The Matt McNeil Show

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.

Ending Medicare Part D subsidies; DOJ acting as Trump’s personal lawyer in the E. Jean Carroll case; floating a pardon for Ghislaine Maxwell; Dr. Fauci invoking the Fifth Amendment; Secret Service illegally surveilling James Comey; Jeff Stein joins; MN ranked third best state to live in; Messy Dem primaries; Elon Musk suing Minnesota over its AI nudification law

Matt and Jeff have their weekly conversation about national politics. Today they talk about the Fauci hearings, the Iran war debacle, can Dems flip the Senate and more!

Wisconsin tornado; airline proselytizing; war updates; Beshear demands proof of life for McConnell; reflecting pool damage; Patrick Coolican is back this week; agriculture update; Paul Metsa lands on a Rolling Stone protest song list.

Brett is back with our weekly conversation with Patrick Coolican, editor-in-chief of the Minnesota Reformer. With primary day approaching, they cover the Craig vs. Flanagan race, more mishaps from the Kendall Qualls campaign and the best of Mike Lindell in the Reformer over the years. Read more about what they talked about at:

https://minnesotareformer.com/briefs/takeaways-from-the-latest-debate-between-democratic-senate-hopefuls-angie-craig-peggy-flanagan

https://minnesotareformer.com/2026/07/28/in-tight-senate-race-peggy-flanagan-cant-escape-the-f-word/

https://minnesotareformer.com/2026/07/27/qualls-running-mate-picked-for-business-acumen-owes-workers-money/

https://minnesotareformer.com/2026/07/28/best-of-frenemies-mike-lindell-in-the-reformer-over-the-years/

Seattle mass shooting; Mitch McConnell allegedly reappears; AI; how hard it will be for the left to break through ingrained right-wing racism; today’s war updates; Matt’s weekend downtown; Angie Craig vs. Peggy Flanagan primary race.

Studio pen thieves; Trump defending Google and corporate accountability; Madison police shooting of Corey Ruse; Red Sea shipping crisis and oil markets; Patty Vasquez joins to talk about Chicago museums and state fairs; Shiloh Hendrix verdict; Republicans screwing over farmers

Matt McNeil and Patti Vasquez discuss the financial complexities, political friction, and public controversies surrounding the Chicago Bears’ potential relocation from Soldier Field to a new stadium. They also talk State fairs and other political news.

Republican hypocrisy about the deficit; war updates; Andy Mannix returns to talk about the Old Apostolic Lutheran Church; state lawmaker assassin sentenced; news media failures; Hendrix trial.

I have spent nearly two decades uncovering stories about abuse and exploitation in Minnesota. Before joining ProPublica, I worked for 10 years at The Minnesota Star Tribune, where I covered cops, courts and prisons, and later joined the newspaper’s investigations team. In 2020, I was part of a team of reporters that covered the killing of George Floyd and its aftermath. I began my career working for City Pages, a Minneapolis-based alt-weekly, where I wrote long-form stories on topics ranging from police brutality to sports.