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.
Skiing tragedy in California; Bono releases an anti-ICE protest song; Jeff Stein returns this week; Olympic updates; major winter storm hits the state; arson attack on Good memorial site; state GOP wants to criminalize certain protests; Hennepin County demands access to Pretti investigation; investigation into beating of man ICE claimed “ran into a wall”; restaurant…
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Jeff Stein of KXEL/Waterloo and the Iowa Politics Report joins Matt every Wednesday at 3:30.
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Stephen Colbert says CBS dsiallowed him to interview Texas Democratic candidate; McLaughlin will leave DHS; billionaires’ insatiable lust for wealth; Greg Bakun joins the show; Patrick Coolican and Brett are back this week for their Tuesday interview; extramarital affair involving top DHS officials; first day of the new legislative session.
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It’s our weekly Tuesday conversation with Patrick Coolican, editor-in-chief of the Minnesota Reformer. This week Brett and Patrick talk about the opening of the legislative session and how Minnesota citizens turned the public tide against ICE. Find more about what they talked about at: https://minnesotareformer.com/2026/02/16/will-this-be-the-most-unproductive-minnesota-legislative-session-ever/ https://minnesotareformer.com/2026/02/16/minnesota-house-republican-leaders-dont-want-to-talk-about-immigration-enforcement/ https://minnesotareformer.com/2026/02/13/minnesota-1-trump-0/
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Do you believe in ghosts? Ever wondered if aliens from other planets visited the Earth? Have you ever thought about whether Bigfoot is real or not? Each weeknight on GhostBox Radio host Greg Bakun will have these conversations about the paranormal, ufology, Bigfoot or just the unusual bringing together guests who are experts in these…
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Comparing Trump to the follies of previous American presidents; Robert Duvall passes away; Americans are getting hit hardest by tariffs; the history of the right-wing media takeover; fish fry season dawns; feds will not give state access to Pretti investigation; aftermath of the government’s claimed end of the surge; rural America losing a lot of…
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Pickleball fights; Deceiving inflation numbers; Trump pardons a bunch of drug dealers; Dr. Joe Eastman joins; ICE lied about the Venezuelan snow shovel attackers in north Minneapolis; Did big AG impact ICE withdrawing from MN; ICE hurts rural MN too; controversy with Olympic figure skating
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Matt was joined by Dr. Joe Eastman, an expert disease modeler who frequently discusses COVID, flu, measles and other infectious diseases. They talk about how long COVID impacts driving, bird flu; measles and more.
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Announced drawdown of federal agents in Minnesota; Trump guts climate change policies; El Paso airport shutdown; stupid people no longer think they’re stupid; Trump appears in the Epstein files over 1 million times; sports updates; MN GOP has to be held accountable for bringing this chaos upon us; picking up the pieces that were left…
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James Van Der Beek’s death; Rasmussen shows most voters don’t buy Trump’s claims about this being a golden age; Cliff Schecter joins the show today; allegations Pam Bondi spied on Congress to prepare for her testimony; Bloomington police arrest DHS worker in sex sting; new polling in MN not favorable to Trump or his agenda;…
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