The Matt McNeil Show

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.

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.

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Shelley Duvall passes away; why Joe Biden should stay in the race; monthly inflation rate decreases; longtime local columnist Ruben Rosario dies; MDH investigating parasitic illness; Mile Lindell faces another eviction; Minnesota again ranks highly on best states to do business; controversy over facial recognition proposals at Mall of America; North Branch police shooting update.

On today’s show:

– How fatalist Democrats are not helping the party (or the country).

– How Project 2025 will economically hurt unions and labor.

– Why Trump’s tariffs are a really bad idea.

– Jeff Stein returns!

– Strip club news from Minneapolis!

– Don’t leave your car while it’s still running.

– The Star Tribune reports a Crookston cop who fatally shot a man at a homeless shelter also killed a hatchet-wielding man in May.

– How the development of Madinah Lakes, a master-planned Masjid-centric community, is running into trouble with the city of Lino Lakes.

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.

Trump in the Epstein files; the trouble with replacing Biden; Project 2025; Dr. Joe Eastman joins Matt; new State Fair foods; Patrick Coolican joins Brett; State Trooper charged in crash death of Owatonna teen; lawsuit in Amir Locke shooting proceeds; death of a Vikings rookie over the weekend.

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.

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.

British and French elections; Matt goes in depth on how Biden is the best chance to win; recapping the long weekend; Target no longer accepting checks; JP Der Boghossian joins the show; Royce White’s small rally.

JP Der Boghossian is the host of This Queer Book Saved My Life and The Gaily Show, which air Saturday afternoons on AM950.