The Matt McNeil Show

Lean-red states where Trump may be in trouble; more Royce White issues criticizing World War II veterans and praising slave owners; rural Minnesota dairy company settles lawsuit; Harris better drawing undecideds right now; actress Michi Barall joins Matt to discuss the Children’s Theater; conservative film crew pays a visit; Michael Brodkorb previews Sunday’s Vikings game.

Michael is a Republican insider and Vikings expert giving feedback on GOP politics as well as weekly Vikings previews on Matt’s show.

Michi Barall is a New York City-based actor, playwright and academic. As an actor, Michi has appeared in new plays by Julia Cho, Philip Kan Gotanda, A.R. Gurney, John Guare, Naomi Iizuka, Han Ong, Jose Rivera, Paul Rudnick, Charles Mee, Sarah Schulman, Anna Deavere Smith, Diana Son, Lloyd Suh, Regina Taylor, Doug Wright and Chay Yew, among others.

Fight breaks out at Trump rally; details from Trump’s federal indictment; Colorado election denier sentenced to prison; Liz Cheney will campaign with Harris; Naomi Kritzer breaks down the back-of-ballot races and her literary career; rural America issues.

I am a science fiction and fantasy writer living in St. Paul, Minnesota. I’ve been writing science fiction and fantasy for twenty years. My short story “Cat Pictures Please” won the 2016 Hugo and Locus Awards and was nominated for the Nebula Award. My book CATFISHING ON CATNET came out on November 19th, 2019 from Tor Teen, and you can see the cover and read an excerpt here. It has won the Minnesota Book Award, the Edgar Award, and the Lodestar “Not a Hugo” award! It was a finalist for the Nebula Award, the Locus Award, and the ITW Thriller Award, and as of the middle of August 2020 it is a finalist for the Dragon Award and the Anthony Award.

My next book, CHAOS ON CATNET, is coming out from Tor Teen in April of 2021!

I also write about politics (mainly elections) in Minneapolis and Saint Paul. The main thing I do is to write an election guide with an in-depth guide to the candidates in local races, especially races that tend to not get a lot of coverage. I have been doing this since 2007 or 2008 — I started out just typing up my ballot research into my LiveJournal so that my local friends could benefit from my Googling, and they passed along the link to friends and neighbors, and now thousands of people check out one or more of my posts each year. I write this guide as a hobby and as a form of public service.

Pete Rose dies; VP debate recap, including Jeff Stein’s analysis; Trump federal indictment unsealed; SeaQuest controversy; right-wingers launch racist attacks against two new MPD officers; another lawsuit against MPD from riot response; troubles buying Trump $2 bill.

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

On today’s show:

– Patti Vasquez joins to start the show.

– Why right wing voters always seem so angry.

– Why we should follow the model of Jimmy Carter’s post Presidency life.

– Damage caused by Hurricane Helene.

– Our weekly Minnesota Reformer interview with Patrick Coolican.

– VP event for the night and Park Tavern tragedy update/ Minnesota happenings and updates in the news

– Republican failure in the Rural USA.

Bret Johnson was joined by Patrick Coolican of the Minnesota Reformer. For today’s interview they highlighted:

Money spent on lobbying in Minnesota ballooned 18% from 2022 to 2023

This Minnesota mom detests Trump’s lies about abortion

Matt was joined by Patti Vasquez from WCPT in Chicago. Catch Patti’s show on AM950 weeknights from 9-10 PM Matt and Patti preview tonight’s Vice Presidential debate.