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: Matt talks about movie going during the pandemic age as this morning he saw the new Marvel movie, Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings. The MN COVID-19 update and how Republicans continue to believe any anti-vaccine propaganda. And rural MN counties are doing a terrible job with COVID. Hour…
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Cliff Schecter joins Matt. Cliff talks about how Mary Trump was served a lawsuit from Donald Trump while on Cliff’s podcast, the November 2020 Trump memo showing that they knew there was no election fraud, other ways Republicans could try to overturn elections and the upcoming debt ceiling showdown.
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It’s our weekly visit with national political expert Jeff Stein. Matt and Jeff talk about the November 2020 Trump memo showing that they knew there was no election fraud, 2022 US House elections and more.
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It’s the 21st of September!; Matt moves into the more pressing topic of Paul Gazelka bidding for disgruntled outstate DFL support to make a play for metro suburbanites, and Matt explains why this probably won’t help him, and the rumored support of State Rep. Dave Lislegard for Gazelka; Matt continues with redistricting and the looming…
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Hour 1 segments 1/2: Yesterday’s Vikings last second meltdown was more proof that new stadiums for pro sports teams won’t bring in more money for the state, championships, prestige or anything else. Hour 1 segments 3/4: Ogimaa Giniw Ikwe of Native Roots Radio joins Matt. She talks about the MN DNR’s very shady relationship with…
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Ogimaa Giniw Ikwe of Native Roots Radio joins Matt. She talks about the MN DNR’s very shady relationship with Enbridge on Line 3. Enbridge so far has had 28 environmental violations on Line 3 but only received one fine from the DNR. We also talk about the lack of legacy media reporting on the environmental…
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Matt discusses the decline of physical banks; Minnesota Supreme Court restores Minneapolis police ballot question; COVID news and updates; Line 3 update; the waaaaaaambulance comes for Jim Hagedorn; Brett speaks with Hibah Ansari of the Sahan Journal about various voter proposals in both Minneapolis and St. Paul; Sven Sundgaard joins Matt to discuss our weather…
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Sven recaps the overnight severe storms and what could be ahead for us this weekend and next week.
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City of Sartell removes Thin Blue Line decals from their police cars – caller Chris adds his thoughts on this; Matt updates on some crime stories including last week’s killing of a 12-year old boy and the four people found shot dead in an SUV in Wisconsin over the weekend; Brad Heath of Reuters to…
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Reuters’ Brad Heath joins Matt to discuss his findings on MPD’s response times to calls following George Floyd’s death. www.reuters.com/legal/government/…shows-2021-09-13/
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