The Matt McNeil Show

It’s Matt’s annual year-in-review hour with Jeff Stein today!

Brand new to you shows start tomorrow; Bari Weiss facing major blowback over pulling 60 Minutes segment on Venezuelans deported to Ecuador; right-wing grift; Epstein files release; divorce rates increasing in rural America; state GOP leaders not handing over fraud evidence; Trump indicates support for Mike Lindell as governor nominee; Michael Brodkorb previews and reviews the Vikings games; brand new to you starts tomorrow.

Matt and Michael preview this week’s game against the Lions on Christmas Day.

On today’s show:

— More updates on the Brown University shooting suspect.

— MAGA doesn’t really care about drug problems in the US.

— Trump tries to put his name on the Kennedy Center.

— Disturbing details about Trump and Epstein’s pursuit of women..

— RFK wants to end children’s vaccine schedules.

— Is Die Hard a Christmas movie?

— Jacob Frey vetoes Minneapolis City Council’s homeless encampment response ordinance.

— A crazy right wing stalker that goes by the screen name “Trump Batman.”

— Michael Brodkob has our Vikings-Giants preview.

Michael Brodkorbb joins Matt to talk Vikings vs. Giants and the big Bears-Packers game this weekend!

“Patriot Games” announced; Biden vs. Trump price check; Iowa US Senate candidate; Trump speech last night; man arrested for quoting Trump’s own words regarding mass shooting; Lake City shooting; pregnant woman dragged across ground; updates on fraud.

Legendary Iron Range band Cats Under the Stars are re-releasing their 45 RPM single “Louie, Louie” / “Blue Ghosts” from 1982 (recorded at the Children’s Theater studio) along with a previously unreleased rap song written by Cats guitarist Jack Pasternacki that Paul and Jack recorded in 1984 called “Under Grey Skies in the Buffalo Zone.” This release coincides with the band’s 50th Anniversary taking place at the Parkway Theater on Sunday, December 28, 2025. The Cats studied and played most styles of American music and were one of the first bands in the Twin Cities to play reggae and New Orleans music, along with swing jazz, blues, folk, and deep space improvisation. They played everywhere from the West Bank, Moby Dick’s, the Union Bar, and the Cabooze to the A Prairie Home Companion radio show. They opened up for Ry Cooder at the Guthrie Theater and shared stages with Flora Purim and Airto, Robert Hunter, Mose Allison, John Hammond, Riders in the Sky, and Willie and the Bumblebees. They are also considered to be the first “jam band” in the Twin Cities before there was such a thing. The players include leader Paul Metsa (8 MN Music Awards), Tim O’Keefe (The Rose Ensemble), Jack Pasternacki (The Ranchtones), Joe Luoma (Alex Chilton and Del Shannon), Al Oikari (The Big Wu) and Jimmy Anton (Jonny Lang, Paul Westerberg.) They will be joined by Tom Lieberman, Sonny Earl, and the Tilt Town Titanettes. Going as long and strong as the Rolling Stones, The Cats were featured in the 1984 movie Wild Rose, filmed on the Iron Range about the first women miners. They are also one of the few bands with at least one portage together into the BWCA. See below for more info on the original press materials attached below.

Tickets and more information about this special December 28 reunion concert at

Trump’s still their guy; Jack Smith alleges there was clear proof Trump committed crimes; Jeff Stein makes his Wednesday visit; Trump gestapo having hard impact on local businesses; Carnahan refusing to resign as Nissaw mayor; Hillman Township pettiness; fraud-related lawsuits.

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

Trump approval ratings; Coast Guard delists hate symbols; unemployment highest in years; Trump’s chief of staff goes on the record; Minnesota man targeted in crypto scam; meth seized; Patrick Coolican is back with Brett this week; the adventures of Jennifer Carnahan; arrest in south metro bomb threats; executive orders on gun violence.