The Matt McNeil Show

Matt was joined by WCPT’s Joan Esposito (weekdays 2-5 PM). They critiqued the mainstream media for failing to adequately cover Donald Trump’s flaws and talked about not entertaining right-wing misinformation on the air.

Illness Updates Marco Rubio stated they are “monitoring” the death of a Russian Worker at the Plague lab.

The economy continues to underperform; diesel prices continue to soar; Aaron Kleinman breaks down MN legislative and federal races;a look at far right winger Ron Schutz who is running for AG; Rep. Derrick Van Orden and AI deep fakes; Michael Brodkorb has our Vikings preview

Matt and Michael talk about last week’s Vikings win over the Bucs, the JJ McCarthy trade and previewing Vikings/Dolphins.

Matt was joined by Aaron Kleinman, Heartland Signal’s Senior Political Analyst. They took a deep dive into Minnesota’s federal and state level races this fall.

Trump administration lies; Tennessee’s failed execution; Sen. Schmitt’s stupid gaffe; Good family files lawsuits against federal government as Daily Wire films right-wing version of events in Montana; author David Mura returns to the show.

David Mura is a memoirist, essayist, novelist, poet, critic, playwright and performance artist.

A Sansei or third generation Japanese American, Mura has written two memoirs: Turning Japanese: Memoirs of a Sansei (Grove-Atlantic), which chronicles his year-long stay in Japan and which won a 1991 Josephine Miles Book Award from the Oakland PEN and was listed in the New York Times Notable Books of Year; and Where the Body Meets Memory: An Odyssey of Race, Sexuality and Identity (1996, Anchor/Random). His novel Famous Suicides of the Japanese Empire (2008, Coffee House Press) was a finalist for the Minnesota Book Award, the John Gardner Fiction Prize and Virginia Commonwealth University Cabell First Novelist Award.

Matt is back in studio today; Sen. Schmitt’s embarrassing gaffe; DOJ targets MN federal judges; what’s going on in the Middle East; Jeff Stein is back; Boelter team seeks gag order for Hoffmans; Iowa steel plant.

Jeff Stein of KXEL/Waterloo and the Iowa Politics Report joins Matt every Wednesday at 3:30 to cover national politics.