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.
It’s our usual Wednesday visit with Jeff Stein. Today Matt and Jeff talk about the Jan. 6 House committee asking Kevin McCarthy to appear, whether a politician from Florida could win a national election, more 2024 prognosticating of the Republican primary and more.
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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 McNeil is joined by Grace Baltich, President of of AFSCME Local 34 and Ali Fuhrman, President of AFSCME Local 2822. They represent Hennepin County workers that include social workers, human services representatives, service center representatives, and library workers. They discuss why their unions are considering going on strike.
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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 is 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.
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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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Walter Jacobs is the author of Sparked: George Floyd, Racism, and the Progressive Illusion.
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Jeff Stein of the Iowa Politics Report joins Matt every Wednesday at 4:35.
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