The Matt McNeil Show

What is success?; Vince McMahon is not an admirable guy; Terry John Zila makes his annual Thanksgiving visit; playwright Kevin Kling; Alabama treasure hunter gives up on dredging stuck boat out of the St. Croix River; Michael Brodkorb previews the Vikings game.

Playwright, actor, author, storyteller and cultural advocate, Kevin Kling is hailed as a Minnesota state treasure.

https://www.kevinkling.com/

Terry John Zila has been experimenting in the kitchen his entire life. Twenty years in the restaurant industry has exposed him to a wide variety of cooking styles. In his private dining and corporate events and in-home cooking classes, he uses that culinary knowledge to create unique events. Whatever cuisine you might like, be it Asian, European or American cuisines, he can create the exact culinary experience you’re looking for.

https://www.terryjohnzilacatering.com/

Thanksgiving prep; Matt doesn’t want Christmas to overshadow the Thanksgiving season; Matt Gaetz withdraws from consideration for Attorney General; Pete Hegseth; why the right wants church in schools; Trump names Dr. Oz to his administration; extremely busy Thanksgiving travel period coming; DFLer appears to prevail in Scott County recount; what’s coming under Trump; man who faked his own death reached by authorities; woman faces charges in horrific attack against mosque.

House still divided on releasing Gaetz report; Republicans delusion of a mandate; GOP hate agenda; Jeff Stein joins the show; Ellie Krug calls in to discuss Sarah McBride; Brad the Sheep safely captured; Minnesota House has framework on power sharing; bill to give Treasury power to declare non-profits as terrorist sympathizers; Robbinsdale school budget massive shortfall.

Ellie is the host of Ellie 2.0 Radio, airing at 4 PM Saturdays and replayed on Sundays.

Jeff Stein of KXEL/Waterloo joins Matt to discuss national politics every Wednesday at 3:30.

On today’s show:

– Dr. Joe Eastman joins Matt to start things off.

– Donald Trump will not end up winning majority of the popular vote.

– The unintended consequences of Trump’s mass deportation plan.

– The anger that’s still within the far right movement.

– Revisiting an infamous New York Times story that says Minnesotans at Thanksgiving enjoy “grape salad!?”

– Brett is joined by Patrick Coolican of the Minnesota Reformer.

– Hot Santa and Target!

– Ken Martin announces a run for DNC chair.

– The Rackett MN has a great piece talking about Pete Hegseth’s very “checkered” history.

Brett has his weekly conversation with Patrick Coolican of the Minnesota Reformer. This week they talk about child labor law violations by food processing plants, recounts, power sharing between the House DFL and GOP and Ken Martin seeking the DNC chair position.

Dr. Joe Eastman is an expert disease modeler who frequently gives updates on COVID, flu, and other illnesses. Today he and Matt talk about RFK’s potential impact on the American health system, news with Avian flu, future COVID modeling and more.