Chris has had a lifelong passion for environmental conservation, stemming from his childhood experiences of playing in lakes and streams and fishing. This interest led to a legal career where he practiced environmental law. His background in law combined with his love for the environment has shaped his career dedicated to preserving natural resourc…

Niko LeMieux is a Twin Cities based tech entrepreneur, and co-founder and COO of the payments startup Easy Labs.Av Best of Interviews - AM950 The Progressive Voice of Minnesota

Patrick Coolican is editor in chief of the Minnesota Reformer, and joins Brett every Tuesday afternoon for analysis on the Reformer’s latest stories.Av Best of Interviews - AM950 The Progressive Voice of Minnesota

Hopkins Pride is from 11-7 on Saturday, June 15 in downtown Hopkins. https://www.hopkinspride.org/Av Best of Interviews - AM950 The Progressive Voice of Minnesota

Robert Baril will be at Comedy Corner Underground in Minneapolis this Friday and Saturday. https://comedycornerunderground.com/shows-list/-2024-7e3zy-snjct-2k7lz-5ffky-7zda7-grlb6-fmffrAv Best of Interviews - AM950 The Progressive Voice of Minnesota

Cliff Schecter is the President of Libertas LLC, a public relations and political strategy firm. He is the author of the 2008 bestselling book The Real McCain, a syndicated columnist, and co-owner of We Act Radio, AM 1480 in Washington DC. He also sits on the Board on the Ohio Innocence Project. You can follow him on Twitter @cliffschecter.…

We’re joined by our COVID-19 infectious disease expert Dr. Joe Eastman. They talk about some new COVID variants, avian flu and more.Av Best of Interviews - AM950 The Progressive Voice of Minnesota

Max Nesterak is the deputy editor of the Reformer and reports on labor and housing. Previously, he was an associate producer for Minnesota Public Radio after a stint at NPR. He also co-founded the Behavioral Scientist and was a Fulbright Scholar to Berlin, Germany.Av Best of Interviews - AM950 The Progressive Voice of Minnesota

Deena Winter has covered local and state government in four states over the past three decades, with stints at the Bismarck Tribune in North Dakota, as a correspondent for the Denver Post, city hall reporter in Lincoln, Nebraska, and regional editor for Southwest News in the western Minneapolis suburbs.…

Anne Kim is a writer, lawyer, and public policy expert with a long career in Washington, DC–based think tanks working in and around Capitol Hill. She is also a contributing editor at Washington Monthly, where she was a senior writer. Her work has appeared in the Washington Post, Governing, TheAtlantic.com, the Wall Street Journal, Democracy, and nu…

It’s our weekly visit with national political expert Jeff Stein. They talk about Trump’s conviction last week, how Trump will be sentenced, and more.Av Best of Interviews - AM950 The Progressive Voice of Minnesota

Patrick Coolican is editor-in-chief of the Minnesota Reformer. He joins Brett every Tuesday around 4:15 to discuss the Reformer’s latest stories.Av Best of Interviews - AM950 The Progressive Voice of Minnesota

Patti Vasquez is a Chicago comedian, writer, actor, talk show host, consultant, advocate, and policy advisor. After achieving a degree in history from the University of Illinois, she set out to share her hilarious observations about how people behave, and stories about her second-generation Irish dad and Mexican immigrant mom. Patti has headlined i…

Aaron Rupar is an independent journalist covering US politics and media, and publisher of the Public Notice newsletter. He was a pioneer of using SnapStream to post real-time video tweet threads of political events. Before going independent, Rupar covered the Trump administration for Vox. https://substack.com/@aaronrupar…

Jack is a nationally recognized and award winning criminal defense lawyer, awarded Among the Best Criminal Defense Lawyer of 2024, Minnesota Super Lawyer for 2023, Among the Best Lawyers of 2022, winner of the Minnesota Attorney of the Year Award for 2021 and founder of Jack Rice Defense. He was awarded the Professional Excellence Award from the MS…

Cliff Schecter is the President of Libertas LLC, a public relations and political strategy firm. He is the author of the 2008 bestselling book The Real McCain, a syndicated columnist, and co-owner of We Act Radio, AM 1480 in Washington DC. He also sits on the Board on the Ohio Innocence Project. You can follow him on Twitter @cliffschecter.…

It’s our weekly visit with national political expert Jeff Stein. They talk about jury deliberations in Trump’s trial, Samuel Alito flying Christian Nationalist flags at his home and more.Av Best of Interviews - AM950 The Progressive Voice of Minnesota

Patrick Coolican is editor-in-chief of the Minnesota Reformer. He joins Brett every Tuesday around 4:15 to discuss the Reformer’s latest stories.Av Best of Interviews - AM950 The Progressive Voice of Minnesota

Cliff Schecter is the President of Libertas LLC, a public relations and political strategy firm. He is the author of the 2008 bestselling book The Real McCain, a syndicated columnist, and co-owner of We Act Radio, AM 1480 in Washington DC. He also sits on the Board on the Ohio Innocence Project. You can follow him on Twitter @cliffschecter.…

Dr. Joe Eastman joins to not talk infectious diseases, but to preview Timberwolves vs. Mavericks in the Western Conference Finals.Av Best of Interviews - AM950 The Progressive Voice of Minnesota

It’s our weekly visit with national political expert Jeff Stein. They talk about questionable trial strategies from Trump’s attorneys, Trump “accidentally” posting Nazi imagery on his Truth Social account and more.Av Best of Interviews - AM950 The Progressive Voice of Minnesota

Patrick Coolican is Editor-in-Chief of Minnesota Reformer. Previously, he was a Capitol reporter for the Minneapolis Star Tribune for five years, after a Knight-Wallace Fellowship at the University of Michigan and time at the Las Vegas Sun, Seattle Times and a few other stops along the way. He lives in St. Paul with his wife and two young children.…

Michael Brodkorb is the author of “The Girls are Gone” and Republican political analyst who frequently provides analysis from the GOP side on the Matt McNeil Show.Av Best of Interviews - AM950 The Progressive Voice of Minnesota

Anna Becker is the Executive Director, Northeast Minneapolis Arts Association (NEMAA).Av Best of Interviews - AM950 The Progressive Voice of Minnesota

Dr. Joe Eastman regularly provides analysis of modeling for COIVD and other diseases on the Matt McNeil Show.Av Best of Interviews - AM950 The Progressive Voice of Minnesota

Cliff Schecter is the President of Libertas LLC, a public relations and political strategy firm. He is the author of the 2008 bestselling book The Real McCain, a syndicated columnist, and co-owner of We Act Radio, AM 1480 in Washington DC. He also sits on the Board on the Ohio Innocence Project. You can follow him on Twitter @cliffschecter.…

It’s our weekly visit with national political expert Jeff Stein. They talk about Trump’s support slipping among GOP voters in state primaries, speculating about what a Trump conviction would mean electorally and more.Av Best of Interviews - AM950 The Progressive Voice of Minnesota

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Bill Corbett is an alum of MST3K and a co-founder of RiffTrax.Av Best of Interviews - AM950 The Progressive Voice of Minnesota

Peter C. Brosius joined the Children’s Theatre Company (CTC) on July 1, 1997. Under his artistic leadership, CTC has received the 2003 Regional Tony Award and advanced a production to Broadway. His accomplishments at CTC also include the development of Threshold, CTC’s new play development program and in 2005 he completed a $30 million campaign to …

Eric Bernstein is a policy analyst focused on state tax and budgetary policy. Since the summer of 2020, he has been policy director for We Make Minnesota — a coalition of labor and community groups organizing to raise state revenue for investment in health care, education, racial equity, sustainable environmental stewardship and other public priori…

Jeff Stein of KXEL/Waterloo joins Matt to discuss national politics every Wednesday at 3:30.Av Best of Interviews - AM950 The Progressive Voice of Minnesota

Brett is joined for his weekly visit with Patrick Coolican, editor in chief of the Minnesota Reformer. Today they talk about the end of the MN legislative session, ethics hearing against Nicole Mitchell, a possible Uber/Lyft agreement in Minneapolis and the emerging monopoly that is United Health Group.…

It’s our weekly visit with national political expert Jeff Stein. They talk about Kristi Noem’s “checkered” history with animals, how Trump has now turned on RFK, did Mike Johnson cut a deal with Democrats and more.Av Best of Interviews - AM950 The Progressive Voice of Minnesota

Patrick Coolican of the Minnesota Reformer joins Brett every Tuesday at 4:15 to discuss local politics.Av Best of Interviews - AM950 The Progressive Voice of Minnesota

Michael Brodkorb is the author of The Girls are Gone as well as a regular contributor and analyst of Republican politics in Minnesota.Av Best of Interviews - AM950 The Progressive Voice of Minnesota

Michael Brodkorb joins Matt to talk about the Vikings draft weekend!Av Best of Interviews - AM950 The Progressive Voice of Minnesota

We’re joined by our COVID-19 infectious disease expert Dr. Joe Eastman.Av Best of Interviews - AM950 The Progressive Voice of Minnesota

Reed Sigmund is the actor who plays Toad in Children’s Theatre Company’s production of A Year with Frog and Toad, playing now until June. https://childrenstheatre.org/whats-on/frog-toad/?utm_source=google-ads&utm_campaign=&utm_agid=&utm_term=&creative=&device=c&placement=&gad_source=1&gclid=Cj0KCQjw_qexBhCoARIsAFgBleug2SZC3ojIaiWQvr3f1pT41_EfqnnLiO…

Patti Vasquez is the host of Driving It Home on WCPT 820 Chicago, which can also be heard every weeknight at 9 on AM950.Av Best of Interviews - AM950 The Progressive Voice of Minnesota

Maria Eggemeyer is the co-chair of Art in Bloom at the Minneapolis Institute of Arts.Av Best of Interviews - AM950 The Progressive Voice of Minnesota

Catch Jeff Stein of KXEL/Waterloo with Matt every Wednesday at 3:30.Av Best of Interviews - AM950 The Progressive Voice of Minnesota

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Av Best of Interviews - AM950 The Progressive Voice of Minnesota

Dr. Andrew Wu and Lee Ann Hertzog-Donovan joined Matt today to discuss their upcoming efforts to help with the establishment of a pediatric ICU in Rwanda. Home GlobalPermNW.orgAv Best of Interviews - AM950 The Progressive Voice of Minnesota

Matt was joined by Rep. Rick Hansen from district 53B in the southeast metro as they talk about some of the work Hansen has done on ag and environmental policy.Av Best of Interviews - AM950 The Progressive Voice of Minnesota

Matt was joined by comedian Maggie Faris, who will be playing at Laugh Camp Comedy Club in Minnepolis this weekend (https://www.eventbrite.com/e/maggie-faris-with-julie-bane-and-max-chapman-april-19-and-20-tickets-794948681907). And check out her popular and critically acclaimed podcast, Big Labia Energy!…

Catch Jeff Stein from KXEL/Waterloo, IA every Wednesday with Matt at 3:30.Av Best of Interviews - AM950 The Progressive Voice of Minnesota

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Actor /comedian Hal Sparks began his professional career as a teenager in Chicago. As a member of the famed Second City Troupe, his quick wit and affable personality quickly gained him recognition and acclaim. In 1987 he was named the “Funniest Teenager In Chicago” by the Chicago Sun Times. His numerous television appearances include “The Tonight S…