The Matt McNeil Show

I’m Michael Brodkorb.

I’m a husband and a father. I work in communications, media, and research.

I ran a marathon.

I rescued ducklings from a sewer.

I also wrote an award-winning true-crime book.

Overall, I’ve done some bad – I’ve done some good.

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On today’s show:

– A kiss cam scene at a Coldplay concert goes wrong.

– Concern’s about Trump’s health, with Matt making a personal connection as top what might be happening.

– Republicans successfully cut federal funding to NPR and PBS.

– CBS cancels Colbert…did politics play a role in the decision?

– Reaction to  Nicole Mitchell being found guilty on two burglary counts.

– Can Democrats get a fair trial in rural Minnesota?

– Responding to a Star Tribune editorial about the new Minnesota State flag.

Republican Rep. Derrick Van Orden picks a fight with Matt; Trump unable to shake criticism of mishandling Epstein files; Trump push for real sugar in Coke; tiger passes away at the Minnesota Zoo; Steve Miller Band cancels tour due to weather concerns; Nicole Mitchell trial continues; Republicans destroying education; Sen. Tina Smith hospitalized overnight and released; Scott Jensen returns to run for governor again.

Matt calls out detractors of Jennifer Love Hewitt; the two great Republican lies; Jeff Stein makes his weekly appearance; Target sued for gift card scammers; Sen. Nicole Mitchell trial.

Jeff Stein of KXEL/Waterloo joins the Matt McNeil Show every Wednesday at 3:30.

Epstein files fallout continues; inflation rises for first time in a few months; Trump economy begins to show its true colors; return to the Gilded Age; Supreme Court greenlights gutting Dept. of Education; abortion pill showdown; Patrick Coolican makes his Tuesday appearance; federal indictment against assassin; Rep. Fischbach helps block release of Epstein files; outrageous food prices at Minneapolis DFL convention.

Patrick Coolican of the Minnesota Reformer joins Brett every Tuesday at 4:15.

Weekend recap; people giving Trump passes for his being out of touch; reactive vs. proactive political decisions; why flood warning systems were never installed in Kerr County; major electricity price hikes are coming; tomato prices will increase; boil water order continues in three inner-ring suburbs; state flag debate restarts because the state GOP has nothing else; woman admits she crashed into Amish buggy;

On today’s show:

– Canada has a fun tourism ad to attract Americans.

– Laura Loomer gets blocked from seeing Trump at the Kennedy Center.

– How the Epstein list has become a headache for Trump.

– The Star Tribune reports  an ex-sheriff’s deputy in northwest Minnesota and his wife were charged with human trafficking and animal cruelty in Tennessee.

– Revisiting COVID vaccine conspiracy theories.

– An insane road construction weekend in the Twin Cities.

– Dean Phillips want to meet with Elon Musk about his new third party.

– Thoughts on America’s increasingly corporate prison system

Paul McCartney going on tour; markets rattled by Trump copper tariff comment; ongoing Texas flooding fallout; rare heat event in northwestern Minnesota; Michele Tafoya accused of engagement farming; DOJ demands Minnesota voter rolls; mining; Robert Baril returns to the show; black bus riders ordered to back of bus.