The Matt McNeil Show
Monday-Friday 3PM-5PM
Matt McNeil is a proud Minnesotan, on live weekdays from 3pm to 5pm. Matt has been living most of his life in the state of his birth. He's a husband, a father of three, a veteran, and a broadcaster. He's worked in radio for over 25 years, starting with Armed Forces Radio in Nuremberg, Germany. He currently lives in Hopkins.
On his show Matt talks politics from a Democrat/Progressive perspective, but he'll also venture into parenting, religion, entertainment, sports, gardening, business, cooking, and many other subjects. He interviews politicians, political insiders, authors, pundits, entertainers, and artists, and loves talking to the listeners.
Besides being on air, you can read his thoughts at the 'Progressive Citizen X' blog.
Matt McNeil is a proud Minnesotan, on live weekdays from 3pm to 5pm. Matt has been living most of his life in the state of his birth. He's a husband, a father of three, a veteran, and a broadcaster. He's worked in radio for over 25 years, starting with Armed Forces Radio in Nuremberg, Germany. He currently lives in Hopkins. On his show Matt talks politics from a Democrat/Progressive perspective, but he'll also venture into parenting, religion, entertainment, sports, gardening, business, cooking, and many other subjects. He interviews politicians, political insiders, authors, pundits, entertainers, and artists, and loves talking to the listeners. Besides being on air, you can read his thoughts at the 'Progressive Citizen X' blog.
Hour 1 segment 1: Todd Mikkelson fills in for Matt today. He starts by talking about how the DFL is potentially missing a winning issue for them in expanding rural broadband. Hour 1 segment 2: The 19th anniversary of death of Senator Paul Wellstone, one of the great progressive icons in Minnesota and US history.…
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Todd Mikkelson fills in for Matt today; Todd talks about what’s happening with the Republican party today, with anecdotes from Adam Schiff, Minnesota Sen Mark Koran, and the oversensationalism of the media; Stupidest Things Republicans Did This Week, Part 1; the battle between Tim Walz, Ryan Winkler, and Jeremy Miller in the state government; Scott…
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Hour 1 segments 1: It’s Matt’s last day for awhile as tomorrow he has hip surgery. Today we talk about the Minnesota Reformer story about a Minneapolis Police officer admitting their department has “taken ‘hands-off’ approach to crime fighting.” Hour 1 segments 2/3: Continuing with the Reformer story, what would happen if other professions like…
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Matt is joined by Bill Corbett of RiffTrax and formerly Mystery Science Theater 3000. They talk about a live RiffTrax Halloween show Oct. 26 they having coming up (https://www.rifftrax.com/live). They also talk about why there are so many bad horror movies.
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Naked woman at a football game in Missouri; Biden administration restarts the process of placing BWCA mining under moratorium; Jeff Stein makes his Wednesday visit; Michael Brodkorb joins Matt to discuss Minnesota politics from a Republican perspective; today’s COVID update; update on the Hillman Township family fighting to preserve access to their home and the…
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Matt discusses Minnesota politics with Michael Brodkorb, including the lack of GOP response to Gov. Walz’s reelection announcement, GOP gubernatorial candidates, and redistricting.
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Catch Jeff Stein’s national politics report on the Matt McNeil Show every Wednesday at 4:30.
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Gully Boys’ van stolen; today’s COVID update; Tim Walz/Peggy Flanagan officially announce their re-election bid; charges filed in the Eastern Carver County School mask meeting scuffle; Brett Johnson joins for this week’s crime beat from International Falls; Patrick Coolican joins Brett; Enbridge fails to meet their deadline for cleaning up an aquifer breach spill; chronic…
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Hour 1 segment 1: Matt talks about the show he saw over the weekend at the Guthrie, “What the Constitution Means to Me,” and why it especially needs to be shown everywhere. And unfortunately one of the audience members had a cell phone go off twice during the show. Hour 1 segment 2: The Minneapolis…
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Cliff Schecter joins Matt to start off hour 2 of the show. They talk about Colin Powell’s legacy, whether Powell was the last moderate Republican, Trump trying to defy the January 6th commission with executive privilege and more.
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