The Matthew Filipowicz Show

Episode 112 of the Matthew Filipowicz Show is now available to stream and download.

Coming up on today’s show, we have Salon's Alex Pareene here to talk about his new e-book on Mitt Romney, The Rude Guide To Mitt.

We also have comedian, writer and director Andy Cobb here to talk about apathy towards the 2012 elections and how he's jealous of the Nation's Ari Berman.

We'll also discuss Occupy's May Day plans, the Governor of Mississippi claiming that Democrats one mission in life is to abort children, Connecticut abolishing the death penalty, the Supreme Court taking up Arizona's racist SB1070 law, and how we shackle students in America with crippling debt.

We also have a television executive here to defend how the Sunday news talk shows feature overwhelmingly white, male, Republican guests.

Our writer/performer today is Bob Rok.

Remember, you can subscribe and podcast the show for free on iTunes and at www.matthewf.net.  You can follow the show on Twitter and Facebook.  You call the listener hotline at 617-855-TMFS.  You can support the show by becoming a member.  We have new shows every Tuesday and Thursday.

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Episode 111 of the Matthew Filipowicz Show is now available to stream and download.

Coming up on today’s show, we have the author of The Looting Of America, Les Leopold, back on the show to discuss his latest article for Alternet, What If The Greedy Rich Paid Their Share? and why we need the Occupy movement now more than ever.

We also have journalist, author and activist Antonia Juhasz on the show to talk about the hidden health crisis of the BP oil spill.

We'll also discuss how the GOP in Missouri is working to pass a don't say gay in public schools bill, and how one supporter compared gay marriage to goat marriage.

We also have Ted Nugent tribute artist Ted Nougat here to discuss Ted's trouble with the secret service.

Our writer/performer today is Tim Grimes.

Remember, you can subscribe and podcast the show for free on iTunes and at www.matthewf.net.  You can follow the show on Twitter and Facebook.  You call the listener hotline at 617-855-TMFS.  You can support the show by becoming a member.  We have new shows every Tuesday and Thursday.

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Episode 110 of the Matthew Filipowicz Show is now available to stream and download.

Coming up on today’s show, we have Tim Karr from Free Press back on the show to discuss how the new proposed bill, CISPA, is a danger to privacy and to the internet as we know it.

We also have independent journalist Rania Khalek here to discuss the discriminatory application of Stand Your Ground laws across the country.

We'll also discuss Mitt Romney's Cookiegate controversy, shrimp and fish being born mutated without eyes in the Gulf due to the BP oil spill, how Too Big To Fail banks are actually bigger than before the bailouts, and how the Mortgage Fraud Task Force does not have yet have a staff, an office, or a phone.

We also have the inventor of the Tupac Shakur hologram.

Our writer/performer today is Bob Rok.

Remember, you can subscribe and podcast the show for free on iTunes and at www.matthewf.net.  You can follow the show on Twitter and Facebook.  You call the listener hotline at 617-855-TMFS.  You can support the show by becoming a member.  We have new shows every Tuesday and Thursday.

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Episode 109 of the Matthew Filipowicz Show is now available to stream and download.

Coming up on today’s show, we have a patient and activist from the Mental Health Movement, Margaret Sullivan here to talk about occupying a clinic in Chicago to protest Mayor Rahm Emanuel's cuts to mental health services.

We also have Ari Berman from the Nation Magazine back on the show to discuss why the Supreme Court matters.

We'll also discuss the Occupy Sleepful protests in New York and Boston, a Boston police officer choking an Occupier at a homophobic Tea Party rally and the AFL-CIO's Richard Trumka saying President Obama is making it hard for unions to energize members with his labor policies.

We also have an ad on how pregnancy now begins before conception in Jan Brewer's Arizona.

Our writer/performer today is Kate Ward.

Remember, you can subscribe and podcast the show for free on iTunes and at www.matthewf.net.  You can follow the show on Twitter and Facebook.  You call the listener hotline at 617-855-TMFS.  You can support the show by becoming a member.  We have new shows every Tuesday and Thursday.

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Episode 108 of the Matthew Filipowicz Show is now available to stream and download.

Coming up on today’s show, we have comedian Cameron Esposito here to discuss the the challenges women comedians face and challenges all women face with the GOP's war on women.

We also have Chicago based hip hop artist D-Nick the Microphone Misfit back on the show to talk about his new album, Escape From Babylon.

We'll also discuss Trevon Martin's killer George Zimmerman being arrested and charged with 2nd degree murder, his attorney's horrible talking points, the UC Davis pepper spray report, Obama going back on on an Anti LGBT Discrimination order, the fact that only 30,000 homeowners have been helped under TARP, and Obama's horrible JOBS act.

We also have Rahm Emanuel's spokesperson here to defend his attacking of Chicago teachers.

Our writer/performer today is Bob Rok.

Remember, you can subscribe and podcast the show for free on iTunes and at www.matthewf.net.  You can follow the show on Twitter and Facebook.  You call the listener hotline at 617-855-TMFS.  You can support the show by becoming a member.  We have new shows every Tuesday and Thursday.

-Matt

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Episode 107 of the Matthew Filipowicz Show is now available to stream and download.

Coming up on today’s show, we have investigative journalist Lee Fang back on the show to discuss the lobbyists behind pink slime in ground beef and the dangers of the revolving door of lobbyists and congressmen in DC.

We also have New York Times best selling author Chris Mooney here to talk about his new book, The Republican Brain: The Science Of Why They Deny Science And Reality.

We'll also discuss the Secret Service eviction of Occupy Boston's Camp Charlie and Pastor Rick Warren saying Mormons aren't Christians and that helping the poor isn't a big deal.

Our writer/performer today is Tim Grimes.

Remember, you can subscribe and podcast the show for free on iTunes and at www.matthewf.net.  You can follow the show on Twitter and Facebook.  You call the listener hotline at 617-855-TMFS.  You can support the show by becoming a member.  We have new shows every Tuesday and Thursday.

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Episode 106 of the Matthew Filipowicz Show is now available to stream and download.

Today's show is our One Year Anniversary!!!

To celebrate, we have Allison Kilkenny from the Nation Magazine and Citizen Radio back on the show to discuss the arrest of 80 Occupiers in San Francisco and the 99% Spring.

We also have Nixonland author and historian Rick Perlstein here to talk about what progressive activists are doing right and what we still need to work on.

We'll also discuss Occupy Boston setting up an Camp Charlie on the steps of the Massachusetts State House to protest cuts to public transit and campus police pepper spraying student protesters in Santa Monica, California.

Remember, you can subscribe and podcast the show for free on iTunes and at www.matthewf.net.  You can follow the show on Twitter and Facebook.  You call the listener hotline at 617-855-TMFS.  You can support the show by becoming a member.  We have new shows every Tuesday and Thursday.

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Episode 105 of the Matthew Filipowicz Show is now available to stream and download.

Coming up on today’s show, we have the Chicago hip hop group BBU here to talk about their new mix tape, Bell Hooks.

We also have Tim Murphy from Mother Jones Magazine back on the show to discuss the "most interesting" candidate for governor in the world, and how the GOP has found a way to combine their war on women with their war on immigrants.

We'll also discuss the Supreme Court allowing the police to strip search any one for any crime, how water guns are banned from RNC protests but real guns are allowed, and how local police are spying on you through your cell phone without a warrant.

Remember, you can subscribe and podcast the show for free on iTunes and at www.matthewf.net.  You can follow the show on Twitter and Facebook.  You call the listener hotline at 617-855-TMFS.  You can support the show by becoming a member.  We have new shows every Tuesday and Thursday.

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