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.
Todd Mikkelson is in for Matt. The messes left by the Trump administration and how well Biden has cleaned them up; Todd speaks to State Sen. Erin Murphy; state Republicans go hard-line to stop the clean cars act and get Walz to end his emergency powers; what are the Republicans even trying to do in…
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Brett Johnson fills in for Matt today. We cover the Republican controlled state Senate making a budget offer filled with poison pills to the DFL controlled house. We also are joined by Patrick Coolican of the Minnesota Reformer talking about news at the legislature and how the 2022 race for Governor is shaping up. And…
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Hour 1 segment 1: Matt is unexpectedly back today from what was supposed to be a scheduled hip surgery last week and he’ll explain why (hint: bureaucracy in our private healthcare system). Hour 1 segment 2: Matt continues talking about the circumstances around his delayed hip surgery and the issues of having a profit based…
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Todd Mikkelson fills in for Matt today. Todd starts out discussing Joe Biden’s speech to Congress earlier this week; State Rep. Kelly Morrison speaks with Todd; police reform and the challenges it faces in the state legislature; Plymouth school shooting update; State Sen. Susan Kent speaks with Todd; discussing some of the hot topics of…
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Hour 1 segment 1: The owner of The Interchange Wine & Coffee Bistro in Albert Lea, Lisa Hanson, who illegally defied Governor Tim Walz’s emergency orders, is holing a rally on Saturday with a few GOP members of the MN legislature. This while Hanson is actually a wanted fugitive. Hour 1 segment 2: The MN…
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Meteorologist Sven Sundgaard of Bring Me the News joins to talk about how young owls grow up (and sometimes fall from trees), loons in Wisconsin falling out of the sky because their wings were freezing, when we can expect a consistent warm up in Minnesota and more!
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Healthcare/Republican economic failures; racist prom proposal in Big Lake; it’s a Jeff Stein Wednesday; bear on the loose in Woodbury; update from the Albert Lea bistro shenanigans; Brainerd man sentenced in riots from last spring; Sen. Joni Ernst seems to think some interesting things are in the Biden infrastructure plan; Chauvin juror speaks out; Brooklyn…
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