry Zila

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Matt provides updated info on COVID in Minnesota.

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MDH Director Kris Ehresmann joins Matt to discuss the ongoing COVID situation; today’s virus update; the new Spider-Man film is out; Kim Potter trial update; Ramsey County courthouse briefly evacuated this morning.

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Matt talks about a tough day running errands; Kim Potter takes the stand in her trial; Lunds and Byerlys carjackers arrested; today’s virus update; Bill Corbett joins Matt to talk entertainment; Billy Idol closes the week with some holiday cheer.

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Woman arrested for randomly shooting at vehicles; the 38 Republican lawmakers who signed a letter criticizing the Mayo Clinic over vaccine mandates for employees; today’s COVID update; bizarre clip of Trump with Mike Huckabee about Christmas; Kim Potter trial update; Sven Sundgaard recaps yesterday’s unprecedented weather event.

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Matt and Patrick comment on the bizarre and unusual weather; Dr. Scott Jensen’s promotional video using mostly non-Minnesota footage; Derek Chauvin pleads guilty to civil rights violations in George Floyd murder case; Jeff Stein’s weekly visit; Blaine Instacart driver cited but not charged; today’s COVID update; Republicans send a letter to the Mayo Clinic of…

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Matt’s encounter with a long-lost family friend; North Dakota steals one of our snowplow names; Matt speaks with Wisconsin 3rd district candidate Rebecca Cooke; racial profiling at a US Bank in Columbia Heights; Deena Winter of the Minnesota Reformer joins Matt to talk the Kim Potter trial; today’s virus update; the usual suspects are back!

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Matt talks with Trace Beqaulieu of Mystery Science Theatre 3000.

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Snowstorm moves into the metro; Michelle Benson’s comments at the GOP gubernatorial event this week; today’s COVID update; Lisa Hanson found guilty of evading COVID restrictions; man found dead in a secret room; Peter Callaghan joins Brett for a Friday interview; Kim Potter trial continues; climate change effect on the state’s lakes.

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Hour 1 segment 1: What to watch on TV tonight besides the dreadful Vikings. The MN COVID-19 update including how the metro now only has one available ICU bed. Hour 1 segment 2: The Waseca, MN women’s prison has biggest COVID-19 outbreak in country. And why Republican leaders that promote vaccine skepticism need to be…

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Opening statements in Potter trial; Jeff Stein’s weekly political visit; western Wisconsin couple’s issues with trespassing; Hennepin County Sheriff Dave Hutchinson suspected of DWI after a crash; today’s COVID update; Matt explains where all the “adults” have gone.

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Media hyperbole of a robbery outside a concert hall last night; today’s COVID update; MPD interim police chief named, Amelia Huffman; Nathan Bedford Forrest statue disappears from a Tennessee roadside; Brett speaks with Minnesota House Majority Leader Ryan Winkler; Matt gives his thoughts on Brett’s interview with Rep. Winkler; China’s men’s hockey team; Paige Bueckers…

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Hour 1 segment 1: 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. Hour 1 segment 2: Why Republicans, no matter…

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Shot clock coming to Minnesota high school basketball; Matt’s neighbors have the dinosaur put up; today’s COVID update; school news; update on the Michigan school shooting and how the right enables this behavior; Brett is joined by Jeffrey Krames; Matt goes through impending MN redistricting proposals.

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Hour 1 segment 1: We start today’s show talking about Marvel and other TV shows on streaming services. Then we go darker with today’s MN COVID-19 update, including the first case of Omicron being discovered in Minnesota. Hour 1 segment 2: We continue with the MN COVID-19 update including the lack of ICU beds available…

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Matt buys a snowblower; man found dead in his air duct; developments in the local Best Buy raids on Black Friday; Jeff Stein’s weekly visit on national politics; new Minnesota NWSL franchise name selection narrowed to 3; a very large bear spotted up north; basketball player sucker punches an opponent in the postgame handshake line;…

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Matt gets a Catholic mailer; Michigan school shooting leaves three dead; more bravery from the Minnesota GOP!; today’s COVID update; Foo Fighters abruptly pull their Minneapolis stop on next year’s tour over COVID policies; Gov. Kristi Noem’s taxpayer-funded renovations to the governor’s mansion; Dr. Rebecca Wurtz of the U of M epidemiology department speaks with…

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Hour 1 segment 1: Thanksgiving and holiday weekend recap! Then the MN COVID-19 update. Our COVID positivity rate remains above 10 percent with only a small handful of ICU beds available statewide. Hour 1 segment 2: A closer look at the impact of long COVID. Who does long COVID usually effect, what symptoms do they…

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Brett Johnson guest hosts today. Populism and the two political parties; caller Rick from Oregon shares his thoughts; Patrick previews Thanksgiving football for non-football fans; Brett discusses Thanksgiving movies with lots of suggestions from callers; Rick Smith of the Rick Smith Show which will debut on AM950 on Monday night joins Brett.

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Anti-vaccine outbursts at a town hall hosted by two state Republicans last night and the fallout from an editorial related to the town hall; the history of Thanksgiving; fighting at Hopkins High and the contested school board meeting over racism at Prior Lake; recount to determine a winner in Minneapolis City Council care; North Dakota…

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Matt talks about the challenges of the education system; today’s COVID update; Minnesota poet Robert Bly passes away; tragedy at Waukesha holiday parade last night; when will we acknowledge racism is bad?; our hospitals are breaking; Terry John Zila’s annual Thanksgiving week visit talking about holiday dishes.

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Rittenhouse acquitted; today’s COVID update; Brett Johnson sits down with Ricardo Lopez of the Minnesota Reformer; Austin Durry of local band Durry makes an appearance.

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Matt and Patrick talk Thanksgiving dishes; Matt details today’s grocery store trip; today’s COVID update: Cliff Schecter of the Daily Beast makes a visit with Matt talking national politics; Matt lashes out at Democrats refusing to play the same games as the GOP; plan to keep birds from slamming into US Bank Stadium is cancelled;…

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Hour 1 segment 1: Which MN Republican will try taking credit for the infrastructure bill they voted against first? Jim Hagedorn is an early contender. The MN COVID-19 update. State Senate Republicans continue threatening to fire MN Department of Health Commissioner Jan Malcolm. Hour 1 segment 2: MN schools are struggling with staffing amid the…

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A steep decline in child poverty; today’s COVID update; a planned conservative protest at KSTP-TV, which makes no sense; man shoots a deer in the middle of town; Russia blows up its satellite which puts the ISS crew at risk; MinnPost’s Walker Orenstein talks with Brett Johnson; Minneapolis facing $111 million in lawsuit payouts and…

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Hour 1 segment 1: Matt starts the show 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. Hour 1 segment…

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Hour 1 segment 1: We start the show with Jack Rice joining Matt. 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. Hour 1 segment 2: If Keith Ellison were persecuting the Rittenhouse would the…

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Nekima Levy-Armstrong joins Matt to discuss what’s going on in Minneapolis; Matt updates on the racism story from Prior Lake High School; Matt salutes Veterans’ Day with his usual statement about right-wingers “supporting the troops”; Rittenhouse update; today’s virus update; Sven Sundgaard’s weekly weather visit.

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Remember to check your calendars for yard waste pickup with our weird fall; the fixing of the Rittenhouse trial to get him off; accusations of emails sent from a non-public Tim Walz state-maintained email account last year; Jeff Stein’s weekly visit; racist incident at Prior Lake High School; how much money is too much for…

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Anita Talsma Gaul of the Lyon County DFL and author of a recent Minnesota Reformer piece joins Matt to discuss winning back rural Minnesota; today’s COVID update; Brett Johnson drops by; Brett speaks with Deena Winter of the Minnesota Reformer this week; Matt discusses the passing of actor Dean Stockwell; the Walker County Jane Doe…

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Hour 1 segment 1: 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. Hour 1 segment 2: A recap of Matt’s weekend festivities. Tragedy at a Travis Scott concert in Houston over…

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