Matt was joined by Rick Smith, who hosts the 8-9 PM hour weeknights. Rick is at the DNC as they talk about how labor has retaken the Democratic Party, how Tim Walz was the perfect choice as a labor candidate and more.By Best of Interviews - AM950 The Progressive Voice of Minnesota

Matt McNeil was joined by Patti Vasquez, who hosts the 9-10 PM hour weeknights. Patti’s live at the DNC as she and Matt talk about Tim Walz’s speech last night, how his son Gus reacted and other DNC news, Sean O’Brien,By Best of Interviews - AM950 The Progressive Voice of Minnesota

Rick was elected to the Minnesota Legislature in 2004. He is currently serving his eighth term as the state representative for District 52A. This current biennium, Rep. Hansen serves as chair of the Environment and Natural Resources Finance and Policy Committee, and is a member on the Capital Investment Committee, the Agriculture Finance and Policy…

Matt is joined by our national political expert Jeff Stein for his weekly visit.By Best of Interviews - AM950 The Progressive Voice of Minnesota

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Cliff Schecter is the President of Libertas LLC, a public relations and political strategy firm. He is the author of the 2008 bestselling book The Real McCain, a syndicated columnist, and co-owner of We Act Radio, AM 1480 in Washington DC. He also sits on the Board on the Ohio Innocence Project. You can follow him on Twitter @cliffschecter.…

Ryan Winkler is a former DFL member of the Minnesota House of Representatives.By Best of Interviews - AM950 The Progressive Voice of Minnesota

Patti Vasquez is a Chicago comedian, writer, actor, talk show host, consultant, advocate, and policy advisor. After achieving a degree in history from the University of Illinois, she set out to share her hilarious observations about how people behave, and stories about her second-generation Irish dad and Mexican immigrant mom.…

Karla Bigham is a current Washington County Commissioner and former Minnesota state legislator.By Best of Interviews - AM950 The Progressive Voice of Minnesota

Matt is joined by our national political expert Jeff Stein for his weekly visit. Today they talk about: Trump’s campaign melting down; state-by-state polling; down ballot races and more!By Best of Interviews - AM950 The Progressive Voice of Minnesota

By Best of Interviews - AM950 The Progressive Voice of Minnesota

I’m Michael Brodkorb. I’m a husband and a father. I work in communications, media, and research. Overall, I’ve done some bad – I’ve done some good. If you follow my website for updates, you’ll learn about both.By Best of Interviews - AM950 The Progressive Voice of Minnesota

Patti Vasquez is a Chicago comedian, writer, actor, talk show host, consultant, advocate, and policy advisor. After achieving a degree in history from the University of Illinois, she set out to share her hilarious observations about how people behave, and stories about her second-generation Irish dad and Mexican immigrant mom.…

Dr. Joe Eastman is a disease modeling expert who frequently discusses COVID and other illnesses on the Matt McNeil Show.By Best of Interviews - AM950 The Progressive Voice of Minnesota

Matt is joined by Minnesota comedian Robert Baril as they riff on the latest political news including JD Vance’s awkward public appearances, trump’s mental decline and more. Catch Robert at Acme Comedy Club tonight through Saturday! Order tickets at: https://acmecomedy.seatengine.com/eventsBy Best of Interviews - AM950 The Progressive Voice of Minnesota

For the first time in three weeks, Matt is joined by Jeff Stein! They have LOTS to cover, including the aftermath of Joe Biden ending his reelection campaign, Tim Walz being selected as Kamala Harris’s running mate, and JD Vance imploding.By Best of Interviews - AM950 The Progressive Voice of Minnesota

Patrick Coolican is Editor-in-Chief of the Minnesota Reformer and joins Brett every Tuesday at 4:15/By Best of Interviews - AM950 The Progressive Voice of Minnesota

Cliff Schecter is an author, pundit and public relations strategist whose firm Libertas, LLC handles media relations for political, corporate and non-profit clients.By Best of Interviews - AM950 The Progressive Voice of Minnesota

A. John “AJ” Peters is the DFL-endorsed candidate for Minnesota’s 7th congressional district.By Best of Interviews - AM950 The Progressive Voice of Minnesota

Tabitha Montgomery is the executive director of PPNA. The 33rd Annual Powderhorn Art Fair is taking place August 3 and 4 in Powderhorn Park, Minneapolis.By Best of Interviews - AM950 The Progressive Voice of Minnesota

Maxwell Alejandro Frost is an American politician and activist serving as the U.S. representative for Florida’s 10th congressional district since 2023. A member of the Democratic Party, he was previously the national organizing director for March for Our Lives.By Best of Interviews - AM950 The Progressive Voice of Minnesota

JP Der Boghossian and Jim Pounds filled in for Matt and had a chance to speak with our national political expert Jeff Stein. This was Jeff’s first visit since Joe Biden ended his Presidential campaign, and Jeff shared his theory on how the process for Biden to be replaced played out.By Best of Interviews - AM950 The Progressive Voice of Minnesota

The Rev. Harry Hartigan is a caregiver for the community in big and small ways. He checks in daily or weekly on at least eight older adults in his life. On a larger scale, he helps organize Let’s Do Lunch, monthly lunches for older members of the LGBTQ community to enjoy each other’s company and learn about services and resources for seniors.…

J. Patrick Coolican is Editor-in-Chief of Minnesota Reformer. Previously, he was a Capitol reporter for the Minneapolis Star Tribune for five years.By Best of Interviews - AM950 The Progressive Voice of Minnesota

Cathy Renna joins the National LGBTQ Task Force as Communications Director but is no stranger to the organization. As a longtime supporter and contractor on projects over the years and a regular presence at Creating Change, she has been part of the Task Force’s extended family for decades.By Best of Interviews - AM950 The Progressive Voice of Minnesota

Michelle Witte serves as the Executive Director of the League of Women Voters of Minnesota, founded in 1919 to further empower voters and defend democracy after the passage of the 19th Amendment which expanded votes for women. Michelle has served as ED since 2017, and is deeply passionate about serving voters through our vibrant nonpartisan organiz…

Learn more about Char at Charvinity.com. Nikki is a parent-advocate who helped get Logan’s Law passed in Minnesota reforming the legal relationship between parents and their biological children.By Best of Interviews - AM950 The Progressive Voice of Minnesota

Politics Matters with Bruce Klopfleisch educates listeners about how civics, politics, law (and some economics), affect you in everyday life and why the survival of our democracy depends on active citizen participation in our government. Can you name the 3 branches of government? Do you know what the supremacy clause is and how it works? Do you won…

Robert Pilot is the owner and founder of Native Roots Radio, which airs every weeknight at 5 PM right after Matt’s show.By Best of Interviews - AM950 The Progressive Voice of Minnesota

Randy West is a broadcast historian, author, and game show host including formerly of The Price Is Right. Find his book, TV Inside-Out – Flukes, Flakes, Feuds and Felonies, available at tvrandywest.com or where you get your books.By Best of Interviews - AM950 The Progressive Voice of Minnesota

JP and Jim are joined by the new artistic director of Children’s Theatre, Rick Dildine.By Best of Interviews - AM950 The Progressive Voice of Minnesota

Bruce Klopfleisch from Politics Matters joins JP and Jim to share his thoughts on the shakeup at the top of the Democratic ticket.By Best of Interviews - AM950 The Progressive Voice of Minnesota

Aaron J. Brown is a writer, radio producer and college instructor living and working by choice among the pine forests, tamarack swamps and hardscrabble mining towns near where he grew up on a family owned salvage yard in the Sax-Zim peat bog.By Best of Interviews - AM950 The Progressive Voice of Minnesota

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A former staff director of the Senate Special Committee on Aging and 16-year veteran of Capitol Hill, Max Richtman is President and CEO of the National Committee to Preserve Social Security and Medicare (NCPSSM), one of the nation’s most influential senior advocacy and education membership organizations.…

Courtney Hagle is a deputy research director at Media Matters, where she has worked since October 2018. She has a bachelor’s degree in political science from Boston University, and she minored in history.By Best of Interviews - AM950 The Progressive Voice of Minnesota

Marge Hoffa is a native Minnesotan who has been heavily involved in the Minnesota DFL Party for the past two decades. She grew up near Duluth, where her father raised cattle and worked for the railroad. She attended high school in Northfield and Prior Lake, and then went to Augsburg College in Minneapolis.…

Matt is joined by Dr. Taiyon J. Coleman to talk about her new book, Traveling without Moving.By Best of Interviews - AM950 The Progressive Voice of Minnesota

Cliff joins Matt today to react to Trump’s lie-filled and meandering RNC speech, Republicans paying tribute to Trump, JD Vance’s anti-women stances and more.By Best of Interviews - AM950 The Progressive Voice of Minnesota

Dr. Joe Eastman is an expert disease analyst and modeler who makes frequent appearances on the Matt McNeil Show to discuss COVID and other disease spreads. Today Matt and Dr. Joe talk about President Biden’s COVID diagnosis and how COVID effects older people. Plus we get updates on bird flu and more.…

Matt was joined by Bill Corbett, from RiffTrax and formerly from Mystery Science Theater 3000. They talk about how the new Deadpool movie might impact the superhero genre, Twister somehow getting a sequel, then some political topics and more! See RiffTrax live at State Theatre Minneapolis on July 27!…

Jeff Stein from KXEL/Waterloo joins Matt every Wednesday at 3:30.By Best of Interviews - AM950 The Progressive Voice of Minnesota

By Best of Interviews - AM950 The Progressive Voice of Minnesota

Sarah C. Johns is a writer and video producer. After studying in South Africa, Hungary, Israel, and Germany, she graduated from McGill University before attending film school in Sydney, Australia. She lives with her family in St. Paul, Minnesota.By Best of Interviews - AM950 The Progressive Voice of Minnesota

Rob Levine is a Duluth native and former staff photographer at the Minneapolis Star-Tribune. He now works as a freelance photographer, writer, editor and web developer.By Best of Interviews - AM950 The Progressive Voice of Minnesota

Anton Treuer (pronounced troy-er) is Professor of Ojibwe at Bemidji State University and author of many books. His equity, education, and cultural work has put him on a path of service around the nation and the world. https://antontreuer.com https://antontreuer.com/resourcesBy Best of Interviews - AM950 The Progressive Voice of Minnesota

Jeff Stein returns after a hiatus of a few weeks!. Matt and Jeff talk about the push by some Democrats to remove Joe Biden as their nominee, Project 2025, Trump and Jeffrey Epstein and more.By Best of Interviews - AM950 The Progressive Voice of Minnesota

Patrick Coolican is the Editor-in-Chief at the Minnesota Reformer and joins Brett every Tuesday at 4:15 to discuss the latest local and national stories.By Best of Interviews - AM950 The Progressive Voice of Minnesota

Dr. Joe Eastman is an expert disease analyst and modeler who makes frequent appearances on the Matt McNeil Show to discuss COVID and other disease spreads.By Best of Interviews - AM950 The Progressive Voice of Minnesota

JP Der Boghossian is the host of This Queer Book Saved My Life and The Gaily Show, which air Saturday afternoons on AM950.By Best of Interviews - AM950 The Progressive Voice of Minnesota