The Matt McNeil Show

The Matt McNeil Show

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.

Episodes

The Matt McNeil Show – January 5, 2025

January 5, 2026 • 88 mins
The attack on Venezuela and the decision by Tim Walz not to run for a third term as governor are the focal points of today’s show.
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Brittlestar – Matt McNeil Holiday Interviews 2025

January 5, 2026 • 22 mins
Brittlestar (Stewart Reynolds) has built a global following by combining sharp wit, family-friendly humour, and razor-clear observations about the absurdities of modern life. With more than 650 million views across platforms and hundreds of thousands tuning in weekly, his videos make people laugh, think… and occasionally wonder if he’s spying on their family group chat.
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Chris Kluwe – Matt McNeil Holiday Interviews 2025

January 5, 2026 • 21 mins
The son of a local energy and refinery project manager, Chris grew up in a middle-class family in Orange County. He attended public school from kindergarten through college in Southern California, developing a fearless sense of leadership both in the classroom and on the football field. As he continued his football career at UCLA, where…
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Cliff Schecter – Matt McNeil Holiday Interviews 2025

January 5, 2026 • 44 mins
Cliff Schecter didn’t just discover the GOP’s bad, find our voices & switch sides. We’ve been at it for 25 yrs. Cliff wrote the ads that helped Biden beat Trump in ’20. David exposed GOP corruption as an Emmy-winning anchor at MSNBC & CNN. https://www.blueamp.co/subscribe
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Dr. Joe Eastman – Matt McNeil Holiday Interviews 2025

January 5, 2026 • 22 mins
Dr. Joe Eastman is an expert disease modeler who frequently discusses COVID, flu, measles, and more on the Matt McNeil Show.
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Drew Ross – Matt McNeil Holiday Interviews 2025

January 5, 2026 • 21 mins
Drew Ross is a writer, editor, and researcher. For his writing on local history, he won the 2024 Solon J. Buck Award from the Minnesota Historical Society. He lives in St. Paul, Minnesota. Bill Lindeke is an urban geographer and writer who focuses on how our environments shape our lives. He is the author of St. Paul:…
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John Parker of The Gaily Show – Matt McNeil Holiday Interviews 2025

January 5, 2026 • 22 mins
The Gaily Show is the only daily LGBTQ radio news and talk show in the US. GLAAD Media Award nominees John Parker and Jim Pounds host an unapologetic hour with legislators, authors, journalists, organizers, researchers, and more. We feature the following contributors (see graphic below for schedule): • Tammye Nash, Dallas Voice • Jake Wittich,…
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Greg Bakun – Matt McNeil Holiday Interviews 2025

January 5, 2026 • 19 mins
Greg Bakun is the host of Ghost Box Radio, airing every weeknight on AM950 at 10 PM.
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Kat Abughazaleh – Matt McNeil Holiday Interviews 2025

January 5, 2026 • 21 mins
Kat Abughazaleh is running for Congress in Illinois’ Ninth District because Democrats need to do more to stop Trump and fight for working people.
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Larry Millett – Matt McNeil Holiday Interviews 2025

January 5, 2026 • 44 mins
Larry Millett, a native of Minneapolis, is a graduate of St. John’s University, Collegeville, Minnesota (BA, English, 1969) and the University of Chicago (MA, English, 1970). He spent much of his career as a writer, reporter, and editor for the St. Paul Pioneer Press, joining the newspaper in 1972. In 1984, he won a Knight Fellowship…
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Mary Lucia – Matt McNeil Holiday Interviews 2025

January 5, 2026 • 19 mins
Mary Lucia is a media broadcast personality, writer, actor, and voiceover artist. She worked at The Current from 2005 to 2022 and was well known for her unconventional style and expansive music knowledge. She hosted the local music show Popular Creeps, twice a Minnesota Music Award winner for Best Locally Produced Show, and she was voted best…
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Patti Vasquez – Matt McNeil Holiday Interviews 2025

January 5, 2026 • 21 mins
“Driving It Home with Patti Vasquez” is a progressive talk show with heart and humor. Patti engages guests and listeners in discussions about the issues that matter most to them, shining a spotlight on local and national stories, never steering her audience astray.  The show is also broadcast on AM 950 The Progressive Voice of Minnesota…
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Paul Metsa – Matt McNeil Holiday Interviews 2025

January 5, 2026 • 42 mins
Paul Metsa is a legendary musician and songwriter from Minnesota. Born on the Iron Range, he has been based in Minneapolis since 1978. He has received seven Minnesota Music Awards and has played more than five thousand gigs, including forays to Iceland and Siberia. He lives in Northeast Minneapolis with his faithful dog, Blackie; a…
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Paul Niland – Matt McNeil Holiday Interviews 2025

January 5, 2026 • 44 mins
Paul Niland is an Irish journalist based in Ukraine. He is the founder of the country’s national suicide prevention hotline, Lifeline Ukraine
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Peter Geye – Matt McNeil Holiday Interviews 2025

January 5, 2026 • 21 mins
Peter Geye is the author of the award-winning novels Safe from the Sea, The Lighthouse Road, and Wintering, winner of the Minnesota Book Award, Northernmost, The Ski Jumpers, and A Lesser Light. Geye received his MFA from the University of New Orleans and his PhD from Western Michigan University, where he was editor of Third Coast.…
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Richard Carlbom – Matt McNeil Holiday Interviews 2025

January 5, 2026 • 42 mins
Richard Carlbom is the head of the Minnesota DFL.
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Robert Pilot – Matt McNeil Holiday Interviews 2025

January 5, 2026 • 43 mins
Robert Pilot/Wakaja Hari is the host of Native Roots Radio, heard 5 nights a week on AM950.
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Sasha Davis – Matt McNeil Holiday Interviews 2025

January 5, 2026 • 22 mins
Sasha Davis is an activist and professor in the Department of Environmental and Sustainability Studies at Keene State College in New Hampshire. He is author of Islands and Oceans: Reimagining Sovereignty and Social Change and The Empires’ Edge: Militarization, Resistance, and Transcending Hegemony in the Pacific.
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Trace Beaulieu – Matt McNeil Holiday Interviews 2025

January 5, 2026 • 23 mins
TRACE BEAULIEU is a comic actor, writer, and performer. He was a founding member of the Emmy-nominated, Peabody Award-winning, cult hit show, Mystery Science Theater 3000. In addition to writing, occasionally directing, designing and building sets and props, Trace performed the puppet character Crow T. Robot, and mad scientist Dr. Clayton Forrester. He repeated these roles in…
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The Matt McNeil Show – December 30, 2025

December 30, 2025 • 44 mins
It’s Matt’s annual year-in-review hour with Jeff Stein today!
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