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.
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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Jeff Stein of the Iowa Business Report joins Matt every Wednesday at 4:35.
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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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Jack Rice joins Matt to start hour 2. They talk about the trial last week of the three men convicted of murdering Ahmaud Arbery and the trial and jury selection of Kim Potter, who shot Daunte Wright and claimed she meant to reach for her taser instead of gun.
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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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Terry joins Matt for his annual Thanksgiving food discussion.
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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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