The Matt McNeil Show

Grammys recap; Trump imposes tariffs over the weekend; Ken Martin picked as new DNC head; Elon Musk trying to shut down government agencies; serious assault case in St. Paul; Richard Carlbom endorsed for MN DFL chair; Minnesota state senate reallocation proposal from the GOP; Wendy Knox of Open Eye Theatre joins the show to discuss Sanctuary City; Trump is dum; another court case this week related to the state legislature.

Wendy Knox is the director of Sanctuary City, now playing at Open Eye Theatre in Minneapolis through February 23.

https://franktheatre.org/

On today’s show:

– Surviving the next four years without feeling/being alone.

– More thoughts on trump blaming disabled people for the DC plane crash.

– Trump launches tariffs against our three biggest trading partners tomorrow.

– Dr. Joe Eastman joins for the second half of hour 1.

– Con-Sole room in the Twin Cities for Doctor Who fans

– Tire iron attack at Robbins dale-Cooper on Tuesday update on that

– Distracted driving death while watching Tik-Tok vids while driving

– Why charter schools generally perform worse than their public school counterparts.

Dr. Joe Eastman is an expert disease modeler who frequently gives updates on COVID, flu, and other illnesses. Today he and Matt talk about how Trump’s federal spending freeze impacts medical research, bird flu updates and more.

News media continues to favor Trump; DC plane tragedy; Cliff Schecter visits the show; state GOP tries to sue Steve Simon; academic scores still struggling; man who critically injured a teen gets probation; Greg Bakun also stops in to discuss Doctor Who.

Greg Bakun is the host of GhostBox Radio every weeknight at 10 PM on AM950.

Cliff Schecter is a bestselling author (The Real McCain), nationally syndicated columnist, co-founder/owner of We Act Radio–Washington DC’s independent progressive radio station–and founder/President of Libertas LLC, a progressive public relations/direct mail firm. As a political consultant, Schecter helped re-elect President Bill Clinton in 1996 and many others since.

On today’s show:

– Matt’s nerdiness!

– Chaos caused by Trump’s attempted federal funding freeze (and then backtracking)

– RFK’s disastrous confirmation hearing.

– Jeff Stein’s weekly visit

– A high school basketball player at a Cooper/Fridley game was attacked by multiple assailants.

– Updates on Trump’s immigration raids.

– A Wisconsin Supreme Court candidate shares his extreme views.

It’s our weekly Wednesday visit with Jeff Stein. Today Matt and Jeff highlight RFK’s confirmation hearing, Trump’s attempted federal funding freeze and more!